Norman High School - Trail Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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KM .1 SCHOOL At 8:25 on the first day of school, I couldn 't even find an illegal parking place! Shane Bumgarner, sr. '7 like Reaves; it has neat playground equipment. Karen Murry, sr. Getting caught at North Base is the worst; it's always an OU cop that busts you and you just know he's go- ing to haul you to juvy. Wes Marquis, sr. AS MIKE MCINTOSH STARES mg ticket. Shannon Lynch digs through her purse for money to pay the tower. BARELY ESCAPING ' w t;u k An Ful kerson leaves class to move her car.

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STOl NT LIFE ARKING MULTIPLIED Parking- we all do it at one time or another. Whether it's at 8:30 Monday morning or at 11:30 on a Saturday night, someone's parking and more than likely, someone's getting caught! At 8:30 a.m. availability was the main problem. That last space in the baseball field was a good choice for adventurous students, since parking there required a lengthy hike. There were still a few curbs left or there was always a teacher space available for the student who flunked that teach- er's last exam. Of course, when the teacher ar- rived to find his space stolen, the violator was yanked out of class to move his car to the baseball field. Illegal parking was often the final solution. As senior Brian Ringer said, I park illegally ev- ery day. Parking at school was an unpleasant activity, but students soon remedied this by visiting their favorite park at lunch or after school. A relaxing lunch plan was to pick up food at a drive-thru and eat at the park. Senior Sean Wilson recalls an experience he had: Greg Witherspoon, Dan Canfield and I agreed to meet Jodi Crown, Tara Murphy, and Amy Davidson for lunch. We brought the drinks and they brought chicken from Grandy's. Well, the chicken was horrible! We tried to be polite, but it didn't work. Anyway, they haven't asked us back. And let's not forget the all-American legacy of parking on a Saturday night date. It's been done for centuries, possibly dating back to ancient Rome when couples would wrestle themselves into a back seat of a chariot. But modern-day parking involves wrestling into a Volkswagen and hoping for the best. If one is lucky, he will have the benefit of a prime location. This is usual- ly defined as far enough away from home to avoid being caught, but close enough so you get home on time. Most people will agree, however that getting caught was one of life's most embar- rassing moments. AS A POLICEWOMAN WRITES HIS TICK- ET. senior Jack DeArmon protests the mass tow- ing that took place October 24. John Bamberger can only agree.

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SOAKING UP the summer sun and listening to some tunes, seniore Amy Davidson and Jodi Crown take advantage ol Late afternoon tanning. ETTER THAN RECESS Is the livin' really that easy in summer? For those who spent their entire summer mesmer- ized by MTV, the answer is yes. But the people who drudged away the day at work might snarl at all the stories of what a GGRRRREAT summer everyone had. Well, it couldn't have been all that bad. Sun surf beckoned a few to places such as Galveston and South Padre Island. Senior Tom Mullins recalls a particularly exciting event of his vacation: I got stung by a man-o'- war at a beach in Padre. It was the funnest part of the vacation.” But the sun was just as bright in Norman where temporarily retired students baked themselves at Westwood Pool, OU Swim Complex or in their own back yards. The blaz- ing sun, a blaring radio and the sweet smell of suntan oil could tempt anyone into suntan- ning, and soon a relaxed body would be Jell- O on a raft. Parties, vacations, work, and sleeping late; sunglasses, beach blankets and long car rides, these were all summer. And the way your head swam more than you did, this was sum- mer. Soon you'd see all the people who had mysteriously disappeared when school got out. But making the summer stretch was still priority one.