Anderson High School - Afterthought Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Truckin' on Two Those daring young men on their motor machines go to all lengths for an invigorating thrill. Mny students enjoy both trail riding and motocross as over 100 makes and models of motorcycles are available. Honda was the most popular motorcycle of students who rode their bikes to school. Motorcycles come in various sizes from less expensive 50cc and 70cc minibikes for a pleasure riding to 250cc and larger for motocross. Among the more experienced riders, motocross offered competition, zest and determination. One fanatic, Russell Car- roll enthusiastically expressed, ln my opinion, there's nothing more exhilarat- ing than motocross. But it does have its drawbacks. It's real expensive to keep your bike in shape and you get hurt a lot . . . But it's worth it. Some think that motorcycles are dan- gerous. Student Robbie Iones felt that motorcycles are dangerous on the street because cars can't see them very well, but they are not dangerous on the trails. More and more students are experienc- ing the fun of riding the trails and the vigor of motocross. Super Slab The slow, steady process of building a roadway was endured for what seemed to be an eternity by residents in West Austin. ln the planning stage for nearly 30 years, Mo-Pac became a reality as it opened against a flurry of controversy in early November. The 5.5 mile stretch of asphalt cut tra- velling time to the downtown district and beyond almost in half, even as more and more people decided to take advantage of the thoroughfare.. Some Anderson students took more than a passive interest in the building of the highway. Even though they did tear down my house to build it, said Mary Faye Ran- dolph with a touch of remorse in her voice, it has made it a lot easier to get downtown. The highway. though only halfway completed, was welcomed by most as an excuse to sleep ten minutes later in the morning and to start dinner ten minutes earlier at night. Others. including senior Lenny Dougal, found it helpful to lessen the time it took to get to his special interest. who happened to live in south Austin. Lots of flak was fielded by the city council in the last few months preceding the opening of the expressway. Among the overpowering concerns of local citizens was the use of exit ramps in the road by the university-downtown area. Their biggest fears were of their kids getting pummeled by onrushing trucks, which was dispelled by the council's far- sightedness in closing the highway to the tractor-trailer rigs. Following that escapade. citizens then tried to persuade the council to do away with the proposed 3170.000 study of the remainder of the roadway. Mayor Ieff Freidman and company then transferred the study to a federally funded program, saving Austin citizens about Sl20.000. But despite all the hassle to get only a part of the highway open. it will be ten more years before the loop will be com- pleted in its entirety. It'll be a case of a little more waitin' and a lot more worryin' for many Austinites. 'lu- if Q, 4 it fuss., 'Aux iff, VW ., I .Bi ,S fr zu 1 lf.. ,. 774163 - -gy FFS, fir . ,-., 49' V s.',, Q r 4- . ,, L :.5rAi,5 .If I ie 3 'liz'-Q I I 4.6 '65 kg . fi... . Xuu. . -3. 4. x . Fsfbw! s at f if sws ::. H ' f.vw.fa nur ft , . L f V toilet paper, mopac motorcycles 15

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Ill Ill Jwt Q llfirv U f lll end! Qepplm One might think that when a tree shakes, it is the wind blowing, but the real reason is fear. Fear of thoughtless humans with those useless cylinders of toilet paper that they throw at me and get stuck way up in the top of my branches. This ordeal continues weekend after weekend and that can be tiring after all these years, noted one of Dawn Palmer's elder trees. I was just minding my own business and trying to get some rest when all of the sudden, six members of the leftist terror group, The Clan, jumped out of a car and draped me in somebody's Charmin. Then they all leaped back into the car and sped off, confided a member of Ieff Brower's front yard forest, It all happened so fast. Papering is usually done to lawns of either a friend, enemy or stranger, so no one is really safe from Friday's flying streamers. Saturday morning sets the scene for the big cleanup. More than one irate mother or daughter can be seen picking up the paper snow before their company comes for the party that night. Upon arriving at home from a suc- cessful night of papering only to find his house gift-wrapped, Iames Glober remarked, It's fun to do to other houses until someone does it to yours. And whether the parents or kids like it or not, toilet paper is a fact of life. Or should it be said, As long as there are trees, there will be toilet paper.

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