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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'just bum around were things they looked forward to. while Chris and Frank found having time to work on cars and go on dates an incentive to make it through the week. The lake was a magic phrase for many. jerry Sousares verified this when he commented, We go to the lake a lot. It makes up for not getting to go on longer vacations. For those who did get to go on longer vacations these ranged from Six Flags or Padre Island to California and even Europe. Many visited relatives every summer. Len Weise travels to lndiana and Louisiana almost every summer and Ann Speller journeyed to Holland for the fourth time this past summer. Although visiting relatives was not the most excit- ing aspect of the trips. Len looked for- ward to the break of routine they pro- vided. From those whose free-time highlight was sleeping late to those like Preston Blomquist who liked to travel and see new places there was a broad range of vacation experiences which came back to haunt students as they kept their noses to the grindstone. Bound for the Snow With the ski slopes of Colorado and New Mexico only a ten hour drive away from Austin, snow hungry Andersonites rushed to the slopes on almost every winter vacation. The ten hour drive could be shortened even more by speeding. which was made possible with the CB radio. Besides family vacations, church groups also frequented the icy slopes. While a majority of future olympians used the highways to get to the snow. some fortunate ones took the quick way out, flying. A ten-hour trip could be shor- tened to three on an airplane. The airplane also eliminated the worries of being snowed in on the highway, as one church group was. On a November weekend the youth group from Hyde Park Baptist Church went sking in Buena Vista, Colorado. There was one slight problem, though: Colorado had ex- perienced the worst blizzard in many years. By the time the group reached Springfield, Colorado, the roads were snowed in. Two choices existed. turn back or sleep in the high school gym. Everyone was so tired by the time we got to Springfield, sleeping in the gym wasn't really that bad, commented Don- na Brooks. Maybe it was the thrill of the skiers rushing by which attracted students to the slopes. It could have been just the ex- perience of seeing snow, an uncommon sight in Austin. Although skiing was the main reason students made the trip, it seemed as though all the time was spent just getting there and back. I thought my legs would be bent forever, said Ellen Eubanks, I didn't think I'd ever get off the bus. It was hard to understand why so many students kept going back to the slopes, each time returning with some part of their body mangled, but whatever it was about skiing it was well worth it to take the risks. trips, weekends, holidays 17