Atchison High School - Trailblazer Yearbook (Atchison, KS)

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There are already movie rat- ings. and in the fall of '85 it was proposed by a group of concerned and influential par- ents that album covers be rated. What next? The parents group, the Parents Music Resource Cen- ter, or PMRC, wanted the music industry to voluntarily put ratings, similar to movie ratings, on re- cords, tapes and videos. Songs with sexual'y explicit or profane lyrics would oe rated X. Those advocating the use of drugs or alcohol would have a rating of D A. Music or videos with an occult theme would be rated “O. If the lyrics glorified violence, they would have a rating of V. PMRC proposed to rate such songs as Dress You Up by Ma- donna and She Bop by Cyndi Lauper X. PMRC also demand- ed that lyrics be available to par- ents so they could look at them before allowing their teens to buy a record or tape. Allyson Jones, junior, comment- ed, I think it should be a parent's responsibility to see what their Music The AHS Way! own children listen to. Dana Shuck, junior, added. They (teens) won't care about the warning. Curtis Estes agreed, It won't matter if they rate records; teen- agers will still buy them. - GU 7

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1. Seniors Eric Crouch and Forrest Perich. Woods , wait (or their turn at the pool table 2. Juniors Amy Wood and Rachel Fitzpa- trick take a break from dancing outside the Hilltop 3. Junior Mike Gormley gives advice to senior Chris Taylor on his next shot. New Hilltop Pleases Teens On July 1. 1985. the drinking age in Kansas went up to 19. Kibys closed its doors to everyone under 18. Suddenly, the older teens of Atchison, found ourselves with nowhere to go on the wekends to be with our friends and to dance. Not long after Kibys closed its doors it was announced that an old bar, known as the Hilltop Club, would be totally renovated and re- opened as a nonalcoholic bar for teens. Countless hours were spent installing the elaborate lighting system and completely redoing the dance floor. Finally, on August 30, the new Hilltop Club was ready to open. Open- ing night saw 400 enthusiastic teens assemble to rock out to the latest hits from the “Boss to Heavy Metal. Many AHS students could be found there every weekend. When asked that he thought of the new Hilltop Club, Senior Dale Birch reponded with an emphat- ic, “Awesome! Todd Kuhnert, however, believed, “They need to play more kinds of music be- sides hard rock or country. All in all most AHS students en- joyed the new Hilltop Club. The Hilltop Club was open Friday and Saturday nights from 8 p.m. until 12 p.m. - TN 6

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Working Class Redmen From being fast-food cooks to newspaper delivery boys. AHS students earned money with part-time jobs. Coast to Coast, Domann Drug. March's Furniture. Pizza Hut, and McDon- alds were only a few of the places that employed AHS stu- dents this past year. When asked why he had a job. Jeff Martin, ju- nior, employed at the Medical Lodge as a maintenance man. said, “I need the extra money and experience-but I do like my job.