Billings West High School - Westward Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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 LOOK AT THOSE LASHES — Jill Montgom- ery, junior, lengthens her lashes in the locker room before school. AT LAST, A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP - Cindy Pierson, senior, awakes wide-eyed and smiling ready to start a new day.

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 s V' V A day in the life of. HE LIKES IT! HE LIKES IT! — Jason Krueger, senior, slurps up his Life cereal hurriedly to get to his bismarck donut. STUDENT LIFE BRUSH THOSE PEARLY WHITES - Kate Hogarty, sopho- more, concentrates hard on fighting plaque. by Kim Barone Many of the West High students made it routine to let the dog out first thing, go to bed at midnight, or brush their teeth during their shower. Some of the students who were polled in the fall agreed that getting up before the sun wasn’t always easy. The average West High student began his day around 6 a.m. and finally conked out around 10:30 p.m. Walking to the shower like a mummy with his her eyes closed was the student’s first activity after their body got out of bed. Most students — 49 percent — awoke to a music alarm. There was nothing more terrible than getting up to a parent’s scream or worse yet dog breath as Dan Houser, senior, did. It just didn’t cut it. Most kids brush their teeth after their shower and breakfast, when they have time to eat however, Skceter Morris brushed his teeth during his shower. The favorite and fastest breakfast meal was cold cereal. Crest with MFP was recommended most by West High students to get rid of the aftertaste of sugar-coated cereal. School! — the word dreaded in every household in the morning. But, we all had to get there some way or another. Eighty percent of the students drove and parked in the student lot A few who valued their car and feared ding marks from other careless students park on the street. Once we’re all at school, everyone knows the routine. First through six, always the same, nothing new. But wait, lunch came in between those long six hours of classes. Lunch was the best part of the school day, especially when Mom or Dad gave us money to eat with. (Twenty-two percent of the kids used their own money, too). Most students — 40 percent—ate on $2 at Rax or MacDonald’s. After we were all filled up everyone just wanted to go home. At the beginning of the year, before the popular soap opera was moved to 2 p.m., 31 percent of the students rushed home to watch Days of Our Lives. Most just kind of played it cool and went with the flow. Others worked or had sports practice. Most everyone ate a snack when they got home to tie them over until dinner. A glass of milk, cookies, or fruit usually satisfied most of us. After dinner and before bed was the prime time for doing home- work. Probably the best time was right when you got home while it was still fresh in your mind but 9 percent of the students who were polled agreed that the next morning before school was far better. Cosby and Growing Pains were rated 10 to 1 over doing home- work and were found to be far more interesting. Only about half said they watched television every night. After the long hard day it’s time to say “ Good night and see ya in the morning.”

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 X LOT to put in the lot by Becky Zanto Come on— come on! I don't have all day!! There' 5 no way I'm going to make it out of this stupid parking lot in time to go home before work! Beep! Beep! Come onr This might pass for a cleaned up version of the mutterings of any student leaving West’s park- ing lot after school. A poll taken by 100 students showed that 78 of them drove. Now if 78 out of 100 kids drive imagine how many drive out of 1,840 students! There are 425 parking spaces and between 700 and 850 parking decals sold a year not to mention all those who park without decals. Stacy Lan- ning, sophomore, admitted to parking without a decal along with about 71 of the other polled students. There are a variety of differ- ent cars driven to school. From the family cars to the 1988 Toyota 4X4’s with personalized license plates that say “MINE.” We also have plenty of the “pieces” as well as everybody’s favorite 68 Mus- tangs and another favorite ‘The Cream Puff Corvette.” How many of these cars get hit would be the next question asked. Well 37 of the students polled have been hit. Jodi Ehret and friend Stormy Weppler.seniors, had come up with quite the plan to the 3:10 traffic jam. Ehret said “I drive like a bat out of you know where try ing to get out of the stupid lot and if that doesn’t work --1 let Stormy drive!” Weppler, who was a new student this year from Ryegate.Montana said “This is totally different from Ryegate’s parking lot! It didn’t take me anytime at all to get from one end of the parking lot to the other- but here it seems to take forever! When Jodi puts me at the wheel, I drive like a ‘small town maniac!’ If I can’t get out I put her at the wheel or think about walking to school!” “Come on — come on! I don’t have all day!! There’s no way I’m going to make it out of this stupid parking lot in time to go home before work!” Beep! Beep! ( Come on!” BITE THE BULLET - This Honda Interceptor takes a break from its daily use and abuse of rid- ing wheelies and racing cars. FUN IN THE SUN - Senior Mike Widmer’s Revin' 67 basks in the sun as it awaits its weekly bath.