Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Bicycle riders like Brian Teglmcicr are becoming less common as moped riders Dan Griffith and Jeff Smallwood arc taking over the bike racks. Photo by M. Bennett The wait to board the school bus to go home in the north parking lot gives Central students a chance to meet with friends before ending a school day. Photo by S. Burk Student Life Transportation 15

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THIS IS Looking at the halls in between classes, it's hard to imagine that there are about two thousand students who attend Central. What can really boggle the average student's mind is to think of all the different means of transportation that these people use to get to school. One of the least favorite methods is walking, though many parents would like to make this popular again. Walkers would like to think this method helps tone up their legs and gives them a chance to breathe some fresh air. Walkers should bear this in mind the next time they have sixteen books to carry and are trudging their way through four-foot snow drifts. Some students live too far away to walk to school, so they ride the school bus. It's always fun to hear the smash of snow balls against the bus window. Bus riders relish the chance to laugh at the walking kid who lives two and nine-tenths miles from school; one tenth of a mile from the required three. A bus rider's constant nightmare is to run to within one block of the bus stop, only to see the bus pulling away, leaving the saddened student stranded. Such are the perils of a bus rider. Bicycles have become less frequently seen at high school. The student with a bike chain around his neck, a sack lunch gripped between his teeth, a load of books in one hand and the other free for balancing the contraption has become a thing of the past. Now it's motorcycles and moped. Not only are they faster than a bicycle, but they don't require as much labor to operate. Also, when a student No gas and ample parking places are two advantages of a bicycle. Dennis McGrath locks his bike for the day at the Trailer 3 rack. Photo by S. Miller. Students without other mejns of getting to school often have a parent drop them off on Main Street right in front of school. Photo by S. Burk THE WRY WE GO arrives at school on a motorcycle, he seems to have a little more sophistication than the sweaty bike rider who gets to first period gasping for air. Then comes the day when a student gets his license. No longer does Mommy drop him off at the front door. He now has authority. He can use the student parking lot and leave school to go out for lunch. Due to the price of gas, some students form carpools. Like a locker crammed with loose papers and the student slamming it before anything slips out, such is the loading of a car. Ten students cram into a Volkswagon and the last one in slams the door before anyone slips out. Being able to drive by their senior year is what virtually every student dreams of. Student's transportation problems today include where to park, getting to the bus on time, and worry about bike thefts. But to any observer of Central, with its constant circle of screeching dragsters, walking and biking students, it would appear that studens are resolving these difficulties.

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Steps arc perhaps the most popular place to gather with friends during warm weather as Craig Moore. Brad Newell, Kurt Vounkin, Kenneth Noel, Eugene Lim, Ricky Whittaker, and Todd Harper gather during lunch. Photo by M. Bennett School and homework are temporarily forgotten by Bridget O'Leary and Sue Knight who enjoy the inviting front lawn on a warm day. Photo by D. Bettis 16