Clearwater High School - Aqua Clara Yearbook (Clearwater, FL)

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One never goes to the beach alone. Erin Griffin, Andrea Hassell, Bill Hensley, Sidney Perkins, Wendy Kurland, and Bo Hitchcock wait for a few more friends before they go to the beach. To end the summer TVinity’s youth group visits the beach. David Barnett and Matt Hick- ey try to avoid the splash. The water provides for vari- ety of different activities. Students use the water to stay cool as they run from one pier to the other. Lemonade breaks are com- mon on a hot afternoon at the beach. Tony Emerson stares at the masses of people as he takes a short recess from skim boarding. 12 Beach T. Deifell T. Deifell

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CHS The major summer contro- versy — to close the lot or not. Both alternatives were tried to relieve congestion prob- lems on the beach. by Barbara Sloan T hey say we ruined their business, they say we were too rowdy, they say we scared the tourists, and they say we were too obscene. They were the beach motel owners, beach merchants, and elderly beach residents. The motel owners fought long and hard to get the Pier 60 parking lot closed at night. New signs were posted to keep teenagers away. These signs can be found along Mandalay and in Pier 60 . parking lot. NO PARKING 10PM-6AM LOT CLOSED 2 30 AM -630 AM METERS ENFORCED 630AM - 700PM- Students Battle for the Beach with the motel owners and sunworshippers They won. By summer, the major parking lot, the weekend hangout for many teens, closed at 10pm. When the parking lot closed, Mandalay became one big traffic jam, from the fire station to the Carri- bean Gulf Hotel. Cars parked on side roads and the limited amount of parallel parking along Mandalay caused even more congestion. “When the city closed the lot, they didn’t think of what it would do to the traffic. I don’t know what they ex- pected us to do except drive around,” com- mented Ed Mealy. Students had to find new hang-outs. Some used Crystal Palace, the beach gameroom, and others went to Surfside. The ones who chose Crystal Palace found it becoming very crowded and often vis- ited by the local police. When Crystal Palace got too crowded the po- lice would come around and kick us out, leaving us nowhere to go, which usually just caused more prob- lems,” stated Christina Hopper. Others who went to Surfside helped to cele- brate the last night of Downs and Price, the singers who preformed every night at Surfside. “I like to go to Surfside to have a great time. Now, more people seem to hang out here than at Crystal Palace,’’ stated junior Greg Wes. The city soon found a temporary solution to the congestion. They hired a policeman to collect one dollar from every vehicle that en- tered Pier 60 parking lot after 7pm. This was suppose to help control the “rowdy” teenagers who used the beach as their hang-out. ‘‘It’s B. Sloan worth the money if you can get a bunch of friends to join you,” said junior Kenny Climo. When the city instituted this, they made parallel parking illegal after 10pm. While night beach problems were starting to settle, students found another side of the beach during the day. From the time the last bell rang to the time the first bell rang, students found the beach the place to go. “The first thing I did when I got home from the last exam was to (cont.) A place to hangout, a place to play video games, a place to meet friends. Crystal Pal- ace serves as all three of these. Will McEuen and T. ). Shano get a laugh from Bill Steuer. Beach II

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Impatiently awaiting their awards, the cheerleaders lis- ten to one of their summer camp coaches, Steve, about the Dallas trip. Planning for summer means planning vacations as well as intense training sessions by Barbara Sloan I B ' •Ians were made l in January. The next six months just dragged by, but the two months of summer were here and gone as I if one school week had passed. For most, summer was a time to relax and enjoy the free moments either individually or with friends. “I enjoyed having the freedom of getting together with a bunch of friends or just floating on a raft by my- self,” commented ju- nior Mark Walkup. But for others summer meant work. “I had to work all summer to keep up my car pay- ments, to buy clothes and to have some extra spending cash,” said se- nior Colleen Dalton. In the beginning of the summer, five ju- niors had the opportu- nity to attend an hon- ors program offered at Eckerd College. “The program was really worth it. I learned a lot and met a couple for- eign students,” stated senior Gina McClain. The program offered intense college level training in a variety of subjects. During the last week of July the yearbook staff went to Charlotte, North Carolina for in- tense sessions on how to “Go for the Gold. The staff also had the chance to tour Delmar, the printing company, to see how yearbooks are put together. “I thought the workshops were very helpful to a new person on staff. Besides all the new people I met, the tour of the plant was the great- est!” exclaimed junior Dana Daniels. The cheerleaders at- tended a cheering camp at Countryside High School. The camp ran all day from August 1 to August 5. Senior Roxanne Kane com- mented Camp was a lot of hard work with learning new cheers and chants. But it brought our whole squad and other squads a lot closer. The cheer- leaders won the spirit award and the award of excellence. By winning these awards, they were eligible to attend the Nationals in Dallas, Texas on December 28 and 29. The football team started practice on Au- gust 15. The team prac- ticed twice daily, aver- aging about six hours. The practices were needed so we can be better than the other teams and win, com- mented senior player Bob Fuller. Many changes oc- curred in the band. The Tornadoettes became part of the band, some of the costumes changed, and band camp was held here at the school. Summer was not just a time to relax and go clothes shopping at one of the local malls, but a time to perfect inter- ests and activities.? While attending an honors program at Eckerd College. Gina McClain meets some foreign students who are learning the English lan- guage. Gina sits by the pool talking to Antonio about his life in Italy. On the way to a yearbook workshop by bus. Kelli Geoghegan relaxes, after be- ing in the middle of a food fight, by reading her “favorite novel while she listens to a Styx tape. The workshop was held at UNCC. I Summer 1 5