Connor High School - Archives Yearbook (Hebron, KY)

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Against All Odds Did you ever have a unforgetable task that you thought would be impossible to perform? Sometimes you just wanted to scream, I give up! Somehow you always managed to pull through in the end! Try These ... Buy your own car. Learn to tie your shoes. Straight A's for honor roll. Recite your lines for Romeo and Juliet. Hold a job and go to school. Get a date for the weekend. Keep a diet and lose weight. Learn to ride a bike. Save money in the bank. Enter a contest and win 1st. Recall Your First Growing up starts with a series of Firsts . There is a beginning to everything you do: Leaving for your first day of school. Meeting your first best friend. That first True Love . Hearing that first I Love You . A first Kiss. Getting ready for that first date. Working at that first job. Receiving your first paycheck. The first time you drove the car. Feeling that first broken heart. Earning your first starting position on a team. Of course, after every first, there starts a second and the numbers grow on down the line. So look forward to the fun you have left to find! Did You Ever Ask Dad first ... because you knew Mom would say NO! Find you could park the car fine ... until your parents got in with you! Laugh at a joke you didn't get ... just because everyone else did! Wake up to the alarm clock, tell yourself ten minutes more ... then get up a half hour late! Bring a stack of books home to study ... and never open one! Finally get to watch a favorite T.V. show without any arguments from anyone .. . only to find the President was making a news report! Find someone to notice you and ... you've got your eye on someone else! Turn on the radio ... just in time to catch the last verse of your favorite song! Get that special someone to call you up only to have them ... ask for your best friend's phone number! If you answered YES to any of the above, you definitely qualify as a Normal American Teenager! Seniors 37

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Time After Time Through the years of growing up you tend to forget many of those fun and sad times. A few refreshers are all you may need to stir the many memories stored in your heart. Like the times on Christmas morning you received the presents you asked for, or hunting Easter Eggs on a sun- ny Easter Sunday. There were incidents when your par- ents had questioned faces, remember how protective they were when you were out playing, all the times they tried to teach you how to tie your shoes, and your dreams of being on your own seemed un- reachable. Finally there are teenage years where having friends and that special someone are all very important. Though your par- ents may still not understand you, with more guidance you are sure to make it on your own. 1. Angie Mobley and Mickey Clore share Christmas together in 1986. 2. Carie Moore and Amy Schaller enjoy the spring fever with the Easter Bunny. 3. Claire May, Amy Schaller, and Matt Tanner take time to play on the Monkey Bars. 4. Shannon Merrell assists Bill Dillion in tying his shoe. 5. Haley Ammon, Scott Luck, Kristen Hughes and Kevin Hamilton need to get their dates straightened out. Long Long Ago You still believed in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny ... you know better now. Your mom picked out your clothes ... and dressed you in those awful bell bottom pants. It was Great to be allowed to say up past 9:30 pm .. . now you don't come home until 12:30 am You thought you'd never like boys girls . . . now you spend every extra minute with them. You always wanted to help your parents ... now they have to tell you 3 times to do anything. You were never old enough . . . now you're not young enough. What is the perfect age? You used to behave in class . . . now you goof off. 36 Seniors ♦ ♦ Remember When . . It was so easy to get A's and B's in school . . . now you have to study all the time. You thought it would be a big deal to have a job . . . now you hate it and want to quit. You could only see PG movies with your parents now they should see what you watch. You got your first bike . . . Now all you want is a car. You used to get up at 8:00 on Saturday mornings watch cartoons . . . now you sleep until noon. You used to say Gosh twelve whole years of school to go ... now this is the end. You cried on the first day of school . . . now you'll cry on the last.

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Memories Of 86-87 As the years went by, many changes have taken place in our community. For instance, in the field of box office smash- es, there were early movies ranging from the very dramatic Gone With The Wind to the current realistic Platoon . In the category of rock-n-roll, enter- tainment varied from the 1960's hit single Hard Day's Night to the 1980's chart topper such as Jacob's Ladder . Men's and women's apparel is ever- changing with popular styles ranging from oversized sweatshirts and Guess jeans or dressy slacks with a classy shirt or blouse. This chic appearance could be seen at Conner High during the 86-87 school year. 1. Kelli McGillis and Tom Cruise, stars of Top Cun, were the teenage heartthrobs of 1986 2. Still rowdy and rocking with excitement from the Bon Jovi concert is Steve T. King. 3. Brian Taylor and Steve D. King model some of the men's latest fashions. 4. Showing the newfangled favorites of women's apparel are Nicole Westcrmeyer and Cari Moore. 5. joking around while modeling their fashionable bows and lace designs are Jackie Miller, Lauri Moore, and Tami Dolin. Favorite Flicks It was a record breaking year at the box office as movie goers swamped the ticket windows to see their favorite movies. At Conner, the students proved to be no different when it came to their screen idols. Among the highly admired entertainers were: Tom Cruise, who portrayed an F-14 jet fighter pilot called Maverick in Top Gun, Paul Hogan, who played an Aussie coming to America for the first time in the motion picture Crocodile Dundee, plus the never-ending adventures of James T. Kirk and the Starship Enterprise in Star Trek IV. Other successful films included: Platoon, Nightmare on Elm Street — Dream Warriors, and Lethal Weapon. 38 Seniors Rockin The Charts During the 50's, the expression Rock-n-Roll is here to stay was very popular, and this expression has been carried over into the fast pace of the 80's bands. 1987 was a year of comeback for the rock group Van Halen as their fans eagerly accepted Sammy Hagar as the replaced lead singer. An all- female group, known as The Bangles, who have also hit the charts with Manic Monday and Walk Like an Egyptian . This year's favorite rock group, the energetic Bon Jovi, emerged with fantastic no. 1 hits such as: You Give Love a Bad Name and Livin on a Prayer . Performing in Cincinnati March 19 and 20 of 1987, this band was enthusastically welcomed by local fans. Other famous rock groups were Huey Lewis and The News, and Genesis.