Culpeper County High School - Colonnade Yearbook (Culpeper, VA)

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4 AN EXPENSIVE GESTURE At three dollars a rose, even a simple boquet can cost a bunch. THE PRICE OF ENTERTAINMENT At these prices, Eddie Murphy should be made of gold. GET YOUR TICKETS Robbie Leavell a ticket for the Christmas Dance. 4 SHOPPING FOR CLOTHES Susan Kinzer looks over the prices at the new Leggett ' s store.

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Not having enough money is a problem . . Trying to earn enough is tough. We should all have money to burn 1986 Costs M oney makes the world go around.” Even in the ’60’s when Joel Gray and Liza Minneli sang “Money” in “Cabaret,” money was important. Just as important as it is today— but now it takes even more to buy the same things. Back then a gallon of gas was 35c, a Hardee’s hamburger 25c, and it only cost $1.50 to see “Caba¬ ret” at a movie theatre. Money for clothes, lunches, gas, cars, records, make-up, hair supplies, gifts, tapes, movies, dates . . . the list never ended. Being broke was the pits. It meant that gas couldn’t be put in the car, which effectively grounded some¬ one unless they could bum a ride. Some lived off an allowance, but many students found ways of making money to provide themselves for extra spending. Many looked for formal jobs at the local businesses, but others went to work for themselves, doing yard work, babysitting, or even doing exotic things like exercising horses —all to make those all important dollars. gallon of gas .79 guess jeans 50.00 Levis 21.00 Reeboks 50.00 Adidas 50.00 Big Mac 1.50 Large Pizza 14.00 Yearbook 18.00 Album 7.99 Cassette Tape 8.99 Compact Disc 13.99 Movie in Town 3.75 Movie in Charlottesville 5.00 Coke or Pepsi .50 Candy Bar .45 School Lunch .90 Concert Tickets 17.00 Prom Tickets 10.00 t FILLING UP Keith Dunn finds out how ex¬ pensive it can be to keep a car running. 22 Money Problems

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Working students find when they try to balance school, jobs, and social lives they’re putting in Serious Overtime A full day of school consisted of eight hours and no pay- and all the students were em¬ ployed. That alone was enough of a workday for most, but those who had car payments, shop¬ ping costs, or just wanted some extra money for the teenage neccesities of life usually had to find a part-time job. The first part was actually finding the job. According to Allison Crane, “it takes forever to get a job . . . if you get it at all.” After running around town and filling out endless applica¬ tions, many lucked out and landed a job, with some going as far as Fauquier for employment. The even harder task was keeping the job and maintaining good grades at the same time. Farran Cook, who was a waitress at Country Cookin’ said, “Sometimes I’m all tired out after work and it’s hard to do your home¬ work, but you have to if you want to pass.” The back-breaking work may have driven some students to quit, but Troy Neff added that “the extra spending money was worth it.” Richie Burke who worked at Golden Corral with Troy, said “friends alleviate the stress of working.” For some, the money earned was the important thing. Most paychecks were spent immediately, but others were tucked away in savings and checking accounts to help defray fu¬ ture college costs. For others, the beginning of job skills and the chance to make contacts in the business community were the main reason for seeking out-of-school employment. But there were problems. It was dif¬ ficult to keep up grades when a great deal of evening and weekends were taken up by work. Very few students were as lucky as Jay Shaver, who found an extra bonus in working at the town library. “Working at the library is a plus for me because when I have to do research, the books are already there.” Finding time to do everything- school, homework, work-and trying to have a social life, was difficult at best. Some part usually got short-changed, and it was often sleeping time. Tricia Hackley, who worked at Leggett, said, “I must have the easiest job in history, but I can’t understand why I’m so tired all of the time.” Whatever their reasons, students who worked a 40 + hour week thought the rewards outweighed the drawbacks. WHAT A JEWEL Pam Lightfoot straightens a jewelry display while working at Leggett. IN THE BAG Rose’s worker Arlene Orange bags some items for a waiting customer.