Daviess County High School - Echoes Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

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lohn Fovvler's Datsun 2402 gave him everything he wanted-a good looking car with great mileage, Gina Davis' Datsun 210 takes her to school and back from Whitesville every day. 1? 3556 V f Q st g ooii Mike Erickson chose his Ford Escort for its combi- nation of class and economy. 2'l0!The Cas-Saving Generation 3 , lodie Royal's AMC Pacer has plenty of room for anything she wants to put in the trunk.

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Darwin Colston tries to decipher the federal Fi- nancial Aid Form which every college-bound senior must file. Miss Stevenson encourages all seniors to fill out the form even if they do not think they'Il be eligible for aid. Ronnie Abell attends Brescia College three days a week. Melissa Long attends Kentucky Wesleyan on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Sherri Heath takes night classes at Owensboro Business College. ' THE tai F HX study, and student loans. The govern- ment sends funds to the college, whose Financial Aid Director then decides how much each student will receive. This year Brescia's basic grant money was cut by 511000, and the college work study by 5500. On top of that the govern- ment has not yet decided how much its loan money will be cut, so she cannot guarantee sufficient loan funds for needy students. ln years past she had been able to assure students that financial aid for true need would come through. Now she cannot do that. However, as financial aid director of a small college, she can examine each student's situation and make awards accordingly. Many larger colleges have elected to make 'lacross the board cuts which in es- sence mean that every student's need will be undermet by a certain amount. From now on, she says, 'lstudents must take more responsibility for their own educations. Financial Aid! 209

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f' Porter's Ford Fiesta can squeeze into parking places cadillac would never consider. He also gets about 40 Best of all Barry boasts, lt's got a lot of power for a little car. The Clos-Soving Generotion Though many good changes swept DCHS in the 1981-82 school year, an economic crunch that squeezed the na- tion continued to cut into budgets. Par- ent layoffs and student unemployment forced many families to draw tight bud- gets. Others drew tight budgets not so much out of desparation, but out of a realization of the value of economizing. Instead of buying their children gas-guz- zling sports cars, parents began helping their teenagers finance gas savers. Gas- saving American-made cars along with every imaginable model of Datsun, Toyota, and Volkswagen began appear- ing in the Davies County parking lot. Gas prices were actually lower in the 1981-82 school year than during the 1980-81 year because of a Mid East oil surplus. At one point in early spring, prices actually dipped to 99 cents a gal- lon. However, by graduation, prices were back to 1.16 and promising to rise. At times like these, students like Gina Davis are glad to get 35-40 miles per gallon in town. Gina bought her orange 81 Datsun 210 in October of 1981 from Sturgeon Pontiac Datsun. She needed economical transportation, her dad liked Datsuns, and it was a good deal. Gas for Cina's trip to Florida only cost her 530. Making car payments are rough, but she feels like the money she's saving will eventually pay for the car. Until then, she can go as far on a dollar's worth of gas in her Datsun as teenagers in the 50's did in their gas guzzlers when a dollar's worth was 4 times as much. The future belongs to the gas saving generation. The Economic Crunch: Little gas savers have one dis- advantage, a major blow will destroy the car, Karen Thomas' Datsun 1200 may not survive its last Friday night in town. The Gas-Saving Generationf211