Dunkerton High School - Raider Yearbook (Dunkerton, IA)

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I THERE ARE 9 REGULAR BUS ROUTES PLUS TWO KINDERGARTEN NOON ROUTES, IN A DAY THEY TRAVEL A TOTAL OF 486 MILES. THE COST OF A DAILY HOT LUNCH TICKET IS $.60, A WEEKLY IS $2.25 AND A MONTHLY TICKET IS $11.00. CHILI IS THE MOST ENJOYED LUNCH OF BOTH JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. MCDONALDS IS THE FAVORITE FAST FOOD PLACE TO EAT AT. SUNRAYS IS THE MOST FAVORITE CANCER CAUSING ELEMENT OF THE STUDENTS. AS OF JANUARY, THE FAVORITE MOVIE WAS STIR CRAZY, WITH GENE WILDER AND RICHARD PRYOR. BETWEEN BEING BUSY AND JUST PLAIN FORGETTING IS WHY SOME HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS WERE‘MISSED’. NUMBER ONE EXPENDITURE OF THIS YEAR’S STUDENTS HAS BEEN CLOTHES. THE TOP TWO CARS WISHED FOR BY STUDENTS POLLED WAS THE CAMARO AND THE CORVETTE. BETWEEN 1-5 HOURS DAILY IS THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT BY A STUDENT DOING HOMEWORK. THE BATHROOM SEEMED TO SCORE HIGH AS TO THE PLACE IN THE SCHOOL WHERE ONE WENT TO BE ALONE. BELTS AND ACCESSORIES WERE IMPORTANT ASSETS TO BEING IN STYLE’ THIS YEAR. HIKING BOOTS BEGAN SHOWING UP WITH INCREASING POPULARITY. GUYS STARTED WEARING DRESSIER CLOTHES AND GIRLS WENT FOR THE JACKET OVER SWEATER LOOK. THE MOVIE ‘URBAN COWBOY’ HELPED TO INFLAME THE COWBOY CRAZE THAT SEEMED TO BE SPREADING. THE TOP SONG OF THE 1980 COUNTDOWN WAS CALL ME’ BY BLONDIE. “SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE” CHANGED ACTORS AND DROPPED IN POPULARITY, WHILE THE NEW SHOW “FRIDAYS” MORE OR LESS TOOK ITS PLACE.