East Mecklenberg High School - East Wind Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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Vive la Francelz Caught in one of her sophisticated moods, senior Alisa Long entertains her French 'sister Christine. ,. Qi ' 4 x Killer Tans! Juniors Laurie Sessa and Tracy Barwick enjoy the sunny weather on Topsail Island. The Two Amigos: Senior Christy Conroy and her sister Ali model sombreros at Disney World, Out on the Town: Seniors Debbie Daumit and Christy Smith live it up in London, England. ,muh Mmm . . . Grubsl: Seniors Garret Sustar, Ben Kinney, Kevin Gordon, Mike Wyche, jeff Martin, and Clark Hodges practice survival skills at Mt. Pisgah, North Carolina. VACATIONXTRIPS 9

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The heat is on as summer moves in and school moves out. Beaches, lakes, and mountains become popular resting spots for East Meek students. , , . s 5 . ft' , 8 VACATIONXTRIPS if i 5i1g!eWii1g ily Cv uiiziizer june 6 . . . the beach . .. lune6...theheat... lune6...thepool... .' lune 6, 1987, 2:25 p.m. ' East Meck Eagles awaited the final ring of the bell that ended the school year and began their migration to the southfs beaches and anywhere they could rest their tired Eagle wings. Last summer, some rocked their Eagle wings at such concerts as Whitney Houston and Billy Idol, to name a few. Meg Keally, a senior, who went to see Whitney Houston, thought it was a 'great concert despite the reviews. Christy Conroy, also a senior, went to the Psychedelic Furs concert at the Grady Cole Center with a bunch of friends. Her review of the concert was that 'it was incredible . . . we were up Q, 'QQ Q ,Oo front and I got squooshed but it was worth it. Of course, the majority of the Eagles spent their summer at the beach soaking up rays and sending out umating calls to the opposite sex. lunior Shannon lack- son settled down on the warm sands of Kiawah Beach while others flew over- seas to foreign countries. Alisa Long, a senior, went to France and stayed with her French llsister Christine. Senior Donna Cook toured the Sears Tower, Art Institute, and malls of Chicago, lllinois and found it to be quite an experience. Everybody benefited from last sum- mer, whether they worked, slept, or traveled. As senior Mark Love put it, the summer of 1987 was 'la great wave peaking in lune, rolling through july, and thunderously crashing in August. We Care: lunior Marc West and sophomore len- The Cookie Monster: Senior Donna Cook can't nifer Love taught Bible school in New lersey. resist the llsweet side of Chicago.

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East students worked up a storm last summer. They held jobs at various places in order to earn money for the basic summer necessities . Fun on the job: Christy Eads is all smiles while she works at Fifty's Burgers and Shakes. 10 VACATIONXIOBS -...wks ., , ,..+-ns..,,,,,m agle ,4 I Work the Eagles sat home all summer keeping up with the soaps, many of them daringly decided to go out into the rough and tough working world. lEast students took jobs to earn money for cars, clothes, beach trips, dates, and other summer essentials. Eagles held jobs ranging anywhere from swimming pools to gas stations' Each student had a different view on what the 'ideal summer job was. Ac- cording to Nancy Kuhn, who was a life- guard at Sardis Swim and Raquet Club, X O is ok lllifeguarding is the best job to have in the summer because you earn money and get a good tan at the same time. Working proved not only to be worth while for making money, but also to be a lot of fun. Sarah Talbot,who worked at American Athletics said she enjoyed her job because, 'll got to meet good-look- ing athletes every day. By the end of the summer of '87, working East students had learned re- sponsibility, gained friendships, earned a sense of respect for themselves and, along the way, gotten a good touch of what it is like out there in the real world. Not another cart: Greg Ward, a Food Lion employee, prepares to load bags into the customers car.