Excelsior Springs High School - Tiger Yearbook (Excelsior Springs, MO)

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Several changes were made in ihe West High parking lot. One-way signs greet students on the first day of school. A student’s car shows the required parking sticker. Mr. Hyder directs traffic in the parking lot.

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New lot changes create hassles Several changes in the West High parking lot were made over the summer vacation. For the first time, park- ing stickers were issued to students planning to drive to school. One-way enter and exit signs were also added to lower the risks of accidents in the parking lot. By the end of the year, though, students were ignoring the signs and lot once again became a free-for-all. Also for the first time, vocational students were re- quired to ride the bus from West to the Vocational school unless they had the permission of Mr. Roy Smith, director of the Vocational school, to drive. Several students, however, upset by the rule, drove and parked their cars near the school and walked. As with so many other policy changes, those which af- fect students’ desire to drive met with continuing com- plications. The vocational school parking lot had plenty of parking spaces due to a rule that everyone had to ride the bus unless they had special permission to drive. Vocational students David Mills and Angela Brown and Melody Beckwith walk to the vocational school after parking their cars. Junior Sheila Kennedy takes time out from cruisin' to lay frisbee in the Oaks lot. 12 - parking lot improvements, by Terri Hampton v

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Cruisin’ down theH| motorway As gas prices soared, people were driving less. From September to December, gas prices rose an average of 6c a month. In November Regular was 99.9c a gallon, then in February Regular was SI. 10.9 a gallon as Unleaded was a few cents higher respectively. Travel had become somewhat of a problem for students with little or no income. Putting every available cent into the gas tank, money was low for other entertain- ment. Due to these high gas prices more students were staying home. A greater amount of parked cars were be- ing left at the “hitch lot” or the Oaks parking lot as peo- ple joined together to party and conserve on gas. Some stations that dosed early or all day on Saturday and Sunday kept weekend cruisin' to a minimum. More students were feeling the price pinch and getting part- time jobs to earn the money to put into the tank and keep their cars running in top-top shape for the cruise through town. Cruisin' to the city to see shows or concerts provided adequate entertainment for students if the usual cruise through town became monotonous. Is there a gas shortage? Will somebody find the solu- tion? Only time can answer these questions, but for now we'll conserve as we pay the price. 14-Cruising, by Janet Stewart