Houghton Lake High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Houghton Lake, MI)

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AS PART OF HER before school routine, sophomore Jodi Majszak curls her hair in her bedroom. Jodi gets up at 7:00 every morning to allow herself time to curl her hair for 20 minutes and make preparations before catching a ride to school at about 8:15. Photo by Evie Breedlove. p ?ly ‘ To make life more fun, I do something really different once in a while to break my routine” Junior Kris Dann '7 like having a routine because then I don't have to think about what Tm doing. I know what's next. Senior Dawn Wierzbicki Plain as Day q ROUTINES

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ROUTflE RAISE Whether you know it or not, IT has got you in its grasp. Day after day, IT compels you to repeat 70ur own actions. Defined as a practice adhered to by force of habit, IT is a routine. Thirty-three percent of students surveyed didn’t have routines, or at least that’s what they thought. “I get up in the morning, brush my teeth, take a shower, and do everything the same way but I never realized I had a routine before,” sophomore Don Gillett said. I didn’t know that I had a routine either,” sophomore Tim Crystal said. I guess people don’t realize they have routines FOLLOWING HER lunchtime routine, social studies teacher Mrs. Elaine Jansen makes a salad. I eat salads because I like to eat light and I hate because they’ve done the things so many times that they don’t think about them anymore.” After discovering that they had a routine, many students found that there were some aspects they didn’t like about IT. “A lot of routines are boring, like going to school everyday,” sophomore Matt Walsh said. Though routines were disliked by some, they were invaluable aids in organizing the lives of many students. By doing the same routine most days, I don’t have to take time out to think about what to do next. Life’s a lot less confusing that way,” junior Kim Sapp said. So whether you view a routine as good or bad, you’d better get the feeling of being full,” she said. Her lunch never varies: a salad and a Coke Classic. Photo by Evie Breedlove. used to it because IT has you under its power and shows no sign of relenting. Chris Eno RAISING THE SCHOOL flag constitutes part of senior Jason Mandley’s morning routine. Jason, a former Eagle Scout, was bothered by the fact that the school didn’t fly the flag because no one put it up so he volunteered to raise and lower it each day. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. ALTHOUGH NOT a member of student senate, the group who took on the responsibility of the pop machines during March, freshman Julie Gandolfi helps fill one of the school’s three pop machines. Different school groups routinely spent about 20 minutes before or after school filling the machines in order to gain funds for their organizations. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. 8 THE SIMPLE LIFE

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Students find it difficult to balance their jobs with school BALfTICtlG PICT Everyone has heard the sayings, You're only young once, or High school is a once-in-a-lifetime deal. Adults seem to urge students into many activities because of these ideas. Sports is one of the many important activities in high school, along with dating, first cars and dances, that require money. In order to have money, you have to have a job. With all these activities, students must reach a decision of what’s most important: school, work or sports. I feel my school years are a lot more important than work so I make sure I get weekdays off for sports and I only work weekends, junior Sharee Ringwald said. Others seem to feel a job is more important since they face car payments that range from $30.00 to $300.00 a month along with insurance payments from $250.00 to $400.00 every six months. This can sometimes be more expensive than Mom and Dad can afford or just a weekend job can finance. That’s when students have to choose work over sports. I had to quit softball because of my job. It had too many interferences, junior Carolyn Cassell said. Like sports, jobs became very important during high school. Making the choice between the two of them can become difficult so some students elect to compromise. I only work weekends until sports are done, then I work all week long, junior Erihk Lawson said. Along with dating, dancing and first cars, jobs also become part of the teen life, competing with sports and school. Whether it means not playing sports, not having a job or working around both, jobs and sports become two main parts of the high school years. Chris Stead WHIPPING UP a Blizzard is no problem for freshman Linda Romanowski. Linda has worked at the local Dairy Queen since the summer of 1987. Photo by Jodi Majszak. WOOD HEAT remains a popular source for home heating in the north. Freshmen Joe Bakun and John Bakun cut wood for the woodstove which is used to heat their house. “We get paid for cutting the wood through our allowances, John said. Photo by Brian Colby. 10 THE SIMPLE LIFE