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

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“It's hard for me to manage school and a job. As long as I graduate, that's all I'm worried about ” Senior Amy Patterson '‘Since I have Kirtland, my three classes in the morning don't interfere with a job. Junior Caren Wilson WAITING FOR just the right moment, junior Amy Southwell prepares to balance things out over the air. Amy works weekends at WHGR WJGS and sometimes after school broadcasting the Detroit Tiger games. “I never know how long I’m going to be there. It all depends on how well the games go,” Amy said. Photo by Brian Colby. JUST DOING his job, junior Steve Cooper takes an order for a pizza at the Za Shop where he works 30 to 35 hours during the school week. He also works in the kitchen making pizzas and sometimes goes out on deliveries. Photo by Jodi Majszak. Plain as Day JOBS

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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

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WHEN THE NATIONAL Honor Society sponsored a benefit dinner at Big Boy for the Roscommon County Hospice, Mrs. Linda Ackley attended with her son Keven and her daughter Kristie, a junior. “Dinners like these give me a better opportunity to spend time with my family,” Kristie said. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. “Half my family lives here and half lives down state so I don’t spend a lot of time with them. I'm glad I live up here, though, because I would rather spend more time with my dad. Junior Stephanie Rader ‘7 don't spend a lot of time with my family because of cheerleading and I'm always with my boyfriend. I don’t regret it though. Sitting home with my family is boring. Sophomore Amy Widdis 12 THE SIMPLE LIFE