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

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WORKING AT her parents’ restaurant, Ron's Coney Island, senior Cindy for her parents so she is able to Pacini helps her mother, Mrs. Ron spend more time with her family. Pacini, make hot dogs. Cindy works Photo by Jodi Majszak. AFFAIR In your childhood your life revolved around your family. They taught you right from wrong, you took family vacations together and Sunday dinner became a must. Now that you have grown older, other priorities have become more important. Because of this, family starts to take a back seat. Because sports play a major part in students’ lives, whether it's participating or just AT THE FATHER-Daughter Banquet and Dance held on April 15, junior Shelly Nichols and her father Ed Nichols get their picture taken. Fifty- four junior and senior girls and their fathers attended the second annual dance In the high school cafeteria. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. watching the game, students tend to spend more and more time at school. “I play football, basketball and baseball. Between the practices and games I’m hardly ever home,” sophomore Jim Meigs said. “I go to most of the football games. Because of this and work I only spend about seven hours per week with my family,” junior Brian Crystal said. To help pay for college or just to have a little extra spending money, part-time jobs proved popular with students. Having a job became yet another activity that took away from time spent at home. “I have to pay for everything I do, which includes college and car insurance, so I work a lot. Because of this and AT CHURCH with his father, Mr. Jerry Gruber, senior Brad Gruber sings Onward Christian Soldiers.” Because of his busy schedule Brad finds Sunday morning church services a good way to spend time with his family. Photo by Brian Colby. Students find new ways to fit families into their busy schedules social activities I only spend about four hours a week with my family,” senior Brett Hoover said. Although we still think of our family as important, sometimes it’s for the wrong reasons. “I think of my family as important when I need money or a ride somewhere, but other than that I could live without them,” sophomore Cathy Robinson said. As we grow up family vacations occur less often and Sunday dinners become occasional. After establishing your life and realizing the importance of your family, families begin to move back to the top of the list of priorities. But until then they remain in the back seat. Bobbi Ostrom Plain as Day q FAMIL Y TIME • O

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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

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EVEN WITH practice time during their first hour class, band students often spend extra time practicing. Freshman Kristin Tacconelli, practicing with classmate Paulette St. Louis, sometimes practices in the barn with her horses since her mother requires an hour a day practice. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. IN HER TWICE WEEKLY jazzercise class, senior Karin Akin follows Instuctor Mary Durden. Karin is also involved In National Honor Society and works as a stocker cashier at Hub, which makes it hard for her to budget time. Photo by Evie Breedlove. fl QUICK FIX Working to lighten the load, students develop methods to budget time Til do my homework in a minute, Mom!” But we all know how often that minute turns into an hour. When students work on budgeting their time, they claim procrastination most often prevents them from fitting everything in. “Every day I put off doing my homework and end up getting bad grades,” freshman Leslie Aird said. Every minute becomes valuable when students have to go to practices, after-school meetings, clubs and jobs. Add homework to that list of obligations and students begin to really feel the crunch. I find time to do my homework by doing it in study hall and staying up late at night,” freshman Brian Anderson said. Once they’ve managed to squeeze in time for homework between games, work and other school activities, the problem of time management still isn’t solved. Now they must find time for a social life. “Some of the difficulties in budgeting time are that between work and school, I don’t find much time available to be with family and friends. Homework takes up all of any other free time I have,” junior Steve Cooper said. Solutions to budgeting time vary from maintaining a tight schedule to having none at all. “My solution to budgeting time is I try to plan out my day in the morning so I know basically what and how long I’ll be doing something,” senior Suzie Bowman said. “My solution to budgeting time is to go to bed late and get up early. That way I find time for everything,” senior Pete Hern said. Other students have given up on the whole process. “I don’t have a solution to budgeting time. I cram in all I can in one day and do whatever I didn’t finish the next day,” junior Rhonda Brown said. If only time would stand still. The clock wouldn’t tick every hour away. That would be a perfect solution to budgeting time. Dawn Banka DEVELOPING NEGATIVES for the yearbook, which takes about 25 minutes, senior Evie Breedlove and freshman Jennifer Szewczyk use class time seventh hour to meet their deadline. Because of their out-of- school assignments, photographers find It hard to meet deadlines and keep up with other school work. Photo by Brian Colby. Piam as Day 14 THE SIMPLE LIFE