Leo High School - Oracle Yearbook (Leo, IN)

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Before students ore 16 years old and eligible for o working permir, rhey find alrernare pastimes In his spore rime, Druce Deerbower ploys o friendly gome of cords wirh a neighbor. Working port-time or Tn-Srore Cleaners is Joyce Collins ' way ro earn money for college. Jeff Deerbower spends money ro Keep his 1980 Mercury Copri running well. after school a?w

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On October 3. fans of rhe popular group Styx rroded 8 hard earned dollars for OVi hours of rock ' n ' roll in rhe Memorial Coliseum The Doctor song runes like Come Sail Away and rhe new hir Babe. TkfiWittk,, NOTtht f ?t duu Making % % $ And Spending It Everyone loves ro spend money. Un- fortunately, money must be earned be- fore ir can be spenr. Many srudenrs make money by working a parr-rime job afrer school and on weekends. They find jobs or grocery srores, gas srarions, drug srores, and resrauronrs. Employees of rhe local McDonald ' s were happy ro see rhe minimum wage raised ro $3.10 on hour. This provided workers wirh addi- tional spending money. Some srudenrs are employed in more domesric areas: babysirring, housecleaning, lawn mow- ing, and housepainring. Their employers are nor required ro meer rhe minimum wage, bur any addirional income helps rhe srudenrs. As limired as rhe job marker is, rhe sky is rhe limir for ways ro spend money. Wirh clorhes prices rising, large sums of money are spenr trying ro keep in sryle. Mainraining a car is also expensive. De- sides rhe high gos prices, a car owner musr invesr in insurance, rires, oil, and a license plare. An occasional malfuncrion may also cosr rhe owner repairs or a service fee. Another high price is paid for enrer- rainmenr such as concerrs ar rhe Memori- al Coliseum. Favorire groups on rour stop ar Forr Wayne, and Leo srudenrs always conrribure ro rheir support. Weekends are anorher excuse for spending mon- ey. Going on a dare or wirh a group of friends, students hand over dollars ro rhe- arers, resrauranrs, and gas srarions. Even weekend game ar school draws from one ' s savings. The new price for a foor- ball or basketball game was $1.75. Add rhar ro a 25 t bag of popcorn, a 25 t pop, a $1.50 afrer-game dance, and rhe ap- proximate 58d for gos ro get to school and back. It would take working for 1 hour and 15 minures ar rhe minimum wage to cover rhese expenses. Obvious- ly in order for money ro be spenr, ir must firsr be earned. k — — Kim Sir.: mlf after school

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What A Week For Winners As mosr would agree, rhe rhird week was rhe mosr Evenrfull week in March. Much arrenrion was aimed ar gerring everyrhing planned for rhe year- ly evenrs of Class Tourney. This was nor rhe only way rhe sru- denrs compered. The Women ' s Clubs of Indiana sponsored an arr conresr in which Joyce Collins enrered rhree pieces ar rhe disrricr level. She won borh firsr and second places wirh her pencil land- scape and pasrel inrerior respectively Sr. Francis also held an arr show in which four arr srudenrs were selecred ro exhibir. Ellen McKinley ' s pencil drawing of her young cousin won her rop prize ar rhe show — a $150 scholarship ro rhe Sr. Francis College arr deparrmenr. Nor only were arrisrs awarded prizes bur wrirers as well. Oracle ediror Laura Sammeringer was rhe unanimous choice of rhe judges ar rhe annual comperirion for rop graduaring srudenrs in a journal- ism or communicarion field sponsored by rhe Women in Communicarion, Inc. Lau- ra was awarded wirh a S200 scholarship rowards college. As if rhis weren ' r enough for one week, rhe girls ' gymnasrics finals were held Sarurdoy in Indianapolis. The oprion- al ream placed second in rhe srare wirh Karen Herendeen placing rhird in all- around! A relared srory is on pages 48- 49 in rhe Sporrs Pages. There were win- ners all around rhis week, in sporrs and orher areas, roo. After placing second in srore ar rhe girls ' gymnas- rics finals, rhe optional ream displays all rheir awards. Jane Hersha presents Senior Louro Sammeringer wirh a $200 Women in Communicorions scholar- ship