Lyman High School - Eagles Flight Yearbook (Lyman, WY)

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They can do anything a breed left on their own Ordinary tasks become more dwcult for a leji hander. I have to com- pensate, thus, by overcoming obstacles I become a better person. eft handers were, in a sense, opposite from everyone else. Ordinary household objects like an iron and scissors became difficult to use. They did everything with an opposite hand which made them different. Sophomore Tracy Platts, a lefty, said that she liked being different than everyone else. It's my personality, she added. Left handed people had some advantages over right handers. Left handed Miguel Apezteguia said, Being a little different is an advantage. Ordinary tasks become more difficult for a left hander. I have to compensate, thus, by overcom- ing obstacles I become a better persom. I am opposite from the average right handed person. Dave Lewis said it was easier to do left handed lay-ups. Lewis added that left handed people were more artistic than right handers. Another left handed student Bridget Cox said, You get taught how to do something both right and left handed. When you try something new in gymnastics you learn how to do cartwheels and roundoffs both ways. Living in the mercy of a right handed world made it difficult for the minority lefties to learn new skills. Sometimes it was easier to learn it the right way. Platts said, When I leam to do new things like golfing or baseball I usually get taught by right handers, which makes it a lot harder to pick up. Because of that, I am a right handed batter and golfer. El People Left Handed Student mm Lone lefty. No one wants to sit by Miguel Apezteguia because of his jutting elbows. Exchange student Carlos Verone said being left handed helped him in tennis and other activities where he needed to use both hands. Other things came between left handers and right handers like eating. Platts noted that no one liked to sit by her when she had lunch because she always el- bowed them. Lewis added, It is difficult for me to open cans of soup be- cause I can' t use a right handed can opener. Apezteguia said he had trouble writing in a three ring note book. I get pencil marks on my hand when I write, he added. Some left handers refused to admit being out classed by any right hander. Lewis said, Left handed students can do anything as well as right handers . Upstairs in the library, he writes questions for an interview. left hand. Cox said she could do anything as well as a right hander except write. She added, But I'm working on it. Tracy Vercimak Turning troubles. Getting to the lockers Apelleguia agfffd- Verone Said he before the meh, Chris Felkins meds being felt no inferiority about favoring his joustled by the right handers next to him.

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Fake bake in a tanning bed I go because it helps me relax, feel better about mysebfana' get a good tan. magine having the perfect tan all year around. Two places in the Valley offered such facilities: Mel's Ultra Tan Salon and the Bridger Valley Laundry. People went to the tanning center to get tanned for sports , proms and special occasions. A regular customer Junior Jill Birch said, I go because I feel better when I'm tang it gives me self-confidence. When I'm white, I'm self-conscious that I just stick out in sports Another customer Freshman Genevieve Witt added, I go because it helps me relax, feel better about myself and get a good tanf' Many people shied away from the tanning booths because they were afraid of getting cancer from the ultra violent rays. It was an issue each person decided for himfherself. Dennatologist Brent M. Schillinger said, The ultraviolent B rays do darken your pigment in your skin but the light can also interfere with the body's immune system, leading to an increased chance of cancer intemally as well as on your skin. Senior Carol Bluemel noted, I worry about cancer somewhat, but if you don'tkeep getting burnt all of the time, you lessen your chance for getting cancerf' Cost kept many people from vis- iting the tanning centers. The shops offered specials like monthly unlim- ited tanning for S30, but some people thought that was too much. Bluemel said, If I don't have money, I just can't go. Others like Junior Deena Moretti said, The cost is really no issueg I go when I need to. I don't think about the cost? A problem some people experi- enced at tanning salons was their skin itched after they had been tanning. Everyone's skin was different,so people react in different ways. Some said lotions helped this problem, but others said one had to just wait until it went away. When I first started going I itched, butl started using lo- tions, and it helped make my skin more moistg I didn't itch much any- more, said Bluemel. Christy Youngberg Winter preparation. One way red haired, fair skinned Senior Leza Chapman gets ready for winter is by visiting a tanning salon. Being a cheerleader, she also liked having the tan when she was cheering before crowds. ..g Pseudo salon. Not wanting to pay the salon price, Sophomore Jeff Shahan, Junior Mike Mackenzie and Junior Jason Bair catch some rays during lunch time. Most students optioned getting their tans au nalurel. People 'I 3 7

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