Minnechaug Regional High School - Falcon Yearbook (Wilbraham, MA)

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Don ' t pick on my friend Bill! says Jen- nifer Doyle of Bill Scarlett as they chat outside the school. WHEN all else fails, there ' s always the thirty minute drive to Show- case in West Springfield or the Cinemas in Enfield, where great films such as Big, Diehard, Platoon, Cocktail, Police Academy III, Secret of My Success, The Lost Boys, Top Gun, Back to the Future, Crocodile Dun- dee, Three Men and a Baby, Less Than Zero, Coming to America, Dirty Dancing, A Fish Called Wanda, Wall Street, Caddy Shack, and of course E.T. are shown. One of the most recent and successful movies ever since E.T. was Who Framed Roger Rabbit a pseudo-animation that incorporated our favorite cartoon characters from Bugs Bunny to Mick- ey Mouse. It ' s the latest in movie technology, taking over three years to be produced. It was an unexpected change in the movies that makes them even more interesting. Many of us were willing to spend the $5.25, because it got us out of the house and out of the summer heat. It also gave us a change from the usual hangouts like Friendly ' s, Pizzeria Uno, Sullivan ' s Drive-in, and Eastfield Mall. Seniors Jeff Bennett, John Christie, and Fenny Griswold talk at friend- ly ' s after a chorus concert they participated in.

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Bill Fridlington enjoys a leisurely ride around Lor.g Island Sound while vacationing in Rhode Island this summer. Is this required reading? Jeff Zahr works on expanding his vocabu- lary after an evening at friendly ' s with Penny Griswold, Marianne Kraus, and Chris Baer. Look, it ' s a bird, it ' s a plane, no wait, it ' s just the concert dome for the Peach Festival being put up. Mate Scott and Chris Meisner take a break from football practice to watch as the structure is built. OPEN the doors to Minnechaug. One world does not face you. Living inside are many worlds, faces, likes, lives and styles. It ' s the common thread of what defines us as students. SOME KIDS ain ' t looking for nothing but a good time ' ' while others strive to be their best, but all share the time period of the late Eighties. OUR IDOLS reflect our diversity. Greg Louganis in the 24th Olympiad at Seoul proved that through hard work and ambi- tion, he could be the best during competi- tion. Plikki Six beat out pounding rhythms with heavy metal Motley Crue. Ronald Reagan gave new meaning to the word jelly bean. Moonstruck Oscar win- ner, Cher, brought younger boyfriends into style while Kevin Costner of No Way Out ' ' managed to come out big on the silver screen. SUMMERTIME $

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Seniors Bill Crocker, Pat Quinn, Matt Stahlek, and junior Greg O ' Connor stroll through the Eastfield Mall over the summer, looking for school clothes. Why go home and do homework? Instead, do what friends Sue Withington and Debbie Courtney are doing, staying after to watch their friends on the Varsity boys soccer team. L You ' ve Got A Friend When one looks back on their four years in high school, what they tend to remember (besides the cafeteria ' s green rocks- I mean beans) are their friendships. Friends can sometimes be a large factor in how you act and some- times- what you wear. Sophomore Kerry Manning says 1 always bring my friends to go clothes shop- ping to get their opinions. But others, like Beth Sager, just dress in the mood they ' re in that morning. Friendships involve many things- usually the good, the bad, and the ugly. Seri- ously though, students spend most of their four years with their friends. They go to parties, go to the movies, to Friendly ' s, or maybe just to each others houses to watch a movie or play a game. Some of the best times I ' ve had this year, says senior Karianne Kraus, are when we were over Chrissy Froehlich ' s house just to watch movies. Sophomore Sara Taylor agrees. You don ' t always have to go out to have a good time. But others en- joy parties every weekend. You can usually find the en- tire football team at Sares ' house after a victory or you can find a party going on somewhere in Wilbraham or Hampden. Probably the most impor- tant friendship you could have in high school is your best friend. It ' s true that this sometimes changes, but by graduation, there is usually someone you call your best friend. Best friends are usually the ones you gossip with, tell your deepest, darkest secrets to, call at three a.m. when you ' re lonely, or just know that they are there when you need them. Mif and 1 have been best friends for- ever, says senior Linda Herbert of her best friend, Jennifer Doyle. ' We ' re more like sisters than friends. Says senior Peter Spellios of his best friend, sophomore Bill Fridlington. We have a lot of fun to- gether. We always get along. Friends don ' t always have to get along though. They probably have some of the most heated argue- ments. True friendships can stand this. And usually in the end, the friendship is even stonger than before . You couldn ' t imagine the future without your best friend being there with you. Says Jeff Zahr of his best friend, Mike Tarantino, We are going to room together at UMASS and most of the other schools we are apply- ing to are the same. In twenty years, when looking back on your high school career, most high school students will prob- ably remember their best friend-now living in Utah or Kansas or maybe next door or maybe at a party at Jason Sares ' house! How many people were wounded during the at- tempted assasination of President Reagan on March 30, 1981? £ 1 would say three. — Eric Schmitt. 7 lA Two?!?! — Anthony Desjardins Ten, right? ' — Monica Maltby Answer: three £