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

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After telling them he was a rich lawyer, Steve f iedler is harassed for money by kids on a boat in France. Idoia Markina and Mary Beth Jacobs enjoy a stroll along the outside of Idoia ' s home in San Sebastian, Spain Mia Robinson and Kirsten Vinson ex- plore the vineyards located in the Beaujolais region of France whfch is known for making dry, red wine. HEAVY METAL is one of our many sounds. Motley Crue, Guns n Roses, Poison, An- thrax, Bon Jovi, are but a few of t h e loud party- i n g bands. Shadoe Stevens has given Top 40 a new voice. Phil Col- lins, Def Leppard, OMD, and Informa- tion Society have all frequented 96.5 and 102.1, provid- ing headaches to our elders, while pleasantly distract- ing us. Our dances have included fa- vorites such as, Twist- n - Shout, Pour Some Sugar O n M e , and Stand by Me. Some of us have found retreat in bands like De- peche Mode, the Cure, the Smiths, Midnight Oil and even old time fa- vorites like the Beatles, Led Zep- plin, the Doors, and Bob Marley. Music finds its way into all of our lives — on radio, stereos, com- pact discs, and on MTV (the mu- sic authority). Without music, how could we possibly do our homework, study for midterms, get into that mellow mood, or dance with that special someone at the semi-formal, flow could we pos- sibly survive at the beach or driving in our cars without our favorite tunes blasting every- where? The answer is simple, we couldn ' t! Music is an important part of everyone ' s lives, and years from now when we have our own kids, their tastes won ' t be for iriXS, U2, and White Lion; in- stead they will be listening to the new groups of their genera- tion. The first normal food they ' ve had in weeksl Katie Dennis, Mia Robinson, Mary Wallace, Olivier Stauffer, and Denise Harris enjoy McDonald ' s at a park in Geneva, Switzerland. It ' s a change from the french food they have been eating for the past few weeks. A

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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 £

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It ' s A Small World Imagine two and a half weeks with no McDon- ald ' s, no Pizza Hut and no Friendly ' s. When the twelve of us went over to Villefranche-sur-Saone, we had none of these. Pizza is something every Ameri- can teenager takes for granted. But it never tasted as good as the night I re- turned home from France. The French may be noted for their gourmet cuisine, but pizza is something they still need to work on. The crust is thick and biscuit like, and there is no sauce. Instead they use whole to- matoes. There is no cheese, no pepperoni, no hamburg. They put things such as anchovies, sar- dines, ham, parsley, and whole olives. It was not what we were expecting. There were no McDonald ' s in the small villages that we were staying in,so the day we went to Geneva that ' s where we went. We were surprised to see beer on the menu and very shocked to pay two dollars for a large Coke. But that ' s the price to pay for good, ail-American food. Although many of us were forced to sit through meals of unidentifiable meat, prepared in strange ways, it didn ' t seem to mat- ter in comparison to the fact that we were in Europe. It was difficult to communi- cate with some people, but most of the Frenchmen were very patient and will- ing to make us feel at home. Mary Beth Jacobs had her own European vacation this summer. She spent the month of August in San Se- bastian, in the north of Spain with Idoia Markina. Idoia spent the last aca- demic year here at Minne- chaug. Even though Mary Beth didn ' t know Idoia very well, she had this to say of her trip to Spain: When I went to Spain, I realized how much Idoia and I had in common. We used to spend hours just looking at the sea and talking. Even though we were growing up in two different countries and have different prob- lems, Idoia and 1 are very much alike. American teen- agers are the same as teen- agers all over the world. Aboard a boat in Anacy, France, Kirsten Vin- son plays Chinese jumprope with some of the kids she met on board. This was a welcome change from all of the sightseeing and muse- ums they had been seeing. The trip opened my eyes to a different culture, and helped me appreciate some of the things we take for granted in America. - ' It is sadly true, we do take a lot of things for granted. In the rain at the Palace of Versaille are Kiki Yamer, Mary Wallace, Mia Robinson, Aimee Stone, Michelle Jones, Francis Truitt, Troy La- due, Steve Fiedler, Katie Dennis, Denise Har- ris, Kirsten Vinson, Olivier Stauffer, Lee Hig- ginbottom and Mr. McCarthy. The Bay of Biscay serves as background for a family photo of Mary Beth Jacobs and her Spanish family. Mary Beth spent the month of August in Spain visiting Idoia Markina who was an exchange student at Minnechaug last year. You ' re ask- ing the wrong person! m For some reason I real- ly want to say the 49 ' ers — Marianne Marchesseault f. The Wash- ington Reds- kins — Rob Estrada ■■ ; The Giants ' u — Chris Baer ' he San Frar.