Muscatine High School - Auroran Yearbook (Muscatine, IA)

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JQDS Farm robs are as time consuming as robs in the city. Fueling up is just one of the little jobs Marvin Levetzow has to do before moving of the heavy work of the day. 1 . ,, ' W .lg K , ' H wh A few if fi, ew eff 'f 1 s 1 'if' if fi A 'K W L W, --... c.,,.,-,,., ,, ,, ,....A f - , V 4-nw, W.. '. V . rib: sri, ' .1 . - . Drive-in restaurants furnish many job open- ings for MHS students. Shelly Reynolds has a beaming smile on her face as she waits on a customer at the A8lW Drive-in. Building his own enterprise, Bob Mittman spends his summer days, five days a week, five hours a day, cutting grass.

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with u rn rn e , But that's not ALL summer was about! When that 'ol bell rang releasing fun lovers it also released the dedicated workers to their money-making jobs. With a large percentage of the student body taking jobs during the summer of '76 there must have been some valid reasons. What seemed to be the outstanding reasons for students to give up their freedom and enslave themselves to a higher authority? M-O-N-E-Y was an almost unanimous chorus. Money to spend on clothes, cars, stereos, and special hobbies were several of the replies to the question of what did you use the money for? Collecting college cash was a predominate factor also. For the most part, kids questioned about their summer jobs said that they had been working at local businesses such as gas stations, grocery stores, drug and clothing stores. At these businesses workers had little difficulty getting off for special occasions or plain personal enjoyment. Not only were there local jobs available, but students also managed to some galloping around the country at jobs such as corn detassling, truck driving and farming. These work-hands started early in the morning, merely to slave away in the blazing sun, developing aching backs and blistered fingers. Relief came once a week or once every two weeks when that soothing check eased the pain of poverty. Often jobs were taken in hopes of gaining work experience. Others took their jobs for consuming spare time or getting together with friends. Experience was gained at camps by seniors Anne Six, john Lazio and Tom Siering. Their action was just one of the many ways for students to combine personal interest with a pay check. No matter what their reasons, students gained in some way or another from friendship, work experience or cash. They worked and made it work for themselves as individuals. Combining summer fun with a iob, Tammy Overton plays checkers with one of the children in the Summer Play- ground Program at Grant School. Tammy was the assistant instructor.

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-a summer job with other ature Blisters! june seventh, 1976 introduced these and a seven-thirty AM roll call to the newly chosen Youth Conservation Corps IYCCI members. Twelve girls, twelve guys, two youth leaders, Debbie Pallischeck and Bob Hoffman, plus Kathy Reusswig, Mr. Charles Bogardo, Mr. Ron Kiser, Mrq Richard Shaw, and Mr. R.L. Casini all felt anxious to begin the eight week series of ecology-loaded learning sessions. At the end of that first day, unworn workboots were quickly broken in 'after one get acquainted hike that aching feet would not soon forget. Simply the beginning . . . An average day began at seven-thirty AM with roll call followed by a wonderful warm-up of calisthenics. After the tools were 16 YCC distributed, the crews piled into trucks and took off for their specific work areas. Work crews were formed and sent to Saulsbury, Chicken Creek, Muscatine High School, Evermyers Pond and Weed Park. Here, the determined, tool-ladened hard-hats mowed, clipped, polished, painted, planted, and even did construction work: whatever needed to be done to make the areas cleaner and ecologically safer. Sound like hard work? Don't let anyone tell you that it wasn't, but there were good times, too! WeedieFwhipping, or clearing areas loaded with tall, thick weeds with a sickle, was a task that proved to be more fun than work .to most YCC'ers. Water fights with fire hoses, frisbee games in rivers, Icontinued on page 181 The Tot lot Obsticle Course at the Saulsbury Recreation Area was one of the major projects undertaken by the Youth Conservation Corps during the summer.