Parkway North High School - Saga Yearbook (Creve Coeur, MO)

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Cnce a Couch Potato . , . The dent in the couch looks permanent because he always lounges there, mesmorized by the tube. Every day the dent is filled by the couch potato. lt reaches into the bowl, chomps has potato chips and slurps Coke. Thus the lazy day begins for the Coach Potato. Mrs. Carol Rivers, English teacher, became a couch po- tato the first day of her 1987 summer vacation. She sat in the worn wedge of her coach propped on pillows, watching the morning news, soap op- eras, and Jeopardy at 4:50 p.m. Another coach potato was Jason Boelow, senior. Jason laid on the floor on his left side with his head on a pillow in his mom's room. Ev- ery day he drank orangejuice and had a Tombstone pizza. His favorite shows were Jack- pot at 2:50 and Magnum P.l. Every Sofa Spud had a favorite tv span. Mrs. Rivers' ended in September and Jason's ended when baseball season opened. Yet, once a couch po- tato, always a couch potato. Julie Keating Freshmen Beney Schecter and Becky Fishman relax on the couch leaning on pillows watching tv. Theres nothing to do after school but watch tv., said Beney. 0 The epidemic of Couch Potatoes me fine, said Jason while he atc has extended to stuffed nylon pota- chips and drank Diet Pepsi. toes which easily sit with the human Laura Guy, freshman, eats pop couch potato. corn. She is a Sofa Spud. The label couch potato suits '.ZCouch Potatnesl59

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Busted! Cops Do Their Job Busted . . . again? Dude, you Cajun spice, you pulled me over two weeks ago alter the mixer, said Senior Chris- tie Georges when a county po- liceman pulled her over for the third time. Typically, the policeman says, l'Do you know how fast you were going? The culprit lies, l'Sorry, Sir, but my speed- ometer is broken and I'm put- ting it in the shop tomorrow. I got pulled over on Creve Coeur Mill Road when I was going 25 m.p.h. in a 50 m.p.h. speed zone. The cop told me hejust felt like pulling some- one over, said Michelle Thompson, senior. 'll got pulled over for speed- ing and reckless driving. The cop checked to see if I was drunk and since I wasn't he didn't give me a ticket which was cooI, said Jim Fornango, senior. I'My boyfriend and I were speeding next to a cop. The cop said I was a stupid girl- friend because my boyfriend wouldn't have gotten a ticket if I had told him to slow down, said Karin Steinmeyer, senior. Julie Keating Senior Steve Golder gets asked questions. The police talk with my parents that lasted a month, said Steve. ,NX ., X lm .I ,HI Junior Joe Haley is accompanied into the commons because he looks busted. Cops are all right as long as they don't give teenagers trouble, said Joe. fsoflsusted Jeff Bornefeld has received two tickets for speeding and looks like he might be getting another one. Cops are just doing their job, so I guess they're okay, said Jeff. all X11 5' 5 4 r ,ff