Rubidoux High School - Eyry Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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I JOS INGELf —■ jis Marks The Spot Our Schools Win, Too? F ■ luorescent Orange L s on lime-green squares appeared overnight. Huge ban- ners let you know that you could Get your Lottery Tickets here October 3rd. Gro- cery stores, movie theatres, gas stations — every place offered a chance to play the new California Lottery! Millions of winners, they claimed . . . better than one ticket in nine will win. Los Angeles had an official lottery radio station (KIIS) to announce the big winners, and an official lottery television channel (7) where you could watch the big spins on the show, Big Spin, airing Monday nights at 10:00. Somewhere on every flier, in every jingle, on every brochure, was the famous phrase and our schools win, too! During one of the greatest movements to improve public educa- tion, California voters approved the Lottery Act of 1984. The poten- tial existed to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for California, thirty-four percent of which was earmarked for public education. These lottery funds would be above and beyond normal state educa- tional funding. Immediately after Proposition 37 passed, several bills were intro- duced which would potentially restrict the allocation, usage, and control of lottery monies. Regardless of whether they had been for the lottery, or against it, teachers questioned whether they would ever actually see any lottery funds. Sharon Dimery, a second year teacher said, I don ' t think that the funds from the lottery will ever be felt at the classroom level. When asked about the lottery, one of Dimery ' s fellow science teachers, Charles Guzman, exclaimed, I like the lottery. As a matter of fact I am going to buy a couple of tickets today. It ' s the twelfth day of the twelfth month, so its gotta be lucky! Another science teacher, Pat Monaco had a wall in his classroom covered with tickets that he and his students brought in. When asked about why he had done that he commented, I had the lottery tickets in front of my room to show the students that there are many, many, many losers. Pulling a lottery ticket from his pocket he smiled and said, I bought a ticket to support all of the hard working teachers in California. Lottery 29

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1 . The first game, Jack- pot, enticed people with dis- play posters showing pots overflowing with shimmer- ing gold. Many people played this first game mere- ly to acquire a souvenier ticket. 2. The Sky ' s The Limit, appealed to the ad- venturous with colorful hot- air balloons. By game two, the initial excitement of the lottery had already worn off. 3. December ' s game, 3 Of A Kind, advertised im- proved odds of better than one is six. Game three was truly a gambler ' s delight with it ' s resemblance to cards. 4. Classroom fund- ing was not yet affected. 5. Students felt the lottery was fun, although they couldn ' t play. c ?? . out ' ' WOO. jhW, ftfl! , p ,t..- ' iJjO 6 TO „■ » nt«» « AMI )!«•■ ,T« -rtfS r: fSt fip t» »t Tiou 1 0.3 rf - of 1 1 »2£S== ' m V

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■ Five to Nine P Many people call having money in the bank great , but to have cash on hand at all times was the overall goal. There were only two ways RHS students could obtain money; one was to ask their parents for a few bucks, the other usually consisted of hiding behind a company uniform, and per- forming a variety of tasks for a minimal, but regular, pay- check. Local restaurants, K-Mart, fastfood or grocery stores were some of the places that students spent their time, week after week, put- ting their nose to the grind- stone. I work at the Iowa K- Mart in the ladies ' fitting rooms. I check out how many clothes they want to try on, stated senior Anissa Stack. Many jobs took time away from homework, and after school activities. But if the job did call for one to sacri- fice some things, how did the jobs pay off? The big payoffs were on weekly (or bi-weekly) slips of paper with amounts written on them . . . the paycheck. I ' m paid more than mini- mum wage and my job at the restaurant is not very hard or demanding, com- mented senior Penny Spi- kerman. Once the check fell into the hands of the student, who had toiled to earn it, where was it spent? Many students had plans for their checks long before they re- ceived them. A down pay- ment on a car, a radio, new clothes, or maybe to tuck some away in the bank were the options students chose from. Junior Simon Um- sheid, a Taco Bell employee, commented on what he did with his earnings. Most of it goes in the bank for future uses, but I spend some of it for fun. When grocery stores, new restaurants, or fast food stands were built in Rubi- doux, most of the applicants were RHS students who competed against each oth- er for jobs. New businesses had to choose workers from many eligible students. The students who got the job succeeded in their posi- tions. Students who got turned down bounced back to another job line, always hoping to get a chance to prove their ability. ° Hard at work, Mark Gonzales, a junior, gathers carts at a local gro- cery store. Many students applied at supermarkets lor minimum wage employment. Replacing a hot dish, Mark Kalmer, a senior, works busily at the new Taco Bell on Limonite that opened on October 9th. Oi the for- ty employees thirty-hve were Rubi- doux students. 30 Jobs