Tascosa High School - Las Memorias Yearbook (Amarillo, TX)

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After being brought back to life by my ever-faithful Pepsi I went through my never-changing morning routine. Only this morning--IT CHANGED. When I turned on my radiofl found that it was tuned to four-month-old KLS instead of the old stand-by, Z-93. I stood there, looking at the radio asking, 'Who, who changed you? And why?,' Miss T. has just met up with the second major change of her senior year. For the past seven years, ever since she moved back to Amarillo, she has gotten ready for school while listening to Z-93. Now, someone had changed that. Someone had brought a new radio station to Amarillo. A station that opened its phone lines to the people and let them build their own radio station. At 7:30 I left for school. When I turned the key in the ignition of my 1980 white Mercury Zephyr, a little red light came on telling me to put on my seatbelt. 'Nol'I yelled at the ignorant buzzer drawing my attention away from my day-dreaming. The seatbelt law, depriving me of my freedom had been in effect all of two days. I wasnlt ready to be forced to lock myself in a car--it just wasn't fair. Miss T. has came across yet another Q iii' W'Af gl SALLY MILTON, junior swim- mer, placed third in the 50 freestyle at the district swim meet held in the spring of 1985, Milton was also a i member of the Rebels girls relay team which qualified for regionals at the district meet. The team consisted of Dena Cassada, Cindy Heien and Kelly Konis, graduates, and Milton. They placed second at district in the 200 medley relay and first inthe 400 freestyle. UPhoto by Jade Konis. change in her used-to-be happy, carefree life. The state law requiring any person in the front seat of a moving vehicle to wear a seatbelt had gone into effect Sunday, September 1, 1985. Along with the seatbelt law, Texas was hit with the open container law. This made it illegal to have any type of alcoholic beverage, open, near any vehicle or motorcycle-'even if the vehicle is parked and the motor turned off. L'Finally, I realized that it was ignorant to fight with a buzzer. You know you're going to wing until the next time you start your car, that is. SHANE NANCE, senior, talks with the representative from Wayland Baptist University. Wayland, located in Plainview with a small branch in Amarillo, was one of 50 colleges, univer- sities and Armed Services represented at THS College Day. lf.lPhoto by George Jones.

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BRITT ROSS, junior, etrieves the kicking tee and Billy Dunivan's shoe following a kick-off in the Palo Duro- Tascosa football game. DPhoto by C. Flowers. Signs of Change 9