Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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l ll Il l l lil 7 Walking up to the front door, it opens, and it slams behind Tina Teenager. With a practiced throw, her books hit the kitchen table and her jacket lands perfectly on the hook. Heading straight to the fridge, yanking open the door, grabbing a coke and some cold chicken, Tina heads her tired body toward the couch, and on the way, she grabs the remote control to the television. Immediately when her body hits the cushions of the couch, relaxation sets in. First her head slowly sets deeper in the pillow, and she feels every tense muscle find its rightful position in the curvatures of the couch. A quick nap follows, but then the homework has to start. Relaxing after a long-hard day at school is a necessity for every student. Yah. Ready. They'll be here in five minutes. Hair's done, clothes are perfect, one last look in the mirror. Argh! lt's all wrong! Can't be seen dead in this. Hairstyle is nerdy. Clothes are gross. Time is short, but no. Start over. Open the closet, grab something else, anything else, there's nothing else. Despair. Wherever shall one go? Whatever shall one do? Oo to Tara. No, can't. The Yankees will burn down the house first. Where's that comb? Where's that brush? Where's the hairspray? Ding dong. They're here. Poltergeist? No, the date of the century. Look worse. Ootta go. lVlake them wait, it's all wrong. lt's too wrong. Mom, tell them the yankees have attacked and Scarlett can't go out tonight. Argh. Despair. Frustration. 8 To do it or not to do it, that is the question. Sorry Shakespeare, Mork and lVlindy's on-this is the good one where lVlork proposes to lVlindy. What's for dinner? Oh, got to eat, sorry Shakespeare, maybe later. 8 o'clock! Sorry William, lVlacOyver is on. Yawn, fatigue, sleep, no time for Shakespeare. The shortest point between the math book and the refrigerator is a straight line. lce cream! lVlmmmm, sorry geometry, not now. Cookies, cake, pizza-can't mess up that beautiful stiff-bound geometry book. Oh so sick, can't concentrate on equations. lt's the proof ofthe. . . pudding! lVlmmmm, sorry geometry, much much too full now to concentrate. Where'd all the time go? There's just too much homework and not enough time to do it in. The teachers are so demanding, it's incredible. What do they take teens for anyway? Where oh where has everything gone? Where oh where can it be? The pile grows up as more stuff gets gone, where oh where can it be? Where's the left shoe? The right one is here where can the left one be? Dig, dig, dig. Orab, grab, grab. Pull, wow haven't seen this paper in ages. Oh no, it was worth 100 points too. Sheesh. Clean up that mess. Where is the bed any way? Rats could live in there! What's that smell? Didn't know that sweater still existed. Yuck, stale socks. Papers, papers, pile-up, clutter grows and grows. This must be how mountains are created. The creator of the universe must have been quite a slob, worse though, some mountains erupt.

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l ll Il ll I. Ql ll ll ll Il l - -I .W avoided and the delta was ruled to sit, threatened by the water in its channels and the politicians who wanted to move the water south. Something that definitely could not be avoided was the case in which the Golden Wok, a Chinese restaurant was leveled after an unknown explosion. The blast was heard for more than six miles away. lt knocked out windows of nearby residences and killed at least one person. The four walls of the restaurant blasted outward, sending the roof to the ground. Flames leaped 50 feet in the air and took one hour to distinguish. The explosion was of such rare magni- tude that the authorities believed it to be caused by arson, though this was not proven at the time. Growing winegrapes had been a struggle for most of the decade. Thus, winegrape growers in the San Joaquin Valley united together to form a new orga- niziation, the Southern San Joaquin Winegrape Growers Association. The aim of this group was to improve production, promote community spirit, and obtain support for research. Organizing committee members represent- ed about 30 percent of the three-county acreage of grapes grown for crushing. Like the variety of grapes in the area, the events which occured varied, some were tasteful while others were bitter. by April Taylor 1. Levee collapse and Southern California demands put the pressure on the waters contained in the San Joaquin Delta. 2. Opposite the Department of Motor Vehi- cles, the old Chinese restaurant known as the Golden Wok, was destroyed in a dramatic explosion where each of the walls blew out, as 50-foot flames soared upward, while the sound of the explosion could be heard for six miles. l I v if ligi-,J- ani I .4 -F Stateflocal essay 177

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I I W it f wa-N' .,, ,, Do you have a job? UBS l l U no 123 177 lcl llll Booming sounds of music were heard everywhere in parking lots, through headphones and in cars. The original sounds of rock were changed in a wide sweep through compact disc players. These minia- ture record players held all the popular sounds ranging from young Tiffany to UZ. Music was a relaxation course for most students as the stress of high school became harder to cope with. Walkmans were seen on heads as students walked from class to class and some dared to wear them in class. 510-20 KW 520 30 f r X X l 2340 S30-50 T xl S550 up 67 l 49 HOD? How much money a month do you spend eating out? What do you do when you go out? l. Movies 2. Dinner 3. Party 4. Shop 5. Cruise Highlights 179