Van Buren High School - Pointer Yearbook (Van Buren, AR)

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HEY EARTHLINGK' Junior Barry LaRue finds a game of Asteroids a great way to relax after school while increasing his skill and reflexes by blasting meteors out of the sky. IN POSITION. Junior Melissa Hays remains motionless waiting for the music to begin during dance class which she instructs weekly. wmmww W1 if WMMWM IW, ,f W ,I W 5 M, W2 'S jg? WM Studmmkfe

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TICKLING THE IVORIES. Senior REST STOP. Senior Donald Glass pauses Michelle Thomas spends countless hours a moment to catch his breath while out playing thepiano,afavorite hobby ofhers enjoying early spring temperatures by for 11 years. riding his bike. 06 9 606 EJ is Once a week, every week, I don't dare miss a week! Routine ruts In every class, impatient eyes shot regular glances at a clock on the wall while whispers of man, I can't wait until '3 broke the scratching of pen- cils on paper. Just as students regularly anticipated getting out of school for the end of the day or week, they also performed ritualized leisure activities. I spend a lot of time after school each week playing electronic games in the mall, Senior Debbie Tripp exclaimed. The only drawback is that I also spend a lot of money on them! VVhile finances restricted to a point the amount of entertainment they could indulge in, many students resolved to staying home to find ways of passing time out of school. When I get through with my daily homework, I take time out for my sticheryf' Junior Tina McGhee dis- closed. Not only is it a good hobby but the results also make great gifts. At home or away, repeated practice for school-related events from football to band or volunteer activities from piano or dance to church aided students in their perfection of enter- taining skill. Every Sunday our church youth practice for the handbell choir, Senior Lisa'Harmon explained. For me it's a highlight ofeach week! Iplay because I enjoy it, not because I'm forced to. g .,:., Out

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Tl-IE GOQD LIFE after 3 p. m. when When i:i1e.1flSchools out Hey mom, can I borrow the car keys?', brought many students a ride out on the town, but with other forms of entertainment via transportation available, students could take fun- filled rides minus four wheels. I like to ride horses so I can get out in the open air, Sophomore Brian Whitmire commended. It gets my mind off the hassles of school and helps me relax. VVhile horseback riding rode into town providing a means of getting away without a fill 'er up once a week, certain individuals preferred motorized rides, though they had to avoid getting a mouthful of dirt. Doing wheelies on a motorcycle is really exciting, Sophomore Alan Brewer declared. But I mainly like to take it slow out on my own where you can't get to by a car or by walkingf' Keeping with fast, mechanized movement, students took to the air when local Carnivals brought fair rides usually associated with little kids and lollipops. Even though they make my stomach queezy, I usually get pressured into riding the rides at the local fair, Senior Tim Akins grinned. At least I get a good laugh out of myself. Most students still stuck to cruising the town, even if it required borrowing mom's heap, but others ventured away from four wheels to four legs, two wheels or even mid-air flights, all for the ride of their lifef, HORSEBACK RIDING. Junior Mary Beth Hightower and friend Brad Wheeler take an afternoon ride on their favorite horses for a change of pace from their regular schedules. ROUND AND ROUND. Big wheels keep turning, night or day, on the various big thriller rides featured each year at the Arkansas-Oklahoma State Fair. od life