West Stanly High School - Pegasus Yearbook (Oakboro, NC)

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earning the Hard Way The cost of being in high school greatly rose over the past year. Just a few of the expenses of high school students included clothes, food, SAT fees, caps and gowns, prom dresses or tuxedos, and club fees. Money also became a greater problem if you owned a car and had to buy gas, tires, insurance, and keep up with monthly payments. Most students realized that their parents couldn't afford to give them money for all of their needs, especially if they had more than one mga T ggzs WELL STOCKED Senior Chris Wallace has to work hard to keep the canned food shelves in order at his past-time job at Gamble's. ALL IN A FAMILY Helping mom and her partner, iunior Chris Huneycutt prepares to wrap a gift lor a customer at The Flower Basket in Oakboro. child in school. So many ofthem got part-time jobs to help out with the expenses. You could find high school students working almost anywhere. The most common places were usually fast food restaurants or department stores such as K-Mart, Sky City, or Belk's. By working at a part-time job, students helped out with the bills, got job experience, and learned the real value of money through their own hard work. SHACK CHICK Cooking is Mark Edwards' job at Burger Shack in Oakboro. He puts on another batch of chicken to cook for the hungry customers. 50 ' 'Part-time Work '

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umpin' Iron One of the biggest obsessions with today's young people is physical fitness. Our school offers a course for sophomores, juniors, and seniors that helps them with their physical condition and then they have classes to learn more about how football, basketball and other sports got started. There is one course that is required for all students to take if they plan to graduate from high school. Health and PEI is a course that consists of GETTIN' A GOOD WORK OUT Varsity athlete Jerry Huneycutt works to complete his situps before his time runs out. learning more about you and your health condition. lt also gives you time to learn more about physical education. Another big part of young people keeping in shape is simply eating right and exercising. Young people now have started going to jazzercise classes and people have also been jogging everyday. In addition, many people are so obsessed that they are paying to go to health spas and as of January 1, 1985, the cable network has added a new show called Lifetime. This show helps people to keep in touch with the fitness world. 'Physical Fitness ' '49

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l L W e QQ h' J 91 r rg,,,7? y,r r inlay ravi i NEVER-ENDING JOB Junior Torben Stroupe keeps busy by straightening the snack shelves at his part-time iob at Locust Discount Foods. MAY I HELP YOU? Michelle Hinson, Shonda Helms, and Patricia Eudy are always hard at work at Endy Luncheonette trying to keep the customers happy on a busy Friday night. l 3 'w--,,. 'Part-time Work '5