Wilbur D Mills High School - Comet Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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Return of the Nomad Laura Miller Staff Trying to get through the halls to get to your locker can be a feat in it- self. A suit of armor would be helpful just to get through the crowds around your locker. Some people have re- sorted to carrying their life on their backs. Living like nomads does not seem to bother most of these peo- ple. They say it's a lot sim- pler than being a barbarian just to get to their lockers. It really doesn't bother me to carry my backpack. It is a lot easier and faster than using a locker, Mar- nie Davison said. Some even go as far as carrying actual suitcases to school. Whether they re- ally carry clothing or just have a lot of work is still an unanswered question. I saw this guy dragging a suitcase down the hall by the luggage handle one day. I didn't know wheth- er he was moving out or if he was in AP English, , 'tefef it Kriston Milligan said. By carrying all your things around with you in a bag, you never have to worry about getting the wrong book or forgetting to bring your folder. Since I started carrying a backpack, I've decreased my tardies and raised my grades by always having my materials, Mike Lang- ford said. Perhaps this is a new kind of nomadic people. Cobin '77-' ' I ' eg: Kim FerrelI's swimming pool is convert- Most of Arkansas came to a standstill ed to a backyard ice rink duringthe bliz- during the twelve-inch snowfall in janu- zard of '88. ary. 98 Mini-Mag Staff All Pulaski County Schools will be closed again tomorrow due to hazardous road condi- tions. For seven days students all across Little Rock were faced with these words. For the first few days, many were pleased to sleep in or go out and play in the snow, but then, boredom set in. The time had come when students were ready to go back to school before the school board allowed. At first I really enjoyed being out of school but then the days began to get longer and longer and for the first time in my life I was more than ready to go back to school, Gary Thompson said. SX Lang Kirshberger looks for a book dur- ' ing A.P. English. With so many books, he finds this easier than 25 trips to a locker. FSVGI' Others realized that summer vacation was the real reason people go to school. When we were out for l the snow it made me real-I ize that I was more than ready for summer vaca-j tion, Kasonia Browning said. The snow caused a lot of . problems for relation-I ships. Parents getting on kid's nerves jand possibly vice versaj were common situations, but many par- ents were concernedl about letting their kids I out in the freezing weath-l er. In so many houses - over my dead body was the popular response to questions of Can I go . .? . Most people definite- ly caught cabin fever.

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71 Never Staff School is made of expe- riences, one after another. Some are good, some bad. But there's always an ex- perience that turns into a special memory that will lways last. Remember the time the car broke down on that deserted road and the field trip that became a state of confusion? What about that wonderful night at the senior prom? Experiences turn into cherished memories. This year is my senior year. I'll never forget it be- cause this is the last year with my friends. It has been the most fun I've had in school, Donovan Sum- ers said. Even though good ex- periences are liked more, bad experiences can also become good memories. The competition in sports Forget . . . creates good and bad memories. I'll always remember my experiences from when I ran track. I remem- ber one time when I was pole vaulting and the pole broke. It was scarey then, but now it's kind of fun- ny, Keith Couch said. A lot of memories are about the favorite pastime of goofing off. Crazy little things that happen at odd times can make a deep im- pression on one's memo- ry. I'll never forget the time Kevin Coker and I were in the paper staff room and he was doing a handstand on a chair. He fell and broke his nose. When he jumped up, his glasses were hanging crooked on his face. It was the most hilarious thing I've ever seen, Kristi Kyzer said. Yes, Chad, there is a Santa Claus and you are it. Chad Pifer gets some help Laura Miller and Tim Wadley look over from Mike Horton as he prepares for some old Galaxy papers and remember the Kings Club party. a few outstanding moments. Before this person became a teacher at Mills he counseled at the juvenile detention unit He has taught at Mills for nine years, and he says the great est things about this school are the students and the football program He grew up in Lexa, Arkansas and attended Bar ton High School, where he maintained a Baverage Favorite books Black Beauty and Where the Red Fern Grows This person s favorite hobbies are playing pool and building things. Can you guess who this person is from these pieces of information? See index for answers. Guess Who! Mini-Mag 99