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Never a dull moment ........ ...



                                                        Workin', Playin'


      Deann  Pendergrast, another exciting  day  on  the job.   Leaves  Little  Free  Time
      Come  on, put on a  smile.

             Students Who                      Is your wallet running on fumes?  Mom and Dad keeping the cash gauge on empty the
                    Work                      majority of the  time?  Maybe you need some spending money?  Get a JOB, lazy!  A  little
                                              time after school and the wallet may runneth over! It's hard to make your mark if you can't
                                             afford                                                          one.  OCT
           More  than  half  the  students   offers  a                                                       real  an-
        at  CHS  work  after  school.        swer  to                                                        those  who
        Working  and  studying  leaves       want  to                                                        make    a
        little  time  for  much  else.       buck                                                            for  the  car
        "] obs,"  some  students  say,       pay-                                                            men t  or
        "have  definetly  affected  their    house                                                           payment
                                             or  the                                                         payment,
        study habits  and what  kind of      pay-                                                            ment, pay-
        grades  they  make."  LaTonya        ment . .                                                        .  Feeding
        Jones  confirms this,  "Working      the                                                             bank  ac-
        has made my grades go down."         count                                                           has  put  a
                                             lot  of                                                         people  to
        Will  Weaver  states,  "It's  really
                                             work.                                                           Some have
        hard to balance the two; job and     the                                                             " slap  the
        school."  Contrary  to  this,        ham-        Lasunya  Rossin,  Kat ina  Benjamin, and  Veronica  Stuart  take  time  out  to   burger"
        though, Mack Kelly says, "My         routine     take care  of the  little ones.                     and  others
        grades came up when I worked         have                                                            found   a
                                             job in an office. Some folks even rake yards, mow, paint, hang wallpaper, or babysit  ...
        at  Taco  Bell.  After  work,  I  felt   whatever  the  job,  the  money  helps.  On  the  downside,  working  takes  time  away  from
        so  motivated  to  do  something     studies  and can make you  tired  enough  to  cry.  Is  it worth  it?  Decide for  yourself ...
        and I felt useless if I wasn't be-
        ing active or if I was just sitting                                                        -Todd Baker, Senior
        around  the  house.  That  made
        me  be  energetic and vitalized."
        Cathy Howe works at McDon-
        ald's  and  she  also  agrees  with
        Mack.



























      Garret  Harrell, Josh  McCardle, and  Eric  Piesel  think  working is  a  pleasure where  shopping is  a  pleasure.   Monica  Goss  and  Bridget  Lane  don't  have  to  break  the
                                                                                 rules  to work  at  Burger  King.



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