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OCTOBER 1994
THE FULL MOON
Features
EDITOR: KELLIE PALMER
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Too Much Homework . . .
Brain Don't Fail Me Now!
Who ever knew that there could or would be so much difference made in a month and a half
period? I never fathomed such a highly unlikely occurrence until I made the monstrous leap from
a junior to a senior.
The first day back was a complete shock to my system! I never thought I would have so much
to do. I barely had time to complete my assignments much less sleep. I was not a happy camper!!
I suddenly began to wonder, must I transform into a machine once I enter to doorway of AHS?
To say the least, I had a hard time adjusting. If I had not kept my goals in sight, I would’ve
folded under the pressure. No time! No sleep! It was really getting to me. If my academic record
were not so important to me, I would’ve already pulled out what sparse amount of hair I have.
Even though my senior year is supposed to be a time of friends and fun, I can’t stop pushing
myself. I’ve been told nimierous times by knowledgeable people that the first nine weeks is the
hardest, but I’m the type of person who would rather find out for myself. So far, this method has
worked out fairly well. So what can I say except, “Brain don’t fail me now!!!”
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by Eloise
rhird degree black belt Melissa Whitley is the
“karate kid" at AHS. Side kicks, hook kicks, and
breaking bricks come naturally to Melissa. She
has been studying both American and Korean
karate since she was three years old. Melissa has
placcd first and second in state competions and
has gone to the karate world championship called
the Battle of Atlanta. Not only has she partici
pated in the world championships, but she has
also been on the cover of two karate books. They
are Complete Karate and Karate Basics.
Melissa practices karate three times a week.
Class practices are twice a week for four hours.
She practices on her own for one hour. When
Melissa turns sixteen, she wants to have her own
karate place. Private lessons she teaches are five
dollars per lesson. Classes taught by her instruc
tor, Steve Whitley, are twenty-five dollars a
month. Steve, who is Melissa’s father, is a sixth
degree black belt (there are ten black belt de
grees).
The many colored belts in karate represent
different virtues. TTte white belt represents cour
tesy, yellow represents honor, and other colors
represent such virtues as loyalty and courage. Gi
is another name for a uniform. Beginning karate
students must wear white gies until they acquire
their green belt. Once a green belt, a student can
wear a black gi.
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Not only is karate good exercise and a greai
way of learning self defense, it also teaches sel
discipline and respect for others. Melissa ha;
learned a lot from karate, and who knows? She
might just become the next karate kid. Watch oui
Danielson!
AHS's "Karate Kid"
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Published nine times per year by the journalism class
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Editors
Sharmon Homesley, Heather Smith - Editors-in-Chief
Jill Story - Managing Editor
Carmen Land, Kellie Palmer - Features Editors
Kevin Lambert - Entertaimnent Editor
J.P. Furr, Jeff Nahrgang - Sports Editors
Susan Hathcock - Advisor
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April Bailey, Johnny Caudle, Jennifer Lowder, Mary Nance,
Anna Norwood, Eloise Odom, Dustin Poplin
Making The Big Time...
Senior lo Be future Broadcaster! I
by Eloise Odom
AHS has its own soon to be famous broad
caster. That’s right! We may have a Rush
Limbaugh in the making. Johnny Caudle, a
senior, is a broadcaster for 100.9 WABZ, 1580
WZKY, and 1010 WSPC. Johnny produces
commercials and broadcasts talk shows over
these stations.
Sunday nights on WABZ are gospel music
The DJ at his worl
nights. These nights Johnny does DJ work for
the station. Monday and Tuesday nights from
7:30 PM til 8:00 PM he helps with WABZ’s
Praise Time. At WZKY and WSPD, Johnny
runs sport events and political shows such as
Rush Limbaugh, Carolina football, and NAS
CAR races.
Johnny has been working at radio stations
since January. It took him about a month to
learn the basic routes of the business, but there
is still more to leam about. Working a radio
station requires more than just pushing buttons.
Sales must be made and the station’s managers
must help keep the station miming smoothly.
Broadcasters must also know how to use com
puters. A station’s traffic manager must record
commercials into their computer and then trans
fer them to the studio computer. Everyday logs
telling what commercials must be nm are made
by the traffic manager. The station must also be
programmed to run the commercials at specific
times.
Johnny’s goal is to manage or be the owner of
a radio station. He knows he has a long road
ahead of him if he is to keep on track with his
goal, but he’s dedicated and willing to go for it.
Do I Haue To liiear It:
Costume Nightmares Return
by Eloise Odom
Leaves are starting to fall again, the air is
overcome with the smell of chimneys and roast
ing marshmallows, and you’ve long since put up
your summer wardrobe into your moth infested
chest. Yes, autumn has definitely arrived and
every little kid (or all you big kids) know what
comes with it... Halloween!!!
For some, Halloween is a time of planting
eggs on passing cars, rolling your unsuspecting
old bitty of aneighbor’s yard, or just plain scaring
little kids till they urinate in their bunny sui is. For
others, it is a time for reminiscing about that dag-
gum ballerina outfit your mom made you wear
that exposed your “cute little fanny" to the frigid
October air. Yes, that candy dream but costume
nightmare of a night has returned and along with
it returns unwanted memories of itchy face paint
and Gladlock garbage bag cosnimes. The fol
lowing are some student memoirs of their dreaded
Halloween costumes:
Ashley Efird- “My birthday suit (I was bom on
Halloween)!!!’’
Susan Byrd- “One year I had to be a speed limit
sign.”
Thomas Taylor- “Dressing up as a clown and
going to houses twice telling them my brother
was there first!”
Mary K. Sharpe- “Ernie off of Sesame Street and
wha! was even worse was there were two of us!
Uck!”
Amy Miskell- “I wore a store-bought Big Bird
costume in first grade.”
Stephanie Cooper- “A plastic spiderman suit.”
Jason Smith-“I won first place in a contest for
scarriest costume. Problem is ... I wasn’t
wearing anything, uh I mean I wasn’t dressed
up!”
Annette Boysworth- "When I was little my mom
made me wear this clown outfit that made me
look like a polka dot ball with a stupid hat.”
Jennifer Burris- “I didn’t dress up... everybody
just assumed that I was “Little Orphan Annie
(real funny!).”
Christy Mason- “I wore a nun outfit.”
Mary Scell- "I had to dress up like a cereal box.
I was wearing half of a refrigerator box."
James Whitley- “I was dressed as myself and
someone asked me why I was dressed like Rag
gedy Aim."
Tanya Parsons- “I dressed as Poochie!”
Lori Allen- “I didn’t wear one at all, I just went
door to door and said trick or treat.”
Heather Braley- “I dressed as Wonder Woman
one year.”
Chris Kubik- “I was 5, and I dressed up like
Superman. I had a towel around my neck and my
underwear over my panu.”