The Grass Burr (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 3, 1984 Page: 2 of 8
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Drugs are problem
The subject of local drug and alcohol abuse is a touchy and seldom
discussed issue. But it is a subject that can not be ignored.
One of the dangers in saying there is a “problem” is that people
begin to think of something uncontrollable and out of hand.
The methods involved in abuse range from getting drunk, sniffing
glue or gasoline, to taking drugs.
With all of the problems facing high school students now, some
may find the only escape from their pressures in turning to alcohol or
irugs. But what they really find is only escape from reality.
The community and school administration does realize the
seriousness of the matter and wants to do something about it. At
least this is a step in the right direction.
There is a new group on campus--the Drug Task Force. Its
membership is about half student and half adult.
Members are ready to listen to teenagers who need to talk out this
problem.
At some point when an abuser decides they want help, they need
someone to turn to. Having another young person to talk to is often
more helpful than seeking adult advice.
This is the main reason the community offers options to the
student. They have come to realize that not everyone is able to
survive from day to day without a crutch.
Many of the students that turn to drug abuse are the ones that feel
there is no place for them to turn. But with the help of the school and
community they can be shown how to turn the over-powering peer
pressure into peer power.
The group meets next on Saturday Feb. 4 at 4:00 in the W.H.S.
library. All interested may attend the meeting or contact one of the
school’s counselors.
Survey
Students view Stock Show
By Rebecca Stroud
The Ft. Worth Stock Show is an
important event each year.
Many local people participate in
the Stock Show. Others simply
attend as spectators. Here are
several different views (if what
people say is their favorite thing
about the Show:
Sandy Cardenas, Sr. ; “The cute
little bunny rabbits and the good
looking cowboys.”
James Granger, Jr.: “The rides
and stuff.”
Shannon Rix, Jr.: “Byong,
Byong, the good-looking cowboys
at the rodeo.”
Pam Martin, Sr.: “I really like
watching the kids showing their
animals and I like watching the
cowboys ridin’ them bull’s. I
also like to go to the Midway.”
Music Review
Steve Robertson, Jr. “The
rodeo.”
Randall McDaniel Soph.: “The
rodeo and the Midway and just
looking around at stuff. ”
Brad Moore, Soph.: “Hike to go
to watch the rodeo and to go to
the Midway.”
Dell Railsback, Sr.: “The
cowgirls.”
Tim Wallace, Jr.: “The stock
show is a time when you get out
of school, watch the girls, and
my favorite thing is the long-
horned steer.”
Matt Masker, Jr.: “I don’t like
it.”
Jeff Teague, Jr.: “Watching the
female racers.”
Mr. Ford, “Bull riding. I like to
see those bulls riding them
cowboys.”
Ken Anderson
Nugent bombards airwaves
Book Review
Kim Hogan
Library Club orders books
The Weatherford High School
Library Club has recently or-
dered around 200 to 250 new
paperback books for the school
library.
These books are valued at
approximately $450 and include
such offerings as the Dune
collection, by Frank Herbert;
the Foundation trilogy, by Isaac
Asimov; and the Dr. Ransom
trilogy, by C.S. Lewis.
The books in the Dune
collection, by Frank Herbert,
are Dune, Dune Messiah,
Children of Dune, and God
Emperor of Dune
This collection tells the story of
Duke Leto Atreides and his
family’s move to a new planet,
Arrakis, a desert- planet given to
them by the emperor of the
known Universe, Emperor
Shaddam IV. The Atreides
family, through their struggles,
turn the once savage en-
vironment into a lush green
planet.
In the concluding book, God
Emperor of Dune, more than
3500 years after the events in the
first book, Leto II is still alive
and is preparing to complete his
transformation into the huge
sandworm of Dune, in an effort
to give the human race guidance.
He feels that without this they
are destined to disaster.
The books of the Foundation
trilogy, by Isaac Asimov, are
Foundation, Foundation and
Empire, and Second Foundation
They tell the story of the cori-
tinual power struggle in the
Galactic Empire. This struggle
was started by a group of
psychologists when they realized
that their empire was dying.
The last book in the series,
Second Foundation, has not been
ordered by the Library Club.
Ted Nugent, the Motor City
Madman, is at it again. His new
release, Penetration, bombards
the music world with proof that
hard rock-n-roll can be good
clean fun.
Without delving into the occult,
which many rock bands have
opted, Nugent delivers a solid
backage of good-time rock-n-
roll.
This album tends to remind
one of the Free-For-All album.
While Penetration lacks the
sheer energy of Live Gonzo, it
does pack a hard punch.
The tracks “Tied up in Love”,
“Draw the Line”, and “Don’t
you want my Love,” are songs of
love gone bad backed by a
driving rhythm section and
screaming guitars. Nugent
seems to be developing an in-
terest in new guitar effects
throughout the album. Also
throughout the album Nugent is
supported by vocalist Brian
Howe and keyboardist Alan St.
Jon.
Howe is a strong vocalist but
sounds like just another foice in
the crowd. The tracks on which
Nugent does lead vocals are
Hhe-
obviously dominant.
As a relatively new venture for
Nugent, he is exploiting the full
capabilities of the keyboard in
this style of music.
On the second side are the
motivating rock anthems “No
Man’s Land”, and “Lean Mean
R&R Machine.” “Blame It On
the Night” and the imfamous
“Thunderthighs” are also hard
rockers. After completely
shocking his system and really
revving up the listener, Ted
brings one down to earth with the
slow, sentimental ballad in
which he delivers his best guitar
and vocal performance. The
track that fittingly closes the
album is “Take Me Home”.
It has come to my attention
thah I have failed to warn the
reader of possible objectionable
material in the weekly reviews.
From this point forward any
such material will be mentioned
in the review.
Penetration does contain some
sex-oriented lyrics.
Although the sound
engineering leaves something to
be desired and lack of air-play,
Penetration is duly becoming
auite noDular.
The Grass Burr is a bi weekly publication of the Weatherford High
School journalism Department. Items appearing in the Grass Burr
reflect the opinion of the staff.
Editor-in-Chief...............................Angie Armstrong
Lay-Out Edito r.....................................Kim Hogan
Copy Editor......................................Pamela Utley
Advertising Manager...............................Joey Glenn
Business Man ager............................... . Jill Coleman
Reporters..........................Shannon Rix, Ken Anderson,
Chris Robinson, Shelly Schatz & Rebecca Stroud
Photographers.....................Jennifer Jeske, Shawn Clack,
Tracy Holcomb & Alvin Paez
Typists......................................Karen Pennington
and Carolyn Savage
Advisor..........................................Shirley King
594-8748
1007 South Main
Weatherford, Texas
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