Arvada West High School - Claw Yearbook (Arvada, CO)

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FINAL EDITION 1981-1982 + VOL. 1 PG 2 STONES ROLL AGAIN — In their first U S. tour since 1S78. the Rolling Stones, led by 38-year-old Mick Jagger, played a 10-week concert tour that included 42 performances. It was the Rolling Stones 19th year together WINNINGEST COACH — Alabama football coach Bear Bryant achieved a record 315th collegiate football victory when the Crimson Tide defeated Penn State, making Bryant the all-time SINKING FEELING — Destruction occurred in drought-parched central Florida as a series of sinkholes developed. The largest, in Winter Park, swallowed cars, houses, businesses most victorious. VIOLENCE IN IRELAND — Unrest continued in Ireland Belfast was the center of violence as rioting tore through troubled Northern Ireland m the wake of the death of IRA hunger stnker Bobby Sands. He. along with other IRA members, carried out a hunger stnke protest from their jail cells. DODGERS TAKE SERIES — After the New York Yankees and take their losing the first two games, the Los first World Series title m 16 years Angeles Dodgers came back to defeat JOE LOUIS DIES — Known to many as the Brown Bomber. Joe Louis died at the age of 66. He was world heavyweight champ fighter from 1937 to 1949. and was recognized as one of the best heavyweight fighters ever. lntroduction 27

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ALLEN RESIGNS — National Security Adviser Richard Allen resigned, even though cleared of wrongdoing in accepting gifts from Japanese journalists. POPE SHOT — Pope John Paul II was senously wounded m an assassination attempt in St. Peter's Square in Rome A Turkish terrorist was sentenced to life in prison for the shooting. ROYAL WEDDING — Worldwide attention was focused on England's Prince Charles, heir to the throne, and Lady Diana Spencer, his new Princess of Wales, when they were married in a televised ceremony at St. Paul's Cathedral CHAMPION IN THE RING — Sugar Ray Leonard took the undisputed world welterweight championship after stopping Thomas Hearns in a 14th round TKO. REAGANOMICS WHIZ-KID — Budget Director David Stockman, in trouble over published remarks he made that Reaganomics might not work, offered to resign but was asked to stay on. 26 Introduction

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FINAL EDITION ★ ★ 1981-1982 ★ ★ 40th PRESIDENT — Ronald Reagan, former movie star and governor of California, was sworn in as President of the United States, becoming the oldest man ever to hold that office. His conservative viewpoints marked a change from the previous Carter administration CABINET CONTROVERSY — President Reagan's controversial and aggressive Secretary of State. Alexander Haig, was chastened for lack of team play early in the Reagan administration HISTORY-MAKING FLIGHT — The space shuttle Columbia made history by becoming the first manned space vehicle ever to return to orbit. The shuttle's two missions opened up new possibilities for future space travel DERBY WINNER — Pleasant Colony won the 107th Kentucky Derby from a huge field of 21 horses. The jockey was Jorge Velasquez PEACE RALLIES — The largest demonstration in Bonn. West Germany's history was a mass peace rally attended by about 200.000 people It was indicative of the pacifist and antinuclear movement that swept Europe 28 Introduction