Brush High School - Sagebrush Yearbook (Brush, CO)

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Tragedy Shocks the Nation Our notion was involved in many events that hod impact on the world in 1986. One traumatic mo- ment was when the space shuttle exploded. If touched us in a way we never hod experienced. Such on occi- dent hod been avoided by NASA until this unfortunate year. Many still support future launches, with certain safety devices modified. One event that many owoited with terror wos when the U S crossed the Line of Death’establish- ed by Libyo, while perfor- ming military monuevers in the Sea of Gibrolrer. Libya then fired of us with their missies. Our counter attack was to bomb their missile sires. Their terrorism con- tinued so we bombed their capital, Tripoli, and Bengasi. On the national front the Graham- Rudmon Act wos put into effect this year to attempt to balance the no- tion’s budget, which Con- gress soid is to be done within five years. The OPEC organization foiled to keep oil prices up after o decode of elevated prices. This resulted in gas prices dropping to on overage of .75 per gallon. Gas prices plummefted to the lowest they hod been in almost ten years. Closed businesses symbolized the faltering economy. •

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Dovid Walkup spends his time maintaining his car. Guy Thompson and Reese Lundgren take a break for a bite to eat at 7-Eleven. Cristi Wolever, Ann Hutchison Elizabeth Weafherill, and Tracy Wagers, won 1st place in Home Economic judging at the State 4-H Conference in June, which won them a fall trip to Denver for an inter-state conference.

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A Collection of New ond Old 1985-86 featured much excitement in the local business arena. Several older businesses closed their doors while others changed owners. To the relief of the com- munity, new business slowly began to reshape the local economy. 1984-85 hod seen several business closures. As 1985 went on, the collection of dosed business grew. By the end of 1985 Gambles, Corrol Ford Motor Com- pany, Ag Machinery, Western Foods Pork Plant ond Great Sugor Beet Factory oil dos- ed. Other businesses were fighting to stay open ond teens hod problems finding jobs. Many families moved. For the first time in decodes the high school population dipped below 400 students. As 1986 began, the economy began picking up. Two detention centers were in the building stages to boost the county’s mill levy to o record high 4 million dollars. Other businesses which opened were JAFA Time ond Wendy's Restaurant. Also help- ing the economy was the reopening of the pork plant, sugor beer factory ond Croin's Cofe. Although the list of restaurants in Brush grew. Brush's fine dining become limited with the closing of The Reword. 1985-86 proved to be on economical hardship for some ond o benefit for others. Residents could only hope Brush would strive for excellence, adding to its great col- lection of memories. 17