Capistrano Valley High School - El Gato Yearbook (Mission Viejo, CA)

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4 CAN ' T WAIT TO CO- Like so many other seniors, Heather Losee expectantly awaits the ceremony that will allow her to leave Capo Valley. Of course, Halloween differs tremen- dously from the real thing. • GOING OUT WITH A BANG— At a cele- bration, studen display of fire. f AND THE FAT LADY SINGS— The sun is setting on the 1988 89 school year, and ev- eryone is preparing to go his separate way. Next year some of us will be journeying along the road of life while others will again return to Capo Valley. Closing 327

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oP g, McudmM 0 mlm This is it: the final curtain, the last hurrah, the fat lady is singing. This is the grand finale, the last gasp, the bottom of the ninth. So if you only had one page left to sum up the year, what would you say? If you ' re an optimist, you ' d talk about the CSF canned food drive, and the teams that reached CIF, and the number of students that passed the AP test. You ' d rave about the dances, the parties, and that drama pro- duction that was the best you ' ve ever seen. If you ' re a pessimist, you ' d talk about some fight in which a kid got his head kicked in, or the long lunch lines, or that fifth tardy in fourth period. You ' d com- plain that your picture wasn ' t on the cover of the year- book, that you didn ' t win the drawing for a free trip to the prom, and that we lost the Homecoming game to a team that ' s nicknamed after Flipper. If you ' re a republican, you ' d marvel at how effective the American electoral system is; if you ' re a democrat, you ' re talking about setting limits on that nasty cam- paign advertising. If you ' re human, you ' ll remember the great perfor- mances of Flo-Jo and Greg Louganis in Seoul, and the embarrassment of Ben Johnson. In fact, if you ' re like most people, you ' ll remember it all, good and bad. And you know, that ' s what this section is all about; what you liked, what you didn ' t, the highlights, and the tragedies of this past year; because it was a little bit of everything that made us extremely, totally, and abso- lutely Capo! 326 Closing

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988 -1 989: TkYmUo Rwim ▼ PRIORITIES: WHALES OR THE QUAYIES? — In the midst of the elections, the nation was captivated by three gray whales trapped in icy Alaskan waters. The 3-week rescue Bd two of the whales and note than $1 million. ► FIRST LADY OF SEOUL — Flor- ence Griffith loyner blew away her competitors in the Olympics, win- ning three gold medals. A major controversy erupted when Canadi- an Ben Johnson lost his gold medal lid scandal. ▲ SIGNIFICANT LOSS — Our na- tion cheered as Oprah Winfrey lost 67 pounds. Can-we-talk? shows were popular, such as power-mouth Mort Downey and Ceraldo Rivera, who broke his nose in a free-for-all between white supremists and lead- ers from black organizations. ► AN EIGHT YEAR TENURE — Ron- ald Reagan salutes farewell to his progressive era of the presidency. He has left a legacy of change, with a great success in easing US-Soviet re- lations. 328 The Year In Review ► SEA TO POLLUTED SEA — Nu merous beaches were closed in summer due to sewage, trash and medical waste that washed up on shore. Boston Harbor became the nation ' s largest cesspool.