Diamond Bar High School - Taurus Yearbook (Diamond Bar, CA)

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KentHanson CELEBRATION - Fireworks explode over the Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge turned 50 years old. 117 - vp O' ,Q fc sw D91 260 Closing! World News ..- NeilLeiler AT ATTENTION - are Mikhail Gor- bachev and President Ronald Reagan. The two leaders joined to sign a missile treaty in Washington, D.C.

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SPIRITED BULL - senior Christine Oldham, who dressed as the mascot, searches the crowd during the lull in the action at the varsity football game against Centennial. Oldham was also the Student Store manager. ii,i I, ,.,r -' 'ft' Vw, f f Qi wean E . , - mf 4-sf-,-,J , The Wag We Were 1988. One could not say enough to describe it. It contained not only good memories, but bad also. lt was much more than that. It lived forever in the memories of Diamond Bar High School students as a rainbow of events. Some of these events may have been bleak and dark, but most reflected brightly and happily. These ,memories lived on even after it was all over. After the pomp and circumstance, after the goodbyes, and after all the tears. P It was a sad time as a class of graduates passed on and ventured forth. Even as they left, new students popped up and took their place. I look back at my senior year, and I can't believe it's ending, but I feel a sense of relief that it is almost over, commented senior Benson Tang in February 1988 as he neared the end of his senior year. Looking back on the school year 1988, a few events stood out. For example, four teams at Dia- mond Bar entered CIF in the winter. As much as the big events made the year memorable, the little things contributed significantly also. For it was the friendships, the little disappointments, the vic- tories, that made the year special. MemoriesfC1osing 259

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Terry Ashe L N ScoltShnw I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR . . . - Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North is sworn in before a Senate Committee. North testified about the Iran-Contra affair. BEWILDERED - Eighteen month old Jessica McClure looks confused as she is rescued from a 22 feet deep well. McClure was strapped to a board to lessen the chance or injury during the rescue. wwf? Qwmeh g.. 1-1 pq. gifi-Q41,f,a:f-E 111- -- .'-1f1.9,:g.f'.-if 3-i -gi-1113.43 11,4566 Loss: Triumph Dominate News It was a year of scandals, accusations, celebrations and moments of panic and relief. lt was a year filled with momentous events - all beyond 21400 E. Pathfinder as worldwide happen- ings marked the year. The AIDS epidemic continued to rapidly escalate, sparking in- creased efforts in awareness of the disease with the only viable preventions being education and monogamy. ' Lt. Col. Oliver North testified to a Senate Committee about the Iran-Contra affair, a complex web of actions involving the sale of arms to Iran with those funds diverted to the Nicaraguan Contras. North's charismatic appearance spurred an Ollie for President movement. Panic hit Wall Street as the stock market took a devastating plunge, dropping 508 points on October 10, 1987 - Black Wednesday. People held their breath as tiny, 18-month old Jessica McClure clung to life in an abandoned, 22 feet deep well. However, she survived after a nearly three day ordeal, showing that not all stories had bad endings. Money problems plagued television evangelists in a year mark- ed by allegations of immoral misconduct against Jim and Tammy Bakker and Jimmy Swaggert. It was a hopeful year, too as President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev joined in Washington, D.C. to sign an historic missile treaty. America also had another reason to celebrate as the United States constitution turned 200 years old. The new year brought Olympics and it also brought an election year, a year some students would be able to vote and take a more active role in the world beyond 21400 E. Pathfinder. World NewsfClosing 261