El Dorado High School - El Dorado Yearbook (Placentia, CA)

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Ufe Ui t LA 1984 OLYMPICS - WE LOVE L.A. What do thirteen Hawks have to do with Bar- on Pierre de Theodosuis? How were the Gold- en Hawks called by the Olympic Organizing Committee? The Olympic Games thread their way through more than 33 centuries. The games came to serve as a temporary truce between warring factions of Greece, with participants enjoying safe passage through enemy territories and back. Originally, prizes were simple olive wreaths. But as rewards increased in value, the Games became corrupted. Finally, in 393 A.D., the Emperior Theodosuis declared the end of the Olympic Games. The rebirth of the Olympic Games were held in Athens on April 6.1896. Since then, the games have been held every four years with the exception of 1916, 1940, and 1944. In 1984, Los Angeles was selected as the site of the XXIII rd Olympiad Celebration, where American ' s goose pimples and old-fa- shioned patriotism blossomed. Los Angeles was festooned with flags, flowers on lamp posts, banners on the buses, singing in the streets, and music in the heart, a city awash with the costumes and customs of every cul- ture on the planet and the envy of every capi- tol on It. The 1984 Modern Olympic Games not only oc- cured in our own backyard, but many of our own hawks participated. These participants included twelve students from the classes of 1985 and 1986 which arei Kristen Dodd. Beth- Ann Driscoll, Carol Facione, Susan Janicki, Linda LaBorde, Tracy Lester. LeeAnn Miner. Michelle Morey. Anne Pateman. Jennifer Shecter, David Stow, and Donna Snyder. John Mykkanen. a 1984 El Dorado graduate and member of the U.S. Swim Team, won a silver metal in the 800 meter freestyle. David Stow participated in the Opening Ceremony of the Games. By using his gymnastic skills, Dave played a part in history as a fiddler. ISO people tryed out while only 48 lucky people made it. Dodd. Driscoll, Facione. Janicki. La- Borde. Lester. Miner, Morey, Pateman. Shecter. and Snyder were volunteers in both the Open- ing and Closing Ceremonies. These eleven ere part of the Tall Flag Squad that num- o : J 388. Try-outs were held for high schools j:k over California in March. Practices began m May and continued up to the ceremonies. .i !CPk a ot of time and dedication, but I le.t;;: »jverv ' lirsute of it — meeting people froi -■; ; ' ■■- world was an experience I woulu u ajs.. i will always have an over- whelming : ' about The ceremonies, stat- ed Michelle jgisnik-r Shecter comment- ed, I was reaiK ivhen tv was over, but the memories will laci ver. 8 Olympics