Estancia High School - Flight Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA)

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1 . Lady Liberty was given to us as a present on July 4, 1886 by the French. On July 4. she was unveiled after a complete ren- ovation. There were all kinds of tributes taking place all over Mew York. There was a boat parade in new York Harbor and a score of fireworks. 2. President Reagan (right) and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev met in Iceland to talk about the arms race. The summit was called off early, having ac- complished nothing. 3. Princess Fergie recently married Prince Andrew, a member of the Royal Family in Great Britain. 4. William De Foe stars in Platoon along with Tom Berenger and Charlie Sheen. Platoon is a very powerful movie about the Vietnam War. It has been called the most realistic documentary ever filmed. I started out just to see Charlie Sheen, but by the end of the movie I had forgotten all about him and was absorbed in Vietnam , said a shocked Jennifer Duffy. 1 had no idea that the war was that bad. I y ews is a broad and ever chang- 1 1 ing subject. Anthing may be X .1. considered news by the media; from the buying of a new house to the assassination of the president. There is an unlimited amount of information that is constantly being found to change the opinion of the public. Such Is the case with the Iran Scan- dal. At first the public thought that President Reagan did not know any- thing about the selling of arms to Iran, though, later it became evident that he knew more and more. It appeared to the public that we swapped guns and ammunitions for three hostages. President Reagan denied these accu- sations on television, stating that we were just trying to become friendlier with Iran. Colonel Oliver North was criticized for having organized the transaction. He was fired from his posi- tion shortly after the scandal was un- covered. John Poindexter, head of the national Security Council, resigned shortly after norths departure. Before the Iran Scandal was uncov- ered. President Reagan traveled to Costa Mesas Pacific Ampitheatre to help the campaign of Republican Ed Zschau, who was running for the sen- ate. Estancia ' s marching band was in- vited to play. The campaign was a flop. Costa Mesa High School ' s whole stu- dent body was asked to attend, in or- der to fill the stadium. Despite the steady campaigning, Alan Cranston won. He was not the only Democrat to take a senate seat. The senate is now a majority of Democrats. Ed Zschau was not the only person defeated. Rose Bird, Chief Justice of California ' s Supreme Court, was voted out of her seat in the Supreme Court. Popular opinion said that she did not support the death penalty and it was time to get some one in who did. Corazon Acquino is also having problems in the Philippines. After Fer- dinand Marcos left the country, she was democratically elected into office. She has had nothing but conflict with military chief Enrile, who also wants control of the country. The people were a little worried about her drastic reform ideas, but they were also leery of the American support. Acquino is not the only one who stands behind reform. The new tax laws enacted in ' 87 also called for drastic reform. Congress pushed it through quickly, knowing Reagan wanted it, but none of the Congress members alone wanted it. They all agreed to stop tax shelters, but they were a little misty as to how to do it. So they put together a bill that as a whole was fine, but each section needed work. Yet another defeat was the Iceland Summit at Reykjavik between Presi- dent Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. This meeting was to reach an agreement on the arms race. Before negotiations could begin, Reagan cre- ated a stale-mate by stating that he would keep his star wars defense sys- tem no matter what. From there it went down hill and the talks ended. On the other hand, there was a lot to be said about the Vietnam War movie, Platoon ' . Director Oliver Stone did an incredible job bringing to life the war. There was some controversy about the material, though. Some con- servatives called it too rash. Stone called it war. I think it was a little raw, but it was really necessary to bring the point home, Erik Torgerson said. There has been new discoveries as far as AIDS goes, AIDS being the ac- quired immune deficiency syndrom. Medical technicians have found that AIDS is only spread through the blood stream. You cannot get the sickness by breathing the same air as some one else. Deaths occurred when deep under Lake nios in northwestern Cameron, the earth belched. A bubble of searing gas rose to the surface and the wind carried it across the land. Within min- utes more than 1,700 people were dead, burned by steam and choked by carbon dioxide and toxic gases.

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Building Going On Two Arab terrorists shocked the world when they stormed Istan- bul ' s main synagogue on Septem- ber 6, killing more than twenty worshippers with sub-machine gun fire. When police arrived, the ter- rorists detonated hand grenades and killed themselves. A defeat for Denver Broncos, but definitely a strong win for riew York Giants was Super Bowl XXI. They beat the Broncos 59-20. An- other victory for Mew York was the Mets over the Boston Red Sox in the World Series. A reason to celebrate was Lady Liberty ' s one hundredth birthday. She got a new torch, and a com- plete renovation. A reason for Estancia to cele- brate was an unexpected day off from school. The main water pipe broke, and the students were dis- missed after the end of first period. The lost time had to be made up. The Friday after the end of the first semester, was the designated make-up day, although very few kids attended. While students were celebrating the first snow ever to occur in Costa Mesa in their life-time, Den- nis Conner was celebrating the re- turn of the America ' s Cup to Amer- ica. Even more celebrating went on at Disneyland for the opening of the new ride. Star Tours. To push and publicize the opening of the ride, Disneyland stayed open for seventy-two straight hours. Many students went, It was so fully cool! Vanessa Lidell said. Something that was to be a new air conditioner for the school, turned out to be a heater. The school spent big bucks on a new conditioning system that has been malfunctioning from the start. It ' s either too hot or too cold in the rooms almost everyday. Besides the building going on at EMS, there was also building going on in the South Coast Plaza area. The Crystal Cove is an extension of South Coast Plaza. It includes stores like The Broadway and J.W. Robinson ' s. The Performing Arts Center also opened up earlier this year. It has featured plays such as La Boheme, West Side Story and world renowned orchestras. The news is ever growing and the list of events is constantly lengthening, but the experiences within your own life are the ones most remembered. In Memoriam Brandon Cowell 1 2 02 70- 12 20 86 David Gallardo 6 05 71-10,28,86 As Time Goes By The shining smile the whimper liowl Of some one riding by. As we remembered all those years We all begin to cry The look of life, the look of love Is all we would express. And now the only thing we have. Is a sorrow look at death. As the last echo dies within our ears We all will share our tears of fear We only can imagine a heaven full of sleep, with bursts of music riding down A glistening, narrow street. Mever to imagine wed meet and Then wed part. I hope you know we ' ll always love you Always from the heart. Know what we say will be forever. And in our hearts well always stay together. From All Your Friends 228 Academics