Geneva County High School - Gecorala Yearbook (Hartford, AL)

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 ■ HOME OF THE DOGS The Southeast Alabama Football Officials Association presented GCHS with the Sportsmanship Award. This award is given each year to a school who shows the most sportsmanship conduct. Shown with the award is Coach Snell, head coach, Melanie Butler, President of the Band, David Ketchem, representing the football team, Dave Rousseau, Student Council President, and Mr. Whitaker, principal. Pride'! It is all around us—the gleam of red, white, and blue, the Olympics, singing the national anthem, and the swelling pride that comes from the majestic purple and gold of Geneva County High School. Born in America is taking on renewed strength. Americans are becoming involved. One such project is Save the Lady . . . Keep the Torch Lit , the renovation of the Statue-of Liberty which will cost millions of dollars but Americans are contributing freely to the worthy cause'. USA for Africa, Band Aid, and Farm Aid are several groups who have raised incredible amounts of money for starving countries such as Etho-pia. Modern technology is bringing us closer to combating diseases which we' once thought were incurable. Americans are setting the example that true humanitarian contributions are not born in fame and wealth, but rather in the spirit of the citizens whose diligence, concern, and old-fashioned hard work captures the heart and. sou! f America. GCHS has its Sown style of spirit and pride. The spirit of America is built on a foundation ofpatriotism, liberty, and freedom just as the spirit of GCLIS consists of loyality, individuality, and committment. Perhaps the most prestigious symbol of Geneva County High School is the school mascot, the Bulldog. He rises superior and receives more loyality than anything or anyone. Each student takes pride in being original, his own individual self—without influence from others. This creates a personality for GCHS which is enhanced by the commitment of faculty members. They ire dedicated people whose goal is to provide an atmosphere of higher Laming. So when you take the efforts of America and combine them with the spirit of GCHS, you know for sure, THE PRIDE IS BACK

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THE PRIDE

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Volume 19 No. 86 Hartford, Alabama SHUTTLE EXPLOSION SHOCKS AMERICA GCHS MOURNS THE DEATHS OF SEVEN ASTRONAUTS America witnessed the first in-flight disaster in 56 manned space missions on January 28. 1986. The catastrophic explosion blew apart the space shuttle Challenger just 74 seconds after launch. The crew of Challenger included three trained pilots, an expert on lasers, the second American woman to fly in space, a Hughes Aircraft Corp. engineer, and a school teacher as the citizen-in-space. Christa McAuliffe was a high school social studies teacher who was the first private citizen selected in national competition to fly on the space shuttle. She was chosen over 11.000 other applicants to prepare class lessons that were to be beamed to Earth on national television. Challenger, the second of the agency's four ships to fly into space, was making its tenth flight, more than any other of the other shuttles. Its destruction leaves a fleet of just three shuttles, a program in considerable uncertainty, and a nation in disbelief. GORBACHEV— REAGAN Two men seeking world peace President Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev. for at least a few days in November, inspired a feeling of peace worldwide—it felt a safer place. The brief, long needed conversation of these leaders will within every reasonable assumption and in everyone’s hopes—cast a tender light upon the tensions felt between our country and that of Gorbachev’s Russia. Strength and communication are the two obvious forces pulling for a prolonged lessening of such tensity. The fate of this summit and the decisions concerning nuclear warfare may very well prove to be the fate of us all. The flag was flown at half mast in respect to the shuttle disaster. 30