Green Mountain High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Lakewood, CO)

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Eddie Goes to Lotusland In August lraq implanted mines in the Red Sea by the entrance to the Suez Canal. The Passages were mined so that oil tankers could not get through. The Jackson's Victory tour began in August. They played in a dozen cities and two nights in Denver. Vanessa Williams was forced to surren- der her title as Miss America due to some nude photos in a certain male entertain- ment magazine. She was the first of 57 Miss America's to be forced to resign her title. Suzett Charles, lst runner up, be- 208 Current Events frfiiaif . Q ir'i.t.. Miss America: A 'Title Lost ' ' X 135155 -4 came the 58th Miss America. In October the Marines finally left Bei- rut after being there since 1982. When they left, over 260 Marines had died. In early December a deadly gas es- caped from the Union Carbide chemical plant in India and killed over 2,000 peo- ple. Subway Vigilante, Bernard Goetz, de- cided, after being mugged in a subway himself, to take the law into his own hands. When several guys threatened to mug him, he pulled out a gun and shot ... them. This incident did cut down on over half of the muggings in several subway areas. The Winter Olympics this year were held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. The U.S. won 4 gold medals and 4 silver medals. Scott Hamilton won the gold medal in Mens Figure Skating. Steve Mahre won a gold in the Giant Slalom skiing event. The Broncos ended the 1984 sason as the Western Division Champions! They made it to the playoffs with Elway leading them on. This was the year for Elway.

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CULTURE CLUB L BU -. Q fx le ffl? r Many groups and singers made smash- ing hits in the 1984-85 school year. Groups such as Van Halen, Chicago, For- eigner, Prince and the Revolution, Reo Speedwagon, Twisted Sister. and ZZ Top just to name a few. 'Phe major Grammy award winners this year consisted of Tina Turner's What's Love Got To Do With It? won her Re- cord of the Year and also Best Female Pop Vocalist. Lionel Richie's Can't Slow Down L.P. won Album of the Year. The award for Best New Artist went to Cindi 210 Current Events BILL ID L Lauper. Male Pop Vocalist went to Phil Collins with the song Against the Odds . Duo on Group Pop Vocal was won by the Pointer Sisters with the song Jump! . be a big success. Bruce Springsteen won Male Vocal of the Year with Dancing In the Dark . Duo or Group Rock Vocal Award went to Prince and the Revolution with their hit album Purple Rain . 1984 was certainly the a 1 f + 4-L.. A ,,, J, Args , ., 1 , mi 'ii K r W M li rgzwikaqi M sl E' i XM 'M E if i i, l w'lll3lwi' . ,. i K . -,gt -ax A X , 4 . it .Mm it J ,Q v 1 i Q N ,421 Val is s 1 ,., 'N ff. 4, fe 1 4... - Qil3' ll 3l - M wma JL i ii V Q' Y -is.....i..i-,txt .3 ,f A ix.: im- UQXMX I , Mr W' 'img ' . lg l il -1 ,. 1 V- M' i N 1. was . V 3 33 it . - A gk i 2 L lm 535 i li W i Qi li yi, W Vw W is in 'M ,L ig, 1 v J' 1 ,R Y Q' i ' U Y' Q A P Q fx W vi W X, i,.,.1TellLV1L , vi K5 i .aw Us N imp .L 5: JD Us Mtv has become a massive hit with the teenagers because of the rock videos they show consisting of the most popular rock groups. this year Mtv did a Music Video Awards show hosted by Bette Midler and Dan Ackroyd. lt turned out to New shows came out this fall consisting of It's My Turn , The Bill Cosby Show , V , Miami Vice er ringers , Paper Dolls , 'Cover Up and the ever popular T.V s Censored Bloopers and Practical Jokes These shows have proven to be very good and are doing well in the ratings