Hemlock High School - Huskie Yearbook (Hemlock, MI)

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LIFE AROUND US home the gold. Bill Rodgers, four-time winner of the Boston Marathon was also expected to win the gold metal. And the American basketball team, said by many to be the best basketball team in history, never had the chance to prove their skill. Not going to the summer Olympics was a painful, but noble thing for the American athletes to do. They made the American people as proud of them as they were of the winter olympians. Very few Hemlock students were able to actually cast their vote in the 1980 Presiden- tial election. However, nearly everyone got the chance to make his choice known in sev- eral mock elections held in the classrooms on election day. The results, in nearly all of them, were indicative of actu- al nationwide standings, with Republican representative, Ronald Reagan, pulling through in a landslide. Demo- cratic President, Jimmy Carter, and Independent can- didate, John Anderson, were defeated in nearly every state and classroom. Though some felt that Mr. Carter had put in an amiable four years, most students and actual voters believed his opposition's cam- paign slogan was true, It's time for a change . The change was made, and on November 5th, the nation awoke to a new leader. A great loss was felt in the world late one tragic night. John Lennon, former Beatle and one of the best song writ- ers of all time, died on the night of December eighth. As he walked from his car to the apartment complex where he was gunned down by Mark David Chapman for no appar- ent reason. The world was shocked by this immoral slay- ing. We will never forget his sensitive songs and dynamic performances. John Lennon was a lover of mankind, and his love was reflected in many of his songs. In a united effort with co-Beatles Paul McCart- ney, George Harrison, and Ringo Star, he made his mark on many of our lives by making rock-n-roll what it is today. Most don't remember John Lennon or the Beatles very well but their music lives on. Between Lennon and McCart- ney, songs were written that touched every ones lives. But it was Lennon's songs that touched us most. These four men especially McCartney and Lennon, were musical and poetic geniusus. We'll miss John Lennon and his talent. But we will never stop enjoying the music he has shared with us. People all over the world were bound with one com- mon interest. The interest was obvious when millions tuned into watch the television series DALLAS and find out who shot J.R. Larry Hagman's J.R. is the dastardly scheming member of the Ewing family who stops at nothing to get what he wants. His popularity was proven when 350 million peo- ple in 57 countries forgot their troubles and tuned in to see him shot. The show made in- dustries go wild by producing J.R. jeans, t-shirts, bumper stickers, card games, and beer. Anyone that appeared on one episode was consid- ered a suspect. Surveys were taken to ask people's opinion on the shooting. The answer ranged from his one and a half year old baby to his mother to his revenge hungry wife Sue El- len. the main suspect. But in the end we learned it was his mistress Kristin who did it.

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This year, like all others, has had it's tragedies. Among them were the earthquake in Italy, the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the flood in Texas, and the tornado in Hemlock. Although neither an earthquake in Italy nor a flood in Texas affected local residents, we were all brushed by tragedy during the destructive storm which touched Hemlock in Au- gust. We weren't covered in vol- canic ash from Mt. St. Helens, nor buried in rubble from an earth- quake, nor flooded from our homes by rising water, but we came face to face with nature's devasting power. Trees were uprooted; power was interrupt- ed; property was destroyed. Hemlock residents realized na- ture's powerful force cannot be controlled. We escaped, but we all felt a small part of the fear those Washington, Italian, and Texan residents endured. The t980 winter Olympics, held in Lake Placid, New York, brought excitement to coun- tries as large as the United States and as small as Liech- tenstein. Thrilling perfor- mances from great U.S. ath- letes like speed skaters Beth and Erik Heiden brought a feel- ing of pride to the American people. The American fans watched anxiously up to the final buzzer to see the United States hockey team's Impos- sible Dream come true, as they beat the seemingly invin- cible Soviets. But dreams of gold were shattered for some of the American athletes. Any hope of gold for the United States womens ski team was turned away by spectacular performances by Liechten- stein's Hanni Wenzel. A brave comeback by the United States skier Phil Mahre, whose ankle is held together by a metal plate and four screws did not earn him a gold metal, but he was certainly a con- tender. Linda Fratianne, America's expected gold win- ner in the figure skating had to settle for a silver metal, al- though she put on a very beautiful show. In the mens' fi- gure skating, American hope- ful Charlie Tickner did no bet- ter than a fourth place finish. But the biggest disappoint- ment came in the double fi- gure skating America's dou- bles Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardener, Olympic favorites, had their dreams of gold shat- tered by the misfortune of a leg injury suffered by Garden- er in preparation for their com- petition. Their four years of strenuous work went for naught as the injury forced them to bow out of the com- petition, much in the way the summer olympians did. Due to Russia's invasion of Afghani- stan, the American Govern- ment boycotted the summer Olympic games, refusing to send the American athletes to compete in Moscow. Many other countries joined the boycott. It isn't known how well the American athletes would have done. But there were some great American athletes who didn't get to compete. Among these were Kurt Thomas, United States' fantastic gymnast. He was ex- pected by many to bring

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