Lake Braddock Secondary School - Lair Yearbook (Burke, VA)

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 °' 0-0“00 While reading Richard III, in Mrs. Gifford's English class. Richard Clark. David Irish and Dan Staron find comfortable reading positions. Before first period Seniors gather around the Media Center in SS V to exchange the latest gc (Cheryl Oslund, Leslie Harper, Debbie Sahd, Regina Gifford, Loretta Fitzmorris. Shawn Thorn 44 Honorable Discharge

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News Briefs Labor Pains Workers’ strikes in Poland con- tinued into the new year as Solidarity, the national federation of Poland’s new independent unions and ten million workers, demanded political liberalization. In September, Stanislav; Kania replaced Edward Gierek as the Polish party boss. Because this ac- tion implied that the Soviets were gaining too much power in Poland, Western European nations were uneasy. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization in December issued a warning to the Soviets that if they intervened any further in Poland, NATO would take action because the detente would be broken. NATO, wary of the Soviets in Afghanistan, wanted to prevent any invasion in Poland. Living conditions in Poland during the strikes were deplorable. Food, gas, and other supplies were scarce and high priced. Still, the workers, led by Lech Walesa, con- tinued to protest and to challenge the Communist system. The Poles acted very bravely in standing up for their cause against the Soviet power. Although they feared Soviet intervention, which could cause an international crisis of great dimensions, they per- sisted for their rights. Towering Inferno The second worst hotel fire in the United States history occurred at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas on November 21. Eighty-four people were killed, mainly from smoke inhalation, and 700 others were injured. The public was enraged by the hotel’s failure to heed the urgings of fire officials to install sprinkler systems and smoke alarms. The fire brought a greater awareness of the dangers involved in the more than 12,000 hotel and motel fires in the United States each year. -The Phillies won the World Series over the Royals. --John Bonham, Led Zeppelin's drummer died in London. -Voyager I photographed Saturn and sent amazing information about the icy moons, the seas of li- quid nitrogen, and the hundreds of rings around Saturn. -Thousands of Cubans and Hatian refugees immigrated to Florida. -Sugar Ray Leonard regained his Welterweight crown when Roberto Duran quit in the eighth round. -Draft registration was resumed. -Michael Meyers, found guilty in the Abscam scandal, was the first House member expelled for cor- ruption since the Civil War. -Brushfires scorched Southern California. -Portugal’s Premier Francisco Sa Carneiro died in a plane crash. -•'Ordinary People’’ was named best picture of the year by the New York Film Critics’ Circle Awards in the 45th annual balloting. -The U. S. Census Bureau’s 1980 population count was 226,504,825. -Redskins' Jack Pardee, last year’s coach of the year, was fired. -Billy Carter was investigated by a Senate panel for receiving a $220,000 loan from the Libyians. --War broke out in Iran and Iraq because of border disputes. -Soviet troops continued to oc- cupy Afghanistan, but the Afghan rebels showed no sign of yielding. -Mao Tse Tung's widow was on trial for conspiracy. --AP and UPI polls determined that the Georgia Bulldogs were the 1980 champions of college foot- ball. -Prime interest rates soared to 21V» %. -Professional ballet dancer, Ron Regan, married Doria Palmieri, a literary researcher. -In a park in Hermitage, Penn- sylvania, a flag was flown for each day the hostages were in captivity. -Thirty seven nations boycotted the Summer Olympics because of the Soviet troops in Afghanistan. -The world found out ‘‘Who shot J.R.” Student Life 43

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It was like a dream come true! It took eleven long years of hard work and determination, but after being the underclassmen for so long, we were ready to step into our roles as Seniors. The last year raced by as we prepared for life in the real world, and we soon com- pleted the twelve year enlistment that was required of each of us. Although many of us faced an even greater challenge in the years ahead, we • were all happy to receive our honorable discharge from Secqndary School. Seniors 45