Lakeview High School - Viking Yearbook (Columbus, NE)

Page 21 text:

School Evaluated Every seven years Lakeview puts itself through a self-evalu- ation. The evaluation is sup- posed to give the administra- tors some ideas about what is good at Lakeview High School and what needs to be changed. Many students were asked to serve on the various commit- tees of the self-evaluation. The administration felt that getting the students’ viewpoints would be extremely valuable in evalu- ating the school. Junior Laura Oswald said, ‘I felt that being involved in the evaluation was a great opportunity to see how the school operates on the ad- ministrative level. It really made me feel like a part of the school. Limit . X «T 4 f- War On AIDS President Reagan declared AIDS public enemy No. 1,” saying prevention is better than cure. He said that he supports sex education in the schools if taught in connec- tion with values, not simply taught as a physical, mechanical process. In his speech on AIDS to the College of Physicians, Reagan didn’t mention sex, abstinence, con- doms or monogamy, saying only AIDS education cannot be what some call ‘value neutral.”' The Na- tional Centers for Disease Control reports more than 30,000 AIDS cases. “Six years ago the world had never heard of AIDS, he said, noting spending has grown from $8 million to $1 billion. Woman Elected Governor For the first time in Nebraska’s his- tory it has a woman governor. In the No- vember 4 election Republican candidate Kay Orr was elected Governor of the State of Nebraska. Kay Orr is not only the first woman governor of Nebraska, she is also the first Republican woman governor in the entire nation. Speed Limit Raised When traveling down the interstates of Nebraska, motorist may now drive 65 miles per hour—legally. As of May 1 the speed limit on Nebraska interstates was raised from 55 to 65. All highway speed limits stayed at 55 miles per hour. This change does not directly affect any Lakeview drivers since most of them drive 65 anyway. When asked how the speed limit change would affect their driving habits, David Kallweit replied. What speed limit change?” and Jamie Loseke stated, “I guess I’ll have to slow down a little bit.” Governor Orr signed the bill to raise the speed limit after some debate over adding a 3 mile an hour buffer clause in the bill. The clause would have allowed people to go 68 miles an hour without getting a ticket. Governor Orr refused to sign the bill if that clause was added so it was dropped. The new law should make interstate driving much easier and faster. Tragic Death A tragic experience during the year was the death of a lo- cal optometrist. Charles Seeg- er. After a week long search of the area. Dr. Seeger's body was found in the canal north of Columbus. He apparently fell off his bike and rolled into the canal.

Page 20 text:

News Beat ■ Ship Attacked The Pentagon stated the death toll in the missile attack on the USS Stark to 37. The White House and the Pentagon said the at- tack in which one or two missiles were fired, was in- advertent and unexplain- ed. The Pentagon said the ship had at least a min- ute's warning of the attack by an Iraqi warplane, but did not try to shoot down missile or plane. White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker said the United States had listened in on radio communications from the Iraqi Mirage fighter that launched the missile on the U.S. frigate in the Persian Gulf May 17. As a result of the Iraqi missile attack, President Reagan upgraded the alert status and warned both Iran and Iraq their jets will be shot down if they threaten other U.S. ships. ■ PTL Falls Jim and Tammy Bakker, hosts of the “PTL Club” (for “Praise the Lord” and “People That Love”) experienced the de- struction of their $129 million empire. The media brought to the public’s atten- tion an affair Jim had in 1981 with a woman named Jessica Hahn. As Hahn's side told it. she was flown to Florida to meet Bakker and at the hotel, so the story went, she was given drugged wine. Bakker appeared, dressed only in a white terry-cloth swimsuit and Hahn was unable to resist his advances in her dazed and sick condition. Bakker admitted to the affair but de- nied parts of her story. But because of the bad publicity. Bakker resigned from PTL. 16 News Iran-Contra Affair Congress began its long- awaited hearings May 5 into the Iran-Contra affair, and a key lawmaker blunt- ly challenged White House claims that President Reagan was unaware that aides were soliciting funds for the Contra rebels at a time when government aid was banned. Committee leaders have said they expect to use the hearings to lay out in great detail the secret supply net- work that former National Security Council aide Oli- ver L. North helped set up for the Contras. They also expect to re- veal the deepening sense of frustration that led the Reagan administration to sell arms to Iran in ex- change for American hos- tages being held in Leba- non. Thus far, investigators say they have no evidence Reagan knew of the diver- sion of arms sale moneys to the Contras fighting the leftist Sandinista govern- ment in Managua. Nor have they uncovered evidence the president knew his aides were raising funds to arm the Contras at a time when government military assistance to the rebels was banned.

Page 22 text:

Almost A Snow Day... At 0 Culture Exchange Coming to the United States alone for a whole year was very frightening, but I'm glad I did it be- cause I learned so much about Am- ericans and about myself.” These are the words of Emma Fabbri, Lakeview’s foreign exchange stu- dent. Emma came from Italy to study for a year in the United States as an AFS student. The most diffi- cult thing Emma had to adjust to was the strictness of the rules at Lakeview. “In Italy if you want to smoke at school you can. If you want to stay home and sleep instead of go- ing to school you can. Here everyone is so concerned about what you are doing. Emma has one year of high school left to go through when she returns to Italy and then she plans to attend a University in her home town. I hope to return to the U.S. someday because I really like it here. The 1986-1987 winter was relatively mild. Most of the winter passed by without much snow. The only major snow- storm of the year came March 28. Ten to twelve inches of snow covered the area and many students were snowed in for a couple of days. Unfortunately for the students. March 28 was a Saturday and by Monday the roads were cleared enough to hold school. The students didn’t even get to sleep in since school started at regular time Monday morning. This week-end snowstorm kept Lakeview’s record of three years without a snow day alive. Following the snowstorm. Mike Hilger and Brian Foral find time to play in the drift behind the school. nICE TRIP TO ORD If you drove down the road this past year you might have seen a big yellow bus coming toward you. This was the new bus Lakeview purchased to transport students to various activities. Everyone from the football team to the National Honor So- ciety used the bus to get to their activities. One of the most interesting trips on the bus this year was the basketball trip to Ord. Both the boys and girls varsity and junior var- sity teams made the trip. The trip to Ord took about two hours, but the trip home was a little more lengthy. During the basketball games it rained and as the temperature dropped the roads became sheets of ice. The bus and vans crawled along at a snail’s pace and the top speed was reached when they slid down the hills. Many times during the trip the bus slid horizontally down the hills. Cory Kapels stated, “It was pretty scary when the bus started sliding all over the road.” The Lakeview bus waits for its next load of students. 18 News