Skyline High School - Wingspread Yearbook (Longmont, CO)

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ear 1n Revie plants of baboon hearts and artificial heart was a risk taken by William Schroeder Iasper Indiana. Days after the implant Schroeder was 0 0 The XXII Olympics, im- a fifty-two year old retired munitions inspector from artificial hearts for people music, new fashions with wild hair styles to match, entertainment - all of these events and more made 1984 quite the year to remember. For the first time in American history a woman ran for the position of Vice-President. Geraldine Ferraro joined Walter Mondale with hopes of becoming the first man-woman team of President and Vice-President of the United States, but the Democrats were beaten in the election by Ronald Reagan and George Bush who ran for a second term in office. Restoration of the 98 year old Statue of Liberty began with a budget of 30 million dollars, a project which is set for completion on Iuly 4th, 1986 with a grand celebration to commemorate her 100th birthday. Vanessa Williams, the first black woman to receive the title of Miss America was forced to resign because of sexually explicit photographs published in Penthouse magazine. As the summer sizzled, so did the baseball season. The San Diego Padres and the Chicago Cubs battled to the end in the 81st World Series. Chicago became the champs with a two game lead over San Diego. Advertising for fast food took a different route when Wendy's introduced gray-haired, and definitely down to earth Clara Peller as the star of their commercials. She had everyone asking, Where's the Beef ? The year 1984 could readily be called a time of miraculous medical breakthroughs. The implant of an listed in satisfactory condition but thirsty for a beer. In October, brave Baby Fae made the headlines as the first infant to receive an animal's heart. Born with a fatal cardiac defect, she lived for 12 days with her own heart until the transplant of a seven month old, female baboon's heart. Tiny Baby Fae lived for 20 days after the transplant until her death of kidney failure. Baby Zoe Leyland was another young headliner amidst medical news. Zoe was the world's first child born from a frozen embryo. Another Prince of Wales was born to Prince Charles and Princess Diana. Third in line to the crown was Prince Henry Charles Albert David, who was born at St. Mary's Hospital in England. If someone was to ask Iohn De Lorean about his year, he'd probably answer with a snarl. De Lorean made the six o'clock news quite often with his cocaine dealing scandal. Although the 59 year old, ex- automaker was acquitted of the charge, he came home to an empty house, for his wife had left him and filed for a divorce. In the past year sugar went out and the new substitute, NutraSweet took its place. Diet soda, gum, candy and even hot cocoa mix could be found with a label stating, sweetened with NutraSweet. Being low in calories and more safe than the previous artificial sweetener, Sacharin, NutraSweetened products swept the nation. Summing up, 1984 was a year that will be long remembered as a turning point in politics, medicine, discoveries, and people. fd Mary Decker felt excruciating pain when she was All photos on pgs. 22-23, 24-25, and 30-31 courtesy of LIFE tripped by Zola Budd in the 800 meter run. Magazine. 22 Year in Review

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N28 PAGES I V V 256 H o . o I i' 'MIOH make l9Ct1OI1S '84 P li 01101065 today fd SS '-,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1984 will remain in our Senate, and the only Democrat receiving a .ed1.0dn':AfLurfi- --u-v---1-nn-a--u-u- n - 4 u - upN1g:g?lioHQZi2L: uiiffigfeysrz memories as the year ma1or1ty vote was Tim Wlrth for the House. The ?3?'i,2?:f.?:2g t1?!',JL'X3Z.,Tl.ti .i.?:1 5.Sh.,.2?.':f of George Orwell's controversial abortion and gambling amendments challenger wal- nyMlnncsuLunmz-rung.Hemere- H - H ffflimtlfiiii ::..if::L, .: B18 Brother and the gi,g',3g'gfgfgggm Ulm taken an 'W year we re-elected President Ronald Reagan for i would dllsl half polls were unan- :ing mat u solid uve me impassi- lecnud tour-year rf. a Qnnnressio 'or grabs and issues on labor- ng miami up In turd Lllflwu! IAS went an me polls l election Siaklt Nnlalle my sho hoped tunmut ur regis- ievcral Counties lectiun officials ny voting and tn 90 percent .al-:mer County. polling places -Q man zo per- d veiled Elec- asnf Myrna dined an B8 to thy 7 P-m. I5 considered adsvwtmwus. the mos! allen- pmmmt the use for most abor- Nld allow cast' 1 B Slle nifm' he vm- presl- fw iwpuniman Democrat Gor- - were nmnng today Rcauan rlfallfurnlx. lend In North Or-lksf' nun. and hw wife. Barbara, stood in line for 17 minutes in Houston. Khvn voted in B real eb- oaw Orme 1 did me rsgm thing. lu: Cold rnporters later. i-'mm voted in a puuue School ln her neighborhood tn Queens, N Y, Yes, wwre very optimistic, ana mm rapl,r:.er.s. Were going to prove the pollsters wrvngf' She named n thumbs up ngmi. Frank J. nnrearwi Jr., me Republican naman! chalnnnn, told a businessmerfs forum ln Washmglon that the GOP! latest pulls, completed Monday nlght, snowed magna with u zu parvum lead. Wa-'ve' gut il Shim M iilnlllhlr he said, hu! Added that Mlldlk could Wm hve 0l'Si1 SBIG. ll! did nu! name lhem, Dixvllle Nntdu, Nil, vden hsvcxft always been I bellidller uf presidential Plat!!-ions. but B ol them fulluwecl the pdlsearly this munximz and gave Reagan his first. votes ol lhe 1984 election. One person gave Mondale' his suppurk ln I-he Lraditionll mid' mgm. haunting. T, fax. - f V N H ,y at T-E tQ.Qrlzt:Q.g -: Saul!-1 Ui!! if ' iam the new:-um hum a second four year term in office. For the first time, seniors who were eighteen had a chance to make a decision that would affect their everyday lives. Kim Morrow said, I felt very important that I could have a say in the elections. Dan Noble said, I felt very patriotic and excited even though I had to wait in line for thirty minutes. Mock elections were held at Skyline on November 6 and results were as follows: Ronald Reagan won the Presidency by a land- slide: Bill Armstrong was re-elected to the Ronald Reagan shows Thumbs up to his victory over Walter Mondale. Ronald Reagan Wins a landslide were approved by the majority of the Skyline student body in the mock election, however, their parents voted against these issues as represented by their defeat statewide. People in Colorado and all over the nation voted much the same as the results of the mock election. In four years the rest of us will be of voting age and able to register our vote. We have responsibility to become acquainted with the issues that will affect our lives. yur-' Pia Bostrom, exchange student from Sweden, gets an idea of what elections are like in the United States. Vince Ealey gets a taste of voting as he votes for the Hrst time. Elections 21

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gt is The parents of Zoe Leyland were the first in the world to have a baby through the method of frozen embryois. Vanessa Williams gets a kiss from her mother, but kisses didn 't make Vanessa feel any better when she was dethroned for photographs published in Penthouse magazine. YQ' Sealif- e' se lwgtgetkvf .1 if K -K W 1 .. ' -ggi lfffb'-vet? 'mei ' 8 it ,P . The George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-four published in 1936 discussed many inventions that really did occur in 1985, such as the launch of the space shuttle. The Ethiopian tragedy was unfortunately one story that was big in the past year. Thousands of Ethiopians starved to death in their barren, drought stricken country. Year in Review 23