Adair County High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Columbia, KY)

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The building of the Christian Life Center gave Adair Countians a place lo brush up on many sports activities. So far, the year set-ms like a total failure, but optimism leabs us to con- sider the many favorable additions to our immediate community. With the construction of the new Westlake Cumberland Hospital, medical facilities were upgraded a great deal Mayor Coy Downey and Judge James Brock led the ribbon cutting ceremony which opened the new facilities to the public on September 7. In the area of recreation, the Colum- bia Baptist Church sponsored the building of a Christian Life Center. After only weeks, the Westlake Cumberland Hospital was in lull swing Contained within the large gymnasium- like building are a skating area, and basketball and volleyball courts. The center also has a baseball field and three tennis courts. Another advancement was the final- ization of the Portland Skating Rink. Along with the main skating area, there is a pool and pinball room and a res- taurant. Adair Countians spent many enjoyable hours skating the night away at this bright new addition. The Portland Recreation Center provided many enioyable evenings for the people of our commu- nity 25 current events

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The way we were-1980-81 The year of 1980 was one of national events, changes, and occurences that affected the lives of Americans in many ways. On November 4. 1979, Iranian militants under the Iranian leader Aya- tollah Khomeini, stormed the Ameri- can Embassy in Tehran, Iran, to take 52 American hostages in an attempt to gain vengeance on the United States for protecting the former Shah. After well over a year (444 days to be exact) of captivity and a futile attempt to res- cue them, they were finally released when the two countries came to an agreement and settled the dispute. Also on the political scene, the 1980 Presidential election left Ronald Rea- gan a happy victor. He took strong stands on foreign relations and the na- tional economy, and said that as presi- dent he would try to improve these par- ticular areas. In addition to a new president, the government reinstated the draft registration so as to prepare our country in case of interational ca- tastrophe. The people residing around Mount. St. Helens, Washington, experienced a terrifying encounter with destruction when the huge volcano violently erupt- ed on May 18, 1980. Approximately 22 people lost their lives and over twice as many were never found. The losses to- taled over 1.5 billion dollars of destruc- tion and ruin. Another natural disaster was an enormous earthquake centered around Naples, Italy. Claiming approxi- mately three-thousand, this proved to be one of the most destructive of its kind. Days after its occurence, humans were being dug out of Italian ruins, both dead and live. This was an event that left many Italian people homeless and that no one will ever forget. The city of Las Vegas, Nevada, suf- fered a great loss with the burning of the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. Be- tween 80 and 100 people lost their lives for reasons ranging from smoke inhalation to jumping from windows. According to news reports, MGM hadn't met certain fire safety laws but these reports hadn’t been confirmed. With the extreme heat this past sum- mer, fall brought on the hot, dry condi- tions inviting fires. Soufhern California suffered desperately as huge brush fires destroyed over 40,000 acres and well over 300 homes. Approximately 1,000 people were forced to evacuate thier home, but the fires reached some too soon and several lost their lives. One of the worst and most destructive blazes began in San Bernadino as an arson. It grew out of control because of erratic 55-mph winds devastating 257 homes and 12,000 acres across the northern edge of the city and San Ber- nadino National forest. The losses in,: this particular city totaled about $44 million. Sue Ellen? Christen? Cliff Barnes? Who did it? American minds have been boggled, confused, and contemplative over the world-wide saga of who shot J.R. Ewing. In the spring of 1980, the second season of the CBS series Dallas” left everyone hanging as to who the culprit was. Be- ginning with the third season, several suspects had been exposed and finally Christen was found guilty of this deed. But old J.R. has nothing to worry about. Everyone knows he can worm his way out of anything; even death. 24 current events

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From her vantage point. Tammy Hutchison watches the festivities The court is graced Poinsettias, ivy, and a wrought iron arch decorated the stage for the De- cember 12, 1980, homecoming bas- ketball game where Tammy Hutchi- son was crowned queen. There were 19 candidates vying for the title of homecoming queen. They were Jean Royse, Vickie Grant, Tammy Hutchison, Malinda Dye, Sheila Coop, Jada Curry, Ann Ba- ker, Cathy Jones, Leslye Yadon, Vicki Pike, Laura Holt, Holly Ed- wards, Cindy Hutchison, Leslie Keltner, Hannah Loy, Denesa Bur- ton, Donna Yates, Karen Ramage, and Sherry Rogers. The gym was darkened as Mr. and Miss ACHS, the Mr. and Miss of each class, the Football Homecoming Queen, the Fall Festival Queen and Carla Spires, the 1980 Basketball Homecoming Queen were introduced to the crowd by Dr. Ronnie Rogers. As the band played What I Did for Love, each candidate was spotlight- ed as she walked across the gym. The climax of the night was the 62- 40 win over West Hardin. Wiping away a tear, Tammy Hutchison is crowned by Principal Harry Loy. The queen and her court: First runner up Donna Yates escorted by James Harvey, Second run- ner up Sherry Rogers and escort Doug Bur- ton, Queen Tammy Hutchison and escort Jeff Dunbar, and third runner up, Karen Ramage escorted by Terry Shirley.