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

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Jenkins. Both these juniors worked as disc jockeys at WAIN. Ron Melton worked as a bricklayer. Another junior Susan Barbee worked as a lifeguard at the public pool. I mad - many new friends ' said Susan, and enjoyed seeing so many people having a good time As the distractions of summer ended, more attention was focused on the upcoming school year. You miss the friends you haven't seen all summer, said junior Tammy Grider, and you start to look toward school with a sort of anticipation. Thoughts such as that made re- turning to school an easier thing to do. —John Collins Q Keeping an eye on the ball Debbie Hutchison waits for a pitch Debbie's team. Burton Brothers, finished the season 32 and 9. Mark Rowe keeps his tennis game in shape by playing throughout the summer summer 17

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What makes summertime funtime? Ah-Summertime! This summer was “the time of the seven-day-weekend. according to junior John Royse. “It's a time to head for the water ' said Stephen Keen. “I spent my summer on the water. These feelings were not much unlike the opinions shared by most students this year. It is safe to say that for most students, summer is a time for pure recreation. This in- cludes all types of sports ranging from water- skiing to organized group sports such as a girls' softball league. The coach of one of these softball teams was senior Timmy Foster. Timmy said. “The most outstanding thing in the whole summer was playing in the State Softball Tournament. For some students the summer is more than just a time for fun. For these people it is a time to get a job and make a little of that much needed money. Some students who worked this summer were Paul McQueary and Kevin Like many other students. Susan Barbee has a summer job Using the pool .s one of the fr.nge benefits of Susan's job as a lifeguard. Spending his summer on the water. Stephen Keen shows his ability as a skier. 16 summer

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American troops involved abroad Governor Martha Layne Collins officially welcomed astronaut Sally Ride, the nation's first woman in space, with a proclamation declaring August 23 as Sally Ride Day in Kentucky . The world outside our school during the '83-'84 year was a busy and mostly trou- bled one. While good things did happen, it seemed that the bad news dominated. On the state scene former governor John Y. Brown Jr. suffered critically from compli- cations that arose from a triple by-pass heart surgery he had undergone. He recov- ered though and saw the inauguration of Kentucky's first woman governor, Martha Layne Collins. Mrs. Collins defeated her op- ponent, Senator Jim Bunning by a comfort- able margin. While elections controlled the state scene, wars and rumors of war covered the national and world scene. Marines, who had been placed in Leba- non over a year ago, were still there in their peacekeeping role. They had suffered only from minor casualties until a suicide bomb- ing attack killed some 273 marines in Bei- rut. The heat was then put on the President to withdraw the troops from what some called a sitting duck position, and months later the evacuation was ordered. American troops were also involved in another major event. This time it was the Army's Rangers who invaded the tiny is- land of Grenada and rescued American medical students and pushed the Cubans out of the island. In September an event that alarmed the world and put a cold chill into United States and Soviet Union relations took place. The Soviets, after tracking the plane for almost two hours, shot down a Korean Airliner car- rying civilian passengers on its way to Seoul, Korea. Flight 007 had strayed into Soviet airspace. Among the casualties was United States Representative Lawrence McDonald. The United States harshly de- nounced the barbaric act. Several months later Soviet Premier Yuri Andropov, who had been ailing for some time, passed away. He was replaced by l 18 current events