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

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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

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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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entered the computer age. These were the events that shaped the world for '83-84. —Steve Taylor Q Walter Mondale along with Gary Hart and Jessie Jackson, the first major black presidential candidate, discuss possible platform issues. While this group showed support for the U.S. Ma- rines being stationed in Lebanon, many felt they ought to return home. President Ronald Reagan sternly denounced the Russians shooting down the Korean Airliner 007. Constantin U. Chernenko. While the death of Andropov forced the Soviets to choose a new leader, the process of choosing the next U.S. President was underway. Among the candidates were the incumbent, Ronald Reagan; former vice- president, Walter Mondale; former astro- naut, John Glenn; and the first major black candidate, the Reverend Jesse Jackson. Jackson immediately raised his credibil- ity among the voters by diplomatically ne- gotiating the return of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Syria. In lighter events, Sally Ride became the first woman in space as she was aboard one of the space shuttle flights. Interior Secretary James Watt found himself out of the President's cabinet after he made a remark about the Interior's hiring of minorities. On the sports scene, the Baltimore Ori- oles won the World Series by defeating the Philadelphia Phillies. In football the Los An- geles Raiders routed the supposedly invin- cible Washington Redskins in the Super Bowl. The 1984 Winter Olympics were held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, during the middle weeks of February. The Americans brought home four gold medals in men s and women s alpine skiing and men’s fig- ure skating. Snow cancelled school for the most days since the winter of 1978, and our school current events 19