Alliance High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Alliance, NE)

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Members of Art Club show their talent on their parade entry. Seniors take time off on Sunday to decorate their hall. The band adds homecoming spirit by marching in the parade. On twin day Mr. Steve Nelson and Mr. Wayne Brown get into the homecoming spirit. Homecoming spirit shows through in this poster, telling it like it is. Homecoming 7

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Homecoming Week Ends With A Victory First in Five Years The new year brought many changes to the Homecoming activities. Spirit week consisted of Twin Day, Color Day, Hillbilly Day, Crazy Hat and Socks Day and Pride Day. The coronation, put on by FBLA, was held Friday during sixth period. After the coronation, the parade down Box Butte Avenue which was the largest in recent years, took place. The traditional burning of the A was not held due to the new track. Highlighting the festivities, the volleyball girls, followed by the football team, downed the Gordon Broncs. The eventful week ended with the Homecoming Dance. Approximately 150 couples danced to the music of the Dynamics. Gaining yardage. Pal Colerick rushes for a Bulldog victory. Cheryl Hart sets the ball for teammate Mary Ellen Lore. 1980 Homecoming Royalty: First Attendants Kim Green and Pat Colerick, Queen Lilias Smith and King Brad Liggett, Second Attendants Darcy Cole and Pat Casados, and Crown Bearers Jason Reno and Jody Minor. 6 Homecoming

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Faces, Places of Today Will Numerous national events have 'highlighted the lives of the students, either directly or indirectly, as the new decade moved forward. The annual World Series was held in late October. The Philadelphia Phillies returned home with a four to three game victory over the Kansas City Royals. Every four years the Presidential elections bring about stories of promises and scandals to every American. The 1980 election was to be one of the closest running races of its time, but to everyone's surprise, Ronald Reagan won by a landslide. Reagan overwhelmed Jimmy Carter by 51 to 49 per cent at the polls, and 483 to 49 electoral votes, and lead a rising Republican Party to control of the Senate for the first time in generations. Tragedy hit Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 21, as the famous MGM Hotel burst into flames. Eighty-four guests were killed and 700 more were injured. The fire was attributed to an electrical short in the kitchen. It was said to be the second largest hotel fire in U.S. history. At 7:36 p.m. on November 23, the Italian earthquake, Europe's worst in 65 years, began. The tremors shuddered from Sicily to the Alps. The quake, reached 6.8 on the Richter Scale, badly damaging historic ruins that had survived the Pompeii, and demolished a nine-story apartment building in Naples. The death toll was expected to climb to more than 10,000. At Pr0r T0 Y0URStLp I V aJAY. 21— • --- ■ y c . . E==E- - YOU DESERVE 11 ututHTroc. pi »BFMCE I-BUEHLEI This symbolic yellow ribbon could be seen in front of the United Methodist Church honoring the return of the hostages. Yoda stars in the hit movie The Empire Strikes Back.' Mount St. Helens remains a threat to the Pacific Northwest. 8 Current Events