Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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NEWS SOPHOS Mower-Nichols Carrie Mower Susan Muraida Melanie Murphy Jacque Murray Margaret Nagle David Nanto Brent Nelson David Nelson Sylina Nelson Toni Nelson Frank Newman Kelli Nichols £ .m 91

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McMullfn-Mounteer Kirk McMullin A.J. McNichol Howard McOmber Jayne Mickel Debbie Mickelsen Erika Miller Shannon Miller Matt Milton Janet Mitchell Julie Mitchell Cherece Moe James Moore Lynn Moore Natalie Moore Ronnie Morris Melony Mounteer SOPHOMORES’83 ELECTIO 1980 was a year of intense po- litical activity. Almost always there were people voting and campaign- ing somewhere in the country: from primary elections to the Nov. 4 general election. Some important items on the ballot locally were Propositions A and B. Proposition A, designed to eliminate the sales tax on food, and Proposition B, constructed to limit property taxes, were both de- feated by substantial majorities. In bigger elections there was definitely a dominating party fac- tor, with Republicans winning most major national and state elec- tions. The presidential race, la- beled as too close to call, turned into a landslide for Republican candidate Ronald Reagan, ousting incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter with a whopping 489-49 majority in the electoral college. Jake Gam, Republican Senate candidate from Utah, was re-elect- ed with over 70% of the popular vote over Democrat Dan Berman. In the Senate, Republicans took control for the first time in over 20 years. In Utah’s first congressional district, five time incumbent Democrat Gunn McKay was beat- en by Republican Jim Hansen. And in the second district Republi- can Dan Marriot won reelection over Democrat Art Monson. One relief for Utah Democrats came in the gubernatorial race, where in- cumbent Governor Scott Mathe- son won re-election over Bob Wright. Thanks to Mr. Frank Allen, the In the Senate, Republicans took control for the frist time in over twenty years. studentbody became involved with a mock election. During the cam- paigning, some of the major candi- dates came to address the student- body: Art Monson, Dan Marriot, Jake Gam, and Scott Matheson. And how did the mock election compare with the real election on Nov. 4? Every candidate that the studentbody elected was also se- lected by the public. Studentbody had a chance to hear Governor Scott Matheson’s stand on various statewide issues. 96

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Nickle-Olson Glenn Nickle Shelley Nielsen Shawna Niswander A1 Noorda Steve Nordhoff Anna Nyberg Death Lee III Jim Oliver Stan Oliver Steve Oliver Lori Olsen Mark Olsen Sherri Olsen Wade Olsen Terry Olson 98