Anita High School - Spartan Yearbook (Anita, IA)

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UPS DOWNS OF 80-81 The poster to the left symbol- izes all the spirit for Anita. The year started off well with the girls' volleyball team earning the conference trophy and Anita football team winning the Homecoming game against Adair-Casey. The year continued with our basketball teams doing well, and the wrestlers sending two grapplcrs to state meet. The speech students set a new record for I's at state speech contest; and many awards were won in journalism and muic contests. The year was rounded out with spring sports, prom and graduation. And so ended another year of memorable events. Pic 2. Many new faces were seen within the walls of AHS, including this stand-in for Na- omi. Pic 3. Reigning as faculty Homecoming king and queen were Mr. John Burke and Mr. Dan Leinen. Attendants for the event were; Mrs. Ruthe Brocker, Mr. Dennis Zimmer- man, Miss Becky Hartstack. and Mr. Gary Currie. 4 I 2

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1981 Spartan Anita High School Anita, Iowa 50020 Founded 1869 Volume XXXXII TABLE OF CONTENTS AHS Staffs 5 Activities 15 Sports ................39 Jr. High 59 Classes 69

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Former Beatle Member Shot The world was shocked with the sudden violent death of John Lennon on De- cember 9, 1980. Lennon, with the Beatles, started a whirlwind music revolution in the 1960’s. Beatlemania, as the revolution was called, promoted long hair and their new kind of music. Many parents opposed this craze; but it was unstoppable. Lennon. Paul McCartney. Ringo Starr, and George Harrison broke up in 1971 to start careers of their own. Lennon, with his wife. Yoko Ono, brought out many albums and had just released “Double Fantasy” when John was shot. Pic 1: John Lennon and assailant, David Chapman. Ordeal Over The United States got a double dose of celebration on Inaugural Day. 1981. Not only was Ronald Reagan sworn in at noon on January 20. but the citizens of America were notified that the hostages in Iran were set free. Americans were ecstatic that the 444- day imprisonment of fifty-two men and women was over. The ordeal began No- vember 4. 1979, when Iranian militants took over the United Stales Embassy in Teheran. Immediately American patrio- tism flared: almost every town across the country had its symbolistic yellow ribbons, fifty-two flags, and day tallys. lowans es- pecially watched for Katherine Koob, a fellow Iowan from Jessup (on right. Pic 3.) Through the assistance of the Algerians, the U.S. negotiated the hostages’ return partly by agreeing to return the Shah’s wealth. There was disagreement about how the situation should have been han- dled. but everyone was glad they were home. Inevitable Draft? Draft registration, which was done away with in 1973. has been reinstated for all 18 year old males. A lot of disagreement has arisen from the new registration laws. Most disagree- ment has been on whether registration should include females. Many others ques- tion whether the draft itself should be rein- stated. But most agree that the U.S. needs something to increase our military strength. Volcano Blows Its Top The northwest U.S. was plagued all summer by ash from Mount St. Helens’ volcano. The first eruption on May 18, 1980, was followed by four more major blasts in June. July. August, and October. The volcano caused few problems except the ones created by the ash. The ash cov- ered such a large area and caused pollu- tion. The volcano(Pic 1) located near Spir- it Lake. Washington, is pictured here with its crater visible. The El Salvador Threat The situation in El Salvador, a small country in Central America, is becoming more and more heated; and the U.S. is ironically handling it the same way as we did in Vietnam. Thus far. no war has broken out, but there have been skir- mishes and people have been killed-including four American missionaries. President Reagan has sent forty-five military ad- visors and equipment to the right-wing government of El Salvador. The situation there is becom- ing a threat to American peace- time.