Anita High School - Spartan Yearbook (Anita, IA)

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 SPARTAN '8 Anita High School Victory Park Road Anita, Iowa 50020 Volume XXXXVII 1985-86 was a year of magical excitement. It was a year that achievements outweighed the disappointments and success conquered failure This could not have been possible without dedication, drive, and a touch of THAT SPARTAN MAGIC. TABLE OF CONTENTS Opening 1-5 Freshmen 42-43 Foreign exchange 6 Cheerleaders 44-45 FALL Sophomores 46-47 SoftbaM Basebat 8-9 Speech 48-51 Band 10-11 Juniors 52-53 Homecoming 12-15 Student Council 54-55 Football 16-17 SPRING Volleyball 18-19 Spring Scores 56-57 Faculty 20-21 Jr High Spring 58-59 Spy Spartan 22-23 Tennis 60-61 Faculty 24-25 Track 62-63 7 th grade 26-27 Chorus 64-65 School Boar d 28 Prom 66-67 WINTER Golf 68-69 FFA 30-31 Musical 70-71 Girls Basketball 32-33 NHS Quill and Scroll 72-73 Wrestling 34-35 Seniors 74-79 Faculty 36-37 Graduation 80-81 8th grade 38-39 Senior Index 82-83 Boys Basketball 40-41 Closing 84 L J Title Page 1

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Meltdown Secret Causes World Concern The first warning cam© in Sweden Monday. April 28. 1986. Technicians in a nuclear power plant noticed signals on their computer screens indicating abnormally high levels of radiation The engineers franti- cally searched their own plant for a leak But failing to discover one. Swedish officials, along with the rest of the world, turned suspicious eyes toward the Soviet Union. It soon became obvious, although with- out the aid of an obstinately silent Soviet government, that a graphite fire was burn- ing out of control at the Chernobyl nuclear plant located 80 miles north of Kiev. The blaze burned at temperatures of up to 5000 degrees and continued for nearly a week and a half before dying out. becoming the worst peaceful nuclear disaster in history. Most terrifying, however, was the amount of radiation that spewed out from the reactor into the atmosphere. From there the radioactive iodine was carried to nearly all parts of the world, including United States and Iowa. The threat the contamination posed to human health led many Eastern European governments to ban the sale of milk and to take measures to protect children and pregnant women. The full impact of the accident may not be measured for years. A reliable report of the number of people dead or injured has yet to be released by the Soviets and the incidence of cancer and other radiation- related diseases will increase in those ex- posed to the radioactive iodine. In addition, damage to the countryside, some of the Soviet Union's best farmland, could be extensive Although the Soviet government has minimized damage reports, the stigma of Chernobyl leff on that area, the Soviet people, neighboring countries, and the rest of the world will not soon be forgotten. People Power Triumphs Over Marcos' Domain After 20 years of dictatorship, the Philippines saw the return of democracy and what many hope will be a new era for the poverty-stricken nation. Coranzon Acquino. wife of the murdered activist Benigno Ac- quino. was sworn in as the Philippine presi- dent in a nearly bloodless overthrow of the Ferdinand Marcos regime Although she won a hard-fought battle for control, the true test of Mrs. Acqumo's determination will come in the upcoming months. She will face many challenges, the foremost of which establishing herself as the central power figure. Divisions are present in the Acquino cabinet between her suppor- ters and former Marcos aides These fac- tions will have to be united before a stable government organized In addition to government officials. Mrs. Acquino will have to unite fellow countrym- en. Her chief threat is the communist gueril- las who have been responsible for several acts of violence in smaller cities. Former president Marcos's supporters have also staged protests in an attempt to incite unrest among Filipinos against their im- mensely popular president. Acquino's most important job will be to stabilize the Philippine economy Two years of recession have left more than half of the work force unemployed and two-thirds of the nation's families malnourished. However, a stable government paired with increased U.S. aid should enable Mrs Acquino to improve living conditions in the Philippines and allow the triumph of People Power'' to shine through. Kaddafi called flakey, mad dog, barbarian The late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat claimed that he was 100 percent sick and possessed of the demon.'' Despite his ques- tionable mentality, Lybian leader Muammar Kaddafi has become a force the Reagan administration and its allies have had to contend with this past year Kaddafi has been accused of supporting the Palestine terrorist groups who attacked the Rome and Vienna airports December 27 and killed five Americans. U.S. officials have linked him to the bombing of a West Berlin disco two were killed, one an American, and 230 people were injured, 79 of them Americans. Kaddafi. although not the only inciter of terrorist acts, has been the most open supplier 2 World News of money, weapons, training, and refuge to terrorist groups around the world Kaddafi has called repeatedly for attacks on the U.S. and issued numerous public threats of blood and death Until only recently Kaddafi was largely unchallenged by the Reagan administra- tion. On April 21. however, Reagan sent, rather than useless economic sanctions and warnings. British Fll's which bombed Tripoli and Benghazi in an eleven-and-a-half min- ute raid Whether or not the raid was successful has yet to be seen A wave of reprisal terrorist attacks by Kaddafi and his allies has begun, but there was some speculation that Kaddafi had at least lost some political influence. If it was a justified response to terrorism will have to be decided