Anita High School - Spartan Yearbook (Anita, IA)

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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

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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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New Space Age Era Explodes First Teacher and Six Others Lost Americans had soared into space 55 times over 25 years, and their safe return came to be taken for granted However, on January 28. 1986 all this would end with a fiery nightmare striking the nation The explosion of the space shuttle Challenger joined Americans in mourning their common loss. In 73 seconds, a new era in space travel saw a school teacher and six astronauts disappear in an orange and white fireball nine miles above the Atlantic Ocean Christa McAuliffe was the pioneer and vibrant symbol of the new era in space travel She was to be the first ordinary citizen shot into space Also aboard the Challenger were Com- mander Dick Scobee. Piot Micheal Smith. Judith Resmk, an electrical engineer. Ronald McNair, a physicist. Ellison Onizuka. an aero- space engineer, and Gregory Jarvis, an electrical engineer The preparation for Challenger's tenth journey into space had been extremely careful, and for its crew, agonizingly slow It was truly an All-American group two wom- en. a black, a Hawaiian of Japanese de- scent. and three white men The mission had originally been sched- uled for January 20 from NASA's Pad 39-B. The date slipped to the 28th due to resche- duled missions, odverse weather conditions, and small technical problems However, when the day for lift-off arrived, reporters, photographers. McAuliffe's 18 third graders, family, and other spectators cheered the countdown At take-off. the Challenger arose from an awesome explosion, it was just as it was supposed to look. In less than two minutes, the crowd had witnessed a new era of space travel explode After three months of training. McAuliffe and her more experienced crewmates were ready for their multiple mission McAu- liffe's task was to conduct two 15-mmute classes m space as millions of school children watched via closed-circuit TV. The other crew members were scheduled to conduct an experiment on the development of instruments that would measure the ultravi- olet spectrum of HaHey's Comet Another was to sample radiation within the space- craft at various orbit points All this vanished. But it was the loss of the seven humans, the realization that shuttle flights involve much more than a wondrous display of mechanical and electronic wiz- ardry. that set off spontaneous expressions of grief across the U S. The disaster raised numerous questions The mam one being What went wrong? The cause of the accident may never be known for certam Attentions were drawn to a possible burn-through of the casing on one of the shuttle's two solid fuel booster rock- ets Technicians believe the right solid-fuel booster had recorded a pressure drop that could have caused a burnthrough The disaster is a major setback for the space program and raises basic questions about the future of manned space explora- tion For the friends and family of the courageous crew, it leaves unanswered questions that, unfortunately, may never have a solution ADS — An Unanswered Social Problem Five years ago most doctors, let alone the public, had never heard of AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Today information and false myths about the disease have started an epidemic of fear. Society is beginning to ask questions that may take the rest of the decade or longer to answer The severity and acknowledgment of AOS struck public awareness when Holly- wood's Rock Hudson died October 2 as the result of the AIDS disease AIDS has struck almost 16.000 Ameri- cans since 1979 and is expected to strike another 16.000 next year alone The jump in public awareness was soon demonstrated by protests and near hysteria displayed m some cities with the opening of school m September The A0S conflict and controversy kept students out of school because of parental fear of their children's exposure to victims of the disease Scientific developments in AIDS re- search have made it possible to detect AIDS antibodies in blood This allows the virus to be traced before virus carriers become sick enough to be diagnosed with AIDS Doctors and researchers will continue to explore the complexity of a disease striking victims at a rate equal to the paralytic polio epidemic during the 1950‘s. It may take years to contain and develop a cure for the syndrome i HAPPY M i ooth BIRTHDAY National News 3