Arlington Heights High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Fort Worth, TX)

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Rhonda Stepp is proudly escorted on the field by her father. Lisa Simeno looks on as ceremonies take place on the field. ‘ Sophomores set up Homecoming decorations before school on the patio for contest. Leslie Webster receives Queen’s honors. Homecoming 27

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Leslie Webster Named ’81 Homecoming Queen. Homecoming 1981 was over- taken by the land of enchant- ment as it came to the Hill. This year instead of the various clubs decorating the halls, the classes competed stor prizesaaby decorating the patio to the theme of “The Wonderful World of Heights.” The Freshman class was awarded a fifty dollar prize for the winning decorations. Student Body President, Ted Trahan, announced at the pep rally that Leslie Webster had Deena clected = aSeatncmeco. Homecoming Queen. Her court consisted of Laura Otis, Rhonda Stepp, Michelle Mathisen, Gina Williams, Natalie Woodward, Patricia Horneffer, Lisa Simeno, Darla Bentley, Susan Burns, Beth Judson, Lauri Rapp, and Caroline Hernandez. Michelle Mathisen and father watch on as the halftime festivities take place. Leslie Webster receives a congratulatory hug from former Queen and friend, Pattie Brown. 26 Homecoming

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1981, The Year That Witnessed Up and Downs Assassinations and attempted assassinations rocked the world. Advances in engineering pushed America to the front in the con- quest for space exploration. It was a year with little chance for peace and calm. Two months after Ronald Reagan was elected president, an assassination on his life was at- tempted by John Hinckly, Jr. Although Reagan was wounded only slightly, his press secretary, James Brady, was seriously wounded. In Vatican City in Rome, Pope John Paul II, mak- ing a customary appearance in his open limousine, also was struck by the bullets of a would- be assassin from Turkey. On a more somber note, Anwar Sadat, president of Egypt, was felled by a barrage of bullets as he and other top-ranking military of- ficials sat reviewing a show of Egyptian strength. The ever-encroaching threat of Communism was evident in the satellite country of Poland. At- tempting to become more democratic and westernized, the country, led by labor leader Lec Walesa, was torn by labor strikes and civil uprisings protesting the presence of Russian armed forces inside her borders. Hit hard by a gripping winter, food shortages, and lack of fuel, the flames to an almost certain revolution raged dangerously close to military conflict. The world held its breath as Russian and Polish leaders edgily negotiated an uncertain peace. Elsewhere in the world, El Salvador was war-torn in throes of a political revolution backed by guerrilla forces. Israel annex- ed the Golan Heights, violating a treaty with the United Nations, much to the consternation of the U.A.R. Over the international 28 Current Events Prince Charles and Lady Diana wave to the admiring throngs of well-wishers. Glass towers reign supreme and majestic over Fort Worth’s ever-increasing skyline.