Astoria High School - Zephyrus Yearbook (Astoria, OR)

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THE TOP ALBUMS OF 1985 WERE: 1) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (BORN IN THE USA) 2 ) MADONNA (LIKE A VIRGIN) 3) PHIL COLLINS (NO JACKET REQUIRED) 4) WHAM (MAKE IT BIG) 5) USA FOR AFRICA (WE ARE THE WORLD) - 6) TINA TURNER (PRIVATE DANCER) ' 7) DIRE STRAITS (BROTHERS IN ARMS) • 8) TEARS FOR FEARS (SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR) ' 9) PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION 10) WHITNEY HOUSTON (WHITNEY HOUSTON) SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER WENT IN A FIR- ERY BALL. AT 11:39 A M , ON JANUARY 28. 1986 SEVEN MEN AND ONE WOMAN WHO DARED THEIR LIVES TO EXPERIENCE THIS SPACE TRAVEL, SIM¬ PLY VANISHED A TEN MILE HIGH CLOUD HUNG IN THE SKY FOR HOURS WEEKS OF SEARCHING FOR A CAUSE TURNED UP A LEAK IN THE BOOSTER ROCKET SEAL THIS EVENT SET THE SHUTTLE PRO¬ GRAM BACK MONTHS IN PLANNING AND LEFT THE NATION IN MOURNING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY A DECADE. AMERICA ' S SPACE PROGRAM EXPERIENCED A CATASTROPHE SUPER BOWL 20 PROVED TO BE A VERY LOPSIDED GAME AS THE CHICAGO BEARS STOMPED THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS. THOUGH THE FINAL SCORE WAS 46-10, THE BEARS SHOWED THAT THEY COULD HAVE STRETCHED IT OUT EVEN FURTHER. WILLIAM “THE FRIDGE PERRY SCORED ONE OF THE BEARS TOUCHDOWNS, AS HE COMPLETED A VERY SUCCESSFUL ROOKIE SEASON. RIGHT END, RICHARD DENT, FOR THE BEARS, WAS ANOTHER PLAYER WHO DID QUITE WELL, HE WAS THE SUPER BOWL MVP. IN THE WEAK LIGHT OF THE DISTANT SUN. THE SPACE EXPLORATION SHIP VOYAGER 2 FLEW TOWARD URANUS. THE VOYAGER 2 WHIPPED PAST THE BLUE-GREEN PLANET AT A CLOSE DISTANCE OF 50,679 MILES. PROVID- • ING SCIENTISTS A VIEW THAT HAD NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE. IT DETECTED A TENTH ' RING AND TEN TINY MOONS PREVIOUSLY UN- : DISCOVERED THOUSAND S OF PICTURES AND LOTS OF SCIENTIFIC DATA WERE GATHERED ON THE • TRIP. WHICH WILL PROVE VALUABLE FOR RE¬ SEARCH IN YEARS TO COME. AFTER SIX ATTEMPTS TO DEMOLISH THE OLD 69-YEAR OLD FLOUR MILL AT THE PORT OF ASTORIA IT FINALLY HAD ENOUGH AND PICKED ITS OWN TIME TO COLLAPSE. THE CASCADE EXPLOSIVES INC. DEMOLITION CREW FINISHED ITS WORK AFTER HUN¬ DREDS OF POUNDS OF DYNAMITE WERE USED TO DESTROY THE STRUC¬ TURE. THE FLOUR MILL AND NEARBY GRAIN ELEVATOR ARE BEING DEMOL¬ ISHED TO PROVIDE MORE STORAGE SPACE AT THE PORT. CASCADE EX¬ PLOSIVES BID $72,790 TO LEVEL THE FLOUR MILL AND GRAIN ELEVATOR. IN FEBRUARY, THE ELECTIONS IN THE PHILLIPINES WERE HELD FOR THE POSI¬ TION OF THE PRESIDENCY. INITIAL RE¬ SULTS INDICATED THAT PRESIDENT FER¬ DINAND MARCOS WOULD REMAIN PRESI¬ DENT AS HE HAD FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. OPPOSITION LEADER, COROZON AQUINO, REQUESTED A RECOUNT AFTER DEMANDING THAT THE ELECTION COUNT WAS FRAUDLIENT. MEANWHILE THE U.S. TOOK A NEUTRAL LINE FEARING THAT ANY SUPPORT WOULD BE HARMFUL FOR RELATIONS. THE RE-COUNT PROVED THAT AQUINO HAD INDEED DEFEATED MARCOS. MARCOS FOUND REFUGE FROM THE DISGRACE IN HAWAII. THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION .SOUGHT HELP FROM CONGRESS IIIN MARCH TO PASS ANOTHER • LARGE SCALE FUNDING PROGRAM .TO PROVIDE AID FOR THE CON- ; TRAS. THEY WERE FIGHTING THE .COMMUNIST BACKED SANDAN- ISTA GOVERNMENT IN NICARA¬ GUA. BUT DISPITE THE PRESI- liDENTS ATTEMPTS CONGRESS FELT THAT A MILITARY AID PACK¬ AGE AT THIS TIME WAS NOT NEED¬ ED. MEANWHILE THE STRUGGLE •BETWEEN THE CONTRAS AND THE SANDANISTAS CONTINUES. BEST PICTURE-OUT OF AFRICA BEST ACTRESS-GERALDINE PAGE- “THE COLOR PURPLE BEST ACTOR-WILLIAM HURT-“KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR-DON AMECHE-“COCOON” BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS-ANGEL¬ ICA HOUSTON-“PRIZZI’S HONOR THE INITIAL CONFLICT BETWEEN THE U.S. AND LIBYA OCCURED IN MARCH WHEN THE SIXTH FLEET STEAMED ACROSS THE LINE OF DEATH WITH THE STRONGEST CHALLENGE YET TO LIBYAN LEADER MUAMMAR KADDAFI. THE FLEET MOVED INTO THE GULF OF SIDRA TO KEEP THE SEA LANES OPEN AND TO PUNISH KADDAFI FOR HIS SPONSORSHIP OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. WHEN THE LIBYANS OPENED FIRE WITH SUR¬ FACE-TO-AIR MISSILES, AMERICAN PLANES AND SHIPS FIRED BACK, SILENC¬ ING A LIBYAN BATTERY AND SINKING AT LEAST TWO LIBYAN PATROL BOATS. ONCE AGAIN, IN APRIL, IT WAS •OPEN SEASON ON AMERICANS ABROAD. A TERRORIST BOMB •RIPPED A GAPING HOLE IN THE [SIDE OF TWA FLIGHT 840 EN ROUTE TO ATHENS, KILLING FOUR OF THE PASSENGERS. ANOTHER 30MBING LEFT TWO DEAD AND -150 WOUNDED IN A POPULAR •WEST BERLIN DISCO. DESPITE SE¬ CURITY CRACKDOWNS, AIRPORTS REMAIN THE MOST TEMPTING TER¬ RORIST TARGETS. BUT THERE ARE -EW PRECAUTIONS TOURISTS CAN kTAKE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES THIS TRAVEL SEASON. THE LIBYAN CONFLICT ESCALATED ON APRIL 15, 1986 WHEN NAVY JETS FROM TWO U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS STRUCK AT TARGETS IN AND NEAR BENGHAZI. F-111 ' S FROM GREAT BRI¬ TAIN ATTACKED THE NAVAL BASE. AND MILITARY AIRFIELD NEAR THE CAPITAL CITY OF TRIPOLI. KADDAFI ' S HEADQUARTERS WERE ALSO AT¬ TACKED. THE U.S. ACTION WAS IN RE¬ SPONSE TO TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN EUROPE THAT WAS TIED TO LIBYA. ONE F-111 AND IT ' S TWO MAN CREW WERE LOST. IT WAS BY FAR THE WORST NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENT EVER. THE CATA¬ STROPHIC MELTDOWN AND EXPLOSION BLEW THE TOP OFF THE REACTOR AND SENT A RADIOACTIVE PLUME ACROSS THE SOVIET UNION, EASTERN AND WEST¬ ERN EUROPE. FEAR RACED DOWNWIND WITH THE FALLOUT AS MOSCOW TRIED TO COVER UP THE FULL STORY OF THE DISASTER. THE U.S. AND MANY EUROPE¬ AN COUNTRIES WERE OUTRAGED, EVEN THE SOVIET ' S ALLIES DISPLAYED SOME ANGER. THE DISASTER RAISED QUES¬ TIONS FOR NUCLEAR POWER-PLANT SAFETY AROUND THE WORLD. NINE CLIMBERS DIED IN MAY WHEN A STORM ENGULFED THE 11,235 FOOT MOUNT HOOD. THEY WERE ON AN OUTING SPONSORED BY THE SCHOOL THEY ATTENDED N PORTLAND AS PART OF A PRO¬ GRAM TO TEACH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, RESPECT FOR THE WIL¬ DERNESS. FOUR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CLIMBING PARTY SUR¬ VIVED. TWO HIKED OFF THE MOUN- rAIN TO SEEK HELP AND TWO WERE FOUND ALIVE WITH THEIR DEAD COMPANIONS ON MAY 15, -OUR DAYS AFTER THE ORDEAL 3EGAN, IN A SNOW CAVE HIGH ON fHE MOUNTAIN THE REACH OF HANDS ACROSS AMERICA HAD MANY GAPS IN ITS CROSS COUNTRY LINE BUT IT DID NOT STOP MILLIONS WHO TURNED OUT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT. LOCAL ORGANIZERS ESTIMATED THAT UP¬ WARDS OF 4.9 MILLION JOINED IN THE EFFORT ON BEHALF OF THE HUNGRY AND THE HOMELESS ON SUNDAY, MAY 25, 1986 EXCEPT FOR TWO PEO¬ PLE OVERCOME BY THE HEAT IN THE ARIZONA SUN. NO ONE SUFFERED ANYTHING WORSE THAN THE DISAP¬ POINTMENT ABOUT THE BREAKS IN THE LINE. THE BOSTON CELTICS DEFEATED THE HOUSTON ROCKETS IN THE SIXTH GAME OF THE FINALS, 114-97 TO WIN THE 1986 NBA TITLE. FOR BOSTON IT WAS THEIR 16TH NBA TITLE IN THEIR 40 YEAR HISTO¬ RY OF THE FRANCHISE. LARRY BIRD, WHO LEAD ALL PLAYERS WITH MOST POINTS, ASSISTS, AND RE¬ BOUNDS. WAS VOTED THE MOST VALU¬ ABLE PLAYER AWARD FOR THE SERIES. HIS PRESENCE WAS THE DETERMINING FACTOR FOR OVERPOWERING THE TWIN TOWERS OF HOUS TON. THE ROCKETS R AI PH SAMPSON AND AKEEM OLAJUWON PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN KEEPING THE SCORE CLOSE, BUT NEVER A THREAT TO THE PLAY OF THE CELTICS. JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY

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ADMINISTRATION MR. McCRAE, SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT, IS HARD AT WORK. MR. ANDERSON INTRODUCES THE SCHOOL TO INCOMING FRESHMEN. MR. PARRISH DELIVERS AN AROUSING SPEECH. MR. PARRISH TAKES PART IN HALLOWEEN FESTIVITIES. MR. PARRISH HAPPILY WRITING OUT ANOTHER SATURDAY SCHOOL. MR, ANDERSON ONCE AGAIN EXPLAINS THE SCHOOL DISPLINARY POLI¬ CIES. 9