Astoria High School - Zephyrus Yearbook (Astoria, OR)

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JUST ANOTHER DAY 7:45 JUST ANOTHER DAY. SEVEN CLASSES. FORTY-SIX MINUTES PER CLASS. FOUR MINUTES TO GET TO THE NEXT ONE. FORTY-FIVE MIN- UTES FOR LUNCH AND A TEN MIN- UTE BREAK BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD PERIOD. FIVE DAYS A WEEK, 192 DAYS A YEAR YET NO TWO DAYS WERE EVER EX- ACTLY ALIKE. EACH CLASS HAD SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO OFFER NEW LESSONS MEANT ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS YOU NEVER KNEW COULD EXIST. TEACHERS TRYING TO FILL BRAIN CELLS ALREADY RUNNING ON OVERLOAD MADE FOR MORE THAN JUST ANOTHER EXPERIENCE. IT WAS AN ADVEN- TURE IT MAY NOT BE EASY TO REMEM- BER WHAT WE LEARNED IN THOSE HOURS SPENT IN SCHOOL, BUT WE MUST HAVE LEARNED SOME- THING. AFTER ALL, WE WERE THERE THIS YEAR FOR MORE THAN 1,250 HOURS

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EMMY WINNERS DRAMA SERIES - CAGNEY AND LACEY COMEDY. SERIES - GOLDEN GIRLS MINI-SERIES PETER THE GREAT LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA - SHARON GLESS - CAGNEY AND LACEY LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA - WILLIAM DANIELS ST. ELSEWHERE LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY - BETTY WHITE - GOLDEN GIRLS LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY - MICHAEL J FOX - FAMILY TIES WORLD SERIES THE METS SUPRISED THE WORLD BY UPSET- TING THE BOSTON RED SOX IN SEVEN GAMES. GAME SIX COULD EASILY GO DOWN INTO HISTORY AS ONE OF THE WORLD SE- RIES MOST MEMORABLE. THE METS MADE A COMEBACK IN THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH THAT SENT THE SERIES INTO ANOTHER MATCH UP. SUMMING UP THE SEVENTH GAME, THE METS DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED THE CHAMPIONSHIP BAD ENOUGH TO TAKE THE SERIES IN AN IM- PRESSIVE 8-5 VICTORY. RAY KNIGHT TOOK HOME THE MVP HONORS. ASTORIA SCHOOL LEADER SUPERINDENe DENT JACK MCRAE ANNOUNCED HIS RES- IGNATION AFTER 32 YEARS AS A EDUCATOR TO JOIN A FAMILY BUSINESS IN TILLA- MOOK COUNTY. MCRAE REGRETS LEAV- ING, BUT “THE PRESSURES FACING A SUPER- INTENDENT ARE GETTING TOO TOUGH, AND YOU TAKE ALL OF THE BLAME IF SOME- THING GOES WRONG. BESIDES, THE FAMILY NEEDS HELP NOW.” MCRAE WILL BE WORK- ING IN HIS FAMILY’S WOOD PRODUGT MANUFACTURING FIRM. MCRAE LEFT ON JUNE 30, 1987. PRESIDENT REAGAN BESTOWED PRESIDEN- TIAL MEDALS FOR ACHIEVEMENT ON THE PILOTS AND DESIGNER OF THE GLOBE-CIR- CLING VOYAGER. MR. REAGAN WAS QUOTED SAYING THAT THEIR SAFE LAND- ING WAS “JUST ABOUT THE BEST CHRIST- MAS PRESENT AMERICA COULD HAVE.” ALL THREE NAMES WILL BE ADDED TO THE COL- UMN HEADED “THE RIGHT STUFF”. AMERICAN REPORTER NICHOLAS DANI LOFFkWHO WAS ACCUSED, AND HELD BY THE SOVIET UNION OF SPYING FOR THE U.S WAS RELEASED MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1986. HEADED FOR GERMANY, THE RELEASE SIGNALED THE APPARENT ENDOF A MONTH LONG DIPLOMATIC SHOWDOWN THAT THREATENED TO WRECK SUPERPOW ER RELATIONS. PRESIDENT REAGAN AND SOVIET LEADER MIKHAAIL GORBACHEV MET IN REYKJAVIC, ICELAND, OCTOBER 10, 1986 FOR.A SUMMIT TALK ON ELIMINATING ALL OFFENSIVE NU- CLEAR WEAPONS IN BOTH SUPERPOWER ARSENALS. THEIR TWO-DAY MEETING COL- LAPSED BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT RE- SOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES OVER THE US, STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE OF REA- GAN’S STAR WARS, PROGRAM. BOTH PRESI- DENT REAGAN AND GORBACHEV EX- PRESSED DEEP DISAPOINTMENT ABOUT NOT COMING TO A DECISION ON THE ARMS CONTROL DECISION. THE VOYAGER STARTED AS A DREAM IN A CALIFORNIA CAFE. DICK AND BURT RUTAN, ALONG WITH JEANA YEAGER QUICKLY BUILT THAT DREAM INTOA REALITY. NEV- ER BEFORE HAD ANYONE FLOWN AN AIR- PLANE AROUND THE WORLD WITHOUT RE- FUELING. DURING THE TAKE-OFF A TOTAL OF 34 INCHES WAS SHEARED OFF OF THE WINGS. THEY SOON DISCOVERED THAT THE VOYAGER WAS STILL SAFE FOR FLIGHT. THE TWO PILOTS WERE CRAMPED INTO A CABIN TWO FEET LONG. THE VOYAGER TRAVELED ON AN AVERAGE OF 110 M.P.H. U.S. SINGLES . BANGLES - WALK.LIKE AN EGYPTIAN . WANG CHUNG - EVERYBODYHAVE FUN TONIGHT 3. DURAN DURAN - NOTORIOUS 4. SURVIVOR - IS THIS LOVE . GENESIS - LAND OF CONFUSION THE PRETENDERS - DON’T GET ME WRONG . JANET JACKSON - CONTROL . GREGORY ABBOTT - SHAKE YOU DOWN ROBBIE NEVIL - CEST LA VIE . MADONNA - OPEN YOUR HEART A 10-DAY SIEGE OF TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN PARIS TURNS THE CITY OF LIGHT INTO A CITY OF FEAR. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER, A WAVE OF BOMBINGS IN THE HEART OF PARIS HAS KILLED 8 PEOPLE AND INJURED MORE THAN 150. THE FIRST FATAL EXPLOSION OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 8 AND WENT ON UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17. THE OUTRAGE IN PARIS JOLTED THE FRENCH TOURIST INDUSTRY. IN ADDITION TO WORRYING ABOUT BOMBS, FOREIGNERS MUST DEAL WITH THE NEW FRENCH ENTRY RULES REQUIRING THEM TO OBTAIN VISAS TO VISIT THE COUNTRY. AUSTRIAN -PRESIDENT KURT), WALDHEIM ENDED MONTHS OF DENIAL BY ACKNOWL- EDGING THAT HE PLAYED A ROLE IN A BRU- TAL NAZI “PACIFICATION” IN YUGOSLAVIA. WALDHEIM PREVIOUSLY DENIED ANY IN- VOLVEMENT IN THE 1942 OPERATION, STAGED TO REMOVE ALL 80,000 RESIDENTS. WALDHEIM SERVED AS A SUPPLY OFFICER. HE WAS INCLUDED IN THE OPERATION, BUT HE) WASN'T IN THE FIGHTING TROOPS. IT, WAS QUOTED THAT, WALDHEIM NEVER TOOK PHYSICAL ACTION AGAINST THE JEWS OR PARTISANS. REAGAN ADMITTED TO SENDING ARMS WORTH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO IRAN. EVEN THOUGH HOS- TAGES WERE RELEASED, REAGAN STA TED THAT THAT WAS NOT THE REASON BE- HIND THE SHIPMENTS. HE WAS. LATER QUOTED AS SAYING,“UNDER NO CIRCUM- STANCES WILL WE PAY RANSOM FOR HOS- TAGES.” SEVERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN FIRED, OR ARE UP FOR QUES- TIONING. MANY OF THEIR SECRETARIES AND AIDS ARE BEING OFFERED LEGAL IM- MUNITY FOR INFORMATION AN DOCU- MENTS ON THE DEALINGS. SHIITE |. MOSLEM.= KIDNAPPERS FREED FRENCH HOSTAGE AUREL COMEA ON CHRISTMAS EVE. CORNEA, AGE 54, WAS KID- NAPPED NEARLY TEN MONTHS EARLIER BY THE HOSTILE MOSLEMS. THIS WAS A SIG- NIFICANT GESTURE ON THE PART OF THE MOSLEMS WHO HAD TAKEN THE FRENCH- MAN IN AN ATTEMPT TO TRADE FOR PRIS- ONERS BEING HELD BY ISRAELI AUTHORI- TIES. CORNEA WAS MET BY REPORTERS AND THEIR CAMERAMEN AFTER BEING DROPPED OFF IN FRONT OF HIS EMBASSY.