Audubon High School - Wheeler Yearbook (Audubon, IA)

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a Year of Turmoil 1. Mr. Casey and Anthony Lopez discuss Anthony’s up-coming role as the vtllian in the spring play. 2. The hallways between classes are always busy as students get their books and rush to talk with friends. 3. Cammy Jorgensen and Steve Davis receive congratu- lations as they exist from graduation. 4 These juniors, Kris Jensen. Tereasa Sunberg, Julie Krier, Lisa Klocke, Shanell Moreland, Angie Slothouber. and Laurie Wegner, learn the Importance of good posture in Mr. Schuldt's class. 5. The juniors showed their artistic talents as they decorate for prom. 6. Brent Young won the local math contest and was the first-place winner in the State Math- ematics Contest. He won the award after out- scoring more than 600 Iowa high school stu- dents. Opening 5

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1983-84 Has Been Once again the year 1983-84 was filled with controversies. It remained a time of political and economic un- rest in Central America, specifically in Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Sal- vador. Bombings and military inva- sions continued in Lebanon, Israel, Iran, Palestine, and Saudia Arabia. In September the USSR shot down a Korean Jetliner with 269 passengers aboard. The U.S. sol- diers were on a peace-keeping mission in Beirut for several months before the American public boister- ously welcomed their evacuation. This year saw the U.S. invasion of Grenada to escort Americans from the island. There were high hopes for better East-West diplomatic relations after the death of Yuri Andropov and the naming of Konstantin Chernenko as his Soviet successor. This year also recorded the deaths of newscaster Frank Reynolds, singer Ethel Mer- man, and Barney Clark, the first artificial heart recipient. This was the year for the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. American names that will be remembered are Debbie Armstrong and Christin Cooper in the slalom, Peter and Kitty Carruthers in pair skating, Scott Hamilton in figure skating, Billy Johnson’s victory in the downhill, and Phil and Steve Mahre. One of the remarkable per- formances was of Great Britain’s Torvel and Dean in ice dancing. This was the year of Michael Jackson. He won eight Grammy awards and will be remembered for his songs “Thriller, “Beat It,” and “Billy Jean.” Another star emerged as Clara Peller swept the country in her Wendy’s commercials, “Where’s the beef?” 1984 was the year for politics. Walter Mondale, Gary Hart, George McGovern, Jesse Jackson, Alan Cranston, Fritz Hollings, and others travelled to Iowa to win the vote for the Democratic nomination in Iowa’s caucus. On the local level, a bevy of candidates vied for positions in one of the largest primaries in history. 1984 marked the Summer Olym- pics in Los Angeles. A Soviet boycott of the event also caused 12 other countries from sending teams to the event. 1983-84 has been a year of turmoil. The events will encourage us to place the year in the perspec- tive of time. 4 Opening

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