Aurora Central High School - Borealis Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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The 1980-1981 Homecoming was considered a hit among everyone who was involved. Saturday, October 4, started off with a car caravan from Central to the Aurora Public Schools Stadium to help launch the Homecom ing game. Though the score was 13-O in favor of Overland, Central fans will always remember the cheering and an- ticipation ofa victory. -. .. -ww 1 -N ...M I During half-time, Marching Band, Silver Boots, and Twirlers performed their routines. The announcement of Patty Beasley for Queen, and Tim Lord for King brought loud cheering from the stand. lVlore cheering erupted when judges proclaimed the Junior Class's float to be the winning one. The Senior Class gulped in surprise that theirs came in LAST-a first in itself. E, Junior Class organized the Home- coming events with the theme tlReasons sung by ltEarth, Wind, and Fire. They were able to get Nlobile Music Company to supply the music for the dance held Saturday night. For all who participated, it was a fun and exciting time of memories that will always be cherished. A S i i l ,gg-........fL. l WZ. 'rm , .lh M- -uw Homecoming 15

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This Is Our World . . Homecoming A 1. Homecoming Queen Patty Beasley and King Tim Lord reigned over the Saturday night dance held at Central. 2. The Trojan's Saturday Home- coming game against the Overland Trailblazers did not end with a bang, but with a whimper and a score of 0-13. 3. Attendant Kim Balfanz riding the winning float for the class of 82, 4. The 1980 Homecoming dance held on October 4, was well attended by all classes. 5. Homecoming Royalty: Freshmen: Debbie Gehler, Brett Strait, Juniors: Kim Belfanz, Jim Hesser, Senior Nomi- nees: Twyla Surritte, Doug Clark, Queen and King: Patty Beasley, Tim Lord, Senior Nominees: lVlike Pirog, Barb Neary, .Jeff Andrews lstanding in for Pat Tharani, Patty Ford, Daryl Lewis Stock- ton lstanding in for Jeff Glenni, Sandy Sawrey, Sophomores: John Deal, Kim Copeland. 14 Homecoming

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This Is Our World . . Dedication . . The American Hostages Q ff-AIN , XX .ear wk On November 4, 1979, the Iranian militants stormed through the U.S. Em- bassy in Iran and took some 60 Americans as hostages. The Iranians demanded the return of the former Shah of Iran for the treacherous crimes he allegedly inflicted upon Iran. There have been many attempts to get the hostages freed, but there has been little success. During Christmas of 1979, Americans, as well as people from all over the world, sent Christmas I6 Dedication I3 I v'i :I . -Laila: Q, i .J rf' A . cards and letters to cheer the hostages along with pleas to the Iranians to re- lease them. The unsuccessful military attempt on lVlay 2, 1980, failed when three out of the eight hellcoptors mal- functioned and another collided with a transport plane. The military attempt not only failed to release the hostages, but eight Americans perished in the attempt. Numerous negotiations have just produced a stalemate, and the Iranians have kept putting off the host- 3' -' fav- Q. I A N ff 1 X . x 'S-1' i,-:if 4 ze. ' -f ,1 I , I . 1 - , 1 i ft fla k Q l age decision. Furthermore, the fighting between Iran and Iraq has put the hostage situation to a standstill. This year, the 1980-1981 Yearbook staff dedicates this book to the American hostages. As of this writing, those hostages have not been released and their imprisonment has gravely affected us all. For now, we can only hope for their safe release.