Bettendorf High School - Beacon (Bettendorf, IA)

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We aa 'C+' Sharing a laugh in PE. are spotter Judy Watts '88 With no lime to spare, Dean Buchan '88 and Dale and Linda Weston, '85. iPhoto by Chip Preston '88 dig into their drafting work. iphoto by Cavendishj Elizabeth Mundingi 32 ! The Ones to Watch In fear of being tate for his next class, J.D. rushes to get his books so he can do some last studying before class begins. iphoto by Brent 3 fr y. F f-i Y4 Q YI ni

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rr as l Jump lntothe Charts Looking at Our Year The headlines read these are the worst of times. In a way l believe this is true but there have been so many good things that hap- ened this year too. Being Born in the U.S.A. got a whole new meaning, a belief was born that Americans could do anything. ln the summer Olympics e did do anything and everything. Through the night, through the dawn, the torch for the summer Olympics was carried across the .S.A. once again showing our pride. Hev let's hear it for the boy, let's give the boy a hand, Flonald Reagan's landslide definitely earns a hand. Reagan was elected to second term ot office in November of 1984. On Veterarfs Day a long awaited memorial to the Vietnam Veterans was erected in Washington D.C. lt was a statue of three soldiers with confused looks on their faces The statue showed that whatever we deny or embrace for worse or for better belong we belong together at home feared that we had grown out of touch with the lady who had given hope to so many of our country's people. lt we were out of time to save the lady the tady in question is of course the Statue of Liberty. But once again the ther and our lady wilt go on giving people hope the Chicage Bears and Cubs went ygagainst all odds to go turtherlthan they hadfgone in-years, just wasn't quite tar was Celebration time rn San Francisco after the 49ers won Superbowl 19. e i l i ou T S a us happy Pulpit everly l-lills Cop . . . Eddieand the Cruisers Lf'

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