Bowdle High School - Bobcat Cossack Yearbook (Bowdle, SD)

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4 The Games come to Los Angeles Olympic record. Among the stan- douts were the men's gymnastics team, sprinter Carl Lewis, and gymnist Mary Lou Retton. Pres. Reagan accepted his party's nomination for a second term and new teachers who joined the facul- ty to begin the 84-85 school year were John Rist, Terry Phann, and Terry VanderVorst. Don Gross and Patty Geier were crowned Home- coming King and Queen and Char- lie Comment was the grand mar- shal for the parade. Charlie was honored as being the oldest person in Bowdle — 100 years. Controversial medical history was made in November when an anon- ymous infant lived longer than anyone with a heart transplant from a baboon. Three weeks later Baby Fae died. India faced a serious crisis when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her own guards, while in Africa a vast drought killed hundreds of thousands of people and endan- gered millions more. One effort in TOP LEFT: Joe Beadle looks ready to attack Michelle Spiry. TOP RIGHT: Darren Stephan listens to his walkman while during his school work in study hall. Walkmans were very popular this year and were seen on the ears of many students. ABOVE: A few of the girls basketball players ham it up for the camera before the big game. RIGHT Don Gross, a senior home ec. student, proudly shows off his chicken surprise.

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State. This was the highest office ever attained by a Bowdle Boy Stater. June showed Pres. Reagan and fel- low successors of the old wartime alliance paying their respects on the Normandy beaches 40 years after D-Day. The Jackson Victory Tour finally got underway in July grossing $90 million. Michael Jackson, as the star, was called the most explosive phenomenon since the Beatles. While millions watched the Jack- sons, Miss America Vanessa Wil- liams was forced to turn her crown over to Suzette Charles, first run- ner-up. Printed pornographic pho- tos of Miss Williams was the cause of the controversy. Making History: Fritz Picks A Woman was just one of the many headlines that appeared when Wal- ter Mondale chose New York Re- presentative Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. Mrs. Ferraro was the first woman in history to share the presidential ticket of a major party. The Democratic Convention made both their nominations offi- cial. After a great deal of agonizing about the Soviet-bloc boycott, ex- cessive commercialization, and the ability of Los Angeles to cope, the 23rd Olympic Games were opened with a 140-nation parade. For 16 days, America reveled in the spec- tacle of the Games that touched off an explosion of patriotic pride. US athletes collected 174 medals, an TOP LEFT: John Ham is giving a great imi- tation of the Hunchback of Notre Dame. John was an eighth grader this year. TOP MIDDLE: Sophomore Curt Weiszhaar is giving the camera a close-up shot of his make-up job. Curt played Grandpappy Hankley in the school play, Headin For A Weddin. ABOVE: Don Gross shows his great cheer- leading ability. Don was participating in one of the skits at a boys basketball pep rally. LEFT: Mark Schlecht proudly attempts to take to the air. 3

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the US to raise money was a song, We Are The World'' recorded by 45 performers that made over $6 million. Finally after months of intense campaigning the election score- board showed that Ronald Reagan buried Walter Mondale by a mar- gin of 59 to 41 percent — winning a record 525 electoral votes and sweeping everything except the District of Columbia and Minneso- ta. On the local scene, the girls bas- ketball team placed second in the district tourney and Sharon Beadle and Colette Bieber were named the Senior and Junior Snow Queens. Sharon went on to win the State Snow Queen Contest in Aberdeen. Janklow's educational program and the plight of SD farmers dominated the state legislative session in Pierre. Janklow's plan made many necessary improvements in educa- tion, but it also brought about the closing of many small schools in- cluding Java High School. To fur- ther stress the importance of de- creased federal spending for farm- ers, the entire state legislature flew to Washington, DC to meet with various individuals in regard to the farming situation. The WEB water pipeline had reached the Bowdle area. Morris Kurle chaired this committee for state water improve- ment. ABOVE LEFT. This bunch of seventh grad- ers made up team one of the quiz team. Each week the seventh graders held a quiz game on current events. ABOVE RIGHT Michelle Hartman shows how to handle the old classroom situation. BELOW LEFT: Sharon Beadle, jokingly makes a haul from the school store. The business math class ran a store in the back- room of the business room at the beginning of the school year. BELOW RIGHT: Fernando Adajar show1» his hard working ability or is it his hardly working ability. The juniors were responsi- ble for decorating the stage for homecoming festivities. 5