Buffalo High School - Bison Yearbook (Buffalo, MO)

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Brian Portmon, junior, gazed with steely intent os he Imi- tated Clint Costwood. Keith Darnell, senior, kicked bock in imitation of Dovld let- terman. the host of Lote Night With David Letter man. Becky Owens, junior, addressed Vern Tucker, senior, os she Imitated tolk show host Oproh Winfrey. Trocy Strickland, sophomore, showed her skills os o bud- ding Vonno White. Layout by. Tommy Workman

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£{M js illo How many times have you heard, €njoy. This is the best time in your life ? Well, hopefully, this isn't the best time in your life, but tue might os well moke the best of it while it's here. Think of oil the interesting things that happened . . . President Reagan hod prostate surgery, and Joan Rivers was sued for releasing Victoria Principal's home phone number on the oir. Ron and Nancy told kids to Just Soy No to drugs. €veryone in Washington hod collective am- nesia about the arms deal with Iron. The whole episode was popularly colled Iranscam. It was a great year for ex- Marines and the contros. Oliver North resigned while se- cretly funding the contros. €x-Marine €ugene Hasenfus was captured in Nicaragua while supplying the contros. Rpartheid shook the world. Rmerican corporations began to pull out of South Rfrica. The second anniversary of Mar- tin Luther King Jr.'s birthday offered us a chance to exam- ine the racial attitudes of the United States. Reagan and Gorbachev passed up their chance of total nuclear disar- mament because of stubbornness and Star Wars. Ferris Beuller hod his day off. CROCODILE DUND€€ swept the box office. TH€ MISSION and PLRTOON intro- duced some solemn topics. Freddie returned in NIGHT- MRR€ ON €IM STR€€T PRRT III. TH€ LITTL€ SHOP OF HORRORS redefined the term musical. On the small screen, the COSBV SHOW held its high Nielsen ratings. R hairy extraterrestrial named RLF wise- cracked his way through Monday nights. MOONLIGHTING toyed with our emotions when they allowed Maddie to sleep with her childhood sweetheart, Sam, instead of with Dovid. RM€RIKR gave us o look at o Soviet-occupied United States. Rnd Pom €wing hod a dream. Bon Jovi slid into 1987 with a number one album. Jan- et Jackson controlled the Top 40 with o string of hits, while Cyndi Lauper and Madonna mode o few hits of their own. Paul Simon's GRRC€LRND album won a Grammy for Rlbum of the Vear. Boston took off with their THIRD STRG€ album. The Beastie Boys fought for our right to party. Peter Gab- riel's video for SL€DG€HRMM€R changed our old ideas about fruit and cloy. Rnd Rock 99 become 99 Hits. We walked on the FRR SID€ with Gory Larson. Trudeau kept Doonsebury controversial. GRRFI€LD tortured Odie, and CRTHV tortured herself with guilt. Signs of our time? Moybe. €d Jenson, senior, emulated Jim McMahon. Mork Craighead, senior, portrayed Oliver North, who resigned os o result of the Iran- Contra scandal.

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 9 February 4. 1986. is a date that few of us will soon forget. On this day. the efforts of many finally paid- off and the bond issue was passed. The construction work began fol- lowing the conclusion of the 1985-86 school year and continued during and after the summer of 1986. The sec- tion between the field house and the junior high building provided eight new rooms and completion was ten- tatively scheduled for the beginning of the 1987-88 school year. The rest will hopefully be done by the spring of ‘88. if the weather permits. Meanwhile, the student body, like the ever faithful mailman, mode the best of being cruelly forced to walk to doss through rain, sleet, hail, snow and sub-freezing tempera- tures. fit first there wos plenty of complaining about . . . that darn rain ruining my blue suede shoes ... but it become almost nonexi- tent when we began to see what was once only on archietect's draft, turn- ing into reality. I The speakers at the ground breaking cer- emony were Ben Webb, architect. Tom Dornell. Superintendent; Stacy Simmons, student body president; Warren Louderbough, school board president, and Joe Jockson. controctor. The constant hum of machinery was easily toleroted because students ond teachers olike knew what the finol result would be. loyout by. Shelly Taylor