Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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'.....-.... Marni Darby enjoys listening to a speaker at a BBG meeting. BBYO The B'nai B'rith Youth Organization CBBYOJ is an international Jewish group for high school students. BBYO is divided into sub-sections: AZA for boys and BBG for girls. Each week these various chapters meet to listen to speakers and plan upcoming events. The groups hold activities almost every weekend, activities which fall in one of five categories: religious, social, athletic, community service, culture or Judaism. Some of the activities include dances, football and volleyball games, and trips to Prescott and California. x V ,A , W Sale profits are counted by Sheri Mussman. Junior Achievement Junior Achievement is an economic education program in which high school students organize and manage their own business companies with businessmen overseeing them. The organization is divided into companies which each produce and sell different products to the general public. The students sell stock in the beginning of the program in order to gain capital for their businesses. After the 13th week of the program the companies sell everything they have produced, pay wages and any extra profit is paid back to the stockholders. Junior Achievement gives students a better knowledge of how to relate with people in a business nature. Young Life Young Life is a national Christian fellowship program for high school students. The major goal of the group was to give students the opportunity to learn about Christian living. The Central Young Life group held weekly meetings where they sang, played games, performed skits, and listened to speakers. The group also held weekend activities such as frisbee- golf, football and basketball games. In February, the club went to Purgatory for a three-day ski trip. Students also planned to attend a Young Life Camp for a week in the summer which was to be held in California. Participating in a game, Kelly Smith throws a pie at another member of the Club. Special Interests 31

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Students participate in outside groups Students participated not only in school organizations, but also in other community groups. Young Life, B'-Nai B'Rith Youth Organization QBBYOJ, Cotil- lion, Phoenix Youth Orchestra and Junior Achievement were among the different activities in which students were involved. While specific purposes and goals of each group varied, participation in these activi- ties broadened the horizon of each student and contributed to their social, cultural and religious life. Youth Orchestra Twelve students from Central par- ticipated in the Phoenix Youth Orchestra. The orchestra was composed of 110 students from high schools all over the valley. Under the direction of Mr. Bruce Polay, the orchestra rehearsed for two and a half hours each week. The orchestra played in two major concerts, the first being a free concert given at Symphony Hall in January. The students from Central who par- ticipated in the Orchestra were Amy Hobson, David Preiser, Becky Jarvis, Karen Zweibel, Ann Colter, Adam Petrovsky, Kate Oakes, Louise Goudy, Stephanie Alexander, Kirsten Daehler, Suzanne Alexander and Hillary Hobson. During a weekly rehearsal, Adam Petrovsky leads the second violin section. Cotillion The main purpose of Cotillion is t learn proper etiquette, charm and poise It gives girls the opportunity to improv their personal, social and cultural refin ement. Six girls from Central were selecte to participate in Honors Cotillion. Thi city-wide group met each week for tw hours for a lesson or guest speaker. Topic discussed covered hair care, make-u party manners and home managemen The group also went to the theate symphony and ballet. The annual Honor Cotillion Ball was held in April and at thi time the girls were each presented t society. Phoenix Cotillion was a seperat organization involving more high scho girls from around the city. A tea, fashio show and ball were sponsored by thi group. Debbi Anthony and Jane Murphy talk after a meeting.

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Solidarity union's fall strikes Polish workers In a national Christmas Eve address, President Reagan asked the American people to burn candles In August, 1980, the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk, Poland was the scene of a triumph for freedom. It was here that Lech Walesa made his first demands for Solidarity, the newly formed independent trade union movement. In December 1981, the tanks that stood before the crushed gates of the shipyard in Gdansk visually indicated Solidarity's fall. Walesa and other top union officials were in government custody , the Polish ambassador to the United States had been granted asylum by Washington, and the Polish leader, General Wojcick Jaruzelski had an- nounced a state of martial law. With the Russian invasion of Czecholovakia in mind, Soviet influence was suspected. On May 5, Irish Republican Army guerrilla Bobby Sands died on the sixty sixth day of his hunger strike in Maze prison. Sands, a newly elected member of Parliament, was the most publicized of the numerous IRA strikers who have protested and fought British rule in Northern Ireland. Their demands for treatment as political prisoners were ignored by officials and the deaths continued. In the fatal words of a weary IRA striker, as one dies, another will take his place. The peaceful tradition of the unarmed bobby was broken this summer as Britian's inner cities raged. In scenes reminiscent of American ghetto eruptions in the sixties, riots spread through neighborhoods of Lon- don and cities such as Liverpool and Manchester leaving a blaze of destroyed property in their wake. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been blamed for the disorder. Her strict, inflation fighting program has led to the nation's rocketing unemployment rates. Strong anti-nuclear and anti- American sentiment rose in Western Europe following the NATO decision to deploy 572 U.S. built Pershing 11 and cruise missiles in that part of the world with the possibility of neutron weapons in the future. Shortly after a small mid-air battle between two Libyan jets and U.S. F-14 Tomcats last August, the CIA began to receive reports stating that hit teams dispatched by Libya's Moammar Gaddafi were in the United States seeking to assassinate President Reagan and other top government officials. Though it was not made public by the White House, the president stated that he had seen proof of the plans. His security was tightened and extra precautions were taken. Earlier, the Libyan embassy was closed and the 1,500 Americans living in that country ordered to evacuate. Gaddafi is con- sidered by many to be the world's number one terrorist. His erratic acts and support of organizations such as the PLO and the IRA have inspired fear worldwide. in their windows to honor the courageous Poles. -sr,-... Drive-through liquor stores that are commonly frequented by young people financial consequences of the raised drinking age. may suffer the 32 Current Events Dispute brews over ages, nineteen or twenty-one? Arizona lowered its drinking age from twenty-one to nineteen in 1972. Since that time, the issue has been a controversial one, disputed by lawmakers, enforcement officers, concerned parents, and the 100,000 ninteen to twenty year-olds who would be affected if the age were changed. The raise was supported by figures such as those showing a 2523 increase in fatal auto accidents since 1972. Arguments against the amendment included the teenagers' claims that if they could vote and be drafted, they should be able to drink. Some officials also felt that if young people were forbidden to drink in bars, they would turn to drinking at desert parties or in cars, which might further increase accidents. A possible alternative is a law that would allow nineteen year-olds to drink in bars but would forbid them from buying packaged liquor.