Chaparral High School - Golden Embers Yearbook (Scottsdale, AZ)

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1 White House Sinta TV s Mr I gets a kiss from Nancy Reigan 7 Armv s 87nd Airborne Division was greeted irorn hren ada with a hand flag Waving and comfort in the arms ot wix es and sweethearls Hap pw to he back Pte lohn I owe shakes hands with a huddv 1 A lf uropean marehes in protest to American arms 4 Proud to he the first American wom in in space is Dr Silly K Ride n l-ifty years alter the original King Kong an inflated 84Afoot replica was seen clinging ui his famous perch. 6. Soldiers sift through ruh- hle of the US. Marine headquarters in Bei' rut alter the Usuicide attack. 7. I ve been waitinf for years to do this ' l resident Rea- gan said as he taunted off-duty lensmen at the White House News Photographers As- sociation dinner. 8. A medical student who was stranded on Grenada unabashedly disa plays his relief at arriving hack on Ameri- can soil. 9. Flashdance star Jennifer Beals sets a fashion trend in 1983. L' Current Eventsffla

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Events, changes affected us in mages Many changes and events came about around the world as we en- tered our 1983 school year. Some say these events did not affect us, but in future years we will realize how much of an impact they had on our lives International events that changed parts of the world affect ed us as proud Americans bring ing emotions down and pulling them back up On September 1 we heard a Korean Air Liner 147 was shot down by Soviets because it strayed into their airspace Two hundred and sixty nine passen gers and crew were killed tinclud ing Americansj and 359 objects from the plane were washed on the shores of Japan A flight re corder which might have revealed the reason of the crash was never found Later in September sailing was in the news Australia II became the first Americas Cup challenger in 132 years to beat the United States 12 meter sailboat The cup will be in Australia until the next race in 1981 In October America with the consent of NATO began to stall the first of what in three years would be 108 Pershing ll missiles in West Germany and 464 cruise missiles in Britain Italy the Netherlands and Belgium This brought about Action Week Oc tober 15 through the Z2 with anti nuclear protest sweeping Europe attempting to disarm the missiles In West Germany anti nuke pro testers formed a human chain composed of more than 200 000 people that stretched for 65 miles The anti missile week was the big gest peace demonstration in Euro pean history W1th the threat of the new mis siles in Europe Russia walked out of the arms reduction talks in Ge neva They told the U S to d1s of 1983 mantle the missiles and an- nounced plans to increase their own nuclear arsenal. When October 23 came around it brought more bad news with it The U S Marine Headquarters in Beirut had been bombed killing sleeping American servicemen A terrorist group on a suicide mis sion crashed through the gates in a truck loaded with TNT Three weeks later after sifting through concrete rubble bodies of 218 ma rmes 18 sailors and 3 soldiers were found lt was the largest number of dead servicemen count ed since the Vietnam war in one ay On October 30 Turkey was shook by an earthquake which measured 7 1 on the Richter scale It killed 1 336 people But soon after on November 4 bad news of the quake was re placed with some good news U S forces lnvaded a tiny island in the Caribbean called Grenada The sollders mission was to secure the island and rescue more than 600 American medical students who were stranded there The mission was accomplished in 10 days and the victors came home welcomed with praise On the national level people re membered John F Kennedy marking the 20 years since his as sasslnation and three hundred thousand marched on Washington and recalled the day when Martin Luther King Jr had a dream Sec retary of the lnterlor James Watt talked himself out of a job and Sally Ride became the first American woman astronaut in space Rita M Lavelle swore that she did not do anything wrong as head of EPA s non cleanup of tox IC waste Every six months there were twice as many Americans with the incurable and fatal afflic tion know as AIDS and Ameri cans were shocked at what nuclear bombs could do in ABC's The Day Afterfl In politics we heard from sever- al Democrats seeking the job of president A black preacher Clesse Jacksonj A former vice president CWalter Mondalej and a former astronaut fJohn Glennj Other familar faces of the year Joan Rivers became Johnny Car sons permanent guest host for The Tonight Show Boy George took Culture Club s album Kiss ing to be Clever platinum Cab bage Patch Kids were the most de sirable Santa items New Yorks Vanessa Willams became the 56th Miss America and the pageants first black title holder Flash dance created a new clothing style and songs Maniac and What a Feeling stayed on the charts for months Return of the Jedi bought to a close the final chapter of the Star Wars saga Locally Governor Bruce Bab bitt called a special legislature ses sion to discuss the prison crowd ing and what to do about it Flood mg deyastated towns along the Colorado River and closed 110 DPS roadblocks preyented drunk driving during the holiday season and the City of Phoenix welcomed a neyy mayor Terry Goddard At Chaparral Fyelyn Caskey took oyer as new principal and lohn Kriekard got promoted to princi pal of Ingleside Everitt Shepherd took oy er lohn Kriekard s yob as assistant prlnclpal Much happened ln 1983 which affected our lives as well as the llyes of others We had emotions of happiness and sadness lt was a year of ups and downs The year will always be remembered as a year of struggle to keep peace abroad within our country and in ourselves Scott Cancelosl

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Problems plague teens in Reb l Without a Cause Rebel Without a Cause was not only an experience, but it was also a real challenge. Junior Phil Wenne- borg commented, 'tWe had fun, but it was a lot of hard work! For both the f'teaser and opening night, that hard work paid off and was evident in the cast's fine performances. The play ran for two nights, hosting large audiences both times. Directed by drama teacher Deborah Carrick, Rebel was her first all- school play at Chaparral. Coming from Scottsdale High School where she taught one year, Ms. Carrick had also been drama teacher at Coronado for seven years before that. The cast of 22 had only four weeks to rehearse and perfect the play What was even a greater challenge was that only four of the actors had ever per formed on stage before We didn t let inexperlence get in our way lf nothing else the actors worked harder be cause they weren t experienced said Ms Carrick As in most stage productions the cast of Rebel admitted the play would have never gotten off the ground had it not been for the crew backstage ln many ways the people backstage were more important than the people onstage stated actor Darin Hufford The tech people worked on lighting sets and sound during rehearsals and when the play was being performed they were re sponsible for moving the sets and props quickly and quietly under the pressure of time Rebels storyline took place in 1955 in a fair sized American town The action centered around one boy s problems in adjusting to life and mak ing friends He felt he was never al lowed to be his own person letting his parents influence him and taking pressure from the gang Although Rebel W1th0Ut3 Ca use was a story about teenagers and their problems '30 years ago almost every one agreed who saw it that the prob lems teens face today aren t all that different Clothes styles may change but people don t seem to change that much stated crew member John Ja cobson Dayna Duistermars 26fStudent Life