Chicopee High School - Memini Yearbook (Chicopee, MA)

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A Reason to Celebrate MEMORIES of Junior Year 1985-1986 Junior Year was just around the comer. Many things happened during the 1985-1986 school year. It seemed to be a year with many disappointments. In school, our spirits were dampened because our Ex- change Rally was cancelled. Due to Hurricane Gloria ' s arrival. Homecoming Week- end was slightly altered. Al- though the rally was can- celled and the dance was postponed, we were victori- ous on Saturday ' s game. Our spirits were also let down the following January when we heard of the tragic ending of the space shuttle. We also lost a good teacher and a dear friend: Mr. Edwin Scagel. We had to look on the brighter side. Our athle- tic teams all did exception- ally well in their respective seasons. Our football team made it to the Super- bowl . Also, next year we would be Seniors. We were now making last minute ef- forts to raise money for Senior Dues through the magazine drive and cheese sale. Outside of school, we were still hoping for lighter times. On September 19, thousands of people died in an earthquake in Mexico. The first quake registered an 8.1 on the Richter scale and destroyed parts of Mexico City and three coastal states. On Septem- ber 20, another quake hit the same area setting res- cue efforts back several days. On September 27, Hurri- cane Gloria struck from north Carolina to Hew Eng- land leaving 1,7 million homes without power. The damage was considered heavy and caused a state emergency, but the final damage was less than ex- pected. On October 7, Palestinian terrorists hijacked an Ital- ian cruise liner off the coast of Egypt. During Hovember 19 and 20, the U.S, and So- viet Union met in Geneva for an important summit meeting. On December 27, Palestinian terrorists at- tacked the airports of Rome and Vienna. Just like Comp, the Hew England Patriots made it to the Superbowl. Just like Comp, the Patriots also lost. d

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A Reason to Celebrate On January 25 , Bernhard H. Goetz was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury. He was charged with criminal weapons possession after his attempt to shoot four youths in a Hew York sub- way. He was indicted a sec- ond time in March. The ever-popular Coca- Cola changed its secret for- mula on April 23. The Board of Directors decided to scrap its 99 year old recipe. Up to that point. Coca Cola was considered a symbol of the United States. Coca Cola later real- ized their mistake and on July 10, they decided to bring back the old formula under the name Classic Coke . On July 19, Sharon Christa McAuliffe of Hew Hampshire was named to be the first ordinary citizen to be a passenger in orbit aboard the Space Shuttle in January, On August 26, Samantha Smith died in a plane crash near the Aubum-Lewiston Airport in Maine. She wrote a letter to Yuri Andropov about the fear of nuclear war. This letter received world-wide attention and launched her career as a television actress.

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A Reason to Celebrate S. Onizuka, Gregory B. Jar- vis, and Christa McAuliffe. Halley ' s Comet returned after its 76 year elliptical journey around the galaxy. The world was put on the edge of their seats during a crisis in Libya. There was a constant fear of the begin- ning of World War III when U.S. planes were shot down over the Gulf of Sidra dur- ing the latter half of March. Towards the end of April, the fear of nuclear power was inflated during a radi- ation leak at a nuclear pow- er plant in Russia. Soon, ev- eryone was familiar with Chernobyl. During June, President Reagan named Judge An- tonin Scalia to fill the Su- preme Court post held by Justice William Rehnquist. Rehnquist was nominated to become the new Chief Justice. On July 4, a feeling of nationality was present during the celebrations in Hew York Harbor. The 100th year birthday of the Statue of Liberty was being celebrated. As teenagers, during the summer, we rushed over to the theater to catch some of the hot new movies such as American Anthem, Laby- rinth, Psycho III, and Running Scared, just to name a few. How, on to Sen- ior Year On January 28 shortly after 11:39 a.m., the Space Shuttle Challenger ex- ploded immediately after its launch from Cape Ca- naveral, Florida. This acci- dent was the worst for the American Space Program. This occurrence was wit- nessed by thousands of spectators. Debris contin- ued to fall reaching limits of approximately 18 miles off- shore. All seven members of the crew were lost. The crew consisted of Comdr. Francis R. Scobee, Comdr. Michael J. Smith, Dr. Judith A. Resnik, Dr. Ronald E. McHair, Lieut. Col. Ellison