Chicopee High School - Memini Yearbook (Chicopee, MA)

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sale A Reason to Celebrate MEMORIES of Senior Year 1986-1987 Senior year!! Finally! It seems like just yesterday we were Freshmen. Well, it ' s now time to plan ahead. Time to look for a job, apply to colleges, or find some- thing to do with our time after Graduation. In school, many things were happen- ing. The Junior Class decid- ed to start a tradition of sell- ing candy canes at Christ- mastime. The auditorium was constantly being worked on in hopes to rid our school of the dreaded pant-eating seats . The Student Council hit a re- cord high-over 100 mem- bers! The national Honor Society found a creative way to earn money. Since school I.D.s were now in use, n.H.S. allowed the stu- dents to purchase an I.D. for $3 in order to save time and money. Outside of school, there were a few things to remem- ber. Time to celebrate: the Red Sox became American League Champions and made it to the World Series. We haven ' t seen that in a long time, but hopefully we will see it again soon. Contacts with Iranian mo- derates to re-establish ties and use their influence to free Americans in Lebanon began in 1986. One way was to provide needed air- craft and tank parts to help in their war with Iraq. Since the U.S. couldn ' t give these parts away in violation of our laws and Iran would not trust us and pay before de- livery, Canadian business- men got involved by putting up front money so that an arms sale could be made. The whole maneuver came to a head when Canadians were not repaid and the controversy became a big issue as to who in the gov- ernment knew about the deals and approved them. Profits from these sales were put into Swiss bank accounts and then given to rebels in Hicaragua. The beginning of 1987 was the beginning of Gene- sis ' s tour of the U.S. At the end of the school year, we were all saddened at the fact that we ' d be sep- arated from the people we ' ve grown up with. We will always remember our high school years as giving us many reasons to cele- brate. We will now begin a new life with new chal- lenges and new friends.

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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

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A Reason To Celebrate Our Memories Together Did you know that 200 years ago, in 1787, the United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?