Garden City Community College - Broncbuster Yearbook (Garden City, KS)

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CARY GRANT WILLIAM J. CASEY 5 my wtf' H - .1 f-M ' .aw ff ,..H, ES 1 1 1 I 111. 1 1986-87 What a year! In China it was the year of the dragon and in the United States it was the year of the Giant. And the Met. And the Hoosiers. Voyager circled the globe without a stop. Spuds MacKenzie became the beer biz' top dog. And evangelist Oral Roberts lived on. Our goverment became a major issue as we became more intensely involved in the Iran!Contra scandle. The secret dealings with Iran diverted millions of dollars to the support of the Nicaraguan Contras. This led to three seperate investigations mainly involving President Ronald Reagan, john Poindexter, and Oliver North. Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev were side by side but miles apart after the im- l L B to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and President Ronald Reagan met in Iceland for a two-day summit to discuss arms control. The leaders reached an impasse on testing of the U.S. Star Wars weaponry. wHAiii6i3i8izEAR promptu summit in Iceland over Star Wars. One of the many Americans being held hostage in the Mid- dle East, Nicholas Daniloff returned home. And despite successful rumors at home Aquino visited Japan and Eugene Hasenfus was found guilty of spying. Four thousand people even- tually died of radiation poi- sioning caused by a nuclear disaster at a Soviet plant in Chernobyl. The great peace marchers almost died in the desert. And lonely mailman Patrick Sherrill killed himself and 14 co-workers. On the brighter side of na- tional affairs the Statue of Liberty turned 100 after a S69 million renovation. Having survived five wars and 18 presidents Miss Liberty still remained America's favorite symbol of freedom, idealism, and energy. More and more sex educa- tion was brought into the schools in an effort to prevent the predicted figures of 100 million to be killed by the disease AIDS lAcquired Im- mune Deficiency Syndromel before 1990. Cocaine killed 22-year-old Len Bias, player for the Boston Celtics. ihis prompted Americans to realize the grow- ing danger of a popular drug called Crack which was cheap and highly addictive. The new game called Lazer Tag inspired us to shoot in- fared lightbeams at our op- ponents. America received her cup back when Dennis Connor sailed to victory over Australia. And Buck Owens left Hee Haw. Former Broncbuster standout Keith Smart was named MVP in the NCAA Championship game. Indiana defeated Syracuse on Smart's jumper with five seconds remaining in the game. The new ritual of book and record burning-including the Mr. Ed theme-spread rapid- ly, soon involving many Americans. Boy George was arrested for Heroin. And Clint Eastwood became mayor of Carmel, Calif. Among the dead this year were Ricky Nelson, Cary Grant, and the world's biggest showman, Liberace. Tom Cruise became Hollywoodis new hotshot. Crocodile Dundee gave us Paul Hogan. Mr. Spock returned with Star Trek. And Uncle Remus thrilled us with brief rabbit in Song of the South. Pee Wee Herman became more and more popular and Bobby Ewing turned up in the shower. It was that kind of year. In Review!National News 127

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-manur- Mike Hayden wins the Govenor's race in November. M' Q5 City Manager Deane Wiley retires in July 1987. an-new Two baby elephants, Moki and The remains of the Presbyterian Chana, were purchased by Friends church on 7th street still stood, of the Zoo. They were to replace two years after the fire. Twinkles. 128 State and Local Newslln Review Gerald Moseman is selected as superintendent. Fansler Tires was among the businesses that closed during the year. The building was later torn down. Telegram photo Telegram Editor Fred Brooks retires in January 1987. Visitors from sister city Cuidad Quesada, Costa Rica gather in Steven's Park for a welcoming celebration. Telegram photo