Gateway High School - Olympiad Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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AA 1981-1982 1981-1982 As fime passed and we warcned rbe world pro- gress, few of us realized rnar we were acrually living rnrougb lwisrory. Jusr as flue 1980481 scnool year was coming ro a close and we were all suffering from spring fever, a narive of Colorado, Jobn l-linclsley Jr., made news world-wide wirb an assassinarion arrempr on Presidenr Ronald Reagan, wno bad only been in office for fnree monfns. Violence and rerrorism conrinf ued ro rise as Pope Jobn Paul ll was snor during a parade in Sf. Pefer's Sauare in lfaly. The 1981 scbool year ended wirn a violenr acr of narure, rornadoes swirled rnrougnour rne Denver Mer' ro area causing mucn properfy damage. As summer srarred, rne professional baseball players wenr on srrilse, for wnar fans considered ro be foo long-posrponing nigbrly enrerfainmenf for many and cosring owners and riclsef nolders millions of dollars. l-lowever, fne srril-se ended lusr in rime for me 1981 World Series ro be neld pirring rne New Yorls Yanleees againsr rlwe Los Angeles Dodgers, wnicn Los Angeles won. lnrernarional rravel was rurned upside down as Pro- fessional Air Trahfic Conrrollers Organizarion, berrer l-xnown as PATCO, announced fnar American air fraffic conrrollers were officially on srrilse, Presidenr Reagan warned all conrrollers rlwar if me srrilse confinued, rney would lose rneir jobs. Wirb fligbrs being cancelled and postponed, milirary and non-union air rraffic conrrollers were called in ro ease up fligbf siruarions. Tne Royal Wedding, neld on .luly 27, 1981, gained world-wide arrenrion as Lady Diana Spencer and Cnarles Prince of Wales fied me lsnor. Cosring millions of dollars, people wolse up during me wee bours of me morning in order ro wirness me mosr specfacular, dy- namic wedding me world nas ever seen. People of all ages dreamed and fanrasized of baving a wedding lilse Lady Diana's one day. lf was indeed a fairy fale mar came rrue.

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H 5, S 5 f Cloclswise from ooove' The rop Seniors from eoch high school grodoore vvirh honors, Debrooh Simpson groduores vvirh honors from Gorevvoy. Mr Reinhold Morres reeds off rhe groduores from Gorevvoy Deooroh Simspon receives her diplomo Decl-ay Borrerr smiles os receiving her well-eorned diplo- mo Gorewoy grodoores fix rheir cops josr perfecr before rhe ceremony Carolyn Dornes smiles exciredly os preparing for rhe ceremony. Groooores smile hoppily offer receiving rheir diplomos AQ- '51 ,QQ if f T' I' Mid-Yeor Groduorion 118

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iw llll ,A ,ll'l'l.'i. Cloclswise from lefr- The firsr woman ro serve on rhe Supreme Courr was Sandra Day O'Conner. l-lere she is picrured vvirh Chief Jusrice Warren Burger and Presidenr Reagan. PacMan, a game rhar leepr many people vvairing inline for a rurn ro malse rhe lirrle yellow ball ear dors. Space Invaders by Arari, is seen on almosr everyone's Video game console. The baseball srril-ze lsepr many baseball fans from see- ing rheir favorire reams unril much larer in rhe season. The Columbia space shuffle ralses a pracrice run on rop of a converred Boeing 747 Super Bovvl XVl The Cincinnari Bengals and San Fran- cisco 40's barrle ir our in Ponriac, Michigan. Pope John Paul ll greers a large crowd