Gwinn High School - Gwinner Yearbook (Gwinn, MI)

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There has been much controversy over home education There has been discussion on whether or not the children will learn enough for them to be accepted into a college and to be prepared for the “real” world. There was also discussion on how it would affect the state in regards to enrollment in private and public schools. The Colfaxes taught their children at home because they were dis- satisfied with the school systems in their area. Three of their four sons (2 adopted) have been accepted into Harvard, providing that home education can be a success. Our anger at the present regime (is) no longer bearable,” the New Korean government said after an anti-government protest led to violence. “We've already lost too many people and too much blood, said Alain Rocourt, a Haitian election official. Jimmy Swaggart begged for forgiveness from God, his Church, and his family while silently awaiting the results of the 12 upright elders of the Assemblies of God Church meeting. The fate of his $150 million-a-year evangelistic empire would be decided. He went from America’s most vocal moralist to the nation’s best known secret sinner. He confessed his activities with a prostitute after the photos were brought in as evidence. He solicited prostitutes for various reasons and acts. He has confessed to his sins but refuses the counseling required by the Church. The council deciding his fate is unreadable, knowing that a decision either way will hurt more than Swaggart. He represents one-sixth of he income of the Assemblies of God Church and provides 1,500 jobs. Aside from this, members of the council still feel that Swaggart should be punished for his actions. Ronald Reagan and his Reagan Administration’s cuts in federal housing aid. food stamps, and programs to care for the mentally ill are being blamed for the increase in the homeless people. Of the homeless, 22% of them hold a part- or full-time job while the average wait for subsidized housing has reached 22 months. 11

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The Pentagon has opened up new posts for female sol- diers as Marine Recruits at Parris Island say. “We can no longer fight without the women. “Liberal, moderate, conservative shouldn’t apply to judging. The correct philosophy is to judge according to the intent of the legislature or the intent of the constitution’s framers.’’ Bork had been nominated and rejected from a position on the Supreme Court. The panel gave Bork a high grueling interro- gation because Bork did not have com- plete respect or agreement for all past Supreme Court decisions and belief in an individual’s “zone of liberty” from gov- ernment intrusion, unlike nominee Antho- ny Kennedy, who received the votes and the position. NASA, despite the Challenger setback, has put their schedule above safety as they try to put the Space Program back in place. There is a lot of pressure to continue forward in the Spage Age and a lot of pressure to reach the proper mark of safety. There are a number of questions concerning everyone over the contro- versy of schedule or safety. The problem may be solved but not in the way either side had hoped for. Budget cuts and the cost of elaborate technology has badly hurt NASA. Rosa Parks made history 33 years ago when, riding on a segregated bus in Montgomery, she refused to give up her seat. Her refusal revved up the U.S. civil rights movement. For her 75th birthday, the Michigan Leadership Conference and other well-wishers, gave her a brand new 1988 Buick Century and drove it to celebrate the 33rd anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott. Death to America! Death to the Soviet Union! Death to Israel!” shouted Iranian demonstrators over the Persian Gulf affair. 10

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Olympie Hopefuls The delirious gold medal in Lake Placid was followed by a dispiriting seventh place at Sarajevo, the worst U S. Olympic hock- ey finish ever. With the heights and depths behind them, the 1988 U.S. hockey team is trying to be sensible and dreaming only of the bronze. Even making the final med- al round of six teams will be difficult. Team U.S.A. beat a second-string U.S.S.R. squad six out of eight times during a tune- up tour, but the regular Soviet team and the Swedes, Canadians and Czechs all have an undisputed edge. “Our best level of play comes and goes,” Coach Dave Peterson observed. “We need it all the time to reach the medal round.” The make-or-break team for the U.S. to beat, given the draw: West Germany. Debi Thomas regained her U.S. title with a bravura performance. Now she is ready to take on East Germany’s Katarina Witt. In coincidental symmetry, the two will finish to the music of Bizet in a showdown. Debi is perfecting her figures on the ice and says, “I know just know I can win the gold! If she gets the gold, she will be the first black athlete to win a gold in the Winter Games. Bonnie Blair, 23. from Champaign, Illinois, is shooting for three medals at the Olympic Games while male teammates, Nick Thometz, 24, of Wayzata, Minnesota, and Dan Jensen, 22, of West Allies, Wisconsin, are both skating for the gold. 12