Henderson High School - Lions Den Yearbook (Henderson, TX)

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THE STATE CAPITAL in Austin was the Headquarters for the Texas Sesquicentennial com- mittee. This committee was in charge of organizing the various celebrations marking Texas’s 150th birthday. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, along with the families of the seven crew members, watched the devastating explosion of the Challenger on January 8. This space flight had the first civilian aboard, Christa McAuliffe, schoolteacher. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, ALONG with many other stars, sang their hearts out for the cause of starving people in the world. Live-Aid, Band-Aid and Farm-Aid were celebrity groups who helped raise money for causes all over the world. Student Life Mm 25

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Headlines full of history-making news he Year of ’86 By Renee Ross Headlines and the 5 p.m. news dished out a daily sum- mary of what was going on in the world. Disasters predominated the news this year in both national and in- ternational events. As the whole world looked on, the space shuttle Challenger exploded in midair on January 8. All crew members were killed im- mediately including the first civilian school teacher Christa McAuliffe. After numerous terrorists attacks on Americans throughout the world, Presi- dent Reagan made the deci- sion to bomb Libya. While the President made his speech to the world, US. troops were bombing specific Libyan targets. This received mixed reaction around the A ONCE IN A lifetime event hap- pened this year with the ap- pearance of Halley’s Comet. The comet comes around about every 75 years, and this year during spring break was the best time to view the comet before it moved on. Although it was not a spec- tacular showing, it was the first reappearance since April 21, 1910. 24 The Year of ’86 world, but most Americans expressed a renewed feeling of confidence in their leaders. Another terrifying event this year was the nuclear ex- plosion in a nuclear reactor in the Soviet Union. The Rus- sian people and the rest of the world were not aware of the danger until high levels of radiation were recorded in Sweden. Casualty figures given by TASS, the official news agency, listed 18 dead and more hospitalized. Another incident with cyanide-laced extra-strength Tylenol capsules occurred this year when several people died after taking the capsules which had apparently been tampered with. As a result of this additional incident, the Tylenol company came out with capulets, a new mixture THIS YEAR WASN’T the first time for a Tylenol scare, but this time the company did change the form of the medicine in hopes the incident wouldn’t happen again. Tylenol capsules are no longer on the market, but have been replaced with capulets, capsule- shaped, coated tablets. of tablet content in a capsule form. Another brand name had difficulties last summer. Coke, which has become a synonym for “soft drink,” changed its formula for the first time ever and marketed it under the name “New Coke.” The rebellion of Coca-Cola drinkers sent the company back to selling the original formula with a new name, “Coke Classic.” Even though the headlines were filled with tragedy, there was some good news throughout the year. While groups of singers got together to sing and raise money for various charities, Texans celebrated the 150th birthday of their in- dependence with Ses- quicentennial celebrations. As the school year closed, Texas Democratic governor Mark White was paired up i a battle with Republican op- ponent Bill Clements for the top state office. Also, during the first of May thousands of schoolteachers were receiving their results of the TECAT test. March 10 teachers statewide were required to take this competency test to keep their teaching cer- tificates. This was part of the controversial House Bill 724 that influenced teachers and ¥ students for the last two years. | Although each year has its highlights and big news splashes, this past school year seemed particularly eventful statewide, nationally and internationally.

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