Illmo Scott City High School - Memories Yearbook (Scott City, MO)

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. life, LAL In April of 1982, Mr. Bill Hodges resigned his position as superintendent of the school district. He was the superintendent of our school district for four years. Mr. Bill Heckert, former high school principal, was named by the Board of Education to the position of Superintendent of Schools. On April 6, Mr. Vern Wilson was appointed as Scott City's new police chief. He took the place of Mr. Ralph Hayes who had been the police chief for over twelve years. In November, farmer Wayne Cryts from Puxico defied a court order and removed 31,000 bushels of soybeans from the bankrupt Ristine elevator near New Madrid. He was later arrested and brought to court on charges of illegally removing the grain. The trial came to national attention when the American Agricultural Movement supported Mr. Cryts in his defiance of what is considered to be an unfair bankruptcy law. Several area residents showed their support of Mr. Cryts by the display of yellow ribbons.

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FLASHBACK There were many parents and students disturbed about the new attendance policy. in order to raise the attendance, a new policy was formed, stating that if a student was absent in any one class 10 times or more lexcused or unexcusedy, the student would have to appear before an appeal committee composed of students, faculty, and administrators. The committee would decide whether the students had valid excuses for their absences, and whether they were to receive their grades for the class. Because of the controversy, the policy was discontinued, subject to review. As in every year, a number of fads came and went. A few big fads from 1981-82 were: ruffled blouses, french braids, knickers, and Rubiks cubes. Others include striped shirts, lzod shirts, and boat shoes. One of the fastest come and go fads of this year were little 4X4 stomper trucks. Freedom jam presented the first assembly of the school year. They gave a patriotic assembly during the day and a concert that night. Other assemblies were the Golden Nights, Connie and Carol, and the Scanners.

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'82 IN REVIEW Once again terrorism and violence changed world politics. On October 6, 1981, America faced distress caused by the death of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. During a military parade in Cairo, a young lieutenant stepped forward and tossed a grenade into the crowd of spectators seated with President Sadat. The Egyptian president, who with Presidents jimmy Carter of the United States and Menachem Begin of Israel had ended the Israeli-Egyptian war with the Camp David peace talks, was dead. During the course of the year, American military officials were the target of bombings in West Germany and assassinations in France. General james Dozier was kidnapped in December by the Red Brigade in Italy. He was finally released by a rescue attempt on january 28, 1982, the only kidnap victim ever to be rescued alive from this Italian terrorist group. Argentina precipitated an international crisis when they claimed ownership of the Falkland Islands in South America. The claim dated back to the 19th century when the South American Country was liberated from Spanish rule. Great Britian has had control of the Falklands since early in the 1800's. When the U.S.S.R. backed Argentina and the U.S. backed Great Britain, the entire world became involved. A record-setting cold front struck the mid-west United States on Sunday, january 10. Chicago, Illinois, Opp' if wt' 'F New 1113 wavesij r ...,?, in N A fr., hit a new record of -260, the lowest temperature ever recorded in Chicago's history. Scott City students returned to school january 11 in again sub-freezing temperatures. Although the furnaces ran constantly, coats and gloves were worn in hallways and -classrooms to combat the chill. snuck it