Ladue Horton Watkins High School - Rambler Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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. n , U lVlissouri's first lottery stort- .. T ed on Jonuory 24, 4986. i . . The tickets cost Sl eoch with o . ssss9 ss - - - - one in five chonce of winning o prize, The Iotex coverings on e N- L tickets covered o S2, S5, S86, 5 ' el D ' . 4 1 were the some the ticket wos o gyggf 4 winner. The lottery gove owoy 28 million prizes in the first months. According to lottery officiols, the lottery would give owoy S6256 million in the first five months. iviis- Q 'i.i. souri officiols hope to gross S250 i fig million in the first few yeors of the is lottery. Above: Non DeFobio ond Felico Moss pose in front of the newly constructed St. Louis Union Stotion. Below: The renovoted Union Stotion is o mojestic sight to see. QPhoto courtesy of Rob Rosej se fl .. iii? ln the heort of downtown St. Louis, lies the unique St. Louis Center. QPhoto Courtesy of Rob Rosej lvlony cities in the U.S. hove undergone chonges to promote tourism. St. Louis is one city thot hos un- dergone some greot chonges. One of mony is the development of its shopping centers. Three mojor shopping centers hove opened up this post yeor. The Oollerio, which is locoted ot Brentwood ond Cloyton Roods, is the new mojor shopping moll for St. Louis country. The Oollerio opened in the spring of 4986 with mony fine shops. Two shopping centers hove opened up downtown ond ore drowing shoppers not just from the St. Louis oreo but olso from oround the country. One is the St. Louis Center. lt is o three story moll with wonderful decor. The shops in the Center ronge from the Shorper lmoge to Fdnnie Moy Condies. The most spectoculor shopping center is Union Stotion. This wos originolly St. Louis' mojor troin sto- tion. This yeor it wos completely renovoted. It provides on orroy of restouronts, bors, ond even in- cludes the Omni Hotel. People of oll oges con enjoy Union Stotion, St. Louis Center, ond the C-ollerio. St. Louis

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LeT's face iT: How can ST. Louis possibly be an exciTing ciTy? Here we siT, smack in The cenTer of The lvlidWesT, pracTically in The middle of The cornfieldsl No sea- coasTs, no Rapids, no slopes - no fun, righT'? WRONG! ST. Louis is loaded wiTh amusemenTs! There's ST. Louis CenTer - one of The mosT modern archiTecTural feaTs in The naTion. ST. Louis' Trend To- ward rejuvinaTion and iTs preser- vaTion of heriTage are boTh mani- fesTed in Union STaTion - a hisTor- ic Train sTaTion remodeled inTo a conTemporary super-plaza. Who cares if The Mississippi River is muddy when on Top of iT floaTs some of The mosT exciTing diver- sions around? The riverboaTs and showboaTs offer endless enTer- TainmenT, and The McDonald's on The riverfronT has sold more ham- burgers Than any oTher fasT-food place in The enTire beef-eaTing UniTed STaTesl The GaTeway To The MidWesT can boasT The TallesT monumenT in The naTion: The Arch Towers 650 feeT above The ciTy. And if riding The elevaTor in The Arch does noT jumble your innards enough, Try ST. Louis aT a Glance Tossing your cookies on one of The many rides aT Six-Flags Over Mid-America. Or how abouT skiing aT Hidden Valley? No one can complain abouT ST. Louis weaTher - There is bound To be aT leasT one day each week ThaT is To everybody's liking. ln whaT oTher ciTy can you wear a raincoaT on Monday, shorTs on Tuesday, and snowshoes on Wednesday! And who says Milwaukee is The beer capiTaI of America, when The Budweiser brewery is righT here in ST. Louis, puTTing a sTenTch in The air for miles around. The baseball Cardinals won The NaTional League pennanT and The fooTball Card well er leT's jusT say ThaT whaTever They may lack ouT on The field Their fans make up for in The sTands. And whaT abouT The hockey Blues? Those guys are The mosT spiriTed players To ever skaTe TooThlessly on To vicTory. OK, now, are you convinced? ST. Louis is a fun place To live! So caTch ThaT ST. Louis SpiriT and LeT The Good Times Roll!!! ,Q Pl W f -.l S-L ' '13 T' V. ' 1 H' K? 4 . ,. . . .,. . --,- if -- V is - -- -'FEE fiiiii .gs Tx Q 23- ' G ff: ff iff-T'il: 3 ' 5' ' 1 . Qs' Q . 111 1 ' f' ' - K as 515 i . 1 wi . i g , l fi - ig T155 -sf 5 Ei is .LL T - ,gf -S . . T- S 9 fee rg ' 1 sees 1 s.se. l ' ses 32,222 J 124353355 sf 153521. Taxi? Miki? E: 1 ss? A G sg . Tex 5555?-Sic f T? - ' ET S' T1 TT-5 QNVD-Ve f jig ,gg ie s se.. gasses. ss , sr -L si 3-sf! ...r ' sl ' is is -3 T- 'Qi Fx Qu-T KXYY1--T --. . I ii - if gg is ki -f gg ,g B e . A r ' Tssix f . T T ' Sl. Louis Pholo courTesy of Greg GarreTT ThaT's a winner, echoed around ST. Louis when Jack Clark senT The 4985 Cardinals inTo The World Series wiTh his Three run homer To beaT Los Angeles in The playoffs. The I-70 series, as iT was called, piT- Ted ST. Louis againsT The Kansas CiTy Royals. AlThough a boring series was predicTed, The Two Teams puT on quiTe a show wiTh 3 of The 7 games being decided in The ninTh inning. BuT wiTh The Cards leading 3 games To 2 on The verge of winning iT all in The boTTom of The ninTh of game six, The infamous 'lcall was made. Don Denkenger called Jorge OrTa safe aT firsT on a play, which when viewed on slow-moTion, clearly shows OrTa arriving To The bag afTer The ball. The Royals wenT on To score Two runs and win The game, and The nexT nighT in a lopsided 42-0 vicTory, They won The World Series, 4 games To 3. Now in a new baseball season, ST. Louis is once again ready To cheer on Their boys of summer, To an- oTher championship season. By Greg GarreTT

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K Qoll Around The World . . . Today, There is a growing apprehension of a fairly new virus noT yeT fully un- dersTood. This virus is known as AIDS, or ac- quired immune deficiency syn- A sTarving boy in Africa sifs among The famine of his naTive land. The famine has drome. Basically, AIDS causes a person's immune sysTem To col- lapse, and as iT does, leaves The paTienT open To various infecTions or viruses. Several hospiTals and clinics around The counTry are pulling To- geTher in an efforT To Try and ar- resT This debiliTaTing disease. AT This poinT, docTors have a few Theories as To how The virus spreads once conTracTed. ln simple Terms eiTher The virus kills The cells ThaT iT invades, or iT divides and reproduces, There- fore producing more of The virus. The groups mainly associaTed wiTh This deficiency are: homo- sexuals, drug addicTs, Transfusion recipienTs, and malnourished Afri- cans. Hundreds of babies are be- ing born Today wiTh This faTal dis- ease, and iT is predicTed ThaT The number of cases will double by The end of The year. This conTroversial disease has also led To The unforTunaTe ban- ning of children from school. Par- enTs and children alike fear ThaT children infecTed wiTh The virus should noT be exposed To The resT ror has lefT many in a panic due To The lack of informaTion of This dis- of The children. A widespread Ter- 14 World many people malnourished. ease. Many people have been in- fecTed wiTh The disease. Among Them is Rock Hudson, who died from AIDS in 1985. ElizabeTh Taylor obTained The Woman of The Year award for her work wiTh AIDS fund raising. Many performers are banding TogeTher To help raise money for research in fighTing This debiliTaTing disease. On July '13, 1985, The Live Aid concerT was held To benefiT hungry people in Af- rica. The concerT was acTuaIIy Two in one. SimulTaneous shows were held in Wembley STadium in Eng- land and John F. Kennedy STadi- um in Philadelphia. The concerT lasTed 44 hours in The U.S. and 10 hours in England. SixTy-one acTs performed and The evenT aT- TracTed a Television and radio au- dience of 4.5 billion. Bob Geldof, a member of The BoomTown RaTs, coordinaTed The concerT and raised S65 million for food To aid The African people. A second concerT To benefiT needy people was Farm Aid. This show Took Ten weeks of prepara- Tion and included performances by rock and counTry groups. Some of The counTry perfor- mances were done by Willie Nel- son and The group Alabama. The concerT raised S40 million To aid The farmers of America.