Logan High School - Aerial Yearbook (Logan, OH)

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Olympie Times S.A.D.D. An organization for students at L.H.S. has been launched for those who like to drink but are afraid of driving afterwards. This organization was launched two years ago by a Marlboro, Mass., resident. This organization is called S.A.D.D. (students against driving drunk) Robert Anastas, a school teacher from Wayland High School in Wayland, Mass., formed this organization after two of his own students died in a car crash that involved drunk driving. This contract for life is an agreement signed by both the teenager and his or her parents in order to reduce the percentage of deaths that involve liquor. The part signed by the teenager reads “I agree to call you for advice and or transportation at any hour, any place, if I am ever in a situation where I have had too much to drink or a friend or date that I'm driving with has had too much to drink. The part signed by the parent states. I agree to come get you at any hour, any place, no questions asked and no argu- ment at that time or I will pay for a taxi to bring you home safely. I expect we will discuss this issue at a later time. I also agree to seek safe and sober transportation if I am ever in the situation where I have had too much to drink or a friend who is driving me has had too much to drink.” These contracts for life” were available in the L.H.S. office to any interested L.H.S. teenager courtesy of S.A.D.D. and LHS-TV2. 1984, it was the year peo- ple all over the world waited for in anticipation. They all waited on one important thing: for their own Olympic team to come home with Olympic medals. It is the time of life when competition is tough and sportsmanship is aroused. The 1984 Winter Olympic games were held in Sarejevo, Yugoslavia. The opening ceremonies were brilliant with about 1000 dancers dancing before the Olympic torch would be brought in to start the winter games. One disappointment for the Americans was the finish of the G.S. hockey team. They finish- ed seventh after being defeated by Canada, and Czechoslavia. This was the worst G.S. hockey finish in Olympic history. The Alpine competition was finished with American style.” In the women's giant slalom. Debbie Armstrong won the gold medal, and right behind her Christin Cooper won silver for the Gnited States. Bill Johnson was a sur- prise to all Americans after winning the gold medal in the men's downhill. Finishing off the Alpine competition, the Mahre twins joined their skiing talents and pulled the G.S.A. out of a slump. Without Phil Mahre's gold medal and Steve Mahre's silver medal in the men's slalom, the Gnited States would have suffered the worst winter Olympic games in Olympic history. Bill Johnson, gold medalist for the men's downhill, was tossed off the Olympic squad in 1982 and in 1980; Johnson could do no better than to be a slope test runner in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Everybody in the G.S. was surprised to hear that Wild Bill had triumphed with gold. Phil Mahre, Olympic gold medalist for men's slalom and also Steve Mahre's twin brother, is a winner of three consecutive world cup titles. Right after making his medal winning run down the slalom slope, Phil got news that his wife had just given birth to his son. Figure skating was another strong spot in the G.S.A. Scott Hamilton, overall favored to win gold, won the gold for the G.S. in the men's singles. Scott was the first American to so since David Jenkins in 1960. Rosalyn Sumners captured silver for the G.S. in the women's singles, and Kitty and Peter Carruthers were also win- ners of silver in the pairs. The Gnited States finished fifth overall in medal competi- tion. The victors of the medal competition were the Soviet Gnion and West Germany. The closing ceremony was held in the Zetra arena in Sara jevo. The Americans marched in with Phil Mahre carrying the G.S. flag. The 1984 winter games were ended on Feb. 19, 1984 and the next winter games will be played in Calgary, Canada in 1988.

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Sweet Sixteen and Driving One of the most exciting things to happen to many 16-year-old students was getting a driver's license. As soon as a student turned 16. he was able to obtain his permit kit from the American Automobile Associa- tion. After the student had his permit package, he could take his permit test. A written test, containing traffic laws ans signs, had to be passed to be valid. Once the student had his permit, he could drive with a licens- ed driver in the front seat beside him. Next, the student driver was re- quired by the state of Ohio to have 36 hours of classwork and 6 hours of driving time. However, the student had the option of taking driver's education through school or through AAA. At school, the driver's ed fee was only $25, while through AAA, it cost the student about $120. Although the school fee was much lower, many students preferred the AAA course. The main reason for this was that school driver's ed lasted one semester, but AAA took only a matter of weeks. At the end of the training period the student took his driving test. The test consisted of two major parts: driving in the city along a designated route and maneuvering through a series of cones, both- forward and reverse. Points were taken off, depending on how large a mistake the driver made. They had to have a 75 or above to pass. After obtaining their licenses, dif- ferent students had different opinions about them. Some felt a sense of responsibility, and they felt that adults finally took them serious- ly. Others didn't like to be burdened with all the costs of driving, the ac- cidents that almost always seem to come with a license, and all the er- rands their parents asked them to do. A few students felt that owning a license was no big deal. The majority of students, nevertheless, enjoyed driving and believed a license to be a real asset, a convenience, and a great thing to own. As junior Teresa Wat- son put it, A driver's license is the next best thing to a Christmas present! Cathy Campbell studies hard on the traffic signs and laws which she will be tested on in driver's education, (do) Paul Fought gets behind the wheel as he begins his journey toward receiving hit driver's license, (do) Debbie O'Donnell Magazine 21

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labbage atch Mania! Cabbage patch mania has hit the U.S.A. big with many other countries involved in this all out war to buy a doll. People all over the world see this doll as being a very special thing. These dolls can be bought anywhere. Everywhere you look there is a cabbage patch war going on. The store shelves hold the cabbage patch kids for ten minutes then are sold out. One man in New York said. “I took a plane to England to buy a cabbage patch doll for my little girl just to avoid the American rush. A newspaper in California, just to see what would happen, put as a headline on their front page story Cabbage Patch Giveaway. The story went on to say that helicopters were go ing to fly over the city stadium and throw thousands of cab- bage patch kids out of them. You were supposed to grab one doll and hold up your credit card for five seconds so tbat the people in the helicopters could take a picture of it and then bill you later. People ac- tually showed up! What makes these dolls so special to everybody across the world? Is it the birth cer- tificate that comes with each and every doll specifying his or her name? Is it the cute little bellybutton or the pug-like noses? Who knows? But peo- ple do buy these dolls by the numbers for about $50 each. Many results have come from the Cabbage Patch kids born. A lot of special inventory has been taken in by stores all over the world. Cabbage Patch cradles, strollers, clothes, anything you can imagine have been designed specially for the Cabbage Patch kids. One radio broadcast from Columbus advertised a lesson you could sign up for to help you know how to take care of your Cab- bage Patch doll. The advertise- ment specified it was only for those fortunate enough to own a Cabbage Patch doll. Who knows? Next to come out and take us by surprise might be the lettuce patch kids, carrot patch kids or even the cornfield kids. Who knows? Drugs in use The use of drugs in high schools appears to have declined substantially over the past five years. In a recent survey by the University of Michigan, only 19% of our nation s teens used marijuana in 1983. That’s the lowest percentage since the survey started in 1975. Another welcome finding is the lack of evidence to support the suspicion that teenagers are substituting alcohol for illicit drugs. The 1983 survey showed a slight decline in daily use of alcohol to 5.5% among teens. While there is some conflict in the new statistics, it is deplorable that several hundred thousand habitual users of drugs and alcohol are muddling their minds when they ought to be fill- ing them with knowledge. CHANCE SMITH MAGAZINE 23