Logan High School - Amphion Yearbook (Logan, UT)

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Issues Left Unanswered Moving Up North A few years back when the mall opened, the great amount of growth in the northern part of Logan was not anticipated. The mall drew a lot of the perspective patrons away from the downtown businessmen. This year with the opening of the new Smith's Food and Drug and the entire Pine Crest Shopping Center, more and more of the consumer's needs were taken care of in the northern area of town. Even many of the community's health services were moved from the center of town to the northern portion with the opening of the new Logan Regional Hospital and Medical Center. The amazing amount of growth was somewhat of a controversial issue. Many felt that the growth would greatly hinder the development of the already ailing downtown area. Mrs. Roger Wilson showed her objection by stating, I don't like it because it's taking up farmland. Farmland that will be needed in the future. They should develop the bench areas which aren't as vital to our future. The new hospital opened late because of a faulty roof that had to be removed and redone. The big move was finally accomplished on Dec. 9,1981. It began about 7:00 a.m. and ended about 3:00 p.m. When the issue of the new hospital was first discussed, it was made known that there would be little increase in the number of beds compared with the old one. But the new hospital was supposed to have better out-patient services. Connie Long accurately pointed out, It seems like the new hospital came in and it's more packed than the old one. Mark Steel added, It just goes to show that they should have built a bigger one to begin with, but we're lucky to have the one we've got. Medidne ogsregjonai for the Logan Hospilal. JRRENT EVENTS CURRENT EVENTS CURRENT EVENTS CURRENT EVENTS CUR] 28 Community Current Events

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Front Row: Catherine Cahoon, Barbara Groom, Susan Gomm, Pam Johnson Row 2: Mike Hanson. Clay Chnstoffersen. Dave Walton, and Mark Thom Icy. What Are Your Plans? On February 18th, 1981 the following students were interviewed. They were asked about their plans for the future, where they would like to live, how many children they want, what are some of their hobbies and dreams of adventure. It will be interesting to see how many of them accomplish their goals. Barbara Groom would like to be an interior decorator or write for a magazine. If she were to write for a magazine, she would like to have a recipe section, restaurant review, or a section on low budget makeovers for rooms and homes. Barbara's dream is to own a restaurant in either Utah or Arizona. She wants to have as many children as she would be able to handle. She would rather go on family hikes and campouts than on commercialized activites. Dave Walton plans to center his career around the outdoors, nature, resources and science somewhere in the northwestern U.S. with a wife and 3 or 4 kids. His dreams include being a photographer for National Geographic, seeing the North Pole, and going to Mount Everest to explore and take pictures but not necessarily to climb it. Backpacking, skiing and photography are some of his hobbies. Mark Thornley plans to be an electrical engineer in the western U.S. Cross country skiing is his favorite sport; he also enjoys skiing, motocycling and photography. When Mark gets rich, he wants to buy Gold Wing interstate motorcycles for his family and ride throughout the country and stay in Florida for the winter. He would also like to go on a Caribbean cruise and live in Alaska for a while. Pam Johnson would like to have some type of medical profession and reside in Utah or California with a husband and three kids. She enjoys cake decorating, cross stitch, water skiing, gymnastics and making rock people. Someday she would like to go to Hawaii or on a cruise to the Caribbean. Clay Christoffersen would like to be an architect and live in California or Texas with a small family. His hobbies include skiing, water skiing, and golfing. Someday he would like to go on a trip around the world, travel in space, own land in Alaska and buy a Mercedes T-top sports car. Susan Gomm plans to be a dental hygienist, raise a family of 6 boys and 2 girls and live in the tropics. She enjoys karate and would like to hang glide, scuba dive and cliff climb. Some of her other dreams of adventure would be to pack in on donkeys in the Grand Canyon, to go on a raft trip down the Rapids, and to get stranded somewhere and be forced to survive. A few of her mellower dreams would be to travel to Europe, Australia, or the Caribbean. Mike Hanson plans to go into banking or some other type of business. He would like to live in a city larger than Logan, possibly in California with his wife and 2 or 3 kids. He enjoys skiing and water skiing and would like to play Lacrosse in college. Someday he would like to travel all around Europe and play professional Lacrosse in Canada. Catherine Cahoon plans to go into nursing and live in Ogden with a husband and three kids. She enjoys cooking, sewing, and other homemaking projects. She would like to own a red corvette with a black T-top. She would also like to travel to many places; Hawaii being one of them because it is warmer there. UTURE PLANS FUTURE PLANS FUTURE PLANS FUTURE PLANS FUTURE PLAN Future Plans 27

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Trying to juggle his many school activites proves to be a challenge for Brik Eyre, but he's happy not to lose any of them to A B. Is MX a Miss?? With Ronald Reagan, a man who campaigned to increase military spending, as president, the controversial MX missies were once again discussed in very heated debates. If the MX missile launching program is one that will be adopted by Congress to increase our protection from enemy forces, it will significantly improve the current minute man system that had been in existence for over twenty years. There were many who sided with both having MX and eliminating plans for MX. As one eminent scholar com- mented, “MX might be the most expensive yet one of the least productive missile systems in the history of nuclear armaments. An equally qualified authority stated, MX provides nuclear safeguards which insures America's freedom and dignity. Although the Intercontinental Ballistic System did not have Washington's stamp of approval as the year drew to a close, that was not to say that it was not within the realm of reason to assume that this missile system may one day be in use. A B Wiped Out During the 1980 elections there was one box that wasn't designated for a person. This box allowed voters the chance to vote yes or no on Proposition A B. Proposition A B would have abolished all sales tax on food and would have controlled the mill-levy on property taxes. These tax cuts looked very enticing to some on the surface, but upon closer inspection it was noticed that the institution that would have been most affected was the education system. The proposition was soundly defeated, but if it had passed, there is no telling what programs would be reduced or cut. Many projected that it might have been necessary to eliminate either kindergarten or the senior year or both. Others theorized that many of the extra-curricular programs would be cut. Admittedly these did not pass, but the pinch in all taxes was being felt by the schools. There had already been personnel cutbacks along with other cutbacks in an effort to save the school's money. There continued to be discussion on whether or not kindergarten should be cut out. Many extracurricular programs were under careful scrutiny of administrators. Those opponents to the proposition began an active campaign against this tax cut. They argued that it was not worth sacrificing the education of tomorrow's leaders by trying to save a little money today. Many opponents felt that if cuts were to be made, they should be done to other organizations rather than education. There were many diverse opinions among the studentbody. As one student stated, My dad was all for it (Proposition) because my uncle is in the education system and said that often unnecessary purchases were made with the dollars that remained unspent in the budget. Another commented, I don't think that there are very many more important places for our taxes to go than education. The year ended with tax cuts still as a highly controversial topic. It was difficult to tell what the future would hold for the school system and all its programs. ;nt events current events current events CURRENT EVENTS CURREN' Community Current Events 29