Midlothian High School - Trojan Yearbook (Midlothian, VA)

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SPORTS NEWS SUPERBOWL: N.Y. Giants NCAA: Indiana Hoosiers | Midlothian FOOTBALL: District Champs BOYS V. B-BALL: Regional Runner-up GIRLS B-BALL: District Tourney Champs GIRLS TENNIS: Regional Champs WRESTLING: Regional Champs HEADLINE: AIDS New research discovered that an antivirul drug, azidothymidine (AZT), had improved the health of a group of AID’s patients; however, officials cautioned that AZT was not a cure and that deaths from AIDS would increase rapidly in the U.S. over the next 5 years. HEADLINE: “CRACK”’ Awareness of the mounting abuse of illegal drugs in the United States, specifically cocaine in the form of “crack,” resulted in Congress passing anti-drug legis- lation, caused civic leaders to call for more education and led the U.S. to join Bolivia in raids against cocaine processing hideouts in the Bolivian jungles. ON THE MIDLO SPORTS SCENE, an anxious Trojan team watches as Indian River prevails in the first round game the state tournament. PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN SITS ALONE IN THE OVAL OFFICE. The burden of the presidency was par- ticularly trying during 1987. Student Life 23

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Che Gime Chronicle 19S6-198¢ HEADLINE: CHERNOBYL Fea at Rell a 2 OE ca lt Soviet authorities waited 3 days before reporting a major accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant; the resulting cloud of radiation caused 23 deaths and the evacuation of 40,000 persons who lived near the plant in the Ukraine. POLITICS PRESIDENT: Ronald Reagan V. PRESIDENT: George Bush Virginia GOVERNOR: Gerald Baliles LT. GOVERNOR: Doug Wilder ATTNY. GENERAL: Mary Sue Terry Midlothian 2 PRESIDENT: Audrey Lubienski V. PRESIDENT |: David Johnson OLIVER NORTH, CENTRAL FIGURE IN THE “IRAN V. PRESIDENT 2: Grady Daniels , SCAM,” IS HOUNDED BY THE PRESS. His silence puz- SEC.-TREASURER: Christy Hodge - zled and frustrated the American public. THE ARTS SONG: “Back In the High Life” Steve Winwood ALBUM: “Graceland’”’ Paul Simon MOVIE: PLATOON ACTOR: Paul Newman ACTRESS: Marlee Matlin T.V. SHOW: The Cosby Show HEADLINE: STAR WARS Nuclear disarmament was the main topic of discus- sion as President Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev met in Iceland; the Strategic Defense Iniative (“Star Wars”) became the major stumbling block to any ASPIRING POLITICIANS AUDREY LUBIENSKI AND agreement as both sides refused to make significant DAVID JOHNSON rely on their experience as SCA CONCessions on this issue. officers to plan for their future candidacy for public office. CONSUMER REPORTS LOAF OF BREAD: $1.09 HEADLINE: TERRORISM GALLON OF MILK: $2.69 Libyan targets in Tripoli and Benghazi were neh OF GUM: $.40 bombed by U.S. warplanes in retaliation for terrorist ALLON OF GAS: $.94 mi } He ; BIG GULP: $.69 attacks that killed 22 and d 200 in West Berlin. ae a Sete pee: Leaps tis tarts McDONALD’S HAMBURGER: $.79 22 Student Life PIZZA HUT Lg. PIZZA: $12.50

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24 What could be better than a school cancellation because of snow? What about seven days? Yes, snow caused the cancellation of seven whole days of classes. Extending over the weekend, this meant there were nine days of vaca- tion imposed by the weather. Coming in the midst of exams, these days were met with mixed reactions. Junior, Mi- chelle Harris said “It was a pain, | never knew when to study.” Seniors who were exempt from their exams were the lucky ones during this time. They had no worries and were free to venture out in the snow. Underclassmen were nightly under the threat of im- proved road conditions and Student Life The Big Chill” the resumption of exams. However, even a few of these students managed to talk par- ents into a day of skiing at Wintergreen or a ride to the Country Club of Virginia to one of the best sledding hills in the area. Finally, students returned to school on Monday, February 2. They were able to finish exams and begin the second semes- ter — just in time to see an- other snow storm move up through the Carolinas’, drop- ping another four inches of snow on the Richmond area. Again, schools in Chesterfield County closed; this time for two days only. All the way through March snow remained a constant threat. Even the slackest of students had begun by this time to weary of the snow. One factor had alluded every- one for a while and that was the depressing thought of make-up days. The school board was faced with rather unpopular alternatives: wheth- er to add the days on to the end of the school year or to take away all of the scheduled clerical days as well as the spring holiday. A bill signed by Governor Baliles on March 17 forgave five of the missed days. The Chesterfield County School Board reinstated another of the missed days which gave the county a three-day spring holiday.