North Fort Myers High School - Lance Yearbook (North Fort Myers, FL)

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A Little Rest ond Reloxotion After long hours spent ot North High, Red Knights were more thon reody for o little rest ond reloxotion. Of course, not everyone spent their spore hours ot home. Red Knights were sure to be involved in creoting fontostic memories. Knights spent most of their time improv- ing their tons, going soiling, orjust checking out the gorgeous bodies on the beoches. Hoving such o convenient occess to the beoches of Sonibel ond Fort Myers mode it on eosy quest. lf the beoch wos not their cup-of-teo, the vorious video orcodes provided mony students with endless hours of entertoin- ment. Knights fed their quorters into the populor video gomes like Centipede, PocMon, ond Donkey Kong with hopes of ochieving high scores. Weekends were the perfect time to engoge in sports of oll kinds. Bockyord gomes such os footboll ond boseboll were ployed everywhere. Mudding wos onother fovorite weekend postime. Red Knightsjoined in competition with rivol schools to determine who hod the boddest 4 wheel, oll-terroin, vehicle. Romonce flourished not only on the weekends, but during ofter school hours os well. Couples spent precious times eoting ot restouronts, going to movies, ond donc- ing ot vorious clubs. Money wosn't olwoys necessory for o good time. Lovers often spent their time just honging oround the house ond wotching T.V. Red Knights olwoys seemed to hove o good time. However, os with oll good things, the spore times soon come to on end, too soon ond Knights hod to concen- trote on their studies while plonning for their next moment of spore time, '? f' ,ef f' l v ' is g ' W --- 4 X ,D .14 v,4., Q ,. r -, ' 'lr . -W. 52' 'J T 'fx ..,,ng. f If-I -an 'A' was 'S 'l ,gf 5 i mf, , 1 J. 1 'iw I Shoring o friendly conversorion on the beoch ore Monica Skinner ond Shelle y Gorrner. A lot of spore time ond quorters were put into the populor video gomes which wos proven by Tommy Matrox. Spore Time 55

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Events Span the Spectrum As each new school year commenced in late August, the anticipation and anxiety of what would happen during that year was prevalent in the minds of all North Fort Myers High School Red Knights. This past year, the year of our Silver Anniversary Celebration, was no different. World events varied from being jubilant and re- joicing, to being sad and disastrous. At times-they were marred with unrest and turmoil, while at other times they were adorned with progress and precedence. Our own symbol of hope and freedom, Q8 years old in 1984, The Statue of Liberty began to show the signs of aging. lt was worn from constant pummeling by wind, salty ocean air, and acid rain. The iron ribb- ing supporting the copper covering was also in terrible shape. ln July of 1984 a two- year restoration period was undertaken. Donations were taken throughout the en- tire United States to boost the project. Our ..i.,jg,, j Smiling victoriously after a land-slide election win, are President and Mrs. Reagan. Red Knights became involved in an exten- sive campaign to collect money for this project. Once this restoration project is completed, our own famous Lady will be adorned with a new gold-plated torch. The World Series of 1984 saw the Detroit Tigers and the San Diego Padres fighting for the win. Detroit walked away with four games to one. The Chicago Cubs came close to getting in to the Series, but the Padres stood firm and tough. ln the American League, the Kansas City Royals lost in the playoffs to the Detroit Tigers. On the professional football scene, Walter Payton, running back for the Chicago Bears, set the record for rushing as he broke the record of 12,312 yards former- ly held by Cleveland Browns' star Jim Brown. The Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California was a highly successful event for American olympians. Our athletes won 83 gold medals, 61 silver medals, and 80 bronze medals. Carl Lewis walked away with four of these golds for the 100 meters, 200 meters, the four 100 meter relay, and the long jump. Mary Lou Refron won the all-round gold medal and led the United states Gymnastic Team to a silver medal. She also won a bronze medal for the floor exercise as well as for the uneven parallel barsp and she captured a silver medal in the vault. Our United States' victories were only slightly marred by the fact that the Soviet Union and other Com- munist countries boycotted the Summer Olympics. The Winter Olympics in Yugoslavia saw the United States athletes bring back 4 gold medals and also 4 silver medals. Scott Hamilton took a gold medal in men's figure skating, and Steve Mahre won a gold medal in the Giant Slalom Skiing Event. Welcoming Pope .lohn Paul II, are 200,000 natives in Mt. Hagen, Papua New Guinea. Following elections in El Salvador, two sollders seem pleased with the outcome. Wide World Photos