Overland High School - Trail Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

Page 285 text:

REVIEW A volcanic eruption in Co- lumbia left 20,000 dead or On December 111, the Teller lift at the Keystone slsi resort brolse, leaving several peo- ple with serious injuries. One man died a month later. On October 8, the Walnut street viaduct collapsed, lsillf ing one man and injuring ' -L four. W dl On January 28, 1986, the ' , Q 0 . space shuttle Challenger X xpladed only seconds ter talse-off, lsilling seven mm Gb - c, , astronauts including Christa McAuliffe who was to be the first teacher in space. - And for some, even the Suf perbowl was considered a tragedy. Katt Although all of these tragedies saddened most students, some- times they didn't seem to have a direct effect, However, an event that strucls closer to home was the deaths of two students from Thomas Jefferson High School. Srs. Dennis Drown and Nicls Carter died in a plane crash in January. 9 lwly People Magazine MCMOhOn QLCTYGVPOCJ4 Ol W9 CDJCOQO Bears, WOS O very 1985 was o fatal year for the legendary movie star Rocla TQUVP i0 T09 NFL HUG, MCM0hOn WGOVS O09 Of WS Hudson He contracted the deadly disease AIDS and died, headbonds while watching his reamggo on to victory in Srgmrmg W5 mom, foms Superbowl game against New England 'i I ' 1 1 v J , ,rr 1, I, Q. ,ry itil re.-r tit-utr ' ' , lrrvrirt l'Fotrrrtlirr'-it t Ifdl ,I iff missing. I ,, , it . W ,,, A Y 1 3' t' , J- f' Trends Grid f Fashions Many new rrends and fashions tools hold in 1985 and 1986. Whether it was a person, a movie, clothes or food, it all made news, -W Good Sex! With Dr, Ruth Westheimer - The Cosby 5hovv - Miami' Vice and Don Johnson - Rambo - Back ro the Future - New Colse, Classic Colse, Diet Colse, Chere ry Colse - Cabbage Patch lsids - Yuppies - pailsey prints - stirrup pants - Pee Wee Herman - The Brat Pack - The Refrigerator - Floral and tapestry prints - Skateboarding MJ, ..,,. .. -r - rr-fi, g-0' Z , , ,V . ,lgk if lime Magazine Don Johnson, the popular star of Miami Vice, continued where the magazine GQ left off, Hts style of dress and good Ioolss made him one of the most popular males in 1055 g ,- , ,, . ,y , 1 -' 1 , , J if .4 , r f . if Ax Year intlseview

Page 284 text:

C I N Tl1lEdYEAR Hollywood ond the rest of the notion wos bomborded in '85 '86 with news of new couples. The possibilities were endless for gossip columns ond mogozines lilse The Norionol Enquirer. - Modonno 6 Seon's highly publicized l'secret wed! ding - Bruce Springsteen 8 Ju- lionne's on-stoge romonce - Christie Brinlsley G Billy Joel's morrioge - Prince Chorles 8 Princess Di's November 9th visit to the US. - Totum O'Neol ond John McEnroe's boby, but no morrioge - Groce Jones ond Dolph Drogo Lundgren's unusue ol ottroction of opposites - Ahmod Psoshod ond Cosby stor Phylicio AyerseAllen's public engogemenr during o sports broodcost - Sylvester Stollone's morrioge ro Brigitte Nielsen. venls 1985-1986 wos filled with events thot mode big news. The coveroge of mogozines, newspopers, TV. shows ond rodio srotions lsept the public in- formed. - Holley's Comet - Live Aide concert - Form Aid - USA for Africo - Reogon's concer surgery - Gorbochev tolses office in Psussio - Genevo Summit conference - Sotellite photos of Uronus's rings ond moons - llestororion of the Stotue of Liberty - The Philippine elections coused greot conrroversy, President Nlorcos wos forced to flee the country, Mrs. Aquino tools office on Februory 25, 1986. Unfortunotely, this yeor wos filled with trogic events os well os hoppy ones, These unexf pected deoths ond other misfor- tunes offected everyone oround the world. - Americon movie legend Psocl-x Hudson dies from AIDS on October 2, 1985. - On August 2, Delto Flight 191 croshed in Dollos lsilling over 100 possengers. W On August 25, Ambosso- dot Somontho Smith died in o plone crosh. - Possengers from TWA flight 8417 were held hostoge by terrorists in June. Their resf cue by the Egyption militory resulted in the deoth of one Americon, - JAL flight 128 croshed with o deoth count of 520 people in June of 1985. H An eorrhquolse in Mexico in September left 150,000 homeless ond 5,000 deod. I l Mogozti wm- Bob Geldof, who wos the founder of Bond Aid, is hoisted on the shoulders of Pete Townsend ond Poul NlcCorrney. The concerts for Live-Aid were held in London ond Philodelphio on July 10, 1985 Yeor in Review William Brandhorst September 10, 1969 - Morch 24, 1986 Williom Brondhorsr, o 16 yeor old sophomore ot Overlond, died Morch 24 ofter suffering from o seizure on Morch 21. Williom's contributions to the school included involvement with Science Club ond photogro- phy. lvir. Woheed Butt, his physicol science teocher, soid, He wos one of the nicest lsids l hove hod. He never missed closs, never misbef hoved, ond olwoys wonted to lsnow more obout science. He wos well lilsed by fellow students, his English closs donoted 6 photogro- phy bools to the school in his memory. His porents, Dovid C. Brondhorst ond Corol Vestol, donoted his orgons so thot his deoth could bring life to others. Billy Joel lsisses his new bride, foshion model Christie Brinlsley, on the yocht where the ceremony tools ploce. The couple wos morried in June

Page 286 text:

274 On Volenrine's Doy, Jr, Judy O'Brien gers couglwr by me kissing bondlr, Sr. Jeff Cannon spray poinred his noir pinlf. ond ron oround The school lsissing girls. Eric Rydberg Closing 1 l A Wirn Adomo dressed in Howoiion clorhes when ine blood drive signed up more rhon 100 donors. i