Patrick Henry High School - Encounter Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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Th Out ide Angle Rain, Wind, Surf Ult was exciting, since it didn't flood near my home. Nothing ever happens in San Diego, said Leslie Grimes. What was this exciting event? To many it was devastating. It was a series of rainstorms that hit in late winter. The storms were big enough to warrant na- tional t.v. coverage and a decla- ration that San Diego, along with 16 other California coun- ties, was a disaster area. There was an estimate of S14 million worth of damage to the beach areas. The most de- structive part was the surf. Waves reached 14 feet and pounded beachfront property. The Marine Room, a popular La Jolla restaurant, was hit hard twice and forced to close. Two other restaurants, The Chart House and Triton in Car- Lake Henry appears once again. This time the boys locker room attendant, George Lopez, drives his truck out to the middle to try to remove the leaves and debris from the small drain. diff were also flooded. Homes and small businesses along Pacific, Mission, La Jolla and Cardiff beaches were wrecked. The landmark Cry- stal Pier was 150 feet shorter after the storm hit. There was some help avail- able though. President Ronald Reagan declared San Diego County a national disaster area. This meant that those who suffered from the storm could receive low interest loans to help repair or replace their homes, businesses, cars, or oth- er possessions, and unemploy- ment compensation was avail- able for those temporarily out of work. Sheriann Simpson re- alized how devastating the storms were. They were a bit frightening, especially for those close to the coast. On campus the storms were not nearly as devastating, but they did cause damage to hair styles and papers of students walking from class to class. The usual large puddles appeared and so did Lake Henry, so named by several students.- The immense amount of water in the parking lot always seemed to accumulate into one large lake New Meaning to Tax Refunds i'Well, l'm just going to pay my state taxes that way, too.', Talk of the state sending out IOUs instead of tax returns was running rampant. The State of California had a large deficit problem. Somewhere in the state's constitiution that was de- clared unconstitutional. The gov- ernor-elect, George Deukmajian had quite a problem on his hands. State Controller Richard Cory suggested handing out IOUs instead of tax returns until the state was able to solve its fi- nancial problems. After several long hours of de- liberation in the state legislature, a settlement was reached be- tween the Democrats, who want- ed a sales tax increase, and Re- publicans, who were in favor of the novel idea of IOUs. It was too late to stop the IOUs from going out, but they wouldn't be in the public's hands for long. Loans from major banks would soon re- place Cory Cash. 214 The Outside Angle Fit For A Queen Guess who came to dinner? Why, none other than her Maj- esty, the Queen of England. Queen Elizabeth was in San Diego for the sum of two days. In an attempt to make her stay up to royalty standards, the Hotel del Coronado began planning months in advance. They actual- ly ordered a red carpet to greet her. One of the places Her Majesty visited was the aircraft carrier Ranger. She was given a tour of the facilities and later in the day treated to a sailor's dinner con- sisting of seafood chowder, Cali- fornia Longosta, creamed peas mushrooms, baked potatoes witt sour cream, a salad, rolls and pie People from all over Sar Diego queued up to see Her Majesty tour the harbor on hei way to the Ranger. She also at tended services at St. Paul': Episcopal Church with Prince Phillip. The Prince made a trip tc the San Diego Zoo. The roya couple traveled on up the coas despite the rain. A rumor tha Deputy Mayor Bill Cleatof touched the Queen was the topim of many conversations, news casts, and newspapers.

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Th Out ide 'Angle Working on a transfer program, Bryan Peters looks on with George Marroquin. Marroquin thought, 'Computers are coming soon to the world. Time magazine was thinking the same thing when they made the personal computer The Man of the Year. ther and faster resulting in a istantial gap in educational oortunities available. The Vid One of the many current crazes that took over peoples minds were video games. Video games went from small arcades to the homes of thou- sands of Americans. Large com- panies such as Atari, Coleco, and Intellivision brought their most exciting games into the homes of kids who had shelled out over 6 billion dollars in arcades all over the country last year. Even the table top version of games such as Donkey Kong, Pac Man, and Frogger were mass produced. While the Pac Man craze was in fullest swing, it grossed over 2 million dollars in profit. To Sean Liberton, it was a challenge to try to beat the ma- chine. Other students thought they were cool or a trip Newest on the Vid Grid were video cartridges from well known rock group Journey. Players tried to escape autograph hounds and greedy agents to live to rock another day. The younger generation could play with Dr. Seuss. When people said we're turning into a comput- On the Tube Sick of watching The Love Boatn? Well there were several alternatives on the screen ready and waiting. San Diego was the city with the highest percentage of cable subscribers. Cable t.v. - enabled them to watch more channels including Ted Turner's WTBS out of Atlanta, C-Span with Congress's proceedings and several public access channels not to mention reading news, stock prices and food prices on the screen. Subscribers were unable to watch channels 7 and 9 from Los Angeles. For those who were disenchanted with Tip O'Neill debating the MX mis- sile there was Home Box Office li-IBO! and Showtime which aired popular movies soon after their theater stints. Also avai- labe was the Playboy'Channel which aired adult programming. One channel also available to San Diegans was MTV which showed videos of top music stars. 2.9 million people chose to buy video tape recorders and watch rented or taped shows. All of these offered alternatives to the three networks. G ' d erized society, a look at the ways we have to enjoy ourselves today proved it. Ready for action, this student enjoys a video game at a local video arcade. Several arcades have opened close to campus. Token wars enable students to play more for less. Odds 'n' Ends From Far 'n' The quest to be thin contin- ued. One popular method of weight loss was the Cambridge Diet. It consisted of drinking a special powder mixed with water three times a day which amount- ed to 330 calories. Health spas that offered Aerobics and other kinds of exercise classes grew to be very popular. High school seniors were reportedly straighten Daily marijuana use was down for the fourth straight year to 6.2070 of the students. Numbers, numbers, num- Near bers. 3.9 million people exper- ienced frequent constipation. 6.5 million suffered from acne. One out of every ten homeowners ad- mitted to sharing their homes with mice. Women outnumbered men by 6.5 million. California had some im- pressive numbers too. With the largest state population of 23.7 million it also had the most peo- ple with million dollar a year in- comes, 723. It also had the larg- est number of college students of any state. Feature 213

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Th Out ide Angle Who's on first?'l became Who's in charge? The Novem- ber Election began a long and heated run to fill the mayor's seat for the last 18 months of Pete Wilson's term. Wilson was elect- ed to the United States Senate, a very important step for the San Diego politician. But who would be next in line to guide The World's Finest City ? A special election and runoff were announced for March and April, The four lead- ing candidates conducted an in- teresting and varied campaign. The early forerunner was former city councilwoman Maureen O'Conner. Unlike her past cam- paigns, O'Conner spent plenty of money, a large percentage of which came from her husband, a founder of Jack-in-the-Box. lf elected, she would be San Die- go's first female mayor. Next in line was Councilman Roger Hed- gecock, a Republican like the rest of the major candidates ex- cept O'Conner. Bill Cleator was serving as deputy mayor during all of this and was the first to announce his entry into the race. He claimed to combine the quali- ties of a businessman with a poli- tician's experience. Then came Bill Mitchell. His campaign con- sisted mainly of a hundred mile walk from the North County to the border. Along the way he stopped and talked to potential voters and stayed at friendly homes of supporters. The race for mayor was unique when it came to the players and for only an eighteen month term they sure played to win. Majorette Marches, . From . .thes.Moviesi31 ' A drive-in that served wine, cheesefand hors 'T d'oeuvres? Sdcgadmission prices the gate? What was-going. on? Actually -iii was only for oneiriight. On Februar?-6,-the Campus Drive-irrolosed its doorsJThe drive-in was oneiof the few remaining in San Diegoxwhy? Apparently the-drive-in 1 movie fell victim to changing-economic .needs of society. ,The drive-in lwouidihetornidown and afS5 million shopping center would be the next feature, opening in November. e it V ' In order to honor the Campus' ,sea night, general. manager, Paul Russo, lowered the admissiorriprices to fifty cenits.,'That s was how much- a movie cost there when the drive-in opened in 1948. The Campus alsoxdecided togive away free popeorn-.to all the .movieLgoers., The .iwinegandeheese irri p arty--biefereg the-5 T l -movie was foriafseiect-groupof friends and rbusinessrnenj 7 , ' The double feature that night .was l'he Dark and f Dragonslayeia Bussocalled it,Q ti1e-end of an eraf J would happen tothe neon marching f?f1i:'QjQf2ffC that her ,baton on the baeksideof the screenafer 36 years? T A dismaniieci are seared. in is -warehouse unriilY.?iheyk:anid1-final-la 4 suitable location for fhelSan Diegoyiandrnark. A g it E45 .g.i ? 71 g f The Carnpusgrixre-in was' not tradition T.. ego to-disappeafQ.f1freai1Shoppers longerfbe 'aefeiiielfind 'bargains at Fedrnartf. The storesueere- bought by varieesfehains 'such asV,Targetl-fandgRalph's. 4 r i . Q 1 g 'New ,--. Sioeerp-ieeireil:ihrifeQe-T fdefisiiim-if A A New Lin up Frgm Z pp lin To Voodoo One day many students woke up to a new sound. It was no long- er the traditional Led Zeppelin, Pat Benatar and the Rolling Stones. lt was more like Wall of Voodoo, English Beat, and an oc- casional Chuck Berry. The for- mat change on the popular 91X FM radio station came as a shock to many. The station decided to change its Album Oriented Rock format to unew wave or techno- pop. The music was similar to that heard on Pasadena's KROQ. Apparently it went over well. Students welcomed the change, feeling that it was finally time for San Diego to experience what the rest of the world had been listening to for years. The station played a lot of the new synthesiz- er oriented music. Alisa Ohri felt that, K'lt's not a gumpy station anymore. Laura Somer went on to say, I love it. I think itls the best radio station in San Diego. Station management hoped that the rest of San Diego would feel the same way. Although the music changed, most of the disc jockeys stayed on. Some students noticed that most of them did not seem to know much about the new music. They did come up with several new characters such as Patrick O'Knarly who gave the morning surf reports. Take offs on Julia Child were also a regular morn- ing feature along with talk and commercials for BEVR network, the all Beaver lI.eave it to Bea- verj network. Overall the change was wel- comed. K'Let's hope they don't change back, said Michelle Hol- lander. Karen Levy had hope for other radio stations such as KGB- FM and KPRI-FM. HHopefully the competition will copy 91X in their precedent and we'll have better music as a result. San Diego Scenes If you wanted to call home from New York you would be calling a new number. Bell Tele- phone changed the San Diego area code to 619. There seemed to be too many phones in the San Diego - Orange County area. Two California Condor chicks pecked through their shells at the San Diego Zoo. It was all done in an effort to pre- serve the endangered species. What would happen if dur- ing a Clipper game the roof came falling down? Well, it became a definite possibility when it was found that the San Diego Sports Arena had structural problems with the roof. There was something else to watch on t.v. KUSI started on the air in September. The new channel, 51 lcable 93, aired re- runs, local sports and news. The Marines needed a few good Big Macs. The first fast food restaurant to open on a military base opened on Camp Pendleton Marine Base just north of San Diego. For the birds: Sea World's penguin exhibit finally opened. The Penguin Encounter was 28,000 square feet and cost 57.5 million. When it opened in May, some called it, a monument to seven years of unparalleled pen- guin research. The enclosure was 280 inside with 10,000 pounds of ice pumped in each day. Local 215