Pflugerville High School - Panther Paw Yearbook (Pflugerville, TX)

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The United States Marines arrived in Beirut in 1982. Lebanon was torn by civil war and foreign invasion. In 1984 when the Marines left, more than 260 Marines were dead. Lebanon was still at war with most of its territory occupied by foreign troops and its government tottering. STANFORD. California — JAN. 20 — PROTECTION — San Francisco 49ers quarterback looks for receiver behind protective blocking of left guard John Ayers (68) in first half of Super Bowl XIX Game Sunday in Stanford Stadium Rushing Montana is Dolphins Don McNeal (28). “As much as I hated doing those weekly current events for Coach Varian, I have to admit, it did make me more aware of the news,” said Roland Adams, junior. The United States did very well in the Sum mer Olympics, winning 83 gold medals. 61 silver and 30 bronze Mary Lou Retton won the all-round gold medal and led the gym- nastics team to a silver medal; she also won bronze medals for the floor exercise and the uneven parallel bars and took a silver medal for the vault. The Soviet Union and other Communist countries boycotted the Summer Olympics. The Statue of Liberty celebrated her 98th birthday in 1984 and she began to show her age. The statue was worn from constant pummeling by wind, salt air and acid rain, and the iron ribbing supporting the copper covering was badly corroded. A two- year restoration began in July 1984. It included a new gold-plated torch. Mission specialist Bruce McCandless takes a walk in space in early 1984. In the photo he is seen using the so-called manned maneuvering unit as he moved away from the Shuttle Challenger during the eight day space mission iyo4-o NEWS 21

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1984 Current Events Turn to History Happy Birthday to you.” the Statue of L iberty celebrated her 98th birthday in 1984. A present given to the lady was a nation wide funded facelift, restoring the historic gift from France to its original beauty. While the lady celebrated her birthday. Michael Jackson toured more than a dozen cities in his Victory Tour. Jackson won 8 Grammy Awards for his album Thriller. In other mtertainment news. Robert Duvall received an Oscar for his role of a washed-up country singer overcoming alcoholism in Tender Mercies Best picture award was given to Terms of Endearment with Jack Nicholson winning best supporting actor and Shirley MacLaine winning best actress. Linda Hunt of The Year of Living Dangerously. earned best supporting actress. A flash news bulletin explained . . . Miss America Vanessa Williams was forced to sur- render her crown by pageant officials because she had posed nude for sexually explicit photos. Suzette Charles, first runner-up. ac- cepted the crown. On the tragic side of 1984 United States Marines arrived in Beirut, in 1982. In 1984 they left 260 dead. In other news. Napoleon Duarte was elected president in El Salvador. International observers called this the most open and free election in that country in 50 years. Speaking of presidential elections Ronald Reagan and George Bush sought election in re-election in 1984. Running against the Republican party was the history-making Democratic party. Walter Mondale and the first woman to be named vice presidential run- ning mate. Geraldine Ferraro. Reagan and Bush retained the office once again by having the biggest electoral vote in the nation s history. 49 states with 49% of the total vote. Sports news in 1984. we saw records set and broken It also saw the top male and female athletes of the year perform their feats. The 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles saw Carl Lewis, top male athlete of the year, double the feat of J. C. Jesse Owens, by winning four gold Medals in the same events as Owens had in 1932. America's sweetheart. Mary Lou Retton. top female athlete of the year, won the all- around gold meadals in gymnastics and led the U.S. gymnastics team to the silver medal. The U.S. won 83 gold medals. 61 silver and 30 bronze. The 1984 Olympics also saw the Soviet Union and other Communist countries boycott the Olympics. The Winter Olympics in Yugoslavia saw the U.S. win 4 gold medals and 4 silver medals. Anchoring the U.S. were Scott Hamilton and Steve Mahre. In baseball news, the Detroit Tigers won the World Series by downing the San Diego Padres 4 games to 1. In the Wild World of Football. Walter Payton, running back for the Chicago Bears, set a new standard of total career rushing yards. The previous 12.312 yards mark was held by Jim Brown of the Cleveland Browns. Superbowl XIX saw the two best teams in pro football go head-to-head. Joe Montana of the San Francisco 49ers led the 37-13 victory over the Miami Dolphins. Some trivia for the trivial minds: 1984 saw mission specialist Bruce McCandless walk in space, a quick stroll to stretch his legs on an 8 day space mission from the Shuttle Challenger. Princess Diana gave birth to Prince Henry late in '84. This birth gives two-year-old Prince Wiliam a little brother. Yes. 1984. the year of controversey, ex- citement. history making, record breaking and tragedy. Still leaving way for more news and new faces to rise to the tops in 1984. by Jesse Gutierrez WASHINGTON. Jan. 21 — I RONALD REAGAN — President Ronald Reagan repeats the oath of office of the president as his wife Nancy holds the Bible during the ceremony under the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington Monday Chief Justice Warren Burger is at right

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Student Council, NHS, FFA Photo by (Travis Reesa) Every week the halls looked different as students returned from their weekends. The cheerleading team decorated and redecorated each week to add a touch of football spirit to the weekly routine. Senior Jill Young uses special markers to create a hall poster encouraging students to Deck the Ducks! They used to tell us, “Learning is fun!” And we believed them. They used to say, “Enjoy yourselves, you’re only young once.” And we did. But now we see Nothing is free And even learning takes time and effort. 22 ACADEMICS