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

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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

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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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Band, FHA, DECA, OEA, etc. Freshman Tammy Roberts found Ms. Julie Hodge’s French class to be a challenge this year, but she managed to keep her sense of humor about It. UlUtd On the field junior Todd Cole manages to maintain his concentration and to keep the beat as he performs with the band during a halftime show. Coach Tommy Knox and the other biology teachers lead their biology classes through the frog dissection. One of Coach Knox’s students, sophomore Allen Cameron proudly displays his flayed frog. Section Editors: Misty Johnson Jennifer Simpson Section Staff: Krlss Kruemcke Kim McDonald Margaret Morgan Misty Mynar Amanda Wade All photographs this page by Travis Reese . ACTIVITIES 23