Pontiac Northern High School - Avalanche Yearbook (Pontiac, MI)

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Dream Makers 4 t, 12 Q , Ww- 440 W Ronald and Nancy Reagan the President, and First Lady, The Royal Wedding of Prince Charles, and Lady Diane. Everything 's coming up Rain bows .' .' .' I t seems this year should have been called the year of the rainbow. Everything was coming up rainbows, from Ziggy and his nets to 'Cheer all temperature and its commercials. The rain- bows were used in making learning more fun, advertising seem at its best, and get well cards brighter. Even tooth paste entered into the rain- bow scene, as Aqua-fresh added a red stripe to the green and white. It was the year the world built and destroyed dreams. The year we wished on beginnings, and prayed for endings. It was the year the world cried for peace, and reached out for God. All and all it was a year to be remembered. Through it all the sun peeped out showing the path to the rainbows. But Who, and Why? Ronald and Nancy Reagan set the pace. The dream to cut the national deficit from 100 billion to 75 billion dollars over a period of four years was the first not to mention Awac's , the radar planes sold to the Saudi Arabians to strengthen our relations. The world also saw dreams come true as Lady Diane became Prince Charles' wife on July 29, 1981. With her glass couch and diamond ring, it made it poss' e ' V in Ci '

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bow Paths The Rainbow Laurie France Theme ' E ld 1 Northern s Way Joan wa Student We 11,13 Beg Mare Finch 14 Freshman Being A Leader Martha Bond 34 Organizations 46 Learning To Grow Jill Johnson Sophomores 1718 Blossom, Kim Gregg Junwrs 78 Understanding Sheila Gilchrist Faculty T oto OW CO Seniors f i i s and Kenny Ascherj Mus Q k C U d b All rights reserved

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Achievement 0 mankind and The Space shxp Columbla on lf.S second fhght Disast The spaceship Columbia was also a dream when it soared for a second time in October and returned safely five days later. This made the astronauts heros, and put a sense of achievement back into man- kind. There were also nightmares. We sat on pins and needles as General Dozier was kidnapped before Christmas by the Red Brigade, and gave a sigh of re- lief when the Italian police found him 42 days later. We have cried many times for people who crossed this world's rainbow to climb the stairway to heaven. People like Natalie Wood, an actress, sex symbol, mother. and legend in her own time, drowned on Nov. 28, near her boat in California. Paul Lynn. one ofAmerica's famous comedians also died on Jan. li. 1982.