Red Oak High School - Hawk Yearbook (Red Oak, TX)

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PTA LUNCHEON The PTA gave a lunch- eon honoring the seniors. On the left are Jay Pearce. Jesse Falcon and Marc Harri- son. On the right are Randy Hanes, Kyle Pevehouse, Shawn Grigsby, Jeff Bailey and Donald Wilborn. MR. LEGS Awarding Andy McClure as Mr. Legs is Shari Ellis, He was given the award at the Valentine's Dance sponsored by the seniors. traditional senior bridge picture. SENIOR AUCTION While standing on the stage Andy Searsy is auctioned off by Gary Autrey vice principal All seniors that were bought became slaves to underclass men TREE DECORATION The annual senior Christmas tree stands in the lunch room. Every senior was to bring an ornament from home for the tree. student life 29 TRADITION The class of 1986 enjoys a short break from class. They pose for the

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Seniors follow traditions The schedule of the seniors this year was very busy. Their activi- ties included everything from regu- parties. activities the in was the the middle of seniors joined the gym floor they formed a school song. rally is signi- lar studies to senior One of the first seniors participated senior pep rally. ln the pep rally the the cheerleaders on for a dance. Later, circle and sang the The senior pep ficant because it is the last pep rally for the seniors, Tracy Williams said. The senio rs had many fund raisers. One was the senior slave day. The seniors were auctioned off to the underclassmen as slaves for one school day. Another fund raiser was the Valentines dance. Kisses were sold for Sl. Mr. and Miss Legs were crowned. They were Andy McClure and Beverly Betik. The class of '86 started the end- of-the-year parties with the Junior-Senior Prom held at' the Wyndam Hotel May 10. Later the seniors played at the annual Cedar Canyon party. They ate, played volleyball, went swimming and slid down the slide. A luncheon was given by the PTA honoring the seniors. At the luncheon Chuck Weaver and Lori Wakeland were crowned Senior Baby King and Queen. One of the last activities the seniors took part in was Senior Six Flags night. The seniors had been busy with many activities, but there were two final events to end the year, Baccalaureate and graduation. The Baccalaureate services were held at the Red Oak Baptist Church May 25. Graduation was held May 30.

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Chaotic year shows devastation Everyone watched as Christa McAuliffe entered the Space Shut- tle Challenger. She was to be the first teacher in space. As the shuttle lifted off, every- one thought it was another mission completed until they glanced back into the sky to catch one last glimpse. When the shuttle was a- bout '1O miles above the ground, the crowd was devastated. The ex- plosion of the shuttle was the first in-flight disaster in 56 manned U.S. space missions. It killed all seven crew members. This was a year of misfortune. Other than the SHUTTLE EXPLOSION The explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger was the first in-flight disaster in 56 manned U.S. space missions. The explosion killed all seven crew members, 30 student life space shuttle explosion, many other catastrophies happened. A series of deadly earthquakes rumbled through Mexico City and the death toll was in the thousands. Few in the Metro- politan area of 18 million escaped the effects of the first quake, which registered 8.1 on the Richter Scale. Many airlines also had unfortunate happenings. A Transworld Airlines jet was hijacked in Athens, Greece. A Delta Airlines jet- liner crashed near Dal- las, killing 137 people. 35 people survived the crash but five died of injuries later. As a result of a volcano erupt- ing in Armero, Columbia, mud slides occurred. The Red Cross helped during the digging out efforts. The year was not totally disas- ,N ,S terous. It was a good year for the Chicago Bears and Kansas City Royals. The Chicago Bears won the Super Bowl XX against the New England Patriots, 46-10. The Kansas City Royals won the World Series over the St. Louis Cardinals. Bret Saberhagen was named as the Most Valuable Play- er in the series. One of the better things this year was when President Ronald Reagon met with Mikhail Gorba- chev, Soviet leader, in the Peace Talks. The Peace Talks were held in Geneva. This year will be remembered by the death of those in the space shuttle, the many terroristic attacks and natural disasters such as the earthquakes in Mexico. Other than these traumatic circumst-ances, beneficial events, such as the Peace Talk in Geneva and the tri- umphs in sports, will mark this year.