Redmond High School - Juniper Yearbook (Redmond, OR)

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05. Discover th power by Toni Ulam On December 31, 1987 President Ronald Reagan signed the NFI treaty with Mikhail Gorbachev. Surgeon Gen- eral C. Everett Koop endorsed condom ads to help prevent the spread of AIDS. Nearly 30,000 people died from AIDS in 1987. Census figures showed five billion people now inhabit the planet. Wall Street hit a bottom low. It was the low- est since the Great Depression. It was known as Black Monday. Scandals were a big part of the year, too. Presi- dential candidate Gary Hart dared re- porters to follow him. They did and his involvement with Donna Rice made front page news. Another scandal to arise was that of PTL minister Jim Baker's involvement with Jessica Hahn. This year, as most years, Americans grieved over the deaths of famous peo- ple such as Fred Astaire, dancer-actor, James Coco, actor, Henry Ford II, auto- maker, Jackie Gleason, entertainer, Lorne Greene, actor, Liberace, enter- tainer, Andy Warhol, artist, and Harold Washington, Chicago mayor. Big news in Oregon included the large amount of forest fires. Oregon suffered the worst five seasons in a halff century, stated The Bend Bulletin Childkiller Diane Downs escaped from prison, was recaptured, and relocated out of state. A big Oregon issue which also took its toll on the Redmond prevented schools from closing- a problem which gained Oregon nationwide notoriety. Now if schools levies fail, the individual dis- trict would run on the previous years budget. This might mean less electives, cutting of extra-curricular activities, re- duction in bus services, etc. Thirty- eight schools fell into the safety ne Some schools still had to shorten ti school year as property taxes could n support 180 days of school. After a se ond look at the revenue from proper taxes, Redmond needed to make mo cuts. These cuts included laying off employees, cutting activity bus rur dropping the afternoon kindergarte bus runs, and a paying-as-you-play at letic program for spring sports. Central Oregon gave a Terrebon youth a second chance at life by raisi over 5B175,000. Chris Patrick, w would be a junior at RHS this year, h been troubled with leukemia. Patric family was unable to pay for all of t operation that might save Patrick. These events have affected some the people here at RHS. This is whe Discovering the Power starts. DQ' S 2 Student Life

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1988 Juniper Redmond High School 675 S.W. Rimrook Drive Redmond, Oregon 97756 rea. 923-mos Enrollment 1350 Vol. 68

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Q? , I W L v- . g g.... gg Discover The power of individudls. On worm summer-like doys The front lown is populofed wiTh sTu- dents like Dovid Hicks. Discover The power of The inside. Glenn Sweoringen brings ouT The sweeT sounds in rninsTreIs. Discover The power of sporTs. Red- mond's wresTlers broke o one gen- eroTion-long losing sfredk by de- fecfing Crook CounTy. ...Tc 'rin ii 1-iii 1,