Richland High School - Rebel Yearbook (Fort Worth, TX)

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Improves girls facilities Fund established in memor of . Barbara Rainey 'ara Rainey led a life in h she strived to make gs better for the next 'ration of women. She en- d the hardships of inferior :tic equipment, and she ted to change things for rs. She took a giant step for len when she became the female pilot of the Navy 'ebruary 22, 1974. Lieutenant Commander john C. Rainey and his wife lived in North Richland Hills for three years during which time she worked as a substitute teacher here in 1980-1982. Tragically on july 13 at 10:20 a.m., Lt. Rainey and a student pilot, Ensign Donald Knowlton, died when the train- ing plane they were using to practice landings crashed near i Pensacola, Florida. Today her portrait is displayed in the Pentagon. Lt. Rainey started a fund to im- prove the girls athletics facilities in honor of his wife's memory. The fund money, which totals 32,031 will be used for carpeting, air-conditioning, and furnishing of the team dressing room. Throughout her life Lt. Rainey explored new fields for women and even after her death she continued to provide other women facilities and oppor- tunities that were not open to her. -julie Richards A plaque now hangs in the refurbished girls dressing room in memory of Lt. Barbara Rainey.

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V l Textbook selection becomes big issue For some, it was hard to believe that two self- proclaimed, crusty textbook of- ficials from Longview could virtually decide what public school kids would and would not read in their books. But, this was exactly the case, where veteran textbook critics Mel and Norma Gabler were concerned. Yet the two found strong opposition from another such influential group. People for the American Way, a civil liberties organization which also battled against Moral Majority leader jerry Falwell, set a major prece- dent by being the only group in state textbook history, other than the publishers, to be allowed to stand in defense of the proposed textbook. Mainstay of the anti- censorship coalition was All in the Famib creator Norman Lear. Due to the Galder's im- mense hold on the textbook selection process, Lear and his group selected Texas for the launch pad of their attack against conservativism. Among the controversial subject matter in the textbooks are drugs, venereal disease and creationism versus evolution. Groups such as the Gablers desire to impart to textbooks the conservative flavor by adding such elements as patriotic documents and a return to the conservative American ideas. Katie El-tlund. M., , e M2..:sf i'lWi3 ' Support came from many sources, cheers from the cheerleade at many athletic events were a vital part of Rebel Spirit. Dar Douglas sparked the crowd at the annual Bluef Gray game. Columbia carried pride for nation Hard times and a bad economy spread across the na- tion. Heroes and idols became as difficult to find as money and natural gas. Americans were looking for something positive on which they could place their expectations. The space shuttle, Columbia, became the object of hope for many whose hopes had almost faded away. The shuttle soared into the outer limits in November for its first operation in flight. It carried the pride of everyone who observed its voyage. It represented part of America that was rising instead 40 Inside Richland of falling. After completing four suc- cessful trial flights in April and july the shuttle put the com- munications satellites in orbit. The eleven billion dollar space program had proved to be worthwhile. The National Aeronautics and Space Ad- ministration have made plans to increase the number of space shuttles in the U.S. fleet to three. The second shuttle, the Challenger, which is set to make its first flight in January, will carry America's first female astronaut, Sally Ride. Injuly, to continue its tradition of firsts, the first black space flyer will be sent into orbit on board the Challenger. The space administration hopes to launch the Columbia six times in 1983, twelve times in 1984, and sixteen times in 1985. Seventy commercial flights have already been booked for 1987. While the American space program is finally taking off, the Soviets, too, have been in- creasing their technology. Prior to the return of the Columbia, two Soviet cosmonauts broke the space endurance mark of 185 days in the Salyit 7 space station. As the Americans are increa ing the space fleet, the Sovie are making plans to sen cosmonauts to Mars in the ear. twenty first century. 1 Americans have fours something in which they can ii stall their faith. Their plans ft the future rely on the successj the space administration. Inf Columbia, the Challenger, an all upcoming shuttle Americans have placed th hopes, dreams, and belie They paid the price, gained t knowledge, and now, tha shoot for the stars. jul Richards.

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Death tolls for man famous people in 1982 In 1983, death once again proved, many times over, in fact, that none of us, however mighty or small, was immune from its sting. Henry Fonda, 77 -- heart disease took this long-standing film great whose last work in On Golden Pond won him an Oscar. Princess Grace, 52 - Oscar- winning rags-to-riches heroine who went from Philadelphia's high society to royal status as the bride of Monaco's Prince Ranier. Her unexpected death came as the result of a car acci- dent in whch she suffered two strokes. Leonoid I. Brezhnev - Soviet Communist Party chief for eighteen years who was con- sidered to be one of, if not the, most powerful men in the world. john Belushi, 33 - of Saturday Night Live, Blue: Brotberr, and Animal Home fame. A comic genius, a man with uncontrollable creativity and wit, and unfortunately, an uncontrollable lifestyle. Found dead of a heroin and cocaine overdose. Marty Feldman - another undisputed bright spot in the comedy scene, Feldman died of a heart attack at age 49, after such Mel Brooks' classics as Young Frankenstein, and Silent Movie. Karen Carpenter - a part of Carpenters duo, died aft organ failure due to anorex nervosa. Murray Kaufman, 60 - se proclaimed fifth Beatle wl brought the Falo Bur's music U.S. shores. Murray the I died of cancer. A Thomas Thompson, 49 i Fort Worth born and raisi author of Blood -and Mon Serpentine, and Celebrity hepatitis. DEPARTMENTAL A WARD WINNERS Business i . , English .... French. , , German, . . Spanish .... Social Studies, . . Math. . . Science .... Industrial ArtS . . . , Drama. . . Band. . i Ari ..... R.O.T .C .... Dixie BelleS ..,....., . , Dewey Sutton . . .Katie Eklund . . ,Misty Michell . . ,Stacy Rahn . . i Debora Gomez . , , Laurine Ellison . . ,Buhby Moore . , . . Mike Kubinskie . , . Dan Harris , . ,Lauren Halyard . . David Barnett . , .Kerri Richmond , . . Richell Steelman . , Felicia Hawkins Distributive Education , . , ,,,. Kay Solito W Industrial Cooperative Training .,..... Brandy New Vocational Office Education . . . . , . Linda Giles Vocational Health Occupation ....,,. Leigh Wood Cooperative Vocational Education ,,... Diane Van Buran Auto Mechanics . . , . , . Steve Schneider Cosmetology ..... ,i., , . . Nicole Fran Home Economics Cooperative Education , . Melanie Head Vocational Drafting . . . Vocational Agriculture . . . Home Economics. . , Whiz Kids , . , journalism . . Boys Athletics . . . Girls Athletics , . . . . .john Poole . . .Brel Bryson . . . .Lisa Orr . . . ,Chris Brown . . . Kelly Graves , . . Mark Burleson . . . Debbie Freeze 42 Inside Richland