Rogers High School - RYB Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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The shuttlc Discmcry blasted into orbit m Scptcmhcr. nine months aftcr thr shuttle Challenger mission ended tragically lastjzmu- ary. Thc Dlscm'cry ended its suc- cessful four day. 1.6 million milc mission with a triumphant landing at Edwards Air Iinrac Base, Hurricane Gilbert killed murc than 500 pcmplc. left hundreds of thousands homtlcss, and caused billions 0f dullarx in damage last September. United States President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Leader Mik- hail S. Gorhachm worked for several years to bring the tvm umntrics together. Thc twm amn- trics agreed m 513m a treaty to eliminate certain nuclear weapons. Nineteen cighty'vninc was the year thc efforts of thsc twu lcadcrs wcnt into effect,

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A TOUCH OF THE WORLD 1988 SUMMER OLYMPICS Seoul, Korea The stars of the 1988 Summer Olympics clockwise from top: diver Greg Louganis won two gold medals; track and field Stat Carl Lewis won two gold medals Gncluding one after Canadian Ben johnson was dis- qualifieM and one silver medal; Florence Griffnh joyner won three gold medals and one silver medal; and swimmer Matt Biondi celebrated with five gold, one silver, and one bronze medal. STUDENT LIFE

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Forest fires spread throughout the western part of the Country in the summer of 1988 due t0 the intense heat and the Jack M rain. The fires destroyed milliom of acres of national parkland. The most hcawly damaged was Ycl- lowstonc National Park in north- west leomingt President George Bush. after serving for eight years in the Run- ald Reagan administration, got the expected nod at the Republican National Convention and chose: Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana as his running matct The Bush and Quayle team defeated Senator Mi- cheal Dukakis of Massachusetts and his running mate, Senator Lloyd Bentson. despite the public opinion polls that showed Quayle as an unfavorable Choice, Elimhcth Carlson L'ruptcd into tmrs its her name was Grctchcn .mnuuntcd Ax Miss AIIICFICJ WWI The 32 vmr-uhi Miss Minncwu hcmmc the first Classical x'iolinst tu win the Miss America crmwn.