Silver Lake High School - Golden Eagle Yearbook (Silver Lake, KS)

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5 4 -.N X git' f L f .ru Journalism hips. Newspaper edi- tors Nancy Mohler and Julie Her- rington seniors, help the staff cele- brate the new year. Photo by Beth Brandenburg, Getting ready lor school. OJ. Hamilton checks to see if there will be enough books for biology. Photo by Beth Brandenburg. Taco hungry. Junior Colette Bosse and senior Julie Hawkins help celebrate the coming year at Mrs, Fioseann Gish's house. Photo by Beth Brandenburg. OPENING rides, but it's not as much tun ll Worlds of Fun, said senior Kay Weller. Another place we went to Elvis Presley's home. lcouldn't lieve how beautiful it was when l stepped inside the doorway. Every room had something different about it. After we had taken a tour through his house, we went to see his gravesite, which was quite pret- ty. Wow, weren't his suits and cars neat, said Dona Brown, our group sponsor There was also a souvenir shop where one could buy any record he had ever made When people talk about south ern hospitality they mean it I felt right at home soon after my arrival at Holly s house The language is a lot different than in Kansas Tennesseans have a slight accent They say ya ll in stead of you all Soon I was speaking with a southern drawl was our toga party We told a cou ple of boys we were having a toga party so they dressed up in togas When these boys got to the toga party they found out there wasn t a party We really fooled them I had a lot of fun on this trip and made several new friends During the year the exchange group from Shawnee County will host teen agers from Tennessee I can hardly wait I ll I The event that was the most fun l ,Qi ' W? Q ff 't,,.l,.,f.gfQ flirgalgyfet 1 Alhlimigtiitlgg L

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OPENING one? Ili 0 U f Karen Manhart Vacation was all I ever want- ed this summer. l planned to take it easy and relax, but I had to start getting ready for my trip to Ten- nessee in early June. I decided to go with my 4-H ex- change group so I could meet more people from my county. I thought it would be a fun and an exciting new experience. We had to take a bus all the way to Ten- nesseeg thank goodness, it was air-conditioned. One person l met on the bus was Kay Weller. I was surprised to find out she was also from Silver Lake. One must be at least 14 years old and a 4-H member to go on this trip. lt is for both boys and girls. To raise money we had to sell grapefuits and oranges. This wasn't enough, so we also had to sell tickets for a radio. I must say, I made more money on the radio than I did on the fruit. I was happy to find out I had sold the winning ticket to Chris Harding. Even after I sold all of this, I still had to dig a little money out of my pocket, When I arrived I stayed with a girl that was my own age. Her name was Holly Harris. Holly was in the same grade as I am, which made the trip even more worth- while. I went places with Holly's family and with our Kansas group. The most exciting thing that happened to me was my first airplane ride. Holly's father was a pilot and took us up for a ride. It was a neat view. Everything looked so small. It seemed like we weren't even mov- ing when we were really going 100 miles per hour. Another thing Holly and I did was go to a play about Hans Christian Andersen. l also had fun when we went to the mov- ie Jaws 3-D. As a group we went to various places. One place we went was Opryland. I like Opryland and the Dedicated students and teachers spent time during the summer at school preparing for new year Early Birds While some people were tanning, swimming, and goofing around, others were coming in early to pre- pare for the year. Newspa- per staffers had to make calendars with the dead- lines on them. Senior co- editor Nancy Mohler said, l'rn glad we came early because we were a more organized staff. People on the yearbook staff came in to plan the page layouts. Sophomore Gail Etzen- houser said, lf we didn't come in early, it would have been tough to start. Stock up the dektol. During the summer, senior Patty Kennedy checks on the photography sup- ply. Photo by Beth Brandenburg. Photographers, take note. Sen- ior Daron Howard listens to advi- sor Mrs. Ftoseann Gish during a photo meeting. Photo by Beth Brandenburg. as

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OPENING Vietnam Revisited U.S. Marines invade Grenada by Patty Kennedy October 25, 1983, was a day that will go down in his- tory as the day the United States Marines invaded the tiny island of Grenada. In the early stages of this conflict, President Reagan justified his decision to send the troops in by reporting that the medical students attending St. George's School of Medicine were in immediate danger. A congressional study group concluded, after a Prejudice remarks speed resignation of James Watt by Patty Kennedy As the final days of James Watt's office as Secretary of the interior drew to a close, a sum- mary of his tenure could help to clear up some rumors and confu- sion about him. When Watt left office, he was recognized as one of the strongest secretaries ever to head the De- partment of the interior. He disa- greed with the interpretation of many environmental laws and he worried about insuring future ener- gy supplies. Yet Watt lacked the characteris- tics that could have led him to higher posts: finesse and common sense about speaking. The last straw that led to Watt's resignation was a joke he made about a government study com- mission composed of 'fa black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple . An interior official once said, l-lad Jim ever run for even county commissioner, he could have learned a little polish. three-day trip to Grenada, that Reagan's move had been justified. Among the 14 members of Congress who went to the island, Speaker of the House, Thomas P. O'Neill said, A potentially life-threatening situation existed on the is- land. The invasion was justi- fied under the circum- stances. The whole incident was triggered by the assassina- tion of Grenadian President Maurice Bishop and the overthrow of his govern- Local lGA adds space for hardware While customers shopped amongst the uprooted shelves dangling wires, and wet cement, Wehner's lGA nearly doubled in size. With the addition came the in- evitable task of hiring employees to run the hardware department. Senior Steve Brown was hired to work evenings, and Mrs. Wanda Harris and Mrs. Bonnie Preem were employed during the day. Because of the addition, I see a profitable year ahead, said Mr. Greg Wehner. ment. While on the island, the Marines discovered Cuban weapons and a nearly fin- ished airfield. The most for- midable weapons discov- ered were two Soviet-built BTR-60 armored personnel carriers. The aftermath and the re- actions to the invasion are varied. With remarks rang- ing from praise for the speed with which the U.S. replied to the requests of neighboring islands for aid in halting the revolution to condemnation for bringing problems on the already troubled nation, the inci- dent has already been the topic of many heated de- bates. With the tensions so high in this modern world, is it wise for one country to go beyond its boundaries and invade another country? There is no way to predict what problems were solved, or what problems this ac- tion has caused. We can only wait and watch. Nations shocked by Korean jet tragedy by Patty Kennedy GROUND CONTROL: Take aim at the target. PILOT: Aim taken. GROUND CONTROL: Fire. PILOT: Fired. As shown in the above dialogue, from transcripts published in Japan, the fa- tal shot that downed South Korean flight 007, was no accident. The plane had lost its way in the midst of thunder- clouds and had strayed into Soviet airspace while en route from Anchorage to Seoul. 269 people including an American family of four were killed in the tragedy. As tar as the U.S. and her allies were concerned, it was a case of slaughter in the skies. Evidence: the So- viets had tracked Flight O07 for 2M hours before the Su- 15 fired, which gave time for the decision to be re- viewed at the highest levels in Moscow. The fighter pilot trailed his target for 14 min- utes before the attack. This was not the first time South Korea has been har- assed. ln 1978 a KAL plane drew fire from pursuing Mig's and was forced to crash land on a frozen lake. Was it a provoked attack or just an example of Soviet paranoia gone wild? Only time will tell.