Southwestern High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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It Was Important To Us It wasn’t publicized on the Today Show, and it didn’t even make the Flint Journal, but it was factual, timely, and or heartwarming. It may not have been known to more than three people, but it did give those people a moment in time to remember. It was the news of 1986, and it ranged from James Jackson getting married to Tina Miller breaking yet another bone. These moments took place every day of the week, even on a Thursday afternoon. They were special, unexpected, and will be remembered long after this school year is over. It may have been that third hour at McDonalds or winning a city tournament. It could have been a Valentine's Gram or the Senior Prom. It might have been that conversation that said, “I don’t know what I would have done without you,” or the night a friend put doggie slippers on your feet because you were cold. The New York Times reporter didn’t feel it was worth the effort, but it did make this year a special one. Not perfect or without grief, but this is 1986, a year that will never happen again, but live in memories, and memories last forever. Tina D. Miller Lucy Young begs for hand-outs at Listening closely to Mr. Brawner’s McDonalds. Forgetting your purse instructions on how to solve the leads to strange behavior. problem, Cindy LaMonte hopes her memory will last until the final.

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 The Revolver July to August Boys Gives Heart Immortalized On January 5, 1986, at Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center in San Fransisco, 14 year old Donna Ashlock received a donor heart. However, she did not know it was the heart of her boyfriend, 15 year old, Felipe Garza Jr. Donna, who suffered from degen- eration of the heart, received the boy’s heart during a five hour operation. Donna and Felipe attended high school together and both lived in the farming Community of Pat- terson. They had been dating for about two months. Felipe was in excellent health, although his sister said he had been complaining of head-aches and blackouts. On Saturday, Jan- uary fourth, Felipe was taken to a local hospital, then flown to Doctor’s Hospital in Modesto, where they found that a blood vessel had burst in his head. Felipe was considered brain dead, but was put on a respirator. His parents remembered his often repeated wish, “I am going to die so I can give my heart to Donna.” Felipe was taken to Pacific Gener- al where the transplant was per- formed. Terry and Jeremy Andis, cousins, play in their uncle Joe Thomas’ driveway after the rain let up for a while. Call It A Disaster This summer, many of Flint’s parks, yards and streets were temporarily turned into lakes. People using small boats and canoes to rescue personal belon- gings from their watery homes became a common sight. Sec- tions of the city were thrown into chaos as President Ronald Reagan declared Flint a “Disaster Area”. The damages totaled millions of dollars as whole houses, cars, motorcycles and businesses had to be repaired or replaced. As friends came to the aid of flood victims, damages were slowly reversed and Flint returned to a state of normalicy. The church bells chimed on November 9, 1986, once for each man that was on the Edmund Fitzgerald, ten years after the sinking of the cargo vessel immortalized in a song by Gordon Lightfoot. Great Lakes Coast Guard said, that the tragedy resulted in an effective safety program. The 729 foot ship left Superi- or, Wisconsin, carrying 26,116 tons of toconite pellets and was bound for Detroit. Anoth- er ship, the Artha M. Ander- son left the harbor later that day, headed towards Gary, Indiana. When the ships were between ten and twenty min- utes apart, a storm broke out. The Anderson radioed in con- cerning the northbund traffic ahead and said, “There is no sign of the Edmund, the cap- tain, or the crew. Royal Visit In November, Prince Charles and Princess Diana visited the United States. Everyone found out more about both of them than they wanted to know. Visiting both Washington, D.C., and Florida, they set off a grab for exclusive tickets to the functions they would at- tend. While in Washington, they also visited a shopping mall to kick off J.C.Penney’s English sales drive. Both Charles and Diana were warmly received, and the American public, despite liv- ing in a democracy, proved they loved royalty. Mini Mag

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During National Honor Society induction, Eric Albrant passes the light of learning to Michelle Mitchell. The favorite promotion this year was Fast Macs. Students held races in the halls, classrooms, and finally detention.