Sun Valley High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Aston, PA)

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Ir is q far, far better place that I go than I have ever known. As early as June of our junior year, we looked forword wirh grear anricipa- rion ro our losr year in high school. We eagerly awoired September sevenrh, for us, rhe beginning of rhe end. On our first doy, we held our much hope for rimes ro be remembered ond plans for rhe future ro be mode All oroud us, our world grew hostile Korean flight 007 was shot our of rhe sky, killing over fifty Americans. In Octo- ber, os rhe leaves were turning orange, over rwo hundred Americans died in Lebanon during a suicide rerrorisr bomb- ing Shortly afrer rhor shock, we learned rhar over 6,000 American rroops invad- ed rhe small Caribbean island of Gren- ada. Ar home and abroad, concern over rhe possibiliry of nuclear armaged- don increased. Bur rhese evenrs were roo far removed ro seriously worry us. We intended ro sovor our lasr year, lerring nothing srop us from enjoying ourselves. Wirh rwo years behind us we had a confident feeling abour Sun Valley Fi- nally, we hod mastered our own lirrle corner of reality and, although some- times we did nor like ro admit ir, school offered a sense of security, a stable environment rhar never changed. We .knew rhar soon we would hove ro face harsh realities, bur for now we intended ro have some fun in our lirrle micro- cosm. In everyrhing we did as Seniors, we had an eerie feeling ir would be rhe lasr rime. From foorball games ro pep rallies, everyrhing felr different. Many of us were busy carefully plan- ning our furures. Some srudenrs were concerned wirh college admission and wirh college cosrs, orhers looked for ways ro enter rhe job marker righr afrer high school. Somehow, everyrhing jusr seemed ro fall inro place as June rolled around When we walked down rhe isle, and our names were read or graduarion, we hod a feeling our nai- viry was shed and we were now adulrs In rhar emotionally charged mo- ment, we saw some sense in ir all. 10