Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Friendships - needed, High school wos full of ex- periences, some good. some noT so good. Howev- er, They oil would be meon- ingless wiThouT friends There To shore Them. One of The mosT imporTonT dspecTs of high school wos The formo- Tion of friendships. For freshmen iT wos some- Thing To look forword To, go- ing To high school ond meeT- ing new ond differenf peo- ple. According To Ron Go- mez, Being o freshmon wos scory di firsT becouse There were so mony people here ond I feIT like I didn'T know onyone, buT I mode friends quickly ond ThoT mode Things o loT eosierf' School provided The seT- Ting for o wide vorieTy of friendships, While iT wos common for sTudenTs To moke friends wiTh Their peers, mony imporTonT friendships could be found wiTh Teochers, club spon- sors, cooches ond focuITy members os well. These people could provide need- ed supporT ond odvice noT ovoiloble from clossmoies. During The course of four yeors, some friends drifTed i wan ted owoy while oihers were True To The end. There were co- suol friendships ond There were close, undying friend- ships, buT dll provided need- ed ingredlenTs for hoppi- ness. Friends mode good Times beTTer. WheTher iT wos geT- Ting dressed up for o donce or jusT honging ouT on o Typi- col weekend, ony Time seemed speciol when iT wos shored wiTh friends. I con never be bored when I'm wiTh my friends. We con Iough forever oT The sTupidesT Things Thdi no one buT us would Think were fun- ny, soid Becky Colemon, sophomore. Friends could moke bod Times beTTer Too. They were There To shore The poin of hord Times, To offer odvice. or To jusT brighTen o bod doy. AfTer four yeors, seniors usuolly esToblished Their own seT of friends. They reolized ThoT some of The mosT im- porfoni Things They could Toke wiTh Them were The friendships They hod formed. for They could losT o IifeTime. il Qfil-Ziimi i'iIIsf1-veiri igiilz-QI iiicirrsirzzi iifiJii6CE:ii'mI I'm wiiiil my Trierwds. We C.fZifli'li irfgssgh fmrrezrer di The siurzri- fiiesi- Tiriregs Thrjziir one bag? us xr-.feuid Think were iI,rnr':i,f. -M Bra-sci-:my iffi3if.i3iTlC,?ii'll S' Y fl. V W xx 1 ii. 1 X X I . Xxx 3 - x. .fix sf' ,. , T 1 s Q f . 5, Y S Tcmmy Tyler ond Rob Minio spend Their free Time grooming ond riding Tommy's horses. Angeline Lewis, Angelique Lewis, ond Koren Millo know ThoT onyTime spenf wiTh friends is speciol. Friendships 35

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N L strike, stock market crash, Hearings result in controversy After two Delta jumbo jets had a near miss of about 30 feet last September, the U.S. Board urged the Federal Aviation Administration to is- sue new rules which required that the crews apply at least five of six techniques for verifying their location. On Oct. 49 an unimagina- ble collapse in the Stock Market Scale occurred as never seen before. Prices went down rapidly wiping out an entire year's gains. By the time the closing bell rang at A pm., the Dow Jones industrial average had plunged 508 points 522.6963 to close for the day at 4738.74 The day instantly became known as Black Monday. During the same week lit- tle Jessica Mc Clure, 48 months old, tumbled down a dry oil well while playing in her aunt's backyard. With the town's help, she was res- cued 58 long hours later. Her right foot was badly injured, and her face required cos- metic surgery. The name Oliver North be- came a household word after the Iran-contra scan- dal broke and the lieuten- ant-colonel testified before a Senate committee. Fired from his office, he implicat- ed others in the dealings that threatened to shake the Presidency. After 5 years Michael Jackson was back on the charts and in the public eye with Bad But while his fans were out buying his albums, he was in heavy rehearsal for his yearlong concert which began in Japan be- fore coming to the U.S. After years of hibernation, Mi- chael made a comeback once again from his world record-breaking Thriller in 4984. Pope John Paul ll went on a ten-day visit of the United States from Sept. 40-49. The cities he visited were Qin or- derj Detroit, San Francisco, Monterrey, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Antonio, New Orleans, Columbia, and Mi- ami. The issues he covered included priests and mar- riage, homosexuality, the ordination of women to priesthood, abortion, birth control, and divorce. Gary Hart was forced to . Kin. .k.V W withdraw as a presidential candidate for the 4988 election. This was due to his alleged affair with actress! model Donna Rice. The National Football League went on strike in search of free agency, and 'iscabs were hired to play three games that the regu- lar teams missed. During this time the Chicago Bears were 2-l, and when the re- gulars returned, they went on to capture their division championship. Robert Bork, federal judge and former law professor, was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to be the l04th Supreme Court Justice. However, after days of in- tensive interviewing by the Senate Judiciary Commit- tee, his nomination was de- feated. Then Douglas Gins- burg, former Harvard profes- sor, was nominated, but after confessing that he had smoked marijuana during the 60's and 70's, he with- drew from consideration amidst the controversy. Fi- nally, Anthony Kennedy, an appeals-court judge, was confirmed. ...- Q. . ess- .s f' Af?-sitfxt --4 . sk..--sg. ., fs -ss, ,uw A k sl, x x-. ,X W., - H ig F gs.: . 'L --ws- . Ohm.. ss-sf .-sf, - r . , Qu, fx.1i,,,,. ttf3gkiW5-gmt 9' I A .NJ ' f 't ' Xi ! bf ff O 'TTT' ifxsmft g r-is, I 'if F ,i .vjfsx sx . ,assi s ugw., . -K' -we 1.:3s.:. . .g':-QM- ' N TW 'W m.4?.'S P The United States discov- ered that iran had been lay- ing missiles in the Persian Gulf. Soon after this discov- ery, the Iranians opened fire against Kuwaiti oil ships that were accompanied by U.S. ships. On the local side, Angelo Caliendo, a sixth grader at Roosevelt Jr. High School in Riverdale, was given two 40-day suspensions for refus- al to remove his earring. He violated the policy which stated that the wearing of jewelry or bodily ornaments could be distractive, disrup- tive to the educational pro- cess, and possibly threaten- ing to the safety, health and welfare of others. Chicago mourned the loss of its first black mayor, when on Nov. 25, Harold Washing- ton died of a massive heart attack. The following Wednesday Alderman Eu- gene Sawyer was elected acting mayor by the city council. Other deaths occurring during the year were Lorne Greene, Lee Marvin, Jackie Gleason, and Fred Astaire. Thls was the year that the Horticul- ture Club added its own touch to the courtyard. Current Events 37