Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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As Tokay High students observed a year of history- making occurrences, the rest of America sweat, froze, and gaped at the government's follies and at Fate's destruc- tions. President Ronald Reagan's first year in ojice was accen- ted with a revolutionary return to individualism. Dissipation of dozens of federal programs left Reagan true to his campaign word, he clinched the seemingly indestructible growth of federal bureaucracy. Reagan's cuts of S35 billion in government spending reduced social program con- trol at the federal level. Reagan appointed the first woman to the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Con- nor. immense air-transport system. The union ' un- derestimated Reagan's per- sistance to uphold the law-and it really misread his Administration's ability to keep America flying. Reagan made orders with a growl, Dammit, the law is the law, and the law says they cannot strike. lf they strike they quitjheir jobs. Some things could travel, such as the space shuttle Columbia, which made history as the first manned aircraft to return to orbit. In January, as heavy, swirling snowstorms choked the streets of Washington D.C., a Boeing 737, barely visible, loomed out of the sky, losing altitude with dangerous quickness. The 14th Street Bridge, spanning Hotel. Fault in design was blamed for the accident in the once breath-taking lob- by. A jury found Wayne B. Williams guilty of killing two of the 28 young blacks, who were murdered in Atlanta, Georgia, between July 1979 and May 1981 . Before this revelation, the entertainment world lost three greatly admired film makers--William Holden, Natalie Wood, and John Belushi. Wood, who starred in West Side Story, experien- ced a tragic drowning at 43. She was filming her 50th pic- ture. Holden, 63, died in 1981. He appeared in Sunset Boulevard, and Stalag 1 7, for which he won an Oscar. Americans view follies with wonder, confusion Squabbles and uncertainty enveloped the government before winter, David Stock- man, budget director, was publicly skeptical of Reagan policies, and Richard V. Allen, national security ad- viser, received 81,000 from a Japanese magazine. The Professional Air Traf- fic Controllers Organization lPATCOl ordered its 15,000 members to leave their posts in early August in a very illegal strike which was meant to cripple the nation's 252 the Potomac River, was racked by the plane as motorists gaped in horror. The plane sheared the tops of several cars and plunged into the ice-covered river. America watched the dangerously attempted rescue of the 79 people aboard. In July, gravity again was the problem as disaster struck Kansas City, Missouri where 111 people died in the collapse of two aerial walk- ways at the Hyatt Regency America was shocked when 33 year-old John Belushi, the celebrated star of humor in Animal House, The Blues Brothers, and Saturday Night Live, died in a hotel in March from a drug induced death. Reality took a break as America turned to her televisions on March 28 when the Academy Awards where announced. Sur- prisingly, a motion picture featuring no big name actors, Chariots of Fire, won the

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Ministry intrigues junior Cerne Following the word of the Lord, Matt Cer- ney was convinced to become a youth minister. Cerney is in the youth group at St. Anne's Church in Lodi tSAYOl. He is also involved with the SAYO core troup committee. He is vice president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletic Organization, which is a nation wide organization. He spends Mondays, Tuesdays, every other Thursday and Saturday for two hours with SAYO. He also attends an eight-month preparation to help with the retreat ministry. He hopes to become more involved in the ministry. I want to be a leader of the youth group at Humbolt College, stated Cerney. There are special classes and workshops that specialize in the ministry which are located in southern California. Lots of kids think that youth groups are just religion, but they're not. You get a chan- ce to meet friends that last plus doing alter- native things together, learning about the Lord, commented Cerney. 1. Reading from the chapter of Mat- thew from the Bible during a Saint An- ne's core group meeting is junior Matt Cerney. Q. X X :Lay ll 1 A f y 1 5 V 1 ff 1:41245 ,s Q ., 'ci . f 9 W , Mike Tionglo Michelle Todaro jim Todorovich Stuart Tomlin Gina Torres Khiet Tran Phuong Tran Van Tran Rex Treece Danielle Tress Darryl Turner Sandy Vaca Rob Vaccarell Erlinda Valdez Brian VanDenburgh Mel VanDermyden Chao Vang Valerie Van Noy Greg Vanni William Van Oss Noell Van Steerverge Greg Vargem Perry Vaz Dianne Veldhuizon Conception Verduzco Wes Verner Terry Violett Kam Vuong Laura Wagner Seth Wagner Susan Walcott Karen Waldo Sandra Walker jeff Wallom Andy Watson Grant Wegner Cheryl Wells Pat Werner Kenney White Mike Willard jackie Williamson Shelly Williamson Melissa Willie Todd Willis Rod Wills Brian Wilson Matt Wilson Chuck Wilton Patrick Witt Robbie Woerrle Amy Wong Elizabeth Wong Pamela Wooten Dave Wright Phillip Wydner Robert Yadao Douglas Yagi See Yang Yu Yee Curtis Young Rosemary Young Lewis Zachary Karlina Zea Juniors 251

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Best Picture award. A once- in-a-lU'etime cast of Henry Fonda and Katherine Hep- burn won Best Actor and Best Actress for their por- trayals of an older man and his wife bothered by mor- tality while vacationing On Golden Pond. A new form of entertain- ment swept the country-- video games. This craze was bombarded with controversy as critics claimed arcades were eating up teenagers' allowances and homework time. Pac-Man fever gob- bled not only allowances but also monsters in a technicolor display. The challenge of skill and quickness of mind inspired the return of almost all who played even a single game. Still others attempted to 1. Dwight Clark, leaping through the air makes the catch which enabled the 49ers to qualify for the Super Bowl XVI. 2. Sandra Day O'Connor prepares to testify in front of a Judiciary Committee. 3. Natalie Wood and co-star Christopher Walken appear on the set of Brain- storm, her last incomplete film. solve the Rubik's Cube with its 43 quintillion possible configurations. Baseball fans had to be patient while striking players and owners squabbled over wages. Baseball was halted for seven weeks. The World Series title went to the Dodgers on a 4-2 win over the New York Yankees. The San Francisco 49ers won Super Bowl XVI, 26-21, in a style overwhelmed with intelligence. They outsmart- ed the Cincinnati Bengals in one of the most surprising mis-matches in football history, Who believed that America would have weathered such confusion, sorrow, and disaster? Probably nobody. But America can begin to hold her head up and be proud of her unique year of 1981-82 and of the people who defen- ded her intregity. by Veronica Rivero .3 National Essay 253