Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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hase and the ongoing operation 'ould require 3,000 workers. his would take care of the job market shortage. With the growing population i Lodi, a new ZIP code was stablished. 6,500 households n the west side of Lodi changed ieir ZIP code to 95242. The ew code was issued to all zsidents living west of Ham ane from the Mokelumne River J Eight Mile Road. Shocking occurances took lace this past year including a wooting that took place on Hal- nween night. A 16-year-old To- ay High student was arrested on ampus with three other teens in onnection to the shooting of changes in business actions. With the downfall in interest rates, homeowners rushed to refinance existing mortgages un- der single- digit figures. Lodi's American Diversified Savings and Loan Association was hit with a federal takeover. The year proved to be tem- porarily prosperous for Lodi's Yuppie University, the turning point being bankruptcy. With tailored suit and briefcase, Dan Pharo, founder and president of Yuppie University, packed some upscale products and left for Southern California to expand the Yuppie sales. Pharo also found that his lova- ble little creations known as the lobby Joe Caver, a 14-year-old leedham Middle School student aad. All the suspects were Viet- lmese Stockton residents. Evi- ntally, the four suspects drove y the victim and his friends and ter derogatory remarks were 4changed, the group in the car tot Caver. The shooting was rompted by reports that some lack youths had been beating p some Vietnamese males and assling some Vietnamese fe- tales. Lodi came across many Peepers, made their way into many homes. These fuzzy egg- shaped beings were expected to go into the large market bringing in S50 million. On the downside of local busi- ness, state agents searched the Lodi-based Sunar Corporation offices in July for the records in connection with a fraud investi- gation. Hundreds of California consumers, some from Lodi, complained Sunar Solar systems did not work as sales representa- tives promised. lnvestigators believed the company swindled hundreds of thousands of dollars during the five years it was based in Lodi. A law suit took more than S100 million in damages from Sunar and several other solar companies and lenders for charges of fraud, misrepresenta- tion and unfair business practic- es. ln Lodi's Beckman Ranch Shopping Center, two other bu- sinesses filed bankruptcy. Mac- Gregors Fine Foods Inc. de- clared bankruptcy to reorganize payments on more than S600,000 in debts to about 300 creditors. Later, the food store re- opened. Owing money to about 45 creditors, Brophy's Restaur- ant also claimed bankruptcy. Each of these events helped construct a more experienced and successful community. The variety of incidents strengthened the framework by adding dimen- sions to the Lodi-Stockton area. by April Taylor 1. Beaming with her winning smile, Lodian Lori Dickerson was crowned Miss California-USA. 2. Taking a glimpse ofa Tokay High rally gives an example of the increasing pop- ulation inthe Stockton-Lodi area. 3. MacGregors, a new deli in Lodi wel- comes shoppers with a fresh coun- try atmosphere. I Q-bba- Math QUOLLI' gi JUN GTADXQQ! fl wut, UL ood cxmdl I VIMOJQD K-Oxvlelfi ko N Yoon sl SIM? W in roi Qtllrwlgilrw CII M900 IWC Q0 Local Essay 213

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Diversities toughen communities Life in the Lodi-Stockton area has been one of many changes. From problems faced with over- crowding in schools to contro- versy with an atom smasher, local citizens experienced a year of diversity. Adding a little spice to the local life, Lodi's own Lori Dickerson was crowned Miss California- USA on Oct. 14, 1986, This 20-year old brown-eyed brunette royally brought Lodi pride on a silver platter. Dickerson came out ahead of 89 other women to win the 36th annual pageant. The Lodi Unified School Dis- trict faced many hassles with over-crowding problem at the top of its list. School enrollment figures showed a doubled enroll- ment in the Lodi District in the last decade with more than 20,000 students. The Lodi school district must find room for North Stockton students accord- ing to several ballot measures approved in November. These ballots stated that hundreds of acres of North Stockton were to be annexed into the Lodi city limits. School officials set up three tactics to attack over-crowding in the district schools: both Lodi High and Tokay High schools used the extended day systemg two elementary sites had year- round school, and portables were set up to hold the increasing population of students. An inten- sive study on year-round school and its alternatives was made. Four study teams were sent to Los Angeles to analyze the 12- month academic schedules. Year-round school will be used, eventually, but to iron out the new system it will be avoided for at least the 1987-1988 school year. A deal with Stockton develop- er, A. C-. Spanos was made in October in which he agreed to sell the district 45 acres of land on Thornton Road as the site for a new high school. Its price tag was S562,500. Even with the finished school, year-round school seems unavoidable in the future. Also, Needham Middle School would be used for some basic ninth grade classes, freeing campus space for upperclass- men. Officials hoped that these tactics would work until year- round school could go into effect for all LUSD schools. On Oct. 26, 1986, Ellerth E. Larson, Lodi Unified School District superintendent, publicly announced his resignation. Lar- 212 Q son retired with 39 years of service behind him and 14 of those were spent in Lodi. At 64, Larson said he was ready to give the position to someone who could provide the continuity and stability the district would de- sparately need during the com- ing years. Some of the matters needing these qualities were the well-known year-round school and the changing growth picture. Also, the successor would need to look at programs in favor of retaining personnel unless more money came from the state. Prep periods and the new science program at the elementary schools would need a guiding hand to get on their way too. Larson was only the fourth superintendent for the Lodi dis- trict in 50 years. He had seen the district's budget increase from S8 million to about S70 million and the minority population ac- counted for 34 percent of stu- dent population from 1 1 percent when Larson began. One occurance that could not be helped was the San Andreas fault shifting closer to the valley. As California's most dangerous earthquake fault, the 800-mile- long San Andreas fault, appeared to be shifting its energy closer to the Central Valley, according to geologists. This is a slow process that could take at least five million years to move about 20 miles to the east. ln geological terms that was a jump. Geolog- ists reponed that more ea- rthquake activity had appeared east of the fault. Hitting our homes a little quic- ker was the issue of the atom smasher. An atom smasher was made up of poweitul magnets enclosed in an oval 10-foot wide tunnel dug 20 feet beneath the surface of the earth and running 53 miles in circumference, produc- ing less radiation than what nat- urally occurs in the foothills. lt was possible that beams of pro- tons which collide inside the oval tunnel may jump off course, causing radiation explosion. This threat meant no structures were allowed directly over the tunnel. Farmers were concerned they would be asked to leave their homes to allow the tunnels to be built under their land. ln San Joaquin County there were concerns about the envir- onmental effects the atom smasher would have. Though the main concerns were expre- ssed by the farmers who cultivat- ed the several thousand acres the ff- f- K superconducting tunnel and re search center would require. ln effort to protect farm inter ests in the event, the S4 billioi project was approved for easteri San Joaquin County. There wert important financial benefits to tht community which were chosei to house the atom smasher prc ject. lt was estimated that fo every direct job provided, tw' indirect support jobs would b created in the county. Seve' thousand direct jobs would b made in a two-year constructio f

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