Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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236 With hopes of being nominat- ed as Stockton's Miss Chinatown and much encouragement from her parents, junior Caryle Young had danced in Stockton's Chi- nese Folk Dance Troupe since the age of 12. To be a sufficient nominee, a person must be ages 17 or 18, active in the Chinese community and be nominated by other Chinese organizations. Under the instruction of Bon- nie Lew and direction of Shirley Ng, Young practiced her danc- ing at least once a week for three hours. My parents wanted me to dance to become more active in the Chinese community, said Young. Young and Stockton's Chi- nese Folk Dance Troupe have performed at many places, some which include the Chinese New Year's Festival at the Stockton Civic Auditorium, the State Fair O Young d toward Chinese for the Year of the Tiger, Micke's Grove International Festival, Sac- ramento Buddist Church Ba- zaar, and for convalescent homes. Young enjoyed dancing with the troupe and performing for the community, I plan to stay in the dance troupe until l graduate and go away to college, said Young. Young would like to attend California State University, Long Beach and study Health and Community service. by Cynthia Gonzales T s--... . .. .. . .,, F N r'ri f .,. E . R fi Y . X EQ

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Political controversy fill dyear Political controversy headed the news in California during the year. lt took many forms, includ- ing the Rose Bird question, how lottery funds should be spent, highest. By June 1987, the number was expected to reach 8,000, with a possibility of climbing to 14,000 in the future. Just before the game opened, and the safety of Rancho Seco. Some questions were settled during the November election, while some remain unresolved. After a year of the California Lottery's scratch-off game, the disappointment of many con- sumers led to the formation of a new game. lt was called Lotto 6!49. The game is similar to Keno, and players bet S1 for a 1-in-14 chance of winning a fortune.The prizes reach S5 million to S10 million after a week and could climb as high as S100 million, if no one won the jackpot. California started out with 5,000 outlets, 1,200 more than Massachusetts, the next 238 O Mark Michalko, Lottery director, said, We'll have the biggest and We'li have the biggest and the fastest Lotto numbers game in the world! said Michaiko. fastest Lotto numbers game in the world! Controversy has accompan- ied the start of the new game. When the Lottery was approved by voters, it was decided that 34 percent of the gross Lottery income would go to Califor- nia's money-short schools. How- ever, educators believed that legislators will substitute Lottery money for increases in education funds that would normally come from taxes. During the 1985-86 year, the Under the shadow of ChernobyL many people worried that if Rancho Seco ever opened again, it could result in an accident just as serious. Lottery raised S572 million for the schools, or about S107 per student. The S107 represents about one-third of the state's allotment of 53,573 per studnet per year. The money was divided between elementary and secon- dary schools, as well as com- munity colleges, the University of California and the California State University systems. Ele- mentary and secondary schools received 81 percent of the money. Based on other states' experience, the Finance Depart- ment expected the lottery to have earned just short of S1 billion at the end of the year. It appeared that most schools were spending their share of the money on one-time expenses, such as computers, books, and salary bonuses for teachers, however, school districts were forbidden from using lottery funds for one of their biggest problems-school construction. Two bills attempted to change this regulation, because of seri- ous overcrowding in California schools. The California Teacher's Asso- ciation fCTAl fought the bills, saying it was the state's respon- sibiliy to pay for construction, not the Lottery's. The CTA was afraid legislators will cut the amount of money spent on schools because they thought the Lottery money made up the difference. State legislators dis- agreed, claiming that they under- stood educational needs. Edu- cation is on the top of the agenda. The 120 members of the Legis- lature each have kids or their neighbors have kids, said one legislator. Another controversial issue has been Rancho Seco, the nuclear power plant located 17 miles northeast of Lodi. The plant was closed all year and was scheduled to reopen in the second half of 1987-if ever. Under the shadow of the Chernobyl accident in the Soviet Union, many people worried that if Rancho Seco ever opened again, it could result in an accidentjust as serious. ln the 12 years it has been open, Rancho Seco has been operational only 43 percent of the time, giving it the fifth worst power plant record in the nation. , The plant has had 100 c ages and several incidents radioactive leaks. Finally, after computer failure in 1985, the plant shut down remained closed for over a year. ?