Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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A group called Sacramentans r Safe Energy CSAFEQ, had een campaigning to have the lant closed permanently. They lad collected more than 12,000 jf the 25,000 signatures neces- jary to have a vote on the plant's ate. j lt was discovered in December hat due to incorrectly laid cable, e plant was unfit to operate efore it even opened. An vestigation was underway and ancho Seco faced over 100 pwsuits, as well. J The nuclear plant was charged vith allowing more than safe lmounts of radioactive material b be discharged into the water lnd air. Whether or not the plant vill ever be repaired and re- opened was to be heatedly debat- ed. 1987 was an election year in California, with many important Jffices open for contest. ln the ace for governor, Democrat 'om Bradley challenged incum- lent George Deukmejian, but :ould not draw enough votes to ,ipset him. Democrat Leo Mc- :arthy beat out Republican Mike :urls for Lieutenant Governor nd the Democrats also took the iositions of Secretary of State, fontroller, Treasurer, Attorney leneral, and State Board of lducation, with March Fong Eu, Gray Davis, Jesse Unruh, John fan de Camp, and Conway follis, respectively. Senator Alan Cranston, a liberal Democrat leader, received a narrow Senate victory over Ed Zschau, the Republican candi- date, who has been associated closely with President Reagan. The vote on retaining Califor- nia Supreme court justices was -ni YQV1 ' JA, ,f kt- I an unusual one. Two groups, Crime Victims for Court Reform and Californians to defeat Rose Bird, devoted much time and money to unseating Chief Justice Rose Bird, along with two other justices, Cruz Reynoso and Joseph Grodin. Both groups opposed her liberal practices, but their main complaint was her 100 percent rate of voting to reverse death sentences. Since Bird had been Chief Justice, all but three of 61 death sentences had been re- versed, while Bird voted to overturn all 61. Reynoso and Grodin shared Bird's liberal beliefs, but avoided joining her to fight for confirma- tion. ln their very expensive anti- Bird campaign, Crime Victims for Court Reforms used families of crime victims to deliver their messages in advertisements, believing their pleas would be difficult for Bird to answer. Apparently, the campaign worked, because in November, Bird, Reynoso and Cruz were all ousted from their positions. Newly re-elected Governor De- ukmejian could then replace the three liberal democrats with more conservative members of his own party. This was the first time a campaign had been organized against a court justice and set a precedent, which supporters say will be applied next to federal courts. Bird's supporters claimed that anti-Bird parties were just trying to gain conservative con- trol of the court. John Doolittle, Republican State Senator, who opposed Bird, admitted the campaign reached beyond Bird to be an attack on the courts. On an entirely different note, a new rock group has emerged from California. Coming from Sacramento, Club Nouveau, as the group is called, has swept the nation with their first release, Lean on Me.The top-10 hit was a promising beginning for the group, which stemmed from the Timex Social Club. The Timex Social Club was broken up when sued by the Timex watch compa- ny. All in all, the year has been one filled with controversy and debate, with important issues at stake. by Kate Steinheimer I. Republican George Deukmejian managed to hold onto the office of Governor in the November elec- tion. Democrats won the races for the other major offices. 2. Scrat- ching the silver-coating off of a California lottery ticket could bring a fortune to a lucky winner. Thirty- four percent of the profits from tickets sales went to California schools. The tickets were sold for Sl. 3. Challenging incumbent George Deukmejian for the gover- nor's seat, Tom Bradley could not win enough votes to upset him. State Essay 239

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if N 50Ph0m0l'9 Class Officers assembly officer, did much Rachel Sershon. Secretarv to promote the spirit of their treasurer, Jennifer Antaran, class. presidentp and Helen Schorr, 4' f S wr ii? i XXX, ,E -4 X, - . ' ISM! or f E i - as ' ' it '- rigs X, y 5 ,f officers ate class higher Because of both hard work and participation, the Sopho- more Class was one of the most spirited classes. I think the Sophomore Class participation was extremely high this year, said Helen Schorr, vice president. Other class offic- ers were: Jennifer Antaran, president, and Rachel Sershon, secretary treasurer. Assembly officers were: Schorr, Michelle Delgado, David Jacobs, and Antaran. One highlight for the Sopho- more Class was Victory Week. Along with their comical Cin- derfella was their third place float which earned 550. Although Victory Week was a lot of fun, a lot of people felt left out. The organizational process of Victory Week left a lot of people feeling left out, but com- pared to last year, the partici- pation was very high, said Sch- orr. Wanting to maintain a great year, the officers worked hard to keep the class together. The officers were down in front at the rallies to help lead spirit with the class and also we held special meetings to let the class know we were open for suggestions, said Sershon. Karen Grom and Kyle Rohde the advisers of the Sophomore Class worked twice as hard to have a better class. We have achieved better communication this year between myself, as adviser, and the officers than in the past, said Miss Grom. Our officers were strong leaders capable of working together to achieve the goals of the class. by Kimberly Banghart Sophomores 241