Traverse City High School - Pines Yearbook (Traverse City, MI)

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Local News In the school year 1980-1981 Traverse City continued its attempts to renovate both downtown and the entire area. The Downtown Development Association continued its talks about creating a mall downtown with a parking ramp. With the possibility of anew mall, the Buffalo Mall, in Garfield township in the background, increased interest was found in improving downtown While these talks were going on. Ellias Brothers opened a beautiful, new restaurant in the renovated Beadle Building where Cunningham Drugs once stood. The old Michigan Theatre was also in the process of being turned into a small shopping mall. Traverse City also purchased some land on East Bay to turn into another open space area The controversy on the future of the Clinch Park Zoo also continued. If friends could raise funds, plans were made so new and larger areas could be provided for all of the animals. But the people against the continuation of the zoo still continued their protests on the basis of the large cost for the renovation. Two school related items were also of local interest in the year 1980-1981. The first was the public high school's and St. Francis's shared time program. In the past years. TCHS has been able to run a branch at St. Francis for their students to attend a shared time program, but because of a court ruling over the summer, this annex was closed. St. Francis still was able to bus students to TCHS for some classes, but the program was no longer as efficient as it once was. Another area of local concern was the hugh amount of money spent in re-sodding Thirlby Field. Because of vandalism over the summer, all of the 1980 football games were muddy events, and the school system found it necessary to spend $50,000 in sod. However, the money was obtained through outside sources. A Hilton Hotel was also opened in Acme This hotel's golf course was partially owned by Jack Nicklaus, and a major golf tournament was to played there in the summer of 1981. Ex-President Ford returned to Traverse City to speak on behalf of Dick Allen, a candidate for Congress in the 1980 elections. The race between Republican Dick Allen and Richard Albosta was very close. But Albosta was re-elected to Congress at the end of this hotly contested race.

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1. One of the American hostages emerges from an Air Force DC-9 at the Frankfurt Air Force Base in West Germany. 2. President elect Ronald Reagan and his wife. Nancy, are cheered on by supporters on Nov. 4. 1980 3. Smoke pours out of the casino area of the MGM Grant Hotel in Las Vegas as fire races through the lower levels of the hotel. 4 Ash. smoke, and millions of tons of Mount St Helens are hurled skyward. 5. PhUadehia Phillie s relief pitcher Tug McGraw leaps as Kansas City's Willie Wilson strikes out to give the PhUlies their first World Series victo-ry-ever. 6 This is a composite image of Saturn as taken by Voyager I. 7 Jimmy Carter and his wife. Rosr’vn. concede to defeat on Nov. 4. 1980. Pichxea ov woe wona Pro tos 21

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1 The Hilton's opening brought many job openings into the Grand Traverse area 2 Thiriby Field, the scene of many muddy football games, is in the process of being resodded The money for this was donated by the Rotary 3. Traverse City Senior High and St Francis High School were the scenes of much disappointment when the shared-time program was conceited because of a court ruling concerning separation of church and state 4 Former President Ford gives an interesting (an often humorous) speech about the importance of voting Republican in the 1980 elections 5 Elias Brothers Big Boy Restaurant is one of the more impressive renovations downtown The restaurant houses hugh pictures of Traverse City when it was just beginning