Vestaburg High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Vestaburg, MI)

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Windy weather, war, cloud ‘84 by Paula Loomis World events should be im- portant to every person, old or young. We were affected by several events in 1984, some bringing good times, many bringing bad. In mid-September, tragedy struck when a truck filled with dynamite crashed into a US marine building in Lebanon at dawn while marines were still sleeping. On October 2, marines inva- ded Grenada to rescue 1000 US citizens, most of them students at St. George University. Other news attracting nat- ional attention included the shooting down of a South Kor- ean jetliner that strayed into Soviet airspace. Two-hundred Koreans and Americans were killed. NBC newscaster Jessica Sa- vitch died in a car accident the same month a bomb went off in the capitol minutes after the senate had adjourned. Twenty-year old Vanessa Williams became the first black titleholder in the history of the Miss America contest. Michael Jackson racked in eight Grammy awards and his Thriller album was album of the year. State current events had a more direct effect on us. Mich- igan was hit with a hurricane- strength wind storm in early May. Winds were clocked up to 91mph, toppled trees and left over 116,000 homes with- out power. Vestaburg's Bob Henderson caught a 34 pound, 6 ounce, brown trout that was certified as the new North American re- cord. The new drunk driving laws made some students think twice about drinking and driving. Harsher laws included a night in jail, stiff fine, and loss of driving privileges for scoring more than .10 on a breatha- lyzer test. ® Hen den trout c°ught his J, Arcadia Lake. after debris , 9 round 'ricane i ■ school 'ray. windstorm, tf roof 'eft the

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