Wayne High School - Sentry Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Mets take the World Series in seven games Plew York Mets Gary Carter is lifted in the air by relief pitchier Jesse Orosco following the Met 8-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the seventh game of the World Series at New York ' s Shea Stadium. (AP photo) 1 he biggest celebration ever. The city of New York gave the Statue of Liberty a big 1986 bash — a fourth of July festival of song, celebrities and fireworks honoring the great lady ' s first 1 00 years. Dancers, singers, movie stars, and ships from all over the world joined in the celebration. The ships surrounded the Statue in the New York Harbor for the Independence Day Festival. A dministra tion under fire Several other newsworthy events happened in 1986. First their was the crisis in the administration: known by Time magazine as Gippergate. The Iran- ian scam. Part of Reagan ' s administration sold guns to Iranians and then they took the money and gave it to the contra rebels in Nicaragua. Reagan still tells the American people that I was not fully in- formed. Another disturbing factor happened in the United States during 1986 is the upswing of drug use. They call it crack on the East Coast and rock on the West Coast. Whatever its name, this refined, smokeable form of cocaine may have been the most addictive narcotic ever sold on the streets. The death of Len Bias has also caused an increased alarm. Several new bills were introduced this year on drug testing. Several work places and professional sporting teams are now urine sampled. On a more positive note, Caroline Kennedy wed Edwin Schlossberg in Mass., on July 19, 1986. Fer- gie married Prince Andrew at Westminster Abbey in a spectacle of pomp and glory. In the Phillipines there was turmoil; after 20 years of ruling Ferdinand Marcos was forced from office amid new charges of corruption and scandal. The new president, Corazon Aquino, was faced with political and economic prob- lems. NATIO.l AL NEWS

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Drought hits Southeast the the brink of ruin. Several Ft. Wayne area farmers donated grain and hay. They loaded up semi-trucks and train cars to reach the destined area. (AP photo) A drought spread through- out the Southeast during 1986. It was the worst dry spell on record. Even after some rain many farmers in the Carolinas, Georgia, Ten- nesse and Virginia were on President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gor- bachev met in Reykjavik, Iceland, for a two-day summit in October to discuss arms control. The two leaders reached an impasse on testing of the CJ.S. Star Wars weaponry. (AP photo) American journalist arrested and accused spying Jof P viennadiy Zakharov, a Soviet CI.N. employee was arrested on a subway platform in New York City and charged with spying. A week later American journalist Nicholas Daniloff was arrested on the streets of Mos- cow and accused of spying on the Soviet Union. Both men were re- leased within weeks and the entire af- fair set the stage for a superpower Summit meeting in Iceland. (AP photo) NATIONAL NEWS

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Juniors beat seniors in annual game, White allows second game Spirit Week is here!! The Main At- traction of Spirit Week was the powder-puff football games. Since the seniors had the championship from the pre- vious year they were privi- leged to play two games this season. Tuesday, which was crazy day, was the day that the seniors went up against the soph-frosh team. The seniors were all fired up for the game and crazy was the perfect word to describe the outcome of the game. But the game had a switch in plans even thought the seniors won 6-0, the soph-frosh team put up a fighting battle and possibly could have dominated the seniors. Senior coach Todd Leamon said The soph-frosh team had a great defense, I was surprised. The big event happened when the ju- niors, class of 88 , won the game 6-0 and became the new powder-puff champs. Junior coach Brian Hanson, amused about the game explains, Once we put everything aside, the field being muddy, and we were being accused of cheating, the seniors put up a good game. (Jnfortunatly for the seniors, the score ended 6-0 ju- niors. With a look of anguish, senior Amy Henry watches as the senior powder-puff team gets beat. While the senior girls managed to beat the freshman and sopho- mores, the junior team beat them, 6-0. We played a good and we rear ;i to win, but just overpc Excited about the game, junior Dave Zimske commented, 1 though the girls did a real good job considering the condition of the field. Even though we did not have half the players we had desire. Well, senior Kevin Jackson explained, We played a good game and we really wanted to win, but the juniors just overpowered us. Taking a different ap- proach, Jim Read said, I did not think the game went as well for the seniors as I ex- pected. The girls had fun at practices, but they were mostly there to socialize. All in all it was a good experience. We had fun! During half-time for more thrilling excite- ment, the big wheel race was in competi- tion. First and number one, the Bud Crew glided through and wrapped up first place with a snap. Showing her Wayne pride, sophomore Melissa Cost immulated the idea behind spirit week. It was really fun to dress up this way. Cost commented. Enjoying the experience of playing in the powder- puff game, sophomore Caralee Gregory didn ' t mind getting beat. It was a lot of fun just to be out there with my friends. SPIRIT WEEK