Wilson Memorial High School - Hornets Nest Yearbook (Fishersville, VA)

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The Space Shuttle Challenger’s crew prepares to embark on another mission from Kennedy Space Center. Three of the crew members pic- tured are from the left Don Lind, Pilot Fred Gregory and Commander Robert Overmyer. 26 Current Events President Reagan greets West German Chancel- lor Helmut Kohl with a smile and handshake in Bonn. Reagan’s visit to Bitburg in April to lay wreaths upon German World War II soldiers’ graves was one of the most controversial acts of his administration. Arriving in Honduras, these mem- bers of the U.S. Army 101st Air- borne Division replace the U.S. Ma- rines who recently had taken posi- tions. LOOKING BACK The Summer Olympic Games of 1984 held in Los Angeles were some of our best ever. We captured an Olympic record of 174 total medals with 83 of them gold. In other sports, the fight of the year between Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns ended with Hearns on top. In college basketball action, the Villanova Wildcats upset the Georgetown Hoyas 66 to 64. Months before, in January, the Miami Dolphins were crushed by the San Francisco ’49ers, 38-17. The big sport stories in the state belong to UVA’s Cavaliers as they went to (and won) their first bow] bid at the Peach Bowl, and Virginia Tech’s defensive tackle Bruce Smith who not only won the Outland Tro- phy but was also chosen as the number one NFL draftee. Along with these great athletes, women played an important role in the year Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman on a majo political party ticket as Vice

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A new break dance move is shown to Todd McCray as Jeff Wilkerson and Bri- an McCray demonstrate. Displaying his 9-point deer that won the big buck contest is Mike Gauldin. Jefferson National Bank is where Lauren Jones earns her paycheck. Andy Bower proudly displays his tro- phy smallmouth bass. Extracurricular Activities 25

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President to Walter Mon- ' dale’s Presidential bid. Even in defeat, she gained our re- spect and attention. Another woman to catch our eye, but not necessarily our respect, was former Miss America Vanessa Williams. She was ‘the first black woman to hold this honor. She was also the first to step down and ‘turn in her crown. Octagen- : arian Clara Peller made us all wonder “Where’s the | beef?” But is it at Wendy’s or in Prego’s spaghetti sauce? 4 i$ In the entertainment in- dustry, women contributed plenty. Madonna, the sloppy yet sultry video queen, took Michael Jackson’s place in the young’s eyes with her Like a Virgin album and tour. Cyndi Lauper also made it okay to look, dress, and be different with her smash album of the year, She’s So Unusual. Tina Turner came back onto the music scene “Ike-less and hot” with Private Dancer. The men were not idle ei- .. WHAT A YEAR! ther in the music business. Everyone who turned on their raido or television was showered by Prince’s Purple Rain, which was also a sur- prise hit movie. Diamond David Lee Roth flourished with and without his band, VanHalen. His solo LP, Crazy from the Heat, followed Van- Halens’ 1984 right up the charts. The British group, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, helped us “Relax” with their album Welcome to the Plea- sure Dome. Bruce Spring- stein rocked us with Born in the USA while we danced and sang with the Jackson’ Victory tour. At the movies, we watched everything from ghosts to mermaids to cops. One of the favorites to hit the screen was Beverly Hills Cop with Eddie Murphy. But human humor is not every- thing as we soon found out in Ghost-Busters. Daryl Han- nah captured our attention (and our money) as a mer- maid in Splash and of. course, Steven Speilberg did it again with his horror flick Gremlins. Of course, movie theaters were not as full as usual because we were find- ing out it was cheaper to rent a VCR and watch more than one movie a night. (Movie tickets ranged between 3 to 4 dollars a person, a little more than we could afford.) And, if you were really broke, there was always TV. You could still watch the cliff- hanging Dallas or Dynasty. New shows proved to be very popular as The Cosby Show delighted audiences of all ages. Cosby was an obste- trician trying to keep up with life in the ’80’s and his 5 kids! Also new to NBC was Miami Vice, which not only had two great-looking stars but exotic scenery and hit music. While many new names were added to our vocabu- lary many of the old ones “left.” The music world lost William “the Count” Basie, a jazz composer and pianist at At another of their many press conferences Dr. Allan Lansing (left) and Dr. William DeVires dis- cuss the condition of one of their artificial heart recipients at Humana Heart Institute Interna- tional in Louisville, Kentucky. age 79, and 44 year-old Mar- vin Gaye. Actor Richard Burton, 58, and writer Tru- man Capote, 39, died also. India lost Prime Minister In- dira Ghandi; and Russia said good-bye to her leader, Yuri Andropov. Another tragedy struck In- dia at Bhopal. The Union Carbide plant had a gas leak that killed 2,500 people. Though death is inevita- ble, we learned that it can be postponed in some cases. Baby Fae lived 32 days long- er thanks to a heart she re- ceived from a baboon. The heart was a very popular or- gan in 1985. Artificial ones were for the first time trans- planted into some very lucky recipients. For many, the good news of this school year was Presi- dent Reagan’s re-election. The former actor swept 49 states in the November elec- tion to Mondale’s 1 (Missou- ri). Currents Events 27