IFULL MOON
Volume 53, No. 5
ALBEMARLE HIGH NEWSPAPER
311 Park Ridge Road Albemarle, NC 28001 982-3711
February 1988
1987 in Retrospect
By MARIEL BAUCOM And MELYNEE MORGAN
In 1987 many important events took place in our world in areas of politics, sports,
medicine, fashion, and entertainment. With the upcoming election year, candidates
began campaigning. This year, more than others, the past lives of promment politi
cians were revealed to the public. Gary Hart’s involvement with model Donna Rice
caused him to lose many supporters and eventually drop out of the presidential race
Before the year was over, ■ however, he re-entered the race. Joe Biden, another
presidential candidate, dropped out of the race due to the public knowledge of his
crime of plagiarism in his youthful college days. This also was a year for scandals of
all sorts. Jim Bakker and lovely wife. Tammy Faye, were in the spotlight for the ma
jority of the year from the media’s publicity of his affair with church secretary
Jessica Hahn. Oral Roberts, too, was in the news He stated that God was going to
"call him home” if he didn’t raise 4.5 million dollars. Concerning our government,
the main issue was the Iran-Contra affair with the trials of Oliver North and John
Poindexter. Also, two Supreme Court nominees, Robert Bork and Douglas Ginsburg,
were both denied appointment because of their past records. The stock market made
a record crash on October 19. It was the worst since 1929.
On the bright side of the news, we celebrated the 200th anniversary of the United
States Constitution, Secretary General Gorbachev and President Reagan held a sum
mit resulting in the elimination of medium range missiles, and the Pope toured the
United States.
In sports the New York Giants defeated the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl,
the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Boston Celtics in the basketball world champion
ship, and the Minnesota Twins defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series.
Syracuse lost to Indiana in the NCAA Basketball championship, and Miami relin-.
quished the victory to Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl for the national championship in
football. Julius Erving, Dr, J., one of the greatest basketball players of all time,
retired this year after 16 seasons and 30,026 points in the pros.
AIDS-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome-became a great American fear.
This deadly disease killed more people in 1987 than ever before. The media tried to
educate the public about this disease as a measure for prevention. The issue of safe
sex by use of condoms was spurred by the AIDS epidemic.
The year 1987 was a year for remakes and returns in music. Boston, the Grateful
Dead, and Pink Floyd all made startling reappearances. Michael Jackson, U2, Bon
Jovi, Genesis, Whitney Houston, and Whitesnake produced top albums for the year
LL Cool J., Jody Watley, Tiffany, Richard Marx, and Debbie Gibson were exciting
newcomers to the music field.
Many interesting, action-packed movies were released this year. People always had
an alternative recreation — they could go and see a movie. Among the favorites were
“Dirty Dancing”, “Platoon”, “Fatal Attraction”, “Angel Heart”, and “Full Metal
Jacket”. There was a great variety and many award winning films.
If the public dldn t want to go out and spend money at the theater, they could stay
home and enjoy home entertainment; whether it was a comedy with Bruce Willis and
Cybil Shepherd, called Moonlighting, a talk show with Oprah Winfrey, or some of the
popular tunes on MTV, they were well satisfied. Another attraction was renting
movies and watching them on the VCR, which was cheaper and had a more relaxing
atmosphere.
The year of 1987 was a spectacular year. All events seemed to relate to the past.
Past lives of politicians, remakes of songs, and repetition of styles in fashion, all took
us back in time and gave us insight into the future.
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1987 — The year in pictures
Ending the Year With a “Crash”
Coach Kluttz wonders if he did his job
well enough.
"Big Guy” points out the finer things to
Kricket and Palmer.
By ADRIENNE SOYER
and BLAIR JOHNSON ^
Over Christmas vacation Albemarle stu
dents turned this little, peaceful town into
a demolition derby. The accidents ranged
from simple “bump-ups” to major col
lisions. Even though these wrecks are
taken humorously, no serious injuries
were experienced.
Leaving his home on December 20, little
did Mr. Charles Brown know what tragedy
awaited his son. Palmer, traveling
through Badin, ignored the speed limit in
the vicinity of Alcoa. Palmer came upon a
sharp curve and due to the excessive speed
of the car, was unable to keep it on the road
and ventured to the right bank. His life
flashed before him, and Palmer quickly
pulled the car left. The car went flying
across the road to the right side. Meeting a
ditch at top speed. Palmer became air
borne. Palmer landed safely while his car
landed on its left-side bumper. He then
called the tow truck and went home.
Damage to the car is unknown.
Stephanie Hinson and Jon Harwood,
bored with Albemarle, decided to travel to
Charlotte. Unfortunately, they picked a
rainy morning to make this trip. At an
intersection, a car made a left turn in front
of Stephanie. She swerved to the left and
the cars brushed bumpers. Traveling in
the left lane, she saw a truck coming
straight at her and she tried to swerve to
the right. However, the rain prevented her
attempt and instead she made a 360 degree
turn and finally stopped at the edge of a 10
foot embankment. However, since the rain
had begun to turn the embankment into
mud, the car flipped, eventually coming to
rest against a tree. Stephanie and Jon end
ed up on the car’s hood but were rescued
by a neighbor who had observed the acci
dent. Jon, being the scared soul he is, soil
ed his pants and the people were reluctant
in helping him out of the car. Luckily no
one was hurt and the only real damage to
Stephanie’s car was that all the glass had
been knocked out.
Limited vision from iced-over windows
caused Mary K. Page to slam into her
dad’s car on her own street. Later, on Park
Ridge Road, a wet spot caused loss of trac
tion and Mary K. jumped a curb, slid down
an 8 ft. cliff, and ended with her Honda
stuck upright in the mud inches from an
apartments’ glass doors. Mary K. sustain
ed a bruised head, knee, and pride. Her
Honda died.
The Police called it a total loss when the
“Wahoo Wagon” wrapped around a tree on
Melchor Road. Samy Lamp took a sharp
curve a little too fast and passengers Angie
McManus, Ward Misenheimer, and
Valerie Haynes found a new meaning of to
getherness. The “total loss” was taken to
East Albemarle Texaco. The fender was
pulled out, 2 new"wheels put on, and thirty
dollars later the “Wahoo Wagon” rides
again!
The lure of icy roads is not for the faint
hearted. Angela Hedrick and Robin Helms
were cruising the snow scene when Wayne
Pickier, Samy Lamp, Reece and Pete
Speight slid into their 3-wheeler. As if that
experience wasn’t enough, the guys also
bumped Angela’s Dad’s car, too.
Fortunately, the only injury was to
Wayne’s bumper. Moss Springs Road is
not the place to be next snow day, Wayne.
Being friendly can have its price —
$1,000 to be precise. The stoplight up from
the Post Office drew less attention than a
passing friend for Kricket Morton. Kricket
threw up a hand to wave and rammed
right into a truck. The Honda isn’t running
yet, but Kricket’s friends always wave
when she’s out walking.
Even though there were quite a few acci
dents over the holidays, fortunately no one
was hurt. There will always be jarheads
out on the roads, so remember: “Drive
safely and be sure to watch out for deer.
They get up and walk away, but they sure
do screw your car up! ”