Wlje -Jjlortlattb (©bserlrer Page 7 FOCU 1998 REV V . J . , » ’ American figures we lost in 1998 W e said goodbye to leaders and legends, entertainers, sportsm en and politicians. Florence G riffith Joyner left us in 1998 as did Barry Goldwater, Alan Shepard and the infam ous Pol Pot. Also bid adieu to the C hairm an o f the Board — *O1 Blue Eyes — The Voice. Frank Sinatra, was perhaps the greatest exponent o f the A m erican popular song, the man who made aching ballads o f love and loss an art form. W as the end o f an era, too, when we lost Roy Rogers and G ene Autry, cowboy kings o f the silver and small screens. G ene Autry was a new breed o f cow boy, short on violence and long on music. Roy Rogers made over 80 w esterns w here the formula was always the sam e, good guy Roy fighting the bad guys o f the West. The political side, we lost former A rizona Sen. Barry G oldw ater, who led the conservative party in the 1950’s and 1960’s and form er T en­ nessee Sen. A lbert G ore Sr., a key Southern liberal w ho lived to see his son becom e vice president. W e lost A lan Shepard, one o f the original seven astronauts to fly in space and the fifth m an to w alk on the m oon, Also, Jam es Earl Ray, who pleaded guilty to killing Martin Luther K ingJr.,and later recanted. Environ­ m entalist M arjory Stoneman Dou­ glas, cham pion o f the Everglades, passed aw ay at the age o f 108. W e lost the infamous Pol Pot, architect o f C am bodia’s “ killing fields” and Telford Taylor, who pros­ e c u te d N a z i w a r c rim in a ls at Nurem berg and helped lay founda­ tion for the principle that govern­ m ents m ust be held accountable for mistreating citizens. Other world fig­ ures w e lost in 1998 The sports arena, track and field superstar Florence G riffith Joyner, still fit at 38, was taken by a brain seizure as she slept. Also, the legend­ ary voice ofbaseball Harry C aray was laid to rest. Richard “Dick” McDonald, who with his brother started the fast food giant M cDonald’s, died in 1998. So, did Hazel Bishop, the chemist who made indel ible mark on cosm et­ ics industry by inventing kiss-proof lipstick. Every one o f us has lost someone dear to us in 1998. But what we have to do is look forward to 1999 as a new year. And keep the memories ofthose we love close in our heart. ’ .'v The Year o f 1999 in Review The Y ear in Business The Beetle, Bears, Bill, thebhat and breaking barriers — *B’ meant more than ‘Business’ in 1998. N o matter how you cut it, the last year was a transforming one for consumer to car­ tels. The five-year merger marathon lead- m gupto 1998 was justaw arm -up.This past year saw an explosion o f deals that shattered 1997’s all-time record w ithinjust six months, as financial, oil and telecommunications companies led the rush to create new corporate giants. Thanks in part to the ever- surging stock market, by mid-Decem­ ber $ 1.6 trillion in mergers involving Year of Extreme Lost years leave a tem porary imprint on our gray m atter, like bootprints in the snow that gradu­ ally turn to slush, then wash away completely. The past year, high­ lighted by extrem es o f nature - human and otherw ise - m ay have left an indelible, m uddy heelprint on our brains. Politics regressed from partisan to petty to pitiful. Kids committed adult crimes. G row n-ups acted like juveniles. And a m onster w eather p a tte rn n a m e d a fte r a b a b y whooped up on the U.S. like a mean old man. M eanwhile, most o f us sim ply w ent about our lives, rolling our eyes at the hem s and haw s o f beltw ay pundits, D ow watchers and spin meisters. But nobody escaped 1998 un­ touched. H ere’s a look at som e o f the stories that held our attention over the past 12 months: M onica, Bill, Linda, Ken and the rest o f the gang were the story o f 1998. If you haven’t been paying attention, a young W hite House intern’s thong panties led to the impeachment o f President Clinton, the downfall o f a House Speaker and an elected successor, and the most bitter partisan debate on Capi­ tol Hill in recent memory. El Nino rocked our cradle. Ice storms paralyzed the Northeast and Canada. Snow flogged the M id­ west. Tornadoes and fires ravaged Florida. Texas slogged through floods. And the west coast bore the brunt o f the The Baby’s bad breath.W ater, W ind, Fire in ’98. P lay g ro u n d s becam e b a ttle ­ grounds across the U .S., from P a d u c a h to Jo n e sb o ro to F ayettev ille, as disturbed kids trained their anger and their guns on innocent classmates. When Boys Go Bad Gun Violence & Children A strin g o f g risly m u rders showed hate on an adult scale. An elusive Eric Rudolph, suspected in tw o fatal bombings, at once be­ cam e A m erica’s Most W anted and its hardest to find. Meanwhile, the hate-laced murders o f a gay col­ lege student in W yoming and a black hitchhiker in Texas left the nation in a daze. Russell Weston Jr. walked into the U.S. Capitol, killed two heroic security guards, ■i H Ri E, i iiiygyR jyy.r. 's 1 f 7 ? ;— and made us all want to double- lock our doors. From Shootings to Investiga­ tion W hile we pride ourselves on swift and fair justice, not everyone agrees on our methods. The U.S. recently executed its 500th death- row prisoner, w om en included, since 1977. Human Rights groups cry hypocrisy. M eanwhile, at least 3,500 m ore prisoners aw ait the dead m an’s walk. Karla Faye Tucker Executed James Earl Ray faced a higher ju d g m e n t. U n a b o m b e r T ed Kaczynski and Oklahoma City ac­ complice Terry Nichols got life for taking lives. King Assassin Leaves Behind Theories Viagra entered our syntax - and our bedroom s, show ed us how much life imitates art. ThomasJefferson's family tree sprouted a new branch. And John Glenn gave the U.S a jolt o f the right stuff at the right time. One can only imagine w hat’s in store for 1999. A Monica talk show? Media restraint? Bipartisan anything? W e’ll see soon enough ... ' .T',~ US companies were announced, a 77 percentjump from 1997’stotalof$906 billion, according to Securities Data Co. Exxon-Mobil, NationsBank and Bank o f America, Daimler Benz and Chrysler were just a few o f many. T heY ear in Sports: Heroes are back. Finally. After years in which you could find an athletes name in a police blotter as often as a box score, and the only reason we looked up to players was because o f their height, 1998 saw us yet again talk about sports in a posi­ tive light. The Year in Entertainment gainst the backdrop o f the formu­ laic comedy/drama o f impeachable proportions unfolding in W ashing­ ton, a scandal weary public was all too eager to embrace kinder, gentler offer­ ings from the Arts in 1998... Only a year after Titanic seemed to ? V '» ■ k T • • *•'» * ♦* X : usher in the return o f the multi-million dollar, special effects heavy/plot lack­ ing blockbuster, we regained our col­ lective movie-going consience. Sav­ ing Private Ryan, a movie that re­ minded us about all that was good about America, grossed $ 190 Million. For laughs we turned to quirky com­ edies like Something About Mary and The Waterboy. ♦ ** -* *.»7. '1 ’ - - *• V.) A ' ’• • •> • » “ ' • A - • »kV S»' 4- + Fireworks Display 4 Torchlight Parade 4 Night Skiing Until 12:15am ♦ New Year's Eve Dinner Buffet & Party 4 Entertainment By Bobby Torres Ensemble 4 Round Trip Transportation from Portland MT. HOOD * . • ' ''•bkxLTz'-' • A