1989Mr. Pegues begins his

teaching career at Woodbury High

School

The cost of living….Average Cost of new house $120,000.00 Average Income per year $27,450.00 Average Monthly Rent $420.00 Average Price for new car $15,3500.00 1 gallon of gas 97 cents US Postage Stamp 25 centsHair cut & style $15$1 in 1989 is worth $1.76 in today’s economy

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World Current Events: 1989USSR pulls out of AfghanistanTokyo Stock Market Crash ends Japans long

period of high Economic GrowthNew Prime Minister in South Africa F.W. de Klerk

starts to dismantle apartheidFree Elections in Poland bring Solidarity to powerMassive protests and either side of the Berlin Wall

bring about the collapse of the East German Government and the Berlin Wall is breached and eventually dismantled and The Brandenburg Gate opened (http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1989.html)

More World Current Events: 1989Thousands of Students occupy Tiananmen

Square in Beijing China protesting for democracy , Chinese Government Declares martial law and Hundreds of Demonstrators are killed

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issues a ( FATWA ) death sentence on British writer Salman Rushdie for the Satanic Verses

Hillsborough disaster occurred on April 15th , 1989, at Hillsborough, a football stadium in Sheffield, England, resulting in the loss of 96 lives. (http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1989.html)

Iconic Image:1989“Tank Man” Tiananmen Square June 5, 1989

U.S.A. Current Events: 1989George Bush Sr. becomes president of the

United StatesThe Mirage Hotel and Casino opens in Las

Vegas as the first huge resort hotel The Loma Prieta earthquake, measuring 7.1

on the Richter scale, strikes San Francisco Bay Area in California, killing 63

The US invades Panama to oust dictator Manuel Noriega

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More U.S.A. Current Events: 1989The US Government provides a $150 billion bail

out for hundreds of saving and loan associations In Alaska's Prince William Sound the Exxon

Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (11 million gallons) of oil after running aground

Time, Inc. and Warner Communications announce plans for a merger, forming Time Warner.

Televangelist Jim Baker convicted for 50 years for fraud

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Iconic Images: 1989Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Fashion Trends: 1989 Acid Wash JeansPopular with both men and women, acid wash jeans were created by chemically bleaching out denim blue jeans. The result was jeans streaked with white bleach spots and if you were really into the acid wash style, a matching blue jean jacket would have completed your look. By 1989, heavy metal bands were keeping this fashion statement alive and well, much to the delight of fans everywhere. Shoulder PadsNot just worn by football players, shoulder pads were worn by women to give them a powerful, squared-off look and the style often appeared on night-time soap operas making the look even more popular. This trend started in the mid-'80s and was still going strong in 1989 and continued into the early '90s. The Side PonytailThis off-beat hairstyle was popularized by valley girl mallrats. To add more pizazz, girls would often use a hair crimper to give the ponytail more wave and frizz. The look was made even more popular by bubblegum pop teen stars who appeared everywhere during the '80s and by 1989 was still a popular look for many young girls. The Asymmetrical, New Wave StyleThis look was considered cool during the '80s and was a predecessor to the goth look that became popular later. One side of the hair would be severely shorter than the other. Hair dye like green or blue might be added to a side razor cut or even spiked. At the end of the decade, this hairstyle was still in fashion.

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Fashion Trends: 1989- OMG!

The Year in Sports: 198949ers defeat Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII 20-16Calgary Flames win the Stanley Cup (d. Montreal 4-

2)Flyers goalie Ron Hextal scores a goal in the playoffsPiston win NBA Title (d. Lakers 4-0)- Kareem Abdul

Jabbar retires at the end of the seasonAmerican Greg LeMond win the Tour de FrancePete Rose agrees to a lifetime ban from baseballBoris Becker & Stefi Graf win WimbletonJanet Evans sets American record in 800 FreeA’s defeat Giants in earthquake delayed World Series

4-0 (game 3 delayed from 10/17 to 10/27)

Entertainment Highlights: 1989“Rain Man” wins best picture at Academy Awards“The Simpsons” and “Baywatch” debut on TVPopular Movies: “Batman” (Michael Keaton),

“Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Dead Poet’s Society”

Popular Music: Madonna, Beastie Boys, Big Daddy Kane, Queen Latifa, New Kids on the Block

Best Sellers (9/89): All I really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum

& Clear & Present Danger by Tom Clancy

Song of the Year “Don’t worry, be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN

(a guide for Global Leadership) All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how

to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand pile at school.

These are the things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat.

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN(cont.)

Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint

and sing and dance and play and work every day some. Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out in the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and

stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup:

the roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.

Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die. So do we.

And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - LOOK.

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN(cont.)

Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and equality and sane living.

Take any one of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all governments had as a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.

And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out in the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.

Source: "ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN" by Robert Fulghum. (http://www.robertfulghum.com/)

Cutting Edge TechnologiesThe first of 24 satellites of the Global Positioning System is

placed into orbitNintendo begin selling the Game Boy in Japan Voyager II passes the planet Neptune and its moon Triton and sends

pictures back to earth. The 486 series of microprocessor introduced by Intel. Scientists pronounce 1989 as the warmest on record possibly a sign

of the greenhouse effectFlorida and Virginia allow use of DNA genetic fingerprinting

evidence as admissible First release of Microsoft Office which was a bundle of Microsoft's

office applications, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel , Dependent on the Version you purchased would depend on which applications were included

(http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/electronics.html)

Cell Phones: 1989

1989 Motorola MicroTAC The Motorola MicroTAC was a mobile phone first manufactured as an

analog phone in 1989. The MicroTAC introduced an innovative new flip design, where the mouthpiece folded over the keypad. The model sold for between US$2,495 and US $3,495.

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Personal Life: HighlightsEngaged to be married- November 1988Married Aug 11, 1990Coached at Riverton Country Club, summer

1989Traveled to San Francisco , August 1898-

experienced pre-quakeAccepted position at Woodbury HS, April

1989Completed MeD studies at UVA, May 1989Mr. Gerald Miskar was named my “mentor”Entered WHS as a new teacher with Mr.

Keith Wert