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Jena 5hauna-Lei

"In a friendship we're free to expose, parts of ourselves nobody else
knows. But one thing that sustains it and sets it apart, Is not

something spoken, it's a bond of our hearts. True Friends are rare in a
lifetime two or three, I'm so glad it happened between you and me."

Now we've come to a point where
we must be apart, but I know we will

always be in each others Hearts.

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A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM

CRADLED IN OUR ARMS, SO PRECIOUS, SO INNOCENT. A WHOLE WORLD AND LIFE AWAITS YOU. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS.
WE ADMIRE THE COMPLEXITY OF A MIRACLE AS THE MOON SHINES THROUGH THE GM\SS WITH A SINGLE BEAM. GOD HAS BLESSED
US WITH A DAUGHTER, GOD HAS BLESSED US WITH A DREAM. OUR IMAGINATION IS NEVER ENDING. WHAT CAN I EXPECT LIFE TO
GIVE OUR LITTLE GIRL? WHAT CAN OUR LITTLE GIRL EXPECT TO GIVE LIFE.

LIFE IS GIVEN TO EVERYONE WHO WISHES IT, BUT TO LIVE AND PROSPER THROUGH LIFE IS A CHALLENGE. YOUR INTELLIGENCE,
COMPASSION, GENEROSITY, AND LOVE HAS GUIDED YOU TO MEET THESE CHALLENGES. YOU HAVE IMPRESSIVELY OVERCOME THE
MANY OBSTACLES WHICH HAVE BEEN PUT BEFORE YOU. YOUR CONTINUANCE TO GROW IS LIKE A GARDEN OF TREES AND FLOW­
ERS. AS EACH DAY PASSES, A LEAF WILL FALL, BUT NEW TREES AND FLOWERS WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO BLOSSOM AND MATURE.

WE HAVE GROWN TOGETHER THROUGH THE YEARS. WE HAVE SHARED OUR THOUGHTS, OUR FEELINGS, OUR LOVE, OUR DAUGH­
TER, AND OUR TEARS. YOU HAVE MATURED INTO A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY THAT ANY FAMILY WOULD BE PROUD OF. BUT THE TIME
HAS COME, FOR YOU TO DREAM. TO DREAM WHAT THE WORLD HAS TO OFFER YOU AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER THE WORLD.
FOLLOW YOUR HEART AND YOUR MIND AND SUCCESS WILL FOLLOW YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU HAVE GIVEN US. YOU HAVE TOUCHED OUR HEARTS LIKE NO OTHER PERSON COULD. THE
LOVE WHICH WE HAVE FOR YOU CAN NEVER BE FULLY EXPLAINED NOR WILL IT EVER END. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE OUR PRECIOUS
BABY GIRL. THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL GIFT OF YOU, FOR IT ULTIMATELY SEEMS, YOU HAVE FILLED ANY FAMILY'S EXPECTA­
TIONS OF A DAUGHTER TO BE TRULY PROUD OF. THANK YOU TINAANN MAHEALANI SIU YING MARIKO HEATHERLY, YOU HAVE FUL­
FILLED OUR DREAM.

OUR LOVE ALWAYS, DAD, MOM, BRAD, SCOTT, TIM, POPO, GRAMMA, PAPA, JONI, AND SHIRLEY

TO THE CLASS OF "99 ...
You will always have a special place in our hearts.

Love, The Heatherly's

Natasha andNicofe

Truefriendsflip multiplies the good in life anddivides its evils. Strive to
havefriends, for life withoutfriends is Rhe Rfe on a desert island. . . . tc
find one realfriend in a Rfetime is goodfortune; to heep her is a blessing.

(Baltasar Qracian

Tell Us "NO" And Wa'II Do It!!!

Sasha & Paul

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JENA,
YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN YOUR OWN

PERSON CROWING UP REMEMBER THAT YOU
CAN'T MAKE SOMEONE ELSE’S CHOICES, SO
YOU SHOULD NOT LET ANYONE MAKE YOURS.
THE FUTURE IS YOURS FOR THE TAKING, SO
HAVE FUN DOING IT WE ARE MORE THAN
PROUD OF YOU LOVE, MOM DAD JILL &
MAILBOX

ALOHA
SENIORS!

Lehua, CLASS
OF
As you embark upon another part of your journey.... 1999

Count your blessings, not your troubles.
You’ll make it through whatever come along.
Within you are so many answers.
Understand, have courage, be strong.

And don't ever forget -— for even a day -—
how very special you are.

Love and good wishes,

Mom, Kai, Gramma, Grammpa and Uncle Les

umMm

Tribute '99 (yearbook) staff: (row 1) Elizabeth Tsui, Candy Leung, Jami< (row zj
Lee, Natasha Lazaro, Lorianne Lee, Cherise Seigaku, Rie Saigusa, Jonati 11 Leiepaie,
Erin Yano, Elisabeth Kotsubo, Katrina Tan, Crystal Costa, Erin Cabbab, l

Jennifer Alejandro, Mr. Elliott Chamizo (advisor); absent, Gina Gibo.

/I s the Class of 1999, we were not only literally On the Edge (left) Co-editors
Al of the millennium, but also On the Edge of our new lives. Cherise Seigaku
and Lorianne Lee.
Never in our wildest dreams did we believe we would reach (below) Co-edifors
graduation. When we were in elementary school, high school with Advisor Elliott
seemed to be a star, which existed, but was not nearly as attain­ Chamizo. (bottom)
able. After waiting for what seemed an eternity, our freshman The yearbook staff
year finally arrived. Graduation became evident, but still a dis­ finishes a layout
tant star. Now that 1999 has finally emerged out into the clear deadline. .
blue skies, we can look back at our lives and feel a sense of ac­
complishment. Surviving four years of the trimester system has
given us a sense of accomplishment. Hopefully it has prepared
us for the challenges of college life.

Even though the road ahead may be rocky, smooth, or
maybe even both, we have confidence that the Class of '99 will
stride confidently toward the direction of goodness and suc­
cess.

Tribute ’99 represents our lives as students, athletes, and just
people. It is an illustration of the joyful as well as rigorous times of
high school. This book is the keeper of memories.

Although the production of Tribute ’99 has been tedious, frus­
trating and at times stressful, it has also been a very rewarding
experience for us. We couldn't have successfully completed this
project if it weren't for the Tribute staff members: John, Jenn,
Brandi, Erin, Gina, Erin Y„ Elisabeth K., Candy, Elisabeth, Anela,
Natasha, Rie, Jamie, Crystal, and Katrina-thanks a bunch! And
also thanks to the staffers who responded to the call of duty by
taking candid photos around school. We must also acknowl­
edge Jostens Yearbook Company, B&W Photography ... and of
course, saving the best for last, the one person we couldn't
have survived without is Mr. Elliott Chamizo, whose patience and
guidance we are thankful for.

As we glance back at the production of Tribute ’99, we can
breathe a sigh of relief. But the completion of our last yearbook
also brings the feelings of sadness. Whether or not we want to
admit it, the Class of '99 will undoubtedly miss the teachers,
classrooms, and everything else that make up Maryknoll High
School. As we leave On the Edge of the millennium and enter
into a new and exciting one, we will cherish the memories of
high school.

Cherise Seigaku and Lorianne Lee, '99
Tribute ’99

Co-Editors-in-Chief



World

A total collapse of the Russian ruble sends world markets into chaos.
Boris Yeltsin asks Viktor Chernomyrdin to head the government to
help restore political and economic stability.

French high school students demand A discotheque fire in Goteborg, Sweden, kills
more teachers, better equipment and 67 teens and injures several more, making it
buildings and a lighter course load in the deadliest fire in modem Swedish history.
an October protest in Paris.The French Arson is the suspected cause of the October fire.
government designates $40 million
annually over the next four years, as
well as 1,000 new teaching posts.

After a U.N. drug summit in which
150 countries endorse an anti-drug
campaign, the U.S. vows to spend an
estimated $1 billion over the next
five years on anti-drug advertising,
corporate and civic partnerships
and promotion.

<> In a dangerous escalation of hostile feelings in the area. India begins commemorating w ' | v
nuclear bomb testing in response to Pakistan’s testing of the Ghauri missile. the first anniversary ' !

of the death of Princess
Diana and Dodi Fayed is
put on display in London’s
Harrods department store,
which is owned by Dodi's father.

On September 2, Swissair Flight 111 crashes in the O In retaliation for the African
sea in Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada, killing all embassy bombings, the U.S.
229 passengers and crew aboard. A cockpit wiring fire attacks a suspected chemical
is the suspected cause of the disaster. weapons factory in the capital of
Sudan and a terrorist training
camp in Afghanistan, and launch
a worldwide search for suspected
mastermind Osama bin Laden.

AP Pholo/Paul Chiasson

On August 7, powerful NASA and Russia will conduct 45 missions to
bombs explode outside the launch and assemble the International Space
U.S. embassies in Kenya Station Alpha. Set for completion by 2004, the
and Tanzania killing 248 station will be powered by almost an acre of solar
people, including 12 panels and will weigh almost one million pounds.
Americans, and injuring
more than 5,000.

AP Photo/John McConnico

The remains of
Czar Nicholas II
and his family,
killed in 1918 in
Central Russia
and buried in a
mass grave, are
exhumed and
laid to rest in
St. Petersburg.

The worst summer President Clinton becomes the first U.S.
flooding in China leader to visit China since the Tiananmen
since 1954 kills Square massacre in 1989. Many criticize
3,000 people, Clinton for his apparent leniency toward
destroys 17 million China’s human rights restrictions.
homes and affects
one-fifth of the Q Hurricane Mitch
country’s population. ravages parts of

• Central America
and kills more than
10,000 people,
making it the
second deadliest
storm in the
region's history.

After months of negotiations, Swiss banks and John Hume and David Trimble, Northern
Jewish groups reach a $1.25 billion settlement in Ireland's two main political party
a lawsuit filed by thousands of Holocaust survivors leaders, win the Nobel Peace Prize for
to recover lost savings. their efforts to end the violence that
has plagued the British province for
On January 1, 1999, the euro debuts as the new three decades.
currency in 11 European Common Market countries.
It will be three more years before euro coins and After a stop in Mexico City in January
cash are officially put into circulation. 1999, Pope John Paul II arrives in
St. Louis, Missouri, and celebrates
Mass with over 100,000 people
in attendance.

In January 1999, an earthquake that
measures 6.0 on the Richter scale hits
Colombia killing over 1,000 people.

King Hussein of Jordan, 63, dies on
February 7,1999, of lymphatic cancer.
Hussein's 47-year reign made him the
Middle East's longest-serving leader.

National<dews

Convicted killer Martin Gurule escapes death row and is later found
drowned in a nearby river. Gurule is the first Texas inmate to escape
death row since 1934.

APPhoto/TDCJ Handout

SQUVENIE SHOP

President Clinton becomes the second <) A massive Millennium Clock in New York City’s
president in history to be impeached. garment district counts down the days, hours,
The House of Representatives charges minutes and seconds to the year 2000.
him with two counts of obstruction
of justice and perjury. The Senate
acquits Clinton after a five-week trial.

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0 President Clinton declares the entire state of Florida a disaster area O After 50 years of work,
after fires burn over 300,000 acres and damage or destroy 150,000 homes. the face of Crazy Horse \

is revealed at the South \

Dakota monument. When \
completed, the memorial,
carved out of a mountain, will '■
k be the largest sculpture in the world.

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Sixteen of the 24 glass beads that historians <) In June, African-American James Byrd
believe were used to buy Manhattan Island from Jr., 49, is chained to the back of a true!
Native Indians in 1626 are donated to the Indian and dragged to his death in Jasper,
Museum of North America located at the Crazy Texas, by three men, two of whom havi
Horse Memorial. ties to white supremacists.

AP Photo/Crazy Horse Memorial. Robb DeWald, File

Mentally unstable Russell O A Titanic exhibit tours the U.S. featuring over
Eugene Weston Jr. charges 200 artifacts and displays chronicling the fateful
into the U.S. Capitol ship’s maiden voyage and tragic sinking.
building on July 24 and
fatally shoots Special Agent
John Gibson and Officer
Jacob Chestnut.

AP Photo/Gary Cameron, Pool Northwest Airlines
pilots strike for
Reform Party 17 days in August
candidate Jesse and September
Ventura shocks causing more than
the nation when 27,000 canceled
he wins the race flights and a loss
for governor of $338 million.
of Minnesota
in November. Reuters/Jim Bourg/Archive Photos
Ventura is a
former Navy Seal, In response to family pressure, DNA
pro wrestler and testing confirms that remains buried in
action movie actor. the Tomb of the Unknowns are those of
Michael J. Blassie, an Air Force pilot shot
down in Vietnam.

In summer 1998, North Texas
temperatures exceed 100 degrees
for 45 days. The state’s heat death
toll climbs to 132 and fires burn
over 344,000 acres.

Oln September, Hurricane Georges crashes through the AP Photo/Ruth Fremson In August, General Motors Corporation
Florida Keys and Mississippi. The killer storm causes and United Auto Workers reach an
the largest mandatory evacuation in Florida history, and q Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay student at the agreement that ends an eight-week strike.
Mississippi victims receive over $131 million in aid.
University of Wyoming, dies five days after being President Clinton announces the federal
brutally attacked in an apparent hate crime. Vigils government ends the 1998 fiscal year
in his memory are held across the countiy. with a budget surplus of $70 billion,
the first surplus since 1969.

More than 280 colleges now admit
some or all of their applicants without
regard to SAT or ACT scores. Many
schools say the system improves the
academic quality and diversity of their
student bodies.

DNA tests determine that Rebecca
Chittum was unknowingly switched with
Callie Conley at a Virginia hospital after
their births three years ago. This case
prompts a national debate on the need
for stricter hospital procedures.

NASA’s Lunar Prospector finds scattered pockets of ice beneath the
lunar surface. The presence of water could enable astronauts use
the moon as a kind of space-based filling station.

O An analysis of Eastern Seaboard 8 PhotoDTsc, Trie.
weather shows it really does rain
more frequently on weekends than Q Columbia University graduate student Elizabeth
during the week, an average of 22 Brannon and psychology professor Herbert
percent more. Automobile emission Terrace demonstrate that monkeys can master
patterns are the suspected cause of simple arithmetic on at least the level of a
the phenomenon. two-year-old child.

C Apple's translucent aqua-blue iMac personal
computer, its first consumer offering in years
is marketed mainly for Internet usage and,
therefore, doesn’t come with a disk drive,
its popularity soars and it soon becomes
available in several other colors.

O The comet Tempel-Tuttle causes a meteor storm when it passes by Earth. The comet O John Glenn, 77, '
will be visible again in fall 1999, after which it won't reappear for another 32 years. becomes the oldest
astronaut when he
undertakes a space
shuttle mission in
October, 36 years after his
first space flight. Later, Glenn
retires from a 24-year career in
the U.S. Senate.

A computerized T-shirt, woven with fiber optics Q A study demonstrates that the more hours
and electrically conducted thread, may soon people spend on the Internet, the more
monitor the health of soldiers, rescuers, the depressed, stressed and lonely they feel.
elderly and others who are medically vulnerable.

Michael A. Schwarz

The USDA announces O Paleontologists in Argentina discover thousands of
that a 25-millisecond shards of fossilized dinosaur eggs. Several shards
blast of 270-degree steam contain the fossilized remains of unhatched
applied to meat kills 99.99 embryos and their never-before-seen embryo skin.
percent of the bacteria.
This process follows
the unpopular method
of irradiation.

© 1998 PhotoDisc, Inc. Chemistry professor
Claude Yoder co-authors
The Electronic Structure “Interactive Chemistry,"
of Atoms a CD-ROM that uses
animation to lead
The Nature Of Light And students through
Emission Spectra chemistry problems,
The Bohr Model Of The eliminating the need
Atom for a textbook.
The Wave Model Of The
Atom

Photo courtesy of the authors (C. Yoder, 0. Retterer, M. Thomsen and K. Hess) AP Photo/American Museum of Natural History, L. Meeker

CThe FDA withholds Researchers discover a gene that may cause
medical approval of the aggressive behavior of “killer bees."
St. John’s Wort, the This knowledge may help tame African
popular herbal bees, whose sting has deterred beekeepers
supplement widely from tending hives.

NatlraUfe. . believed to relieve Alan Shepard,
* depression. However, the first American
St John’s Wort in space, dies on
American consumer July 22 at the
Standardized Extract demand has led to age of 74.
(300 mg at .3% its use in everything
from lipstick to
Helps Promote a potato chips.
/ Positive Mood*

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Duffin McGee/Reuters Astronomers discover and photograph a
planet outside our solar system that is
Researchers reveal a about 450 light years away from Earth.
new technique that
determines the sex Alabama hairdresser Philip McCory
of a baby before discovers that human hair soaks up oil
conception. This from water, which prompts NASA to
technique uses a laser investigate ways to use human hair to
detector that measures clean oil spills.
the DNA in sperm cells.
In August, renowned Houston heart
On August 12, the $1 billion Titan 4 rocket explodes 42 seconds after surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley performs
liftoff. The rocket payload included a highly classified Defense open-heart surgery which is broadcast
Department satellite. live on the America’s Health Network
Internet web site.

David Scott, who lost his left hand in a
fireworks accident, receives the first
U.S. human hand transplant in January
1999. Scott has regained limited motion
in his donor hand.

© 1998 PhotoDisc, Inc.

A USA Today investigation reveals that many of the nation’s safe
drinking water regulations are not being enforced. The report
reveals that even the worst violations have just a 1 in 10 chance
of drawing legal action.

Lovegety, a palm-sized matchmaking O PlayStation’s’ “Crash Bandicoot: WARPED”
device, is the latest craze with Japanese supersedes its popular predecessors. Also new
teenagers. When it comes within 15 is Crash’s sister Coco who gallops along the
feet of another Lovegety, high-pitched Great Wall of China and cruises through
beepers go off, lights flash, and the enemy-infested waters.
“love detectors” display whether the
users' preset interests match. It's now
available in the U.S.

C Furby, the year’s must-have interactive
toy, has a vocabulary of 200 words in
both English and its own language,
“Furbish." Furby knows when it is
being petted, when the lights go out,
when music starts, and if there’s
another Furby in the room.

0 WildEyes contact lenses feature several designs, including a starburst, Appearing in malls \r I WANT YOU
black eight ball and cat’s eyes. The $165 lenses come in prescription and in 33 states, job kiosks \
non-prescription and don’t interfere with eyesight. dispense employment
opportunities for interested \
applicants. Job seekers enter
their skills and ambitions and
the machine scans its database
for a match.

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Consumer groups demand the recall of Olestra from the market, or at FAT FREE ENLIST NOW
least the adoption of strict guidelines as to its use, after thousands of
people become sick from eating the popular fat substitute. However, O In December, Selective Service
studies suggest that chips made with Olestra do not cause greater activates online registration.
stomach problems than regular chips. Eighteen-year-olds can now
register instantly instead of
filling out forms at the post
office that take two to three
months to process.

Paul A Souders/© Corbis

As the need for toll-free
numbers greatly increases,
the 887 prefix joins the 800
and 888 prefixes already in use.

A sleek, redesigned version Butterflies and dragonflies are the hot
of the '60s Volkswagen Beetle motif in the fashion world appearing o
enters the market. Despite everything from clothes and bags to
a May 1998 recall for wiring hair accessories and jewelry.
problems, the New Beetle \

is wildly popular.

AP Photo/IIHS C For $20-30 a day, trained professionals at
Cargo pants invade dog and cat day cares will play with, read
stores and become to, feed and pamper pets in their care.
the must-have
piece of apparel Photo courtesy of Mr. Payroll is the first ATM that can
for teens across Mr. Payroll Corporate cash a check - even for someone
the nation. without a bank account. The machine
“memorizes” facial features and
0 Pilates, a low-impact form of exercise that uses matches them with a social security
unique equipment and deep stretching techniques, number to verify the user’s identity.
becomes popular with men and women.
In hopes of reducing the divorce rate,
the Florida legislature passes the
nation's first law requiring that high
school students be taught marital and
relationship skills.

Spurred by fierce competition, colleges
and universities are going online to
offer students a new way to get an
education. Florida State and New York
University are a few jumping on board.

f) Rollerblade introduces durable, all-terrain
in-line skates that can traverse dirt paths
and rocky trails. The large-wheeled skates
retail for a cool $600.

C Heartthrob George Clooney announces 1998-99
will be his last season on NBC’s award-winning
television drama, “ER.”

APPhoto/NBC, Jeff Katz

O NBC’s “Frasier" makes history G In November, ABC’s “Spin City” star Michael J.
by winning its fifth consecutive Fox, 37, reveals he has Parkinson’s disease.
outstanding comedy series Fox underwent brain surgery in March 1998 in
award at the 50th annual Emmy an attempt to relieve severe tremors.
Awards. Kelsey Grammer, in the
title role, wins his third Emmy
as best comedy actor.

Trail Burner, a hand-held mountain
bike racing game, uses motion
sensors to turn comers and jump
hills and water pits. Crashes make
the handlebars vibrate.

O Tom Hanks stars in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, O Adam Sandler stars
an authentic recreation of World War Il’s D-Day. The film in the surprise hit The
receives 11 Oscar nominations. Waterboy, which earns a
record $39.1 million in its
November opening weekend.

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Britain’s best Scrabble players commemorate the G Karl Malone and Dennis Rodman
popular board game's 50th anniversary in October face off in a World Championship
by playing in London's Wembley Stadium using Wrestling tag-team match. The
letter tiles the size of dining tables. event pits Rodman and Hollywood
Hulk Hogan against Malone and
Diamond Dallas Page.

Walt Disney’s A O In May 1998, the much-anticipated movie Godzilla
Bug’s Life is one of opens to disappointing reviews and box office
at least 15 animated numbers. The epic leaves theaters quickly.
feature films that
will flood the
nation's theaters in
the next two years.

AP Photo/Walt Disney, HO In June, Keiko
arrives in his native
0 Players of Vertical Reality, a combination video game Iceland to begin his
and amusement ride, shoot at moving targets on a assimilation to his
24-foot-tall screen and sit in chairs that rise with new surroundings.
each successful hit. The winner rides to the top The move concludes
for a grand view. a four-year campaign
to release the
five-ton star of the
movie Free Willy.

AP Photo/Courtesy Viewpoint Datalabs

The wildly popular stars of The WB network’s
“Dawson’s Creek” hit the big screen, filming
eight feature films during hiatus. Magazine
covers by TV Guide, Seventeen and Interview
fuel the craze.

The coming-of-age
drama “Felicity”
quickly gains
popularity with
teens. The WB
show revolves
around a young
woman and her
new experiences
at college.

AP PhotoAVB, James Sorenson Megastars Bruce Willis and Demi Moore
announce their separation in June after
Dorothy Low/Shooting Star O Actor Rick Schroder replaces Jimmy Smits almost 11 years of marriage.
? on ABC's “NYPD Blue.” The fate of Smits’
character in his last episode - he dies The American Film Institute rates the
when a heart transplant fails — became top 100 movies of the 20th century. The top
a source of nationwide speculation. ten include: Citizen Kane, 1941

iYo Quiero Casablanca, 1942
Taco Bell! The Godfather, 1972
Gone With the Wind, 1939
Taco Bell’s talking Chihuahua Lawrence of Arabia, 1962
becomes a favorite teen The Wizard of Oz, 1939
advertising icon and sparks a The Graduate, 1967
surge of interest in the breed. On the Waterfront, 1954
Schindler’s List, 1993
Singin’ in the Rain, 1952

Fans flock to theaters to see the two-minute
trailer for Star Wars: Episode I - The
Phantom Menace and many leave without
staying to watch the main attraction. The
prequel to the wildly popular Star Wars
trilogy opens in May 1999.

Musi^ews ?ontA0LE HEcOfi

C Singer and actor Frank Sinatra dies
at the age of 82 on May 14,1998.

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O Thanks in part to their 42-city tour, Sharp and Sony introduce portable
The Backstreet Boys’ self-titled album MiniDisc recorders. This digital
sells nine million copies making it the alternative to audiocassettes records
third best-selling album customized music compilations and
of the year. doesn’t skip when bumped.

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C Alanis Morissette’s new album,
Supposed Former Infatuation
Junkie, is released in November
and vaults to No. 1. The album
sells 469,000 copies in the

| first week.

O The Dixie Chicks’ Wide Open Spaces is the fastest-selling debut O In January 1999, the
album by a country music group. The group wins the Vocal Group group ’N Sync wins
of the Year award from the Country Music Association. Favorite New Pop/Rock
Artist at the American
Music Awards.

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O Nineteen-year-old Usher is named Billboard Music Awards' Artist C> Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, better
of the Year and R&B Artist of the Year. Touring with Janet Jackson known as Ginger Spice, announces
and making television and movie appearances has heightened in May 1998 that she is leaving the
Usher’s popularity. popular group for creative reasons.

AP Photo/Joey Terrill

Swing dancing makes O Jewel scores on two fronts. Her book of poetry, Musi
a big comeback with A Night Without Armor, makes the New York
the help of music from Times best-seller list, and her album, Spirit, is
bands like Cherry Poppin' released in November.
Daddies (shown) and the
Brian Setzer Orchestra. Shania Twain wins the
Favorite Female Country
AP Photo/File Artist award at the American
Music Awards and receives
six Grammy nominations.

AP Phota/M ichael O koniewski

The popularity of Natalie Imbruglia wins Breakthrough Artist
Lauryn Hill’s album honors at the MTV Video Music Awards in
The Miseducation September. Her album, Left ofthe Middle,
ofLauryn Hill leads features hits “Tom” and “Wishing 1 Was There.
to 10 Grammy
nominations, the Aerosmith’s
most for any female “I Don’t Want to
artist in history. Miss a Thing,”
Hili kicks off a from the movie
worldwide tour in Armageddon,
January 1999. becomes the
group's first single
Monica is the only to hit No. 1 on
artist in 1998 with two the Billboard Hot
No. 1 hits on the 100 charts.
Billboard Hot 100,
including “The AP Photo/The Hamilton Spectator, Scott Gardner
First Night” and “The
Boy Is Mine,” a duet In November, Garth Brooks’ new album Double Live enjoys Psychologists discover a connection
she sings with Brandy. first-day sales of over 500,000 copies, the industry’s best between musical training and verbal
one-day tally. Brooks makes special TV and Wal-Mart memory. Children trained to play a musical
closed-circuit TV appearances to promote the release. instrument grow up to have 16 percent
better word memory than other adults.
AP Photo/GB Management, Jenny Yates
Movie soundtracks account for nearly
halt of the Gold and Platinum certification
Some of the top soundtracks include
Titanic and Return to Titanic, City of
Angels, Armageddon, Hope Floats,
Dr. Doolittle and The Wedding Singer.

Whitney Houston’s My Love Is Your Love
is her first studio album in eight years.
The album includes the hit duet with
Mariah Carey entitled “When You Believe

Actor/rapper Will Smith wins three
American Music Awards, including
Favorite Pop/Rock Album, Favorite
Soul/R&B Album and Favorite Soul/R&B
Male Artist.

Sports

Sang Lan, China’s 17-year-old gymnastics champion, breaks
two vertebrae during a vault at the Goodwill Games in July,
leaving her paralyzed from the chest down.

Skiboards, short skis with twin tips that 0 Jeff Gordon wins the NASCAR Winston Cup
allow forward and backward jumping, for a second year in a row. Gordon, 27, is
debut in competition at the 1998 ESPN the youngest driver to win three Winston
Winter X Games. Cup championships.

C In March 1998. ESPN launches a
large-format sports magazine,
ESPN The Magazine, to compete
with Sports Illustrated.

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23-16 at the Fiesta Bowl in Arizona to win the national championship. becomes the first
It is the first year of the Bowl Championship Series, created to ensure woman to report from
that the highest ranked college teams nationally meet in a bowl game. the sidelines during
“Monday Night Football,"
the 1998 Super Bowl, the
NCAA Final Four and NFL
playoff games.

Defending champion Detroit Red Wings win the 1998 Stanley O Flamboyant sprinter Florence
Cup championship, beating the Washington Capitals 4-1. Griffith Joyner (FloJo), triple
Defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov, severely injured in a car gold medalist at the 1988
accident after last year’s Stanley Cup win, joins the celebration. Olympics, dies at age 38 in her
sleep, of suffocation during an
epileptic seizure.

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AP Phota/Lenny Ignelzi

In a 4-0 sweep against In July, France beats Brazil 3-0 to win its first Sports
the San Diego Padres, World Cup soccer title. During celebrations, a
the New York Yankees motorist drives through the crowd on the
win the 1998 World Series Champs-Elysees and injures 60 people.
to claim their 24th
championship. The
Yankees’ 125 total
victories is a modern
baseball record.

Lindsay Davenport,
22, defeats Martina
Hingis in the U.S.
Open in September
and becomes the
No. 1-ranked player
in the world.

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AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy St. Louis Cardinal Mark McGwire hits
home run number 62 on September 8,
Olympic gymnast breaking the record set by Roger Maris
Dominique Moceanu in 1961. McGwire ends the season
is declared a legal with 70 home runs.
adult after suing her
parents, alleging they Scott Olson/Reuters
squandered her
earnings and On September 13,
oppressed her for Sammy Sosa of the
years. Later, Moceanu Chicago Cubs also
is granted a protective breaks Roger Maris’
order against her record with his single­
father for stalking her. season 62nd home run.
Sosa ends the season
with 66 home runs.

The defending champion 0 The Chicago Bulls capture their sixth NBA On September 20, Cal Ripken Jr.
Denver Broncos meet the championship by beating the Utah Jazz ends his 16-year streak of 2,632
upstart Atlanta Falcons 87-86 in game six. Michael Jordan earns the consecutive baseball games played
at Super Bowl XXXIII in Finals MVP award. In January 1999, Jordan by withdrawing himself from the
Miami. The Broncos announces his retirement from the NBA Baltimore lineup for that night.
win 34-19. after 13 seasons.
NBA owners impose a lockout on July 1
Golfer Casey Martin, who that causes almost half the '98 -'99
suffers from a circulatory basketball season to be lost. The
disorder in his right leg, labor dispute is settled on January 6.
wins a lawsuit allowing him
to use a cart during PGA Tennis star Pete Sampras wins his fifth
and Nike golf tournaments. Wimbledon title and remains the
world's No. 1 player for a record sixth
straight year, breaking Jimmy Connors’
mark for consecutive seasons on top.

The NFL season is plagued with
controversial and incorrect calls.
Instant replay is not reinstated, but
coin toss procedures are implemented

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Miss Virginia Nicole Johnson is crowned Miss America 1999 in
Atlantic City. The 24-year-old diabetic wears an insulin pump on
her hip and plans to spotlight diabetes awareness during her reign.

Fifty-six-year-old Linda McCartney, f) Seventeen-year-old Katie Hnida is
photographer, animal rights named Chatfield Senior High School’s
activist and wife of famed Beatle Homecoming Queen as well as starting
Paul, dies of breast cancer on kicker for the varsity football team. The
April 17,1998. No. 1-ranked kicker in the state of
Colorado, Hnida hopes to play Division I
college football next year.

After dropping out of the NBC’s “News Radio”
star and former
third grade in 1902 to ,3 “Saturday Night Live'
cast member Phil
care for her 11 younger Hartman dies from
a gunshot wound
siblings, retired nanny inflicted by his wife
in May 1998.
and housekeeper ,

Eugenie Garside

finally receives her

high school diploma

at age 98.

AP Photo/Deb Halberstadt

Hirofumi “The Tokyo Terror” AP Photo/NBC Photo, Dave Bjerke Canadian Tobin Belanger escorts a
Nakajima (right), reigning world mannequin to his high school prom
hot dog eating champion, eats 19 Beloved puppeteer Shari Lewis He names her Jen, picks out her
hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes dies of cancer on August 2. dress and corsage and arrives in
to win the annual Nathan's Her creations include her a limousine.
Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog trademark Lamb Chop, Hush
Eating Contest. Puppy and Charlie Horse. Minnesotan David Weinlick
“advertises” for a wife and chooses
AT. Y pharmacy student Elizabeth Runze
from 23 hopefuls who travel to the
3B1-8G69 Mall of America in Minneapolis for
the event. Runze and Weinlick marry
the same day.

O Olympic gold medalist © 1999 Jostens Inc
figure skater Tara
Lipinski takes part in
an anti-tobacco rally
with area school
children on Capitol
Hill in May 1998. The
rally is sponsored by the
Campaign for Tobacco-
Free Kids.

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