Munster High School - Paragon Yearbook (Munster, IN)

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LEFT: THE CAT ' S MEOW. Reliving days gone by, senior Tom Sedey dresses in nostalgic attire as part of spirit week. ABOVE: ROYALTY. Looks of happiness appear as senior queen candidates, Jill Kovack, Karen Porter, and Cheryl Kish take the traditional ride around the football field after announcing Karen as queen. Homecoming

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V. Hey, What time did you get home last night? “Three-thirty?!?” BELOW: EASY DOES IT. Concentrating on keeping a steady hand, junior Greg Os- lan, places another nail into the scarecrow ' s arm “Boy, you must have put in a lot of time on the float.” You said it, and I’m just not ready for an hour of English. I guess I’d better pre- pare myself for his lecture.’’ . . . and always use transi- tive verbs when . . . ZZZzzzzz I don’t believe it! I must be somewhere over the rainbow! Why am I sitting in a field of poppies? I’ve got to hurry back to school! I don’t have time to sit here all day; I have a big Chemistry test next hour!” I wonder what the fastest way out of here is. I guess I’ll try my luck at following that yellow brick road over there. I had been walking down the yellow brick road for five long hours, when all of the sudden I caught a glimpse in the distance of what looked like civilization! I noticed a sign on a big gate which read: “Welcome to the Land of Oz” (better known as the Home of the Mustangs). I couldn’t be- lieve it! Curiously, I opened the gate to let myself into the “Land of Oz”. The high school wasn’t that hard to find, considering it was the only one in the whole town. I made it there just in time to participate in Spirit Week”. Throughout the week, an extra added spirit was found in the school as students dressed up in jeans and jerseys, nostalgic clothes, farmer outfits, their class colors and red and white. This was the beginning of the many events that were to take place that week. On Thursday, I happened to be out for a walk when I no- ticed a big pile of wood in Community Park. The silence of the night was broken by cries of Beat the Panthers . My instincts told me to go and find out what was happening. As I was standing amid the crowd, I (Continued on page 12) RIGHT: RUST IN PEACE. Hours of construction produce a winner for the Senior Class as they uphold their second consecutive first place float. 1 0 Homecoming

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l e-rrute cf parade causes ccnfusicn l 1 was entertained by the screaming cheers of the var- sity cheerleaders, football coaches and players. After the pep session the huge pile of wood was set on fire, and the crowd of people moved back and watched the fire’s orange flames turn the woodpile to ash. I ' m glad I remembered there would be a parade, but too bad I came into the picture too early. I sat on Ridge Road for an hour and waited for the pa- rade, but it never came, so I began to walk back to school. On the way back, I heard mu- sic and I said to myself, No, it couldn’t be!” But yes it was . . . the Marching Mustangs along with the Drill Team, Majorettes and Flag and Rifle Corps. How could I have forgotten! With the construction on Ridge Road the parade had to be re- routed so it went down Harri- son Avenue and back over to the school. Back at school, the home- coming events were still going on. My nose immediately di- rected me to where the Speech and Debate Team was cooking the annual barbecued chicken dinner. For only a quarter, I was able to go inside the track to watch some high school students re- live their childhood days of trike riding. The Office Educa- tion Association (OEA) was holding their annual trike race. Awards were given to the teams with the best costumes, and the overall race winners. With all the activities of the day behind me, I looked for- ward to the night when the float winner, and QUEENIE would be announced! At half- time, the band marched out on the field and the homecoming court was announced as they walked towards the home side. Frosh princess, Pam Thomae, sophomore princess, Leann Laskey, junior princess, Sue Emhuff and senior princesses Cheryl Kish, Jill Kovack and TOP: ALL OUT EFFORT. Although they worked everyday in hopes of producing a winner, the juniors ' scarecrow still only managed to capture second place. ABOVE: PEE WEE WHEELERS. Waiting for the start of the trike race, sophomores Diane Langford, Diana Luera. Kelly Samels and Kerri Dunn parade around the track. RIGHT: TENSE MOMENTS. Suspense finally comes to an end for senior Karen Por- ter as she hears her name announced as homecoming queen. 12 Homecoming