Munster High School - Paragon Yearbook (Munster, IN)

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“BLOW THEM AWAY’ replaces Fire up for a Victory” as the Distributive Education balloon sale springs into ac- tion for Homec oming with senior Dru Payne as salesperson. CAREFULLY MAKING CERTAIN that no empty spaces remain on Tony the Tiger ' s head is a job for junior Nick Na- varro as he adds the finishing touch. MOVEABLE PARTS DO not happen without the use of mechanical instru- ments. Senior Lisa Fitt checks over the motor one last time before placing it into position. BUSY WORKING TO keep the pace moving in the carry-out line, freshman Julie Thompson, junior Terri Bame and freshman Ann Higgins put together chicken dinners at the Speech and De- bate barbecue. 12 Homecoming

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ECHOES OF CONGRATULATIONS re sound on the field as Flag and Rifle Corps members rejoices with Marisa Gederian, Homecoming queen, and her escort Jonathan Mintz, senior. ESCAPING HIS CROWN Point oppo- nent ' s block, senior Mustang halfback Clark Labitan (41), determinedly pushes onward in attempts of scoring before the quarter ends. d s Murphy’s Law states: whatever can go wrong- — will. Homecoming took Murphy’s Law seriously as ac- tivities were struck with one di- saster after another. Once class float construction began, the first ’’blow” to Homecoming came as eggs and fruit were hurled at the float sites. Two homes suffered smashed windows as a result. The next day, Principal Dr. Da- vid Dick cancelled all float ac- tivities for that night and threat- ened to end float activities permanently. Junior Class sponsor and Business teacher Mr. Don Fortner, attributed the vandal- ism to the fact that, “in past years it had been tolerated to a degree and people treated it as accepted behavior.” After one night of float sus- TONY THE TIGER proclaims the sign of eventual victory as he awaits the cue to take his place in the Homecoming pa- rade and show of the Junior Class pride. pension, activities continued until Homecoming was burned” with its second mis- hap of a much larger degree. School was cancelled for three days because of the fire in the North Building. This caused Spirit Week to be cancelled. According to senior Carrie Nelson, Pride Committee Sec- retary, “because Spirit Week was cancelled, there was not as much student involvement or spirit as there could have been. At first we were not even sure there would be a dance — a real disaster.” Included in cancelled activities were dress-up days, Class hall decorating, class skits, and field competition. With no other Homecoming activities to participate in, all classes used the three days off to work on floats. However, all class sponsors agreed they had expected more people to show up and more to get ac- complished during this extra work time. After school resumed Thurs- day and the Homecoming week- end approached, the classes were “sprinkled” with yet an- other misfortune. As the rain came down on Homecoming Eve, last n ight float work was slowed. Since all final float preparations must be done out- side, the floats had to be com- pleted on Friday morning with limited time before the parade. As Mr. Stephen Wildfeuer, Sophomore Class sponsor and French teacher, commented, the rain made it difficult. The night before we couldn ' t assem- ble the float, like we had planned.” However, with the sun shin- ing, all floats made it to the Christian Reformed Church in time to be judged at 1:30 p.m. Led by the Marching Band and Drill Team, the parade made its way down Ridge Road to the high school South Park- ing lot, still echoing with cheers for the class floats. continued Homecoming 1 1

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chaos As the parade ended, the floats were placed at the end of the football field to await half- time festivities and the judges’ final results. Directly across from the rest- ing floats, Speech and Debate Team members were busy flip- ping a nd cooking chicken for their annual Chicken Barbeque Dinner. While the dinner did not begin until 4:30 p.m., the chick- en turners had been at work since school was dismissed at 1 1 a.m. Following the barbeque, the fans rolled into the stands for the 7:30 p.m. game. Keeping in line with the rest of Homecom- ing, the game had also been kicked” by an uncontrollable incident. Earlier in the week, a milestone occurred when 20 Crown Point football players, the rivals of the week, were sus- pended due to an infraction of training rules. With this news, the question arose whether the Munster-Crown Point match would be played at all. The match did go on as scheduled. As one senior foot- ball tri-captain, Nick Pokrifcak stated, “it made it a less excit- ing game for us to play. We were predicted to win, so that made it harder to prepare for, since it was a difficult game to take seriously.” Although traditional rivalry was missing, the stands were full of cheers as half-time ac- tivities began. Following the usual halftime routines by the Marching Band, Drill Team, Flag and Rifle Corp, Student Body President Ed Go- mez, senior, introduced the class princesses. Due to a tie, four senior princesses, instead of the usual three, represented their class, including Marisa Gederian, who was later crowned queen, Gena Faso, Caryn Mott and Mari Sartain. Other princesses included ju- nior Eva Zygmunt, and sopho- continued WITH HAMMER IN hand, Mark Luberda, Senior Class president, prepares to connect two boards tor Dig Em ' s head. TRANSFORMING TISSUE PAPER into flowers requires a flick of the wrist, but arranging them into a Kellogg ' s charac- ter is another story as junior Suzanne El Naggar discovers. Homecoming 13