Andrean High School - Decussata Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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The same winter snows which Chauncey’s woebegone countenance drove hundreds of people to hud- reflects the feelings of every creature, die around the fire brought Paul two-footed or four-footed, who struggled Bicalho to the slopes to perform to survive the bitter winter of ’ 82 . his ski acrobatics. 24— Student Lite

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A break between dance numbers gives dads and daughters time to square their sets. Mrs. Mirabella receives triple at- tention from her handsome escorts, triplets John, Peter, and Jim Mirabella. Mrs. Cisowski and son Lowell share a smile. Energetic dads keep pace with their daughters during a square dance session. Student Life— 23

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Cold Facts When Shakespeare refer- red to “the winter of our discontent,” he might very well have been talk- ing about the winter of 1982. With Arctic cold spells and paralyzing blizzards, this winter was the harshest on record. The mercury plummeted to twenty-six degrees below zero in Indiana, but the thermometer didn’t tell the whole story. High winds created a chill factor of eighty- one below, the coldest ever. Snow storms dumped two-foot winter wonderlands on the ground; power outages were frequent, and sometimes traffic was stifled completely. The wind, snow, and cold also teamed up to make life miserable for An- drean students and facul- ty. Only two snow days were called on account of bad weather, because the snow and freezing cold invariably hit hardest on Friday nights, and cleared up just in time for school on Mon- day mornings. The icy grip of winter held fast until late April, when it finally subsided to make way for warmer summer weather. It isn ' t a bird or a plane — it’s A wind chill factor of sixty Mr. Morgan leaping a snow below sends Rose Sgambelluri pile in a single bound! scurrying to school. Student Life — 25