Lake Central High School - Quiver Yearbook (St. John, IN)

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Where can this be stored? Tim Kelly, graduate of 1979, discovers little need for the expensive snow thrower purchased before winter. An old fashioned snow scene is brought back with the first awaited snow fall of the decade. Up on the housetop. As we were plagued with the winter of 79, icicles formed from the roofs of many homes. Visions of the past haunt us as a likeness of Frosty has not yet been able to be recreated in the winter of 1900. Invasion from outer space? No, this is the attire used for snowmobiling as modeled by Mr. Wells. 12 Student life

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Russian lake over, Iran Crisis, With US hostages being taken in Iran, and the Russians taking over Afghanistan, the only talk of peace was between Egypt and Israel | Record amounts, as the price of gold takes a tre¬ mendous leep of over 700 dollars an ounce, with the price of gas following suit, the value of the American dollar ontinues to depreciate. midwes Cold Rush v I- Red, yellow, green: Construction has finally begun on the school intersection for a long awaited traffic light to enable better exiting of students and buses after school. School is officially opened, but classes will not be held! This was a well known saying for most stu¬ dents as teachers went on a three week long strike. t events 11

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House full of snow? In the infamous winter of 1979, snow accumulated until it reached window level at the homes of many people. Snow thrower for sale The first day of winter approached and the region waited, but not with idle hands. No winter snowstorm would catch them unprepared again—not for the fourth straight year! With a yearly broken record of snow¬ fall that exceeded 89 inches during 1978 - 79 , rumors began early. Leakage from one reliable source predicted 200 + inches, and a few people in the midwest escaped this rumor ' s publicity. Weather forcastors refused to go out on a limb: Yes, there could be that much snowfall, but they didn ' t think so. Caterpillars and farm animals were carefully examined, while most north state Hoosiers adopted a just-in-case attitude. Snow throwers took up storefront space and came in bigger models than ever before. Groceries and staples were stock piled by families. Snowmobiles were ordered early. And the region waited. Abnormal weather—high 50 ' s—oc- cured Christmas week, and weather bu¬ reaus retreated to the all-but-forgotten line of you: There will be snow on Christmas Eve but it will be gone by morning. Yes, not even a white Christ¬ mas. Of course, lanuary and February! held some promise with extreme cold, icy roads and heavy raods, but nothing could compare to the preparedness of the region. There is something a little disappoint¬ ing about an average winter in the Mid¬ west. There ' s just nothing to be proud about; but for winter lovers, beauty could be found, if not in abundance. Skiing anyone? Not for Tami Wells and many oth¬ ers who had planned a winter full of skiing. The falling of the white stuff. To many people, winter offers as much beauty as the summer sun.