Lowell High School - Lowellian Yearbook (Lowell, IN)

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A Little Warmth in Winter To keep tradition, the Student Council again sponsored the an¬ nual Christmas dance. Two hun¬ dred and two students and chap¬ erones, Bill Kalbac, Student Council sponsor; Kirk and Sue McQuiston; and Assistant Princi¬ pal Tom Johnson and his wife GiGi, joined together in the multi-pur¬ pose room and the Devil’s Com¬ mons on Saturday, December 19, 1981 from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. The theme “Chestnuts Roast¬ ing On An Open Fire,” was reflect¬ ed in the formal dance. The deco¬ rations consisted of an artificial Christmas tree and a fireplace decorated with stockings naming each couple attending. Music was provided by The Dots and record¬ ings of popular songs and the theme song, “Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire” were played. The couples will remember the event with pictures taken by Spa- soff Studios. Cookies and punch were served by the Student Council also. Scott Young and Diane Sherman share a slow dance.

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A “New” Pageant The moment you ' ve all bee r aiting for, finds 1981 ' s Junior Miss, Shelly Miller, turning Donna Blanchard received the Spirit of Ju- over her title to Jane Bork ski. nior Miss award. Borkowski attends State Diana Roarke protrayed a clown for her talent in the 1982 Junior Miss Pageant. Jane Borkowski traveled to Frankfort, Indi¬ ana for one week for the State Junior Miss Pageant. Here, she performs her Physical Fitness routine. “I learned a lot,” said Lowell’s Junior Miss, Jane Borkowski. During the week of January 17 to 24, Jane Borkowski spent her time in Frankfort, Indiana attend¬ ing the 1982 State Junior Miss Pageant. Jane spent Sunday through Tuesday rehearsing. Wednesday was the first night of the prelimi¬ nary judging which continued through Friday and ended on Sat¬ urday night with the finals. Jane performed her talent on Thursday night, and her physical fitness rou¬ tine on Friday. The highlight of Jane’s perfor¬ mance during the finals was when she received the over-all Scholas¬ tic Achievement Award and Schol¬ arship. “I was really happy about the award because I felt I was winning ti more for Lowell than myself,” Jane said. Even though it was a long and trying week where she was sepa¬ rated from her parents and friends, Jane concluded, I had a good time even though I missed everyone and I really appreciate being back in Lowell.”

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Get That Country Feelin’ Approximately 200 students got a taste of country life at the Sadie Hawkins Dance on March 19, 1982. The junior class set the mood of the evening with bales of hay and cornstalks as decorations in the Devils ' Commons and Multi-Pur¬ pose Room. The band, South¬ bound, provided music as couples were “hitched” by preachers John Toland and Jeff Dhonau. Since the dance is a traditional “turnabout”, girls could be heard saying, “I think I’ll ask him to Sa¬ die,” or “He won’t say ’yes’!”. However, when the day of the dance finally arrived, many cou¬ ples were seen wearing matching shirts, cowboy hats and boots to have their pictures taken against a country background provided by Spasoff Studios. After a night of dancing, enjoy¬ ing refreshments provided by the junior class and good company, students went home with that “down-home feeling . Sadie Hawkins Dance 17