Lowell High School - Lowellian Yearbook (Lowell, IN)

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Year in Review The space shuttle Columbia made two successful flights throughout the year. President Reagan continued to slash the budget with his Reganomic” program. Photo by Susan T. McElkinney. On Golden Pond brought Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda together on the silver screen along with Oscars for Best Actress and Actor. Photo by John Bryson. Obituaries 1981-82 John Belushi Harry Chapin Moshe Dayan William Holden Bob Marley Anwar Sadat Lowell Thomas Natalie Wood Moments before his death, Anwar Sadat awaits the military parade to start in which four terrorists assasinated Sadat, killing and wounding many others.

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The year of 1981-82 was a mix¬ ture of peace and turmoil. Millions of people world-wide witnessed the wedding of Charles, the Prince of Wales, to Lady Diana Spencer. On October 6, while viewing a military parade, the president of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, was assasinated by a group of ter¬ rorists. Poland stuck behind Lech Walesa and Solidarity, winning Wa¬ lesa the title of “Man of the Year” from TIME magazine. The end of the school year was the beginning of the war between Britain and Ar¬ gentina over the Falkland Islands. In national news, eve ryone was affected by “Reganomics” where budgets cuts touched Congress, tax-payers, and students applying for financial aid. However, infla¬ tion did drop in percentage and at the same time Congress approved a bid to raise the National Debt over $1 trillion. The summer was the time for strikes as baseball fans suffered through a summer of no baseball, and no air traffic controllers. (PATCO lost their jobs after refus¬ ing to obey Mr. Reagan’s orders to return to work). While the traffic controllers and air traffic were grounded, the space shuttle Columbia made two successful flights during 1981-82. The computer field proved to be the best bet for jobs, both at work and home, as video games hit an all-time sales high. Critics and moviegoers were de¬ lighted when Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda came together on the screen for an Academy Award winning performance in “On Golden Pond”. In contrast, America was stunned by the sud¬ den death of John Belushi, a well- known comedian and actor, made popular by the television show, “Saturday Night Live”. Belushi was 33. 1981-82: The Thousands of people were shocked by the sudden news of John Belushi ' s death. Belushi, who became popular on “Saturday Night Live and after six box office hits, died at the high point of his career. Photo by Annie Leibovitz. Millions witnessed the royal wedding of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles of Wales in July 1981. Photo by Rex Features.

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Honors Night, May 19, 1982 AIR FORCE ROTC AWARDS C Lt. Col. Raymond Vought, C Lt. Col. Ja¬ net Decker, C Lt. Col. Donna Mitchell, Ma¬ jor Scott Pickering ART AWARD Jeff Myers ATTENDANCE AWARD Karen Quillin ATHLETIC AWARDS Barry Alt, Lorri Brown. Julie Brunner, Cathy Cash, Greg Crim, Roy Davis, Scott Dulin, Katie DeRosa. Joe Dewes, To dd El¬ liott, Dave Elliott, Tim Ebert, Dave Freder¬ ick, Tom Furmankiewicz, Eric Gallenkamp, Dave Gerst, Tim Holm, Chris Hood, Keith Kender, Dale Knoblich, Lynda Koppen, Tony Luchene, Vic Manes, Lisa Mates, Stormy Marshall, Lance Maylath, Karen Mize, Chris Novak, Cindy Novak, Dave O ' Drobinak, Ross Parker, Tom Parks, Re¬ becca Prendergast, Chris Richards, George Searle, Jim Shipman, Don Single- ton, Tony Stonebraker. Tom Streeter, Mike Tate, Tim Todd. Hope Warchus, Pen¬ ny Weiand, Paul Wietbrock, Keith Umlaut BUSINESS AWARD Dorraine Midkiff CHEERLEADING AWARD Rebecca Prendergast DAR Good Citizen Award Jane Borkowski DRAMA AWARDS George Schmelter, Tom Gunning, Donna Blanchard, Ella Mae Hoover, Renee Mor¬ timer, Kelly DeVine. Diana Jazwinski, Terry Bauer ENGLISH AWARD Mary Daley FOREIGN LANGUAGE AWARD Sara Morrow, Tirza Derflinger FEA AWARD Lisa Mates GOVERNMENT AWARD Jane Borkowski, Dave O ' Drobinak HONOR SECTION AWARDS Chery l Allie, Dawn Beenes, Cindy Berner, Jane Borkowski, Lorri Brown, Julie Brun¬ ner, Gwyn Capps, Bill Childress, Shawn Clark, Christy Czerwinski, Mary Daley, Tirza Derflinger, Eric Gallenkamp, Anne Gayfield, Dave Gerst. Lynn Hall, Chris Hood, Ella Mae Hooover, Diana Jazwinski, Lori Jelenick, Lynda Koppen, Lisa Mates, Dorraine Midkiff, Sara Morrow. Dave O’Drobinak, Rebecca Prendergast, Diane Ryder, George Searle Mike Tate, Penny Weiand HOOSIER GIRLS STATE AWARD Rebecca Rineheart, Colette Searle HOOSIER BOYS STATE AWARD John Anderson, Gen Schmidt, Kendel 1 30 Honors Night