Elston High School - Elstonian Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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T.- Pomp and Circumstance Below: Co-Valedictorian Steve Oeschlager Graduation proves to be a solemn occasion for Ed Newson.

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Class Of l982 Goes Out In Style Leslie Cash and Karin Williams smile for the camera. Co-Valedictorian Diedre Drehmel Bottom L: Seniors line up for Diplomas. Top L: Gina Chavez smells her rose . Above: New graduates admire their diplomas.

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Elston Students Explore New Worlds This past summer. several Elston students had the opportunity to under- go new adventures as they traveled to all parts of the globe. Stacy Attar spent a month in Helsin- ki. Finland as a member of the Michi- gan City Chapter of the Childrens ln- ternational Summer Village. In Finland. Stacy stayed with a family who had a girl her age, who will come to the Unit- ed States to stay with her family for a month this summer. Traveling through the country. to islands in the Gulf of Finland and to the Russian border. Stacy especially enjoyed visiting many famous artists homes and seeing the huge glass factories for which Finland is known. Beth Pleasants traveled to the other side of the world to spend time in To- kyo. Japan. As the only American at her CISV camp and a junior counselor. Beth helped organize activities for the kids, as well 35 Serving as a bridge of Kelly Dart Is Introduced to Speaker of the House. Tip O'Neill. and lllinors Senator. Dan communication between the children Ros'enkowsu' and adults. A typhoon made their planned trip to Mount Fuii impossible; but the people from the camp spent their time going to amusement parks. Japanese baseball games, and eating at traditional Japanese restaurants. Seniors Theresa Lake and Dani Li- vinghouse also had the opportunity to visit another country this Summer. spending time in Germany. In a completely different type of ad- venture, Kelly Dart went to Washing- ton DC. to serve as a Congressional Page for seven weeks. Meeting new friends. Kelly quickly learned the ad- vantages and disadvantages of living alone in our nations capitol. During her stay. Kelly shared as many new exper- iences as those who flew to other countries. and learned an unforgetta- ble lesson on how Our government real- ly works. Dani Livinghouse and Theresa Lake sightsee In Germany 26t$till life