Kirkwood High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Kirkwood, MO)

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ng trek across Missouri ndy Hart and her sister ou Fusz Toyota. Diane , and Stu Solomon, '80 e along with them. HIT OIHC ed to walk to the scular Dystrophy . Since Jerry Lew- uld have been too :lren, they walked 'und Missouri. les a day, the Hart valk in 64 days. rrants provided Even though we :rent McDonald's :ill could not get laughed Dawn Robinson Elemen- -ugh the Ozarks, 1 temperatures of Juld have quit, we n able to do any- zri. The hardest in the morning. ve saw every day irst effort of the The Harts were rrograms for four have brought in iding 36,000 this dn't have dreams to do was to get ,H sighed Cheri as , hiking boot. lsr, l u, ii, i, X TK P! I' ' '91 ,' i Q fb- 1, ' X ' 'f ' 'E',,L1-f-'QF ml 15,1-1, Arr- il f 1. T HN., 1 fun-4. ri' , 'Nw fain: 1 'rt' A f K N .- ' -Q-ifizwrrwiiil, ,fi - ' 'F , f e ,Vi i' .. ' een?-f . Jqjri' , H- f,-wffx,fq.L'- -. Q, ': r f f - 1- re- fw. w ' 'vi ' 'Li . 3 EX ..' ll girltffil '1E,:Ij7'l.', I 'if' ' ' -1 ii T L- will'--1f'iif 'r '-Y -i 5 ' f ir. f '- ,, its rsh--mimi ,,....r: V ,, , ,, W ' T 1 796, W ' L' 'gr f' i i' f f ,Q as K E , 4 I A Hi P , fl? .,.. A 1, L V -f - i -at Y ' ,. ,A,.,,, ,A V , V Y U- H r Breakfast at the Kirkwood McDonald's, Aug. 15 helps Bonnie, Cheri, and Shawn Hart relax before they continue their expedition to Lou Fusz Toyota, the final stop on their trip around the state. They returned to the same place they had left 64 days earlier, and friends met them to welcome them back. Home sweet home. After their long, exhausting jour- ney around the state of Missouri, Miss Sheila Vincent, Channel 2 News, interviews the Hart clan consisting of Nannie, Bonnie, Shawn, Cheri, Dawn and Cindy, along with Lou Fusz Sr. outside his Toyota dealership, locat- ed at the corner of Manchester and Kirkwood Road. Hart Walk 3 ,A

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Secretary of State James Kirkpatrick signs a citation in his office in Jefferson City declaring June 11 as Hart day. Members of the family were present for the formal signing, along with a representative from Jefferson City McDonald's, a sponsor of the trip. Preparations for the long walk across the state of Missouri begin as Cheri Hart, junior, receives assis- tance from Dave Jordan, her uncle, during a small gathering, at Lou Fusz Toyota, June 10. Details for the trip finalize as Cindy Brunswick, ju- nior, offers words of encouragement and says goodbye to Cheri Hart, junior. Wynn and Kim Gruver, Muscular Dystrophy workers, give Cheri their phone number in case of an emergency on the trip around Missouri. 1 4 r j . k ' ji' .os H LIMN .JL , U . ,X -, Completion of their 64-day long U'-elf across Mlsfourl draws quickly to a close for Candy Hart and her Sister Cheri, junior, as they approach Lou Fusz Toyota' Q38 Wilson and Amy Hake, seniors, and Stu golomon' alumnus, walk the final distance along with them- ast-bcatlng Hart glad to come home Listlessly Cheri Hart junior, jogged across Manchester Road to eno her 1,200-mile excursion around Missouri. The walk, which began on June 13 and ended on Aug. 15, raised money for Muscular Dystrophy. The trek ended at Lou Fusz Toyota. We were homesick before we even left Kirkwood, exclaimed Cheri. The people were great along the way, though. The journey took the Hart family to many towns. Hannibal, Kansas City and St. Joseph were all very interest- ing, said Cheri. The Walkin' Harts received keys to several of the cities. We were exhausted after 57 days of walking to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy. lt was worth it when we raised over 36,000 and had our pictures taken in front of the state capital. - Hart Family The family had planned to walk to the nationally-televised Muscular Dystrophy Telethon in New York. Since Jerry Lew- is felt that the walk would have been too dangerous for the children, they walked the same distance around Missouri. Averaging 20-30 miles a day, the I-lart family completed its walk in 64 days. McDonald's restaurants provided meals for the journey. Even though we ate at about 30 different McDonald's along the way, we still could not get enough of their food! laughed Dawn Hart, fourth-grader at Robinson Elemen- tary School. While walking through the Ozarks, the family encountered temperatures of 130 degrees. lf we would have quit, we would never have been able to do any- thing again, said Cheri. The hardest part was getting up in the morning. About the only thing we saw every day was asphalt. This was not the first effort of the Hart family for M.D. The Harts were active in fund-raising programs for four years. Their efforts have brought in roughly S20,000, including 36,000 this trip. I was so tired, l didn't have dreams anymore. All I wanted to do was to get back to school and rest, sighed Cheri as she tugged off a worn hiking boot, it gr' l I i A, V-iv , LK U 5 1' J .l flti, wr ' T . 4 .tc . l v be

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