Rainier Beach High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

Wendy Evans, Demetra Bishop and Kerrin Reed model the latest in Zebra wear as the sport the black and white. Teisha Webster, Susan Lloyd. Belinda Lamb, Cindy Buske and Renee Townsend hold rest during a sunny lunCh break. The year was 2087. The place was a vacant field overgrown with weeds. lt used to be the site of Rainier Beach High School, a building that survived millions of rowdy teens stomping within for so many years. lt stood firmly during raucus pep assemblies, where one couldn't help but rock the gym bleachers with the rest of the crowd. It held fast when that giggling cheerleader ran screaming through the halls from her playful tormentor. Rainier 2 Opening A Si n of the Tim Beach had truly stood the test of time. But that was IOO years and doz- ens of bulldozers ago. lt was now playing host to hundreds of peo- ple who were on hand to examine the contents of a time capsule buried a hundred years before by the students of the high school. Curious hands and puzzled eyes picked through the relics, not recognizing the Gotcha shorts, Gennerra sweaters, Swatch watches, Run DMC, The Cure and The Jets albums. What were those Le-Sport Sac things and oversized Benneton and Espirit products? None of the people on hand knew, for it was before their time. In order for them to have fully appreciated and understood the artifacts, they had to have experienced the time. They had to be there. Jackie Broderick, Grace Fernandez, Julie Hwang, Sharon Han and Jeff Larican share conversation and friendship during lunch.