Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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JENNY JOHNSTON: Jenny remembers her high school years from a series of massive study hours, which got her merits in grades 11 12 to weekends of dance with a certain mysterious flower man in a dark black Fiero. This closet Honeymoon Suite and Rush fan (good bass!) enjoyed quite a few concerts from The Spoons (nice boots!) to the Platniums, to Level 42. Try not to SHAKE too much! Her book states: Calculus the easy way ; Jenny finds the hard blueberries. New Year ' s Eve was quite the awakening, but does she remember the time change? Or Easter weekend at 4 am with lots of Easter bunny caps? Jenny plans to go to Queen ' s for Commerce next Year! Good luck! You will do well; but remember - the doctor can help! quote: Like wow, wipe-out! SARAH LAFOREST: Blonde, blue-eyed, seventeen-year-old girl wishes to meet an older man with similar interests. Hobbies include screaming in elevators, being an accomplice in physically lifting cars, composing great pieces of literature in every class except English, promoting Eau de Biere Rurfum, practicing transcendental meditation in the bathroom, a Cutlas promoting Du IVIaurier a la Don Johnston, combining con- versation with REM and, waking the dead at toll booths. Enjoys listening to Prince and IVIarvin Gaye as well as normal music like IVlotley Crue, Ozzie Osbourne and Culture Club. Fantasy evening of dancing at Discus, going home with a gorgeous guy (appearing only on a WASP album) and having a flashlight dinner of cold pizza and frozen hot dogs. Ap- plicants must be mature. No weirdos, please. LAILA LALANl: Chuck L-a, L- a, no L-a Lalani has been among us for five years now. Back in grade nine she was known as the quiet, timid, studious one of the group, but those good old days were quickly left behind. Laila has since been involved in every school activity . . . from sports ... to social events ... to all-round school life. Our senior prefect is better known for Extra chews, never ending muffins. Diet Coke, her love for gymnastics, lots of bags, funny ways of putting on shoes when walking sunny beaches, bumping into the wrong people, all night movies, cravings for D.J. , tapes and more tapes, McBarff runs, convincing phone calls, surprise parties, the Lady ' s psycho , but most of all for her generosity and dedication to Elmwood, the common room and the Class of ' 86. We did it partner, and the quarters are flowing out of my pocket! The best of luck for the future and thank you . . from all your campers! The pressure gets tougher, and all of a sudden the things that worked so smoothly before are screwed up, and you don ' t keep a sense of humour in this life, pal, they carry you away. Hey man I ' m telling you I still like to party! - D.J. JULIE LAROUCHE: This West-End Girl has graced Elmwood ' s halls since grade 9. Eager to get to McGill to major in Anatomy (Yes, Julie!?) Julie decided to boycott Grade 12 and go straight into Grade 13. Juwel w ill always be remembered for her snap psychiatry sessions in times of crisis (before Physics tests, Calculus tests!) and her encouragement and con- fidence Of course you know what you ' re doing! Her bounce flamboyance and ability to light up even a double math period will always be cherished. Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glay in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind.

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LEILANl FARHA: Why? 1 think. The book sits looking at the wall. Goodbye. Endless hope. I was swallowed one time deep in the dark and came out alive after all. In a rush she slid. I looked and pondered. To help this lady would mean all of that fake sentimentality. To leave her on the road would make her more of what she was in comparison to her fellow citizen. It would allow my conscience to be free from the horrid thought of superficial affection. I went down and picked the woman up. She sighed in relief, I then released her and put her back in the puddle on the street. In fair Verona where we lay our scene. Lait. P.S. Where would I be without: Haly . . . Boho . . . Boyel . . . Greece . . . Valvos and Tettus . . . Stornoway . . . Birks . . . Greece . . . Black Roots . . . Vallarta . . . red seaters . . . skating . . . Toronto . . . Harriet, Jodie, Nadia and Fiona and Elisa more than she ' ll ever know. A child said ' What is the gray ' fetching it to me with full hands; how could I answer the child? I do not know what it is anymore than he . . . The heavy burden of the growing son perplexes and offends more, day by day; the prim of living and the drug of dreams - Willy Won- derland wouldn ' t un- derstand but not the hell little archy not the hell - cheerio my deario please Lord let me live through this absolute pain. Ciao, Love and Pride. NICOLA GRAINGER: Nicola is another brave member of our class who joined the ranks in the seventh grade. She held a perfect at- tendance record for all the Rockcliffe events - including dances, barbeques, science fairs, and baseball games. Nicola is known for her extensive use of rainbows and her incredible tanning ability of which we are all jealous. As a senior, Nicola became the main mode of com- munication between Elmwood and Ashbury. Her orange Volvo became her trademark. Her participation and help in school activities has been much ap- preciated including her duties as Chapel monitor and her work with the Juniors. Nicola ' s enjoyment of aerobics has been the envy of us all. Let ' s hope that Trent will tak- advantage of Nicola ' s enthusiasm for all aspects of school life. SANDRA HALLADJIAN: Marching to the promised land Where the honey flows and takes you by the hand. Pulls you down on you knees. While you ' re down a pool appears. The face in the water looks ups. And she shakes her head as if to say That its the last time you ' ll look like today. Sailaway, away. Ripples never come back. Gone to the other side. Sailaway, away. - Genesis CHRISTINE JODOIN: Oneof the Bahamas Mamas, not-so-shy-and- quiet Chris has been an Elmwood inmate since the Greased- lightening days of grade six. Over the years, Chris has left us in awe over her earings, the length of her fingernails, and her ever-changing hair. Wearing a wild wig and dodging TV cameras! Unknown to many, Chris has often been near the roof of various troubles. Rapelle-toi Barbara, qui a lance les bas? Party time all de time! Foreign languages! Nostrils! 1 hate my hair! Kaputchkapulonious! Will Chris ' next vacation be in Martinique? Sipping Jamaican punch and goombays in the gazebo . . . We only tease you because we love you! Keep laughing! You ' re not watching TV, are you? Pals always. Oh yeah . . .

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CATHY LOUGHEED: Many years have I still to burn, detained Like a candle flame on this body; but I enclose Blue shadow within me, a presence which lives contained In my flame of living, the invisible heart of the role. So through these days, while I burn on the fuel of life. What matter the stuff I lick up in my daily flame; Seeing the core is a shadow inviolate, A darkness that dreams my dreams for me, ever the same - DH Lawrence Katie will surely and hopefully continue to fill lives with a serenity little known by most. May luck and happiness always be your shadows. ANNABELLE MANDY: The inscription on the Head of Nightingale ' s grave reads: In memory of those who died while waiting for the bell to ring . R.I. P. 1976-1986. Corporal Smith has been hearing the bells of Elmwood since grade four - Can you tell me why? She has Doug her niche on the soccer field, at the Commonwealth Conference, in Samara meetings, in social planning, and as a wardrobe consultant, June 14th finder, ad- director, calculus star . . . We can Bragg about Ms. Wolfe as a Cure to all Commotions, and a support in pundering life ' s thierrys. Often seen scooting around town, the common room ' s resident music expert ' s past hangouts include CFUO, the Royal Bank, upstairs at Britton ' s the drill hall, the Ritz, the Rowing Club - and anywhere else she might have lost her keys. Here ' s to surprise parties, boxer- short p.j. ' s, discovering Montreal, unfinished haircuts, Lakefield, Bahamas Mamas ' 86 Cup ' a Soups, Boho waiters, flat tires, concerts, skiing and everything else that has gotten us high on life. Most of all, though, here ' s to the road ahead of us, to the beauty of freedom, and to everlasting friendship. Love you Emmeci. How can anyone know me when I don ' t even know myself. The The What counts is not the best living but the most living. CAMUS NICOLA MAULE: Nicola has been at Elmwood . . . well, let ' s say from the time she wanted to be a Gold Medalist. Now, she leaves the hallowed halls of this school as an ' 86 Prefect. Over the years, Nic ' s avid, blue eyes have kept us on key about gossip, school work, and of course soaps, but mostly, those innocent-looking blue eyes have kept Nicola out of trouble. We know better! Here ' s to: chocolate-mint pudding, all talk no action , Supertan, woopy- boung-boung ; the cult, the guiding light, Niagara Falls, dieting, comment fa va? , oh ya, for sure , Nobody ever tells me anything! , McGill ... no Queens, Goombay, Smashes, but most of all Party all the time . . . and . . . Feeling hot, hot, hot! KIM MONTERO: Kim is destined to become a biologist specializing in the study of clams breathing habits. She goes on a weekly pilgrimage to a strange land in the middle of nowwhere. This time is used very productively as she spends it receiving spiritual guidance from her guru sol she also frequently visits a place where small creatures lurk in the shadows watching her contemplate her walkie . Kim spends her other leisure time reading the Bible and pondering the concepts of the book of Genesis hoping to acquire some form of divine inspiration. Kim is such a dedicated student and enjoys school so much that she has even been known to sleep there. One of her two private chauffeurs is really a KGB agent.