Hastings High School - Seconds Tick By Yearbook (Hastings, MN)

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Time Stood Still My WW ' mf ff! , , ? 1 f ,, W 'fe M1 -aug I WZ A 'a ,Mfff f,,.,,f..'..,.'fw-f H11 If , Q, Z ', , fg - A ' Time stood still this summer, as storms past through cutting off power to the Hastings area. About 3 am., Saturday morning, June Yth, rain and gale force winds swept through Hastings blowing down trees and power lines. Shortly after 8 pm., on Tues- day, July 15th, Hastings resi- dents were lashed by straight- line winds clocked at about l0O mph. Damage was mostly to roofs, storage sheds, fences, up- rooted trees, and downed power lines. A snow day in September. Yes, a storm blew in Wednesday night September 3 and blew the school bus garage roof upon the 18 buses parked inside. Thurs- day was declared a snow day in spite of perfect sunny weath- er, because the buses could not be pulled out from the garage which was totally destroyed. DRY ICE was trucked into Hastings resi- dents, for use in their refrig. and freezer after the storm on Saturday, lune Yth. Some residents went without power until Tuesday afternoon. THE HERB STEINKE FARM is littered after the luly 15th storm swept through the Has- tings area. Winds clocked at about 100 mph. tore apart barns and silos.

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CITY CREWS from all departments of the city were pressed into action Saturday morn- ing, lune 7th. Their main concern was the restoration ot essential service and opening up the streets tor emergency vehicles. THE SOUNDS OF chain saws began Satur- day morning, lune 7th, and continued throughout the week. Over 1000 healthy trees were destroyed by the gale force winds. gary, Af, ff STUDENTS AT HASTINGS schools had a snow day off on Thursday Sept, 3rd, Eight of the 18 buses parked in the garage suf- fered only cosmetic damages. Workers pull 17 ot the l8 buses out and all were readied tor the Friday morning pickup ot the 5000 students in the Hastings area.

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Boundry Waters Canoe Trip l98O As the final seconds of school ticked by, some 1475 students were looking forward to another summer vacation. All but 60 of us were in this state of mind, for we were looking forward to another two weeks of school. The big question was where were we going. The answer? The Boundry Waters Canoe Area! Whoever thought of a classroom in the woods? Who thought that a canoe and a paddle could be an essential part of a learning 'ti experience? AS WE PORTAGED from Canada to the U.S. on Little Knife Portage, Ken Owl showed us his voyageur spirit as he double packed to the next lake, to save precious time. as LUNCHTIME DRAWS the gang towards HOW ABOUT A DIP? On a layover day 2 the food packs to get their share of fig new- Seagull Lake, Deal' Trails End, Kristi. tons, dried apriggfsl rye kl-isps and honey- Hellzen was about to be thrown into the lak MMMMM Good! by Dean Cran, Ken Owl and left Hoffman.