Lincoln High School - Bear Yearbook (Bloomington, MN)

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The Northwestern Financial Center overlooks Inrersrore 494 or Xerxes Avenue This building holds numorous offices on its 21 floors os well os rhe Northwestern Dank Home of the Minnesota North Stars and mony concerts, rhe Met Center is located on Cedor Avenue. 28 OLOOMWGTCN

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Support Your Group SupporKse port') - Hold up.- help; give srrengrh or courage ro. Group(grup) - o number of persons rogerher; ossembtoge; compony; ossociorion. By dictionary definition, support group wos described as a synonym of group process; a rime for considering things Together. But ro the members of Lincoln's straight” support group, it wos more than a definition our of Webster's It was a rime for sharing experiences and listening ro problems common ro oil A group member described his support group as. A place ro go ro sort through the problems in your life and deal with them rather than suppressing them ” In addition ro the straight group, there Were several personal growth groups, some chemical awareness groups, o concerned persons ond o quit smoking group. Each group met once a week for one and a half ro two hours with program coordinator Druollo Corson. Though the main purpose of these support groups wos ro offer feedback and provide a supportive atmosphere for srudenrs ofrer rrearmenr, members sometimes found srrengrh outside their groups in the form of a serenity prayer: 'God grant me the serenity ro accept the things I cannot chonge. The courage ro change the things I can. And the wisdom ro know the difference.’ Orher types of support groups were church groups. They supported each orher in Christian fellowship ond spiritual growth Lincoln yudenrs found this support or Son Summit. Search and Young Life Son Summit met Wednesdays at the Portland Adminiyrarion Building. It consisted of about 350 high school srudenrs from around the area. Their evening included competition, media shows, Chrisrion music groups and o talk given by Leader Craig Osborne Son Summit also had a ski trip ro Colorado which attracted mony srudenrs. Wednesdays were also filled by a group colled Search. It involved approximately 70 students who met or St. Edwards Church. This group was led by Duffy Prinrup who stressed risk- taking as a way finding freedom. Their activities included a Hawaiian Luou, hayrides, o balloon drift and a trip ro Texas in the spring. Young Life met on Mondoys or Calvary Church. Singing, games and talks highlighted the meetings. Hayrides, ice creom at Bridgeman's, cording, ond going ro camp wos oil parr of the fun or Young Life. Leoder Joan McCabe (77 Lincoln groduore) summed up Young Life, It's a piece just ro be yourself, ro moke friends ond more importantly, ro learn about God.” Laughter was hard to control for Orion Rue and Greg Povroznik as they shore a joke with o speaker from Storefront SUPPORT YOUR GROUP 27

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Bloomington, On The Minnesota Pow Wow! Brings bock memories, doesn'r ir? Cowboys and Indians in rhe bockyord, on old John Woyne film or rhe charge of General Custer Bloomingron, you've come along woy since rhe doys of rhe Old Wesr! Winning on All-American dry award, received annually by 11 oursronding dries nation-wide, Bloomingron has moinrained irs cfcrincrion os o progressive ary. A voriery of improvement ro rhis communiry included: rhe Bloomingron Ice Gardens, rhe Carlron Celebriry Thearer, rhe Norrhwesrern Finoncial Cenrer, rhe Granada, Seville and Registry horels, Normondole Communiry College ond counrless shopping cenrers, all of which hove been builr or reconsrrucred since 1960. The educarional, as well as political, sysrems hove grown rapidly since rhe 1950's. Wirh a populorion explosion of over 85,000, Bloomingron has developed a well-rounded school system Three high schools, rwo junior highs, and 15 elemenrary schools sarisfy rhe needs j of over 14,600 srudenrs in rhe dry. Under rhe guidance of Superinrendenr Leila Anderson and six elected school booed officals, all sraff ond srudenrs moved smoothly rhrough each educarional experience. Since rhe election of Herman Kossow (Bloomington's firsr mayor) ro rhe present Mayor Jim Lindau, rhe dry has doubled in size. I The Bloomingron Municipal Building was builr in 1964, on I Old Shakopee Rood ond Penn. Bloomingron has been I nurtured through rhe service of irs communiry during rhe I growing years of complex urbanization. Bloomingron continues ro be orrracrive ro rhose sports I enthusiasts who follow rhe Minnesoro Twins. Vikings, and I North Stars -All of which find rheir home in rhe Metropolitan Stadium and Cenrer. Companies such os Toro, John Deere and Conrrol Dora also have orrracred many ro Bloomingron ro roke advantage of irs emptoymenr opportunities. The Inrernorional Airporr and numerous luxury horels have also broughr many visitors ro our dry. Satisfying oil needs from religious ro medical rrearmenr, Bloomingron has been rhe All-American dry holding a strong hisrory and many furrure dreams. With o newly constructed parking ramp, rhe International Airporr orrrocts many Twin Cirions to Dtoomingron Built In 1970, rhe Bkxxnngroo Ice Gardens serves ice skarers all year around wirh irs rwo ice sheers. W.OOM1NGTON 29