Lincoln High School - Bear Yearbook (Bloomington, MN)

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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

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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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Corch The Lincoln Spirit Greered by o rousing rendirion of rhe Lincoln fighr song, srudenrs ond foculry responded wirh vivocious enthusiasm. Green, gdd, sporrs, dubs, orgonizorions, ocriviries, gomes, pepfesrs ond donees, rhe mixrure of oil rhese gove Lincoln irs nored school spirir. Spirir wos nor confined ro wearing green ond gold end cheering or gomes; ir exisred in rhe behind rhe scene efforrs rhor mode rhe mony ocriviries successful. Srudenrs spenr mony weeks before school ond srorred procricing in rhe 90 degree heor for sporrs evenrs. Music groups reheorsed for hours, ond members of publicorions ond dubs could be found oround school nearly every nighr. The enrhusiosm ond desire ro make Lincoln 1 in everyrhing wos conrinuolly presenr. Srudenrs weren't rhe only participants in school spirir. All rhe sroff helped carry rhe enrhusiosm; rhey helped organize ond chaperone ocriviries Homecoming. Snow Days, ond Arrs Week were appreciated breaks rhor promoted school spirir ond vitality Dr. Sr ever summed up Lincoln's spirir by commenting; School spirit is olive ond well or Lincoln. Orher schools could use Lincoln os o bench mark wirh which ro compare Many of the involved students found they could represent their ocriviry by wearing their group jersey, swearer, or tee-shirr Decked out in o Lincoln letter jacket, scorf, ond har Mke Hocum proves his sprit doesn’t freeze in Minrvesoro winters 00 sprvt