St Louis Park High School - Echowan Yearbook (St Louis Park, MN)

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Letters to the Editor Dear Editor. From looking at past yearbooks. I’d have to say that they are improving each and every year. The 1982 Echowan was cleverly done, as it was prepared like a fine script of a Broadway play. If I were to look at the book as a movie. I would give it an excellent review and strongly recommend it to others. High school years are just a short part of everyone’s life, but they should be special and remembered throughout their lives. The Echowan has a lot to do with stirring those thoughts in years to come. So much goes on during the school year that no one can expect the Echowan staff to cover it all. but they do come close. I commend the staff on the great job of keeping most of the happenings in the book. John Anderson Senior Dear Editor, I think that the 1982 Echowan could have been a little better, without increasing the price too much. The cover could have proclaimed 1982” in larger numbers and illustrated with more Park colors. As for the inside. I think the number of name mistakes was outrageous. For instance. Matt Goldberg had two listings for his class picture: Sue Goldberg and M. Goldstein. Even though there were errors, last year’s Echowan did have some good stories and photographs. Jim Yarosh Sophomore Dear Editor. As a fellow editor of a school pub- lication. I’d like to wish you well on this year’s Echowan. I'll try to keep my photographers out of the way. I’m sure this year's edition will have even more creativity and hold more interest than past years! The yearbook is one of the best parts of high school. (The best, of course, is the newspaper.) I'd like to thank you for allowing me to place my name in this edition. Ian Nemerov Senior. Echo Editor Dear Editor. What a difference each year makes! Comparing the old Echowans of the 60's and 70’s with the 1982 Echowan is like comparing Gary. Indiana, with Disney World. And the 1983 Echowan is sure to be even better! It's not only the technical features that improve each year — the beautiful color processes and stunning, imaginative layouts — but the talent and downright cleverness of the staff seems to rise each year. The old copy seems dull, while the new copy is sharp, scintillating — professional journalism a la New Yorker. It captures the mood and spirit of the times, the relevancies and irrelevan-cies of the high school daze. The prose concise, yet complete; accurate, yet colorful. The headliners of ’82 were really with it. But I expect the '83 staff production to make Banner Headlines. I'm going out on a limb and predicting the greatest yearbook yet. After all. isn’t the class of '83 the greatest? Dave Litsey English teacher Dear Editor, Now that the 1982 yearbook has been published and distributed. I would like to take this opportunity to comment on the overall outcome of the book. As editor of the 1982 Echowan. I am probably its toughest critic and I am very proud of it. There was a lot of time and effort devoted to its production and I feel very honored to have been a part of its makings. The year of 1982 was a year full of exciting events. Through the help of fine journalism and photography, we recapped memorable events such as the closing of the Met. the Royal Wedding, prom and graduation. Being out of high school, I didn’t think I'd look at the book very often. I found I was wrong. The book serves more than just the present; it helps recap the past and remind me of my precious times as a senior. Penny Levine 1982 Echowan Editor Dear Editor, The overall appearance of the 1982 Echowan is very impressive. The theme is eyecatching and the varied content of school, community, state and national news was noted. The focus of the book is on students, their lives in school, and the many programs and activities that take up their time. It serves as a chronicle of the 1981-82 school year. In future years, former students and staff can look at the Echowan to remind them of the lives and times of the year. This year's Echowan staff has a tough standard to reach if they are to match the product of the previous year. I have the confidence that they will meet the challenge of their predecessors and will produce another yearbook that will equal and may even surpass previous staffs' work. Richard L. Wainio Principal 16‘Echowan

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UF 1983 CORONATION ACCENTS YEAR, EVENING IS MEMORABLE “It's the first time anyone in my family has been elected for anything exclaimed Steve Banwell, Homecoming King candidate. “My mom was on the phone all night. This was one senior's reaction to coronation while Queen candidates, Mary Borgen and Karen Tysk reflected upon the week as being “very nervous, totally busy, but great.” After Dave Anderson and Cheryl Gunness, Host and Hostess, announced the Lords, Ladies and King and Queen candidates the actual crowning began. Within minutes, Tony Taschner was revealed as the new King and Colleen Culp the new Queen. The crowd went home, but the night was still young for the members of the event, who still had dinner awaiting them at the Camelot. Because of the late evening, members were excused the following day until noon. Taschner and Chris Franz had a hard time explaining why this was so to Roger Thompson, trigonometry teacher. He was temporarily unwilling to accept this as a valid excuse. Coronation proved to be a time of smilea, activity and friends. It was a highlight of the year and was memorable for those who voted, set it up, and participated. A bole: A surprised Colleen Culp it crowned while the other candidatet look on with A hole: KING AMD QUEEN CANDIDATES: S. Banwell, D. Brummer, W. Hannafin. J approval. Kirk, B. Kent. J llergquisl, B. ilka. M. Borgen, J. Wallin, P. Elstrom. K Tysk. D 18