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

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] Shelly Edmundson trie to go back to visit her elementary school but finds that Ethel Boston, along with five other schools, is forever closed to its alumni. Se tion • Se Uon • Se t Memories Linger As the saying goes. You can never go back. For the seniors that attended Park schools that closed, this was especially true. Though they would never again walk down those halls, students who went to Brookside, Eliot, Ethel Baston, Fern Hill. Lenox and Park Knoll would carry with them many memories. Some of the most enjoyable memories were of recess. There were the monkey bars, jungle gyms and King of the Hill games every winter. Eric Pratte recalled the time when he was the target of a snowball but ducked, leaving the snowball to fly through the lunchroom window and land in some-one's mashed potatoes. Lunchtime was also memorable. I remember going to lunch in lines and the little red lunch tickets we had. recalled Laura Buchkos-ky. Steve Lindelien remembered the Red Owl truck drivers that would honk their horns at the kids during lunch hour. But along with fond memories, there were reminiscences of terrifying teachers, punishments and the sad days these schools closed. I remember the last day of Park Knoll. My mom and I wrote our names on the wall and one of the teachers was crying. reflected Rob Stafford. So grade school memories were even more special to the seniors of these closed schools because they really couldn’t go back But they had the memories 1 “Pat a cake, pat a cake, baker's man ... spent playing this game and decide to see if it Thinking back to their childhood days. still holds some of the same charm and fun Jennifer Hanson and Betsy Olson recall hours that It used to. Jacquelin Breen Thomas Brey Angela Brimeyer Kent Bromenschenkel ♦‘Celeste Brooks Denise Brothen Sandra Broi Laura Buchkosky Corey Budahl 22: Seniors

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I Dan Peterson look on as he welcomes the with Peter sons persistence, it is now worth close | After many hours of greasy, grimy work. Jon lemke is very attention given to his newly overhauled car. This to a thousand, proving his hard work really paid proud to display what a little determination and incentive can do car was once valued at o mere hundred dollars, but off. Christine Benson Nicholas Berardo Rebecca Berg Sharon Bergeron William Berkoviti Kevin Bimberg Douglas Binning Lance Bleyhl ♦♦Theodore Blumberg ♦Deborah Blustein ♦Tracey Bolter Stephen Bordeau Philip Borken The only way I can learn how to deal with cars is by reading, watching, and asking tons of questions. Who knows what this zvill turn in to! — Jon Lemke Seniors: 21

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Julie Buss Victoria Butts Cameron Cord In kindergarten at Eliot, I remember how anytime one of us came wearing new shoes everyone in the class would sing the 'New Shoes Song'. — Ted Blumberg Camille Carlson ♦+'’Jeanne Casey Pamela Cass ♦•Kristin Cato Darrin Ceoson ♦•Constance Chapek ♦•Sachin Chauhan ♦♦•Jill Christiansen Chris Clark +Amy Cohen I Knowing that they have to make plans and school. Back then the most unen)oyab e thing | Refusing to completely grow up. Brenda Schweiger st.i: skes decisions about their futures. Jim Ham and Terry they had to do wos take afternoon naps. At least time from her busy schedule to participate in her favonte i: Idhoc Kloos reminisce about the laid bock days of grade they can remember the easy life they had. pastime which was drowing and coloring. Seniors: 23