Polly ~ 7th grade, N. Oberon JH 1971

Polly Linkletter
Couldn't decide whether The Unicorn Song or Puff the Magic Dragon was her favorite, and seemed to be addicted to Pixie Stix, her lips varying daily between a vivid pink, a sickly lemon yellow or bluish green.

Sammy ~ 7th grade, N. Oberon JH 1971

Sammy Kolfax
the neighborhood boys were secretly relieved she couldn't play on their baseball team because not only could she out-run, out-hit, and out-catch the best of them, they'd suddenly noticed she smelled really good.

Todd ~ 8th grade, N.Oberon JH 1972

Todd Svinkmeyer
following an unfortunate joke in the frog anatomy lesson in biology class, was saddled for many agonizing weeks afterward with the embarrassing nickname of Toad Sphincter.

Frida ~ 7th grade, N.Oberon JH 1971

Frida Tannenbaum
with a little discrete picking, could work up a horrifying gusher of a bloody nose on cue, which came in very handy every spring on the day of the AAHPER fitness test 600 yard run/walk.

Timothy ~ 7th grade, N.Oberon JH 1971

Timothy Small
used to love to buy Big Hunk bars at the pool at North Jeffco after swimming, but stopped going there altogether after someone pinched his wiener underwater.

Sharon ~ 8th grade, N.Oberon JH 1972

Sharon Podgorney
from her vast collection of photos, albums and memorabilia she lovingly rendered photo realistic pencil drawings of the Beatles in Art class, and somehow blamed herself a little for the band breaking up.

Trick ~ 8th grade, N.Oberon JH 1972

Trick Merew
prophetically launched his dismal athletic career by becoming the first kid in school history to sustain a bloody injury in badminton.