Tuesday, June 23, 2009

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.

Friday, June 19, 2009

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.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

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.

Lori ~ 8th grade, N.Oberon JH 1972


Lori Hinkle
wept for days after seeing "Little Big Man," began wearing beads and feathers in her hair, and dreamed of having Dustin Hoffman's baby.

Monday, June 8, 2009

Dick ~ 8th grade, N.Oberon JH 1973


Dick Ringsby
still spent every Saturday morning in his pajamas watching "Johnny Quest" over a boxful of Quake cereal, with a glass of Tang and a half dozen Space Food Sticks.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Robbie ~ 7th grade, N.Oberon JH 1971


Robbie Romano
was one of the fastest kids on the track in gym but slowest to the boy's locker room showers, dreading every day the twinges he might feel there.

Darlene ~ 7th grade, Oberon JH 1971


Darlene Osmond
incessantly listened to her 45 single of the "Ode to Billie Joe" and desperately yearned to throw something off the Tallahatchie Bridge.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Donnie ~ 7th grade, Oberon JH 1971


Donnie Slyk
in the middle of a lilly white middle class suburb threw the N word around with abandon, and his mother forbade him to hang out with the "hippy" boy down the street.