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Post Prom Party

Parents host 154 late night partiers

By Allison Karsten and Jason MacKichan leave prior to 6:30 a.m., and once you
Tne 5th annual Post Prom Party was held left, you couldn't come back.
April 28, 1990, at Brunswick-Mockingbird Senior Jeff Hizer said he didn't like the
Lanes and provided a fun drug and alcohol rule for calling home when you left be­
free environment for 154 Ralston juniors cause some parents were pretty upset to
and seniors and their Prom dates. receive a call at 3 a.m.
Ralston Community Drug Awareness Prizes at Post Prom included a televi­
Council sponsored the Post Prom Party, sion, a CD player, two $100 shopping
Kathy Thomas, RHS Drug and Alcohol sprees and 60 T-shirts. Additional prizes
Counselor said. Parents came up with most included a juke box radio, sunglasses
of the ideas for Post Prom, Thomas said. and two-week passes to Gold's Gym.
Brunswich-Mockingbird Lanes was Some stores donated the prizes and the
chosen because it was successful in the Ralston Community Drug Awareness
past. The council had thought about rent- Council bought some too. "There is a
i ng the Bel levue Queen river boat, but some long, long list of sponsors," Thomas said.
Papillion students who attended a post prom
party of the boat last year said the boat be­
came boring after a few hours. Thomas said
the council didn't want to use the high
school because it may have had a "downer
effect" on a festive evening. Having the
party at the high school would mean going
from an elaborate setting at Peony Park to a
setting that the kids see everyday, Thomas
said.
Rules and regulations allowed students
to enter at 12:30 a.m. but no later than 1:30
a.m. No drugs or alcohol were permitted,
nor was anyone permitted to enter under
the influence. Students could smoke, but
Thomas said it was a hard decision to make
because of the number of students who
didn't smoke that objected to the idea. Par­
ents were notified if anyone decided to

Could it be a strike? Junior Paul
Leaders watches as the bowling ball
heads down the alley at the post prom
party.

Finding some time to rest at Brunswick
Lanes during post prom, are Junior Bowling anyone? At the Post Prom Party
Michelle Fritz and Senior Laura Meents. this was one of many activities. Junior
Paul Leaders, Freshman Erin Richards,
and Junior Chris Henson get their
bowling shoes for the next 10 frames.