home town. I’m a hometown girl and wanted to raise my family here. I loved having great parks, a good school and the lake area to enjoy and we do just that!” Nelson/Olson Lynne (Horacek) Nelson from Yankton first attended the all-girls high school held on the current Mount Marty College campus her freshman and sophomore year. After switching to the public high school on Mulberry Street when the all-girls school closed her Junior year, she met Doug Nelson, also a Junior. The two became sweethearts and after graduating high school in 1971 got married. Wanting to stay in Yankton because of the school system, they settled down and had three children: Jason, Heather and Derrik. Middle child Heather married Justin Olson and their family grew to include three children, two girls and one boy. After leaving for a few years, they came back to Yankton where Heather was a math teacher at YHS for several years before becoming the Assistant Principal at the Yankton Middle School. While Heather started off at the same high school on Mulberry Street as her mom before moving to the newest facility and graduating in 1999, many changes happened over those years. Lynne saw the girls’ dress code relax from uniforms at the all-girls school to dresses at the public school, later loosening even more to allow jeans at the end of her senior year. While Lynne was accustomed to black boards, her daughter explained their excitement to encounter white boards, or marker boards, at the new facility. “I just remember we were so pumped!” Though girls track was available for Lynne, sports were mainly for guys. Heather, however participated in a sports trio of basketball, volleyball and track. Reflecting back, some of her favorite memories are when the girls’ basketball team and boys football players would play pranks on each other. Homecoming changed over the years as well, transitioning from “Arickara Days” for Lynne to “Pioneer Days” for Heather. The “burning of the ‘Y’” tradition continued while dress-up days and ‘The Gong Show’ later evolved. Homecoming was a big celebration in Lynne’s time as many kids didn’t have jobs or other sports commitments so many families attended the game and its preceding events. Lynne and her husband were even honored by being crowned Homecoming Chief and Princess. One thing that didn’t change over the years? Some of the excellent teachers and many favorites. They were easily able to count off ten teachers still remaining after Lynne’s tenure. Her favorite was Mr. Miner, whom she explained was a really good teacher and as assistant football coach would make you look forward to his “Football Friday” sneak peek of what to look for in the upcoming Bucks game. Heather had many favorite teachers and coaches including Doug Pesicka, Bob Medeck and Judy Tereshinski (also known as Mrs. T. or Senora T. to her students). Lynne laughed, explaining how her intimidation of some teachers followed her when she encountered them again through parent-teacher conferences for her children. She found the evolvement of teacher-student relationship interesting. When she was in school, they didn’t interact with their teachers socially. She explained how her children, on the other hand, were much closer to their teachers than during her time. Heather elaborates, commenting that many coaches were like a parent to her. Though they each had a different school atmosphere, they agreed that they were given a great education through the Yankton school system. Lynne, now a nurse, vGENERATIONS continued on page 20 Your Cooling Specialists 808 W. 23rd, Yankton, SD 605.665.2895 www.kaiserheatingandcooling.com Chris Frick Doug Dykstra HERVOICEvMAY/JUNE 2016v19