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ari Knutson and Esko students carry the Esko "All Class" banner celebrating the Esko schools' centennial (two years late thanks to the pandemic) in Saturday's Esko Fun Days parade on Canosia Road. The community celebrated 102 years of Esko schools last week, culminating with Saturday's parade and a street dance that evening, along with assorted reunion gatherings Friday and Saturday.
Shirley Hemmila, the oldest known Esko High School graduate, throws handfuls of Tootsie Roll candy as the Esko Fun Days as the Esko Fun Days Grand Marshal.
The Esko Fire Department gave out hot dogs and coneys for Thursday's 'Esko Night Out' festivities at Northridge Park. 1st Assistant Fire Chief Tony Compo (right) estimated they cooked 450 hot dogs for the event.
Esko hockey kids skate through Saturday's Esko Fun Days parade on rollerblades.
Esko cheerleaders, past and present, participated in Saturday's 'Esko Fun Days' parade as part of the all-class reunion.
Happy runners race in Saturday morning's annual Kristin Burkholder 5K. The race is held in memory of 12-year-old Kristin Burkholder, who died from injuries from a pedestrian-car accident while running during track practice on Canosia Road in 1997.
Esko High School senior Ben Meysembourg finishes first in Saturday morning's Kristin Burkholder 5K with a time of 17:58.
Emelyn Hendrickson, 9, finished first in Saturday morning's kids' race before the annual Kristin Burkholder 5K.
A total of 173 runners took part in Saturday morning's annual Kristin Burkholder 5K. Read all about the annual race in this week's sports section.
Esko added a whole new layer to its annual Esko Fun Days celebration, by inviting every single graduate of the 102-year-old school to come back next week for an all-school reunion.
Work toward organizing the reunion and school centennial actually began a few years ago, because the school opened in 1920. "Then Covid struck," said Maggie Sunnarborg.
So they decided that celebrating the centennial a couple years later was fine too, and made plans to bring together as many graduates as possible for the various community events, setting aside Friday night for class mixers, with a couple spilling over into Saturday. Events culminated Saturday, starting with a race, followed by the parade and a street dance that evening.
