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Dressed as a court jester, Parkside sixth-grader Lizzy Clark, 12, tried her hand at archery during the school's ninth annual medievalfair in 1996, a daylong event that also included jousting, chess, calligraphy, crafts, cooking and eating, singing and dancing. From The Republic archives
Dressed as a court jester, Parkside sixth-grader Lizzy Clark, 12, tried her hand at archery during the school's ninth annual medievalfair in 1996, a daylong event that also included jousting, chess, calligraphy, crafts, cooking and eating, singing and dancing. From The Republic archives