James Walsh:  

This story begins with a boy's heart never leaving ALJ even though it did physically. People of the 1984 class are most likely saying; "he never graduated with us" and there right, I didn't. You have to understand as a young man growing up with the kids of Clark from K thru 10th grades you never seem to lose the love of them. The friends of Clark will never leave my heart and I will always say my heart graduated with the 1984 Class of ALJ. As most of my close friends new I always left for summer break to Ortley Beach and returned in September; for whatever reason till this day I never knew why we moved. It was a very trying time for me even though I had friends where I moved to in the school district I was attending. I went to Toms River High School East and never really got too involved with the kids of that school. I played sports such as Football, Baseball, Lacrosse etc. but my heart was never ...Expand for more