European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 01, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Woodstock veterans not stuck in past by the associated press rom Long hair and Blue jeans to stylish haircuts and Power suits mayor Norm Coleman has evolved from a citizen of Woodstock nation to a credit card carrying member of the establishment. And from a Symbol of the Young generation Nick and Bobbie Ercoline have turned into a cautious Middle aged couple that would t let their sons attend any of the Woodstock revivals. Coleman turned 20 on the last Day of the Woodstock festival As Jimi Hendrix serenaded the crowd at Dawn with an electrified version of the Star spangled Banner. Now 25 years later the former anti War activist in t fighting City Hall. He s running if i Don t believe Coleman i be changed a lot internally Coleman said he still listens to Bob Dylan and believes government is there to serve people. Woodstock Coleman said is a Little piece of who i  he grew up in Brooklyn was an usher at Fillmore East and in the summer of 1969 became a Roadie for ten years after. He drove a truck for the band and held the towering Marshall amplifiers to keep them from falling off stage. But he quit by the time ten years after played Woodstock i did t want to work. I wanted to play and hear music he said. The Norm Coleman who is mayor of St. Paul Minnesota s capital and second largest City looks far different from the Norm Coleman who spent the summer of 69 wearing jeans and work shirts. His hair is trimmed and he wears a suit with a Saint Paul pin in the Lapel. During an interview in his office overlooking the Mississippi River he pops an unlighted Cigar into his Mouth. A conservative Democrat Coleman spent 17 years in the Minnesota attorney general s office and was the state s chief prosecutor before running for mayor As a Law and order candidate. You grow up raise a family pay taxes said Coleman who has two children with his wife Laurie. I Don t think our value system changed. Certainly appreciation of the amenities of life changed. I Don t know if i d go to Woodstock without my american express card  their moment in the Sun and the mud is captured in a poster on the Kitchen Wall of the Ercoline s Home in Pine Bush . The couple stands wrapped in a filthy Bedspread amid thousands of people at the 1969 Woodstock festival Bobbie s 4 head rests on Nick s shoulder her eyes shut behind tinted Granny glasses. A Friend is asleep behind them. The picture printed in magazines on posters and on the cover of the Woodstock concert album became As much a Symbol of the event As the logo of a guitar with a Dove perched on its neck. I did t realize what a Good time we had Bobbie said. It gets better and better every  now 45, the Ercoline Are still a generational Symbol. They both work and shuttle their sons Luke and Mathew to youth baseball games. And they wan nothing to do with the Woodstock 94 concert either for them or their children. Nick and Bobbie married two years  the concert. Nick now works As a business agent for a carpenters Union much of the wild hair he wore in the 25 year old poster is either graded or gone. Bobbie is a part time nurse at an elementary school. They both listen to 60s music on the radio and would consider attending a Michael Bolton concert but not Woodstock 94. They say the spirit is gone that the Symbol of Woodstock has turned from a peace sign to a Dollar sign. It s a generation trying to recapture itself Nick said. And they won t allow their boys to attend. _ _. _ _ i think it s inappropriate for children Nick said. I Don t think it s responsible parenting for us to take our kids to something like this because people Don t act i n a responsible  Mhz by a Bri changed forever 25 years ago James Dwyer credits Woodstock with giving him a sense of adventure. Bye Schafer the associated press t has been 25 years since Rajnes Dwyer of St. Louis bathed naked in a farm Pond with hundreds of l other people at what has come to be known As Woodstock. I was a Little uncomfortable with that for a while said the soft spoken Dwyer who looks Back fondly on that incredible weekend of music that became the signature event of a generation. But As i looked around and saw that i was just accepted As part of the crowd my eyes opened to a lot of things. It was a whole new  now a prosperous businessman of 51, married for 27 years and the father of three teen agers Dwyer says the Woodstock experience forever changed him. It was a signal event in my life said Dwyer who was raised in a conservative Republican Catholic Home on new York s Long Island. For the first time i saw How diverse society realms and How even with All those differences it could get along together under truly Adverse  was or married had a College degree in political science and was working in real estate development in St. _ Louis when he saw a full Page and in the Village voice advertising the Woodstock music and Art fair an aquarian  so Dwyer sent off for tickets for himself and his younger brother and two Long Island friends. Y 8 the tickets never arrived but his concerns about getting m disappeared As they neared Max Vaseur s 600-" acre farm near Bethel ., and saw the Fence Down and thousands of people walking Over it. Dwyer Stinst in a Dwyer says the experience has stayed with him and has shaped his Outlook on life. As successful As hets As real estate Developer he s not afraid to change dlr eals. Els i Seu,n8 Kos three-st0ry Brick town House Louis fashionable Central West end and embarking on a new career As a professional arbitrator embark no tall slender and obviously fit Dwyer appeared the stars and stripes monday August 1, 1994