If you missed Lake Erie LifeStyle in your home-delivered Sunday Times-News, you’ll want to catch 50 years of history and memories of your Erie Zoo online right here. You’ll find great memories from Bubbles to the Koehler polars to ZooBoo, ZooLumination and GalapaZooza. The JMC ice rink is part of the history, and generations of us grew up skating there. I remember Sunday night skates, and my kids were there for their own ‘tween nights and hockey.

Add your own photos!

We have a truly unique Zoo where the community really pulled it all together and brought animals home to Erie with S&H Green Stamps, a tiger in your tank and much more. You can add to the memories. Submit your own photos right here, and check out the hundreds of photos already online.  You can start voting for your favorites, share photos and be selected as Photo of the Day. See how scoring works. Top-scoring photos and editors’ picks will be featured in digital publications called showcases and real-world publications, like the upcoming book about the Zoo’s 50 years.

Pam Parker, mom of three and stepmom of three,  is an award-winning writer and editor for Lake Erie LifeStyle, Her Times and House to Home at the Erie Times-News in Erie, Pa.