Harbor High School - Mariner Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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Nacho Del Area and Cindy Cougar listenattentivcly as Mr. lsco explains the prom regulations. Smiling at a common joket Nacho Del Arco shares a story with Yuri Wong from Hong Kong. Yuri was the AFS student at Ashtabula High School. Waiting for the group to gather for a monthly AFS luncheon, Tricia Stranman and Nacho talk about their day. A Gift From Spain In the summer of 1988, seventeen year old Nacho Del Arco y Herrera left behind his parents and six brothers and sisters Uuan, Alberto, Miguel, Carlos, Nena, and Santil in Madrid, Spain, and board- ed a plane to the United States. When he arrived in Ashtabula, Nacho had to adjust to a lot of changes. Some of these were for the better, but a few of the changes werenlt. lll was really lucky with my host fam- ily; said Nacho. llWe got along with each other right from the beginning? Na- cho was speaking of Mr. and Mrs. Thom- as Summanen, Thomas Summanen, Charla and their children Tom, a junior, and Grace, a freshman. In Madrid, Nachols father owned a bar, where Nacho worked on weekends 24 t Feature and holidays, and his mother owned-a small shop. She makes sweaters and wool and gave lessons to other women on how to make them. tThis is how Nacho got all those nice sweaters that he wore all yearll School in Spain was a lot different than American schools. Similar to college here, classes began and ended at different times on different days. Besides adjusting to the small size of Ashtabula, Nacho also had to adjust to the food. ltI am sick of fast food? he com- mented. In Spain, he ate more home-- cooked meals. When asked what the best thing about Ashtabula was, Nacho replied, llThe peo- ple. Everybody here is really nice and friendly?

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Model United Nations First Row: Ericka Robinson, Darby Hamalainen, Marcia Robinson, Mike Lind, Jim Robinson, Alexandra Skleres Skleres, Ali. Second Row: Tracy Lin, Ria Wolfen, Andrea Jackson, Alan Stenback, Linda Box, Cathi Greenwood. Third Row: Holly Heiser, Greg Brez- nai, Jennie Crease, Greg Lotze, Kelly Parmigian, Catherine McCarthy, Dave Stouffer. Fourth Row: Scott Wilson, Brent Howsmon, Lou Matrisciano. Todd Wilms, Chad Paolillo, Paul Beckman, JeiT Britcher, Jake Lind, Dave Koski. Pointing out a hot new item, Model U.N. adviser Mrs, Andrew shows Catherine McCarthy and Greg Breznai the latest newspaper. Once again, the Model U.N. program at Harbor was a success. From the begin- ning of the year, members gathered infor- mation on their countries--and other countries around the world-from new- spapers and magazines. Every Monday they turned in a current event to Mrs. Andrews. Once every week groups met during lunch to discuss what was happen- ing in the world. In addition to this, some members recieved the opportunity to go to New York City for two days to attend a program held at the real United Nations building. All of this was done in preparation for the Model U.N. conference held at Kent State in March. Seniors Tracy Bish and Dirk Mulder received recognition for their presentation at this weekend. Comm-Worldl23

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Talking over their impressions of the United States, one of the German students talks with Nacho. Surprised by the camera! Nacho waits for the bell signaling the end of homeroom to ring. Featuret 25