Anita High School - Spartan Yearbook (Anita, IA)

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Second. ' There arc no school activi- ties. I have school friends and then I have club friends that I play sports with, high school is six years and stu- dents study much more and take a two week test to graduate. About Ameri- can schools. Raoul said. They edu- cate students very well for the United States, but not for the world. Third, socializing is very different. ’ Fifteen or twenty kids group date on bikes to the movies or parties. A small party in my city is 400 - 500 people. Large ones can be over 10.000. Taking a girl out by herself is very rare. There is no minimum drinking age but alco- hol is seldom abused publicly. Raoul s plans when he gets back to Belgium Include five years at a univer- sity in Brussels with a career as a trade engineer in mind. Me will also have to serve one year in the military at his convenience. Dexters plays an unfamiliar game 'Since they don't have any hambur- gers in Belgium. I just wanted to go to a country where they have a lot of real- ly good hamburgers! That is the excuse Raoul Dexters gives for coming to America. Of course he isn't very serious but that's typical of Raoul. Belgie. Balkie, Turk, and Commu- nist are some of the nicknames for Raoul Dexters, this year's Youth for Understanding (YFU) foreign ex- change student. Me comes to us from a Belgium city of33.000 near Brussels. Me arrived August 12, 1987, in a state he'd never heard of and headed tor a town that didn't exist on any map ex- cept one in the national Library of Bel- gium. You know you're going to start a year without your friends and family, explained Raoul about his first reac- tion. I never wished I was home in Belgium, not even once. Raoul wasted no time getting in- volved with the American curriculum and extracurricular activities. Within a couple of weeks, he joined debate and football as varsity kicker. As the year progressed, he joined basketball, baseball, speech, tennis, and the SPY staff. Raoul spent the first semester at Pic 1. Amy Watson, Raoul Dexters, and Donna Bower pose as the Three Amigos in Tijuana, Mexi- co, while on a summer trip to California and Mexi- co. John and Connie Scarlett s home with his American brothers Brett and Justin and sister Rana. The second semester he lived with Dan and Lyn Crozier, brothers Brad and Dannie, and sister Dawn. To see Raoul socializing at A.M.S. one might assume he'd grown up that way. Mowcver, he noticed many differ- ences between the social scene in America and the social scene in Bel- gium. Pirst. Mo teens have cars in Bel- gium. They ride bikes; cruising doesn't exist. They never drive an hour just to go shopping. Raoul lives three minutes from Molland. twenty minutes from Germany, and in two hours he’s crossed the country. One of my favorite things in America was cruising with friends.

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highlights of the controversial shared Anita-C M softball season were the second place finish at the Adair tour- ney and the 8-1 JV record. Pic 1. Lisa Watson practices fielding grounders. Lisa was named to the first all-conference team as an outfielder. Pic 2. Lisa Watson, Leann hill. Son- dra Rathman, Julie Williams, and Beckie rielsen get ready before the O-M game. O-M was the only team to defeat the JV team. Pic 3. Jay Watson awaits a pitch dur- ing warm up. a 1 Girls Win 2nd in Adair Tournament AMITA-C M OPPOhEhT 1 Bridgewater-Eontanelle 7 0 Walnut 10 14 Coming 1 2 Orient-Macksburg 7 4 Elkhorn-Kimballton 7 5 Stuart-Menlo 2 1 Carson Macedonia 6 9 Exira 7 22 Stuart-Menlo 13 2 Bridgewater-Eontanelle 5 2 Greenfield 1 1 Walnut 10 5 Orient-Macksburg 6 3 Elkhorn-Kimballton 13 6 Carson-Macedonia 9 10 Exira 7 ADAIR-CASEY TOURhAMEhT 9 Adair-Casey 6 3 Panora-Linden 7 SECTIOhALS 0 Orient-Macksburg 9 Pic 4. 1987 Anita-C M Softball team. Row 1: Lisa Watson, Angela Erickson, Leann hill, Teresa Chester. Janet Edwards, Jody Edwards, Beck- ie rielsen, Teresa Hensley. Row 2: Asst. Coach Dale Erickson. Debbie hall, Jenny Boldt, Stacy Hamilius, Colleen Rathman. Veronica Przychodzin. Ju- lie Williams. Stacy Stephens, Renee South, Sondra Rathman. Jay Watson. Coach Dean Downer, riot pictured: Steph Wessels.