Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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One wonders who is helping whom as Ricardo and host brother Dave study to- gether. Life in a family of nine proved to be a change for Ricardo. Ricardo conserves his energy for the next day's work at a yearbook seminar. Working on yearbook was another new experience for him. Preparing for a luncheon where he will speak, Ricardo dresses for the event. He had no problem speaking English as he began at age seven. fi ii ,WV . ,if Debbie Masek Kevin McCarty Kim McCullough Connie Miller Mike Mosier Ron Moyer Kim Mullen Linda Neuhofs Lisa Newsome Ricardo Nimo Jim 0'Connor Shelby Jean Oros Natalie Osborne Charles Perrine Steve Pickett Sue Pokorny Aaron Powell Chuck Ralston Masek-Ralston Seniors 19

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AFS Student gains family, country, new ways o 0 0 lbnvnrm mm tt me A ne of the most involved people in our school was Ricardo Nimo, the AFS student from Uruguay. In his own country, Ricardo played soccer and swam in out-of-league competitions. Here, he was seen at many football games and enjoyed playing on our basketball team. He became in- volved in as many clubs as was pos- sible. ' Ricardo took a normal course load here, but in Uruguay took V8-11 courses that were chosen for him, so when asked about the degree of difficulty, he replied, It's really easy here, high school is on a lower academic level. He realized that his country had false impressions about the USA, its wealth and importance, but he felt that money and technology were found here. He saw one drawback in that one needed a car here, something few owned in his home. A teacher got Ricardo involved in AFS, and his initial reason for ap- plying was to do something to re- member. When he was chosen from 200 applicants, he decided it was a chance to gain maturity and learn the value of friends and fam- ily. He knew AFS was a unique opportunity, but he missed his own family deeply at Christmas. 18 AFS Student li .ms

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John Ramirez Nan Raymond Daniel Reed Trina Rigden Jim Rodriguez Alicia Rosario Dianne Ross Brian Salvato Madeline Santiogo Linda Sawyers Mike Scheanon lsaao Sqroggs V Joni seigmn Gary Shank Richard Sholtis Cindy Siebert Sharri Simms Rod Simpson 20 Seniors Ramirez-Simpson if 3.