Astoria High School - Zephyrus Yearbook (Astoria, OR)

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L Wmmd ast year Astoria High School was blessed with two Spanish exchange students. Fernando Alba is from Leon, Spain, a city with 100,000 people. His stay with Thom¬ as and Kathy Carmichael lasted one year. Fernando is interested in basketball, ski club, and soc¬ cer. He helped our new soc¬ cer team strive to a winning season. His basketball career was cut short by the news of the rule about exchange stu¬ dents in sports. Fernando was glad to be able to see a Trail Blazer’s NBA basket¬ ball game. One of the hardest transitions that Fernando made was learning how to get around in Astoria. Ac¬ cording to him, transporta¬ tion here is a lot more diffi¬ cult. The bus system in Spain is much more efficient, while here teenagers are forced to find a ride with friends or with their parents. This was not Fernandos first experience as an ex¬ change student. He had been an exchange student in England one month every year for five years. Upon his return home, Fernando plans to study technical or electrical engi¬ neering. ' Fernando le$a Teuo “YrJ ONEN T M he strong Scandinavian heritage here in Astoria made Teijo Yrjonen feel right at home when he arrived in Au¬ gust. Teijo is from Kerava, Fin¬ land, which has a population of about 20,000 people. Needless to say, there was not much of a culture shock for him. Teijo stayed here with Roy and Nancy Chamberlain. He was able to play soccer and track and he really enjoyed the experience. Like most foreign exchange students he would like to visit California, and es¬ pecially Disneyland. Although Astoria has a strong Finnish background, there are a lot of differences be¬ tween Finland and the United States. His first surprise was the size of American cars; they’re a lot bigger than Finn¬ ish cars. The guys here lift weights more often and are more concerned with their phy¬ sique. Teijo also thought that requirements for school are harder in Finland, but school is not such a fun activity there. When he returns to Finland, Teijo has two more years of the equivalent to high school. After that he plans to go to college, but other than that he had nothing planned. Until then he planned to relax and absorb the American Society. 27

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KA ARTIN —Poppe ne of the four exchange students that arrived this fall in Astoria is Martin Poppe. Mar¬ tin’s home city is Hamberg, West Germany, a city of about 100,000 people. He admits that he was a little surprised to be placed in a small city like As¬ toria. He had requested that his exchange group send him to California, but he is glad now that he got a chance to stay in Astoria. There are some differences that Martin noticed between Astoria and Hamberg. The teachers in his school in Ger¬ many are the ones who change classes, while the students stay in the same classrooms. He feels that America in general is more conservative than Germany. Another interesting observa¬ tion that Martin made is that the barbers don’t cut hair quite the same as they do in Ger¬ many. Overall, Martin feels that American teenagers are a lot like German teens. He agrees with the adage that people are the same everywhere. Some of the activities Martin is interested in included pho¬ tography, skiing, and waterski¬ ing. When he returns to Ger¬ many, his goal is to look like a punk. In general Martin felt that “everyday I had fun hen , it was a good time and I me t alot of really nice people.” ast school year, ru¬ mors spread that a gigantic six feet four inch Spanish ex¬ change student would arrive in Astoria and help take our basketball team to state once again. When Alex Bringas arrived, he wasn’t quite what was expected, but most girls didn’t complain. Alex is from Mataro, Spain, a city on the coast with a population of 100,000 people. At his school in Spain, Alex notices more of an em¬ phasis on academics then there is here in the United States. Here school is more of a fun place to be then in Spain. This year at Astoria High School, Alex was able to play on our football team as the kicker. He was also looking forward to playing basket¬ ball, swimming, and playing baseball in our school, but after fall season, all of this changed. Because of an ob¬ scure Oregon rule, Alex and the other exchange students were unable to compete in the Cowapa League. Alex enjoys our shcool sys¬ tem a lot, but he was con¬ fused by the idea of lockers at first. Alex stayed with Eino and Annikki Johnson for the school year. Alex 3 r 1NGAS

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LOOKINOAffi Top Ten News Stories Of 87-88 HEARINGS The Iran Contra hearings, made Oli¬ ver North a household word, ranked as the top news story of 1987. North was fired from the National security council for his role in the Iranian arms deal. The sessions took most of the summer and testimony was given from 500 wit¬ nesses. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN ONE MUST GO ABOVE THE WRITTEN LAW. -FAWN HALL MARKET CRASH On October 19,1987 the stock market collapsed an astounding 500 billion dol¬ lars. This day was soon to be known as black Monday, for it was the worst mar¬ ket panic of modern times. Although black Monday’s crash was worse than the crash of 1929, by late December the Dow had recovered more than 200 points. SUMMIT A three day summit meeting between President Reagan and soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev took place in De¬ cember. The two leaders signed a treaty to ban medium-range nuclear missies and proclaimed it a historic turning point. Most liberals praised the treaty, while many of the president’s fellow conservatives denounced it. IT IS THE LARGEST ARMS REDUCTION IN history. -RONALD REAGAN PERSIAN GULF VIOLENCE Persian Gulf violence began with the reflagging of Kuwaiti oil tankers so they could travel under U.S. Navy escort. The tension mounted when Iraq’s Air Force attacked the U.S. Navy frigate Stark, killing 37 Americans. Through¬ out the summer and fall, one reflagged tanker hit a mine; U.S. helicopters sank an Iranian minelayer and a speed boat; an Iranian missile hit one of the reflag- gee tankers; and U.S. warships and commandos destroyed three Iranian oil platforms in retaliation. SUPREME COURT With the retiring of Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell came the the need to find a replacement. Reagan’s first choice was Robert Bork, an appellate judge favored by conservatives. The Senate finally refected Bork 58-42. Rea¬ gan’s second choice, Douglas Ginsburg, was asked that his nomination be with¬ drawn when it was discovered he had smoked marijuana in the 60’s and 70’s. PTL SCANDAL The disclosure of TV evangelist Jim Bakker s affair with 21 year old Jessica Hahn caused a widespread scandal. Bakker allegedly paid Hahn hush mon- ey t° keep the affair quiet. Bakker’s P1 L ministry was turned over to Jerry alwell, another TV evangelist. GARY HART Ex-Senator Gary Hart dropped out of the presidential race after press disclo¬ sures of his relationship with a Miami model, Donna Rice. An angry Hart de¬ nied that he had an affair with Rice, and claimed the media was responsible for his withdrawl from the Presidential race. Hart later re-entered the race. LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE. -GARY HART AIDS The deadly AIDS virus continued to spread. Over 50,000 cases of AIDS have been reported since 1981. Although by the end of 1987 no cure had been found, treatments had improved. The drug AZT retards the virus but is expensive and has several side effects that limit its use. Doctors also began the first human trials of vaccines to prevent further spread of AIDS. TRANSPORTATION DISASTORS Transportation disasters made many headlines. A Northwest Airlines flig 1 crashed and tumbled onto a highway interchange killing 156 people, two o them motorists. Only one P ass ® n ®|’ survived. A Continental Airlines flight flipped over and broke into ree pieces. Also crashing was a Calu 0 ™ plane in which 43 people died, sinking of a Phillipine passenger ship tragically took 1500 lives. BABY JESSICA The rescue of 19 month old J® ss a McClure from an abandoned well cap tured the heart of the nation. It too hours to drill through solid roc reach the girl. She was release healthy, a month later from the tal. !8