Elk Rapids High School - Yearbook (Elk Rapids, MI)

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My name is Avni Spahiu. I am an Albanian hom Yugoslavia. Icome from Drenice, a small town in the Yugoslav province of Kosova. I left my country in August to go to quite a different country, in which people and their customs, language, and environment are different. When I first came over here, Ihad awful problems with the very confusing but interesting English language. Even then the people were so friendly and always ready to help me. Just looking backward to my staying in Elk Rapids I may say that: If all the people around the world were like the people over this district, there would be no misunderstanding among the people on earth. The family I stayed with were bubbling over with hospitality making me feel very much at home, and in this manner took away all my homesick feeling and initiating me into this warm society. Idesire to thank Mr. dc Mrs. lack Abfalter, for giving me a perfect leadership with their high morals. They've taught me and made me understand many things about American reality without biassing my personal ideas. I used to live in a communist country in which we're building Socialism based on Marxsist ideal. Yugoslavia is one independent country fwithout any influence by the othersj, non-alligned and peaceful country. One of our goals is the cooperation with the foreign countries on a basis of equality with all countries and nations, irrespective of differences in social and political system. I am very happy to have the opportunity to come to the U.S.A. and to meet really great people. I also, enjoyed striving to understand the idea and ambitions of American youth. And, on the contrary of that what I knew before, a new idea about American youth engendered in me. I am convinced that American youth is one who try's to find the way of human-understanding among the people of the world, I will always remember my best friends in school, and the teachers who helped me. Avni Spahiu l I stayed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for ten weeks of the summer of '73, Ihad to get used to a lot of changes with the Gilberto Sampaio family. When I first got there, I realized I was in a big city. After Williamsburg and Elk Rapids, Rio is overwhelming. I had to get used to one sis- ter and a maid in an apartment after six brothers, two sis- ters, three dogs, six cats, three horses, one bird, a large house, and all those cherry trees. My family had a farm where they raised beans, chickens, ducks, cows, and limes. They also had a beach house where we spent one of the happiest weeks of my lifeg even if we did almost drown the first night. One thing I really miss is the food--we had steak three times a week. The Brazillians are a warm, niendly people and I have never seen a population that was more beautiful as a whole, Someday I'm going back to Rio fwhen I'm rich and famousj. If anyone has the chance to go there--do it, you won 't be disappointed, A Kris Dillon 76

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BAKE-CFF s ,r 5 ,kk Y l wonder if I left anything out? Who says men aren't good cooks? A guy won first place in this year's bake-off. In fact, a guy won second place too! You ask what happened to the girls? Well, they were there, baking up a storm along with the fella's but . , . that's the way the cookie crumbles! As you can sec by the pictures, the food looks scrumptious---the way it tastes? Well, just ask the judges! bl! wif L The winner? Try it, you'l1 like it.