Irvington High School - Saga Yearbook (Fremont, CA)

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Eduardo arrived in the United States on September 29, 1973 and found that he had no family waiting for him. So he stayed with a Youth for Understanding Representative, Miss Montgomery. During the two week stay Eduardo says that he found love and understanding that he will never be able to repay. Now with his family, the Larson ' s he still has found love and has discovered the truly wonderful American life. Eduardo is sixteen and a junior who came from Chile, which he now calls a new country after suffering from political turbulence. Eduardo enjoys playing soccer, the guitar and being with his friends along with other hobbies. His plans for the future are to return home and to go to a University to study psychology, which he enjoys. y fo Reign exchange Students Bernadette came to Irvington from Portugal, along with her sister. Bernadette is a junior this year. She is staying with the Joaquin Abrey family. Encarna Faria is the other sister that came to Irvington from Portugal. Encarna is now a Senior but left Irvington at semester break. She too is staying with the Joaquin Abrey family. 88

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Viking BLock V During the past two years this service organization has done much to improve Irvington High School. The Block I has sponsored its annual Boogie Night Slave Day and Dances. Members also work during basketball games and wrestling matches. Block I stands for sportsmanship, leadership and service. Their advisor is Coach Sinnott which really kept the club going. Its members consists of the following: Bottom Row. Left to Right: David Leal. Scott Schimdt. Paul Hoffman. Bill Bernie. Ken Lewis. Luia Lomas. Bill Baker. Rick Wood. Second Row. Left to Right: John Harris. Greg Maxfield. Danny Valentine. Jay Hansen. Mark Pimentel. Mike Yancey. Joe Aguiree. Arnold Martinez. Les Foltmer. Chris Silvernale. Jack Bliss. Bob Kilgore. Paul Touris. Third Row. Left to Right: Walt Moore. Dave Swineford, David Carracci. Mike Brown. Doug Graef. Chris Troxclair. Dave Stevenson. Dale Vis. Kevin Swanson. Pat Perry. Wayne Burkholder. Dean Singleton. Gilbert Jones, Back Row. Left to Right: Wes Wong. Randy Finney. Brent Nielsen. Dave King. Ken Keeth, Brad Pennington. Mike Lavallee. Larry Stracner. Gerard Lamaestra. Jim Kelly. Luke Hendrix. Ed Stroman. Pictured to the left are the officers in Block 1. Dean Singleton. Gary Grube. Rick Ward. Rick Wood. Paul Touris. 87

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Rafaela Tizoc is here from Mexico and is in the eleventh grade. Two years ago Rafaela could not speak any English but now is doing just fine as she is doing with her studies. The progress is just tremendous. The reason why she is here is to learn to speak English and to graduate from high school. After she plans to return to her own country. Fernando is eighteen and a junior at Irvington. He comes from Nicaragua, where he has a older brother and two sisters. In Nicaragua he enjoyed coming home with friends and playing pool, after he helped around the house. Now Fernando is staying with his Uncle and Aunt. He now enjoys going to car races, and playing and watching baseball. After graduating he plans to go to college in California. Andrea Dahl came to Irvington from a suburb in Hamburg, Germany where she lived with her parents and two brothers. Andrea is now living with the Sebesta family. She is seventeen and a junior. Andrea enjoys all kinds of sports and has participated in G.A. A.-gymnastics and is going to continue in other sports the rest of the year. Before going back to Germany Andrea says that she hopes to see the ocean, Disneyland, Los Angeles and some other states. When she returns home Andrea will go back to school for two more years. After graduation she hopes to become a teacher for the mentally retarded, and would also like to spend a year in an undevel¬ oped country and visit more of Europe. Carmen On gpin is an exchange student from the Phillipine Islands. She is now a senior at Irvington. Her new American family is the Claybourne Stephens ' . Carmen goes to school with her American brother. Rick, and sister, Rhonda, after school they all enjoy doing things together. 89