Joel E Ferris High School - Exeter Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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- 'S T 1,. A, 1 Fm , . . iii q Eighfeen-year-old l?oberTo Saddi came To Ferris from Curifiba, Parana, Brazil. He arrived here in February 4979, and laTer decided ThaT he didn 'T wanT To go back To Brazil. Girls, soccer, Tennis, volleyball, and American beverages are jusT a few of The Things l?oberTo likes. Aside from being in Spokane, l?oberTo spenT ll days in California, where he vis- iTed Disneyland, Universal Sfudios, Magic Mounfain, and San Francisco. He has also been To SeaTTle and PriesT Lake, idaho. His school year in The UniTed STaTes doesn 'T counT in Brazil. When he reTurns To Brazil, i?oberTo plans To sTudy medicine and become a pediaTri- clan. l?oberTo plans To refurn To The UniTed STaTes even Tually, buT un Til Then, he lefT This message for everyone aT Ferris- Thanks for everyThing! Nancy Rodriguez came from Veracruz, Mexico, where she has Three broThers and one sisTer. She is sTaying wiTh her uncle while she is in Spokane. Playing Tennis, running, and drawing are all hobbies of Nancy's. She also likes The parks in Spokane and The lakes during The summer. There is no snow in lVlexico,' There- fore she wanTs To learn To snow ski here. Mexico has a Three- year high school program, according To Nancy. lT 's hard To learn English in a class. I came here To speak iT beTTer, she explains. When she re Turns To Mexico, Nancy plans To sTudy differenf languages. Juan lgnacio Penela came To Ferris from Caracas, Venezuela. He was born in Bar- celona, Spain, 18 years ago. There are Hve years of high school in Venezuela and sTudenTs Take eighT sub- jecTs. He sfayed wiTh Craig Wood and his fam- ily, who Juan says showed him The Ameri- can way of life. Girls, Tennis, surhng, and soccer are a few of his inTeresTs. He also climbed 45,000-fT. MT. Humboldf, The second highesf peak in Venezuela. Juan likes The people of Ferris more Than anyfhing. l know a loT of friendly people and They all Try To hekn me, he says. When he reTurns To Venezuela, Juan plans To sfudy indusfrial engineering in col- lege. -CQ:

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Forekyn Friends Hnd Ferns Fdscinafing L-l?.' Naoine Meesen, Juan Penela, Roberfo Saddi, Nancy Rodriguez. Nadine Meesen came fo Ferris from Sim'-fruiden, Belgium, a liffle fown lhaf specializes in fruif and agricullure. She is slaying wifh fhe Weilep family. Nof only is Nadine a member of Youfh For Undersianding, she likes To play fen- nis, snow ski, and go hunllng in Luxem- bourg. l like fhe mounfains surrounding Spo- kane as well as l?iverfronl Park and shop- ping in deparimenf stores, siafes Na- dine. One fhing she didn 'f like was fhe dances, because she said fhaf one couldn'f dance by himself and fhaf girls have fo wail for guys To ask lhem fo dance. Nadine expressed her feelings abouf her visif when she said, l love Ferris! 2-NG: Y

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Cross Couniry ls A wesome W l Girl's varsity: Wanda VanderWilde, Heidi VanderWilde, Cindy Allen, Jule Horn, Susan Schlaugh, Julie Sf. John, Dawn Galvin. The Saxon girls had an oufslanding year. We knew we had lhe abilily To win, so if was jusf a auesfion of how hard To work. By concenlrallng and really working hard we gof beiier and beffer each week. We slarfed ouf lo win every meer and disfricfs, and then place high al sfafe. We reached every goal we ser. -Coach Driskill me Coach Driskill keeps girls concenfraring. Saxon girls slick together.