John Wesley North High School - Aurora Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Wouldn ' t You Give Your Hand to a Friend? America is not a melting pot; it ' s a jigsaw puzzle. Some pieces are old, some are newer. But there were two seniors who were brand new pieces: Camilla Frank from Sweden and Mika Kato from Japan. Frank was in Riverside with her family. Her father was a statistics professor, at UCR on sabbatical. She had previously graduated from her school in Lund, Sweden, and was expanding her education by attending North and then taking courses at UCR in the spring. As her first impression of California she said, It is very hard to get to know people. They are cold. And the weather is so different (from what she had heard.) It is much like Sweden. Kato was one of 200 Japanese students sent to the U.S through a foreign tour organization in Japan. Her home, Sendai, is Riverside ' s sister city in northern Japan. Kato didn ' t speak English very well so she answered questions through an interpreter. When asked what she liked about California she observed that California had so many big and beautiful sights. America was so huge and wide compared to Japan. She also pointed out that nobody seemed interested in her, a student from another country. At her school in Japan, a student from another country was treated specially. Everyone noticed the difference and was interested and kind. Here, she just blended in as a ' Japanese- American. ' Nobody ever lost their identity, they just became another piece in the puzzle of America. Having left their heavy clothes in their native countries both Mika Kato and Camilla Frank were caught unprepared for Southern California winter weather. 1 . ' JJMrlrW f JkSB 9 : fcte r ffd ■5n H fe Sylvia Cerda Pep Squad Ross Chambers Sona Chiranian Constance Chism Mgr. Girls J.V. Basketball, BSU, Pep Squad Karen L. Christiansen Band LeAna Clinton Gymnastics, Tennis, North Star, Honor Guard, CSF, Aurora Debbie Cohen James Conti Motocross, Autotech seniors

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Sam Carreras Hand, Orchestra, Track Take This Job And ' My job is something to do ... something I like to do. Few people agreed with Tracie Wingo and her state- ment about having a job. To most Seniors, holding down a job was simply a way to earn money. To seniors, having a job meant there was money to buy clothes that before they never would have dreamed of try- ing on. They also had enough money to buy those cars that they had been look- ing at for months. New toys came with the employment. Brian Cox enjoyed driving to school in his big, brown Chevy, a product of his job at the 76 gas station on Main St. Roy Hueber spent his paycheck on his fixer-upper Pinto. The Pinto came after four months over the grills at Wendy ' s Restaurant. Along with the money came many sacrifices. Seniors were learning that the fun of having a job held many respon- sibilities. Those that required getting up early or working late when there was a great party going on were just two ex- amples. For the most part, the respon- sibilities were taken in stride ... so was the money. working seniors 87

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Marian Cook Basketball. Hand. ( r heSl ra Robert Cook Drama, Honor I ■-her. Finertz, Autotei I si Brian Cox Football Dana Crawford Track. Cross I louunl rj . Basketball, BS1 ,Site Council. North Star Karen Crenshaw Mona Cunningham Wayne Daggy Pamela DeLaCarza Softball, Volleyball, Honor Cuard, MECHA Wendy Dent Banner, Tall Flags, Medical Forum Clifford DeSilva Football Stacy DeVreindt Diana Dewey Aurora Michael Diaz MECHA, Food Service Daniel Dickhausen Richard Dickhausen FHA-HERO Jodi Drake Arthur Duarte Wrestling Lyn Dunagan Ski Club, Finertz, Swim Team, Drama Deborah Dunlavey Jennie Ebarra Softball, MECHA exchange students 89