Oxford Academy Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Oxford, NY)

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HOMECOMING CANDIDATES Seniors 19

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1982 HOMECOMING “EVEN THE NIGHTS ARE BETTER” COURT. Craig Reynolds—Robbin Rydzewski, Pat Ryan—Terri Fowlston. Tim Tompkins—Nina Wackford. Richard Marks—1st princess Shelly Wright. Mike Noyes—Former Queen Tess Crandall. Scott Begeal— Queen Pam Ballard. Tony Barnhart—2nd princess Christine DeForest, Joe Hansen—Amy Jenness. Jim Lashway—Ronda Orlando. Mike Marrone—Paula Smith Nina and Ronda dancing with their dates. The Queen's Dance 18 Seniors

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EXCHANGE STUDENTS JACKY KNOLL Minasan Konnichiwa! Life here in Japan is very different from our life in Oxford. It takes awhile to get used to such things as sleeping on a futong on the floor, using the same bath water as your whole family and eating the various native foods. Such foods as sushi (raw fish), tako (Octopus), seaweed and squid. Eel is also popular and a favorite of mine. School here is very strict compared to Oxford. All Japanese high school students wear uniforms. Tsukumi High School is about three times the size of Oxford, having about 1,300 stu- dents. In school I study a number of traditional Japanese hobbies including Soroban (a set of beads used for calculat ing). Calligraphy (Chinese Character writing with ink and a brush). Tea Ceremony, and Judo. Each year the second year students take a class trip. This year, we went to Tokyo and also Hida Takayama. the oldest city in Japan. Staying with my friends in the hotel was great fun! It was then that I first experienced a public bath. A few weeks ago my school had their Bunka Sai (school festi- val). It lasted for three days. During the first two. everyone got a chance to see each classes’ project. My class did theirs on America, so it was fun for me to help out. The third day was sports day. Everyone competed in various races and events. It was great fun! I am learning so much here! Time is going fast for me and Is full of many new and exciting things! Sayoonara. Jacky RUTH BOYER Terve Kaikki! I've been in Finland for about 5 months now and everything is going well. Finland is a gorgeous country and my city is no exception. I live in a city called Kuopio with 80.000 Finns, so it's a bit larger than Oxford. Even though the city is so large, there's a lot more to be seen than buildings. Kuopi is right in the center of the lake district. In the summer there's lots of fishing and sailing. In the winter there's ice hockey and skating. There are also two downhill skiing places. The World Junior Ski Jumping Championships are held here every year, so it's well known. Many of my friends here were quite surprised to find out that most Ameri- cans don't know much about Finland They wanted me to tell you a few things. It's not part of Russia; they don't live in igloos, ride reindeer, or eat whale meat (very often). Don't worry if you didn't know that, though I had a hard time convincing them that most Americans don't live like the people on “Dallas. My school only has about 500 peo pie in it but it's quite different from home The classes are 45 minutes long with 15 minute breaks. The students seem to be a bit more serious, in general. Also, there are no clubs or school activities Just learning the lan- guage is more than enoguh to keep me busy. It's hard—but I'm doing it. I'm also helping in an English kindergar ten class and I have a conversation class at school for people who want to improve their English I try to ski. I'm in a band, I do a lot of things. Mostly. I'm just enjoying The year is going by so quickly, that I'm sure I'll be back in Oxford before I can believe it. I’m looking forward to it. Hoisin mielin eteenpdin Ruth 20 Seniors