2004 August Newsletter

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Columbia Pacific News Letter

AFS PICNIC SUNDAY, AUGUST 29 @ 3:00 P.M.

At the home of Garry and Marilyn Hays, 1122 SE Barnes Road, Gresham, OR

Phone: 503.665-2830

Host families, students, liaisons, returnees and volunteersJoin us in welcoming our great group of AFS students and families!Come meet the Portland Metro AFS Family!

Welcome home our American Returnees! Returnees, bring your memory books andphotos!!

Bring a dish to share, chairs or a blanket to sit on.Beverages, flatware service and fun and games will be provided.

Volleyball, Croquet, Frisbee, Horse Shoes and Tetherball

Tour the Hays Rose GardensWinner of the 2004 Royal Rosarian Rose Garden Contest

Shuttle available from Gresham MAX Cleveland Station (East termination) foranyone riding the MAX.

RSVP by email to Bernice Schuchardt at [email protected] or call 503.775.4161By August 22, 2004. (Maps available)

PLEASE NOTE There was a typo on the flyer that was included in thepackets for host families The date is correct, August 29, but it is Sunday ,not Saturday.

August 2004

HOST FAMILY-FINDING --AN ON-GOING , NEVER-ENDING PROCESSHeart felt thanks to everyone who has helped with this year's placements. We're notquite finished. Speak AFS, every chance you get. We would all love to take back our summers and get all our students placed before school is out. Every kid deservesto know where they are coming, who their family will be and have the opportunity tocommunicate with their new famil before they arrive in their new country. The only

way we can achieve this goal (100% placed by June 1) is to take advantage of opportunities all year long.I urge you to invite new families into your life with your hosted student this year.Talk about your experience with church friends and business associates. Leavebrochures in your dentist office and speak peace and AFS every chance you get!We hope to have 52 students, 2 FLEX and 3 YES, and 4 Visiting Teachers linked toschools and at least welcome families before this newsletter goes to press. There willstill be a need for permanent families in several different districts--Sandy, Beavertonand Hillslboro, Lakeridge; The Dalles; North Clackamas. If you know familiesanywhere, we need to get their information and cultivate themfor replacement families, interim homes and next years host families. This is acontinuous mission--promoting peace person by person.This year Columbia Pacific will be hosting 32 girls and 20 boys from Argentina,

Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Indonesia,Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand,Turkey and Venezuela. Great diversity and wonderful kids, everyone.Our students are sprinkled through out the area team with Tillamook hosting another4 students this year; as is Camas-Washougal; Vancouver has outdone themselves witheight students and 1 teacher; Northeast Portland with an amazing 7 students and 1teacher; Southeast Portland with 5 students and 1 teacher; Sandy/Estacada with fourstudents; Beaverton with 4; 2 students up in Onalaska and the rest sprinkled inParkrose, David Douglas, Reynolds, Lake Oswego, North Clackamas and West Linn.Thanks to all of you who have worked so tirelessly to get these kids situated! Let'swelcome them with open arms at arrivals August 14th!Sally AnnVolunteer Hosting Coordinator


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Student News

NOTE FROM A HOST MOMFrom Scott Hume ( [email protected] I would like to share with you a brief note we received from a host mom inWisconsin who welcomed Nadia fromSwitzerland last year, and who will hostanother student this coming year:

"My husband, Tim, and I live inWisconsin. During the 2002-03 schoolyear, we made the important decision tohost Nadia, an AFS Exchange Studentfrom Switzerland. This feeling of havingmade a difference in someone's life insome small way is why we want to be ahost family again. Words can't alwaysdescribe this feeling, but those who havebeen host parents know what we mean.When Nadia left our family, shepresented us with a collage of picturesand a poem that, to this day, bring tearsto our eyes. Here is an excerpt that wehope, in some small way, helps toillustrate how Americans can make acontribution to building peace in theworld simply by sharing their daily liveswith a teenager from anothercountry. Please share this with AFS asyou see fit. We would be honored, andso would Nadia."

Sincerely,Roxanne Lutgen

From Nadia:"Leaving my home was not easy and theirst couple of days were endless but as my

headache and my sleeping problem faded awaythe journey could begin and my home washere.

So many "first times" I experienced here: My first time flying over Milwaukee. My first time standing on a ski jump fiftymeters high. My first time pronouncing 'literature' right.

My first Christmas without real candles. My first time skiing on real Wisconsin'mountains'.

My first and only 18th birthday. My first and sadly only, PROM. My first time wearing one of those cool

hats at graduation... And every first time was a first timeThat I wouldn't want to miss for theworld."

ATTENTION STUDENTS AND HOST

FAMILIES

The following are Orientation dates youshould put on your calendar.All students are required to attend theseorientations:Post-Arrival October 16-17Mid-Year January 29Pre-Departure May 21

Outdoor School Counselors

Columbia Pacific AFS strongly urgesour exchange students to enroll inLeadership Training for Outdoor School.

Students who have participated in thepast have benefited immensely with new

friendships, new leadership skills andthat special feeling that comes frombeing looked up to by younger students.These sixth graders will become an

import part of our students' lives. Westrongly encourage all students to signup for Outdoor School in the Fall and inthe Spring. Contact your schoolcounselor or high School OutdoorSchool representatives for details. Do It! "It was the greatest week of my wholeyear. The younger kids called me

"brother" and really looked up to me. Iwish all AFS students would do this inthe beginningit changed my life andthe way I think about me."

"I learned about leadership, how to beorganized, how to deal with difficultsituations, and I learned a lot aboutanimals because I had to teach it."

AN E-MAIL FROM A FLEXSTUDENT

Maggie Frieske, FLEX Coordinator,received the following e-mail from YuliaFabrovska (2003-2004) and is sharing it with us. Yulia lived with the Eure familyin S.E. Portland.

Thank you so much for everything thatyou are doing! It's so unbelievable, timeflies so fast! When I remember lastAugust it seemed to be a dream. Howcould that year go buy so fast? I hopethat new students will be as much fun aswe were. But we are incomparable, the

best of the best, right? :)))I am going to the seaside again in aweek, so I'll be enjoying sun, sand andsea soon. Hope, you're having fun too.

Love, Julia

PS. Tell new students that their exchangeyear will be fun and that they shouldn'tbe afraid of anything. They should do allthe things they couldn't dare to do athome. And wish them luck too!

DANIELA TIMON (Italian AFSer 1978-79) RETURNS AFTER 25YEARSBy Bernice Schuchardt (her host mom)

In February of 1978, my husbandLawton and I were skiing at Mt. Hoodand met an AFS student from Norway.We were hosting a boy from Costa Ricafor 5 weeks on a program called OregonPartners. This young lady informed uswe should be hosting for a yearnot for5 weeks. The following Monday an AFSvolunteer was at our door with anapplication. We completed theapplication, submitted it, and thenquestioned what we had done. Manythoughts came to our mindsshe isgoing to find out about all of ourfaultsshe is going find out that I amnot the best housekeepershe is goingfind out that I yell at and scold my five

childrenin other words, she is goingto find out that we are not a perfectAmerican family.

On July 28, 2004, Daniela Timon-Conte, returned to Portland, her firstvisit since she left 25 years ago. I askedher if she could remember her thoughtsafter she completed her application back in 1978. She laughed and then told meher concerns were very much the sameas mine. Accompanying her on thisreturn visit was her husband, Marcello,children, Andrea and Federica; a friend,Paola and her son LucaThey spent time with all my childrenLinda and Glen took them rafting; Lori

and BJ took them to a county fair; Rick and I took them to the beach and to themountains; and Steve and his wife spentan evening with us. They had dinnerone night with Pat and Ron Combs(their AFS student, Davide, lives in thesame town as Daniela) and brunch withGarry and Marilyn Hays (Marilyn wentto Europe with me in 2001 and westayed with Daniela and family). I willalways be thankful to the NorwegianAFS student who convinced us to host.Daniela graduated in 1979 fromFranklin High School, Portland, Oregon.


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Student News

Scream at the Beach toHost AFS Students at 4thAnnual HalloweenExtravaganza

Scream at the Beach

screams back for its 4thyear as the Northwestslargest and highest ratedHalloween event.Professional scare-masters have once againtransformed the JantzenBeach SuperCenter into anoriginal, in-your-face LIVEHalloween experience -36,000 square feet of livinghorror that continues to setnew standards in adultscare entertainment.

This year Scream at theBeach is once againopening its doors to AFSstudents and their hostfamilies on Friday, October22nd for a fun night of thrills. All AFS students willreceive free admission to

featured attractions andtheir host families will gettwo tickets for the price of one.

The folks at Scream at theBeach are also interested insharing the spotlight withstudents over 16 years oldwho wish to get somehands-on experience with

this uniquely Americanholiday by taking them inas members of the cast.Cast members arethoroughly trained inweekend rehearsals inSeptember, they may pickthe nights they willperform, and all costumesand makeup are provided.See website for details on

being a monster at Screamat the Beach.

Guests to Scream at TheBeach are thoroughlyentertained by themedattractions, live shows, a

game and activity zone,tarot card reading sessions,and are served by aMonster Snacks & Souvenirs Shop.

The horrifying walk-throughattractions include the all-new Elshoff Manor, AlienInvasion, and ForbiddenTemple. Also included is aspecial haunt for littlescreamers hosted by NigelD. Rat where children tooyoung to venture into thescary attractions are setfree to roam throughout aminiature hauntedplayhouse filled with hands-on activities and which alsoincludes a coupon good fora ride on the historiccarousel in the mall.

The featured scaryattractions are notrecommended forimpressionable children.For additional information,please visitwww.screamatthebeach.com.

Let the screams

beginagain!

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKSEntertainment 2005 books are nowon sale for $30. They are packedwith 50%-off and 2-for-1 offers atthe best places in town as well asdiscount offers from local andnational restaurants, hotels andresorts, entertainment venues andmuch more.

If we sell 10 books or more, wewill earn $6.00 per book. The morebooks we sell, the more we makeper book. Books will arrive theweek of August 23, 2004. Fundsearned on this fundraiser will helpus keep down the costs on some of our optional activities.CONTACT: BerniceSchuchardt, 503 775-4161 [email protected]. You mayorder and pre-pay by sending acheck to Bernice at 4806 SE Long,Portland, OR 97206. Checksshould be made out to AFS.

GRAPEFRUIT SALEIn late October/November AFSsells grapefruit. The grapefruitcosts between $13-15 per box.Delivery is usually the first week in December; deadline for orderingwill be in mid-November. Watchfor more information in theOctober issue. If anyone is willingto help with this sale; i.e. takeorders, etc., contact Sally AnnWells at 503 452-1868 or [email protected].

DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA FORA FUNDRAISER??We need your help. If you have anidea and wish to coordinate thefundraiser, please contact RonCombs 503 777-8117 or BerniceSchuchardt 503 775-4161. Someof the optional activities that willbenefit from these fundraisers arePendleton Roundup, Jagow SkiTrip, and Ashland Trip.


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Student Pics


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Hosting/Volunteer Page and More Pix

VOLUNTEERREGISTRATION FORMSVolunteer Registration formscan now be submitted either onthe website or via email.Individuals do not have to signthe Volunteer RegistrationForm and send it in regularmail. The form can becompleted and sent via thepublic web page(www.afs.org/usa/volreg), orthe form can be downloadedfrom the site, completed, andemailed to [email protected]. Of course, we will still acceptforms via regular mail or fax

(1-503-248-4076).

DO YOU HAVE ACONTRIBUTION FOR THENEWSLETTER??Do you have a story or bit of information for the newsletter?Do you have a student, hostfamily, or volunteer you wouldlike to recognize or anupcoming event. Please submit

to Bernice Schuchardt byOctober 1 for an issue comingout in mid-October.

ALICE ANN MORDENBy Bernice Schuchardt

AFS has lost another long-timevolunteer. Alice Ann Mordenpassed away Sunday, August1. Alice Ann was instrumentalin my becoming a volunteer.Back in the early 1980s, Ivolunteered and shortly afterbecame a District Rep. A fewmonths after I took thisvolunteer position there was anAFS Conference in CottageGrove. At that time you had topay to attend theseconferences. I could not affordthe Conference, but ended upgoing as Alice Ann called and

asked me if I would go with herand told me the fee was beingtaken care of. She drove and Irode with her to Cottage Grove,learning about her history withAFS along the way. In CottageGrove she introduced me tosome of the higher ups withAFS and told me of theimportant role AFS plays inpromoting world peace.

In later years, as I becamemore involved, it was Alice Annwho would contact me and sayI was just reading in thenewspaper, and there is thisfamily in Sandy... orNortheast... or SouthwestPortland who you should callthey would make a great hostfamily. Another time shecalled and told me I needed tocontact the Jagow family asthey would make a great hostfamily. I did just that and sincethen they have hosted severaltimes. They are also the hostsof our Ski Trip each January.

Back in those days we also hadto charge the kids to attendCamp Adams. She would calland ask it she could helpsubsidize the amount so theywouldnt have to pay so much.She also helped kids whocouldnt afford to go on some ofthe optional activities. Shehelped with our fundraisers.She would take orders forgrapefruit at Terwilliger Plazaand also order Entertainmentbooks.

Yes, I and AFS will miss AliceAnn Morden--she was a greatlady.

Bernice Schuchardt


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Hosting and Student Info.

Change

People change two ways, withslow persistent pressure, or with a single and suddentraumatic experience...maybe

people dont changecompletely overnight, but I dobelieve they can changedirection overnight. Facingus in a new direction is the

first step of any new journey. Taken from Touching Spirit

Bear by Ben Mikaelsen

Our exchange students haveall been pulled away fromeverything familiar in theirlives, family, friends,language, food, and the basicrules by which everyoneoperates; all are gone. Thestudent's world changedimmediately, when he or shefirst stepped on the plane.When we first met them, theywere bursting with excitementand the nervous tension of facing the unknown worldahead.

The family's world changedslowly, through the persistentpressure of adjusting to thenew family member.Sometimes the change cameslowly and painlessly.Sometimes, with a jolt that hit10 on the Richter scale.

About this time of year, whenthe excitement wears off andthe stress of entering schoolhits hard, your student willexperience what we callculture shock. As always,some students suffer morethan others.

Symptoms of culture shock

Everything is an effort Homesickness coupledwith criticism of their host

country and community. Physical symptoms of stress such as headache,stomach ache, loss of appetite,difficulty sleeping. Feeling isolated

Handling Culture shock

Recognize the symptomsas legitimate conditions

that you have not causedand are not responsiblefor making go away. Provide relief andminimize any additionalstress.

Discuss culture shock with your student andassure her that it doesn'tlast forever.

Encourage "reaching out"

behavior (e.g. establishingmore contacts with peopleoutside of the family)

Encourage the student topursue something new; atalent, sport, club, interestor activity.

Ways to help ease distressfrom culture shock

Expect periodicwithdrawal. Encourage themto interact when they aredown. Expect disagreementsbetween host siblings and thestudent and assist them inworking out their problemsrather than imposing asolution of your own.

Be prepared for judgmentalremarks.

Stress that things arevery different , not right or

wrong. Encourage extra rest. Anticipate some tearsand accept them withoutfeeling guilty. Avoid ultimatums. If you feel frustrated, call yourliaison. They are here forfamilies, as well as students.


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Upcoming Events

AFS PICNICSUNDAY, AUGUST 29 @ 3:00 P.M.

At the home of Garry and Marilyn Hays, 1122SE Barnes Road, Gresham, OR

Phone: 503.665-2830Tour the Hays Rose GardensWinner of the 2004 RoyalRosarian Rose Garden Contest

A shuttle is available from GreshamMAX Cleveland Station (Easttermination) for anyone riding theMAX.

RSVP by email to Bernice Schuchardtat [email protected] or call503.775.4161

By August 22, 2004.

PENDLETON ROUNDUP Thursday, Sept. 16, and Friday,Sept. 17

The Pendleton Roundup is an optionalactivity that will take place onThursday and Friday (Sept. 16 and17). Although this is an activity thattakes our students out of schoolshortly after school starts, it is a verypopular activity that introduces ourstudents to another part of ourculturereal live Indians andcowboys. Students will depart fromLents Park in S.E. Portland very earlyin the morning on Thursday, Sept. 16and return later afternoon on Friday,Sept. 17. An excuse should be writtenfor them to miss these two days.

Students will receive complimentarytickets to the rodeo on Thursdayafternoon and to Happy CanyonPageant Thursday evening. This will

be a first for many students to meetthe cowboys and Indians they haveheard about or seen on TV or movies.Friday morning after an earlyCowboy Breakfast, they will havethe morning free to explore downtownPendleton.

Information on this activity will beincluded in your arrival packet and thePendleton Roundup Registration formshould be submitted beforeSeptember 6 to Greg Kott, 402 SE

44 th Ave., Portland, OR 97215.Phone: 503 771-7977. Cost will be$50. Students will be responsible forpaying, since this is an optionalactivity. Check with your chapter, asthey may be able to help with the cost.We will have a limited number of tickets available, and registrations willbe taken on a first-come, first-servebasis.

COME JOIN US FORBOWLING

For the past few years, theIndependent Order of Foresters (IOF)has invited our AFS students, hostsibs, families, and volunteers to jointhem for bowling each month. You donot have to bowl every month; comewhen you can. League bowling willstart on Sunday, November 14th timeand place to be announced. Cost$7.50AFSers are also invited to participatein IOFs Oregon-WashingtonInvitational Bowling in Centralia,Washington for traveling trophy.Where: Fairlanes, 1501 South Gold,Centralia, Wash.When: October 2, 2004Registration: from 11:00 a.m. till12:00 noon. Bowling starts at 1:00PMPOST ORIENTATION AT CAMPADAMS OCTOBER 16-17

This is an orientation that all AFSers,FLEX , and YES students are requiredto attend. A registration form andinformation, including a map, wasincluded in the folder host familiesreceived at Arrival. Deadline forsubmitting your registration is:Monday, October 4.

Who is invited: Host sibs (12 andover), families, and liaisons.Location: Camp Adams, Colton,OregonWhen: Saturday and Sunday (Oct.16-17)Time: Registration begins at 9 a.m.Fee: A voluntary contributionfrom families who wish to spend thenight will be appreciated to helpdefray costs.

An orientation session will be held forhost families on both Saturday andSunday mornings. There will also bea training session for liaisons.

For more information, contact BerniceSchuchardt, 503 775-4161 or [email protected] .

Scream at the Beachto Host AFS Studentsat 4th AnnualHalloweenExtravaganza

This year Scream at the Beach is onceagain opening its doors to AFSstudents and their host families onFriday, October 22nd for a fun nightof thrills. All AFS students willreceive free admission to featuredattractions and their host families willget two tickets for the price of one.

LELOOSKA FAMILY LIVINGHISTORY PROGRAMThe Lelooska Family brings to life themasks, stories, songs and dances of the Sewide lineage of theKwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl, PacificNorthwest Native American people) inthe glimmering firelight of their cedarceremonial house. Chief Tsunganicarries on the traditions of his brother,the late Chief Lelooska, performingwith other family members in Ariel,WA, fortymiles northeast of Portland, OR

Join AFSers (students, host families,liaisons, friends are all welcome) forthis living history program onSaturday, November 13, at 7 p.m.Tickets are $8.50 for adults, $7.00 forchildren 12 and under, and MUST be

ordered and paid for in advance.Check out their website atwww.Lelooska.org for photos,additional information, directions, andticket ordering process. Call them at360-225-9522 to reserve tickets, thenpromptly mail a payment check andself-addressed stamped envelope toLelooska Foundation; P.O. Box 526;Ariel, WA 98603. The tickets will bemailed to you. Contact Chris Cradlerwith questions about the program:[email protected]


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AFSCOLUMBIA

PACIFIC

Bernice Schuchardt4806 SE LongPortland, OR 97206

Want electronic newsletter?E-Mail Bernice at [email protected]

Want souvenir/scrapbook hard copy snail mail?

E-Mail Ron Combs at [email protected] Check us out for more information and the newsletter on the

Columbia-Pacific website:Http://www.afscolpac.org

SAVE THE TREES AND POSTAGE

Aug. 29 (Sun )Welcome Picnic at Hays (Contact: Bernice Schuchardt, 503 775-4161)

Sept. 16-17 (Thu & Fri.)Optional

Pendleton Roundup (Contact: Greg Kott, 503 771-7977) Registration form inpacket. Registration required.

Oct. 1 (Fri.) DEADLINE FOR NEWSLETTER Send Articles to [email protected] Oct. 2 (Sat.)FLEX

Columbia Pacific FLEX Orientation (Contact: Maggie Frieske (503) 659-7959) or Claire Floyd (503) 690-3090

Oct. 9 (Sat,) Group Leader Training 10 till noon, 4806 SE Long, Portland, Contact:Bernice Schuchardt 503-775-4171 or [email protected]

Oct. 16-17 (Sat-Sun.)Required

Fall Orientation at Camp Adams (Contact: Bernice Schuchardt (503 775-4161)

Oct. 22 (Fri.) SCREAM AT THE BEACH (Contact: Bernice Schuchardt (503-775-4161 or Ron Combs (503 777-8117)

Nov. (?)* Deadline for ordering grapefruit .

Nov. 20 (Sat.)Optional Chief Lalooska (Contact: Chris Cradler, 503 287-6601)

Dec. 4 (Sat.) Christmas Party (Eastside) (Contact: Bernice Schuchardt (503 775-4161)Dec. (?)* Grapefruit Pickup . Helpers needed. (Contact: Sally Ann Wells)Dec. 30 (Thu.)FLEX

TV Station, Court House & lunch at Pioneer Square FLEX , downtown(government/community) (Contact: Maggie Frieske (503) 659-7959) or ClaireFloyd (503) 690-3090

Jan. 29 (Sat)*Required

Mid-Year Orientation

Jan. 29-30Optional

Ski Trip Early sign-up required. (Complete registration form in packet atorientation) Registration required. (Contact: Greg Kott, 503 771-7977)

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* See next newsletter in Oct. for more info.

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