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Spanish Students Enjoy hunt To Mazatlan, FJiexho
Spanish Lessons Put To Stiff Test South Of The Border
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BLOCK AND TACKLE FISHING The student group chartered three boats at Mazat
lan for a fishing cruise on the deep sea. The catch made by these three lucky anglers
was so large that block and tackle was needed to hoist the sailfish up for pictures.
Nan Clark, left, Scott Kellstrom and Marcia Goehring were the fortunate fishermen.
EDITOR'S NOTE: . Stephanie
Guderian, daughter f)t Mr. and
Mrs. Wri Guderian, 2025 Law
rence Street, was one of a group
of 38 Spanish students at KUIIS
who made a recent trip to Mex
ico. Her story follows, complete
with pictures she took on the
trip.
By STEPHANIE GUDERIAN
On June 10, 33 happy students
chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs.1
James Shields and Mrs. Beatrice
Tanielian, adviser of the Spanish
Club and Spanish teacher at
Klamath Union High School,
boarded a bus for Mazatlan, Mex-
ico.
As we left, we found it hard to
believe that our hard work, candy
sales and rummage sales had fi
nally paid off and we 'were ac
tually on our way. Our dreams
were coming true.
We left Klamath Falls at 8 a.m.
and arrived in Heno at 1 p.m..
where our bus- driver, Mr. Rob
erts, left us and flew to Las
Vegas. He met us there and drove
the bus again to the Mexican bor
der.
We nicknamed him "Fireball"
Roberts for he seemed to get us
to our rest stops from 10 minutes!
to an hour early and yet man
aged to stop at every railroad
crossing. '
We arrived in Nogales, Mexi
co, at 3 p.m. Tuesday where
we chartered a bus from the TNS
bus line. By 3:30 we left and soon
came to the place where our bag
gage was to be checked. A little
man came out and told us if each
passenger aboard would pay two
pesos he wouldn't check our hag-l
gae and we could go on. This
would save us a lot of lime so
we passed around the kitty for
the coins. Soon after we left.
Before long we came to a check
station where an official inspects
to see if the people before him
had done their job. We were told
our visas hadn't been stamped and
we would have to return to No-1
gales. It was 5:30 p.m. when we
linally left, which made us ar
rive in Guaymas later than expected.
Guaynias is a beautiful city and
was one of the high points of our
trip though we only spent the
night. We stayed in the Hotel
Rubi which is located near a
small harbor which can be seen
easily from the hotel terrace. It
is very warm there and the ho
tel makes sure that its guests are
comfortable by supplying every
room with an air-conriitioner.
Leaving early the next morn
ing, our bus driver, Senior Man
uel Franco, took us on a tour of
the city's ocean residential dis
trict. The homes were fabulous
and elegant lowers adorned the
city and nearby countryside.
At 10: IS a.m. e left Guavmas.
The day was hot and sticky as
we traveled through Ciudad. Na
vajoa. Las Mochis and Culiacan
to reach Mazatlan about midnight
Wednesday. We registered at the
Belmar Hotel which is separated
from the ocean by just the main
street of town. Most of us went
directly to bed for the days that
followed were to be filled with
beauty and excitement.
The city of Mazatlan is built
on a peninsula overlooking Olasj
Altas or High Waves Bay. We
were told that Mazatlan means
low income families and t h e
homeless. There is no middle
class in Mexico. The residents are
either rich or poor.
We came back to the hotel for
lunch ... I had turtle sleak. It
was delicious.
The Pacific College had invited
us to a party that evening. We met
in an open basketball court which
looked similar to a tennis court
with no nets, but baskets at either
end. We broke a pinata . . .
or rather. Ken McCart broke it
and everyone else scrambled for
the candy, fruit and balloons scat
tered all over the court.
Tortillas w ith cheese and hot
sauce were on the menu along
with several tasty fruits. All
judged the party a real success.
We walked back to the hotel
afterwards, as it was only a short
distance from the college. It was
on this walk that we were caught
in our first tropical rainstorm. It
was like taking a five - minute
shower with our clothes on.
The next day Saturday we
chartered three fishing boaLs
and most of the students went on
a deep-sea fishing trip. Surpris
ingly enough, the girls turned out
to be the best fishermen.
Aboard the Antarcs were Mrs.
Tanielian and 10 girls. This boat
caught two sailfish. The Pollux
chaperoned by Mrs. Shields with
a mixed group of students, caught
only one fish; but the Peggy Jean,
chaperoned by Mr. Shields with
an all-male crew of 10 caught
nothing but seasickness. Nan
Clark and Marcia Goehring on
the Antares caught the two sail
"place of the deer" though it isfish and Scott Kellstrom of the
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MEXICAN BEACH CONVERSATION Ola! Dana Pin- I for the students by the Pacific College at Mazatlan. With
ney, with hand upraised, greets some new-found Mexican backs to the camera, Linda Soloman and Suanna Whytal
friends in a beach cart drawn by mules at a picnic given chat with Senor Manuel Franco.
usually referred to as "Pearl of
the Pacific." This city, founded in
1800, has a population of 72,687
and is found on the map almost
directly across from the southern-1
most tip of lower California. Ma
zallati prospers from gold, silver,
shrimp, sugar, fruits, tobacco and
tourists . . . especially those who
are there for the hunting or fish
ing, though we came to study the
language.
Thursday morning we got up
early and had our first real Mexi
can breakfast which was an
enormous plate of fresh fruit
pineapple, papaya, mango, ban
ana, oranges, watermelon and
cantaloupe. Later that morning
Senor Franco took us around to
look at all the nearby beaches.
At one of them, Las Gavitas, an
American movie had recenllyi
been filmed.
For lunch I bad fruit cocktail.
filet of sole and cocoanut pie.
Later Senor Franco took us to
the the market to teach us how
to bargain. Bargaining is an ex
citing pastime, I found. The peo
ple enjoy asking 30 pesos for an
item and arguing noisily to pre
vent being talked down to 20 pesos
or less.
Every evening a club meeting
was held to talk about the prob
lems we had (if anyl, the friends
we had made and the schedule
for the next day. Then all lights
were out at 10:30 and bed check
at 10:45.
Friday we got up early and
went on a tour of the residential
district of Mazatlan. We saw a
new planetarium which was real
nice. The building next to it is a
showplace the government has
built to show off the new housing
project. These homes, which cost
about Sfi.000, are built to house the
Pollux landed the other. All in all
it was a very rewarding day.
Sunday morning, the college
sponsored a picnic on "an island
where tourists never go." This
island is named La Piedra
or "The Rock." The people living
there are very poor. Their homes
are made of sticks with thatched
roofs or are crude shelters built
in the shade of palm trees.
Several sea shells were gath
ered and many of us went on a
hike up t he hillside to see
the beautiful view. Others pre
ferred to swim in the warm
ocean. From the island we could
sec the Mazatlan lighthouse the
second highest lighthouse in the
world. We all went back to (he
hotel looking like baked lobsters
fresh from the oven.
That evening the hotel invited us
to attend a dance which is held
every Sunday night for the city.
The manager. Senior Jose Elc-
zar Pena, played the maracas
with the orchestra while we
learned to cha-cha. Between
every four dances there was a
15-minutc break and several Span
ish and English students gathered
on the porch to tell stories. Many
we told were ones I had heard
when I was .1 or 4 years of age.
but all enjoyed listening and we
had a lot of fun telling these fairy
stories.
Monday was a "free day" to
do anything we wanted such as
ihnpnin; or sw imming. At 7 p.m.
he hotel held a banquet in our
honor; a happy occasion, yet sad,
lor we would be leaving the next
morning for home.
I'll never forget Mazatlan: Its
beauty ... its charm. It is a gold
en setting in deep blue Pacific
waters ... a peaceful city await
ing a new dawn.
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HAULING IN THE SAILFISH Students aboard the Pollux were afforded
view of a sailfish when captain's assistant Pedro Armandez hauled this sea
the boat.
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THATCHED-ROOF SHELTERS Huts such as these are typical sun shelters on many
of the beaches at Mazatlan. This is Las Gavitas where an American movie was re
cently made. The student group visited this beach on their first day in the Mazatlan
area.
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PLANETARIUM Progress Is the key word in some parts of Mexico. Her is a view
of the planetarium in Mazatlan, The long low building on the right of the picture
houses a display of the projected housing program for needy Mexican families. Th
plants in the foreground furnish the Ingredients for that famed Mexican beverage,
tequila.
INTERNATIONAL GROUP Key figurei In the tour were, left to right, Mrs. Jamel
Shields, James Shields, Belmar Hotel manager Senor Joss Pena, Senora Pena, and
their son, Jose Jr., Mil. 8eatric Tanielian, and Senor Manuel Franco, bus driver.
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GUAYMAS WATERFRONT This is the waterfront view from the Hotel Rubi In
mas where the students spent two nights. From this harbor shrimp and fishing
base their activities.
Guay-boats