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BY JOAN KINGSBURY
This summer John and
Jackie Sheehan, Over-
osting a 16 year old
Finnish boy, Mikko
Nikulainen. Mikko is in
the United States under
the American Field
Service Home Stay
Program which is the first
of its kind in this country.
Under the Home Stay
Program, Mikko studied
with 21 other AFS
students for three weeks
New York City, perfecting
his English before em-
barking on his stay with
the Sheehans. The ninety
hours of English study
school records in Finland.
Mikko arrived at the
Sheehan home on June 21.
in Helsinki Aug. 15. Mikko
says that the purpose of
his stay is “learning the
observing the American
lifestyle.
plied for this program,
kko said “I really like
to have new experiences,
itis just for fun, just to try
the American way of life.
So far Mikko has found
the Sheehan home to be
much like his own. Mikko
lives in Helsinki with his
father Pentti, the. ADB
deputy of manager
systems in the Bank of
his mother,
Riitta, and his 11-year-old
sister, Kati.
According to Mikko,
teens in Finland have
interests similar to
American teenagers.
playing the piano, violin
and guitar, bicycling,
photography and air-
planes. About three times
bicycle to the Helsinki
airport, a distance of
t nine miles from his
I$%le to photograph the
die winter everyone in
Finland skiis because
Nikko says ‘‘there is
learned to ski- when he
was three years old and
enjoys both downhill and
cross-country skiing,
The school system is
very different in Finland
from those in the United
States. All schools are
either state-owned or
state-supported. Mikko
goes to a state-supported
school, which con-
centrates on an even
higher education level
than the regular public
schools. A student is
required to attend school
for nine years, then he can
continue for three more
years before entering the
university. Mikko said
that at the university,
which is very expensive,
each person works at his
own pace and tries to
finish as soon as he can.
Mikko plans to study
physics at the university.
In school Mikko learns
four languages, Finnish
and Swedish, the two
official languages of
English. He also studies
history, chemistry,
biology and spends’
many hours studying
mathematics. Religion is
a required subject, the
two state religions being
Lutheran and Orthodox. If
a student is not a church
member, a course on
World Religions is
available for study.
Mikko has really been
enjoying American
television, especially the
movies. In Finland there
are only two television
stations, one state owned,
one commercial. There
are three radio channels,
all operated by the state.
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, Mikko Nikulainen
and roll, which accounts
is for only 2-3 hours of air
time.
. Camping is another
lake side
facilities to accommodate
its 41» million inhabitants.
Mikko says that it is also a
popular vacation spot for
Europeans,
The Sheehans are
planning to take Mikko,
with their children
Heather, 16 and John 13 on
a camping trip to Nova
Scotia, through the
Maritime Province. They
will also visit Ohio when
Jackie returns for a class
reunion. While there they
will visit the Wright
Patterson Air Museum.
The Sheehans hope to take.
Mikko to a Phillies game,
on a visit to the Franklin
Museum in Philadelphia,
and on a visit to the Air
and Space Museum,
Washington, D.C.
John, executive
director of the Wilkes-
Barre = Chamber of
Commerce, and Jackie,
popular story lady at the
Back Mountain Memorial
Library, are no strangers
to. hosting visiting
students. They have
hosted Up With People
students, young people
from a Danish gymnastic
group and AFS Bus Stop
students the past two
years. Both believe that
they might like to host a
student for an entire year.
As Jackie explains, “We
love the oppportunity to
meet and get to know
people from all over the
world’.
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you”. Jackie has found
foreign visitors. Mikko
appear to be more formal
than Americans. When
asked what he likes best
about the United States,
the answer was, “The
people here ane more
One trait of Mikko’s outgoing than in
that impresses Jackie is Finland’. Mikko finds
that following every meal ~~ Americans to be a
he always says ‘thank friendly people.
Chief Miers attends Fs
breath device class
Chief Carl Miers attended
the State Police Northeast
for: instruction on ad-
ministering the breath
testing device which Back
Mountain Departments
are in the process of
buying. Miers was the
first local officer to attend
the 40-hour program. He
of the police force for
training in August, and
two more in September.
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schooling is paid for by
the Federal government.
The Township guarantees
the officer his salary for.
the week.
Miers and Officer Clark
Van Orden have also
compléted a two day
course on the vehicle code
update. He said all
township police will take
this course by the end. of
Angnst
SECRETE
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