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Polk County News 12A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • April 26, 2017 Hey Bill, You came into the newspaper this week with a question. The Answer is — Leo Adler We look forward to your subscription to the Itemizer-Observer! P.S. You should set up your voice mail. www.polkio.com Answering questions since 1875. May 4 - Sept. 28 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Featuring Growers, Producers & Artisans om the Polk County area and beyond! Live Music by Cash & Company 11 am to 1 pm ____________________________ SPECIAL GUESTS: April Scott—Author: GMO-FREE Child SW Polk County Fire District— Bond Measure 27-125 __________________________ CURRENT SPONSORS: • Brixius Jewelers • Capitol Auto Group • Citizens Bank • City of Dallas • Fowler Affiliates • Itemizer-Observer • Polk County • RADIODAN • Squirrels Taxi Service • The Car Doctor • The Grand Hotel ______________________ Seeking: Vendors, Non-Profit Organizations and Sponsors 182 Academy St., Dallas • 503-623-2564 (Corner of Main & Academy) Facebook.com/bountymarket http://www.exploredallasoregon.org/bounty-market.html JOLENE GUZMAN/ Itemizer-Observer Maurice Dalton, Lindsey Krumroy, and Alex Finch are Rotary Youth Exchange students. Students take part in exchange program By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer DALLAS — For Dallas High School senior Maurice Dalton and sophomore Lind- sey Krumroy, a chance to dis- cover a foreign language and culture was irresistible. They received letters from Dallas Rotary at the end of their freshman year inviting them to participate in the or- ganization’s youth exchange program during their junior year. They accepted. “I was also interested in seeing what it would be like to go to a place and live my whole life where there’s not a single person I’ve previously met,” said Dalton, who spent last year in Berlin. “Totally clean slate, fresh start, to see what that is like.” Krumroy, who will spend next year in Finland, said her first thought about the prospect was “why not?” “I wanted something new. I wanted to go do something that wasn’t normal,” she said. “I’ve been friends with a lot of exchange students, so I’ve heard a lot about exchange, and it seems like something that would be fun to do.” Rotary sponsors the ex- changes working with dis- tricts in other countries, so students can rely on the fa- miliarity and support of Ro- tary before and throughout their year abroad. Krumroy is attending classes preparing her for the inevitability of culture shock and learning to communicate when you don’t speak the local lan- guage well — or at all. “There’s a series of orienta- tions and trainings where they teach us about different things, like culture shock and things like that,” Krumroy said. “They had us do exer- cises, like they had us create a random language and we had to communicate without them understanding what we are saying.” Clint Branum, the Dallas Rotary youth exchange coor- dinator, said the program looks for high school fresh- man interested in the travel year. Rotary is hosting an in- formational meeting for stu- dents and parents at DHS at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Stu- dents don’t have to belong to Rotary to participate. Alexander Finch, who is from Germany, is spending a year in Dallas. His older brother participated in an ex- change, so he was eager to have the same experience. “I got really excited be- cause I really love traveling. I really love the language and wanted to get to know new people. That’s why I wanted to do it. It’s really fun,” Finch said. “I was lucky. I got really good host families that helped me in all the ways they could.” See STUDENTS, Page 6A