Exchange program underway for Island, sister city.
Photo by Jane Meyer Brahm
Most of the 26 Mercer Island High School exchange students gather to go over final details before departing on their exchange trip to Thonon les Bains, France, Mercer Island’s sister city. They will stay with French families who will be sending their teens to Mercer Island in October, completing the final leg of the exchange.
Vander Garr, 16, received his Eagle Scout rank with an Eagle project that gave back to the community by building a flag collection box at the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).
Travel column by local writer Mindy Stern.
For four hours on Sunday, Oct. 27, a super group of folks raked a large “Leaf Labyrinth.”
