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Sixteen AFS Intercultural Programs/USA exchange students spent a few hours in Ritzville during their last day in the United States on June 23.

The students, from Honduras, Japan, Belgium, Egypt, Italy, Chile, Spain, Germany, Thailand, Denmark and Austria, were en route to Sea-Tac and their flights to their home countries after spending over 10 months in communities in Northeast Oregon and Eastern Washington.

While in Ritzville, the group participated in an orientation to help prepare them for their reentry into their native culture. Some students spent part of the evening at the city pool, and...