The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 202, Ed. 1 Friday, June 23, 1995 Page: 5 of 19
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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Friday, June 23,1995
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Baytown families prepare for exchange students
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By CHRISTIAN SALAS
Fran Flarity, the PIE area represen- Volker to see Space Center Houston Texas and what it’s like, We told him
that we don’t have cows everywhere,
Baetje is from Bohme, Germany but we’ll make sure he gets to see the
The Baytoum Stw
tative, said that the approximate cost and possibly parts of the South
of a student to come and live with a
Since 1975 approximately 15,000 family in the U.S. is $150 per month, and will be hosted by Eddie and rodeo and San Antonio,”
foreign exchange students from 40 Students choosing to come may Karen Smithson also of Baytown. Ziemann of Berlin, Gennany will
countries have visited the United come for one semester or for the Mrs. Smithson, a teacher at be staying with Terry and Jerilyn
States through Pacific Intercultural entire nine month school year.
Exchange (PIE). In August, three In fact, Flarity and her husband and a colleague, Jerilyn Griffith, had the Griffith family hosted a foreign
such students, Lars Volker, Birger John of Baytown will host Volker, a discussed the possibility of each exchange student from France for
Baetje and Olaf Ziemann of Ger- student from Grunberg, Germany, housing a foreign exchange student five months. “My daughter came
many, will arrive in the area and “We hosted a Brazilian student last this year. “We decided on a country home one day and said there was a
attend high school during the 1995- year and really loved it,” said Flarity, and then both took one from Ger- foreign exchange student and that
who said they chose a German stu- many so they’d have someone in the she needed a place to stay." said Mrs.
Both Volker and Baetje will live dent this time to expose their daugh- area that speaks the same language Griffith. “We didn’t really think
as them," she said
We’ve spoken to Lars three times Smithson, who has two children, and do it.”
School where they will be juniors, already. Once we (PIE) match a child said they were excited about the stu- Flarity said that there are still for-
Ziemann will reside in Beach City with a family we encourage immedi- dent’s arrival. “We had a student eign exchange students that need a
and attend Barbers Hill High School ate communication so that families from Brazil last year and he’s was place to stay. “It's awkward for the
where he will also be a junior
Our ad in Thursday’s paper was incorrect--see your
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our local carrier, Houston Cellular We regret any
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DeZavala Elementary, said that she Griffith of Beach City. Last January,
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with their host families in Baytown ters to that culture
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can start getting to know them”, said just like a brother. In fact, were going first couple of days but then you real-
As a member of each household, Flarity. “We sent Lars a cookbook, to Brazil in 18 months to see him,” ly start to mesh as a family,” she said.
Anyone interested in hosting a for-
This year she said they had already eign exchange student may contact
vacations to household chores. While his birthday. He has already received two letters and talked on the Fran Flarity, PIE area representative,
sharing the culture of Germany with expressed to us how big of a Rockets phone with Baetje. Smithson said at 713-427-1277 or Verna Riley, PIE
the host families and their school- fan he is, so we are going to take him hosting a foreign exchange student is regional coordinator, at 800-275-
mates, they will also learn about to see them play,
everyday life in the U.S
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Flarity said that they had plans for students) have their own idea about
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Mrs. W.D. Macon, in Busch Ter- the Goose Creek Lodge
Chambers County Commis-
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overtime to sheriff’s deputies in
accordance with the Fair Labor ou years ago
Standards Act. The U.S. Supreme Lt. Wesley Macon of Randolph
Court ruled recently that the Field and Pvt. Alton Macon of
county must pay overtime to
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will recommend that the school
district participate in the federal
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Dobbs, Gary. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 202, Ed. 1 Friday, June 23, 1995, newspaper, June 23, 1995; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1158380/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.