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Published July 07, 2009 12:09 pm - ETCETERA: Ottumwa students see the sights — with a Courier BY JUDY KRIEGER, COURIER EDITOR Once again, some young Ottumwa students are offered a great opportunity — taking a bus trip to see some of our national sites.
In May, Evans Middle School eighth graders enjoyed the East Coast Extravaganza which included a visit and tour of Washington, D.C. It’s a trip the school has sponsored for years, and many fundraisers are planned to help students earn money for the trip. In the summer, Evans students can go on the Great Western Expedition. Both trips are wonderful opportunities for these young students to experience our great country with their friends, teachers and chaperones. q q q Three Ottumwa High School students got a chance to visit Europe. OHS seniors Hailey Kurtz, Kristina Vongkaysone and Madelyn Gettings went with Mary Pat Pitzen, Geoff Kent and Sarah Horgen on a tour of Dublin, Ireland; Llangollen, North Wales; Stonehenge, Bath and London, England; and Paris, France. They enjoyed, among other things, a tour of the Guinness factory in Dublin, a visit to Warwick Castle — a home of Henry Vlll — the home of Shakespeare’s wife Ann Hathaway, and also Shakespeare’s birthplace. q q q Scott Black writes: “Not being a big baseball fan and meeting a large group of friends in Wrigleyville (three blocks from Wrigley Field) for an extended weekend a few weeks ago, I had to try to find something to do while the Astros were in town. It didn’t take me long to run across Chicago’s oldest and best known tattoo parlor where walk-ins were welcomed.” 
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