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Published November 03, 2009 02:26 pm - ETCETERA: International adventure leads to new appreciation for America By JUDY KRIEGER, Courier Editor A former Ottumwa woman had an eye-opening adventure this past August.
Molly Fisher, Ottumwa High School graduate and third year medical student at Des Moines University, spent the month in Mumbai, India on a foreign rotation, doing clinicals in hospitals and clinics through Child and Family Health International. The goal was to see many of the infectious diseases that plague people in that part of the world. Fisher passed through slums every day on her way to the clinics and told her parents here in Ottumwa how massive the poverty is everywhere. She said that she had never seen so many homeless, limbless people. “She definitely appreciates America and all that she has been given in a whole new way,” said her mother, Colette Fisher. q q q Roger Borror and Janice Carlson of Ottumwa took a Courier to Falls Park in Sioux Falls, S.D., last month. They were visiting to help celebrate Janice Carlson’s granddaughter’s second birthday. Looks like a beautiful place. q q q A group of North Elm Condominium residents enjoyed an autumn day trip through Lacey-Keosauqua State Park, Bentonsport and Bonaparte, enjoying the historical sites and beautiful scenery. 
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