German high school student speaks at local Rotary Club

September 23, 2011 by

German exchange student Sophie Wagner was this week’s program at Cullowhee Rotary. Program Chairman Jeffery Vickery introduced Pastor Jim Dean from the Summit Church who described the process of finding and hosting a student for a year. Sophie, age 16, who is from Schwerin, Germany, used the organization Ayusa, which stands for an Academic Year in the […]

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Mountaintop removal discussed at WCU

March 17, 2011 by

Tricia Shapiro, author of the book “Mountain Justice: Homegrown Resistance to Mountaintop Removal, for the Future of Us All”, was a guest at the Western Carolina University beginning of March, talking to students about the recently released documentary Low Coal by Mari-Lynn Evans and Jordan Freeman.

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