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WAITSBURG - At 18 years old, Thibault Marti- nelle is already a seasoned traveler, having visited most of Europe, including France, England, Ireland, Turkey, Italy and Spain, as well as U.S. visits to Florida and Connecticut. Still, leav- ing his home in Waterloo, Belgium to spend the school year in Waitsburg as an ex- change student has been a "one-of-a-kind" experience.

Waterloo, with a popula- tion roughly that of Walla Walla, is not a particu- larly large city, but sizeable enough that Martinelle ex- perienced some concern when learning he would be living in a town of 1200. "I was a lit...