Digging in Turnbull's dirt part of foreign exchange experience

Part of the foreign exchange student experience is just that – experiencing as many different aspects of life in the host country as possible. For Cheney High School exchange students Taisiya Feoktistova and Rebecca Reinecke, that experience involved getting a little dirty.

The duo were part of a group of eight area exchange students who planted trees April 27 at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge. Sponsored and funded by foreign exchange organization CCI/Green Heart, the trip enabled students to spend three hours that Friday learning about habitat restoration.

Feoktistova said they learned abo...