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Page 8 • <strong>The</strong> <strong>Sherando</strong> <strong>Times</strong> • April 8 - May 4, 010 Read all issues in their entirety FREE on www.<strong>Sherando</strong><strong>Times</strong>.com<br />
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“I’m really excited about going to art museums because I’ve done oil painting<br />
be<strong>for</strong>e and I really want to see the Louvre. “ – Devyn Drago<br />
11 year-old headed to Europe<br />
Aylor Middle School student selected as People to People ambassador<br />
11 year-old Aylor Middle School student Devyn Drago<br />
was accepted into the People to People Student Ambassador<br />
program and will be headed to Europe.<br />
By Sharon Hinkle<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Sherando</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> student ambassador program<br />
<strong>for</strong> this summer’s trip to<br />
France, Greece and Italy will include<br />
11 year old Devyn Denise<br />
Drago from Robert E. Aylor Mid-<br />
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<strong>The</strong> 24th Annual<br />
Virginia Wine and Craft Festival<br />
will be held<br />
Saturday, May 15, 2010<br />
in historic downtown<br />
Front Royal, Virginia<br />
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dle School. She was excited be<br />
chosen as a representative.<br />
Devyn was nominated by a<br />
teacher <strong>for</strong> the program. Her<br />
parents Shelley and Marty Drago<br />
were invited to James Wood<br />
Middle School to hear of the<br />
opportunity. Shelley states that<br />
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many parents left after hearing<br />
the price of the trip.<br />
“One day we got something in<br />
the mail that said I was nominated<br />
to be a part of People to<br />
People and to come to a meeting<br />
to find out <strong>more</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mation,”<br />
states Devyn.<br />
When she had her personal interviews<br />
in the fall when she was<br />
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