McDermitt family reunited with exchange student after four decades.
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BY LORI HAMMELMAN
Staff Writer
It’s been more than 40 years since Alicia Colombres has seen the McDermitts, her foreign exchange host family.
The foreign exchange student from Buenos Aires and the family have been reminiscing since she arrived in Rochelle a few days ago. They reconnected through social media a few years ago and had been planning this visit ever since.
Colombres and her husband, George Aramburu are looking forward to seeing the skydivers at the Flight Deck before leaving to visit family in the New York and Washington, D.C. area on Sunday.
Sitting around the kitchen table, Colombres shared some stories of her visit with the McDermitts when they lived in Celina, Ohio before moving to Rochelle. Coming from a warmer climate in Argentina, Colombres said one of the first things she noticed was the climate and the snow. She also appreciated the structured environment in the McDermitt family home.
“I loved it in the U.S. when I was here before. Everything was in order…I like structure and organization,” Colombres said. “We don’t have snow where I live and I remember it was very cold.”