Foreign Exchange Student Jumps in With Both Feet

by Rachel Dahl -- There is nothing quite as effective sometimes, as just jumping into the deep end of the pool. That seems to be the philosophy of Dea Vepkhvadze, an ASSE World Heritage Exchange Student who comes to Fallon this year for her senior year of high school from Tsnori, Georgia. Dea is an outgoing and interesting student who is fluent in four languages, and loves ‘80s rock ‘n’ roll. The day she arrived in Fallon, her host family took her to the Cantaloupe Festival where she decided to enter the photo contest in the Country Fair. “Fallon reminds me of my home, it is a rural area with agriculture businesses and I thought a lot of people would feel relatable to my photo.” She entered a photo she took in Georgia of her grandfather’s tractor and won first place – in her first week in the United States. “This is my exchange year and I want to make it amazing, why not start the first day?” she said. Dea has also volunteered at the Historic Downtown Fallon Theatre as part of her Senior Service Project and has written an article about the theatre for the next print edition of The Fallon Post that will come out this Friday, Nov. 8^th. She is interested in tourism, law, and music, and she takes amazing photographs. The U.S. State Department is the sponsor of the FLEX program that Dea represents.     Never miss the local news -- read more on The Fallon Post home page. If you enjoy The Fallon Post, please support our effort to provide local, independent news and make a contribution today.  Your contribution makes possible this online news source for all things Fallon.