Carol Beaudion of Kalispell, sitting in the center, enjoys a picnic with Friendship Force club members in Levin, New Zealand. Joyce Hrouda, also of Kalispell, pictured third from the left. (Photo courtesy of Carol Beaudion)
March 11, 2017
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March 11, 2017 9:08 p.m.
Friendship Force marks 40 years of cultural journeys
Dr. Bruce McIntyre remembers how the government of Kyrgyzstan rolled out the red carpet for him and other Friendship Force travelers who visited in 1991. They were the first American group to visit shortly after the country had declared its independence as the Soviet Union broke up.