20070614 Roger Voter set to travel to Estonia by Kelsey Volkmann

Roger Voter set to travel to Estonia by Kelsey Volkmann

June 15^th, 2007

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Teen set to travel to Estonia

Jun 14, 2007 3:00 AM by Kelsey Volkmann, The Examiner

WESTMINSTER, Md. - Roger Voter’s summer vacation will be unlike that of most 17-year-olds, who might sit poolside or maybe even visit Ocean City.

The Westminster summer camp counselor leaves Sunday for Eastern Europe as part of a sister city exchange between Westminster and Paide, Estonia.

“I’m going to see how their camp is run and what sports they play,” said Voter, a senior at Westminster High School.

Later this month, Margit Udam, a recreation professional from the former Soviet republic, will travel here to learn more about Westminster’s recreation and parks program.

Voter’s mother, Lyndi McNulty, a custom framer who is active in planting Westminster’s gardens, traveled with Thomas Beyard, city planning and zoning director, to Estonia two years ago in what McNulty said has been hailed as the No. 1 city partnership in the world.

“The American ambassador in Estonia said that, at international conferences, everyone is always fascinated by how often people travel back and forth between Westminster and Paide,” McNulty said.

Recreation and Parks Director Ron Schroers was the first city employee to travel to Estonia in 2003.

Last year, a sculptor and retired professor from McDaniel College went there for a limestone festival.

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