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Local 4-H teens win at Big E

Students, faculty, others join in Climate Strike

4-H Dairy Club awards By Lou Varricchio EDITOR

Local Vermont 4-H teen dairy members won big at the “Big E,” capturing several championships in both fitting and showing and conformation. Thirty 4-H members represented University of Vermont (UVM) Extension 4-H at the regional dairy show, held Sept. 14-15, at Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Massachusetts. All earned a spot in the delegation for their outstanding performance at the Vermont 4-H dairy show in August. Several fitting and showmanship classes for juniors (ages 12 to 14) and seniors (ages 15 to 18) were held to accommodate the large number of entrants from the six New England states. In these classes the judges looked at how well the competitors handled themselves and their animals in the show ring. Local 4-Hers placed as follows in their respective fitting and showing classes: SENIORS: Group A: Abigail Reen, Lincoln (second); Ellie Ramirez-Richer, Shelburne (second) Group D: Brianna VanderWey (ninth) and Averi Salley (tenth), both from Ferrisburgh See BIG E » pg. 2

MUHS student Vivian Ross at the Climate Strike in Middlebury last week.

By Lou Varricchio EDITOR

MIDDLEBURY | Numbering in the hundreds, students from Middlebury College, as well as those from local middle and high schools, assembled peacefully in College Park in downtown Middlebury on Sept. 20 for the international Climate Strike. Holding up slogan posters, Earth Day flags, local residents also joined-in with students in their desire to bring increased awareness to climate change by stopping the use of fossil fuels. The global strike, inspired by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, was coordinated in Middlebur y by the Middlebury College campus Sunday Night Environmental Group. Area students, teachers and other local residents took part. A similar climate strike action took place internationally in 2015. The Middlebury portion of the international Climate Strike had various environmental and social-justice groups backing it.

Four Vermonters competed for Senior Champion Showman at the regional 4-H dairy show, held Sept. 14-15 at Eastern States Exposition in Massachusetts. They were (left to right): Courteney Simpson, Ryder Hoff man, Ellie Ramirez-Richer, and Caroline Kirby. Photo by Jenn Thygesen

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The adult climate strike coalition in Vermont, and elsewhere in the U.S., was coordinated by Bill McKibben’s 350.org and March On organizations. The Middlebury event, which saw similar public gatherings take place across the state, kicked off what promised to be a week of action to publicize what strikers perceive to be a planet-wide climate crisis. Chanting, “We are unstoppable, another world is possible,” students of the college’s Sunday Night Environmental Group, led the strikers assembled in College Park. The Sunday Night Environmental Group promotes climate justice on the campus of the “little Ivy League” liberal arts college; it was instrumental in organizing the local strike. “Welcome to the Middlebury Climate Strike; this is so amusing” one of the Group’s student organizers said. “Today is the coalescence of a year’s worth of student walk-outs and student strikes for climate justice. We’re standing in solidarity here with students and workers around the world... See CLIMATE STRIKE » pg. 2

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Special performances span 2019-20 season By Lou Varricchio EDITOR

MIDDLEBURY | The Middlebury Performing Arts Series’ 100th anniversary season opened Sept. 20 with

perennial Middlebury favorite, cellist Sophie Shao. The series Vermont’s longest-running performing arts venue. Performing Arts Series Director Allison Coyne Carroll has worked closely with Shao on every one of her annual performances. “Sophie’s collaborative spirit and vision have been treasured over the years, and her partnership with our series will prove integral as we look towards our second century,” she said last week.

Middlebury College will celebrate 100 years of performing arts with the state’s oldest,long-running performing arts series. Pictured: A 1900s calendar of events, classical guitarist Andres Segovia in 1929, Spanish dancer Carola Goya in 1930, the Trapp Family in 1939, actor Paul Robseon in 1946, dancer Pearl Primus in 1948, and jazz master Duke Ellington in 1960.

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