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Farming contest winners

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Submitted by ggevalt on May 28, 2007 - 17:55.

Each spring the Young Writers Project has a special contest asking students to write about farming. Here is the list of the 2007 judges, supporters and selections.

Final judges were two longtime farmers -- John Malcolm and Beth Kennett. Cabot Cheese provided support with cash and vintage cheese awards to the top winners.

The awards:

1. Farmer, a poem by Ruby Dombek, Grade 5, Ferrisburgh Central School. $100.
2. Friesen Daughters, a story by Emma Redden, Grade 9, Leyland and Gray High School. $75.
3. (tie) Stroll through a Monkton Farm, a poem by Myles Towsley, Grade 4, Monkton Central School; and
Hay Fever, an essay by Tanner Haskins, Grade 10, Rochester High School.

Honorable mentions: Our Farm by Emily Gieselman of Lyman Hunt School and At the Farm by Timmy Shea of Ferrisburgh Central School.

Geoffrey Gevalt
Young Writers Project, editor

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