which appeared in the
Santa Barbara News-Press on December 17, 2008.
Midland's Environmental Advisory Board
met in
the Library on Thursday, January 8th, to
discuss Midland's Environmental Action Plan
and Midland's Carbon Neutral Plan (written by
Santa Barbara's Community Environmental
Council). Those in attendance were Lise
Goddard, Will Graham, Mason Willrich '50, Jim
Poett '66, Bill Elmendorf '75, Peter
Schuyler, Ben Munger '79, Bob Wilkinson, Lisa
Stratton, Kate McCurdy, Josh Hahn, Laurie
Munger, Shawn McVicar, Marguerite Graham,
Karen Readey, and students Blaze Elation '09,
Kevin Carney '09, Miranda Poett '10, Mariah
Chen '11, Meghan Brown '11, Peter King '12
and Erin Tyler '12.
New Horse:
On your next visit to Midland, look for a new
horse in the front pasture across from the
Midland Garden. "Bear", a black bay Quarter
horse, has joined the campus as Will Graham's
personal all terrain vehicle. Will and
Marguerite spent the recent Holiday Break
exploring the campus on horseback. There is
no better way to enjoy Midland's incomparable
trails and views than from a saddle atop a
high meadow.
(The Graham's owned 3 horses during their
Maine years and had a daughter who competed
in Three Day Eventing.)
Guest Speaker:
On Sunday January 4th, Michelle McKinley, who
teaches Law at the University of Oregon, gave
a talk at Midland. Michelle is a lawyer and
legal anthropologist, who, after earning a
Masters degree in Anthropology from Oxford
and a Law degree from Harvard, became
Executive Director of Cultural Survival and
founded the Amazonian Peoples Resources
Initiative (APRI). She showed some amazing
slides of the Amazonian region where she
worked for several years with the remote
Urarina people and she talked about her work
with APRI.
Cattle Herding 101: On Monday, while
driving to Midland on Figueroa Mountain Road,
Director of Communications Karen Readey was
asked to assist our neighbors at the
Chamberlin Ranch to use her car to help herd
the cattle coming toward her on the road.
Never a dull moment on that road!
Athletics:
Basketball: Midland's basketball team
plays Valley Christian in Santa Maria this
afternoon at 4:30 PM.
Soccer: Varsity Girls beat Cate's JV team
4-1. Becca Towne '09 had 3 goals.
Varsity Boys lost to Cate on Wednesday, 1-0.
Silviano Valdez '09 played great at the goal.
JV Boys beat Cate's third team 6-0. Brian
Bang '11 had 3 goals and Danny Lee '11 had 2.
See Midland's sports section
online for a full schedule and photos.
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