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The MALS Alumni Association held its annual luncheon and meeting on July 12 in the new Paganucci Lounge on the Dartmouth campus. The featured speaker was Virginia Beahan, Dartmouth senior lecturer in photography and author of the 2009 book Cuba: Singing with Bright Tears. Her presentation, "Cuba: A Photographic View Tnrough History and Time," enthralled all of us. Her beautiful photographs illustrated the power of images and how ideology in the form of billboards, signs and statues is imposed on the Cuban landscape. The occasion was open to all MALS alumni, current students and faculty. There was a large crowd of alumni, including Barbara Barnes (MALS'72), Mike Beahan (MALS'97), Edgar Blatchford (MALS'12), Ben Bolger (MALS'04), Claire Brown (MALS'97), Stephan Cantor (MALS'08), Judy Chypre (MALS'99), Melinda Evans (MALS'02), Sandy Harris (MALS'8i), Lyn Lord '95 (MALS'98), event coordinator Maggie Montgomery (MALS'99), event coordinator Gary Moore (MALS'78), Allen Sherman (MALS'04), Nancy Silliman '95 (MALS'96), Wole Ojurongbe (MALS'08), Julia Lloyd Wright (MALS'99) and Nermina Zildzo (MALS'05), who was on a visit from Sarajevo! The annual MALS alumni meeting followed the luncheon, and board members elected the following officers for the alumni council board: Mike Beahan, president; Lyn Lord, vice president; Judy Chypre, secretary; and Jane Welsh, treasurer. The resignation of Phyllis Nemhauser (MALS'03) was accepted with regret and with deep appreciation for her work on fundraising. Kathy Coleman (MALS'oo) was elected to fill Phyllis' seat on the board. Three alumnae attending the meeting were in the news in the past several months. Stephan Cantor was assigned as captain for the Northeast Kingdom region of Slow Food Vermont. Slow Food is an organization formed to create community through the celebration of good, clean and fair food, both locally and globally. Stephan plans to have a seasonal calendar of events, outings and gatherings in the kingdom. Slow Food Vermont relies on the enthusiasm and ideas of its members to make things happen, so feel free to contact her with any suggestions, thoughts or comments. Stephan and her husband, Howie, own and operate a maple farm business, Deep Moun- tain Maple, in West Glover, Vermont. For the past 28 years they have been marketing most of their maple products in New York City at the Greenmarket, the country's largest organization of outdoor farmers' markets. They have been affiliated with Slow Food USA since 2000. Stephan says, "I have been engaged in supporting local, good, clean and fair food my whole life, and I am excited to be able to share, learn and exchange those values with others." Julia Lloyd Wright received an individual merit award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in recognition of her voluntary work helping Weathersfield, Vermont, become an energy sustainable and energy neutral town. Julia is so concerned with energy conservation and the lack thereof that five years ago she was appointed energy coordinator by the town selectboard. She refers to herself as the "energy tsarina" and saved the town 50 percent of its heating cost in the year after insulating the town garage. Julia scouts out available grant money ana what she can wring from the town budget to apply toward insulation, solar panels and biofuel. A: the time of this writing, Sandy Harris is a candidate for the N.H. Senate District 5 seat in the September 11 primary. She feels that her many years of experience in the Upper Valley have made her into a leader who understands the issues of rural living, college town-gown complexities, healthcare, technology and the business, manufacturing and service industries. 175 Greensboro Road, Hanover, NH03755; (603) 643-3789; m.jane.welsh.adv98@alum.dartmouth.org