Winners of the Tri-Town Optimist Club 2017 Oratorical Contest for Regional School Unit 16 sixth- and seventh-graders were sixth-grader Nolan Greenwald, first place, and seventh-grader Emma Bunyea, second place. Greenwald will enter the Northeast District Competition on April 8 in Utica, New York. Teachers are Ell Fanus and Mike Giampetruzzi.

Entrants in the Tri-Town Optimist Club 2017 Oratorical Contest for Regional School Unit 16 sixth- and seventh-graders made their presentations at Minot Consolidated School. From left, front, are Sam Tjalsma, Brody Keefe, Ben Cushman, Parker Demelia, Lisha Powell, Jasmine Arsenault and Kendra Clark; back row, teacher Mike Giampetruzzi, first-place winner Nolan Greenwald, second-place winner Emma Bunyea, Emma Moreau, Graison Cote, Norah MacMahon, Abbigale Ayres and teacher Ell Fanus.