Trip to Vermilion

So yesterday I drove to Vermilion to do two stories- one about their agriculture program, and another about the college rodeo team. I hadn't been to Vermilion since 2001, when I spent some time working at the Wainwright Review. I got to town a bit early and went to a really strange coffee shop that had a flea market in the basement, a stationery store in the middle and a cappuchino bar/used bookstore on the top. The whole store was an incredible mess, but it was also extremely fascinating.

After this, I drove to the Lakeland College to meet the Communications Coordinator. I told her that I'd worked for the Review and she told me that she used to date my boss. I didn't say anything after this, because what can a person say to that statement?

Then I met with members of the Rodeo team and then instructors at the College, who explained the agriculture program to me. The College is unique because it has a very hands-on agriculture program. Students also participate in a program called "Student managed Farm" which divides them into teams so they can practice making decisions like real farm managers.

After this, we toured some areas of the farm and I got to snuggle some lambs and talk with some of the students. Pretty great.


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This morning I did a bit of shopping/thrifting and wandered around Whyte. I ended up with two nice shirts, a dress and a nice skirt.