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Guddu, he falls asleep.

When he awakes, he finds himself alone and trapped on the train, which is now decommissioned and on its way to Kolkata, 1,500 miles away. Once in Kolkata, Saroo is lost in the alien urban environment. He survives as a street child. Too young to identify himself to authorities, he is eventually sent to an orphanage, where he is adopted by a well-to-do Australian couple (David Wenham and Nicole Kidman), who bring him to their prosperous home in Tasmania, where he grows up.

But for all the love and material good fortune he received, Saroo (Dev Patel, as the adult Saroo) finds himself plagued as an adult in his 20s by memories of his lost birth family. With an unwavering determination and Google Earth technology, which was just introduced, he sets out to find his lost family and first home.

The film runs 118 minutes and is rated PG-13. The screening will be followed by a facilitated discussion. Refreshments will be served. Attendees over age 12 are asked to contribute $5 to $10 a person.

The monthly Movies With Spirit series, organized by Gerry Harrington of Kingston, seeks to stimulate people’s sense of joy and wonder, inspire love and compassion, evoke a deepened understanding of people’s integral connection with others and with life itself, and support individual cultures, faith paths and beliefs while simultaneously transcending them. The films are screened in diverse houses of worship and reverence across Ulster and Dutchess counties at 7 p.m. on the third Saturday every month. The series has no religious affiliation.

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Grade 11 A Honor — Abigail Audenino, Shane Benziger, Madyson Black, Melanie Boyles, Sarah Carver, Lauren Cerul, Alejandra Cruz, Samantha Haines, Jacob Henderson, Hannah Holmes, Liberty Kischuk, Katherine Lopez, Alejandro Lopez-Reyes, Juliana Losee, Alexandra McKenzie, Keyana McKenzie, Madison Michetti, Meghan Murray, Jeniffer Otero, Evan Proper, Emma Schaeffer, Johanna Scmidt, Trevor Slater, Angelina Spada, Isabella Starzyk, Tanner Storz, Bryce Stracher, Haley Strang, Alexa Sweeney, Nolan Talbot, Emily Tietje, Dariann Watson, August Westpfal, Alice Wilser, Wyatt Zadro, Cassandra Zeno.

B Honor — Christian Aldana, Heather Bay, Justin Briehof, Makayla Burns, Riley Ean, Wayne Lattrell, Angela LaValley, Mattison Leary, Cody McCarthy, Maegan Mitchell, Leovardo Osorio, Lizbeth Osorio Mancilla, Tyler Parrotte, David Prentice, Nicholas Saunders, Alexys Szymanski, Travis Walker.

Grade 10 A Honor — Jaylen Beliveau, Jordyn Briehof, Carly Bussey, Alexandria Coons, Anthony Deyoe, Paxton Dinsmore, Maggie Egan, Jordan Ettari, Adam Funk, Tyler Funk, Zachery Funk, Emma Hall, Adam Hess, Shelby Hinton, Damien Hurn, Matthew Leach, John Magnarella, Angelina Mannino, Ryan Marino, Jennifer Martin, Keara Nielsen, Yesenia Osorio, Meadow Palmer, Dylan Parks, Mikayla Quinn, Kieran Reilly, Timothy Roach, Leah Schmid, Morgan Schuyler, Colleen Spizuoco, Samantha Spizuoco, Kathryn Starzyk, Ahmad Bin Syed, Paige Tegtmeier, Isabella Torre, Olivia Trevena, Roy Watson.

B Honor — Leah Brody, Peyton Gardner, Daniel Hegarty, Sarah Kluge, Kane Kozlowski, Emily Mason, Calab McCaul, Jacqueline Povall.

Grade 9 A Honor — Kaylynn Bahorik, Matthew Damon, Michael Dillinger, Sage Douglass, Victoria Douglass, Maddie Drago, Alejandro Farias, Brandon Fusco, John Hambleton, Emma Hostetter, Julianna Kalb, Brandon Kapple, Michael

— Matthew Arent, Hunter Atkinson, Alex Bass, Joshua Bay, Lourdes Belanger, Alyssia Beliveau, Grace Benziger, Lilyanna Brenner, Megan Brown, Connor Cavey, Brooke Chapman, Skylee Eiffert, Landon Fitzgerald, William Gnewuch, Lilianah Hague, Joshua Hieter, Jenna House, Emily Lindquist, Diego Lopez, Jacob Lyman, Abigail Marino, Autumn Matthews, Haley McCord, Emily Miguel Jimenez, Barbara Moody, Sadie Norman, Annette Prezzano, Chase Quinn, Maggie Reilly, Zachary Strang, Trinity Tietje, Emily Torre, Benjamin VanKleeck.

B Honor — Barron Ara Cesar, Bryan Chavez Sanchez, Ashlee Conley, Jasmine Coon, Isabella Ducillo, Ashton Grom, Cailin Halladay, Olivia Hay, Brian Johnson, Yahir Lavariego Romero, Benjamin Prentice, Gavyn Queen, Ayden Slominski, Andrew Speedling, Anna Wyant.

Grade 7 A Honor — Paige Arent, McKenna Ault Nolan, Chloe Baden, Alyssa Bathrick, John Bopp, Hannah Coon, Shelby Cornelius, Cameron Decker, Amanda Dillinger, Jonathan Falco, Carter Foley, Nola Gnewuch, Garrett Hanaburgh, Samantha King, GinaMarie Kirk, Richard Lamping, Morgan Leary, Matthew Magnarella, Antonio Mercado, Janine Mizgier, Autumn Prezzano, Jason Robinson, Nicholas Scaffidi, Vincent Scaffidi, Anna Schmid, Raegan Smith, Gregory Starzyk, Sidney Stracher, Isabella Watz, Tania Wells, Thomas Westpfal, Gionna Wrobel.

B Honor — Aidan Damon, Evan Dietter, Lily Fanea, Lindsay Farinaccio, George Hauptman, Krystal Hegarty, Tyler James, Miranda Koch, Raven Lattrell, Christopher Miller, Zoe Osofsky, Jacob Patterson, Breonna Plass, Shannon Reilly, Daniel Roach, Maylea Rothvoss, Katie Russell, Derek Shott, Arely Soria, Richard Spann, Nevaeh Stein, Lilliana Tagg, Jose Vazquez, Jake Wolfman.

Grade 6 A Honor — Michell Barron, Brianna Blackburn, Melissa Clancy, Robert Clark, Leandra Costa, Noah Curtis, Joshua Dolansky, Francis Francavilla, Sarah Griffin, Benjamin Hambleton, Jared Heggenstal, Maxwell Heggenstal, Jason Henry, Elizabeth Hieter, Gabriel Hieter, Sarah Leach, Marisa Markou, Nicholas McPherson, Charlotte Phillips, Estrella Ruano Montenegro, Rhylee Shaffer, Catarina Stoner, Elizabeth VanKleeck, Dominick Wisniewski.

B Honor — Kelsey Atkinson, Tessa Blackburn, Liam Canevari, Kaleb Chapman, Logan Disher, Miranda Ettari, Katherine Funk, Elliana Hay, Irene Lopez-Cruz, Christina Maisonet, Kaeden Mergendahl, Aoife Moloney, Angelina Otero, Alejandro Perez, Caden Plass, Hunter Rivers, Maxmillian Slominski, Richard Starzyk, Brandon Wurster. Sara Guerriero and Brian Burke

of the series, contact Harrington at (845) 389-9201 or at gerryharrington@ mindspring.com. Details are also available at movieswithspirit.com and facebook.com/MoviesWithSpirit.

Dutchess Interfaith Council names executive director

Karen Dipnarine-Saroop has been appointed executive director of the Dutchess County Interfaith Council, the organization’s board of directors has announced.

In her new role as the council’s key management leader, DipnarineSaroop will be responsible for overseeing the administration, programs and strategic plan of the organization.

Dipnarine-Saroop, a resident of Poughkeepsie, has worked extensively in interfaith communication and cooperation with numerous non-profit, government and international organizations across North and

South America, Asia and Europe. Her areas of expertise include social and global issues for the improvement of the human condition.

As a co-founder of The Green Brain Initiative in Dutchess County, she initiated the Sacred Earth Festival and the Sacred Being Health and Wellness Fair, which both draw on the repositories of ancient spiritual wisdom and practices to pave a path for enlightened living and activism.

Dipnarine-Saroop holds a bachelor of arts degree in psychology, political science and English literature from Osmania University in India, as well as an master of arts degree in mass communications from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. She is a member of the Public Relations Society of America, and has earned accreditation in public relations.

Dipnarine-Saroop said in a press release, “I’m honored to serve the Council and our community in this new role, and I’m grateful for the Board’s confidence in me to provide direct leadership for the Council’s vision and operation. Religious traditions have the potential to be a source of peace and harmony through open dialogue and collective engagement. I look forward to partnering with our community to build on the foundation of our shared values of tolerance and mutual respect and a common purpose to weave a stronger, more harmonious social tapestry for our community.”