n the fall of 2007, then 16-year-old
Steven Strickland was interviewed
for a standout soccer game with the
Roseburg High School Indians.

Steven told a News-Review sports
reporter his college hopes were to
attend the U.S. Military Academy, the
University of North Carolina or Har-
vard University.

At the time, his dad, Curt Strickland,
remembers he and his wife, Elizabeth,
thinking their son was wrapped up with
youthful optimism.

Come this fall, just two years later,
the Stricklands\u2019 18-year-old son will
step onto the revered ivy-league school
campus, capturing his goal.

As allowed in a Harvard education,
Steven won\u2019t have to declare a field of
study until his sophomore year. He\u2019s
looking forward to exploring his
options with highly acclaimed profes-
sors and instructors and possibly red-
shirting onto the soccer team spring
term if he\u2019s not chosen at fall tryouts.

RHS Career Center Director Jim
Early said getting into Harvard was
quite the feat since typically the college

Curt Strickland said this year was
more competitive since Harvard aimed
to net more students who normally can\u2019t
afford that caliber of education, so more
Harvard hopefuls applied.

Because of the sliding tuition costs
based on family income and several
other scholarships, grants and work
study Steven received, the standard
$50,000 a year tuition will be adjusted
to about $7,000 for the Roseburg grad,
making it cheaper than attending a state
university in Oregon.

and even better in person, making it
easy for the college counselor to under-
stand Harvard\u2019s choice.

\u201cSteven has a presence about him
that\u2019s overall commendable and real
honorable,\u201d he said. \u201cGetting grades is
not his goal, he\u2019s just a curious young
man \u2014 his intellectual curiosity is what
drives him.\u201d

Neither son nor father was willing to
give the 4.0-earning student all the
credit, but rather deferred to all the peo-
ple who helped Steven reach his goals.

Association state track
meet \u2014 her fourth consecu-
tive year competing at that
level \u2014 one Camas Valley
High School trackster had
some time to catch her breath.

For 18-year-old Lisa Fer-
rara, who has attended school
in Camas Valley since kinder-
garten, running from one
activity to the next is simply
par for the course.

In addition to playing on
three varsity squads for vol-
leyball, basketball and track,
the teen has spent half her
days attending high school
and afternoons taking college
credit classes this year.

At the beginning of her sen-
ior year, Ferrara, who is
Camas Valley Community
Charter School\u2019s 2009 vale-
dictorian, found out she only
had two classes left to com-
plete her high school educa-
tion.

Instead of kicking back and
taking an easy year, the moti-
vated teen decided to use the
time to earn college credit on
the state\u2019s dime and took
classes at Umpqua Communi-

\u201cI got the whole nervous-
ness of classes and everything
out of the way,\u201d she said of

varsity squads for volleyball, basketball and track, will begin a second year of classes this fall at Umpqua Community College and will later transfer to Western Oregon University.

teen-year-old Heather McDonald lives about a block away from

For the past 13 years, that
North County school district
has been the senior\u2019s pivot
point.

On June 7, she and her 32
classmates will graduate,
making the first break away
from that axis.

With 10 days of high school
left, McDonald wasn\u2019t ready
to say goodbye on May 19
and couldn\u2019t choose what she
would miss the most.

\u201cEverything \u2014 (I\u2019ll miss)
friends, sports, homecoming
week, prom...,\u201d she said. \u201cJust
being around friends, having
something to do all the time.\u201d

The feeling is mutual for Yoncalla community mem- bers.

\u201cI just love Heather \u2014 she\u2019s
a wonderful young lady,\u201d said
Carl Van Loon, McDonald\u2019s
basketball coach for three
years.

A self-professed sports nut,
McDonald has been an excep-
tional athlete at YHS, compet-
ing on the varsity volleyball,
basketball and softball teams
all four years.

the Mountain View Confer-
ence league championships
and played at the state level,
too \u2014 experiences McDonald
counts as highlights of her
high school career.

nut, is poised to graduate from Yoncalla High School with a 3.475 GPA. She plans to attend Umpqua Community Col- lege and later transfer to a dental hygienist program at Lane Community College.

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LENDALE \u2013 Like many
soon-to-be graduates, Glen-
dale\u2019s 2009 seniors are
about to part ways, some

friends Matthew Austin and Ashley King, along with 30 other Glendale High School graduates, will begin pursuing their dreams.

Each of the 18-year-olds is head-
ed into a career that helps others
navigate through life\u2019s biggest tran-
sitions \u2013 birth and death.

For both teens, the motive is to
give back for all that parents, fami-
ly and community gave to them.

Inspired by her grandmother and
father\u2019s civil service and her own
premature birth, King wants to con-
tinue the family tradition and
become a birthing and delivery
nurse.

The death of Austin\u2019s father from
a massive heart attack in 2007
motivated the young man to choose
a profession in which he can help

\u201cMatt and Ashley are not the kids
getting up-front attention, but
they\u2019re really the ones who have
made the class what it is,\u201d said
GHS Principal Patty Fleming.

She said the two, who aren\u2019t nec-
essarily the most charismatic or
well known in their class, \u201cfill in
the gaps to make the class feel
cohesive and close.\u201d

More than just goals, Austin and King have both spent considerable time volunteering and studying for their chosen career paths.

By graduation, King will have
her first responder emergency med-
ical technician certification, and she
already spends a lot of time volun-
teering at Grants Pass\u2019 Three Rivers
Hospital in the birthing and deliv-
ery department.

\u201cVolunteering shows both sides \u2013
in the room and all the paperwork
outside of the room,\u201d she said.

The energetic teen isn\u2019t spooked
by the piles of paperwork. And she
said the more visceral parts of nurs-
ing don\u2019t faze her from the joy of

Already on task, last week she
was the first to respond to a school
hallway tussle that resulted in a dis-
placed knee cap. King kept the boy
as comfortable as possible until
EMTs arrived.

\u201cAshley is one of those kids who
doesn\u2019t look for a lot of attention or
a lot of glory, but she\u2019s always the
backbone of whatever she\u2019s
involved in,\u201d Fleming said.

After high school, King will con-
tinue to volunteer at the hospital
and may put her EMT training to
use for the local Glendale ambu-
lance service or the rural volunteer
fire department.

She will attend Umpqua Commu-
nity College before transferring to
another institution.

As for King\u2019s friend, Austin, it
was the gut-wrenching loss of a
parent in 2007 that shaped and
directed him to a career path. His

own journey through grief influ-
enced him to try to help others get
the comfort and support that was so
essential to him.

As a senior project, Austin spent
30 hours and 45 minutes throughout
the year shadowing at the same
funeral home that had cared for his
father\u2019s funeral arrangements.

\u201cThrough my job shadow with
Hull & Hull (Funeral Directors) and
experiences I had with my grief
counseling, I realized my ultimate
goal was to help people through the
most difficult time in life, which is
the death of a loved one,\u201d he said.
\u201cI never ever imagined myself
wanting to become a funeral home
director, but here I am.\u201d

Austin plans to earn a bachelor\u2019s
degree in psychology and get certi-
fied as a grief counselor and funeral
director.

He said although embalming is
an aspect of funeral home work, he
will not study to become an
embalmer, choosing instead to
work with the surviving family and
friends. He plans to attend Oregon
State University this fall.

An ultimate goal for him is to
study thanatology, the study of
death from a psychological per-
spective, but he is remaining realis-
tic about that goal, given that only
one university in the nation offers
course work in that science.

Austin participated in the job
shadow to make sure he could deal
with the more \u201cgruesome\u201d details
of working with the dead.

He found that death didn\u2019t disturb
him as it might others, and that he
could assist family members as they
part ways with the deceased.

Fleming and her staff at the high
school are amazed with Austin\u2019s
strength.

\u201cHow many young people go
looking for people in grief to help
them?\u201d she said.

Both students said they would
miss the close-knit nature of the
school, but were excited to move
onto the next steps in their educa-
tion.

\u2022 You can reach reporter DD
Bixby at 957-4211 or by e-mail at
dbixby@nrtoday.com.

Her class is the first one that
Van Loon spent a lot of time
coaching, for two years as
head coach and this year as
assistant coach to his nephew,
Bid Van Loon, who also
coaches the school softball
team.

Van Loon said that athlete in
McDonald was exceptional
enough, but the girl herself \u2014
who always represented the
school well on and off court
and was willing to sacrifice
her own stats for the team
without complaining \u2014was an
wonderful, well-rounded kid.

doesn\u2019t come along all the
time,\u201d he said. \u201cShe\u2019s a natu-
ral-born leader.\u201d

Those leadership and team-
work skills will continue to
serve her well as she moves
on, Van Loon said.

McDonald, who is YHS\u2019s
salutatorian this year with a
3.475 grade point average,
will attend Umpqua Commu-
nity College before transfer-
ring to Lane Community Col-
lege\u2019s dental hygienist pro-
gram.

\u2022 You can reach reporter DD
Bixby at 957-4211 or by e-
mail at dbixby@nrtoday.com.

attending UCC, adding that
next year her biggest concern
will be affording college on
her own.

This fall term, the soon-to-
be graduate will begin her sec-
ond year at UCC before trans-
ferring on to Western Oregon
University to pursue a career
in elementary education.

already been testing out the
waters of elementary education
as a teacher\u2019s aide in the kinder-
garten and first-grade class.

\u201cLisa is a very compassion-
ate person,\u201d said Jessica Grant,
Camas Valley kindergarten/
first-grade teacher. \u201cShe really
understands where the kids
come from and wants to make
an impact in their life.\u201d

Ferrara has assisted Grant
for two years, so both the chil-
dren and their teacher are in
for a big transition next year.

\u201cThe kids love her; they\u2019re
going to be very sad when she
leaves,\u201d Grant said in mid-
May, choking up. \u201cThere are
only 10 days to graduation,
and me and the kids are trying
to gear up to say goodbye.\u201d

After classes, practice and
homework was set aside, Fer-
rara still had time to work at
Curry Manor as a caregiver for
Alzheimer and dementia
patients.

Ferrara said she would con-
tinue working at Curry Manor
until she transfers as the 24-
hour care facility has been
helpful in working around her
schedule.

Grant said the teen\u2019s experi-
ences with both the young and
the old have imbued her with
maturity beyond her years.

es,\u201d she said. \u201cWorking with
the elderly and the kids defi-
nitely has given her some life
experiences.\u201d

The next new life experi-
ence Ferrara will embark on
will be moving off on her own
and away from her close-knit

\u201cIt\u2019ll be a big change,\u201d she
said. \u201cRoseburg isn\u2019t too big,
but there are still more people.
I\u2019m a little nervous about
that.\u201d

\u2022 You can reach reporter DD Bixby at 957-4211 or by e-mail at dbixby@nrtoday.com.

Camas Valley Community
Charter School will hold grad-
uation ceremonies at 7 p.m.
June 5 in the school\u2019s Spencer
Gymnasium at 197 Main
Camas Road, Camas Valley.
The guest
speaker
will be

Roque.
Also
speaking
will be
Christian
Bringhurst.

Lisa Fer-
rara is the
valedictori-
an, with a cumulative grade
point average of 3.89. She is
the daughter of Joseph and
Anita Ferrara. Her activities
and honors include four years
of volleyball, four years of
basketball, four years of track
and the honor roll. Her post-
graduation plans are to contin-
ue taking classes at Umpqua
Community College and work
full-time at Roseburg\u2019s Curry
Manor, then transfer to West-
ern Oregon University to earn
a bachelor\u2019s degree in elemen-
tary education, with minors in
early childhood education and
math.

Canyonville
Christian
Academy

emy will hold graduation cere-
monies at 10 a.m. May 30 in
the Robert Shaffer Gymnasi-
um. The guest speaker will be
Sherman Unkefer of XanGo
Corp.
Each sen-
ior will
write a let-
ter to a
parent or
staff mem-
ber and
will give a
rose to
that per-
son at the
ceremony.
The bac-
calaureate
service
will be at

May 24 at
the acade-
my chapel.
The special
speaker
will be
Cathy
Lovato, the academy headmas-

Harrison Shih is the valedic-
torian, with a cumulative
grade point average of 3.93.
He is the son of I-Fong Shih
and Shu-Chin Tseng of Taipei,
Taiwan. His activities and hon-
ors include varsity basketball,
principal\u2019s list honor roll jun-
ior and senior years and scor-
ing a perfect 800 on the math
section of the SAT. His post-
graduation plans are to attend
the University of Pennsylvania
to major in architecture.

Se-Jin Moon is the salutato-
rian, with a cumulative grade-
point average of 3.9. She is the
daughter of Dae Hee Moon
and Hye Ju Kim of Jeon Ju,
South Korea. Her activities
and honors include

my Worship Team and orches-
tra. Her post-graduation plans
are to attend the University of
Wisconsin in Madison and
major in psychology.

Hsiang (Eric) Chan, Leah M
Daniels, Mackenzie R Dennis,
Artem Drozhzhin, Damian
Dzam-Hilton, China (Tina)
Hashimoto,
Tuan Hoang, Joung Kyu (Paul)
Hong, Cheng-Ying (Charlie)
Hsieh, Leah R Huling, Hae
Won (Hannah) Kang,
Wen-Duor (Eric) Kao, Han-Yul
Kim, Sun Ah Kim, Tsz Hin
(Calvin) Lam, Chae Woo Lee,
Che-Fu (Jeffery) Liang, Dae
Woong (Eugene) Lim, Yu-Chen
(Ian) Lin, Dilshod Madiev, Jes-
sica Miller, Se-Jin Moon, SuRa
Nam, Khanh Nguyen, Tuan
Nguyen, Huyen Mong Phan,
Lisa Maria Phelps, Christina
Pyle, Hung-Hsin (Harrison)
Shih, Kimberly M Stalford, Xiao

Xiao (Utah) Wang, Yu-Ching (Kelvin) Yang, Jing (Sabrina) Zhang, Yang (Joy) Zhou,

Days Creek High School
will hold graduation cere-
monies at 7 p.m. May 29 in
the Days
Creek
School
gymnasi-

special
speaker
will be
Scott
Hampton,
Days
Creek sci-
ence
teacher.
The bac-
calaureate
service
will be at 7
p.m. May
27 at the
South
Umpqua
Communi-
ty Church,
27160

K\u2019Dean
Ramos is
the vale-
dictorian,
with a
cumulative
grade point average of 3.93.
She is the daughter of Tony
James Ramos, deceased, and
Rebecca Lynne Ramos of
Canyonville. Her activities and
honors include volleyball, bas-
ketball, softball, student coun-
cil and National Honor Soci-
ety. Her post-graduation plans
are to go to Oregon State Uni-
versity and major in pharmacy.

There are two co-salutatori-
ans, both with cumulative
grade-point averages of 3.87.

Travis Fuller is the son of
Rex and Debbie Fuller of
Days Creek. His activities and
honors include 19 varsity let-
ters in sports, FFA officer
(competed at the national level
in forestry and the state level
in preliminary procedure),
male athlete of the year,
National Honor Society treas-
urer and Lettermen\u2019s Club
president. His post-graduation
plans are to attend college,
location undecided.

Isaiyah Kovachy is the son
of Sigmund and Joyce
Kovachy of Canyonville. His
activities and honors include
National Honor Society,
Future Farmers of America
(treasurer), track and field
(110-meter hurdler) basketball
and football. His post-gradua-
tion plans are to attend South-
ern Oregon University and
become a physician.

S. Fleming, Joseph E. Free-
man, Travis M. Fuller, Kristina
N. Hale, Tyler J. Hays, Cody A.

Caleb E. Hicks, Kyle R. Hop-
kins, Brittney R. (Acevedo)
Hunt, Candice M. Kopp,
Isaiyah E. Kovachy, Daniel G.
Lewis, Alicia M. Mack, Chelce
K. Marlow, Alanna D. Moore,
Sarah L. Noonan, Tanner I.
Ormond, Bronson R. Owens,
K\u2019Dean L. Ramos, Jasmine J.
Richards, Cody C. (O'Sullivan)
Ronan, Scott A. Sheraden,
Jessica J. Stanfill, Abiyah A.

Douglas High School will
hold graduation ceremonies at
7 p.m. June 6 in Jacoby Audi-
torium at Umpqua Community

will be later that evening from 9:30 p.m. to 4 a.m. at the Cen- tral Douglas County YMCA.

David Yecha is the valedic-
torian, with a cumulative
grade point average of 4.0. He
is the son of Duane and Suzy
Yecha of Roseburg. His activi-
ties and honors include more
than 300
community
service
hours, two-

ciated Stu-
dent Body
President,
freshman
track &
field 3,000-
meter
record,
placed
three times
in state
wrestling
and placed
seventh at
2009 state
wrestling
tourna-
ment. His
post-graduation plans are to
study exercise science and
wrestle at Pacific University.

Jordyn Senn is the salutato-
rian, with a cumulative grade-
point average of 3.98. She is
the daughter of Jeff and Mindy
Senn of Winston. Her activi-
ties and honors include presi-
dent of National Honor Soci-
ety, editor-in-chief of the Troy
Times, second base varsity
softball, Douglas High School
equestrian team co-captain,
February student of the month.
Her post-graduation plans are
to attend Oregon State Univer-
sity in the fall to study animal
sciences.

Jasmine Rae Anderson,
Brooklyn Ginia Barclay, Tyler
James Barker, Kathleen May
Beach, Timothy Kyle Bellando,
Stacia Mae Blankenship,
Janae Kristine Boyter, Dylan
Michael Brenner, Alan Patrick
Brock, April Rose Brown,
Courtney Ann Bush, Daniel
Keith Challand, Chad Eugene
Collins, Adam Wayne Curring-
ton, Matthew Paul Davenport,
Sarah Mae Davenport, Gabriel
Randall Demasters, Christo-
pher Ryan Eichner, Rachel
Christine Erickson, Jennifer
Lynn Fife, Alaina Janell Find-
lay, Kisha Leigh Harp, Macken-
zie Leann Harris, Brittany
Lynne Hermes, Amanda Marie
Howell, Katelyn Patricia Hoyt,
Kyra Danyel Johnson, Sayer
James Johnston, Shane Alan
Joner, Danielle Alene Kane,
Andrea Margaret Kehoe, Tyler
James Knutson, Dalton Jack-
son Lee, David Jacob Lee,
Corey James Mandril, Chace
Allen Marlow, Chelsea Lynn
Martin, Kyle Lee Meals,
Johnathon Earle Miller, Kristen
Leann Miller, Shady Richard
Moore, Ruth Elaine Mountain-
spring, Jacob Douglas Neilsen,
Cody Weston Norris, Bryson
Lee Norton, Anna Elizabeth
Pleich, Katelyn Rae Pope,
Ethan Clay Powell, Megan Vir-
ginia Pulley, Rick Ernest Rig-
gan, Tyler James Risley, Jacob
Ryan Robertson, Katrina
Nicole Rosemire, Michael
Thomas Ruppert, Whitney
Liane Schelin, Jordyn Leona
Senn, Dylan Dwight Smith,
Shaylene Rose Smith, Cortney
Bre\u2019ann Speake, Brett Lynn
Stallings, Ashley Briana
Stanchfield, Samantha Lynn

Urista, Jordan Matthew Vian,
Tyler William Vian, Aaron
Alexander Ward, Keigan Dillan
Warren, Darrel Lee Watson,
Derek Keith Watson, Kendall
Allison Weber, Daniel Issac
Wells, Rachelle Nicole Wiler,
Mary Elizabeth Willis, Aza
Christine Wolleat, Kimberly
Zoe Woodrich, David Allen
Yecha.

Elkton High School will
hold graduation ceremonies at
7 p.m. June 5 in Carl Grimsrud
Memorial Gymnasium. The
guest speaker will be Register-
Guard columnist Bob Welch.

Matthew Eberhardt (Mat\u00e9)
is the valedictorian, with a
cumulative
grade point
average of
4.0. He is
the son of
Gus and
Barbara
Eberhardt
of Elkton.
His activi-
ties and
honors
include
football,
baseball,
track, FFA

the Depart-
ment of
Education.
His post-
graduation
plans are to
attend the
University of Portland, major-
ing in mechanical engineering
and minoring in math.

Mackenzie Smith is the
salutatorian, with a cumulative
grade-point average of 3.69.
He is the son of Jody and
Donna Smith of Elkton. His
activities and honors include
football, baseball, track, class
officer for four years (was stu-
dent body vice-president his
senior year) and a volunteer
after-school tutor for elemen-
tary school students. His post-
graduation plans are to attend
Oregon Institute of Technolo-
gy and earn a bachelor\u2019s
degree in civil or renewable
energy engineering.

Miller, Richard Sanchez,
Mackenzie Smith, Robin Whip-
ple.

Glendale High School will
hold graduation ceremonies at
8 p.m. June 6 at the Glendale
High School football field.

Maritza Flores is the vale-
dictorian, with a cumulative
grade point average of 3.979.
She is the daughter of Hector
and Olivia
Flores of
Glendale.
Her activi-
ties and
honors
include
basketball,
softball,
volleyball,
and
designing
and mak-
ing clothes
in
Advanced
Clothing.
Her post-
graduation
plans are
to attend
Umpqua
Communi-
ty College
and another college to earn a
degree in a foreign language
and to pursue a career as a for-
eign language teacher.

Matthew Austin is the salu-
tatorian, with a cumulative
grade-point average of 3.94.
He is the son of Glenn Austin
Jr., deceased, and Janice Kay
Austin of Glendale. His activi-
ties and honors include 2008
Performing Arts Scholar of the
Year, Yearbook editor-in-chief
(2007-09), National Honor

Society, (2008-09), softball
scorekeeper, (2005-09) and
piano student through Shepard
Music Studio. His post-gradu-
ation plans are to attend Ore-
gon State University and
major in psychology, minoring
in business.

Marcus Allen Brenden, Bethani
Marie Brown, Nathaniel Lewis
Cagle, Coleen Lea Clark, Cody
Evan Curry, Janaka Jacyntha
Davis, Alexander Lee Paul
Devish, Shane Michael Diubal-
di, Maritza Flores, Steven Wal-
ter Hallock, Jenna Jae Henry,
Keith Allen Jackson, Ashley
Brookay King, Paul William
Lovelady, Rori Rae Lovemark,
Shane Scott Moritz, James
Manuel Mozingo, Nicholas
Tylar Pedersen, Jon Kyle
Reha, Tory Dawn Remsh, Kyle
Randolph (DuBoise)Slocum,
Cameron Allan Smith, Austin
James Snelling, Eric Alexander
Steele, Stephanie Dawn Wen-
ner, Jacob Ryan Whitaker,
Madalene Rose Wolfe, Phillip
Robert Wolters, LeAnna Marie

Glide High School will hold
graduation ceremonies at 1
p.m. June 7 in Jacoby Audito-
rium at Umpqua Community
College. The speaker will be
Glide High School graduate
Nick Graham, a practicing
attorney in Nevada. Project
Grad will take place at 7 p.m.
at the Central Douglas County
YMCA.

Rachel Engle is the valedic-
torian,
with a
cumula-
tive grade
point aver-
age of 4.0.
She is the
daughter
of Mark
and Pam
Engle of
Roseburg.
Her activi-
ties and
honors
include
band,

Group.
Her post-
graduation
plans are to attend Oregon
State University, majoring in
English/education and minor-
ing in Spanish or music.

Brandon Belloir is the salu-
tatorian, with a cumulative
grade-point average of 3.979.
He is the son of Ross and
Jalene Belloir of Roseburg.
His activities and honors
include baseball, football,
KPIC Student Athlete of the
Week, President\u2019s Award for

Exceptional Student Perfor-
mance of the Year award. His
post-graduation plans are to
attend Western Oregon Uni-
versity or Umpqua Communi-
ty College.

Baer, Kaled Basney, Brandon
Belloir, Cassondra Blair, Robin
Bollinger, Danielle Butler,
Jacob Chandler, Megan Chas-
teen, Amber Cook, Sarah
Cyphert, Panda Daily, Dorien
DeGroote, Ryan Dickenson,

Rachel Engle, Jamiee Fuller,
Shae Gilbreath, Clara Gilman,
Sharleen Gould, Glen Hall,
William Hissong, Danielle
Honse, Jesse Hopkins, Cody
Kame, Devin Lamp, Lindsey
Mann, Jonathan Marical,
Jonathan Maurer, Marshall
McCrosky, Kathleen Menard,
Natalie Menard, Jessica Merk-
er, Christie Miller, Michael
Moore, Tavin Morgan, Melanie
Nash, Nicole Nix, Alyssa Park-
er, Jordan Pynch, Sarah
Richards, Steven Rios, Zennie
Rodriguez, Joshua Rose,
Kayla

Schiermeister, Fjola
Sigurdardottir, James Smith,
Emily Standish, Dakota Titus,
Chelea Undlin, Cole

Oval, weather permitting, or
the academy gymnasium, if
raining. The speaker will be
Steve Rae, the academy\u2019s for-
mer marketing/admissions
director.
The bac-
calaureate

May 30 at
the acade-
my church.
The speak-
er will be
Ed Nelson,
assistant
youth pas-
tor at the
Grants
Pass
Adventist
Church.
Other
events and
ceremonies
were con-
secration, 8
p.m. May
29 in the
church, with a Passing the
Flame ceremony; tribute to
parents, 4 p.m. May 30 at the
church; class night, 9 p.m.
May 30 in the academy gym-
nasium.

longer names valedictorians or
salutatorians, but will award
gold cords to six students for
academic achievement. The
two top students are:

Dale Eric Milam II, with a
cumulative grade point aver-
age of 4.12. He is the son of
Dale E. and Darla Milam of
Days Creek. His activities and
honors include Student Asso-
ciation executive vice-presi-
dent, senior year; peer coun-
selor, senior year; class presi-
dent, junior year; team captain
for both varsity basketball and
football and earned an
enriched diploma in Advanced
Placement, science and math.
His post-graduation plans are
to attend Pacific Union Col-
lege in Angwin, Calif., to
major in pre-physical therapy.

Eric Wagner, with a cumula-
tive grade-point average of
4.02. He is the son of Edward
and Linda Wagner of Rogue
River. His activities and hon-
ors include Student Associa-
tion spiritual vice-president,
senior year; student chaplain,
senior year; class spiritual
vice-president, junior year;
band and choir member

\u2022 Thank you for taking me to art exhibits, volunteer
opportunities, and local businesses to learn more about
my community.

successful after I graduate.
\u2022 Thank you for making me a part of my own solution.
\u2022 Thank you for developing an education plan that was

speci\ufb01cally designed to meet my learning style.
\u2022 Thank you for believing in me even when I didn\u2019t.
\u2022 Thank you for my future!

\u201cMy future plans include staying
involved in the community and
helping at-risk youth.\u201d

All o\ue000 your hard work has f nally paid o\ue000\ue000.
May you continue to achieve great success in
everything you choose to undertake.