A NEWS-REVIEW SPECIAL SECTION – SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2008

Graduation 2008 Personality features and graduate listings for Douglas County high schools

ROBIN LOZNAK/The News-Review

Shivani Faust poses in the Roseburg High band room last week. Faust is in marching band and was a drum major.

ROSEBURG HIGH’S SHIVANI FAUST

To serve the world

Adopted from a Mother Teresa orphanage in India, she now seeks a future
in nursing, midwifery and a chance to help others worldwide
TERESA WILLIAMS Beverly believed it was an accident. burnt legs, and called her Shivani, “a gift school years. This year she served as
The News-Review Beverly and her husband, Berno, had from God.” drum major in the marching band, as
lost a son years before, and she had come “I said, ‘She’s mine,’ and the nun start- well.
olice officers found the new-

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born baby outside one of Moth-
er Teresa’s orphanages in the
city of Chandigarh in the Punjab
province of India on Oct. 31,
1990.
They took the baby inside, and the
nuns named her Prema, which means
love.
By the time Beverly Faust saw the
baby, her legs had been badly burned.
Doctors believed it was from water, and
to India in December of 1991 with a
friend to adopt a baby. When Beverly
arrived, she was told the adoption could-
n’t take place, that she should go to
Mother Teresa’s orphanage and see if it
had a child who could be adopted by for-
eigners.
The nuns brought out the baby.
“I knew she was mine from the
moment I saw her,” Beverly said. “I can’t
even explain it.”
She held the baby, with her infected,
ed crying, and she said, ‘I know when the
mother and child meet each other, and
you are her mother,’” Beverly said.
Today, Shivani is one of 505 seniors at
Roseburg High School. After graduation,
she plans to go to Umpqua Community
College and later study nursing and mid-
wifery, professions that will allow her to
serve in other parts of the world. Shivani
spent her childhood in her father’s native
Germany, so she was an advanced Ger-
man language student during her high
Shivani’s international upbringing, with
a German father and an American mother,
has given her a unique perspective.
Shivani started life with her new fami-
ly in Braunschweig, Germany, where
Berno was a professor. She was about
1 1/2 years old before she could join them,
but by that time the Fausts had paid for
an operation on her legs that saved her
life.
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Diplomatic dreams North Douglas’ Davis

Canyonville
Christian
Academy
graduate
eyes teaching tradition
Young Sun
Kwon of
Student body president Kristen Davis plans to follow
Korea loves her parents into the teaching profession
sports and is
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ROBIN Davis will miss her Last school year, every team
LOZNAK/ small town next year. she played on made it to state,
The News- The North Douglas and the cheerleaders won the
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High School salutatorian is state championship.
heading to Southwestern Ore- Beyond the victories, sports
gon Community College in has taught her about team-
Coos Bay after spending her work.
whole life in Drain. She’s “Definitely teamwork and
planning to become a teacher how to keep a positive atti-
like both of her parents. tude,” she said.
“I think I’m just going to She gained leadership skills
miss the small-town atmos- this year as the teams had
phere,” she said. more young players.
CCA’s Young Sun Kwon truly has international experience It’s one of the things she’s “This year we just worked
excited to get away from — a well together,” she said.
TERESA WILLIAMS Kwon’s parents saved school, it was hard to contact place where everyone knows Davis doesn’t plan to play
The News-Review money before he was born to home. her and what she’s doing. But competitive sports in college,
send his sister and him to the Ironically, now that he’s less it’s also a place where people though she might play intra-

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ANYONVILLE —
Young Sun Kwon is
one of the few stu-
dents at Canyonville
Christian Academy who’s
gone to the school all four of
his years in high school.
Kwon is from Seoul, South
Korea. He chose Canyonville
because the West Coast is
closer to home than the east.
United States for school.
Before Kwon and his sister
came to CCA, they lived in
South Africa with their mother
for a year, saving money.
Kwon’s mother is an English
teacher, and his father is an
executive officer for Posco,
the third-largest steel producer
in the world.
When Kwon first got to
homesick, the school has wire-
less Internet. He has a Web
camera and a cell phone.
Canyonville was a bit of a
shock compared with Seoul,
which has 10.3 million people.
But living in the dorms with
students from 17 countries has
been its own education.
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are supportive, where they
know when she’s done well
and congratulate her for it.
Davis was busy during high
school, playing softball, vol-
leyball, basketball and being a
cheerleader. She is student
body president and a member
of National Honor Society and
Future Business Leaders of
America. She volunteers with
JON AUSTRIA/The News-Review
North Douglas’ Kristen
Davis is salutatorian.
murals.
She also placed second in
word processing in the state
for FBLA, and she’s headed to
the national competition in
Atlanta.
The competition is an exam-
ple of her thoroughness, said
FBLA adviser Sharon Ruud.
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Faust: Plans to attend UCC and has earned a district scholarship
Continued from page 1
The Fausts moved from
Germany to Roseburg when
Shivani was 9.
“They wanted a place that
looked like the Black Forest in
Germany,” Shivani said.
Beverly had family in Cali-
fornia, and Berno was retired.
Roseburg seemed a good fit.
The family traveled quite a
bit, for fun and with a purpose.
Beverly and Shivani went to
Mexico on mission trips with
Sutherlin Family Church, and
Shivani later went without her
mother. But it was a trip to India
when Shivani was in the eighth
grade that changed her life.
“I wanted her to experience
India in all aspects,” Beverly
said, “and I wanted to take her
back to the orphanage, too,
where she came from.”
They spent two months trav-
eling in India, like local people
instead of pampered foreign-
ers.
“It was really emotional but
good,” Shivani said. “It was
weird for me for it to be like
my home. I mean, the first
three weeks I literally cried
almost every other day, just
from the poverty and every-
thing. I knew what to expect.
I’d been to Mexico and stuff,
and my parents had told me,
trying to prepare me. But noth-
ing can prepare you for that,
really. It hit me really hard. ...
And by the end of it, I knew I
was going to come back some
day. I loved it.
“It was a big thing for me,”
she said. “It was only two
months, but it was just such a
life-changing experience, defi-
nitely life-changing. And I
think it’s definitely shaped
who I am today, and my
thoughts and ideas about that.
“And obviously I thank my
parents for taking me,” she
said.
She’s not sure how she
would have dealt with India if
they hadn’t been with her.
Beverly saw her daughter
experience extreme fear when
the family visited the first of
two orphanages where Shivani
had lived. Beverly had never
seen her happy-go-lucky
daughter so shaken.
“She sobbed for days after
that,” Beverly said.
But by the time the family
visited the second orphanage
in Delhi, Shivani relaxed.
“She opened up,” Beverly
said.
Shivani held the babies, one
who looked like her when she
was small, and she asked one
of the nuns if she could come
back and work there during a
summer.
The trip also made Shivani
aware of how wasteful Ameri-
cans can be. She turns off lights
now, and she’ll roll down a
window instead of using air
conditioning. She thinks about
energy. She’s also grateful for
toilet paper, food that’s free
from disease, and mattresses
not made of cardboard.
But she learned more than
that in India.
“I learned the value of sin-
cerity,” she said. “I felt the
rays of kindness from even the
GRADUATION 2008
children. ... I felt like I became
a lot more compassionate.”
The next fall, Shivani was
part of the first freshman class
to study at the newly remod-
eled and expanded Roseburg
High School.
“I loved the high school,”
she said. “I really felt like it
opened my doors to opportuni-
ties and things.”
Shivani spoke German at
home with her parents and
remembered quite a bit from
her childhood, but she hadn’t
been there for a long time, so
she talked to the German teach-
ers about taking German II.
After a five-minute conver-
sation in German during fresh-
man orientation, they decided
she should take college-level
German IV. If it didn’t work
out, she could always move
down. “I just said, ‘No, please,
don’t. I’m not ready for that,’”
she said.
The class was full of mostly
seniors and a few juniors and
Shivani.
The upperclassmen were
complaining about the fresh-
men being at the high school.
“I just kind of shrank down
in my chair the first day
because they didn’t know that
I was a freshman, so it was
really funny,” she said.
German teacher Linda Bahr
said Shivani was a much
sought-after language partner,
and she shared her experiences
with her classmates.
Shivani took the class twice,
then worked as Bahr’s student
aide. She also went to Ger-
many with the high school,
and she worked at Sears to pay
for half of the trip herself.
But not all of her classes
came easy, especially at first.
“I definitely was an average
student,” she said. “It was
funny because my freshman
year I really felt like I was try-
ing, and I felt like a lot of kids
do once in a while where they
just feel like they’re being
cheated, you know? ‘I’m try-
ing so hard. Why aren’t you
giving me the grade I
deserve?’
“And then my sophomore
year, I was better,” she said.
But A’s were still relatively
rare.
Halfway through her sopho-
more year, she stepped it up,
she said.
Her junior year she was rec-
ognized for math, even though
it wasn’t her best subject.
“For me to even get a recog-
nition in how I was trying in
math was a big thing,” she
said. Then other academic
awards came her way.
Doing career investigations
motivated Shivani.
She knew she wanted to
become a nurse, and she want-
ed to serve in the Peace Corps
or help overseas in some other
way. Now she’d also like to be
a midwife.
“Before I already knew
what I wanted to do, but I
never put it into context as to
what I need to do now to get to
my goal,” she said.
But researching the career
changed that.
“I realized how important it
was,” she said. “And even
Roseburg, Oregon—Sunday, May 25, 2008
though nurses were so needed,
the nurses that were needed
are the ones who have their
licenses, and to get into the
nursing program was the diffi-
cult part. ... I realized that if I
wanted to even be considered
for that application, then I
needed to step it up and pay
attention.”
Shivani is planning to go to
Umpqua Community College
in the fall, and she’s earned a
district scholarship for half of
her tuition, along with the
Ralph “Dunk” Ohman Schol-
arship for her participation in
band.
While she was working on
her academics, Shivani was
also taking on a leadership
role in the marching band.
She plays clarinet and
marimba, among other instru-
ments.
Her sophomore year she
shared the duty of section
leader with a friend.
“Being a section leader was
a big thing for me,” she said,
“because I always strive to be
a leader in a small way, like
making sure things got done
but not telling people to do
them. I just wanted to make
sure everything happened the
way it needed to. But I never
thought anyone else would see
me as, ‘Put her out front. She’s
a leader type person.’ I just
thought I was the helper. It
made me feel good, not pride-
ful, but I felt good that what I
had done paid off.”
Going into her senior year,
she decided to try out for drum
major, though she didn’t want
anyone to know about it.
But then she found out she
was one of three to gain the
leadership spot.
She wanted to prove herself
in that role.
“It’s not like I can back
out,” she said. “I didn’t want
my band to fail.”
While Shivani has a serious
side, she also has a big smile
and a warm laugh. “I love to
be the person that makes peo-
ple laugh,” she said. “I like to
be the comic relief in life.”
Her parents couldn’t be
prouder.
“We adopted her,” Berno
said, “and I think (she) gave us
at least, if not more, than we
were able to give her. Through
all the years, all the teachers
always said she was the sun-
shine in the class. She was the
sunshine here, too.”
Beverly believes her daugh-
ter was a gift from God, and
she’s thankful that Shivani
wants to share the love she’s
received.
“I think that my husband
and I love her so deeply,” Bev-
erly said. “I think she knows
that. I think she has experience
from most of the people that
she’s come in contact with
being fully accepted, and that
Shivani has a special love that
she has within her own self for
others that have less and that
need love.”
• You can reach reporter
Teresa Williams at 957-4230
or via e-mail at
twilliams@nrtoday.com.

Kwon: To major in international relations at Univ. of Illinois-Champaign

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“I learn so much,” he said,
especially since the students
are also teenagers. “They’re
very frank about what they
think.”
Since the students live
together, they’ve had to learn
to get along, too, he said.
South Korea is a very Chris-
tian country, Kwon said. He’s
learned a lot from talking with
students from Russia and
China, among other places,
where the perspective is quite
different.
Kwon’s high school years
have been filled with soccer,
track and volunteer work. He
read with an elementary school
student through Start Making a
Reader Today. He also served
as student body president his
junior and senior years.
School is different in the
United States than it is in
South Korea.
“In America, you get to
choose your classes and there’s
a variety of classes,” Kwon
said.
He plans to major in interna-
tional relations at the Universi-
ty of Illinois-Champaign, and
he’ll room with some fellow
“He’s not always content
with just the easy way,” she
said.
Matt Johnson, Kwon’s
social science teacher, said
Kwon can be hot and cold as a
student, but not because of
lack of ability.
“He’s one of those that you
really have to challenge,”
Johnson said. “As a student,
he’s willing to try things that
are hard. He has leadership
ability. He definitely has no
fear. He’s not afraid of what
other people think of him.”

Congratulations, Class of 2008 students and alumni of CCA.

“My goal is I want to be a
diplomat,” he said. “I want to
work in the U.N.”
He’s interested in diplomacy
Each spring, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians presents with North Korea in particular
and world peace in general.
scholarships to graduating seniors from each Douglas County High School. Kwon already works on
peace in small ways, school
These $1500 scholarships are awarded to seniors who plan to attend administrator Cathy Lovato
Umpqua Community College and who have shown both civic-mindedness said.
“He has a real kind side to
and academic performance during their high school years. Staff at each him,” she said. Kwon goes out
of his way to include students
high school make the decision on the recipient for the scholarship. who are on the outside.
Kwon also made his own
way at CCA. His first years he
2008 Cow Creek Tribe Scholarship Recipients avoided spending too much
time with the other Koreans so
Camas Valley Charter High School -- Cassie Pierce he could learn English better.
He’s done well. Lovato’s
Days Creek Charter High School -- Erin Hemphill English class challenged her to
take the SAT with them, so she
Douglas High School -- Kelsey Howell did.
She beat Kwon on the lan-
Elkton High School -- Kaitlyn Mobley guage arts section of the test,
but he outscored her on the
Glendale High School -- Sean Howard essay test, and she said he
often scores higher than native
Glide High School -- Rachael Frank English speakers on tests.
His best friends, Lindsey
Hills from Seattle, Sarah Gior-
dano from Redding, Calif., and
Eunhye Lee from Inchon,
South Korea, describe Kwon
in many ways.
“Young Sun is so many
things,” Hills said.
Energetic. Playful. Smart.
Talkative. Athletic. Crazy. Car-
ing.
“He’s funny in a very unique
way,” Giordano said.
“He never takes notes in
class and still gets A’s,” Hills
said.
“Don’t say that,” Kwon said,
laughing. “Say I’m a hard-
working student.”
“I’ve never met anyone like
Young Sun,” Hills said.
Kwon is sure he’ll miss
CCA next year. It was hard to
adjust to, he said, but it will
also be hard to leave.
• You can reach reporter
Teresa Williams at 957-4230
or via e-mail at
twilliams@nrtoday.com.

North Douglas High School -- Ashleigh Meza

Oakland High School -- Corrine Brown
Phoenix High School -- Danielle Siebrasse
Riddle High School -- Katie Burdge
Roseburg High School -- Shelbi Harr Great Job,
South Umpqua High School -- Cassandra Dewberry
Sutherlin High School -- Jose Vicencio Graduates!
It’s taken years of hard work and
Yoncalla High School -- Chris Kopp dedication to get where you are
today, and you should be proud
Congratulations and best wishes to of your achievement.
Today is your day to celebrate,
all of our area grads! so give yourself a pat on the back.
The road ahead will be filled with
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians new and exciting challenges,
Government Office: 2371 N.E. Stephens, but we know you can make the
Roseburg, Oregon 97470 541.672.9405 grade. We wish you all the best as
you forge ahead in your pursuit
of your hopes and dreams.
Congratulations!
Sunday, May 25, 2008—The News-Review Graduation
Camas Valley
High School
Camas Valley High School’s
graduation ceremony begins at
7 p.m. June 6 at the Camas
Valley School gymnasium.
The guest speaker will be Amy
Wolfe, the high school girls’
basketball
coach.
Bac-
calaureate
service
was May 7
at the
Camas
Valley
Grange.
The hon-
orary grad- Watson
uate is
Jackie
Watson, with a cumulative
grade point average of 3.43.
She is the daughter of Dan and
Helen Watson of Camas Val-
ley. Jackie was active in FFA,
volleyball and basketball. She
plans to attend Umpqua Com-
munity College to earn an
associate degree in wildlife
and fishery. She then plans to
attend Oregon State University
to pursue a bachelor’s or mas-
ter’s degree in the same field.
THE 2008
GRADUATES ARE:
Emily Bidwell, Maison Cay,
Eli Fisher, Cody Kievit, Char-
lene Nielsen, Cassy Pierce,
Jackie Watson, Dennis Wolfe.
Canyonville
Christian
Academy
Canyonville Christian Acad-
emy will have its graduation
ceremonies at 10 a.m. May 31
in the school’s Robert Shaffer
Gymnasium. The special
speaker will be Gordon Mor-
ton, co-founder and president
of XanGo, LLC.
The baccalaureate service is
at 11 a.m. May 25 at the
Canyon Chapel. The special
speaker there will be Dan
Johnson, a 1948 alumnus and
former president of Toledo
University.
The valedictorian is Seon-
Jin Jung who has a cumula-
tive grade point average of
3.88.
She is the daughter of Gu
Jeung Jung and In Suk Choi of
Gwangyang-ci, Jeonllanam-do
province,
South
Korea. Her
activities
and awards
include
principal’s
list/two-
year honor
roll, honor
student in
classes at Jung
Oden High
School, tennis, and blue and
red ribbons at the Association
of Christian Schools Interna-
tional, ACSI Art Festival.
Post-graduation plans for
Seon-Jin are to go to the
School of Visual Arts in New
York to major in animation.
After college, she would like
to join an animation company.
The salutatorian is Young-
min (Ginger) Moon, with a
cumulative GPA of 3.87.
She is the daughter of
Change Gook Moon and Won
Hae Jung of Seoul, South
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Korea. Her
activities
and awards
include
national
Latin I
award
(magna
cum laude),
national
Latin II Moon
award
(magna cum laude), the acade-
my’s principal’s list, the high/
distinguished honor for three
years and academic excellence
in five classes.
Youngmin’s post-graduation
plans are to major in hotel
management in a four-year
college. After she finishes her
studies in graduate school, she
plans to work in a hotel in
South Korea.
THE 2008
GRADUATES ARE:
Jee-Hyun Ahn, Danielle
Burkhert, Seung Hyun Byun,
Nai-Yang Chang, Veronica
Envoro-Mikue, Wei Jia Gao,
Sarah Giordano, Lindsey
Hills, Kazandra Hinojosa,
Xuming Huang, Sung-An
Hwang, Woo Seok Jung,
Seon-Jin Jung, Seung-Hwa
Jung, San Kim, Jo-Yu Kuan,
Wai Wan Kwan, Young Sun
Kwon, Anh Thuy Le, Jin-
Young Lee, Eun Hye Lee, Ye-
Seul Lee, Kuan-Yi Lee, Hsien-
Chih Lin, Young Min Moon,
Kelsey Moore, Ardak Nazaro-
va, Anna Nemykina, Chi
Pham Minh Nguyen, Young-
Seo Park, Jungsun Park, Minh
Phung, Olga Prishchepa,
Nathan Rhodes, DaeEyn Song,
Jaravee Srisawadi, Kayla Stal-
ford, Wei-Hao Tang, Lai Shan
To, Kanthana Wachirasrisrik,
Xiao Jian Wang, Koichiro
Wantanabe, Ping Liang Wu,
Sui Zhong Yuen.
Days Creek
Charter School
Days Creek Charter School
will hold its graduation cere-
mony at 7 p.m. May 30 at the
Days Creek School gymnasi-
um. The guest speaker will be
Ron Dunn, the school’s social
sciences teacher.
Baccalaureate service will
be 7 p.m. May 28 at Cross-
roads Christian Fellowship in
Days Creek.
There are two co-valedicto-
rians, both with a cumulative
grade point average of 4.0.
Erin A. Hemphill, daugh-
ter of Keven and Aletha
Hemphill of Days Creek, was
active in three varsity sports, a
member of the National Honor
Society, senior class president,
student store manager and
yearbook editor. Erin plans to
attend Umpqua Community
College to get a bachelor’s
degree in nursing, either
through UCC or as a transfer
student at a four-year universi-
ty. Upon completion of her
education, she would like to
get a job in a pediatric hospital
working with young children,
as they are her inspiration for
her career choice.
Kristofer Lyon, son of
Russ and Sandra Lyon,
received the Canyonville
Lions Club First Citizens Stu-
dent of the Year Award, was
active in 4-H photography and
was the head tech assistant in
the school’s Technology Club.
For three years he was award-
ed the top journalism student
award and he started and ran
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the school be at 7 p.m. June 7 at Umpqua Lowe, Ethan Lee Marshall,
paper recy- Community College’s Jacoby Scott Forrest Mason, Jennifer Davis:
cling pro- Auditorium. The valedictorian Alice McClelland, Kodi
gram. Kris
plans to
attend
and salutatorian will be the
speakers.
The valedictorian is Aarika
Michelle Mickey, Daniel Errol
Miller, Johnathan Earle Miller,
Toby Michael Monger, Mer-
Serves as a
Lewis and
Clark Col-
lege in
Pierce, with a cumulative
grade point average of 4.0.
She is the daughter of Jeff and
cedes Marie Montonini,
George Logan Moore, Andrew
Jacob Neilsen, Darin Ray
lifeguard in
Portland.
He wants Hemphill
Linda Pierce of Winston. She
has been a National Honor
O'Bannon, Brittany Nicole
Olsen, Brian Lee Ortis, Aarika
summer
to earn a Society Dawn Pierce, Ross Anthony
bachelor’s member, Pinard, Amanda Lee Powell, Continued from page 1
degree in Spanish Alicia Kay Pruitt, Jeffrey Scott
journalism Club presi- Robertson, Nikol Danielle Davis has been Ruud’s stu-
with a dent and Rocco, Akashia Lana Rock- dent aide for three years, and
minor in outstand- holt, Angelia Irene Rodriguez, she’s also president of the
interna- ing Span- Timothy Charles Ruppert, FBLA chapter.
tional ish student Carlos Salazar, Travis Joel “Any task I give her, she is
affairs. He for 2008. Scheler, Bradly Dennis able to complete in a timely
is very She also Schlenker, Rachelle Dorris manner,” Ruud said. “She
excited was Sharpe, Andrew Casey Shuey, draws information out of oth-
about the involved in Pierce Nichole Eileen Slone, Breann ers. I’ve seen younger stu-
Lyon
school’s the Earth Perri Smith, Brett Martin dents approach her and offer
study- Service Smith, Andrew Eugene an idea, and she’s very gra-
abroad and Club, and Spurlin, Gwyndolyn Llyr cious.”
outdoors the Mock Styarfyr, Amber Lee Taute, Ruud said Davis not only
programs. Trial Team Christopher Paul Troy, considers the ideas, she fol-
After grad- and has Michael Anthony VanDehey, lows through.
uation, if taken Matthew Ronald Vasser, Kate- “I see her future as being
he still has advanced lyn Ann Waggoner, Cody very bright,” Ruud said. “She
his passion course Christopher Walton, Katherine has everything she needs to
for photog- work in six Lynn Wambolt, Megan Pilar make it happen, and she also
raphy, he subjects. Watkins, Desiree Nicole has the drive and determina-
hopes to Aarika Welch, Rickey Dale White- tion to see her goals through
Eichmann Mason
earn a plans to hurst, Rachelle Nicole Wiler, to completion.”
degree in attend Port- Jordan Jacob Williams, Ash- But Davis would rather be
photojour- land State University to major leigh Rose Willis, Thomas behind the scenes than in the
nalism and in environmental studies and Stephen Ziegler. spotlight, Ruud said, and she
work at a journalism. always acts with integrity and
newspaper Scott Mason is the saluta- honesty.
or maga- torian, with a cumulative GPA Elkton Her favorite classes are her
zine as a
combina-
of 3.98. He is the son of James
and Heidi Mason of Roseburg.
High School wood shop classes.
“They’re fun,” she said.
Elkton High School’s gradu-
tion jour-
nalist/pho-
His activities and awards
include DHS outstanding math
ation begins at 7 p.m. June 6
She especially likes her
teacher, Jack Spencer.
in the Carl Grimsrud Memori-
tojournal- Rogers student for 2008, vice presi- al Gymnasium. Baccalaureate
“He has a solution for
everything,” she said.
ist. dent of band, Winston-area
There music booster organization
services are at 5:30 p.m. June
6 in the gym.
Spencer said Davis is very
are two co-salutatorians, both member and fundraiser and mature and diligent, except
There are two co-valedicto- when the occasional bout of
with cumulative GPAs of varsity soccer, and he has rians.
3.98. taken advanced course work in senioritis hits. She’s meticu-
Jessica Ruble, daughter lous about her work.
Allison Eichmann, six subjects. Scott plans to of David and Tami Ruble of
daughter of Don and Tammy attend Oregon State University “She’s just one of those stu-
Elkton, has a cumulative grade dents you really can’t say any-
Eichmann of Days Creek, was to study engineering.
active in three varsity sports, THE 2008
point average 4.064. She is
involved
thing bad about,” Spencer
said.
in 4-H for eight years, was
Letterman’s Club president
GRADUATES ARE:
Tamarah Evelyn Adams,
in volley- Davis spends her summers
ball, bas- working as a lifeguard.
and National Honor Society Alexa Carol Anderson, Jessica ketball and
secretary/treasurer. Allison Rose Bell, Allisha Nicole “You get to work with the
track. She kids and be out in the sun-
plans to attend the University Bentley, Nickolas Charles- is current-
of Oregon to major in business Allen Bohnenkamp, Alisa Jo shine,” she said.
ly the stu- Davis’ parents, Jeff and
administration or something Botens, Seth Randall Brewer, dent body
else business-related. Barra Buckskin Brown, Carrie Davis, have encour-
president aged her to do whatever she
Stephanie Rogers, Marisa Dawn Calvert, Steph- and she
daughter of Anthony Rogers fennie Fay Campbell, Alice wants, but their example has
also served had an influence on her deci-
of Canyonville, was active in Marie Casebolt, Cameron as the stu- Ruble sion to teach elementary
four varsity sports, was stu- Raul Chappell, Emily Cheryl dent body
dent body president, FFA Chase, Daniele Rene' Cooper, school.
secretary “I really like to work with
chapter vice president, a Kenna Rae Cotton, Kyle during her
National Honor Society mem- Logan Crager, Katelyn Shay kids, and I know from my par-
junior ents’ experience it would be
ber and a student store Crouch, Alicia Michele Cun- year. Jessi-
employee. Stephanie plans to ningham, Steven Everett Dav- fun to teach people,” she said.
ca plans to
attend Southern Oregon Uni- “Really it all starts with teach-
enport, Adrianna Rachelle attend ers.”
versity and study communica- Davis, Samuel Thomas Den- Northwest Ruud is one teacher who
tions, with a possible minor in ney, Ozan Can Dincbilek, Nic- University will be sad to see Davis go.
physical education or culinary hole Lee Ellington, Natnaree in Kirk- “I’m going to miss her,”
arts. Engchuan, Alvara Fernandez, land, Ruud said. “And I’ve told her
THE 2008 Derek Alexis Findlay, Kevin Wash., and Evoniuk frequently that I think she
GRADUATES ARE: Allen Godfrey, Isaac Franklin will major should not graduate this year
Stephanie Marie Collins, Scott Hallgrimson, Daniel in business administration and and continue to stick around
Ryan Andrew Cuthbertson, Forrest Harr, Amanda Marie minor in children’s ministries. and be my right-hand person.
David John Dunlap, Allison Harris, Kayla Marie Henry, RaeJeanne Evoniuk, But I think she’s going to opt
Dawn Eichmann, Erin Aletha Jessica Lynn Hoke, Evan daughter of Mark and Linda for graduation, as she should.
Hemphill, Rustin Matthew Albert Hooten, Stephany Evoniuk of Elkton, has a GPA Life awaits.”
Hodgson, Samuel David Hun- Michelle Horner, Kelsey of 4.059. She is involved in
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University to receive her mas-
ter’s degree in that field.
The
salutatorian
is Janes-
sa John-
son,
daughter of
Margaret
Johnson of
Elkton.
Janessa has
a GPA of
3.98 and is Johnson
involved in
volleyball, site council and
student council. She has also
received awards in math, sci-
ence and drama. Janessa plans
to attend Western Oregon Uni-
versity for pre-med studies and
may transfer to Oregon Health
& Science University. She
plans to work in the medical
field and hopes someday to
travel to Third World countries
to provide health care.
THE 2008
GRADUATES ARE:
Hailee Anderson, Aaron
Carr, Delena Carrington,
Theresa Dunas, Ben Eber-
hardt, RaeJeanne Evoniuk,
Kaitlin Gomes, Gary Hills-
man, Janessa Johnson, Kaitlyn
Mobley, Haley Rose, Kurtis
Rose, Jessica Ruble, Alexan-
dra Southern, Chad White.
Glendale
High School
Glendale High School will
hold its graduation at 2 p.m.
June 8 at the Glendale High
School gymnasium.
The valedictorian is Ryan
Dillard, with a cumulative
grade point average of 3.978.
He is the son of Terri Davis of
Azalea and
Dallas Dil-
lard. Ryan
was a two-
time state
qualifier in
wrestling,
student
body presi-
dent, phys-
ical educa-
tion student Dillard
of the year,
a member
of the
National
Honor
Society and
wrestling
team cap-
tain. After
graduation,
he plans to
attend the Brown
Oregon
Institute of Technology to
study nuclear medicine.
The salutatorian is Zoë
Brown, with a cumulative
GPA of 3.946. She is the foster
daughter of John Lovemark
and Pam Dietz of Glendale.
Her activities include athletics,
National Honor Society,
SkillsUSA, Hellfighters Youth
Camp and three-sport scholar
athlete. Zoë will work at a
summer job and then attend
Oregon Institute of Technolo-
gy to study biology. She plans
to transfer to Oregon Health &
Science University for medical
school.
THE 2008
GRADUATES ARE:
Corey Ray Aguero, Christo-
pher Mark Allard Jr., Corey
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Tabitha Desiree Crapo, Kyle
Robert Cregan, Ryan Jacob
Dillard, Jeffrey Vaughn Ellis,
Stephen Thomas Fugett Jr.,
James Allen Hays, James
Phillip Henry Jr., Laura May
Hicks, Sean Michael Howard,
Anthony Bobby Ray Kitchens,
Amanda-Rachelle Dorothy
Lillie, Jennifer Marie
Maduzia, Ashley Marie Mar-
riott, Craig Scott McElmurry,
John Joseph Milone, James
Nelson IV, Gretchen Rose
Owens, Jacob Albert Pringle,
Samantha Lynn Prock, Darrel
Eldon Roff III, Kyle Andrew
Tate, Devin Blayne Tuinstra,
Derek Scott Wine.
Glide
High School
Glide High School will hold
its graduation ceremony at 1
p.m. June 8 at Umpqua Com-
munity College’s Jacoby Audi-
torium. Raymon Smith will be
the guest speaker. He was an
agriculture teacher at the high
school and was in charge of its
FFA program.
There are four co-valedicto-
rians, each with a cumulative
grade point average of 4.0.
Angela Louise Bryant is
the daughter of Michael
Wayne and Wynena Sue
Bryant of Roseburg. Her activ-
ities include secretary/treasur-
er of
National
Honor
Society,
senior
class presi-
dent and
captain of
the varsity
basketball,
volleyball
and soft- Bryant
ball teams.
Angela
plans to
attend Ore-
gon State
University
to study
applied
visual arts,
specifical-
ly graphic
design. Edwards
She plans
to marry Casey Alan Walker
on Aug. 23.
Kathryn Edwards is the
daughter of Glen Edwards of
Camas, Wash., and Kelly
Jenkins of Glide. She has been
Drama Club president, a
National Honor Society mem-
ber, track statistician and stu-
dent representative for the
school’s site council. She also
played the flute in the school
band. Kathryn plans to attend
Oregon State University to
pursue a career in pharmacy.
Sara Smaha is the daugh-
ter of Dan and Shelly Smaha
of Glide. Her activities include
varsity track and field and soc-
cer, concert/pep band, Drama
Club, National Honor Society
and FFA. Sara plans to attend
Oregon State University to
major in biology with a marine
biology option.
Demi Stinson is the
daughter of Wayne and Kim-
berly Stinson of Roseburg.
Demi lettered in track for four
years and in soccer her senior
GRADUATION 2008
year. Her
other activ-
ities and
awards
include
school
board rep-
resentative
in her jun-
ior year, a
Breakfast Smaha
of Champi-
ons honor
for determi-
nation,
National
Honor
Society and
state track
meet in her
junior year.
Demi has
plans to Stinson
attend the
University
of Portland
to earn a
bachelor’s
degree in
nursing.
She plans
to minor in
Spanish
and hopes
to work in Nelson
a bilingual
clinic or
hospital where she can put her
Spanish to good use.
The salutatorian is Kristen
Nelson, with a cumulative
GPA of 3.97. She is the daugh-
ter of Bryan and Kathy Nelson
of Glide. Her activities include
varsity soccer and basketball,
National Honor Society and
band. She works at Linus
Oakes Retirement Center.
Kristen plans to attend
Umpqua Community College
and then transfer to Portland
Community College to com-
plete a dental hygiene pro-
gram.
THE 2008
GRADUATES ARE:
Sierra Akers, Anthony
Anderson, Brian Baker, Dar-
ren Bellior, Jake Brown,
Angela Bryant, Nathan Clem,
Rebecca Cunningham, Sean
Cyphert, Rosalyn Dumont,
Jordon Edwards, Kathryn
Edwards, Brittany Eifert,
Shaun Enserink, Kyle Fields,
Daniel Ford, Rachael Frank,
Dennis Franklin, Cassie Garri-
son, Travis Gilman, Brock
Halter, Kaitlan Harris, Jessica
Hatley, Alyssa Holdsclaw,
Justin Houde, Jeffery Jackson,
Morgan Lamp, Kortney
Loosli, Allan Mackey, Chris
McCafferty, Larry Meade,
Katie Meyer, Connie Miller,
Michelle Moore, Brittany
Moynahan, Kristen Nelson,
Ryan Norrington, Thomas
O’Connor, Ji Yeong Park,
Sadie Polk, Melissa Richards,
Pat Ridgley, Sandra Rivera,
Jason Rondeau, Amanda Rum-
mel, Skylar Shrum, Tyler Sim-
mons, Sara Smaha, Elliot
Standish, Demi Stinson,
Megan Streilein, Courtney
Taute, Craig Toevs, Melissa
Weekly, Lauren Wilkinson,
Kaleb Wright, Kris Wright,
Courtney Yokum.
Milo Adventist
Academy
Milo Adventist Academy
will hold the following gradu-
ation ceremonies and events.
Consecration is at 8 p.m.
May 30 at Milo Adventist
Academy Church. The speaker
will be Janice Nelson, mother
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will be a Passing the Flame
ceremony, a candlelight cere-
mony that passes the spiritual
and general leadership of the
school from the current senior
class to the junior class. The
presidents and spiritual vice-
presidents of the senior and
junior classes participate. For
the recessional, all the seniors
march out through a corridor
of juniors holding candles.
Baccalaureate is at 11
a.m. May 31 at Milo Adventist
Academy Church. The speaker
will be Dr. Ralph Perrin, dean
of arts communication and
social sciences at Shasta Col-
lege and father of graduate
Kyle Perrin.
Tribute to Parents is at 4
p.m. May 31 at the church.
There will be musical selec-
tions by the class and a presen-
tation of flowers and tributes
to parents.
Class Night is at 9 p.m.
May 31 in the Milo Adventist
Academy gymnasium. It is a
secular program by and about
the senior class.
Commencement will be
at 10 a.m. June 1 at the Milo
Adventist Academy Oval
(weather permitting) or the
Milo Adventist Academy gym-
nasium (if raining). The speak-
er will be Carl Wilkens, pastor
of the Milo Adventist Acade-
my Church for the past 11
years, currently on leave for
speaking appointments around
the country on the Rwandan
genocide.
Milo Adventist Academy is
no longer naming valedictori-
an and salutatorian positions.
The following four students
will receive gold cords for
highest honors for completing
the college prep diploma
requirements with a cumula-
tive grade point average of
3.75 or higher.
Debra Gruzensky with a
GPA of
3.862. She
is the
daughter of
Michael
and Rene
Gruzensky
of Fall
Creek. Her
activities
and honors
include Gruzensky
senior class
social vice-
president,
Girls’ Club
executive
vice presi-
dent for
spring term
and a col-
lege prep
diploma.
Debra’s Kinman
post-gradu-
ate plans are to attend Walla
Walla University in College
Place, Wash., to major in den-
tal hygiene.
Valerie Kinman, with a
cumulative GPA of 3.818. She
is the daughter of Wayne and
Constance Kinman of Rose-
burg. Her activities and honors
include peer counselor/tutor
for 2007-08, co-captain of the
girls’ varsity basketball team
for 2007-08, junior class presi-
dent and a college prep diplo-
ma. After graduation, Valerie
plans to attend Umpqua Com-
munity College for her first
year and to major in business.
Mindy Nelson, with a
cumulative GPA of 4.097. She
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is the
daughter of
Kenneth
and Donell
Nelson of
Ukiah,
Calif. Her
activities
and honors
include
head resi- Nelson
dent assis-
tant for
girls’ dorm
(2007-08),
senior class
president,
Horse
Club, jun-
ior class
social vice
president
and a col- Stanphill
lege prep
diploma with an enrichment in
advanced placement. Mindy
plans to attend Pacific Union
College in Angwin, Calif. She
has not yet decided on her major.
Paul Stanphill, with a
cumulative GPA of 3.819. He
is the son of Virgil and Cyn-
thia Stanphill of Winston. His
activities and honors include
boys’ dorm resident assistant
(2007-08), senior class sena-
tor, Boys’ Club photographer
for fall term 2007-08, Boys’
Club pastor for fall term 2006-
07 and a college prep diploma
with an enrichment in science.
Paul plans to attend Union
College in Lincoln, Neb., and
to major in international stud-
ies.
THE 2008
GRADUATES ARE:
Sarai Avitt-Blackburn,
Megan Blair, Dakota Brown-
ing, Mikaela Campbell, Kylie
Colson, Katrina Cooksley,
Jose Dzul, Nels Freeman,
Debra Gruzensky, Austin
Hummel, Lise Ingabire, Hyun-
woo Jang, Andrew Jones,
David Kerr, Valerie Kinman,
Edgar Ledezma, Bo Yeon Lee,
Nikole Modrow, Lindsey Nay-
lor, Alia Nelson, Mindy Nel-
son, Kyle Perrin, Brandon
Poirier, Cara Ponder, Brittany
Reynolds, Thomas Search Jr.,
Soo Hwa Song, Paul Stanphill,
Joshua Starr, Brandon Sumer-
lin, Matthew Walker, Steven
Wauran, Whitney Weems.
The following students from
Mexico will be receiving cer-
tificates of completion from
the English Language Learn-
ing Program: Marisol Angeli-
no, Hector Hernandez, Carlos
Lopez, Hugo Lopez.
North Douglas
High School
The graduation ceremony
for North Douglas High
School will be at 4 p.m. June 7
at the North Douglas High
School gymnasium.
Stephanie Hescock is the
valedictorian, with a cumula-
tive grade point average of
3.93. She is the daughter of
Terry and
Athena
Hescock of
Drain.
Stephanie
is a four-
sport schol-
ar athlete, a
member of
the Nation-
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Society and
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ber of the Drain Church of
Christ. Her plan after gradua-
tion is to attend Northwest
Christian University in Eugene
to study business and human
services and to run cross coun-
try and track for the school.
She hopes to ultimately work
on the business side of a non-
profit organization.
Kristen Davis is the salu-
tatorian, with a cumulative
GPA of 3.829. She is the
daughter
of Jeff and
Carrie
Davis of
Drain. Her
activities
include
member-
ship in the
National
Honor Davis
Society,
three var-
sity sports and cheerleading.
She has been president of the
Future Business Leaders of
America and the student body.
Kristen plans to attend South-
western Oregon Community
College and then the Universi-
ty of Oregon. She would like
to become an elementary
school teacher.
THE 2008
GRADUATES ARE:
Kyle Anderson, Anthony
Anderson-Hurd, Dustin Andes,
Kristen Davis, Troy Ellis,
Cynthia Garcia, Justin Harrod,
Stephanie Hescock, Justin
Johnson, Ariane Marquis, Ash-
leigh Meza, Luis Munoz, Mar-
cus Nash, Derek Peterson,
Michelle Roe, Amanda Sulau,
Tyler Vancil, Robert Vest,
Jacklyn Villiarreal, Mark
Ward, Mariah WiIson.
Oakland
High School
Oakland High School will
have its graduation ceremony
at 1 p.m. June 7 at Umpqua
Community College’s Jacoby
Auditorium. The featured
speaker will be Jeff Clark, Oak-
land High social studies
instructor and basketball coach.
There are three co-valedic-
torians, each with a cumula-
tive grade point average of 4.0.
Julie Basque is the daugh-
ter of Dana and Luann Basque
of Oak-
land. She
was presi-
dent of the
National
Honor
Society,
Ecology
Club and
4-H club;
student
body vice Basque
president;
reporter/editor/layout director
for the school newspaper; and
was on varsity basketball and
track. Her post-graduation
plans are to attend the Univer-
sity of Oregon to major in
journalism and business so she
can become a reporter for
National Geographic.
Amber Huckaby is the
daughter of Lon and Dawne
Huckaby of Oakland. Her
activities include National
Honor Society, Future Busi-
ness Leaders of America, vol-
leyball, golf and Ecology Club.
After graduation, Amber plans
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to attend the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas, and major
in journalism.
Jake McLean is the son of
Stan and Jodi McLean of Oak-
land. His activities include
varsity
baseball,
basketball,
academic
challenge,
youth
group and
4-H. Jake’s
post-gradu-
ation plan
is to attend
the Univer- McLean
sity of
Idaho to
earn a
bachelor’s
degree in
mechanical
engineer-
ing.
The salu-
tatorian is
Tom McKay
McKay,
with a
cumulative GPA of 3.98. He is
the son of Dennis and Karen
McKay of Umpqua. Tom’s
activities include varsity cross
country, varsity track and
field, National Honor Society,
youth group and reporting
sports for The News-Review.
Tom’s post-graduation plan is
to attend Seattle Pacific Uni-
versity to major in communi-
cations and minor in journal-
ism. He would like to do mis-
sion work at some point and
eventually begin work for a
magazine.
THE 2008
GRADUATES ARE:
Cristin Jeanne Barnes, Julie
Veronica Basque, Deana
Renee Bodenschatz, Corinne
Marie Brown, Leighsa Marie
Costa, Jacob Lee Cottier,
Jason Cranley, Justin Swift-
River McGuin, Matthew
Micaiah Dickson, Amber
Marie Dikkers, Nicodemus
Levi Dodson, Clinton Edward
Enos, Michelle Lynne Good-
man, Levi Andrew-Willis
Harding, Megan Alishia Hart,
Erik Erwin Dean Holm,
Amber Nicole Huckaby,
Alexandria Berlin Johnson,
Candy Rose Ellen King,
Joseph Edward Lee, Dakota
Jake Mathis, Thomas Charles
McKay, Jake Brooks McLean,
Jessica Chantel Odle, Kyle
Perry, Seth LaBrie Ritchie,
Blair Richard Robertson,
Trevvor James Simmons,
Laura Irene Mastin, Solomona
M. Tuiolosega, Brittney Chris-
tine Tabor, Jordan Lee Talburt,
Keggan James Tenbrook,
Andrew Robert Young.
Phoenix School
Phoenix School will hold its
graduation ceremony at 7 p.m.
June 10 at Umpqua Communi-
ty College’s Jacoby Auditori-
um. The guest speaker will be
Jacie Pratt. A reception will
follow.
THE 2008
GRADUATES ARE:
Mike Adams, Breanne
Addis, Danille Benwell,
Dustin Boggs, Britney Bow-
den, Grant Bowler, Susie
Breier, Shane Brewer, Christo-
pher Brookbank, Alishya
Clark, Mike Clement, Jasmine
Codd, Cheyenne Conn, Vanes-
sa Davis, Brent Durand, Ryan
Fugate, Tanesha Garboden,
Bryant Garcia, Corey Gross-
man, Thomas Guevara, Bran-
don Heckers, Brianne Hughes,
Kaley Hulse, Fabian Kemp-
Wharton, Julia LaRaut, Kela
Levin, Amanda Lore, Angelina
Marez, Mike Marsters, Jack
Mayes, Sean McCraw, Jamie
Meil, Brittney Mesica-Led-
ford, Jordan Murray, Adrian
Nelson, Amanda Nunley,
Crispin Oglesby, Jordan Page,
Shawn Parsons, Jonathan
Pierce, Tyler Powers, Kory
Ramsay, China Robinson,
Holly Seeber, Danielle
Siebrasse, James Stokes, Darra
Storms, Jeremy Stringer, Kyle
GRADUATION 2008
Struthers, Shaunna Tinker,
Jody Vernoy, Jacob Watts,
Chrystle Wheeler, Jenna Whit-
tington, Marcus Wright.
Reedsport
Junior/Senior
High School
Reedsport Junior/Senior
High School’s graduation
begins at 2 p.m. June 8 at
Reedsport Junior/Senior High
School, 2260 Longwood
Drive, Reedsport. The speaker
will be Keith Tymchuk, U.S.
government and social studies
teacher and the mayor of
Reedsport.
Baccalaureate service is at 7
p.m. June 4 at Pacific Audito-
rium, Reedsport Junior/Senior
High School.
There are two co-valedicto-
rians, both with a cumulative
grade point average of 3.98.
Brianna Ekelund is the
daughter of Rod Ekelund and
Tonya Wahl and Mike Wahl,
all of Reedsport. Brianna has
been
involved in
the Nation-
al Honor
Society, of
which she
was presi-
dent,
Future
Business
Leaders of Ekelund
America,
Knowledge
Bowl and has participated in
various sports. She is the
recipient of the Chamber of
Commerce Future First Citi-
zen Award. Brianna plans to
attend Oregon State University
to major in nuclear engineer-
ing and hopes to play on the
OSU softball team.
Brian Law is the son of
Robert and Patricia Law of
Reedsport. Brian lettered in
football and golf for three
years in addition to participat-
ing in varsity pep band and
concert band, playing first
trumpet.
Brian also
participated
in Future
Business
Leaders of
America
and
received
National
Merit Com- Law
mendation.
Brian plans
to attend
the Univer-
sity of Ore-
gon to
major in
history and
music.
The salu-
tatorian is
Kelly McLain
McLain,
with a GPA
of 3.89. Kelly is the daughter
of Jim and Leslie McLain of
Winchester Bay. Kelly has let-
tered three years in volleyball
and basketball. She also has
been involved in Future Busi-
ness Leaders of America and
National Honor Society and is
the student body president.
Kelly plans to attend the Uni-
versity of North Dakota to
study commercial aviation and
airport management.
THE 2008
GRADUATES ARE:
Kayla Raylee Barcklay,
Kyle M. Birch, Cadence R.
Blum, Kaylee Prozialeck,
Nicholas Lloyd Bryan, Atina
Marie Capps, Kayla Ashley
Carrell, Michael L. Cassaro,
Robert M. Christy, Daniel J.
Clemens, Katherine Renee
Corcoran, Dorothy L. Cramm,
Brianna M. Ekelund, Jason L.
W. Fishel, Amanda Marie
Foote, Eli F. Garner, Benjamin
M. Goff, Jason Wayne Hayes,
Lynsay RaeAnne Holden,
Melissa Marie Thompson
(Holt), Lea Grace Hoover, Jor-
dan Danielle James, Brittany
Nicole Jones, Destiny Marie
Kettman, Haylea Marie
Kwiatkowski, Jesse Lacewell,
Roseburg, Oregon—Sunday, May 25, 2008
Emily E. Lavigne, Brian
Robert Law, Cody Lee
Manues, Heather Tiffany
Manues, Sabrina Amber
McCartney, Kelly Michelle
McLain, Kelsey Renee Moore,
Nicolas Gene Morris, Brandon
Wayne Neves, David Charles
Orr Jr., Devon J. Orr, Heather
Lynn Parker, Daniele Patricia
Plagmann, Amber Lynn
Qualls, Bradley Reinoehl,
Jesse Rueb, Holly G. Sassmen,
Charity Donn Scherer, Hannah
Elizabeth Smith, Ryan Lee
Smith, Annette Solorzano,
Rachel Ann Stauffer, Travis
Stanley Stevens, Sharaea
Dalyn Wright, Brittany Ranae
Swartz, Christina Megan
Swift, Richard Justin Terra,
Jenelle LaRee Thornton, Cody
Allen Wicks.
Two foreign exchange stu-
dents, Kathrin Schwaegerl and
Anna Timm, will also be a part
of the ceremony.
Riddle
High School
The graduation ceremony
for Riddle High School will be
at 7 p.m. May 31 at the Riddle
High School gym.
The valedictorian is Rob
Bixby,
with a
cumulative
grade point
average of
3.74. Rob
is the son
of Tom and
Debbie
Bixby of
Riddle. He
has been Bixby
active in 4-
H, FFA,
sports and National Honor
Society. Some of his awards
include fourth in state
wrestling, first in state band
and pole vaulting qualifier.
After graduation, Rob plans to
attend Oregon State University
to major in agricultural man-
agement and possibly to minor
in music.
The
salutatori-
an is Jere-
my
Schwab,
with a
cumulative
GPA of
3.35. He is
the son of
Jeff and Schwab
Sheri
Schwab of
Riddle. His activities include
volunteer firefighting, football
and wrestling. After gradua-
tion, Jeremy plans to attend a
heavy equipment operator
school in Eugene. He also
wants to take classes in con-
struction, welding and get his
commercial driver’s license.
THE 2008
GRADUATES ARE:
Keely Michelle Adams, Rob
O. Bixby, Garrett L. Bracken,
Katherine R. Burdge, Anthony
Cushing, James Dornbusch,
Michael M. Doyle, Nathan
Andrew Egenhoff, Amanda
Kristine Fox, Jessie J. Fritz,
Shelsie Fritz, Brandon Hab-
blett, Ashley Humphrey, Jacob
C. Jones, Caleb Linton, Mark
Robert Livingston, Adam
Robert McKinney, Trey
Alexander Morgan, Melissa
Lynn Mumford, Josh A. Pet-
tengill, DeAnna Robbins, Seth
Christopher Roy, Christoph
Schnieder, Jeremy Lloyd
Schwab, Andrea Nicole Strat-
ton, Alishia A. Wiggins.
The Riddle
Education Center
The Riddle Education Cen-
ter will hold its graduation cer-
emony at 6 p.m. May 28 at the
Riddle Elementary School
gym, 463 Park Street, Riddle.
There will be two student
guest speakers: Tracee
Moulden and Bonnie Johnson.
The main guest speaker has
not yet been announced.
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UMPQUA VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS

Would Like To Congratulate Our Class Of 2008!
V Alayna Fong Honors V Amy Katherine Schneider S Dustin Kummrow S Bethany DeAnn Chappell
A Years at UVCS: 2 A Honors
A
Honors A Honors
Years at UVCS: 9 Years at UVCS: 13 Years at UVCS: 5
L Activities: L L
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Activities: L Activities: Varsity Soccer 4 years, Activities:
Senior Class President, Varsity Soccer 3 yrs, Honor Student Council 3 years, Student Student Council 3 years,
D HEC Nationals (2X), D Roll, Choir, Art, Senior Class U Body President - Senior Year, U Soccer 3 years, Basketball 2
I Student of the Month, I Vice Presisent. Homecoming Prince 2 years, T years, Homecoming Princess 1
Participated in National Young Future Plans:
T Home Coming King Senior Year, year, Honor Roll 4 years.
C Leaders Conference, C O
T Varsity Soccer, Honor Roll. T
Attend UCC for 1 year, O Presidents Honor Roll 4 years, Future Plans:
then transfer to University of Who’s Who Among HS Students. Attend UCC, transfer
O O R R
Oregon to pursue a Future Plans: to Northwest Christian
Future Plans:
R Attend UCC, obtain nursing R degree in Journalism. I Attend UCC 2 years then transfer I University or George Fox
I I Scholarships: to 4 year for Accounting/Business to obtain Business/Music
degree to help people in 3rd
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Alicia Morrow Nikolas Leon Najarian Ashley Jo Prentice-Free Daniel Schultz

Honors Honors Honors Honors
Years at UVCS: 5 Years at UVCS: 1 1/2 Years at UVCS: 5 Years at UVCS: 5

Activities: Activities: Activities: Activities:

Varsity Soccer 3 years, Class Student Council 2 years, High Honor Roll, Home Honor Roll, Soccer, Basketball,
Treasurer 1 year, Class Chapel 4 years, Singing Coming Princess Sophomore Baseball First League, All Star
President 1/2 year, VP 1/2 Ensemble 2 years, Art 2 years, year, Student of the Month, in Soccer, Honorable mention
year, Choir 1 year, Art 1 year, Varsity Basketball 1 year, Second team All League in Basketball JSB Prince ‘07
Yearbook 1 year, Honor Roll. Honor Roll 3 years, Yearbook (basketball)
Senior staff 2 years. Future Plans:
Future Plans: Future Plans: Attend UCC 2 years, transfer
Simpson University 4 years. Future Plans: Attend UCC till I fi nd a to OSU and get a degree in
Univerisity of Phoenix Trade School for Office Accounting then obtain CPA
Bachelor of Science in IT Management.

Vienna Dawn Adams Tara Falls

Honors Honors
Years at UVCS: 12 Years at UVCS: 4

Activities: Student Activities:

Government 4 years, Varsity Honor Roll 4 years, Varsity
Soccer 3 years, Teacher’s Aid 2 Soccer 3 years, Captain Varsity
years, Honor Roll. Soccer 2 years.

Future Plans: Future Plans:

Attend UCC for 2 years and Attend UCC then transfer
transfer to OSU to pursue an to 4 year University (to
undecided degree. be decided) to major in
Elementary Education and
minor in Psychology.

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THE 2008
GRADUATES ARE:
Daniel Dan Farmer, Michael
Anthony Gumm, Dane
McKinley Hendrick, Abbie
Marie Hubbs, Auhbryonna
Machelle Jensen, Bonnie
Michelle Johnson, Tracee
Renee Moulden, Brian David
Rowe, Alisha Margaret Simp-
son.
Roseburg
High School
Roseburg High School will
hold its graduation ceremony
at 2:30 p.m. June 8 at the
school’s Finlay Field. The
guest speaker will be Micki
Hall who teaches English,
advanced placement govern-
ment, leadership and American
literature. Tim Leech and
Natalie Rich will be the stu-
dent speakers.
There are 10 co-valedictori-
ans, each with a cumulative
grade point average of 4.0.
Hilary Boggs is the
daughter of Jerry and Valerie
Boggs of Roseburg. Her activ-
ities and awards include board
and recording secretary of the
National Honor Society, assis-
tant editor of the “Orange R”
school newspaper, STARS
leader for three years, Febru-
ary 2008 student of the month,
and she was a multiple winner
at the Evening of Excellence.
Hilary plans to go to Linfield
College in McMinnville to
major in nursing or social
work. She hopes to eventually
work in the Peace Corps or
other type of volunteer organi-
zation.
Valerie Cangie is the
daughter of Victor and Janice
Cangie of Roseburg. Her
activities and awards include
three years in the National
Honor Society, president of
RHS Chamber Choir, part-
time cashier at Kmart for two
years, assistant director of the
Umpqua Valley Youth Ensem-
ble for six years, member of
the National Society of High
School Scholars for two years.
Valerie plans to attend Boise
State University on a GEM
scholarship and study business
and music.
Kristen Dever is the
daughter of Tom and Lynnette
Dever of Roseburg. Her activi-
ties and awards include varsity
soccer and lacrosse, exchange
student through the German
American Partnership Pro-
gram, Evening of Excellence
award winner, Breakfast of
Champions and Link Crew
leader. Kristen plans to attend
Pacific University in Forest
Grove where she will major in
math and biology and take a
preparation course for its
physical therapy graduate pro-
gram.
Hayden Boone Farring-
ton is the son of David and
Tiffany Farrington of Rose-
burg. His activities and awards
include three-year letterman in
varsity basketball, National
Honor Society and Honor
Roll, Key Club, Award of
Excellence in math, science,
world language and social
studies. Hayden has been
accepted at Northwest
Nazarene University in
Nampa, Idaho, to play base-
ball. While there, he will
major in pre-law and criminal
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Ruth Heald is the daughter
of Jason and Barbara Heald of
Roseburg. Her activities and
awards include singer and
drummer for Umpqua Com-
munity College’s Umpqua
Singers, assistant editor of
“Orange R,” National Honor
Society, actively involved in
UCC musicals both on stage
and orchestra pit and the UCC
Chamber Choir. Ruth plans to
attend Willamette University
as a music major and pursue a
career as a professional musi-
cian and college professor.
Timothy Leech is the son
of Thomas and Julie Leech of
Roseburg. His activities and
awards include Eagle Scout,
Future First Citizen, Chamber
Choir, “Orange R” and
National Honor Society. Timo-
thy’s plans are to attend Pacif-
ic University in Forest Grove,
where he will major in math
and minor in music. After his
undergraduate work, he
intends to go to law school.
Dennis O’Connell is the
son of Joe O’Connell and Lau-
rie O’Connell, both of Rose-
burg. His activities and awards
include triple jump and long
jump in track and field, state
competition qualifier in Math
Club both junior and senior
years, National Honor Society,
vice president DECA, science
and math awards at Evening of
Excellence. Dennis plans to
attend Robert Clark Honor
College at the University of
Oregon to major in business
for its diversity and endless
possibilities for giving back.
After earning his bachelor’s
degree, he would like to even-
tually earn a Master’s of Busi-
ness Administration degree.
Natalie Rich is the daugh-
ter of Steve Rich and Janet
McDavid, both of Roseburg.
Her activities and awards
include National Honor Soci-
ety president, jazz band, three
years in cross country and
track and field, and she was in
the Evening of Excellence for
three years. Natalie plans to
attend the Oregon State Uni-
versity Honors College and
major in either chemistry or
philosophy with a possible
minor in music.
Victoria Walker is the
daughter of Gregory and Lyn-
nette Walker of Roseburg. Her
activities include varsity soft-
ball, varsity volleyball and
National Honor Society. Victo-
ria plans to attend Linfield
College in McMinnville and
pursue a degree in business.
Alexandra Walton West-
winner),
GRADUATION 2008
Dever Farrington
Walton Weston Borrelli
on is the daughter of Jon Marc
Weston and Susan Walton
Weston of Roseburg. Her
activities and awards include
editor-in-chief of the “Orange
R,” National Honor Society,
varsity cross country junior
and senior years, first place
group problem solving at the
Oregon Invitational Math Tour-
nament and German-American
Partnership Program. Alexan-
dra’s plan is to attend the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania. At
this time her career is undecid-
ed, but she will begin with
pre-med requirements while
also taking a wide variety of
courses of interest to her.
There are three co-salutato-
rians.
Corinne Borrelli has a
cumulative GPA of 3.967. She
is the daughter of Kevin and
Leslie Borrelli of Roseburg.
Her activities include varsity
tennis, church and youth group
involvement, National Honor
Society, mission trips and
Campus Life. Corinne plans to
attend George Fox University
to study biology.
Stephanie Mathews has a
cumulative GPA of 3.974. She
is the daughter of Richard and
Rebecca Mathews of Rose-
burg. Her activities and awards
include Evening of Excellence
awards in history and English,
science department student of
the month, and she has been
an honor student during her
four years in high school.
Stephanie plans to attend the
University of Montana in Mis-
soula to major in business.
Danielle Nelson has a
cumulative GPA of 3.97. She
is the daughter of Stephen and
Dawn Nelson of Roseburg.
Her activities and awards
include Associated Student
Body vice president, National
Honor Society corresponding
secretary, Key Club and Lead-
ership. Danielle plans to attend
the University of Portland and
major in education.
THE 2008
GRADUATES ARE:
Jennifer Abel, Derek Aber-
crombie, Ethan Acree, Erik
Adams, Travis Adams, Eliza-
beth Allen, Kyle Allen, Shawn
Anderson, Taryn Anderson,
Joshua Atterbury, Amanda
Ayres, Andrew Backman, Brit-
tani Bagnariol, Troy Ball,
Shantelle Barke, Jeremy Bark-
er, Kayla Barklow, Todd Bart-
ley, David Bastian III, Luz
Bayardo, Byron Bean, Kendra
Bean, Michelle Beecroft,
Tabitha Benedict, Jason Ben-
nett, Melissa Benson, Marisa
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Blansett, Tianna Bleigh,
Alexandria Bloom, Lindsay
Bogan, Hilary Boggs, Corinne
Borrelli, Ashley Bounds,
Zachary Boyd, Patrick Boyle,
Dalton Braack, Andrew Brady,
James Brennwald, Karissa
Brock, Michael Brosius,
Zachary Brower, Amber
Brown, Jordan Brown, Crystal
Brumbach-Lybarger, Chaney
Bruton, Trayton Buchta, Kai-
ley Burdett, Keith Burrell,
Danielle Busch, Jennifer Call,
Shane Calvert, Elizabeth
Calvillo-Hawelu, Jordan
Campbell, Valerie Cangie,
David Cantrell, Eric Carlson,
Christopher Carr, Kayla Casil-
las, Anthony Castro, Jacob
Cavens, Anthony Cellucci,
Alexandria Cervantes, Stacey
Chamberlain, Bobbi Cherry,
Levi Christian, Talysha
Churchill, Alexis Clark, Jami
Clark, Rebecca Clifton, Erin
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Brian Cook, Jennifer Cook,
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Alexander Cox, Leydia Craig,
Andrew Crandal, Jazmine
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South Umpqua
High School
South Umpqua High School
will hold its graduation cere-
mony at 7:30 p.m. June 6 at
the high school’s Loghy Field,
501 N.W. Chadwick Lane, Tri
City. Taylor Groth, SUHS
social studies teacher and
cross country coach, will be
the speaker. There will be a
special release of balloons in
memory of Brittany Randazzo.
The baccalaureate, spon-
sored by the South Umpqua
Ministerial Fellowship, will be
at 7 p.m. at the Tri City
Church of Christ, 180 Briggs
Drive. Mary Kuk, SUHS
health teacher, will be the
speaker. Students will do read-
ings and present a slide show.
Refreshments will follow the
service.
Hannah Moser is the vale-
dictorian, with a cumulative
grade point average of 4.0
unweighted. She is the daugh-
ter of Harold Jr. and Kristin
Moser of
Myrtle
Creek and
attended
Canyonville
Middle
School. Her
activities
include
sports,
band, AFS Moser
foreign
exchange
and honing her juggling skills.
She placed first at state Future
Business Leaders of America
in business communications.
Hannah plans to attend Brown
University in Providence, R.I.,
to study English and journal-
ism. She also plans to study
languages and study abroad.
Cassie Dewberry is the
salutatorian, with a cumulative
GPA of 4.0 unweighted. She is
the daughter of Bonita Dew-
berry of
Myrtle
Creek and
Paul Dew-
berry. Her
activities
include
band,
National
Honor
Society, of
which she Dewberry
was vice
president
and Christian Teen Fellowship.
She also started a tutoring pro-
gram. Cassie plans to attend
Umpqua Community College
for two years then transfer to
the University of Oregon,
where she expects to major in
speech pathology.
THE 2008
GRADUATES ARE:
Theodore Cromwell Allen,
Nichole Breanne Alspaugh,
Eric Allan Arana, Brett James
Bailey, Kylene Amber Barnett,
Chase Jordan Beberger, Brit-
tany Ann Bice, Kyle Eric
Blankenship, Cedric Paul
Blansett, Jonna Clair Dee
Blomberg, Arynn Joseph
Boyles, Lacey Dawn
Buchanan, Katherine Francis
Bumgarner, Crystal Nicole
Cable, Laurie Elise Carpenter,
Lela Alexandra Carrillo,
Michael Dean Clack, Roger
Kegon Clary, Triana Renee
Crane, Savanha Renei Crouch,
D Anne Christine Crowder,
David Andrew Crownover II,
Cheryl Petrina D'souza, La
Keisha Jean Daboling, Renee
Rose Dalziel, Jacqueline
Frances Maria Degroot, Cas-
sandra Rae Dewberry, Chelsea
Denea Duffy, Katherine Tessa
Noelle Falk, Richard William
Farmer, Cody Edward Frieler,
Gabrielle Marie Garcia, Patri-
cia Salazar Gonzalez, Jesse
Adam Gossel, Jacob Aaron
Grady, Shantell Suri Green,
Santana Dawn Guicoza, Travis
Mitchell Hayter, Kenneth
Duane Yoakum Healey, Kevin
Michael Heintz, Brian Lee
Hewitt, Andrew Lee Hines,
Thomas Lee Holt, Kirsten
Leigh Hoodie, Amanda Lynn
Hull, Nichole Ruth Hatcher,
Ryan Daniel Jocoy, Jennifer
Elaine Johnson, Ferron
Eugene Kawamura, Christo-
pher Ryan Kukuk, Anita Sar-
ale Lampton, Jacob Daniel
Lampton, Janet Elizabeth
Lane, Britt Michelle Langston,
Dustin Edward Lawson, Adri-
ana Lopez, Luis Alfonso
Lopez, Devin Michael
Loughridge, Michael Eugene
Lowry, Anthony Craig Match-
ett, Jeremy Wade Mathews,
Amanda Justine McCarley,
Paige Micole McMahon, Brit-
tany Alissa Mercado, Rebecca
Lynn Mitchell, James Aurelias
Moore, Megan Rae Moreau,
Kyle Garrett Morgan, Brian
Patrick Morris, Garrett
Alexander Morris, Hannah
Jeanne Moser, Nicholas Gage
Mytrofaniuk, Michael Christo-
pher Conklin, Allysha Marie
Newton, Dalin DelRay
Nichols, Talon Adelbert
Nichols, Trent Vaughn Page,
Erica Lynn Parker, Charles
Arthur Parks, Justin Andrew
Peterman, Jordan Lane
Pringle, Amy Judith Rauth,
Larry Allen Rios, Nathanial
Eric Schuyler, Donavan
Michael Sheets, Stacey
Samantha Shellard, Tosha Ann
Sherman, Crystal Dawn Shute,
Michael Tad Smith, Robert
Wayne Stimpson, K.C. Nicole
Thompson, Shantell Elizabeth
Timm, Gerald Wayne Ulrey
Jr., Courtney Leigh VanDoren,
Omar Villagomez, Ryan Gar-
rett Voss, Christopher Wesley
Waddell, Christopher Cheek
Wells, Britany Michele Whit-
son, Sydni Corinne Witte,
Kayleen Danielle Wynegar.
Sutherlin
High School
Sutherlin High School’s
graduation is at 2 p.m. June 8
at the Sutherlin High School
gym.
The baccalaureate service is
at 7 p.m. June 6 at Sutherlin
Family Church, 878 W. Sixth
Avenue, Sutherlin.
There are five co-valedicto-
rians, each with a cumulative
grade point average of 4.0.
Shelby O’Fay is the
daughter of Carmen and
Robert
Edmunds
of Suther-
lin. She
was a four-
year Acade-
mic All
Star,
involved
with Future
Business
Leaders of O’Fay
America
and awarded the Business
Achievement Award in 2008.
Shelby played basketball and
Roseburg, Oregon—Sunday, May 25, 2008
GRADUATION 2008
the team won first place at the earn a master’s degree in busi- field. two years, senior class vice
4A state championship in ness. The president, art and honor roll.
2008. Shelby won first place
in the 2007 Wild Rose Cow-
THE 2008
GRADUATES ARE:
salutatori-
an is
Amy’s plans after graduation
are to attend Umpqua Commu-
boy Race and first place in the Eric Abernathy, Mark Courtney nity College for one year, then
Hornet Powder Puff Car Races Aguirre, Brittany Anderson, McHaffie, transfer to the University of
at the Douglas County Speed- Kirk Arrant, Danielle Baskin, with a Oregon to pursue a degree in
way. Shelby plans to attend Leigh Batson, Joshua Beattie, cumulative journalism.
Eastern Oregon University to Stacie Bebeau, Jasmine Bee- GPA of Bethany Chappell is a
study pre-pharmacy. She bout, Rhiannon Beverly, 3.6. She is co-salutatorian with a cumula-
expects to then transfer to Ore- Nicholas Blum, Alisha the daugh- McHaffie tive GPA of 3.97. She is the
gon State University’s phar- Brooks, Jared Campbell, ter of Dick daughter of Chuck and Gloria
macy program. Samantha Carlson, Sylvia Car- and Lynn Chappell of Roseburg. Her
Jordan Potter is the rillo, Brian Cook, Kaitlin McHaffie of Yoncalla. Her activities and awards include
daughter of Laura Turner of Corlis, Jordan Cowan, Leslee activities include National soccer, basketball, student
Sutherlin and Joey Potter of Crawford, Ricky Cummings, Honor Society, track, drama, council,
Eugene. Jordan participated in Logan Cummings-Reed, Josh student government and band, Homecom-
varsity Delamater, Erma Demuth, Jan- for which she was first chair ing
cheerlead- ice Dixon, Thomas Dunbar, flutist. Courtney plans to princess,
ing, Lead- Jaimie Dzana, Austin Elliott, attend Umpqua Community junior/sen-
ership, Jakob Elliott, Aaron Garcia, College then transfer to the ior banquet
Community Whitney George, Conrad God- University of Oregon to major princess
101, dard, Rodney Gott, Tyler Har- in secondary education and and wor-
National wood, Max Hemphill, Lauryn minor in music, government, ship team.
Honor Hendrix, Brook Hopkins, Dil- health and psychology. Bethany’s
Society and lan Horn, Timothy Howe- THE 2008 plans after
Peer Schultz, Zachary Hudson, GRADUATES ARE: graduation Chappell
Helpers. Spencer Hutchings, Jesse Nicole Bash, Jessica Benzel, are to
One of her Potter Ingram, Steven Jaramillo, Kamisha Caillier, Jacob attend
hobbies is Amanda Ketchum, Travis Coburn, Ariel Coloma, Blake Umpqua
participat- Keymel, Nicholas Larman, Daigle, Rusty Dillon, Amber Communi-
ing in com- Lance Liesinger, Kaylee Eveland, Billie Eveland, ty College
petitive Maloy, Justin Martin, Amy Leann Fields, Kayne Halliday, for one
gymnastics. Martinez, Becky-Jo McKen- Amanda Hoeffliger, Tommy year, then
Jordan zie, Dillan McKinney, Eli Hudgins, Justin Jackson, Chris transfer to
plans to Miller, John Miller, Jedidiah Kopp, Roland Lyons, Amber either
attend the Mudge, Jason Nelson, Ken- Mast, Thomas Mazelin, Caleb Northwest
University neth Nelson, Shelby O’Fay, McDaniel, Courtney Christian
of Oregon Michael Oliver II, Omar Ortiz, McHaffie, Adam Peterson, University Kummrow
in the fall Aric Ott, Jason Patterson, Mercede Russell, Leesa Scott, or George
with a Reed Rebecca Pederson, Kaytlynn Sara Simons, Sheila Sinks, Fox University to pursue a
major in Peterson, Jeffery Pittsenbarger, Tyler Thompson, Tellisa Vro- business/music degree.
elementary Jordan Potter, Charles Powell man, Nickolas Weaver. Dustin Kummrow is a co-
education III, Jeffrey Pugh, Megan salutatorian with a cumulative
and a Qualls, Ryan Reber, Mason GPA of 3.97. He is the son of
minor in Reed, Dallas Reid, Asia Umpqua Valley Uve Kummrow of Roseburg
Spanish.
Mason
Rikard, Stephen Rockwell,
Anthony Rodriguez, Dallas
Christian School and Lauran Janssen of Myrtle
Creek. His activities and
Umpqua Valley Christian
Reed is Rosemeyer, Brittany Rossotto, School will hold graduation awards include student council
the son of Kiefer Sellers, Jessica Shearer, ceremonies at 3 p.m. June 1 in for three years, student body
Craig Reed Dustin Sheppard, Taran the Jacoby Auditorium at president 2008, varsity soccer
and Lisa Simons, Amber Smith, Tiffany Umpqua Community College. four years, president’s honor
King-Reed Reid Smith, Dane Snyder, Kevin The guest speaker will be Carl roll four years and Homecom-
of Rose- Staninger, Camilla Steinhov- Yates. ing king 2008.
burg. He is den, Anthony Terrel-Perez, Alayna Fong is a co-vale- Dustin’s post-graduation
a member Tawnie Terry, Zachary Toll, dictorian with a cumulative plans are to attend Umpqua
of the Caleb Trowbridge, Jose Vicen- grade point average of 4.0. Community College for two
National cio, Joleen Walker, Brittany She is the years, then transfer to a four-
Honor Wells, Teresa Wiley, Adrianna daughter year university to pursue an
Society and Zathan. of Ward accounting/business degree.
Future and Dalet- THE 2008
Business GRADUATES ARE:
Leaders of Yoncalla ta Fong of
Winches- Vienna Adams, Bethany
America.
Mason par- Trowbridge
High School ter. Her Chappell, Tara Falls, Alayna
Fong, Dustin Kummrow, Ali-
Yoncalla High School will activities
ticipated in hold its graduation at 1 p.m. and cia Morrow, Nikolas Najarian,
Communi- June 1 at the Yoncalla High awards Ashley Prentice-Free, Amy
ty 101, helped with Special School gymnasium. include Schneider, Daniel Schultz.
Olympics and was the ASB
treasurer. He was also the
The baccalaureate will be at
7 p.m. May 29 at the United
senior
class presi-
Fong
school’s bulldog mascot.
Mason plans to attend Oregon
State University majoring in
biophysics and biochemistry
Methodist Church, 75 Birch
St., Yoncalla. Rev. Dann
Houghton will be the speaker.
dent,
Youth
Hunter
SMART
with a minor in Spanish.
Dallas Reid is the son of
Leesa Scott is the valedic-
torian, with a cumulative
grade point average of 3.745.
Education
Challenge
for two
SHOPPERS
Tom and Trina Reid of Suther-
lin. Dallas was a four-year
She is the daughter of Michael years on READ CLASSIFIED
and Denise the state
Academic All Star and partici- Scott of girls team,
pated in varsity basketball, Yoncalla. Student of
Leadership and Community Her activi- the Month
101. He is a member of the ties include and partic- Schneider
National Honor Society. Dal- varsity bas- ipation in
las plans to attend Oregon ketball and the National Young Leaders
State University and enroll in track, Leo Conference. Alayna’s post-
its forestry program. Club (for graduation plans are to attend
Caleb Trowbridge is the which she Umpqua Community College
son of Jack and Tami Trow- was secre- to study for a degree in nurs-
bridge of Sutherlin. Caleb is a tary) and Scott ing. She would like to become
member of Future Business student involved with an organization
Leaders of America, partici- council. She also was a public where she can use those skills
pated in Leadership, Commu-
nity 101, and varsity athletics.
and church library volunteer
and the book drive coordinator
to help people in developing
Third World nations.
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GRADUATION 2008

Senior classes reflect on year’s highlights

The News-Review
We asked the Douglas County high
school Classes of 2008 to tell us
about the highlights of their senior
year and what makes them stand out.
Here is what they said:
CAMAS VALLEY
CHARTER SCHOOL
One of the highlights for Camas
Valley Charter School’s seniors was
when the girls basketball team went
to district playoffs.
Students haven’t pulled a prank
quite yet, but they are planning a trip
together.
The seniors helped raise money for
a classmate who was diagnosed with
cancer during the school year.
The variety of personalities makes
them unique, they said, and they want
to be remembered for leading and
inspiring.
“Everyone is determined and ready
to get out there and go for what they
want,” the seniors wrote.
CANYONVILLE CHRISTIAN
ACADEMY
The seniors at Canyonville Christ-
ian Academy are from all over the
world. About half the class got to go
to Six Flags in California.
Teacher Jami Burkhert said unlike
some previous years, this year’s sen-
iors don’t just stick with students of
their own nationality, and they get
along well.
The students are particularly talent-
ed musically, with 10 of 28 members
of the choir and most of the orchestra
being seniors.
Burkhert said the group is mature,
and the seniors wanted to get to know
and help out the staff.
DAYS CREEK
CHARTER SCHOOL
Days Creek graduates count suc-
cessful sports teams in volleyball,
track and basketball among the year’s
highlights, along with their dances,
especially Homecoming and the sen-
ior prom.
The students have a class prank in
the making, but they’re keeping it a
secret. They’re also planning to
spend three nights at the coast, taking
a cruise, crabbing, and visiting a
museum and aquarium.
The whole class was involved in an
Earth Day cleanup in April.
Because their class is small, the
seniors are very close, and the class is
full of characters. Though they are
different, the students worked togeth-
er well and challenged each other
academically.
They want to be remembered for
their hard work and dedication to
academics, athletics and community,
and for their crazy antics.
The students start what they finish
and don’t settle for less than 120 per-
cent perfection.
DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL
The Douglas High School class
had a bit of fun in February. The sen-
iors turned shredded paper into a
prank. They filled the cars of 10 stu-
dents and the offices of a couple of
the school’s counselors with the
paper. The prank was accepted as
harmless fun.
The highlights of their senior year
included a skit at a pep assembly that
featured several boys in the Miss
DHS Pageant. The participants put on
dresses for the formal wear competi-
tion.
But the Trojan seniors also made a
serious contribution, making a dona-
tion to the new dance floor project
for the Winston Community Center.
Days Creek High seniors plant a tree on Earth Day in late April.
Members of the Sutherlin High School senior class perform to the song ‘Men in Tights’ during the school’s
Homecoming week last fall.
The school’s senior class was
known to have quite a few outspoken
students, but in a good way. They
have worked hard to get things done
and figure that will help them be suc-
cessful as they move into the future.
ELKTON HIGH SCHOOL
Highlights of the Class of 2008’s
senior year include the Big Red Riot,
going to state in volleyball and girls
basketball, taking a Shakespeare field
trip and a picnic at Honeyman State
Park, according to seniors Hailee
Anderson and Kaitlin Gomes. Some
seniors also sneaked out in the mid-
dle of the night to paint a rock cliff
with “08 We Dominate.” The graffiti
artists dove into a ditch every time a
car passed by.
The class is planning to go to
Grants Pass for whitewater rafting,
paintball and camping for its senior
trip. It’s been generous through Com-
munity 101, giving $5,000 to non-
profit organizations and $1,000 to the
school, and individually students
have taken on many projects.
The class will be remembered,
Anderson and Gomes wrote, for its
positive energy, imagination, deter-
mination and unity. The students
have a drive and passion to succeed.
GLENDALE HIGH SCHOOL
The highlights of the 2007-08
school year included a late start, early
release and going to the state playoffs
in three sports. Another highlight will
almost certainly be the Mexican
cruise the class is taking for its senior
trip. The class sponsored blood drives
and canned food drives to help out.
“We’ll be remembered for our
spontaneous personalities and our
out-of-the-box thinking,” one senior
said. “I think our class will have
some very successful people in it
Photo courtesy of Lisa Hemphill
Photo courtesy of Justin Gregory
because a lot of us are focused,
career-minded individuals.”
GLIDE HIGH SCHOOL
The Class of 2008 saw a bond levy
pass and the beginning of improve-
ments to its school building. State
track and wrestling, a “Deal or No
Deal” assembly, senior barbecue,
prom week and the 1960s dress-up
day were among the year’s high-
lights.
Students are planning a camping
trip after graduation. They put on a
blood drive for the American Red
Cross.
Most of the class has been together
since elementary school.
“We are all hard workers and have
a good work ethic,” one student
wrote. “We have some good leaders
and goal-oriented students. ... I think
our class will be successful because
of all of our determination.”
MILO ADVENTIST ACADEMY
The highlights of the year for this
year’s graduates included Senior Sur-
vival — “We were stuck in the woods
for five days. The best part was that
our class bonded,” one senior wrote
— senior recognition, auto club,
Spanish class, going to a tournament
in Walla Walla, and for boarding stu-
dents, experiencing the beauty of
Oregon. Students are heading to Cali-
fornia this week to visit Discovery
Kingdom and the Jelly Belly factory.
Each senior was given $100 to help
others, and most also took part in a
30-hour famine to raise money for
African children.
The seniors come from all over the
world, and the class is filled with
strong personalities.
The class hopes to be remembered
for a variety of reasons, from being
friends with the underclassmen to
being outgoing and crazy. Several
students talked about being kind and
loving God. The graduates believe
they’ll succeed because they are
brave, hardworking, talented and
have faith in God.
NORTH DOUGLAS
HIGH SCHOOL
After 20 years, North Douglas’
boys basketball team went to state
and finished third.
For the moment, the graduates
haven’t pulled any pranks, and they
don’t have a trip planned. The class is
unique for its diversity and will be
remembered for its “Whatever, I
don’t care, it doesn’t matter” attitude.
At the same time, the students are
known for being persistent and want-
ing to do things their way.
OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL
Fourteen of Oakland’s 33 graduates
have gone to school together since
they were in kindergarten. The sen-
iors said the class is close and gets
along well for the most part.
They expect to be remembered for
athletics and being high achievers
academically. The football team had
an undefeated season, and boys bas-
ketball and baseball teams were also
successful. Future Business Leaders
of America students will compete at
national competition.
The students are planning a Senior
Skip Day, too.
Seven of the students are going to
college out of state, and six will go to
Oregon universities. Nine are plan-
ning on community college, two have
joined the military, and one is a part-
ner in a family business.
“The class is hardworking and
driven to make a positive mark on
society!” the seniors wrote.
PHOENIX SCHOOL
The senior class at Phoenix took a
camping trip to Honeyman Park, the
Space Needle and the Aquarium in
Seattle, and they worked on the Iron
Chef Competition, which was a bene-
fit for Riverside Center. That compe-
tition was very important to the class,
since they were involved in the first
contest in the county. They have a
Senior Barbecue planned after gradu-
ation.
Students spent time volunteering at
several nonprofit organizations,
including the Family Development
Center and the food bank.
They also had some fun putting
toothpaste on the door handles of the
classrooms.
The class thinks it will be remem-
bered because the new Phoenix
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School sign was put up while they
were in school.
“Our class will be successful
because we have overcome all the
high and low tides and are still ‘Rid-
ing the Waves’ to the future,” the sen-
iors wrote.
RIDDLE EDUCATION CENTER
The Riddle Education Center sen-
iors are excited about graduating.
“We all had the same problem,”
Tracee Moulder wrote. “Regular
schools just weren’t working out for
us. So we all came here with one goal
in common, and that was to succeed.
And we did!”
The students want to be remem-
bered for their hard work and com-
munity service. The most important
thing to the students was the Save
Our School Committee. When the
school was in debt and in danger of
being shut down, the students pulled
together to help with raising $20,000
to keep the school going. They said
that brought them closer to each
other, and it helped them appreciate
their education even more.
“We’re all strong and willing and
will go on to live our dreams to the
fullest,” one senior wrote.
RIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL
Riddle High’s senior class was
marked with unity and growing up.
“With no class project or prank,
and having an uncertainty of taking a
senior trip, it makes our class beyond
the ordinary,” seniors Shelsie Fritz,
Katie Burdge and Alishia Wiggins
wrote. “A good conversation and
some steaks in the park make the
class who we are.
“For the class, we want to be
remembered as being peace makers
while bringing change, encouraging
the class behind us, and others to keep
up the hard work and dedication ...
“Through using resources, main-
taining common sense, and having a
GRADUATION 2008
Umpqua Valley Christian School seniors Alicia Morrow, left, Alayna Fong and Ashley Prentice-Free listen to
instructions before doing volunteer work at Saving Grace Pet Adoption Center. Members of the senior class fed
animals, cleaned cages and walked dogs during their visit to the center.
class safety net, the senior class will
be successful with any challenge or
obstacle they face in the next stage of
their life.”
ROSEBURG HIGH SCHOOL
Roseburg High School students
didn’t fill out our questionnaire.
Instead, they came up with five ways
to describe the class:
■ Eccentric
■ Creative
■ Individuality is byword (perhaps
the reason they didn’t tell us more)
■ Gentle cynicism
■ Activism
SOUTH UMPQUA
HIGH SCHOOL
South Umpqua High School’s
graduates will remember their final
year of high school’s special events
— homecoming, winter formal, prom
and senior barbecue. The class is
working on a bench to leave in the
school courtyard.
No trips or pranks are planned. The
class spent time collecting toys for
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.
Four seniors said the graduates are
unique both for their diversity and
because they are tight knit. They
hope they are remembered for their
young spirits.
Roseburg, Oregon—Sunday, May 25, 2008
Photo courtesy of Janet Smith
“We have integrity and we are hard
working,” they wrote. “We have a
variety of interests.”
SUTHERLIN HIGH SCHOOL
Highlights for the Sutherlin High
School graduates included state play-
offs in football, the dance contest at
the prom, Homecoming when the
guys did the Robin Hood: Men in
Tights dance, Mr. Bodeen’s stories,
and playing Halo and Rock Band all
night long.
“Even though there is a wide range
of people, our class is unique because
all of us get along well and have
mutual respect for each other,” senior
Erma Demuth wrote.
“We will be successful because we
recognize there is global competition
for the jobs we want, and as a class,
we’re a group that is ‘shooting for the
stars!’ Dane Snyder wrote.
UMPQUA VALLEY
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
One of the highlights for half the
graduates at Umpqua Valley Christ-
ian School was Senior Skip Day,
when half the class got together for
breakfast at IHOP. Taking pictures
together for the graduation ceremony
slide show also stood out.
The class spent a day volunteering
at Saving Grace Animal Shelter this
year.
“Our class is unique because we
are all casual friends,” senior Vienna
Adams wrote. “There are no concrete
‘cliques’ that can’t be broken. When
we spend time together, we have fun.
“I hope our class will be remem-
bered for its fun-loving attitude. I
hope people will think of us as a
group of fun people that cared for our
friends at school.
“I think our class will be successful
because we are very adaptable peo-
ple. We adjust to any situation and
make it enjoyable.”
YONCALLA HIGH SCHOOL
Yoncalla High School’s graduating
class is most likely to be remembered
for its diversity, Principal Brian Berry
said.
“This is the first group that tied
their senior projects strictly into the
community,” he said.
Students went to the school board
and other community meetings. They
raised money for a former student
with cancer, collected books for ele-
mentary students and others, organ-
ized blood drives and more. The class
cared about the environment, too.
It also produced outstanding ath-
letes.
“I’m excited for them to send them
off into the real world,” Berry said.
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Williams at 957-4230 or via e-mail at
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Teach for America takes education to poor
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Backpacking in Europe? Nah,
the dollar’s too weak — and
for some, the needs closer to
home are too great.
More than ever, graduating
college seniors are signing up
to spend two years in Ameri-
ca’s poorest communities as
part of Teach for America, the
nonprofit organization that
recruits and trains top college
students for teaching jobs.
The group saw applications
jump by more than a third this
year from about 18,000 to
nearly 25,000.
Of those, about 3,700 are
expected to step up to the
blackboard as new teachers
this fall. That’s up more than
25 percent from the 2,900 who
did so last year.
Several factors appear to be
behind the trend.
In a slow economy, teaching
often becomes more attractive
because it is generally consid-
ered stable.
Still, Teach for America’s
growth can’t be attributed just
to economic conditions.
The group, around since
1990, increased its recruiting
staff this year and arranged
one-on-one meetings with
30,000 students at about 400
colleges, up from last year.
“We are not in the business
of just going after anybody,”
said Elissa Clapp, who over-
sees recruiting. “We are look-
ing for a very specific person.”
That has given Teach for
America “cachet,” says Har-
vard University education pro-
fessor Susan Moore Johnson.
“The status of the program has
grown steadily among college
students,” she said.
Healthy fundraising helped
pay for the additional recruit-
ing efforts. The group’s annual
budget grew from about $40
million in 2005 to about $110
million this year.
Philanthropists like Eli
Man jailed when daughter fails to graduate
CINCINNATI (AP) — A
man ordered by a judge to
make sure his daughter hit the
books has found himself in jail
because she failed to earn a
high school equivalency diplo-
ma.
Brian Gegner, of Fairfield,
was sentenced last week to
180 days in jail for contribut-
ing to the unruliness or delin-
quency of a minor.
He was ordered months ago
to make sure his 18-year-old
daughter Brittany Gegner, who
Twins graduate as high school co-valedictorians
OTHELLO, Wash. (AP) —
Like Michelle and Erica
Wheeler, lots of twins have a
special closeness, sharing likes
and dislikes, good times and
tough going.
The Wheelers also have
something else in common,
graduating from the 850-stu-
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ern Washington town as vale-
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ica participant, teaches a math lesson in Washington recently. Backpacking in Europe? Nah,
the dollar’s too weak, and for some — the needs closer to home are too great. More than
ever, graduating college seniors are signing up to spend two years in America’s poorest com-
munities as part of Teach for America, the nonprofit that recruits and trains top college stu-
dents for teaching jobs.
Broad, whose foundation has
given $16 million to Teach for
America, say they are increas-
ingly motivated by studies
showing the program has a
positive impact on kids’ learn-
ing.
“The results speak for them-
selves,” Broad said, adding
that he plans to make a larger
contribution soon. “It’s one of
the best investments our foun-
dation has made.”
Several studies have found
Teach for America corps mem-
bers are as effective or more
effective than educators who
come through traditional
teacher preparation programs
within colleges of education.
The latest study, by the
Urban Institute, found that
has a history of truancy,
received her GED — some-
thing that hasn’t happened yet.
Brittany Gegner, who said
Monday that she plans to take
a required GED test this
month, said her father should-
n’t be blamed for her failure
because she has been living
with her mother.
“It was my wrongdoing, not
his,” said Brittany Gegner,
whose fiance and 18-month-
old daughter also live at her
mother’s home in nearby
Michelle joked.
“It’s easy to confide in each
other,” Erica said. “We can
help each other through diffi-
culties.”
Both took advance place-
ment classes, including Eng-
lish, science and calculus, “the
toughest courses we offer at
the high school,” school coun-
selor Norma Gonzalez said.
They’re also active in Future
Farmers of America, play on
the softball team — Michelle
as pitcher and Erica as catcher
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Teach for America high school
teachers have a particular edge
in boosting math and science
test scores.
But Johnson, of Harvard,
cautions that there isn’t
enough research to make
definitive conclusions about
the effectiveness of Teach for
America’s teachers. The stud-
ies also haven’t quieted critics,
who say Teach for America
recruits are far too unprepared
for the challenges of teaching,
particularly in poor communi-
ties with low-performing
schools.
Recruits often have no prior
education experience or course
work. They get five weeks of
intensive training the summer
before they start teaching, and
Hamilton. “He shouldn’t have
to go to jail for something I
did.”
Her mother agrees.
“Brittany is almost 19 years
old now and I think it’s unfair
to put her father in jail,” said
Shana Roach. “She’s an adult
now, and it’s not right to rip an
innocent man from his home.”
Butler County Juvenile
Court administrator Rob Cle-
venger Jr. said Monday that
the court still has jurisdiction
in the case because Brittany
— and lead the Leo Club, a
teen auxiliary of the Lions
Club, with Michelle as presi-
dent and Erica vice president.
“You would love to have a
classroom of 30 of them or 40
of them,” math teacher Laurie
Stickel said. “They’re good,
wholesome kids.”
While they are fraternal
rather than identical twins and
have some differences, includ-
ing the dresses they wore to
their prom, their close rela-
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then they get professional
development during the school
year provided by Teach for
America and the districts in
which they work.
Elizabeth Venechuk, who
teaches third-grade in Wash-
ington, D.C., said the Teach
for America training was
strong given the obvious time
limitations. “I don’t think any
teacher is prepared for that
first year,” she said.
Venechuk, in her second
year, is clearly in command of
her class of squirmy eight- and
nine-year-olds. During a
recent late afternoon lesson in
lines and shapes, she had kids
enthusiastically and politely
asking questions and demon-
strating with their bodies — in
Gegner was a juvenile when
the truancy problems began
and when the charge against
Brian Gegner was filed in
2007.
A hearing on a motion filed
by Brian Gegner’s attorney to
reconsider the sentence is
scheduled. Messages seeking
comment were not returned
Monday at the offices of
defense attorney Tamara Sack
and the Butler County prose-
cutor.
students, Stickel said.
“Together they’re brighter,”
she said. “They make a
whole.”
Erica agrees. “I don’t feel
the same if she’s not with me,”
she said, “but I know if I have
her support I’ll be fine.”
Both plan to enroll at Wash-
ington State University in
Pullman, study pharmacy and
live in the same dormitory, but
Michelle said they expect to
be less involved in each
other’s lives.
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Asked what surprised her
most, Venechuk said, “how
much organization you need to
have and how much you love
your kids.”
She plans to stay at least
another year at Powell Ele-
mentary School, a neglected
old building with mismatched
classroom supplies. Nearly all
the kids are poor and either
black or Hispanic, two minori-
ty groups that generally lag
behind their white peers aca-
demically.
Venechuk says she isn’t sure
what she’ll do afterward. “I
wasn’t planning on a career in
education. I’m still not sure if
I am,” she said.
Teach for America teachers
are less likely to stay in the
classroom than those who
come through traditional
teacher preparation routes, and
that has fueled criticism.
“Recruitment is only half
the battle. The other side of
that battle is retention,” said
Rob Weil, deputy director of
educational issues at the
American Federation of
Teachers. “I’m going to say
that just having people come
and go in the profession is not
going to make a quality educa-
tion for students.”
Teach for America support-
ers note that low-income
schools already have high
turnover rates. Teach for
America estimates a third of
its alumni stay in the class-
room, while many others have
other jobs in the education
field.
Stanford University educa-
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said she thinks Teach for
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“The shame is that we have
so many schools serving low-
income, low-achieving kids
that need teachers so badly and
can’t attract teachers in a more
stable way,” Loeb said.
She has conducted research
indicating Teach for America
teachers are not as effective in
reading as they are in math.
Teach for America leaders say
they have responded to such
research by revamping literacy
training, an example of how
the program is willing and
able to change, they say.
The organization also has
reworked its professional
development and stepped up
efforts to ensure that recruits
are clustered in schools.
Clapp said she also has
increased efforts to ensure that
recruiters paint a realistic pic-
ture of life as a new teacher in
low-income communities.
That’s in response to critics
who say not enough is done to
make sure young idealists
don’t find themselves shocked
and frustrated by the harsh
realities of the job.
“I think people don’t under-
stand how little it behooves us
to sell a false picture,” said
Clapp. “None of us are in this
to have people quitting on us
in the middle.” She said more
than 85 percent of corps mem-
bers finish their two-year com-
mitment.
Teach for America founder
Wendy Kopp said she’d like to
see the corps of first- and sec-
ond-year teachers grow to
8,000 by 2010, up from about
5,000 now.
“We’re never satisfied,” she
said. “That is just the nature
maybe of this work. There is
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Scholar, 10, takes college by storm
DOWNEY, Calif. (AP) —
With the end of another school
year approaching, college
sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin
is cramming for final exams in
classes such as advanced
mathematics, foreign lan-
guages and music.
But Cavalin is only 10 years
old. And at 4-foot-7, his shoes
don’t quite touch the floor as
he puts down a schoolbook
and swivels around in his chair
to greet a visitor.
“I’m studying statistics,”
says the alternately precocious
and shy Cavalin, his textbook
lying open on the living room
desk of his parents’ apartment
in this quiet suburb east of Los
Angeles.
Within a year, if he keeps up
his grades and completes the
rest of his requirements, he
hopes to transfer from his two-
year program at East Los
Angeles College to a presti-
gious four-year school and
study astrophysics.
One of his primary interests
is “wormholes,” a hypothetical
scientific phenomenon con-
nected to Albert Einstein’s the-
ory of relativity.
It has been theorized that if
such holes do exist in space,
they could — in tandem with
black holes — allow for the
kind of space-age time travel
seen in science fiction.
“Just like black holes, they
suck in particulate objects, and
also like black holes, they also
travel at escape velocity,
which is, the speed to get out
of there is faster than the speed
of light,” Cavalin says. “I’d
like to prove that wormholes
are really there and prove all
the theories are correct.”
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borrow for college, federal
loans are almost always the
best deal. But a new study
finds that more than 1 million
community college students —
a disproportionate number of
them minorities — can’t get
such loans because their
schools decline to participate
in the federal loan program.
These community colleges
have their reasons — including
trying to protect students from
borrowing too heavily.
But the report, to be released
Thursday by the California-
based Project on Student Debt,
argues that such schools are
denying students an important
benefit. It said students who
can’t get federal loans may have
to work more or take on private
loans and credit card debt.
The findings were criticized
by national groups represent-
ing community colleges and
financial aid administrators, as
well as people who work at
some of the colleges. They
note community colleges are
usually far cheaper than four-
year schools, so it’s reasonable
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plus average in his classes.
First, he has statistics home-
work to finish. Later, he’ll
work with his mother, Shu
Chen Chien, to brush up on his
Mandarin for his Chinese
class.
Then it’s over to the piano to
prepare for his recital in music
class. His father, Yosef Cav-
alin, frets about the piano-
playing, noting that his only
child recently broke his arm
pursuing another passion, mar-
tial arts. He has won several
trophies for his age group.
“Finals are coming and
everything and he cannot play
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A new report shows at least 60 percent of community college
students in Georgia were denied access to federal loans
because of the schools they attended.
States with highest percentage of community college students
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Alabama
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Tennessee
Utah
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dents would see the dollar
signs and not use it for educa-
tional purposes and maybe get
in over their heads,” said Bren-
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cial aid for all of the Central
Georgia Technical College.
The report comes at time of
intense focus on federal aid
programs like subsidized and
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with both hands. He’ll just try
to play with the right hand,” he
says. “I don’t know how his
grade’s going to be in piano. It
worries me a bit.”
If past success is any indica-
tion, his son will find a way to
compensate. Cavalin, who
enrolled in college more than a
year ago, has maintained an A-
plus average in such subjects
as algebra, history, astronomy
and physical education.
College officials couldn’t
immediately say whether he is
the youngest student in the
school’s 63-year history.
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ness, and the government is
drawing up plans to ensure
students can get such loans for
school next fall.
So far, there’s no evidence
eligible students won’t be able
to secure loans because of the
credit crunch. But this new
report highlights students who
can’t get federal loans because
of the school they attend.
Affected students amount to
just one in 10 community col-
lege students nationwide, but
at least 47 percent of students
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