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By LISA G. CURRIE
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Adorned in the traditional blue and white caps and gowns, 70 Rappahannock County High School seniors marched forward last Saturday to receive their diplomas from high school.
After the welcome, given by high school principal John Toth, an invocation was asked by senior Melanie Woodward, followed by farewell remarks from Rappahannock County School Board chairwoman Beverly Massie. <
Using * astronaut Neil Armstrong’s famous quote, salutatorian Elizabeth Conover referred to the “step” her peers and friends were about to make “one small step into adulthood,” and with each step the class of 1990 should work to “make tlfe world a better place.”
She ended with a quote from Henry David Thoreau’s “On Walden Pond,” reminding students that no matter how “poor their lives” may be, there is goodness and hope.
Before Elizabeth Oliver’s valedictorian address, seniors Benji Roy and Gina Fletcher sang, with choral support, “That’s What Friends Are For” between choral and band selections.
“Plant a tree and let it blossom,” Miss Oliver said to her classmates in conclusion of her speech, using trees as a metaphor for each student, their roots established and nutured by friends, family and school teachers, but cared for by each individual student. “We are the ones to bloom,” she told her peers.
Addressing parents first, 33 year veteran faculty member and 1990 guest speaker Dennis Wingfield spoke of the sacrifices parents make
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