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Cherokeean
HERALD
Page 2A
Wednesday, June 20,2007
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Graduates, have a
'wonderful wonderful'
'Let your dreams take you to the corners of your smiles'
ELIZABETH GUINN
Elizabeth Guinn
RHS Salutatorian
Goodeveningfamily, friends,
teachers, administrators, and
graduates. Thank you all for
coming out tonight. Gradua-
tion is finally
here, I have
been look-
ing forward
to this day.
as I am sure
you all have;
One thing I
was not look-
ing for ward to
was writing
this speech. I am not a writer,
to which all of my English
teachers can attest. I found
myself chawing pictures and
ripping out blank pages from
a spiral. I will say that my
speech was a lot easier to
write after I turned off the
TV. I started thinking of all
the memories I'd had at Rusk
High School, the good, the bad,
and the ugly. The majority of
the memories I take with me
are good.
Many things have changed
since we started school, Gas
was much cheaper, and there
was no American Idol. Our
wheels were trikes and bikes
instead of cars and trucks.
But I think that for the most
part, our class has stayed
the same stubborn fun-loving
bunch that we wfere when we
started.
After tonight we will no
longer be unified under the
'07 bond. We will all go our
separate ways. Some will go
to college, others straight to
work, while others will join
the military. I wish everyone
luck in whatever you have
chosen.
Our past year s at Rusk High
School have helped shape who
we are. Who knows when
knowing the Lord's Prayer
in Anglo-Saxon will come in
handy.
As freshmen, we were first
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KINSEYGRESHAM
introduced to the evilness of
Dickens, the plots of Shake-
speare and our first taste of
the legendary Mrs, Turney,
We made it through though,
pretty much unscathed.
Sophomore year was a bit
rougher¡ From A Tale of Two
Cities to Algebra II and Chem-
istry. I think I can sayfor most
of us sophomore year couldn't
end soon enough.
Junior year was our first
year to have Mr. Scallon as
an English teacher. I was
amazed that one man could
have music for all occasions;
from test taking music to
reading assignment music to
Native American Day Party
music.
Senior year, the year we
had all been looking forward
to. Once again we had Mr.
Scallon andMrs. Tur noy. who
kept us working until the last
day of school.
I would like to thank Mr.
Scallonfor keeping us modest,
Mrs. Turney for teaching us to
dissect not destroy Mrs. Nimi-
tz for letting us play Jeop ar dy,
Mr. Scallon for always hav-
ing music to do anything by
Mrs. Crysup for telling us
the capital of Switzerland
and all that math stuff, the
technology department for
blocking almost everything
on the internet, Mr. Scallon
for never-lying, Mr. Ward for
not always having the floor,
and Mr. Scallon for giving us
things compliments of the lo-
cal English department.
During my Spanish II class
Mrs. Fernandez would always
tell us to have a "wonderful,
wonderful.'' This would always
leave us puzzled, but tonight,
it is the perfect closing.
You can write in what you
want, career, be It college or
professional, haircut or mar-
riage, So I say to you have a
wonderful, wonderful.
RHS high ranking student
Well guys, we did it. Wel-
come to graduation. Now that
I officially have the floor, good
evening graduates. It just so
happens Mr. Scallon does not
have music for me to say my
speech by. I
want you all
to know that
the past 13
years of my
life have been
a time I will
never forget.
No matter
where I go,
each and ev-
ery one of you have made such
a profound imp act on my life,
you will not be forgotten. I
sometimes think about what
our senior shirts say "I just
spent 113,880 hours of my life
to receive a piece of paper and
a handshake," but to me these
hours mean much more. It has
been a time of learning, grow-
ing, and sharing with each of
you. We have hadgood andbad
times together, but no matter
what, we always seemed to get
through it.
Kinsey Gresham
When we were younger,
I was probably one of the
most misbehaved students
in our class: but look at me
now. Most of you probably
call me a "goody-good." I am
not ashamed of what I have
developed into so far, and
I know that there is much
more change ahead of you
and me. While going through
this transformation, there are
certain aspects of life we will
need to give special attention.
First of all. Rusk is a wonder-
ful place, and l am so thankful
for everything that this town
has meant to me. There are
great friends, community
members, and schools here,
but I do encourage you all to
get out and see the world. I
want us to see things we've
never seen, go to the places on
TV Be adventurers. Another
p;irl of life that we need to
focus on is our goals, I believe
we should set our standards
high, be determined, and the
best we Can be, whether we go
to college or straight into the
work force. We will be faced
with many tough choices.
Remember to be wise and
think about the consequences
of our actions. There will be
obstacles that will take a toll
on our lives, but don't let them
get in your way of succeeding.
Never give up. I also want to
encourage each of you to have
a self examination of your
spiritual life. It has been a
goal of mine to exemplify a
Christian attitude in all that
I do, and I want to persuade
you all to do the same. When
times get rough and you feel
that there is no one there for
you; know that you can always
turn to God.
Now that all of the serious
business has been covered, I
would like to reflect on some
of the good times we had to-
gether. Doyourememberhow
disappointed \ve were the year
after we left primary-they got
that super cool playground?
However; the elementary
playground will always be my
favorite. I can remember all
the girls used to do was tumble
down that big hill. Kortnie
Galan even tumbled with her
broken wrist in a cast; she
was doing one-handed back
handsprings. Neat huh?
Teenagers are notorious
for their slang. When we get
older we'll look back and laugh
at some of the phrases like;
"fresh as our return baby,"
"chunk up the deuce," "what
it do?," "chea," "footloose,"
"you know," "peace up. A-town
down," "who? Brent Jones"
"what'supbig cuh?," "straight
milkin' baby," and my favorite
"you make me wanna leave
the one I'm with."
Schools out, memories past,
don't ever doubt, our friend-
ships will last. I really do
love all you guys. I will leave
you with this quote from an
unknown author, "I hope your
dreams take you to the corners
of your smiles, to the highest
of your hopes, to the windows
of your opportunities, and to
the most special places your
heart has ever known.
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