Wednesday, June 17, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sisters
salutes...
Judy Stewart <Moma=
wrote:
<Seventeen years ago I
was summoned by my fam-
ily to move from Santa Fe,
New Mexico, to Sisters to
be near their busy family.
With two older sisters, who
needed lots of guidance, I
found myself in the company
of a 2-year-old grandson and
we were together often. I
think I spent hundreds of
hours watching him play
in Village Green Park and
licked as many ice cream
cones from Sno Cap Drive
In. I watched him grow
through all of the phases that
our children go through.
<Without getting too sen-
timental, as grandmothers
have a tendency to do, I want
to share the results of invest-
ing myself in my grandson.
<With many interests,
his feats have been shared
in The Nugget through the
years: honor roll, astronomy
club, science club, ski club,
an advocate of re-enactments
of the Civil War and he was
interviewed at age 11 due to
an enormous foxhole which
was dug on his father9s prop-
erty in Camp Sherman.
<Instead of spending
his senior year at Sisters
High School, Christopher
Lundgren made application
to United World College
and is accepted into their
two-year program. With
campuses worldwide he will
be off next year to UWC in
Montezuma, New Mexico,
situated in an old castle-like
building in a very beautiful
part of the state.
<Christopher was offered
a $50,000 Davis scholar-
ship because the school
likes the picture of what he
represents.
<So, I9m saying
8Farewell9 to my wonderful
friend in the autumn because
he grew up far too fast and
now must go out into the
world and find out how he
will fit into it.
<I want to share this
happy event in a world full
of coronavirus, protests and
fear to remind us to anchor
ourselves to the goodness
around us and realize that
such good opportunities are
still happening.
<Thanks to this sturdy,
devoted little town and all
of our great parents, grand-
parents, and teachers, Sisters
produces great kids.
<Good
luck
to
Christopher and all of the
youth launching out in dif-
ferent directions.=
GRADUATION: Sisters
High School made the
most of the moment
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direction of choir instruc-
tor Rick Johnson. Another
student, Ian Cash, and his
father Brian, then pulled it
all together.
Before fully getting
underway with the ceremony,
Hosang shared special thanks
to a number of people and
organizations, including the
Sisters Rodeo Association
for the use of the facility and
providing volunteers to make
the event happen.
<This has been a huge
community effort, which is
why I love being part of the
Sisters community,= he said.
Hosang also recognized
three high school staff mem-
bers who are leaving the
district this year, including
teacher Andy Scheele, who
will be working at the school
in Warm Springs, teacher
Leah Soloff, who is moving
to Chicago to be closer to her
son, and para-professional
Rongi Yost, who is retiring.
Applause was replaced
with horn blasts.
Rather than giving
W e’re
OPEN!
separate speeches, seven
valedictorians 4 Lola
Green, Lydia Bartlett, Olivia
Hougham, Joelle Asson, Kate
Bowen, Maddison Anderson,
and Evan Martinez 4 col-
laborated on a video message
that included some <lessons=
they learned during their
school years, including how
attitude matters in the face of
adversity.
One said, <In the blink of
an eye the last of our senior
year was taken from us and
we all had to process the
frustration and sadness in
our own way and in our own
time, but from this we have
grown in new ways.=
Another added, <It is
important to recognize that
we are never truly alone...
now is the time to place the
common good ahead of our
personal desires by working
together.=
<We are all responsible
for the future...we can decide
to live carelessly or we can
decide to live with the inten-
tion to exceed who we were
yesterday. Let9s go out into
the world and choose to
care.=
Following the theme
of never being truly alone,
seniors Brianna Bachmeier,
Chloe Gold, Sierra
PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG
Elijah Gurney and Garrett Kersavage celebrate their commencement.
Henneous, Bryanna Marlatt,
and Victoria Shelswell-
White were featured in a
pre-recorded video version
of the song <Stand by Me.=
Like the national anthem,
producing the video required
special effort. Expertise from
local videographer Sam Pyke
and music mixing by band
teacher Tyler Cranor made it
possible.
The Sisters High School
tradition of having graduates
present a flower of thanks to
a significant adult led seniors
to exit their cars momentarily
to fetch the roses set outside
and make delivery. Sisters
Floral generously donated
flowers to each senior as
well.
Another tradition, a musi-
cal slideshow of graduates
<then and now= featuring
baby pictures contrasted with
senior portraits, was the final
piece before Hosang began
calling the graduates to go
forward from their cars to
receive their diplomas.
Just as the first senior
drew to the stage, the wind
died and the sun peeked
through in the west, a bit of
a gift and perhaps a symbol
of hope to the class of 2020
after a challenging year.
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