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Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Wallowa graduates class of 15
By ANN BLOOM
For the Wallowa County Chieftain
WALLOWA — Despite the rain
and the rumble of thunder, 15 seniors
from Wallowa High School, diplomas
clasped fi rmly in hand, stepped into
their futures, as approximately 200
family members and friends looked
on. Some are headed to various col-
leges while others look to enter the
workforce, work with their family’s
business or attend a trade school.
The Wallowa High School Class
of 2022 members are Haley Brock-
amp, Kolby Mandal, Levi Pringle,
Lane Tanzey, Josey Johnson, Abby
Tippet, Hailey Davidson, Chance
Young, Ryder Goller, Ian Foster,
Ruben Hunt, Jesse Duncan, Wil-
lie Gibbs, Adalyn Deal and Jessica
Duby. The graduates were awarded
over $320,000 in scholarship and
grant money to help them reach their
academic goals.
The ceremony was held on the
Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland
Grounds. Salutatorian, Jesse Dun-
can told his fellow classmates that it
was up to them to take what they had
learned and go to into the world and
make the world a better place. Wil-
lie Gibbs, the valedictorian, thanked
his parents, teachers and everyone for
“making Wallowa what it is,” he said.
“Growing up here made me feel so
special,” he said.
The commencement address was
delivered by Cody Sheehy, Class of
1997, a documentary fi lmmaker. He
told the graduates they didn’t need to
feel guilty if they didn’t know what
they wanted to do with their lives
right now. He told them friends and
family are for life and they should
be open to new ideas to start a new
career because they wanted to, not
because they had to start one.
“The best part is still ahead. You
get to be yourself and make the
rules,” he said.
Superintendent Tammy Jones’ fi rst
word to express the signifi cance of
the day and of the specialness of the
class of 2022, was “Wow!”
“It’s a really exciting, special day.
These students are some of the hard-
est working, most fearless kids I’ve
ever met,” she said. “They are the fi rst
to step forward to help with anything.
They’ve had to go through high school
with COVID, gallons of hand sani-
tizer and masks. Today is their day.
One-hundred percent rain or shine,
they wanted to be here,” she said.
Local
student
named to
Sheridan
honor roll
Chieftain staff
Ann Bloom/Contributed Photo
Wallowa High School Class of 2022 walks to the seating area at the Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland Grounds in
Wallowa as the community band plays “Pomp and Circumstance.”
Ann Bloom/Contributed Photo
The Wallowa Elementary Select Choir and Company sings the national anthem, led by teacher Wendy Stauff er.
SHERIDAN, Wyo. —
Michael Diggins of Wal-
lowa was named to the Pres-
ident’s Honor Roll for the
spring semester at Sheri-
dan College
in Sheridan,
Wy o m i n g ,
according
to a press
release.
Diggins,
a 2019 grad-
Diggins
uate of Wal-
lowa High
School, is one of 83 students
who earned a place on the
President’s Honor Roll and
earned a perfect 4.0 GPA for
the semester with 12 or more
credit hours.
At the time of his high
school graduation, Diggins
said he planned to study
range and agribusiness at
Sheridan College. He has
worked for several ranches
and wants to go into ranch
management.
The college holds three
honor rolls: President’s
Honor Roll, Vice President’s
Honor Roll and the Part-
Time Honor Roll.
The Vice President’s
Honor Roll includes 84 stu-
dents who earned at least
a 3.5 GPA or above for the
semester with 12 or more
credit hours.
Finally, the 59 students
named to the Part-Time
Honor Roll earned a 3.5 GPA
or above for the semester
with at least six credit hours.
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