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Graduation:A Time for Joy and Sorrow
"Eleven of you ·tarted "One of my greate t xpe-
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your journ y h r at Mead nence throughout high
Publi 'chools and the ad- chool has been my \\ ork. I
ditional ten of us at other tarted my freshman year at ·~~.
schools as br away a Mi - Todd Valley Farms. I started
souri, to as close as Wahoo." in a planting room \\ ith a
'Tom it feels as though bunch of girl . We planted
Sara Ballard we have all grO\\ n up and tray ofbuffalo gra s, and the Luke Bryan
Valedictorian matured into who we are to- more tray you got done th Salutatorian
day, in th s pa t few better. I made up my mind
months and years ·pent h re at M ad." that I wasn't going to I t a bunch of girls do better
"Congratulations cia mates, we've made it." than m . So, I focused all my attention to planting
"Graduates, I believe that congratulations ar gras. and strived to do my b 'it, and I mu t say I
due not only to u , but to our t ach rs, parents, did whup up on them."
friends, family and administrators. For they have "Over the years, quite a f w 1 ople have asked
helped us to achieve our remarkable succe s, in m , '\ hy do you work o much? You can work for
the classroom, and on the court. Our accomplish- the rest of your life.' My re ponse would always be,
ments are your accomplishments, for you have 'I have to make money.' ow I an reali;:e that was
given us the onfiden e, trust, fi·eedom, and cour- the wrong re ponse. I worked be ·ause it was what
age that is necessary for us to do our very best." I loved to do."
"A long a you work hard at what you do,
whether it's at school, work, SJ orts, or any other
FREE BIRD activities and have fun doing it, you can achiev
and b anything you want to be, making your
dream of your future come true."
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39 Graduation
