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Vol. 12, No. 32, Tuesday June 6, 2017 www.LamontLeader.com
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Summer-like weather was the perfect compliment to the handsome and beautiful graduates of Andrew School. There was time for a group photo of the Class of 2017 as well as plenty of photos with family and friends who had gathered for the milestone event on Saturday, June 3 in Andrew. Pictured from left to right: Dawson Danyluk, Tyra Shulko, Bryce Hrehorets, Ryan Leliuk and Ryan Zukiwski.
Dr. Seuss inspired valedictorian speech Good evening, I have some advice I’d like to share with my graduating class. For my valedictorian speech I have taken some passages by the well known author Dr. Seuss, and put my own spin on it. I really had fun making this speech. Ninety-five per cent of this is original, so I do hope it goes well. I hope you enjoy it, Oh I so hope you do; I hope you listen and maybe learn a thing or two. Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! You’ve come from a small town, a small school, but now’s your chance to get out there and play. Be somebody big, be somebody grand, don’t sit here with your feet in the
sand. You have brains in your head, and feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where you go. There are games to be won, success to succeed, you’ll be famous as famous can be…but sometimes this is not so, I’m afraid that you’ll play lonely games too. Games you can’t win cause you’ll play against you. But on you will go, through rain or through sleet, cause you of all people will not be beat. Class of 2017, let’s not settle for average, NO! Whatever your path, this needn’t be so. Be farmers, be soldiers, be tradesmen too, maybe even an animal behaviourist (whatever that is), will do.
So make up your mind, and make it up quick, for it isn’t about the shoes you pick; it’s where those shoes take you and whether you succeed in your own eyes, not the rest of the lot. Cause in the end, when it’s all said and done, the only one left is you, whether you’ve lost or you’ve won. Let’s not settle for anything less than great, and let’s make sure we master our fate. Let’s not settle for anything less than we can DO, and let’s not settle for anything less than YOU. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft, and never mix up your right foot with your left. And will you succeed? Yes! You will indeed. Ninety-eight and 3/4 per cent guaranteed.
Kid you’ll move mountains. So….be your name Bryce, Dawson, Tyra, Ryan or Ryan again. You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting. So get on your way. Wow, that was a mouthful. Thank you for listening. Tyra Shulko