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Amber Jack

Alexis Johnson

Brien Keene

Emma Kent

Thomas Kok

Dylan Lake

Jackson Larsen

Ashley Lee

Jackson Lockwood

Ciarra Magnuson

Mayra Maldonado Camargo

Lauren Marfio

Trenton Markcum

Madison McCrumb

Zayda Melinowski

Aaryn Mitchell

Addison Mitchell

Alexandrea Moore

Hannah Nadeau

Paige Nadeau

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Jacob Peasley

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Julia Rodrigues Souza

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Kendra Schultz

Grace Schwandt

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After battling a number of different trials and tribulations throughout her four years of high school, Danielle Carpenter, 18, will be graduating from Lakeview Community Schools this June and will then be headed to Michigan State University to study hospitality. — DN Photo | Brandon Schreur

‘It happened, we made it and I’m me’

Lakeview High School senior reflects on past high school, mother diagnosed with breast cancer during sophomore year

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or Danielle Carpenter, the road to graduation hasn’t necessarily been an easy one.

It was during the summer between her freshman and sophomore year when Carpenter’s mother, Kicia Carpenter, was diagnosed with breast cancer.

“It all happened right as I was getting ready to start my sophomore year,” Danielle said. “It was hard because I had to keep up with schoolwork while I also wanted to be with my family. I was fortunate enough to have a really good principal at the time, as he’d let me go to my mom’s doctors appointments to be with her when I needed to be.

It was a lot of balancing BRANDON SCHREUR school days with days when I needed to be bschreur@staffordgroup.com there.”

The cancer, Danielle says, came out of nowhere and completely blind-sided her entire family.

“It was really hard because we didn’t expect any of this,” she said. “…When I was a lot younger, my dad also had cancer, too. When we got this news, we knew what it meant.”

Still, Danielle was able to push through it all and remarkably managed to maintain her 3.5 GPA while her family was going through all of this.

“It might have gone down just a little bit, but I still wanted to keep it up and managed to do so,” she explained.

It was during Danielle’s junior year that she received the good news that her mother’s cancer had gone into remission.

“She’s been doing really well ever since then,” Danielle said. “In the future, there might be some little things they have to do for upkeep, but we’re mostly done with it — which is something that’s, really really awesome.”

Now, Danielle says that her senior year at Lakeview High School has largely been about participating in all of the extracurriculars she missed out on beforehand as she’s currently involved in band, soccer, forensics and drama.

When she’s not too busy with all those activities, she can also be found working at Cairns Country Cones in Langston.

“I like to tell people that its the best first job ever because I don’t think I’m ever going to get much better than scooping ice cream,” she said with a laugh. “… For most of the year, I haven’t been getting home until 9 p.m. It has been busy, but I get to be busy with stuff that I enjoy doing, so no complaints here. It’s been a good year. There still have been some ups and downs, but nothing compared to what came before it.”

With graduation just a few weeks away, Danielle has now turned her mind to the future as she recently found out she was accepted into Michigan State University this coming fall.

“I’m going there to study hospitality, and I’m excited to go try something new and be in a different place,” she said. “Long term, I think it would be really cool to run a ski resort out of Colorado. Like, wouldn’t that be awesome? I love to ski, but that’s also related to why I like the idea of hospitality so much. You can use it anywhere or to do just about anything, and it fits into so much.”

Kicia, who owns the Lakeview Barbershop, couldn’t be more proud of her daughter, either.

“She’s been such an easy kid that I haven’t really had any problems with her,” Kicia said. “She’s just made it really easy, to the point where I can’t believe it’s already time for graduation. I’m very proud of her and I’m excited that she’s excited for what’s next. She’s getting ready to get out there and spread her wings to do all she can. I’m sure that she’s going to be great at all of it.”

Looking back on the past four years, Danielle is also certain that she wouldn’t have made it this far with-

out the support of her family.

“We all really came together during that time,” she said. “I guess that I couldn’t really ask for anything to be different at this point, because then I wouldn’t be who I am. We can always wish for things to have not happened, but I don’t think it’s worth doing. It happened, we made it and I’m me.”

Danielle Carpenter, 18, is graduating from Lakeview High School in June. Carpenter, who has lived in the Lakeview area her whole live, has had a long road to graduation as her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer during her sophomore year. — DN

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n May 30, Baccalaureate is at 6 p.m. in the Junior/Senior High gym and Awards Night follows at 7 p.m. in the Junior/ Senior High cafeteria.

Commencement for the 50 graduating seniors will begin at 6 p.m. June 2 at Montabella Elementary school. Valedictorian Connor Riley, salutatorian Eleesha (Misha) Colburn and senior class president Kaylee Closson, along with High School Principal Shane Riley will be the featured speakers.

Class motto: “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” — Babe Ruth Class song: “Don’t Forget About Me” — by Simple Minds from the movie “Breakfast Club” Class flower: White rose Class color: Navy

Katelynn Marie Anderson

Laura Jane Boerma

Evan David Brittain

Garett Laurence Chaney

Kaylee Jo Closson

Eleesha Mandy Colburn

Ethan Hunter Crawford

Gary N. Daily III

Lucas Gregg Deck

Ethan Alexander Dove

Nathaniel Duane Ellsworth

Grant Joshua Estill

Kayla Ann Fisher

Chance James Florez

Nicholas James Frisbie

Courtney Alaine Gee

Erik Nicholas Green

Laura Elizabeth Keilholtz

Teresa Irene Klumpp

John-James G. Konkus

Brayden Michael LeFever

Lucas Scott Lippert

Seth Aklum Lubguban

Jordan Shawn Mawhirter

Alyssa Marie Miller

Tiffany Marge Miller

Samuel Clark Palmer

Zachary Edward Qualls

Jasmine Elizabeth Racine

Connor Dennis Ronald Riley

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Joe Rocha

Brianna Michelle Russell

Samantha Jo Sanchez Hemmingsen

Bryannah Pauline Schofield

Austin Timothy Skinner

Destiny Rose Snyder

Jalissa JoAnne Swinson

Elijah Lee Vestergaard

Tyler Steven Walter

Anthony Charles Warchuck

Trentin Scott Willemstein

Bryce David Withey

Caden James Woolworth

Marshall Wayne Wright

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accalaureate is 6 p.m. on May 19 in the Tri-County High School gymnasium.

Dinah Gerard, Tri-County High School English teacher, will be the keynote speaker at the Tri-County graduation at 7 p.m. May 23 in the high school gymnasium. Approximately 160 seniors will be graduating.

The Class of 2019 valedictorians are Alexis Davison, Cassidy Garvon, Mackenzie Mooney, Shamar Shqair and Emma Sickelsteel. Salutatorians are Brook Christensen, Zoe Pyle, Kayla Stevens and Jared Wozniak.

Class motto: “Our lives are before us, the past is behind us, but our memories are forever with us.”

Class song: “Good Old Days” —Macklemore.

Class charity: The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Julian Abbott

Cassandra Aben

Adam Ashley

Jon Ashley

Ray Badge-McCurry

Ashley Baker

Hayley Beemer

Rieley Beemer

Skylar Birdsall

Hunter Blake

John Bogardus

Dagan Bosworth

Cheyenne Bouwens

Dylan Bowden

Natalee Bradley

Logan Brantley

Samantha Brecker

Wyatt Brinks

Devon Callender

Jillian Campbell

Virginia Castle

Alissa Chavez

Tanner Ching

Brook Christensen

Kamri Christie

Shannon Conway

Michelle Danh

Jareak David

Alexis Davison

James Dean

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Tri County

Henry Docter

Elizabeth Draher

Tia Drilling

Bryce Dube

Kyle Durham

Sarah Easter

Grace Elder

Katelyn Ellsworth

Dylan Emmons

Kyle Engle

Ashlyn Fall

Malachi Fankhauser

Timothy Findley

Wade Freeland

Collin Gardner

Cassidy Garvon

Dion’Tae Givens

Kasie Gonzalez

Gabriel Goosen

Gracie Gore

Bryce Hallman

Chase Hayman

Aubrey Hearth

Searrah Herendeen

Makaila Hojnacki

Troy Holappa

Jacob Homrich

Taylor Ipema

Seth Jackson

Cameron Janes

Chase Jelinski

Zachary Johnson

Taylor Karhoff

Garrett Keaveny

Ian Kerslake

Haley Krebs

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Jacob Bullen Stanton McDonald’s

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Bryce Withey Edmore McDonald’s

Marshall Rauch Edmore McDonald’s

Ashley Jerome Edmore McDonald’s

Kyleah Antcliff Belding McDonald’s

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Jeffery Dukes Belding McDonald’s

Rheagan Etcher Belding McDonald’s

Stetson Rice Belding McDonald’s

Breanna Conley Belding McDonald’s

Kiera Snyder Belding McDonald’s

Lynsey Hiemstra Belding McDonald’s

Hannah Thomas Belding McDonald’s

Paige Martin Belding McDonald’s

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Courtney Boyd Lakeview McDonald’s

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Aleah Holliday Lakeview McDonald’s

Jacob Anmdriacchi Lakeview McDonald’s

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Jacob Peasley Lakeview McDonald’s

Judy Richmond Greenville McDonald’s

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Katelyn Miller Greenville McDonald’s

Alivia Sieffert Lakeview McDonald’s

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Tri County

Sawyer Lewis

Dylan Lippner

Summer Longstreet

Jesse Lopez

Jennifer Ludwig

Wyatt Magoon

Anna Mantelli

Melody Marcum

Brazen Marek

Noah Marsh

Macey Matulis

Kaitlyn McBride

Joshua McKay

Noah Merritt

Jessica Meyer

Grace Miller

Sierra Misner

Mackenzie Mooney

Myria Moore

Andres Moya-Salas

Kaylee Moyer

Joseph Nagy

Thomas Nelson

Morgan Nestle

Madison Nieto

William Nind

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David Osbourne

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Tri County

Megan Owen

Todd Parker

Dezaray Parker-Norvell

Jacob Ploeg

Ashley Pollaski

Mason Poortenga

Gabriella Puente

Zoe Pyle

Brendan Rine

Madison Risley

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Nicole Scorziewo

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Nicholas Seymour

Myra Sharp

Saige Shepard

Carmen Sherburne

Shamar Shqair

Emma Sickelsteel

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Martin Slendebroek

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Tri County

Brooklyn Straub

Jessica Thompson

Kenneth Totengco

Minh Tran

Chelsea VanderLind

Wyatt VanderZand

Rachel VanDyke

Alexandria Verburg

Alfredo Visser

Zara Walejewski

Michaela Weber

Cylee Weining

Breeanna Willison

Jared Wozniak

James Wykes

Adam Zimmerman

Zane Zuzula

Charles Eady

Jason Forbes

David Hoekstra

Adam Jason

Brooke Mason

Nicholas Poprawski

Nickole Sissell

Zachary Smith

Michael VanHaitsma

Kailee Wright

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raduation for the 39 seniors from Vestaburg High School will be Sunday, June 2 starting at 2 p.m. in the high school gym.

Commencement speeches will be given by Valedictorian Ashlynn Jerome and Salutatorian Charlie Bartlett. Alumnus Doug Caris will be the keynote speaker.

Senior Honors Night is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. May 23 in the school commons and Baccalaureate is 7 p.m. May 31 in the high school gym.

Class quote: “Do not follow where the path may go; Instead go where there is no path and leave a trail.”

—Ralph Waldo Emerson Class song: “Carry On My Wayward Son” — Kansas.

Class flower: Red and white carnation

Charles Bartlett

Brennan Bauer

Seth Beebe

Devon Brookens

Joaquin Charles

Karisha Clark

Kegan Crooks

Ethan Daws

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Dalton Denman

Sarah Draves

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Meghan Fleetwood

Tanner Freeman

Sarah Hammond

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Ashlyn Jerome

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William Korthase

Nikita Lanning

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Anthony Luther

Kailee McGarvey

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Justin Palmer

Brooke Peterman

Colton Petersen

Jacob Richards

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