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Port Townsend 2018 valedictorian Maria Morrison points to another plane sitting outside of her family’s airplane hanger in late May at the Jefferson County International Airport. Leader photos by Lloyd Mullen

PT graduate flies into next chapter 2018 valedictorian balances academics, sports and aviation

out to achieve,” she said of becoming a pilot. “It was just part of my lifestyle.”

Maria Morrison will be attending Duke University in North Carolina in the Fall. She said she still had Kelli Ameling not made up her mind if she kameling@ptleader.com would be taking her plane with her, or leave it behind Most of the time, a high until she comes home on school student is focused visits. on school, extracurricular “I think it would be fun,” activities, maybe a job, his she said. “But, it would defior her social life and looknitely be a big change.” ing at options for after graduation.

Port Townsend’s vale- High school career dictorian did all of that and When it comes to acaalso balanced becoming demics, Maria Morrison licensed pilot throughout described herself as “a her high school career. nerd,” and said she was Maria Morrison grew lucky enough to not really up at the Jefferson County ever have to study, making International Airport as her balancing life and school a father, Neil Morrison, was breeze. a pilot for UPS and mother, Outside of obtaining her Linda Morrison, was a flight pilot license and being the instructor at the airport.

2018 valedictorian, she was “I became a pilot when I a member of mock trial, was 17 and one month,” she dance, the volleyball team, laughed.

Fiddle Tune, 4-H and much On days approaching more. her graduation June 8, She said she always Morrison told The Leader made it a point to put she had flown 800 hours, things first where other noting only 40 hours people were counting on her are needed to receive a to pull her weight, such as certificate. group projects.

Maria Morrison said she Looking back over the really began to enjoy the years, Maria Morrison said Port Townsend 2018 valedictorian Maria Morrison adjusts the dashboard of her 1952 Piper Super Cub in late May at the Jefferson County International sport when she was able to the advice she would give Airport. fly by herself to Oshkosh, her younger self would be to which took her nine days fully appreciate and enjoy and 52 hours to complete.

Port Townsend.

“It felt cool,” she remi“And not to fall into the nisced. “It was an adventure trap of thinking it’s just a of my own.” boring old town because Currently, M a r i a it has a lot to offer and Morrison flies a 1952 Piper the people are amazing,” Super Cub that maxes out she said. “I wish I had at 80 miles per hour. She spent more time enjoying said it is nice to be able to myself rather than focusfly to Seattle in about 20 ing on school and drama … minutes. because 12 years of school “It’s not something I set goes by really fast.”

Port Townsend class of 2018 PTHS Alma Mater In a city by the water Reared against the sky Proudly stands our alma mater As the years go by Forward ever be our watchword Conquer and prevail Hail to thee our alma mater Townsend High all hail!

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Maria Morrison pushes her plane away from her family’s hanger to make room for her 1952 Piper Super Cub.

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PTHS class of 2018 reflects on shared history Kirk Boxleitner kboxleitner@ptleader.com State-level academic competitions, underdog sports victories and a shared history dating back to middle school were among the common themes hearkened back to by the speakers who addressed the Port Townsend High School class of 2018, during those students’ commencement at Fort Worden June 8.

Class Presidents Caleb Johnson and Jordyn King thanked school staff, faculty and their families with helping them stage the succession of events that defined their final year of high school at Port Townsend, from the Spring Fling and prom to various other dances and fundraisers.

Johnson and King went on to note the number of ways in which their class had connected with and contributed to the surrounding community. While the mock trial and knowledge bowl teams competed at the state level, Students For Sustainability marched for causes, and Interact supplied volunteers to nonprofit groups and chipped in for hurricane relief efforts.

In student athletics, King congratulated Redhawks football for beating Chimacum 37-7, while Johnson noted the school and personal records broken by the PTHS swim team, who made it to state. The school’s volleyball and wrestling teams were lauded for achieving their best seasons in years, while both the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams won the Chimacum trophies and first in their league.

“And great job to baseball for winning their first game in four years,” King said, adding that the PTHS class of 2019 is the first to attend the same schools together, dating back to Blue Heron Middle School, for five years. “And we’re the first class to graduate all four years as Redhawks.”

Valedictorian Maria Morrison acknowledged that, even as she and her classmates rapidly approach their official adulthood, they’re not that far removed from the days of making immature mistakes.

“We flew far together,” Morrison said. “We migrated from the first day of freshman year to waiting in the courtyard for our final class bell to ring.”

Morrison named some of the friends in her flock, a few of whom she’d shared tire swings with in preschool.

“Kayla Taylor even has a baby picture of me in her hallway, and now, we’re about to fly apart,” Morrison said. “Two weeks ago, my grandmother had a stroke and I spent the night with her in the hospital. I’m terrified of going away to college. I’m even more scared of the dark. I sleep with a nightlight on.”

Morrison nonetheless credited her classmates with pushing her to work harder, accomplish more and grow further than she would have done without the simple examples of how they conduct their own lives.

“Wherever you migrate to next in life, remember your little nest,” Morrison said. “And remember, whomever you

Port Townsend class of 2018 graduate Desi Holmes sings “I’ll Always Remeber You,” by Miley Ray Cyrus during graduation June 8. While performing, Holmes walked up to her fellow graduates to shake their hands. Leader photo by Kelli Ameling

choose to fly alongside, they are all more than whatever adjectives might be used to define them, so you can look to them for inspiration as well.”

Salutatorian Joe Calodich reflected on how the day-by-day sameness of his high school’s classroom routines had successfully masked the larger tectonic shifts that were happening under their feet, almost without their notice.

“Now, here we are, on the last end of the day, but now, the difference is, when we all go our separate ways, we may not see each other again,” Calodich said. “Boring everyday occurrences will make up the majority of your lives, so learning to love them will no doubt bring you happiness.”

Faculty Speaker Ben Dow recited a comic poem about the class of 2018, highlighting their individual foibles by name, for all 87 graduates, after faculty-chosen speaker Hannah Marx had summed up an assortment of pop culture trends and class-related changes she and her classmates had surmounted, from the Tide pod challenge to “Mr. Dow’s ohso-glorious beard phase.”

More seriously, Marx noted the class of 2018 had witness edalmost 200 school shootings on the news since the start of their freshman year in 2014. Marx quoted U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who asserted that societal change generally occurs incrementally, to the point that “real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.”

While Marx will miss many of the familiar features of her home community, from morning walks to Fort Worden to after-school slices of Waterfront Pizza, her confidence is bolstered by knowing “we have a whole town of people behind us, supporting us every step of the way,” even after graduation.

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all weren’t so incredible, and if my family and community were a little less amazing, maybe leaving wouldn’t seem so impossible,” Marx said.

Class Speaker Cece Nielsen recounted how she’d slowly broken out of her shell, and learned to assert herself among the existing and “overwhelming cacophony of other people’s voices.”

By shifting from “a spectator to the star of my own life,” Nielsen believes she can provide an inspiring role model to other young people, just as her own coaches and teammates, and family and friends, have done for her.

“I’m big now, big enough to conquer my obstacles, and big enough to help someone else over theirs,” Nielsen said.

“Whatever comforts you and gives you strength, be it faith, family or goals for the future, remember that support is always there. Wherever you are, you will always find people who love and motivate you. Remember to look to them in times of need.”

At the same time, Nielsen advised his fellow graduates to look to themselves for strength as well, especially since everything else ends eventually.

“The pain of giving something up proves that it mattered, that it was real,” Nielsen said. “This graduating class is who I am. Basketball and drama and being late are who I am.

And I’m losing those pieces of me now.”

What Nielsen has gained is a self-described “impossible goal,” to walk among the stars as an astronaut.

“I know as truth that I can do this,” Nielsen said. “And if this fire of unrest is so strong in me, I know we all have a churning desire for our success, and for the calm that will come after we’ve caught our happiness.”

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Port Townsend High School Class of 2018

Lucas Absher Sophie Benskin

Kyama-Marie Bradley

Joseph Calodich

Rosemary Carey

Clover Coupe-Carlin

Jesus Duran Kaitlyn Ellis Emmett Erickson Marc Evans

Stanislas Fontages Jackson Foster Ruby Gale Brad Gamble Jeremy Gewald Maisie Gould Ciara Halligan Robert Hammett Samantha

Haverfield

Jacob Hensel

Jesse Herman Kalista Hill Desiree Holmes Megan Jennings Cady Johnson Caleb Johnson Gabriel Jonston Emri Kilham Jordyn King

Vilma Jurmu

Naya Krienke Kailee Kunz Meigan Kunz Payton Lake Isabella Lusk Kyle Mackey Hannah Marx Ally McCallum Alana McCleese

Belen Matamoro

Port Townsend High School awards 2018 Academic Letter – 1st Year, 3.8 GPA & above: Raphael Bakin Annika Carlson Tao Johnston Jason Kunz Miriam Molotsky Julianne Short Anne Wilke Academic Letter – 2nd Year, 3.8 GPA & above: Joseph Calodich Emmett Erickson Meigan Kunz Maria Morrison Marco Salguero Lauren Taracka ASB President’s Award Leadership Award chosen by the ASB President: Sophie Benskin Joseph Calodich Jackson Foster Jordyn King Kailee Kunz Meigan Kunz Hannah Marx Kaitlyn Meek Ingrid Schultz Jaden Steinfort-Mayo

College and Career Ready: Lucas Absher Sophie Benskin Ally Bradley Joseph Calodich Emmett Erickson Ruby Gale Bradley Gamble Maisie Gould Ciara Halligan Samantha Haverfield Jesse Herman Megan Jennings Robert Jesionowski Emri Kilham Meigan Kunz Ally McCallum Alana McCleese Elise McLane Maria Morrison Cecelia Nielsen Kaiden Parcher Aliyah Parson Corinne Pierson Hanalei Schauer Ingrid Schultz Sarah Smith Jaden Steinfort-Mayo Madison Stekly Cole Walters Cal Winter Phi Betta Kappa Book: Ingrid Schultz

Department Awards for Juniors & Seniors: Band: Clover Coupe-Carlin Hunter Newton Taylor Tracer Berlynn Wells Drama: Clover Coupe-Carlin English: Elise McLane Maria Morrison Cecelia Nielsen Math: Miriam Molotsky Physical Education: Asa Mallory Science: Joseph Calodich Maria Morrison Honor Cords 3.33 or above: Sophie Benskin Ally Bradley Joseph Calodich Emmett Erickson Ruby Gale Maisie Gould Jubilee Grace Ciara Halligan

Jesse Herman Megan Jennings Caleb Johnson Meigan Kunz Hannah Marx Ally McCallum Alana McCleese Elise McLane Miriam Molotsky Maria Morrison Cecelia Nielsen Kaiden Parcher Aliyah Parson Corinne Pierson Marco Salgueru Ingrid Schultz Lauren Taracka Taylor Tracer Cole Walters MVP -Art: Ciara Halligan Samantha Haverfield Band: Maisie Gould Culinary Arts: Kaiden Parcher Drama: Cecelia Nielsen

English: Ingrid Schultz

Physical Education: Craig Muck

French:

Science: Lucas Absher

Ciara Halligan

Social Studies:

Cecelia Nielsen

Hannah Marx Spanish:

Hospitality/Java:

Maisie Gould

Jacob Hensel

Yearbook:

Kayla Taylor

Ally McCallum Ingrid Schultz

Maritime: Ally Bradley

Washington State Honors:

Math:

Joseph Calodich

Maria Morrison

Emmett Erickson Jubilee Grace

Media Studies:

Ciara Halligan

Craig Muck

Ally McCallum Alana McCleese

Orchestra:

Elise McLane

Meigan Kunz

Maria Morrison Cecelia Nielsen

Photography & Digital Media: Ciara Halligan

Corrine Pierson Marc Salguero Lauren Taracka

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Port Townsend High School Class of 2018

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Maria Morrison

Craig Much

Calean Nairn

Hunter Newton

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Sarah Smith

Seth Spencer

Jaden SteinfortMayo

Madison Stekly

Rio Story

Lauren Taracka

Kayla Taylor

Taylor Tracer

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PT scholarship announcements

Ally Bradley University of Washington - Seattle PTHS Athlete of the Year for 2018 University Women’s Foundation (AAUW) STEM Award for Technology Youth Maritime Training Activities Scholarship

PTHS Scholarship Foundation Scholarship Barbara Marseille Fine Arts Scholarship University Women’s Foundation (AAUW) Lisa T. Painter Scholarship Pratt Institute Merit Scholarship

Caleb Johnson Peninsula College Joe Calodich University of Washington PTHS Activity Leader for - Seattle the Year 2018 Washington State Ginger Doolittle Jacobsen Opportunity Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Port Townsend Salmon through the PTHS Alumni Club Scholarship Scholarship K.C. Nomura S.T.E.M. Scholarship Kailee Kunz Clover Coupe-Carlin Peninsula College Cornish College of the Arts PTHS Scholarship Cornish College Merit Foundation Scholarship Scholarship Holiday Wreath Scholarship Bradley Gamble Port Townsend Sunrise Washington S t a t e Rotary Club Scholarship University Peninsula College Washington S t a t e Journalism Scholarship in University Experiences Memory of Earl Clark Award PTHS Alumni Association Scholarship Jubilee Grace Meigan Kunz Evergreen State College Evergreen State College Washington State Scholastic Achievement University Award Port Townsend Sunrise Rotary Club Scholarship Ciara Halligan Glenn Abraham Memorial Pratt Institute Scholarship

PTHS Alumni Association Scholarship Kitsap Credit Union Scholarship University Women’s Foundation (AAUW) STEM Award for Science Washington State University Achievement Scholarship Hannah Marx University of Puget Sound PTHS Activity Leader of the Year for 2018 University of Puget Sound Faculty Scholarship Alana McCleese Western Washington University Elks Most Valuable Student Award Lodge #317 PTHS Scholarship Foundation Scholarship Deb Johnson Memorial Scholarship Windermere Port Townsend Realty Scholarship MAP Scholarship Western Washington University Scholars Award

Kaitlyn Meek Skagit Valley College Andy Palmer Memorial Scholarship Elks Legacy Award Lodge #317 Holiday Wreath Scholarship Ginger Doolittle Jacobsen Memorial scholarship through the PTHS Alumni Scholarship Port Townsend Kiwanis Charitable Trust Scholarship in memory of Rilla Phillips Jefferson County 4-H Council Scholarship National High School Rodeo Association 2018 NHSRA Merit Scholarship National High School Rodeo Foundation 2018 High School State Girls AQHA Horse of the Year Washington High School Rodeo 2018 Scholarship

Miriam Molotsky University of Puget Sound University of Puget Sound Endowed Scholarship Elise McLane University of Puget Sound University of Washington Dean’s Scholarship Westport Shipyard University Women’s National Scholarship Foundation (AAUW) Lisa T. University Women’s Painter Scholarship Foundation Environmental Tuula Morley Scholarship Evergreen State College

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.

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Tyrrell Perseverance State University Award Elks Most Valuable Evergreen State College Student Award Lodge #317 Academic Award The William E. Whitney Memorial Scholarship Maria Morrison through the Port Ludlow Duke University Amateur Radio Club University Women’s American Legion Marvin Foundation (AAUW) STEM G. Shields Memorial Post #26 award for Math Scholarship PTHS Scholarship Kaiden Parcher Foundation Scholarship Tacoma College PTHS Alumni Scholarship Port Townsend Kiwanis Elks National Foundation Charitable Trust Scholarship Legacy Award PTHS Athlete of the Year in memory of Rilla Phillips Ewing C. Kelly for 2018 PTHS S c h o l a r s h i p Foundation Scholarship Foundation Scholarship Seattle Foundation Anne Arnold and Lucille Eggert Maloof Scholarship California Polytechnic Vocational Scholarship Brad Brown Memorial State University Green and Scholarship Gold Scholarship Tacoma Community California Polytechnic College Athletic Scholarship State University Outreach Scholarship Corrine Pierson Ingrid Schultz Willamette University American Legion Marvin Seattle Central College G. Shields Memorial Post #26 Terri Purviance Martin Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Port Townsend Education Glenn Abraham Memorial Association Scholarship Scholarship University Women’s Foundation (AAUW) Lisa T. Sarah Smith Painter Scholarship Oregon Institute of Willamette University Technology Academic Merit Scholarship Rhododendron Festival Royalty Scholarship Marco Salguero California Polytechnic

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Best wishes Graduates as you head out into the big world.

So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore. Dream. Discover.”

—Mark Twain

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Chimacum High graduates 100th class Faculty, students reflect on school, community, history Kirk Boxleitner kboxleitner@ptleader.com Chimacum High School's June 9 commencement ceremony marked not only the graduation of the class of 2018 but also the school's 100th graduating class.

Brian MacKenzie was presiding over his first graduation as principal of Chimacum High School and offered some insights on the school’s very first graduating class, in 1919.

Students in the CHS class of 1919 endured the start of the first World War during their sophomore year, a Red Scare during their junior year and the outbreak of the Spanish flu pandemic during the fall of their senior year, which also saw the Irondale steel mill shut down.

“The postwar economic crash caused one out of five locals to leave Jefferson County in search of work,” MacKenzie said.

“Chimacum's class of 1919 crossed the stage into a world far grimmer than ours, but they met it with the same courage and determination displayed by their successors on stage today.”

That first graduating class numbered only six students, but as MacKenzie noted, only one out of six Americans finished high school back then, with the graduation rates in rural areas running “much lower,” given how many families needed their children to help out on their farms.

MacKenzie noted that a number of those early graduates’ last names, from the 1920s through the '40s, remain familiar to area residents even now, but at the same time, local and national graduation rates have since risen to the “alltime highs” of today.

“The class of 2018 endured significant shared hardships,” MacKenzie said, citing a shortfall of state funding for rural schools, “the most polarized political climate in recent memory,” news of school shootings, and the implementation of a “closed campus policy” at Chimacum, “compounded by smartphone withdrawal and ear bud separation anxiety.”

MacKenzie turned serious as he lauded his students for defying ageold complaints about younger generations, asserting that “millennials are not just the largest generation in American history, but also the most educated, responsible, tolerant and open-minded.

Firsthand experience confirms Chimacum's 100th

graduating class exemplifies the signature virtues of their generation.”

Class President Halli Trafton took issue with the Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of “home,” pointing out that she never felt homesick during her foreign exchange to Belgium, nor during her mission trip to Haiti, because she still felt a sense of home in those new and unfamiliar surroundings.

“Home is simply wherever you feel the most alive, as if, when you saw or touched or felt it, you sensed that you were a little bit more whole, if only just for a second,” Trafton said. “Homes are found and pieced together. You carry them with you, in your mind and soul and heart, so long and so deep that they become a part of you, so securely connected that you could never be separated.

When your home becomes a part of you, you become your home.”

To Trafton, home is her father's bear hugs, the shops of downtown Port Townsend, the view of the Chimacum Valley, and “the pine trees and the mountains of Washington,” but she encouraged her peers to define home for themselves.

“As we each embark on our own adventures, we can rest assured that, no matter how far away from Chimacum our lives may lead us, our beautiful little town will always be with us, along with our families, our friends, and so much more, in the homes we build for ourselves,” Trafton said.

Nathaniel Miller, the

Above: Almost 90 graduating seniors toss their caps in the air as part of Chimacum High School’s 100th graduating class June 9.

Right: Sean Vinson hugs his niece, Chimacum High School class of 2018 graduate Cora Wittler, who emblazoned the back of her flatboard cap with an episode title in the style of the classic sitcom “Friends.”

Leader photos by Kirk Boxleitner

class' elected speaker, adopted former college basketball coach Jimmy Valvano's definition of a day in which “you laugh, you think and you cry” as a full day and “a heck of a day.” Valvano died of cancer in 1993, one year after being diagnosed.

Miller credited conversations with classmates with providing him plenty of cause for laughter, while lessons from his family have inspired him to think.

“Life isn't fair,” Miller said, reciting some of those lessons. “There will be hard times in your life that you can't control. There will be times where you will want to blame others for whatever happened. You might not get the job you want. You might be laid off from the job you have.

Relationships might end, and family members will be taken from us far too early.”

Miller admitted to crying the last time he served as a counselor for an outdoor education camp in which high school students mentored middle-schoolers, because he knew it would be the last time he and his peers would spend time together at that camp.

Katrina Westfall, the faculty's elected student speaker, recounted how she became withdrawn during the year she moved to Iowa, passing on opportunities to make positive-minded new friends at her new school and instead spending her time with people who tore themselves apart with quiet negativity, just as she was doing.

By pledging to improve her life, Westfall regained her voice, and eventually came to the conclusion that solving her problems would involve returning to Chimacum.

“I knew I was where I needed to be,” Westfall said. “I have the freedom to shape my world, but I see there are so many people out there whose freedom and voice have been stolen from them.”

Westfall intends to give voice to the voiceless by working on behalf of victims of sex trafficking, but in the meantime, she told her peers they have the power to shape the world however they want it to be.

“There will be challenges you have never faced before,” Westfall said. “Face them with a loud and proud voice and remember that you do have control of your future.”

Salutatorian Sabastian Stanton confessed to significant uncertainty about his own future, which led to his last-minute plans to pursue a degree in criminal justice by enrolling in

the U.S. Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps.

“Naturally, my mom's first reaction was, 'What do you mean? Isn't it a bit late for that?'” Stanton said, even as he thanked his mother for helping him make those spur-of-themoment plans possible. “So don't expect that what you tell your friends you plan to do today will actually be the thing you do. You can change your mind.”

Miller encouraged his classmates to find a purpose and pursue it, with an eye toward solving the world's problems as a whole.

“Do what makes you happy, and if it doesn't, you can always reverse direction, even if it sets you back a while, like me,” Miller said. “I can tell you personally that it sucks, but it will be worth it. It's never See 100th, page 17▼

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Mission trip to Haiti leading to career in nursing Chimacum graduate built church, home for those in need Kelli Ameling kameling@ptleader.com During the school year, a mission trip through a recent graduate’s local church led her to Haiti where she focused on building not just a church but a house for a Haitian homeless family.

HuMANiTAriAN Halli Trafton, who graduated from Chimacum High School on June 9, traveled to Haiti in November with Calvary Community Church in Port Townsend to rebuild a church destroyed in an earthquake.

“Here in the U.S. we are so incredibly privileged,” Trafton said. “We take so much for granted, but we should instead be using that privilege to help those in need: the hungry, the homeless, the impoverished.

For me, it was a no-brainer. I knew it was something I wanted and needed to do to help my brothers and sisters in Christ.”

The 10-day trip to Haiti was the church’s eighth trip and Trafton’s second trip. The first trip occurred in 2010 and was led by Terry Johnson who “felt called to go when he first heard about the earthquake,” Trafton said.

“He hasn’t stopped since, and I’m glad I get to be a part it,” she added.

The group poured a 5,000 square foot concrete floor by hand.

“The Haitians were able to have their church service on a real floor for the first time in years,” Trafton said.

But the efforts did not stop there.

Trafton helped construct a home for a family of eight people who were previously

living in a 10-by-16-foot shack. The team built a five-room cinder-block home in five days.

“One thing that I've learned is that people are just people and kids are just kids no matter the circumstances,” Trafton said. “We're all the same fundamentally.

It doesn't matter the color of our skin, our financial circumstances or the countries we live in.”

Trafton credits the mission trip with her church for helping her become the person she is today.

“This mission trip has completely changed who I am as a person and what my goals are in life,” she said. “This trip helped me to realize my passion for helping those in need, especially in third-world countries.”

Because of her efforts in Haiti, Trafton has decided she would like to go to college to become a nurse to work with a company like Doctors Without Borders and go to more countries like Haiti.

HigH-scHool cAreer Helping to rebuild third-world countries is not the only item Trafton has on her plate, though.

Locally, she participates in the We Act Club, which is a Chimacum High School program that helps with both local and global citizenship through fundraising activities and involvement.

“Our local project this year was a food drive, and our global project was raising money to build wells and bring clean water to a town in Ecuador,” Trafton explained.

During her senior year, Trafton was also the senior class president, National Honor Society secretary and a swimmer.

“It can get to be a lot sometimes, especially missing two weeks of school in November to go down (to Haiti), but my teachers are extremely understanding and allow me to make up the work I miss, plus I do a lot of homework down there during free See HuMANiTAriAN, page 17▼

Halli Trafton, who graduated from Chimacum High School on June 9, traveled to Haiti in November with Calvary Community Church in Port Townsend to rebuild a church destroyed in an earthquake, along with a home for a family of eight who was living in a shack. Courtesy hoto by Erica Johnson

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SHELBY ANDERSON, daughter of Eric Charitable Fund: $700. and Jennifer Anderson.

Plans to attend Olympic College.

MARIANN EASTWOOD, daughter of Ted Scholarships: Port Ludlow Artist League: and Maria Anderson. $1,000, Jeannine and Duke Shold Renewable: Plans to attend the University of Washington $2,000.

Scholarships: Brad Brown Memorial Scholarship: $500, Michelle West/Greg Bolling CHRISTINA BELL, daughter of Wesley Memorial: $1,000. and Rachael Bell.

KOBY ELDRIDGE, son of Robert and Plans to attend Brigham Young University Sandi Eldridge.

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Scholarships: Chimacum Alumni: $1,000, Plans to attend Olympic College.

Peninsula Family Dental: $500, Kiwanis Club: Scholarship: East Jefferson Little League: $3,000, East Jefferson Rotary: $4,000, East $500.

Jefferson Rotary/Cloudy Beyer Memorial: GLADYS HITT, son of Jesher and Leonard $1,000.

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TIBURCIO BRENNAN, son of Marshall Plans to attend the University of and Consuelo Brennan Washington.

Scholarships: AAUW: $2,700, Midori Plans to attend Loyola Marymount.

Scholarships: LMU Merit Scholarship: Bowen: $2,000, East Jefferson Rotary: $4,000, $16,500, St. Mary’s Star of the Sea: $1,200, Elks - Most Valuable Student $2,500, Ross and Dusty Westall Memorial Scholarship: $1,500.

Claudine Roesler Scholarship: $10,000.

OWEN BRUMMEL, son of Carolyn Brummel.

Plans to attend Pacific Lutheran University Scholarships: Agnes Berge Smith Music Scholarship: $7,000, PLU Merit Scholarship: $22,000, Port Ludlow Village Players: $500, Gerry Hyatt Bergstrom Vocal music Scholarship: $1,500, East Jefferson Rotary: $1,000, Wes and Dinah Reed Scholarship: $1,000.

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PEYTON HUNDLEY, daughter of Scott and Jeannine Hundley.

Plans to attend Washington State University.

Scholarships: East Jefferson Little League: $500, Big Blue Boosters: $500, Jodi Cossell Memorial Scholarship $500.

GRACE KILMER, daughter of Josh and Janet Kilmer.

Plans to attend Olympic College.

EMILY CALKINS, daughter of Randy and Scholarships: Chimacum Alumni: $1,000, Heather Calkins.

Chimacum Staff Payroll Deduction: $1,000.

Plans to attend Central Washington University JONATHAN MACIEJEWSKI, son of Scholarships: Judy and Andy Makie George and Jamie Maciejewski.

Memorial Scholarship: $500, Nordland Garden Plans to attend the University of Washington Club: $500, Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarships: Nordland Garden Club: $1,000. $1,000, Norm Christie Award: $1,2000.

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Plans to attend Central Washington Plans to attend Olympic College University.

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Killing it on the college courts Quilcene graduate will play volleyball at Olympic College

“Everything bad going on in life comes to an end and nothing is worth dwelling over since everything blows over eventually.”

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Katie Love Advice to her younger self

The drive a sport gives a person is the reason one Quilcene graduate will continue playing volleyball at the college level.

Katie Love graduated from Quilcene High School June 9, and will be moving on to Olympic College to play volleyball at the college level.

“My favorite part about playing volleyball is how satisfying it is when you do something good and when your teammates do something good,” Love said. “Nothing is more satisfying than seeing the smile across other’s faces when they realize how good something they've done is.”

The outside hitter developed a passion for the sport after her seventh grade year.

She said playing the competitive sport at Olympic College “means so much.”

“I've gone my whole high school and middle school years playing volleyball and I know I would be lost in the world if I wasn't able to continue playing like I am so lucky to,” Love said.

But her excitement does not stop just at playing the sport. She is exciting to make lifelong friend sharing the same interest as she does.

“I know it is going to be wonderful to play with girls who love the sport just as much as I do and have the same passion for

it,” Love said. “I also know it will help me make good, lifelong friends.”

During Love’s high school career, she also participated in basketball, fastpitch, mathletes and travel club, learning to develop a balance between academics and extracurricular activities. But, Love said her secret to balancing it is all was to always put school first.

“If I'm ever struggling in a class, I’ll stay after school to get help and I'm always willing to ask questions,” she said. “For me, volleyball and life are both one, I am not one of those people who need to go out and do stuff to feel like I've spent my time well. To pass time in the gym, is the best way to pass time, in my opinion.”

Reflecting on her years up to graduation, Love said the one piece of advice she would have liked to give to her younger self if she could is to “never give up on my dreams” and “this, too, shall pass.”

“Because everything bad going on in life comes to an end and nothing is worth dwelling over since everything blows over Katie Love graduated from Quilcene High School June 8, and will be moving on to Olympic College to play volleyball at the collegiate level. Courtesy photo eventually,” Love said.

Quilcene Class of 2018 wistfully recalls close-knit community “I know some of us are ready to move on, while some of us are scared, but if we just let our light shine, it will help others be ready for this next step.”

Kirk Boxleitner kboxleitner@ptleader.com The 19 graduating seniors of Quilcene High School reflected on how their finite class size helped foster a stronger sense of community among them as they celebrated their commencement June 9.

Tammy Thompson, who serves as the attendance and special education secretary for the K-12 grades at the Quilcene School District, was chosen by the students to serve as their commencement speaker as well.

Thompson noted at least eight of the 19 graduating seniors had attended the Quilcene School District since kindergarten and recalled how she helped them open their milk containers when they were “short little beings in the lunch line,” in addition to wiping their childhood tears and “telling you to keep your hands to yourselves for the thousandth time.”

As the graduating class of 2018 got older, Thompson pointed out their numbers were bolstered as they were joined by Brinnon students.

“I hope, when you arrived, you felt welcomed in the front office,” Thompson said.

“Starting a new school isn't easy, but here in Quilcene, all our students and staff try our best to make you feel at home.”

Thompson encouraged the students to be confident as they approach adulthood, even as she tweaked them for their sense of humor.

“All of you, at one time or another, have made me

Katie Love Valedictorian Quilcene Class of 2018

Alexis Gray adjusts the cap of classmate and gratuating senior Jacob Stevens before the 2018 commancement at Quilcene High School on June 9. Photo by Steve Mullensky for The Leader

smile and laugh,” Thompson said. “Sometimes, I think it's been too much because I'd rather have fun with you than sit and do real work.

Being with all of you, every day, is what's made me love my job.”

Comparing the students' futures to blank canvases, Thompson summed up their high school years as but one brushstroke in their lives and exhorted them to fill their futures with learning, regardless of whether they continue their schooling.

Whether they attend college, travel the world, start families or “all of the above,” Thompson urged them to work hard, stay close to

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their friends and families, and remember they alone choose their futures.

“I'm not saying you won't hit a few bumps in the road as you go along, but stay strong and fight for what you believe in,” Thompson said.

“Know that life is not always fair, but never, never give up on your dreams. Make sure you fill your canvas with lots of color, and don't forget to come back and visit, because I, for one, want to see what your life portrait turns out like.”

Valedictorian Katie Love admitted the 19 graduating seniors had “gotten to know the best and worst of each other” and were all “guilty

of counting down these last couple of days.”

Nonetheless, she credited their teachers, and the rest of the school's staff, with creating a community where the students felt safe and learned skills they'll use “to conquer the world.”

Love quoted author Marianne Williamson, who wrote, “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,” but rather, “that we are powerful beyond measure.”

“I know some of us are ready to move on, while some of us are scared, but if we just let our light shine, it will help others be ready for this next step,” Love told her fellow graduates.

Like Thompson, Love expressed her confidence that the class of 2018 is ready to step into adulthood.

Salutatorian Sydney Brown pointed out how she and her classmates had already made the transition from wide-eyed high school freshmen to the seniors who offered mentorship and seats at the table to the next classes of freshmen.

Brown acknowledged that, prior to graduating from high school, she and her classmates have been confronted with questions about whether they intend to attend college, join the military or enter the workforce, but she reassured her peers that it's okay if they don't have firm answers yet.

“We don't have to have what we want to do all figured out, because the average college student will change their major three times,” Brown said. “There are so many different paths to take to become what you want to be.”

Class President Kodi Newman freely conceded she and her peers could be “a little rowdy at times” and perhaps prone to

procrastination, but she praised her peers for not hesitating “to bust out what had to be done” and for doing so with “grit and perseverance.”

At the same time, Newman warned her classmates that many milestones still lie ahead of them.'

“We still have college graduation, student loans to pay off, kids of our own to meet with in the principal's office, many of us losing much of our own hair, and after that our midlife crises,” Newman said.

Newman advised the graduating classes of 2019 and beyond to invest as much effort into their educations as she now wishes she had done in retrospect.

“It would have been a lot easier on me, in the long run, to try my hardest from the get-go, rather than to realize just this year how important today is,” Newman said.

“The next few years will fly by, so try to keep the procrastination to a minimum.

And for the love of God, if you're going to run for class president, make sure you're ready, because you do not want white hairs at 18.”

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ANDREW JOSIAH JOHNSTON, son of Lisa and Wade Johnston Will be attending Central Washington University and majoring in exercise science to pursue a career goal as a personal trainer Scholarships: Dollars for Scholars: $6,000, Quilcene Alumni Association Citizenship: $250, U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete - medal

JACOB SCOTT OEN, son of Jeffrey Oen and Tracy Redfield Plans to take emergency medical technician classes to begin pursuing his career goal as a firefighter Scholarships: Dollars for Scholars: $500

VALORIE EVE SHEA, daughter of Jalene and Timothy Frantz Plans to attend the nursing program at Olympic JOHN TYLER LONT, College to become a registered son of Gena and David Lont nurse and travel nurse BENJAMIN THOMAS Plans to work to save Scholarships: Dollars COOPER, son of Erik O’Neil money and then eventually for Scholars: $5,000, and Allison Shaw pursue prerequisite classes Quilcene Bergman: $3,000, Plans to attend Olympic at a local community college Quilcene Alumni Association

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NATHANIAL MILLER, son of Rob and Trisha Miller Plans to attend Central Washington University Scholarships: Jeannine and Duke Shold renewable: $2,000, Judy and Andy Mackie Memorial Scholarship: $500, Chimacum Alumni: $1,000, Kiwanis Club of Port Townsend: $150, Montgomery Music Scholarship $250.

KIERA MORLEY, daughter of Kristen and Von Morley Plans to attend Central Washington University Scholarships: Nordland Garden Club, $1,000, Discovery bay Ladies Golf Club: $1,000, Windermere Port Townsend/Ludlow: $500, Community Enrichment Alliance: $1,000, Peace Lutheran, $500.

JANAE MURRAY, daughter of Dylcia Murray Plans to attend Tacoma Community College Scholarships: Peace Lutheran: $500, Michael Beery Memorial Children's Fund: $1,000, Franson Trucking: $500.

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MARLEY MUSIC, daughter of Freddy and Fawn Music Plans to attend Central Washington University Scholarships: East Jefferson Rotary: $4,000, Tina Johnson Memorial: $500, Judy Gunter Memorial Scholarship: $1,600.

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BRADYN NELSON, son of Brett and Christina Nelson Plans to attend Olympic College Scholarships: East Jefferson Little League: $500, Big Blue Boosters: $500, Brad Brown Memorial Scholarship: $500, Jodi Cossell Memorial Scholarship: $500, Quilcene Lions Club: $200.

CHLOE PATTERSON, daughter of Cody and Jenn Patterson Plans to attend Olympic College Scholarships: Fiona DeDominick Memorial: $1,000, Kiwanis Club of Port Townsend: $150, Jeannine and Duke Shold renewable: $2,000.

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ZACHERY RIGGLE, son of Ron Lorriane Riggle Plans to attend Eastern Washington University Scholarships: Jeannine and Duke Shold renewable: $2,000, Jefferson County Bar Association: $1,000, Brad Brown Memorial Scholarship: $500, Dean's Scholarship Eastern Washington University: $2,000, Chimacum Alumni: $1,000.

LOGAN SHAW, son of Dan and Sherif Shaw Plans to attend Texas Tech Scholarships: East Jefferson Little League: $500, Brad Brown Memorial Scholarship: $500, Elks Legacy Scholarship: $2,500, Texas Tech Presidential Scholarship: $14,500.

HALLI TRAFTON, daughter of Frank and Jami Trafton Plans to attend Pacific Lutheran University Scholarships: UWF: $3,000, Fiona DeDominick Memorial: $1,000, Midori Bowen: $2,000, Brad Brown Memorial Scholarship: $500, East Jefferson Rotary: $4,000, Jeannine and Duke Shold renewable: $2,000, Elks Vocational, $2,000, PLU Academic Scholarship: $24,000.

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too late to turn your future around and to put yourself back on the path to your ambitions, even if you realized them a bit later than those around you.”

Valedictorian Christina Bell put the students' problems into perspective by recalling how her greatgrandmother, a pioneer, suffered frostbite and the loss of her child as she crossed the plains, while her great-grandfather served in World War II to spare the life of his brother, who died at home anyway.

That same great-grandfather was run over by a car without his parents noticing, while another one of Bell's great-grandmothers survived crossing the ocean to come to America even

after medical professionals told her she should be “food for the sharks.”

“We can overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles because we know that others have done it before us,” Bell said. “We aren't boldly going where no man has gone before.

We are climbing mountains and crossing plains that those who have gone before us have worn a helpful path through.”

As Bell thanked “those who have picked us up when we've fallen, kissed our scraped knees and sent us off on the hard path again,” she also exhorted the Chimacum class of 2018 to “encourage others to grow, learn and succeed, as we have,” thereby leaving behind “a legacy of kindness and strength.”

Humanitarian: Building the future received earlier in life: “Just let it go.” time,” Trafton explained. “I Advice “You can't control everyhave to give up some things, Trafton credits her thing in life,” Trafton said. too, such as missing swim- A d v a n c e d Placement ming districts and state English teacher Barbara “You don't get to do everybecause they were at the Parent for giving advice thing, and sometimes you same time as the trip, but it's Trafton wished she had might bite off more than you can chew. You just have always worth it in the end.” ▼continued from page 7

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