Best Wishes

from
Mayor Maroney —

” Good evening Graduates
and Honoured Guests:

On behalf of the
District of : Terrace
Council, I would like to
extend congratulations to
all of you here tonight.
Twelve years is a long
time in one’s life, but 1

am confident you will '

always be glad you
_persevered and com-
pleted this portion of your
schooling.

A new period of lear-
ning is beginning for you;
one I trust you will find
challenging, as well as

Tonight, we, the grads
of 1978, are closely united
in our feelings of an-
ticipation. The world has
opened up for us and we
must abandon what's
familiar and sheltered, to
begin a new challenge -
ife,

Our formal eduation
has provided each one of
us with a unique store of
wisdom, unique because
‘of the. uniqueness of
ourselves and our ex-
periences. - Yet the
greatest knowledge we
can take with us is the
realization of what we
don't know, for only when
we can see the intricacy

around us, can we begin -

to piece together what
we've already learned.
Then, we can discover
where we. stand, and
where we tan go.
. Without that, our
knowledge is useless.
The challenges en-

Valedictorian

Dianne Flury

rewarding. All we can
hope now is that the past
twelve years have served
as a pood stepping stone
and helped to prepare you
for the way of life that lies

ead,
I would like to wish
each and everyone of you

the very best and I would.

also like to see you
become involved in local
politics as yeu all have
something precious to
contribute through your
youth and new ideas.

Thank you.

countered in the past

twelve years seem trivial -

now, but they once
loomed significantly over
us. We should thank our
teachers, whose per-
sistence, patience, and
hours of hard work made
it possible and whose
smiles and jokes
lightened the load.

Yet, without the un-
bending support and
incentive flowing from
our families, we might
not be here today. The
words. ‘‘thank-you’’
somehow seem
inadequate to express
our recognition - but
Thank-You!

Our friends, who we've
leaned on, learned from,
and Jaughed with, have
also been invaluable.
Through them, we’ve
begun to discover our-
selves in a world full of
diversity: ‘Each one of
us exists only in relation

DAILY HERALD, Caledonia Grad. Supp., July 11, 1978, PAGE 5

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Grad Committee
Worked Hard»

The Graduation
Ceremonies that took
place on June 23 were the
result of a lot of hard
work on the part of a few
people: the Grad

the funds for the Grad
Ceremonies through grad
fees, selling chocolate
bars and school buttons,
wrapping presents at
Christmastime'and other
fund-raising schemes.
The money raised went
towards the ceremonies.
For this graduation, the
Committee chose the
Japanese theme so their
decorations consisted of
lots of paper cherry
blossoms, a pond com-
plete with fountain,
Japanese lanterns, lots of
preenery, and a . foot-
bridge. All of these
decoralions required the
hard work of dedicated
people in the school.
Also requiring hard
work was the dessert and
social hour before and
after the ceremonies.
The Grade 10's and 11's
catered to this affair and
they deserve a “thank

you”.
Some cynics wonder if

‘itis all worth it - “I mean,

it’s only for a few measly
hours’! But I’m sure
that any person who went
to the Farewell Exercises
at Caledonia on Jiine 23,
1978 would agree that
those ‘few measly
hours” were the begin-
ning of a lifetime; in fact,
the beginning of 224
lifetimes.

In closing, I would like
fo thank all the people
who helped
Graduation, no matter

how small their part was;

people who made cherry
blossoms; people who
made the bridge; people
who helped decorate;

people who helped make .

fans; the Grade 10's and
11's who catered to the
social hour: the Grade 11
boys who escorted Grads
to the stage: and anyone
else who helped, even in
the smallest way. And

special thanks to the.

Grad Committee for
being inspired - AND
ACTIVE. (That includes
Sponsor Teachers). |
Thank you, and good luck
Grads of '78.

Now where’s that arrow

to one another - Alone, we
cease to have per-
sonalitles."’
Now we have the
chance to express our-
selves as we face the
world with our desires

.and aims. All dreams,

whether simple or
complex, can be ours if
we believe in ourselves
and our futures. Hard
times are inevitable, yet
they are always over-
come and without them,

the good times wouldn't

be so great! As we close
our highschool doors and
walk in separate direc:
tions, 1 hope each one of
us finds happiness and
fulfiliment..,

Be proud you belong to
the class of 1978 and
remember: ‘We can ...
because we think we can!

Thank-you!
Dianne Flory

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