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your homegrown newspaper June 7, 2023
Vol. 19, No. 38
Parade pg. 12
Biking pg. 14
Lake County’s seniors celebrate graduation By Taylor Davison / Valley Journal
Documentary pg. 18
LAKE COUNTY — Most of the county experienced celebration spirit last weekend as Polson, Ronan, St. Ignatius, and Arlee high schools all held their graduation ceremonies for the class of 2023. Charlo held their commencement the previous weekend.
Ronan
Ronan High School kicked off the week-
end with their ceremony on Friday, June 2, held in the middle school event center due to some rainy weather. This year’s valedictorian was Leina Ulutoa, with salutatorians Isaac Cantlon, Olivia Heiner, and Dylan Schock. The rest of the graduating class consisted of Lathan Anderson, Grace-Linn Baltz, Ridge Barney, Cloe Barron-Hoover, Kaleigh Benson, Sydney Black Weasel, Maizy Blixt, Lakota Brings Yellow, Dale Brueckmann, Tracee Burland, Trenton Burland, Tia
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Carpentier, Trinity Carpentier, Caleb Cheff, Mason Clairmont, Dominiq Clark, Lucas Clark, Matthew Coe, Margaret Cordova, Lexis Corum, Tyler Corum, Sierra Cote, Sharissa Couture, JerryLee Daley, Margaret Deming, Kylie DesJarlais, Isabella Devereaux-Trahan, Dylan Dillard, Isabella Dubiel, Kylie Fetui, Skylar Field, and Jaslyn Frost. Also, Jordan Gatch, Hailey Hakes, Joshua Hoskinson, James Kenelty, Gunnar La-
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