Olathe High School - Pirate Yearbook (Olathe, CO)

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- 'i-RQ' J lr' rv ...M 'N tx , QTLEES V r M J' gpljjpilf, The Flnal Stltch to this year's pocket full of memories was graduation, which was held on May 25, 1978 at Wilson Fleld. Awards, honors, and diplomas were presented by School Board Member Don Wlcburg, Including one to hls own son. Speeches were glven by the Valedictorlan Dawn Con- ner, and Salutatorlan Becky Dlckerson and The Fare- K r l l , .tru THE FINAL STITCH well Address by Brent Young, Senlor Class President. Brent spoke of the beautiful sunset, which was different than any other and different from any to come agaln. Just as the class of '78 ls dlfferent. Each with their own deslres, ambltlons and goals. He chose to call hls ad- dress a Hello speech rather than a farewell address slnce thls ln only the beglnnlng for all '78 graduates, not the end. ,l

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DAWN CONNER VALEDICTORIA r rduatlon, to senlors, ls the end of hlgh school, week-end lvlties, organlzatlons we belonged to, and yes, homework, Q fast becomlng memorles. The moments we spent are now t to time. We face beglnnlngs. A dlfferent beginning Its each of us. For some, the endlng of hlgh school repre- ts the beglnnlng of a career, for others lt ls a college cation, and for others lt ls marrlage. graduate faces a challenge ln these beglnnlngs much the baby learnlng to walk. The baby pulls hlmself up laces one foot forward Sometimes the actlon ls made p . ly, cautiously, sometlmes quick, throwing cautlon to the I d. As the baby teeters and beglns to fall, helping hands ch to save hlm from falllng, but refraln knowlng the baby st take this step on hls own. The baby may regaln hls tlng or he may fall, but upon falllng he will again pull self up and try over. -e graduate also must take a flrst step ln some dlrectlon. , too, may falter. He, too, l 'I have many to help him. s flrst steps may be lrked with frequent falls or nt strldes. Either way he faced the challenge of a beglnnlng. often we questlon life rl the glfts lt brlngs to us. ll we flnd the answers. you know where you're Tng to? :ere are you golng to, you know? answers are wlthln each s. May you have the rage to flnd them. Dawn Conner's Speech lExcerpt Only! lght ls a very special ht ln the llfe of every mber of the class of '78. graduation means some- g different to each one. BECKY DICKERSON ALUTATORIAN ere are a few baslc thlngs I hope 'have learned ln our brief school 'eers. I hope that we have learned p to envy others. I hope that each e has the strength not to follow a lwd, when everyone else ls gettlng the bandwagon, but rather to have v courage to stand on hls own two t and speak out. I hope that each mber of the senlor class has rned to fllter all he hears on a en of truth and take only the good t comes through. I hope we have ned to sell our bralns to the hlgh- bldder, but never to put a prlce on our hearts and souls. L are a class of 69 senlors, not as ' at ln quantity, but as great ln llty as any whlch have been duated from any high school ln erlca. Becky Dlckerson's Speech lExcerpt only!

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