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JUNE 1, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXIII • NO 15
Going Green In Marietta BY CATHY MOLITORIS
The graduation speakers were (from left) Sarah Hollerbush, Robert Footman, Kylie Aston, Ethan Schmitt, Ereny Hanna and Alayna Morales
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moment in high school - graduation. Like Robert, she said she enjoyed attending a high school where people feel connected. “I like that you’re close to everybody at Columbia, and you know everybody,” she commented. Alayna, the daughter of Kimberly and Christian Morales, used a moment from the fall of 2019 as the focus on her speech. “I talked about my spinal surgery and the effects it had on me afterwards,” she noted. Alayna plans to attend Millersville University to major in music education and wants to become a music teacher. “I loved all of the opportunities we had at
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Columbia because we’re a small school,” she said. “We had a chance to try so many things.” Ereny is the daughter of Emad Hanna and Amal Georges and Magda Sewaha. “My defining moment wasn’t really mine. It was my parents’ decision to come to America,” she said, of her family members who came from Egypt when she was a 1 year old. She plans to attend Penn State Harrisburg to major in bio behavioral science and become a physician assistant. “I’m so glad I went to Columbia because I love that I don’t feel like an outsider here,” she remarked. See Defining pg 4
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hen Columbia High School’s Class of 2022 celebrated graduation on May 26, students were treated to speeches from six of their classmates. Each speech highlighted a defining moment in the speaker’s life. The graduation speakers were Robert Footman, Kylie Aston, Alayna Morales, Ereny Hanna, Sarah Hollerbush and Ethan Schmitt. Robert, who is the son of Mandy Warfel and Robert Footman Sr., spoke about overcoming an accident. “My speech was about breaking my leg and the journey I went
through afterwards,” he said. Robert plans to attend Millersville University to major in sports medicine and play football. His goal is to become a physical therapist. Columbia has provided the perfect place to make friends and feel at home, he stated, adding, “I’m glad I went to Columbia because I like how loving the community is.” Kylie is the daughter of Tim and Crystal Aston. She plans to attend Penn State University Park to major in kinesiology, with the goal of becoming a physical therapist. Her speech focused on all of the little moments in her life that led to the biggest
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Marietta is a community full of creative gardens, and several of them will be on display when the Marietta Garden Tour is held on Sunday, June 5. The selfguided tour will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will feature eight stops. Proceeds will benefit the preservation of the Marietta Community House. Highlights of the tour will include a newly placed rock garden on a property whose history can be traced back as far as the 1760s. Other gardens will feature fountains, raised vegetable beds, heirloom plants, fruit trees and colorful perennials. “One garden on the tour has more than 150 varieties of daylilies,” noted Lauralee Baker, one of the tour coordinators. Along with private homes, the tour will feature the gardens of a local business and a prayer garden at a Marietta church. The First National Bank and Mulberry Thrill will be open at 100 W. Market St. for tours and refreshments during the garden tour.