Marysville Globe, June 13, 2012

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M-P’s Class of 2012 celebrates graduation BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com

SPORTS: Berry Run kicks off 2012 Strawberry Festival. Page 10

SPORTS: Community remembers Juan Mendoza. Page 10

MARYSVILLE — The gymnasium of MarysvillePilchuck High School was overflowing on the evening of Monday, June 11, as the M-PHS Class of 2012 became the first to have its own graduation ceremony since the creation of the Small Learning Communities that now make up Marysville Getchell High School. “You’ve accomplished more than any other graduating class I’ve seen in the past 15 years,” M-PHS Principal Andrew Frost said of the students, who totaled $2 million in scholarship awards. Frost went on to praise the parents and guardians in the gym’s bleachers, as well as the school staff seated before him, for helping the students achieve this milestone.

“We don’t make widgets at this school,” Frost said. “We support and challenge young people to dream big.” Valedictorians Melanie Shelton, Chris Mischenko, Courtney and Corey Coombs, John Ell and Alexa Plant elicited laughter by taking a tag-team approach to their speeches at first, before each one settled into their own topic. Shelton recalled a motivational speaker who had asked her to imagine what it would be like if everyone wore chalkboards that told others the things that they couldn’t say. “The point of this would be to help people realize and appreciate what those around them are going through,” said Sheldon, who touted her classmates’ caps and gowns as akin to such SEE 2012, PAGE 2

Kirk Boxleitner/Staff Photo

Marysville-Pilchuck High School Class of 2012 graduate Jesaikah Tagi receives multiple leis of dollar bills and candy from her father Fia, left, and her mother Sue, right.

Relay for Life raises more than $137,000 BY KIRK BOXLEITNER

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Cancer survivors take to the track of the Marysville-Pilchuck High School stadium for the first lap of this year’s Marysville-Tulalip Relay For Life on June 9.

MARYSVILLE — At noon on Saturday, June 9, the MarysvilleTulalip Relay For Life had already raised $116,000 for the American Cancer Society. By 9 a.m. on Sunday, June 10, Relay organizers were asking the remaining participants for $100 to give them an even collection total of $137,000. They actually wound up going a bit over, and collecting $333 in that final hit instead. “This has been a tough year for everybody in a lot of ways,” Mo Olason said. “Everybody who’s here wants to be here,

though, and has worked hard to be here. I’m proud to be part of this cancer-fighting army.” This year at the MarysvillePilchuck High School stadium marked Olason’s last as event chair for the Marysville-Tulalip Relay For Life, since Kristin Banfield will be taking over that role for next year. Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring joined former Mayor Dennis Kendall at the event, and praised the dedication of all the volunteers who have put together the annual Relay. “That this many people have raised this much money makes SEE RELAY, PAGE 2

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