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INSIDEBrewster .............................3Bridgeport...........................4Curlew..................................5Inchelium.............................6Lake Roosevelt...................7Liberty Bell..........................8Okanogan............................9

Omak.................................12Oroville..............................14Pateros..............................15Republic............................16Graduation schedule........17Tonasket............................18Tuition program................19Gifts for grads...................20

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Brewster High School seniors are, front, from left, Christopher Burbank, Juan Reyes-Martinez, Jessica Hammons, Leonires Pamatz-Mejia, Chester MacNeill, Erich Clark, FannyMartinez-Perez, Alexander Avalos, Adan Mariscal-Guzman, Wendy Garcia-Naranjo, Cinthia Ramirez-Arellano, Trey Dezellem, Andie Gebbers, Alexandria Burgett, McClintock Miller,Victor Ruiz-Hermenejildo, Juan Suarez Zamora, Antonio Sotelo-Veron, Emmanuel Castro-Quiroz and Silas Smith; second row, Alejandro Gamez-Macuil, Luiz Ruiz-Pureco, Erik Lopez-Castellanos, Christian Morales-Zamora, Rodolfo Espinosa-Fuentes, Hortensia Rosales-Pio, Lucila Fonceca-Saldana, Margarita Perez-Osorio, Daniel Ramirez-Arellano, MacKenzieHarmier, Mariana Marin-Ramirez, Leonila Pamatz-Valencia, Rocio Cuin and Mayra Avila-Villasenor; and third row, Kevin Isidro, Flavio Arevalo-Garcia, Daniel Alcantara-Leon, JanetCarillo, Ernesto Fabian-Ledesma, Nykia Mariscal, Abel Blanco-Ramirez, Salvador Morales-Mariscal, Yuliana Gonzales-Linares, Luis Huerta-Soto, Maricela Huerta-Hernandez, RosaQuintana Rivera and Mario Rosales. Not pictured are Yohana Acuna-Pamatz and AlexisCamacho-Lopez.

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Bridgeport

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The Bridgeport High School class of 2013 is, front, from left, Fernando Gameros, SergioToga, Santos Hernandez, Cameron Cavadini, Tanner Varrelman, Eros Oropeza, EricSaucedo, Jamison Schroeder and Rafael Cruz; second, Maira Cancino, Arturo Cervantes,Nadia Moreno, Stefani Rodriguez, Verenice Moreno, Silvia Lopez, Alex Martinez, SilviaValdovinos, Jenipher Contreras, Reyna Rodriguez, Edson Damian, Bethany Swezey, KarlaTrejo, Elisa Galvan, Raquel Asencio, Erica Llamas and Andrea Osorio; back, YeseniaCancino, Julio Gomez, Faviola Gutierrez, Esperanza Morales, Deycy Monje-Lopez, EriceldaDominguez, Daniel Razo, Nohemi Fregozo, Johnathan Bravo, Alfredo Gonzalez, GerrySolorio, Adriana Gonzalez and Henry Torres. Not pictured is Daiana Campos.

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CurlewCurlew HighSchool seniorsare, front, fromleft, SummerStanton, AmeliaVolluz; second,Ben Bedney,Henrik Milan,Shelby Wheaton,Tristen Brown,Sydney Swanson,Pennie East, AloraNelson; back,Nathan Romig,Cody Davidson,Ellie McCullough,Dalton Drennan,Brittany Mumford,Rebekah Eberly,Doug Herrmann,Jeremy Bertrangand JordanDeutsch. Notpictured is KimHawn.

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Inchelium

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The Inchelium High School seniors for 2013 are, from left, Adam Chavez, Renae Finley,Samuel LeaderCharge, Annie Mason-Brown and William Simmons. Not pictured isAndrew Hill.

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Lake Roosevelt

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The Lake Roosevelt seniors are, starting in the left column, from front to back, Sean Waters, Orrin Gross, Elizabeth Williams, Garrett Angstrom,Abe Batten, Hillary Carriere, second column, Tanecia Stanczak, Danielle Laramie, Ashley Lezard, Brandon Francis, Tyler Hartbarger, Brady Black,Andrew McClure; on the right side, front row, Emily Williams, Kyonna Pakootas, Jazlyn Adrian, Winona Ramos, Regine Wilson; second row,Timothy Loch, Sierra Reichlin, Justus DeWinkler, Skye Gooler; third row Lyric Witten, Kendall Piccolo, Johnny Medina-McCraigie, SamanthaTurner, Lucas Beneditti; back row, Charli Knight, Jennifer Montecucco, Kylie Leiss, Hayden Rodrigues and Rickyna Sam. Jared Holt, AbigailWilliams, Taima CardenClare Castrodale, Hailey Chaney, Joshua Fury, Derick Stanczak, Caleb Stout Watt, Shaine Thomas and Amanda Palmer arenot pictured.

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The Liberty Bell High Schoolseniors are, laying down inthe front, Devin Butler; frontrow, left to right, JacquelineO'Keefe, Alec Oakford,Alexander Bosco, Alexa Gee,Emilee Bailey, TheodoraSmith, Rachel Layne, AndrewGray and Joseph Hausman;second row, Cierra Ebbert,Mikey Michael, Manuel Perez,Duncan Hanron, Sage Abate,Keana King, Amaya Gracie,Thomas Zbyszewski, JohnnieDuguay, Taylor Woodruff,Damen Martin and ZacharyAustin; and back row, FarleighWalker, Cricket Whittaker,Nicolas Ulmer, NicholasSaunders, Alexander Jones,John Sinclair, Zane Stanbery,Charles Long, Andrew Ryan,Nolan Jensen, Timothy Lewisand Dylan Mills. Amber Nessis not pictured.

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Okanogan

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Okanogan High School seniors are, front, from left, Bessie Marie Ader, Utonna Rosser, Kailey Harris, Yajaira Rivera, Zoe Cheeseman,Jazmin Salgado, Becca Jean Wick, Josie Heindselman, Siobhan O’Connor, Mackenzie Kraemer, Caitlyn Behymer, Taylor Kramer, KolbyMarchand, Kailey Huner, Kara Staggs, Emily Demos; Kelsey Oyler, Itzel Arroyo, Stephanie Gomez, Megan Parks, Kelsey Chiles, BriyingPonce, Quinton Oliver, Chelsey Myers, Kendra Foth Darlene Carrillo, Shelby Hobart, Biatriz Montalvo, Cameron Burnette; third, MirandaGarr, Connor Attridge, Eric Arroyo, Angel Torres, Tyler Martin, Colton Schoonover, Bryce Demmitt, Dane Schreckengast, Colton Widell,Ryan Thompson, Tyler Markham, Jake Rogers, Trevor Hathaway, Patrick Stevens, Mathew Culp, Bruce Weigel, Jesse Neri and AntonioMontez. Not pictured are Summer Baker, Janeah N. Burdick, Darlene Carillo, Marissa N. Carter, Brendan Colbert, Brianna Ellis, MarcosFonseca, Mauricia Inez Garcia, Ivan Giron, Kaitlan Klepec, Cameron McFarland, Ismael Millan, Jesus Morales, Bethany Schreiber, HunterSloan and Jesse Villaraldo.

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The Omak High School seniors are, front, from left, Jeff Sorenson, Alicia Verduzco, Alexis Bigelow, Audrey Halfhill, Brenna Hill, Katelynn Kelley, Vicente Perez; second, Tasheena Sam,Rodrigo Cazares, Dennis Lorz, Danielle Hess, Kaitlin Keitzman, Joseph Burroughs, Jayne Friebus, Vanessa Grant; third, Lauro Rodriguez, Olivo Buenaventura, Jasmine Zaragoza,Kendra Aleck, Michelle Loken, Sierra Fain, Rufino “Sumo” Sandoval, Derek Sparks, Matt Thornton; fourth, Erin Klimek, Rebekah Thomason, Hirotaka Moriyama, Alejandro Mandragon,Luis Ortiz, Robert Virant, Cody Everett, Tige Anderson, Joseph Fry; back row, Shaylyn Goodall, Cherelle LaGrou, Brooklyn Velasco, Jarden DeGuzman, Tanner Bivins, Gregory Sklar,Michael Holsworth, Matthew Danielson, Diana Sanchez, Faviana Sandoval, Jazmin Lopez, Blanca Palomares, Eduardo Nunez and Eric Love. Not pictured are Jesse Abrahamson, TawnyAdolph, Shalena Bent, Sophia Best, Andrew Bosco II, Robert Buchmann, Braendi Carson, Rodrigo Cazares, Owen Clark, Michella Cornella, Danielle Corson, Lane Dawson, Jared DeGuzman, Joseph Dunkin, Anita Echevarria, Britney Fall, Marvin Frank, Halla Fuhrman, José Gonzalez Palomares, Kayla Good, Matthew Hansen, Samuel Harding, Brock Herrera, BrennaHill, Jason Hill, Justin Kendall, Colton Lappen, Seth Law, Ryder Lewis, Taliena Louis, Devin Matthynssens, Alexandria McDonald, Darian McDonald, Justyn McIntyre, Brynnan McLean,Kristin Mears, Juan Medina, Aubree Newton, Brian Pecha, Johanna Perez-Figueroa, My Phung, William Quasne, Indra Renteria, Nicole Roberts, Tasheena Ruiz, Trace Schrock, CodySutton, Erika Swan, Ryan Thompson, Lana Townsend, Samuel Trudeaux, Brooklyn Velasco, Brandon Nathaniel Vess, Keelee Martha Mary Wilder-Boozer and Nicholas Dean Zahren.

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The Oroville High School seniors are, front, from the left, Scott Frazier, Lisa Hartvig, Alex Smith, Ezequias Layata, Corey Childers, Celene Cisneros, Ray Arciniega, Katie Tietje, AngelCamacho, Sarai Garfias, Sabrina Perez, Elisha Willis; back, Briana Moralez, Eric Herrera, Ali Miller, Tosca Pickering, Breanna Ervin, Ross Combs Boge, Gabriel Serrano, Michael Ripley,Connor Hughes, Gil Ildefonso, Enrique Martinez, Dayna Roley, Marcus Rounds, Tyler Vonderhaar, Buck Ednie, Hailey Scott, Donald Wise, Chris Oliver, and Nathan Bowlin. Not picturedare Rebecca Arrigoni, Callie Barker, Ronel Kee and Kelsey Stell-Hickman.

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The Pateros High School class of 2013 is, front, from left, Nancy Saucedo, Abigail Mota, Laura Kesti, Neidi Carrillo, Betssy Hernandez and GarrettGinter; second, Pedro Munoz, Maria Sanabria, Ivy Anderson, Creston Wilson, Kim Vazquez, Erin Hook and Zachary Buchmann; and third, MitchellMcClosky and T.J. Steggall. Monica Chavez, Francis Eaton, Jerry Figueroa and Eric Mota are not pictured.

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Republic

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Republic High Schoolseniors are, front, JohnKoffel; second, from left,Christopher Kugler, MorganRittel, Anna Heinen, CoraVanSlyke, Saxon Brown, JuliaSilva, Charie Tidwell, AustinPrine; third, Michael Rugo,McKenzie Campbell, TeayanaDillon, Casey Kirkendall,Cody Wirth, HeatherGiddings, Zachary Brown;back, Trevor Blank, EsthevaoVervloet, Brianna Brown,Nicole Novotney, Tyler Weyer,Clay Gilliam, Prestin Hooper,Daniel Slagle, Jesse Hardingand Sukhminder Gill. Notpictured are Aaron Brown,Anton Hall and StephanieWilson.

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Brewster Commencement is at 7 p.m., Friday, June 7 at the high school, 503 S. Seventh St.Baccalaureate is at 6 p.m. June 5 at Calvary Baptist Church, 115 Sixth St.

BridgeportCommencement is at 5 p.m. Friday, May 31 in the high school gymnasium, 1220

Kryger St. Baccalaureate was at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 22 at the BridgeportCommunity Church, 1300 Foster Ave.

CurlewCommencement is at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at the high school, 47 Curlew Road.

IncheliumCommencement is at 1 p.m. June 8 at the high school, 1 Hornet Ave. Baccalaureate

is at 10 a.m. Sunday, June 2 at Inchelium Community Church, 2998 Bridge CreekRoad.

Lake RooseveltCommencement is at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 8 at the high school, 500 Civic Way.

Baccalaureate is 7 p.m. Thursday, June 6 at Faith Community Church, 16 Grand Ave.E. in Electric City.

Liberty BellCommencement is at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 7 at the high school, 18 Twin Lakes

Road. Baccalaureate is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 5 at the United Methodist Church,193 Old Twisp Highway.

Okanogan Commencement is at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 1 at Dawson Gym, 244 S. Fifth Avenue.

Baccalaureate is at 7 p.m. May 30 in the New Life Centre, 508 S. Fourth Ave.

OmakCommencement is at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 1 at the Omak High School gymnasium,

20 S. Cedar St. Baccalaureate was Tuesday, May 21 at the Omak Presbyterian Church,9 Birch St. S.

OrovilleCommencement is at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 1 at the high school, 1008 Ironwood St.

Baccalaureate ceremony was May 19 at Free Methodist Church, 1516 Fir St.

PaterosCommencement is at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 1 at the high school, 344 W. Beach St.

Baccalaureate is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 29 at the Pateros Church of Christ, 128 N.Independence St.

RepublicCommencement is at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 1 at the high school, 30306 state

Highway 20. Baccalaureate is at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, at Redeemer EpiscopalChurch, 3 Klondike Road.

TonasketCommencement is at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 8 at the high school, 35 state Highway20. Baccalaureate is at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 2 at Ellisforde Church of the Brethren,32116 U.S. Highway 97.

Graduations at a glance

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Tonasket

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The Tonasket High School seniors are, seated and kneeling from left, Brandon Birdsong, Ian Young, David Williams, Kelly Cruz and Grace Maldonado; standing, Quinn Mirick, DusteeSapp, Dalton Wahl, Jeffrey Stedtfeld, Ryan DeJong, Hunter Timm and James Olson; third, Sadie Long, Sarina McBride, Tonya Nelson, Austin Booker, Karlie Henneman, Breanna Howell,Jessica Puente Arroyo, Joel Cosino, Ameerah Cholmondeley, Kelsie Kalma, Courtney Jones, Lynn Hendrix and Hans Rabenold; fourth, Rebecca Biernacki, Devin Hamilton, EmilySchell, Michaela Newton, Shea Smith, Claire Thornton, Devan Utt, Jose Hernandez, Griselda Celestino, Wyatt O'Brien, Ivan Rios, Oscar Avilez, Megan Beyers, Tashia West, DerekRimestad, Alicia Edwards, Brayson Hires, Sierra Hughes, Ahlia Young, Christina Southerland, Jake Barton and Jesus Alvarez. Not pictured are Gricelda Celestino, Kayla Davis, XochitlFlores Ursino, Raven Chandra Goudeau, Jessica Puente Arroyo, Angela Jones, Emily Mills, Marilu Morales, Brianda Polito, Allison Webster, Johanna Wilcox, Kylan Williams andZachary Zanoni.

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