Outof theBlueBlast offCrittenden County High SchoolClass of 2008

Out of the blue is an expression for surprise,But out of the blue is something else I surmise.

For CCHS spirit colors include blue for one,And out of the blue graduates they become.

Greatness�like doctors, pharmacists, lawyers and engineers, too�Have come from this school from out of the blue.

Yes, even for NASA our graduates are landing.They lead our armed forces with service outstanding.

We even have a professor of statistics at UT we once knew.Although now she is orange, she came from out of the blue.

Let us not forget the ordinary people who graduate, too.For they work hard, pay taxes, and die for our country,

And they came from out of the blue.

What we do matters, and we must endure.Even though sometimes our results are unsure,

We owe it to society to enforce every ruleFor letting rule breakers get away only produces fools.

Or out of the blue some will end up behind barbed walls.Expect the best and make students struggle sometimes

For not by our success but hardship is our character defined.Mediocre is mediocre; that is all I can say.

Do not accept it although it would be easier that way.For once a generation ordinary did not give up.

They lived through a depression, and boy was it tough.But out of despair, courage and mighty character grew.

Later this greatest generation saved the world during WWII.

Many teachers have walked these halls in search of a calling.Many have retired, and some good friends have already fallen.

Greatness can be produced out of this rural school.But commitment to excellence in all should be the rule.

There once was an ordinary little boy, who did not know much,Wanting to make a difference, and how, he did not have a hunch.

He wanted to be a superhero, and his dream did come true.For just like many heroes seated here, he came from out of the blue.

By Greg HollamonCrittenden County High School teacher

VALEDICTORY ADDRESS

Good evening, I would like to welcome you allagain, and thank you for joining our class in

this evening's celebration.To begin I must tell you, I have deliberated

quite a bit over what I would say tonight. I hopedto really have something great to give to youbecause it is not very often that one gets toaddress so many people from our community,and I realize I will probably never get the chanceagain to speak to our entire senior class. I feelvery humbled. I thought I would have so manythings to speak on tonight but now I see that ishard to know what to say. It would probably helpif I could havesome great advice,but you see, I amin the same posi-tion as the rest ofyou, excited andanticipating thefuture before us.So, I won't try topretend that Ireally have anygreat wisdom toshare with all ofyou.

What I wantthis class toknow, is thateach of you bringsomething spe-cial to thisgroup. While Iam not surewhere I fit intothat equation, Ido know that Iam thankful tobe part of it. Saying that, this group has spentmore time together than we probably ever have,and I feel like I have just gotten to know some ofyou. During that time I took the opportunity tojust observe this group I have spent so manyyears with. What I saw amazed me.

Friends and family I present to you a group ofindividuals capable of most anything. I won't beunreasonable. I realize we are not a class of 90doctors and lawyers, but there are sure to besome and the rest of us will surely try our hardestto make ourselves the very best we can be. We

86 Rocket seniors say good-bye to high school

Top honors3 valedictorians, 1 salutatorian address classmates

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Senior photos inside • Scholarship recipients •

Livingston Central honors •

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PARENTSStephen and Mary Hill

FAVORITE MEMORYSenior trip to Chicago

PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOLAttend KentuckyWesleyan College andpursue a degree inspeech therapy

DREAM JOBSpeech therapist

FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECTAdvanced Topics (math)

FAVORITE TV SHOWToday Show

FAVORITE MOVIEThe Lion King

FAVORITE MUSICAll types of music

PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET?If I could meet anyone it would be Billy Grahambecause he has been such an influence whilemaintaining his place as a Christian role model

WHAT DOES BEING VALEDICTORIAN MEAN TO YOU?Being valedictorian is what I have worked for, forfour long years. By finally being able to have thattitle it shows that I have reached a monumentalgoal.

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AT 40?Successful in my dream job with a healthy family

elise christine

hill

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VALEDICTORY ADDRESS

Wow! Our senior year is over, high school isover…We are no longer students at

Crittenden County High School. This journey iscoming to an end. How time flies when you’rekind of having fun! Just a few years ago it feltlike we would never graduate, but now it’s here.I don’t know about you, but I don’t feel like I’mquite ready. It has been a long ride to get here.There were several times when I felt like givingup and many of you may have too, but we some-how managed to finish this journey. We perse-

vered so that wecould make it tothis night – one ofthe most impor-tant nights of ourlives. Congratula-tions class of2008, we did it!!!

I ponderedabout this speechfor some time, andI kept gettingwriter’s block everytime I tried to writeit. I wanted it to behumorous andentertaining, butI’m not the funniestperson. I wanted togive inspiration tomy fellow class-mates, but how canyou do that in afive-minutespeech? I wantedto thank people, but

what if I forgot someone? I didn’t want it to belong and boring, but I tend to be a little wordy.This is my attempt at funny, thankful, and inspi-rational, but I won’t make any promises about itbeing short.

I started my journey at Tolu ElementarySchool. Emily Lowery and I both had older sib-lings that attended school at Tolu. Because ofthat, our mothers spent a great deal of timethere, so naturally we did, too. We were used toschool, and we were ready to start, or at least I

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PARENTSGarry and Janna Croft

FAVORITE MEMORYFinding out that I was vale-dictorian!

PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOLAttend Murray StateUniversity to become anelementary schoolteacher.

DREAM JOBKindergarten teacher

FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECTMath

FAVORITE TV SHOWGrey's Anatomy

FAVORITE MOVIEGrease

FAVORITE MUSICVaried. Some of everything

PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET?I would want to meet one of my relatives, ThomasS. Croft, who was a very successful farmer a longtime ago in Crittenden County. I would like tolearn about my family history and how to be suc-cessful from him.

WHAT DOES BEING VALEDICTORIAN MEAN TO YOU?I have been hoping to be valedictorian since theend of my sixth-grade year, so it is the realizationof one of my biggest goals so far.

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AT 40?Married, two children, working at CCES as akindergarten teacher.

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croft

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VALEDICTORY ADDRESS

Let us pray...Our father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.Thy kingdom come,Thy will be done,On Earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread,And forgive us our trespassesAs we forgive those who trespass against us.Lead us not into temptation,But deliver us from evil,For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the

glory forever. Amen

Whenasked a fewdays ago whatbeing valedic-torian meant tome, I simplyreplied, "beingvaledictorianmeans knowingthat all of thehard work andeffort I havegiven has beenworthwhile."Standing heretoday, I realizethat all of myaspirations areactually becom-ing reality. Therewere numeroustimes when I did-n't think this daywould get hereand now it has. Iam so grateful to have such a loving family andwonderful friends, all of whom have always sup-

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PARENTSDwayne and JeanetteDoom

FAVORITE MEMORYUndeniably, winning thelast game to complete anundefeated volleyball sea-son during my sopho-more year.

PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOLAttend Murray StateUniversity in the fall -majoring in pharmaceuti-cal research in addition togeneral education

DREAM JOBConducting biochemical research in an attempt tohelp find cures for various diseases in addition tobeing a daytime teacher

FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECTU.S. History

FAVORITE TV SHOWReba

FAVORITE MOVIEThe Wizard of Oz

FAVORITE MUSICCountry

PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET?Albert Einstein because a great mind is a terriblething to waste

WHAT DOES BEING VALEDICTORIAN MEAN TO YOU?Being a valedictorian represents everything I haveworked so hard for. It means that my hard workhas truly been worthwhile. Being valedictorianmeans receiving a blessing I will not ever take forgranted.

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AT 40?At 40 I would like to have established a success-ful career as a pharmaceutical researcher in addi-tion to having a family of my own.

chasity leigh “t.t.”doom

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SALUTATORY ADDRESS

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Aboutfive hours ago, I sat at my home computer

and wondered what in the world I could possiblysay. Most students like to say something upliftingand encouraging to their peers, but I feel like I’min no position to give advice. I still can’t get overthe fact that everyone is leaving. A week fromnow, I’ll probably wake up, eat breakfast, and tryto remember what English homework I still haveto do before school. Not that I ever did my home-work last minute, of course.

So…seniors, we are leaving. I have mixed feel-ings about not seeing most of you again andmaking new friends and classmates next year,and I hope you feel the same. But I would like totake this moment, if I don’t see you after Friday,to wish you good luck in whatever you do,whether it’s going to a university, community col-lege, or neither. No matter what you do after thenext few days, you have the opportunity to behappy.

With that said, I’m at the part I’ll really havetrouble with. It’s been fun, and in particular thislast year has been amazing. There are so many

people I have tothank. I’m sittingthrough the churchservice to thankthem, which shouldlet everyone knowhow sincere I am. Ofcourse, the facultyhere, from adminis-tration to cafeteriaworkers. Most of youhave been incrediblynice to me, andthere’s no way I canrepay you. I don’tthink I’ll even real-ize how much theteachers havehelped me untilnext year in class.My family… I don’tknow what I cansay that you don’tknow already. I’vealso had the bestgroup of best

friends you could wish for. I can’t express howgrateful I am. Thank you, all of you, so much.

Well, I guess this is it. Congratulations, SeniorClass of ’08. I’m looking forward to planning thereunion.

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PARENTSGreg and Carol Hodge

FAVORITE MEMORYNone. I've had a lot ofgood ones that are hard tochoose from.

PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOLAttend Murray StateUniversity for undecidedmajor

DREAM JOBPresident

FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECTBand

FAVORITE TV SHOWScrubs

FAVORITE MOVIESpirited Away

FAVORITE MUSICRock

PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET?George Washington for being such an influentialfigure

WHAT DOES BEING VALEDICTORIAN MEAN TO YOU?It means I did a great deal of work.

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AT 40?I would like to have a successful job and have anice family

mary annhodge

Pals Adam Hardin and Jordan Martin pose for a picture

after Fridayʼs commencement ceremonies.

Andrea Bennett, Jessica Belt and Nicole Bean await theplaying of the processional music prior to graduation.

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ported me and given me theencouragement when I needed itmost. My parents, siblings, andnieces have remained the stablerock for me to lean on whentimes were trying; my friends,those I will always hold near anddear to my heart, will alwaysremain the individuals who haveundoubtedly made the gloomiestday bright. These past few years,which have flown by so muchfaster than what I ever couldhave fathomed, wouldn't havebeen so influential to me and myfuture had it not been for thewonderful faculty and staff of thisschool system. Above all, though,I want to thank God above for allof his many blessings. Whentimes were tough, and I couldn'tsee a way out, I could alwayscount on him to provide theguiding to light to see methrough.

Everything is still surreal, andI don't think the true meaning ofit all has sunk in for most of us.Yet, as we are all soon to journeydown our separate avenues, wewill carry with us a commonfoundation. Not only have wegained the valuable asset ofknowledge, but we have obtainedthe wisdom to use it. In Proverbs,chapter 24, verse 3, it is said thatthrough intelligence a house isbuilt, but by understanding, it isestablished. We have all beenfortunate enough to be able toattend this school. We havelearned so much more than merefacts; we have learned about life.We have been taught persever-ance, acceptance, responsibility,know-how, and above all, that weare all capable of pursuing thebest for our lives.

To everything there is a sea-son; a time to every purpose. Weare the future and the future isnow. We have the potential tomake such a dramatic differencein the world. We are the nextgeneration of leaders with the skytruly being the limit. Now is ourtime, and this is our season tomake a change. All of our tomor-

rows are readily becoming today.The future is no longer soon-coming; it's happening. As we aresoon to face obstacles in whichsome degree of failure will beinevitable, do not let the fear offailing dictate your every action.Those who fail are always think-ing of what they may lose. Yetthose who succeed, they are theindividuals who think of whatcan be accomplished. We havebut one true choice: seize everyopportunity possible and experi-ence every facet of everyinstance. Do not simply settle forbeing successful in general; besuccessful for a reason. No longercan we take life for granted, for itwill pass us by with a mere blink-

ing of an eye. If you are aspiringfor greatness within your life, gofor it! Together, we can make thepossibilities for the futurebecome endless.

As a wise man once said, asmall, solitary candle may light athousand. After leaving tonight,we can all be assured that thewick of the future has been litinside each and every one of us.Thank you all for coming tonightto support us as we take the firststep towards our future. We haveawaited this day for so ling. Withall of the knowledge we havegained, the lessons learned andthe memories made, nothing canstop us now. As the real worldknocks at our front door; let's

greet it with a proactive attitude.i invite each of you to be that onesmall candle, burning for a brightfuture, making an emphatic dif-ference. Well, we have beensteadfast towards our goal ofobtaining a diploma and finallythe moment has arrived.Congratulations class of 2008;we did it!

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STAFF REPORTOn May 23, several

Crittenden County HighSchool seniors who alsoattend the Kentucky TechCaldwell County AreaTechnology Center were rec-ognized at the annual highschool awards breakfast. Thes t u d e n t sreceived cer-tificates inAuto Tech,Culinary Arts,H e a l t hS e r v i c e s ,In fo rmat ionTechno logyand Welding.

T r a v i sC o n w a yreceived a certificate for hisauto tech training. Travis' autoteacher was Alan Shaffer.

Students receiving culinaryarts certificates included:Kristen Dreihaupt, KendraFitzgerald, Sarah Shoemakeand Rebecca Wicker. Wickerwas recognized for her partici-pation in the local, regionaland state Skills-USA competi-tion. The culinary arts class istaught by Ruth Gray.

Health Services studentsreceiving certificates included:Jessica Belt, Andrea Bennett,Elizabeth Collins, JessicaEarls, Josh Ipock, TalaJepsen, Misty Rose, BaileyTravis and Taylor Wright. TheHealth Services class istaught by Vicki Wilcox.

Information Technologystudent Chad Ingram receiveda certificate of training in infor-mation technology and com-

puter repair. IT classes aretaught by Brian Chastain.

Rickey Hackney wasawarded a certificate for histraining in welding. The weld-ing class is taught by MickeyBayer.

Seniors Collins and Travisalso received Kentucky

OccupationalS k i l l sS t a n d a r d sCert i f icatesT u e s d a ynight for theiraccomplish-ments on theindustry-pre-p a r e dassessmentin their field of

study during class night activi-ties, according to PrincipalArthur Dunn.

They were two CrittendenContiants of the 13,684 stu-dents enrolled in vocationaltechnical educational classesacross Kentucky who partici-pated in this assessment in2007-08 school year. Forty-eight percent earned certifi-cates by passing a multiplechoice and writing scenariotest. Caldwell County ATC hada 47 percent pass rate. BothCrittenden students receivingKOSSA certificates wereenrolled in the Health Servicesclass at the Caldwell CountyATC. The students were.

Thirty-four CrittendenCounty High School studentsparticipated in classes at theCaldwell County AreaTechnology Center during the2007-08 school year.

Collins Travis

may not know what that is yet,but we have proven ourselvescapable by being here tonight,accomplishing one of the greatestfeats of our lives.

We could not have done itwithout the group of individualshere on the stage and filling thisauditorium. I do not know thespecific sacrifices each one of youhas made but I know there havebeen some. I know you haveemptied pockets and hearts tomake the best life possible for us.How can we thank you for that?How can I thank you, my loving

family, and Grant, and all theothers who have constantly beenthere just like family, for all youhave done? And everyone elsethat is here tonight who couldhave been a million other places.It is this kind of support that youare showing that makes me, andhopefully this whole group real-ize that we are definitely notalone. Thank you does not seemto be enough but hopefully ourlives can be a tribute to the loveyou have shown us.

So class of ‘08 and your fami-lies, I hope I have not been toolong but I have been sincere. Itmeans a great deal to me to be infront of you tonight. Thank youand may God bless each of you.

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was. On my fifth birthday, I randown the stairs asking my momif I could go to school. See, I hadalways been told that I could goto school once I turned five, so Iwas ready to go that day. It turnsout you have to wait until thenew school year starts, but I did-n’t know that then. That wasmerely a small speed bumpthough. It was only a fewmonths after my birthday beforeI started going to school.

When I did finally startattending school at ToluElementary, it was within walk-ing distance of my house. Mykindergarten class only had 14people in it. Those first fewmiles in my journey were quiteenjoyable. In a school that small,everyone knows everyone, andsome pretty funny things canhappen. I remember one day ofkindergarten rather vividly. Theclass had lain down for naptime,and I was lucky enough to get thespot under the sand table thatwas full of birdseed. I had trou-ble going to sleep during nap-time, so I was playing with thepieces of birdseed that had fallenonto the floor. Don’t ask mewhy, but for some reason Iplaced a kernel of corn from thefeed into my ear. After a while, Irealized that I couldn’t remove it,and I began to cry. When Emilysaw me crying, she told our

teacher, Mrs. Hunt. I actuallyhad to go to the doctor to get itout. If you’re here Mrs. Hunt, Ibet you didn’t expect me tobecome valedictorian after thatlittle incident, huh? That defi-nitely wasn’t my brightestmoment. Since then I have beenthrough several learning experi-ences, and I know better than todo anything like that again.

Six years ago my sixth gradeyear was ending, and my brotherwas graduating. I came to hisgraduation where I sat in awe ofthe proceedings. I don’t think Ihad heard of a valedictorianbefore that night. When I sawthose people standing up thereand speaking to the audience, Iknew that I wanted to be valedic-torian some day. The only prob-lem was the fact that I was some-what shy in sixth grade. I mighthave been able to make a speechthen, but I would have been sonervous that I would have barelybeen able to talk. I’m definitelystill nervous tonight, but I amfunctioning properly – at leastfor the most part. I was able toget over my fear of public speak-ing mainly because of Mr.Duvall. I had to speak in front ofothers some throughout elemen-tary and middle school, but whenI entered ninth grade I decidedto take Ag. classes and join theFFA. In Introduction toAgriculture, I had to memorizeand say the FFA Creed in front ofmy class. Although it was a littledaunting to begin with, after

adding one paragraph to what wehad to say for five weeks in arow, I realized it wasn’t so bad. Ieven chose to go to competitivespeaking events with the FFA mysophomore, junior, and senioryears. That was an importantstep in my journey, and I’m sureall of you have events that pre-pared you for tonight. For anyyoung people out there tonightthat think you can’t possiblybecome valedictorian, if I can dothis, you can, too!

My fellow classmates, ourbags are packed. We’ve packedup knowledge, skills, and themany memories that we’ve madetogether. We’ve been to SixFlags on three different occasionsfor field trips; that’s probablysome kind of record. We have 11distinguished portfolios this year;that is a record! Congratulations,guys. We’ve spent 13 years try-ing to get to this night. Therewere some twists and turns inthe road we traveled on – wespent many late nights workingon homework and projects; wespent many hours making sureeverything was turned in so thatwe could graduate. But this is it– here and tonight. All of ourhard work is paying off. This isour destination.

Mom and Dad, thank you forsetting me on the right path at ayoung age. I want to thank myteachers, my family, my churchfamily, my friends, and anyoneelse that has helped me to get tothis point on my course. I want

to thank Mary Ann, Nicole,Breanna, and Josh for makingmy year as a senior officer a greatone. I couldn’t have imaginedbeing at this point just a fewyears ago, so thank you all foryour help and support, but Iwant to give my greatest thanksto my God. There were manynights when I didn’t think Iwould be able to complete a bigimportant project, and manytests that I didn’t think I couldpass, but God helped me to getthrough those hard times.

Seniors, this is our last nighttogether. This journey is comingto an end and it is time to start anew one. We have had very sim-ilar journeys from kindergartentill now. You probably havefunny stories to tell aboutkindergarten, like me, and you’veprobably had a lot of peopleinfluence your direction over theyears, like me, but at this pointeveryone can take their ownpath. We each must choose ourown. There are many differentpaths that you can take; you maychoose to go to college, to startworking, or to go on some otherventure. Some of our journeysmay be similar and some of ourjourneys may go many milesapart, but no matter where youchoose to go, keep God first, tryhard, and you will always suc-ceed!

Congratulations and goodluck on the road ahead!! I hopeour paths cross again sometimesoon!

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Tech center honorsCrittenden students

Eighty-six royal blue mortarboards went flying into the air Friday evening after Crittenden County High School seniors weredeclared graduates. Many of the students returned to the school one last time after commencement to catch a bus for Nashville,Tenn., where Project Graduation was held overnight at a downtown laser tag facility.

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