The "Best and Brightest"
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Class of '16
Valedictorian: Ruth Granlund
Salutatorian: Helen Sleight
Class of '18
Valedictorian: Leona Boettcher
Class of '20
Valedictorian: Tony Boettcher
Salutatorian: Janice Meredith
Class of '25
Valedictorian: Maurice Compton
Salutatorian: Chris Harmon
Class of '26
Valedictorian: Lorena Raught
Salutatorian: Elsa Moretz
Class of '27
Valedictorian: Doyl Mowery
Salutatorian: Ilene Tuttle
Class of '29
Valedictorian: Louise Middleton
Salutatorian: Georgia Nelson
Class of '31
Valedictorian: Marie Lorency Hanson
Salutatorian: Mabel Josephine Deranleau
Class of '33
Valedictorian: Francile Fletcher
Salutatorians: Irma McGuire and Nina Glenn
Class of '41
Valedictorian: Alma Combs
Salutatorian: Gladys Peters
Class of '44
Valedictorian: Maxine Holloway
Salutatorian: Edith Schock
Class of '45
Valedictorian: Joan Whitney
Class of '46
Valedictorian: Clarence Powell
Class of '47
Valedictorians:
Donna Dillard, Joan Long,
Glenna Jean McEwen, Iva Tucker, Eugene Fergin
Class of '48
Valedictorian: Joyce Baker
Class of '49
Valedictorians: Richard Boyd, Patricia Monroe,
Mary Musser, Elizabeth Myers
Salutatorians: Glen Turner, Phillip Raekes
Class of '50
Valedictorian: Lorna Erickson
Salutatorian: Catherine Baudendistel
Class of '51
TOP FIVE
Valedictorian: Margaret Dowis
Margaret Buescher, Donna Miller, Jim Wakefortd, Shirley Drury
Class of '52
TOP SIX
Valedictorian: Tom Davis
Salutatorian: Nancy Mooers
Joy Mason, Margie Casebier, Elsa Lou Slack, Mary Morgan
Class of '53
TOP SIX
Valedictorian: Suzanne Struck
Salutatorian: Norma Loescher
Dorothy Dowis,
Sue Hall,
Shirley Frye,
LaRae McCullough
Class of '54
TOP SIX
Valedictorian: Mural Nichols
Salutatorian: Larry Blackburn
Mary Esther Anderson,
Carol Clark,
Ruth Haugse,
Virginia Brinkerhoff
Class of '55
Valedictorian: Helen Henry
Salutatorian: Jane Volpentest
Class of '56
TOP FIVE
Valedictorian: Ruth Johnson
Salutatorian: Polly Ann Hills
Lloyd Moore, Janet Glenn, Anne Hutcherson
Class of '57
TOP FIVE
Valedictorian: Gary Lucas
Salutatorian: Aida Mankowski
Elizabeth Parker, Max Case, Carol Shanks
Class of '58
Valedictorians: Pamela Holsclaw and Terry Groswith
Class of '59
TOP FIVE
Valedictorians: Judith Rees, Loretta Reich, Georgette Anderson
Salutatorian: Susan J. Myhre
Thomas Beaulieu
Class of '60
Valedictorian: Mike Waggoner
Salutatorian: Howard Kirz
Class of '61
Valedictorian: Katherine "Kay" Johnson
Salutatorian: Tobe Roberts
Class of '62
Valedictorians: Joyce Herbel, Yvonne Wright,
Sandy Harmon
Class of '63
TOP FIVE
Valedictorian: Ken Carlson
Salutatorian: Leslie Dreher
Gary LeClair, Marye Durbin, Jim Newell
Class of '64
TOP FIVE
Valedictorian: Margaret Simmons
Salutatorian: Bill Compton
Kerry Kelly, Carolyn Carver, Veronica Yates
Class of '65
Valedictorians: Gaynor Dawson, Paige Wheeler
Salutatorians: Robert LeClair, Marsha Dallaire
Class of '66
TOP FIVE
Valedictorian: Doug Conrad
Salutatorians: David Kiel
Maureen Barber, Lynn Berry, John Lewis
Class of '67
Valedictorian: Deborah Cahn
Salutatorian: Julia Green
Class of '68
Valedictorian: Mary Juricich
Class of '69
Co-Valedictorian: Nancy Carter and Robin Corley
Salutatorian: Anna Durbin
Class of '70
Valedictorian: Stephan Corey Langford
Salutatorian: Judy Truitt
Class of '71
Valedictorian: Vanessa Pugh
Salutatorian: Henry Vea
Class of '72
TOP FIVE:
Valedictorians: Chuck Cummings & Alison Scott
Salutatorian: Cameron Airhart
Becky Greenfield and Steve Matsumoto
Class of '73
TOP SEVEN
Valedictorians:
Mark Higginson, Karen Lindstrom, Mary Claudson,
Arlene Gilmore, Jeffrey Berg, Laurie Jones
Salutatorian: John Funk
Class of '74
Valedictorians:
Linda Bower, Edward Guthrie, Nadine Ostler
Class of '75
TOP SIX
Valedictorians:
Judy Bunch, Janet Guthrie, Pam Richmond,
Judy Roesch, Marian Watson
Salutatorian: Laura Blackburn
Class of '76
Valedictorians:
Katie Eschbach, Pam Galbreath
Class of '77
Valedictorians:
Carol Guthrie, Janie Crowley, Genie Eschabach,
Stephanie Dorgan, Carolyn Brown, Karen Benton
Class of '78
Valedictorians: Wendy Howden, Kyle Otterbein
Class of '79
Valedictorian: Linda Romrell
Class of '80
TOP SIX
Valedictorian: Debra Armstrong
Salutatorian: Patricia Pottmeyer
Lynn Tadlock, John Fankhauser, Deahn Glover, Robert Lacy
Class of '81
TOP FIVE
Valedictorian: Stewart Cullen Tollbom
Salutatorian: Denny Irby
Dianne Gold, Garry Gold, Doug Leigh
Class of '82
Valedictorians: Julie Burks, Lisa Shippert
Class of '83
Valedictorian: Matthew Pride
Class of '84
Valedictorian: Clark Nguyen
Class of '85
Valedictorian: Karen Reese
Class of '86
Valedictorian: Maria Mohr, Martha Westacott
Class of '87
Valedictorian:
Chris Rheumler, Steve Reese, Amy Taylor
Class of '88
Valedictorian: Heidi Beitel
Class of '89
Valedictorian: Timothy Mhyre
Class of '91
Valedictorian: Pam Chakra (sp?)
Salutatorian: Jeffrey Ogryzek
Class of '92
Valedictorian:
Niket Shrivastava
Class of '93
Valedictorians:
Charis Santille and Leonard Pease, III
Class of '94
Valedictorian: Jared Anderson
Salutatorians: Kirk Morris and Analiese Sand
Class of '95
Valedictorians:
Alec Artzen, Steve Colson, Kirk Debban, John Hedengren
Class of '96
Valedictorian: Tom May
Salutatorians: Erin Russell
Class of '97
Valedictorians:
Eric Cadwell, Courtney Christensen, Joan Doran,
Heather Eggen, Ryan Plaisted, Annika Ritter,
Randy Teel, and Kaci Young
Salutatorian: Jayna Disney
Class of '98
Valedictorians:
Brittney Anderson, Steve Bonner, Ramon Iovin, Collin May, Karen Tu
Salutatorian: Jeff Hoyle
Class of '99
Valedictorian: Leann White
Salutatorian: Ryan Edmondson
Class of 2000
Valedictorians:
Daniel Bottenus, Courtney Burgdorff, Shannon Urza, & Alex Wood
Salutatorian: Shannon Bowser
Class of 2001
Valedictorians:
Cynthia Beller, Derek Chen, Daniel Rieck
Salutatorian: Bryan Schubert
Class of 2002
Valedictorians:
Cynthia Chau, Bethany Samuelson
Salutatorian: Allison Hedges
Class of 2003
Valedictorians:
Rojean Bright, Stephen Carr, Maren Disney, Steven Maxfield, Andrea McGarrah
Salutatorian: Erik Carl
Class of 2004
Valedictorians:
Tim Bussman, Tara Daniels, Matthew McKinley, Katie Reeder,
Stephanie Sax, Allison Spencer, Kelly Whitney
Salutatorian: Bennett Rieck
Class of 2005
Valedictorians:
Amanda Beller, Kaylin Gaston, Jenny Hartley, David Hewitt,
Michael Knollmeyer, Quynh Le, Kyle Lemiere, Michelle Penttila,
Melissa Queen, Thomas Westphal
Salutatorian: Craig Hofferber
Class of 2006
Valedictorians:
Timothy Elder, Carolyn Gonsky, Mark Hendricks, Alys Hugo,
Shelly Ni, James Sanford, Kayla Sax
Salutatorians: Ashley Dernbach, Emily Dirkes
Class of 2007
Valedictorians:
Nathan Bailey, Steven Ceto, Marie Chilton, Angie Hartley, Michael Noland
Salutatorian: Berlin Sudduth
Class of 2008
Valedictorians:
David Bergsman, Andrea Brigantic, Daniel Chiang, Galia Deitz,
Stefan Dernbach, Carrie Dotson, Matthew Hendricks, Dana Hulke,
Jenevieve Lackey, Laura Sampson, Thomas Sanford, Stephanie Wright
(yep, 12)
Salutatorian: Sean Johnson
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