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PiCk-uP or DeLivery PLUS Meadors named Alumni of the Year Retired Petersburg elementary school Prin- cipal steve meadors was named Distinguished alumni of the year during last friday's Pike county school corporation 12th annual Recogni- tion Dinner hosted by iPL. meadors said he start- ed his career at Pes after serving in Vietnam and in several jobs, including police officer. he took advantage of the gi bill and began teaching at Pe- tersburg, which led to the principal position. me- adors said, "i enjoyed school administration the most." meadors took the school through the 1990 tornado that destroyed the building which result- ed in temporary classrooms and finally the pre- sent facility. 2014 SPONSOR LIST A & B Fire & Safety Amber Manor Nursing Home Benner & Co. 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Ridao HVAC & Auto Schell Auto & Salvage Shears Shoultz Construction Shoultz Eye Care Silk Designs Sisson Steel Snider Body Shop Solar Sources Spot of Nature 5 Star Mining Sternberg Ford Studio 603 Sycamore Electronics T & E Welding, Inc. Thacker Tax Services The Ole Flower Shoppe Tri-State Trophy Underground Resale Shop Val Fleig, Attorney VFW 3587 VFW Gaming Fund VFW Ladies Auxilary Village Inn Voyles Subway Walters Bros. Construction LLC W. W. Rauch, Attorney Whitehead Motors Willis & Company, P. C. Willis Sign Co. Winslow Lions Club Winslow Lodge F & AM 260 Winslow Market Place Women of the Moose W-V Auto Brokers Wyatt Seed Co., Inc. Zone Fitness Center THANK YOU! Abe JenSon Valedictorian speech Wow, I am amazed to be standing up in front of you here this evening. Yes, thankful and blessed to be a valedictorian, but more importantly, thankful that I was given a second chance, a chance to be alive today. I will admit, that life has not always been this way. Most of you only know this side of me, the new me, but not long ago, my life was completely different. Believe it or not, this valedictorian actually quit school for a period of time, and crazily enough, that was less than five years ago, my eighth grade year. I was extremely depressed, even suicidal, to the point of writing that end of life letter. It was the roughest patch of my life, and I became very close to not having a life, but God had a plan for me; and it didn't end there. That was Abraham Jenson, just four short years ago. Needless to say, a lot of things have changed since then, and that is what I want to focus on tonight. Yes, I now attend school regular- ly, but much more impor- tantly, I am in love with life. I can honestly stand before you today and say that I would not change one thing. God has worked in my life, so that I am able to forgive those who have hurt me, be thankful for the hardships, and utilize all that can be gained from the challenges I have faced. One of the most power- ful quotes, my personal fa- vorite, is a paragraph from Charles Swindoll. "Attitude is more important than facts, the past, the educa- tion, the money, than cir- cumstances, failure, or suc- cess. We cannot change our past. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our at- titude. I am convinced that life is 10 % what happens to me and 90 % how I react to it. And so it is with you... We are in charge of our at- titudes." You have probably heard this, but have you given se- rious thought to it? Many choose not to believe that life is determined by atti- tude, something they con- trol, because that is a lot of responsibility. It's easy to take responsibility for suc- cess, but it is not easy to take responsibility for fail- ure. You can't claim one without the other though, and they are both yours whether you claim them or not. We are all faced with a choice when things happen to us. Whether you are will- ing to take responsibility for it or not, the choice is yours, and by not accepting it, you have already made the deci- sion to let your environment control your life. I was faced with that deci- sion. I didn't know anything about life, or teenagers, or even people. I was clueless, submerged in a new and unfamiliar world. It would have been extremely easy to blame my state on my past, my circumstances. But in- stead, I chose to take re- sponsibility for my state, my life. I realized that I could not change the past, but that the present and future were in my control. I chose to have a positive attitude even when negative things happened to me. And lastly, I chose to make the most out of the tragic events that had happened to me, and I have actually found a lot of good in them. So far, this has been a message for everyone, but my fellow graduates, these next few words are for you. We are now adults, mem- bers of the real world, with much added responsibili- ty. Response - Ability. The ability to choose your re- sponse. It is now up to you to respond to what life throws at you, so what are you go- ing to choose? Will you let your things outside of your control determine who you are, or will you utilize what you cannot change in order to maximize what is in your power, your potential. You are not able to control your past, but it is never too late to control your attitude. Life's too short to sit around and wait for something good to happen to you. So search for opportunities, and make the most out of everything that happens to you, even the hardships, because some- times God uses those trage- dies and hardships in order to strengthen, impact and teach those He loves, and He loves every single one of you. So, do you want and oppor- tunity to grow and learn, or would you rather have an ex- cuse for imperfection? The choice is yours, so I urge you to take responsibility. lAuren dAviS, KendAll dudenhoffer, AuStin hAnebutt, lAuren luff Valedictorian Speech Four days ago, I woke up from a dream about today. I had not written my speech or thought about it at all. Be- cause of my procrastination, I had only 15 minutes to as- semble the whole speech. In that dream, I came up with an idea. An idea so simple, yet so accurate in the way it describes our class. Fire- works. And the four of us decided to use it for this speech. Just think about a firework. A small vessel of explosives, wrapped up with little indication of true potential. Without ignition, it will stay that way. Howev- er, once it's lit, it explodes from its tube, launches high into the air, and erupts into a beautiful array of colors. It reminds me of the class of 2014. When we started elemen- tary school, our little ball of explosives stage, most of us had no idea what our poten- tial was. We knew that some- day each of us would have a career, whether it was an MLB player, princess, or a vet, but we didn't under- stand how much we would evolve in the time between then and high school gradu- ation. Our teachers and staff gave us that first bit of fire to get us going. Without them, we would have stayed as ves- sels full of potential, but left sitting on the ground. We of- fer our thanks to them for being that fire and getting us started. Without them, we couldn't have moved on to our next stage: the launch. Our middle school and early high school years were our time between leaving the tube and exploding into our beautiful spectacle. We were all up in the air about our futures and on no clear path. Just like a firework during its launch, we en- tered our time of doubt. Our light from the initial spark given to us seemed to sput- ter out. There was no prom- ise that we would reach the explosion or do anything more than flare at the be- ginning. There was a hint of fear that we would end up a dud. We were deemed the worst class of Pike Cen- tral, with good reason. Our class wasn't trusted to go on field trips or participate in many activities outside of the classroom. Despite the doubt and apprehension caused by our class, the teachers and staff of middle school stuck by us and kept trying to guide the wayward kids back to the right path. We want to thank them for that. That particular path led the class to our final stage: the explosion. This stage is where we amazed everybody. The worst class of Pike Central came out on top. Every in- dividual erupted into their own beautiful spectacle of colors and made up a little part of the overall success of the whole class. When all of the single fireworks are viewed as a big show, they are even more impressive. Our class has five valedicto- rians and one salutatorian. Through assorted trials, we have succeeded in obtaining various academic and ath- letic achievements, both in- dividually and as a group. Our teachers, staff, par- ents and coaches made all of those accomplishments possible. Thank you all. We put every doubt of our suc- cess to rest. The individuals of the class of 2014 are the fire- works of Pike Central. We all started with a little spark, caused doubt and apprehen- sion, and ended with suc- cess, though some thought it was impossible. We went out with a bang and proved all doubters wrong. Great job class of 2014. Thanks for making high school a blast and good luck! And remember to listen to your dreams, they might have the answers. ZAchAriA King Senior Speech We all have dreams. Ma- rine Officer, Lawyer, Archi- tect, being a part of a bil- lion dollar company, Pres- ident. We all have dreams; but you know who else had dreams? Current Marine of- ficers, lawyers, architects, billion dollar men, and Pres- idents. Can you guess where they started? Right here. They started by being basic kids in basic high schools. Some with less than high school training! You know what else we have? Con- victs, terrorists, and people who just want to watch the world burn. Now, these peo- ple also stand out as basic kids with dreams. But they chose a different path than those of success. They were faced with the decision to chase their dreams down a road of success, or be a baby and take the easy, less scary way out. Well ladies and gentlemen, we are now fac- ing those two roads. We can either run down the path to- wards success, or we can sit on our butts like a bunch of babies sucking our thumbs expecting the government to provide us with every- thing we need. Guys, don't be babies. Get off your butts and chase those dreams! I know that each of you have the potential to do whatev- er you want. So go out there and do it! Take this world by its collar and show it who you are! Scream your name in its face because you know that it won't do a gosh dang thing about it. Engrave your name on the walls of history because you're special and there will never be another one of you. Crush the shoul- ders of the giants that great ones before you have stood on. Reach new heights. Ex- plore new depths. But most importantly, be the you that you want to be. You never thought that you could de- feat high school, but you did it. Now it's time to show this world exactly who the heck you are and what you can do! Go out there and be your- self class of 2014, and have a dang good time doing it! nicK bAKer Senior Class Salutatorian Speech Becoming friends is an odd experience when you think about it. You're just like oh, I like this human, I'll keep it and do stuff with it. When you think of it that way, it's kind of weird, yet at the same time when you ac- tually experience it, it's one of the most natural things on earth. A bond of friend- ship just happens whether it is over time or all of the sudden or by accident. True friendship is one of those things where if you can ob- tain it, then you need noth- ing else. At times we take that for granted. We get mad or aggravated or just plain sick of them. It's not until you part ways that you real- ize how precious it really is. I hate these sort of things; when your time with some- one comes to an end. There are so many emotions, so many thoughts, memories, and feelings, yet all we can manage to say is goodbye. "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it hap- pened," Dr. Seuss. 2014 PCHS Valedictorian, Salutatorian speeches A-6 Wednesday, June 4, 2014 The Press-Dispatch