JHS GRADUATES EARN DIPLOMAS

Weather cooperated and Jackson High School's 330 graduating seniors were able to receive their diplomas in the high school football stadium Friday night.

Long-time JHS faculty members Karen Kight and Jean Schweain gave a dual commencement speech, urging the graduates to pursue kindness as one of life's goal. Kight quotes Johann von Goethe's maxim "Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together."

The graduating class displayed a strong academic and athletic record, receiving some $29,500 in local scholarships and some $1,165,000 overall.

The 1999 valedictorian was Chrissi Glastetter. Jennifer Horst earned salutatorian honors.

Plans had been in flux for the commencement. The rain location had been changed from the JHS gymnasium to the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. Rumors circulated last week that the ceremony might be moved to the Show Me Center, regardless of weather.