SPRINGFIELD
After a few seconds at the podium, commencement speaker Henry “Hank” Sheldon, a police officer active in the DARE program, took off his suit jacket and donned
his son’s soccer sweatshirt and a CV-S baseball cap.
“There, now am I more recognizable?” he asked as a ripple of laughter coursed through the Alice Busch Theater, where the Cherry Valley-Springfield Class of 2008 held its commencement Saturday, June 28.
Sheldon told the audience he believes in young people, the community and the school. And he believes CV-S grads will always be rewarded.
“Be brave, be honorable,” Sheldon advised them. “When you say you’re going to do
something, do it.”
Class president Weston Johnson said in introducing the speaker, “Hank captivates
the thoughts of the school, the community, and always gives a cheerful hello.”
Valedictorian Kaitlin Fox said, “To wish you are someone else is to waste the person you are.”
And salutatorian Ashley Jacoby said, “Without your teammates, you will only
be working against yourself.”
The class advisers, Jordan and Melissa Jaquay, stood to bid farewell to the
young people they had guided from the seventh grade through graduation. Jordan Jaquay quoted George Carlin - “If you don’t laugh at life, you aren’t really living it. Smile and laugh through all of life’s ups and downs.”
His wife underscored his message, saying, “Just dance. Be open minded, be tolerant,
don’t be afraid to look silly or to be laughed at. Be unique.”
Bagpiper Robert Schafsteck played the recessional. As the class exited into the
scorching sunshine, the temptation was too much for Scott VanDerKrake, who led a group of boys in cannon-balling into the pond out front.






CHERRY VALLEY – Here is the Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School Class of 2008:

Lyla G. Abdallah
Jennifer Lynn Bowen
Anthony Franklin Brant
Kendra Lynn Burst
Audrianna Irene Butler
Keegan R. Butts
Jordan Alexander Carter
Scott Ono Chiba
Dylan Joshua Clements
Desiree A. Cornelia
Tylor Cornell
Don P. Corns III
Blaze Cayenne Cox
Sebastian Daou
Cody Wayne Duncan
Michael Gordon Fassett
Catherine Grace Fischer
Janet Marie Fish
Kaitlyn Ann Fox
Steven G. French
Scott H. Fullington
Barry Charles Gaughan
Jason R. Guernsey
Braden Michael Hanlon
Calvin B. Hardy
Zqachary S. Hayes
Nathaniel T. Herringshaw
Kyle Thomas Hysack
Ashley Nicole Jacoby
Weston Walker Johnson
Micholas Tivon Jordan
Kyle Shane Kraham
Laura Rebekah Kroon
Richard Marvin Lantz
Adrienne Elizabeth Mabie
Jesse Jon Miller
Tany Erin Montgomery
Michelle Louise Natali
John M. Odbert
Zachary K. Pecenak
Benjamin D. Prime
Sabrina Marie Proctor
Robert Kurt Schafsteck
Lucas F. Sikkema
Owen Michael Stenz
Matthew Aaron Tracy
Amanda Lynn VanBuren
James Thomas VanDerKrake
Scott Jeffrey VanDerKrake
Joseph Frank Varone Jr.
Emily Louise Vesely
Savannah Marie Whiteman
Devin Lee York
Anthony Dewitt Young

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