TOP: Zach Hammond helps fellow classmate JayDee Schafers adjust her mortar board before the 129th Marion High School commencement on Saturday. BELOW: During the ceremony, the two valedictorians and one salutatorian addressed the 2013 graduating class. At left is Isaac Baldwin, salutatorian, and Elizabeth Goentzel and Ryan Nelson, valedictorians. Baldwin spoke about the people who guided them and have made them better people. Goentzel was reminded of ?Pooh?s Graduation? by Isabel Gaines and how everyone has a purpose. Nelson quoted Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc., who said: ?Your time is limited, so don?t waste it living someone else?s life. Don?t let the noise of other?s opinions drown out your own inner voice.? Fifty-eight students received their diplomas as hundreds of family and friends witnessed the event. See story on Page 5B.
