RANGE SAFETY PROJECT — The Vilas County Shooting Range north of Eagle River off Highway 45 is nearly ready to open with the new safety features in place. Construction of bullet catchers on the 25-, 50- and 100-yard ranges, along with the pistol range, should be completed by June 1. The $38,600 project was in response to bullets allegedly leaving the range and traveling over students' heads while on a field trip on county land. The boards for targets will be placed 4 fet in front of the 20-foot-high berms that have roofs constructed of used highway guardrail.--Photo By Ken Anderson

Three Lakes and Phelps
set graduation ceremonies

By Gary Ridderbusch
News-Review Asst. Editor

Seniors at Three Lakes and Phelps high schools will receive their diplomas this weekend, while Northland Pines High School will have commencement exercises in two weeks.

About 200 seniors will graduate at the three area high schools with indoor ceremonies set for Friday, May 28, at 7 p.m. at Three Lakes; Saturday, May 29, at 2 p.m. at Phelps; and Sunday, June 6, at 1 p.m. at Northland Pines in Eagle River.

The details of the graduation ceremonies at Three Lakes and Phelps follow.

Three Lakes

The Three Lakes graduation ceremony for 54 seniors will get under way at 7 p.m. in the high school gymnasium Friday.

Senior Jake Wales will offer the welcome, followed by the salutatory address by Garrett Thorn. Principal William Greb will offer academic recognitions.

Valedictorian Kristen Kwaterski will address the audience, followed by a senior slide show.

Senior Hannah Peterson will introduce the commencement speaker, at-risk and school-to-work coordinator Len Larsen.

Seniors Will Young and Thorn will sing “Good Riddance.”

Greb will present the Class of 2010 to the board of education, and director of guidance Gene Welhoefer and social studies teacher Jana Morrow will read the class roll. School board member Mike Kwaterski will present the diplomas.

Senior Jamie Olson will read the graduate’s creed and classmates Rebecca Lohagen and Brianna Schmidt will offer the closing.

The high school band, under the direction of Richard Gonitzke, will play the traditional processional song “Pomp and Circumstance.” The recessional will be “It’s My Life.”

Phelps

Phelps High School will hold commencement exercises for 12 seniors Saturday at 2 p.m. in the high school gymnasium.

Senior Derek Guse will introduce the speakers, led by senior Mindy Nyman offering the welcome.

The salutatorian address will be presented by Jennifer Samuelson and William Decker and the valedictorian address will be given by Caitlin Kauzlaric.

A senior ensemble will sing “Amazing Grace.” The singers will include Kauzlaric, Samuelson, Decker, Michael Rosendahl and Nyman. They will be accompanied by Ashley Cox. Then Guse will present a drum solo.

The commencement address will be offered by retiring teacher Chris Meier, who has taught in Phelps the past 16 years.

Dean of students Jason Pertile will introduce the Class of 2010 and school board member Randy Samuelson will present diplomas to the seniors.

Cox will recite a poem and the Class of 2010 iMovie will be shown to the audience.

Charley Requa and Robert Kujanpaa will be inducted into the Phelps School Hall of Fame. Requa has been a longtime supporter of the school. Kujanpaa graduated in the Phelps School Class of 1952.

Following the Hall of Fame induction, and presentation of academic awards and scholarships, Rosendahl will offer a farewell to his classmates.

District Administrator Delnice Hill also will present a message to the class.

The band will play several musical selections, including the traditional processional “Pomp and Circumstance” and the recessional song, “Drive,” by Incubas.

Northland Pines

The Northland Pines graduation ceremony will start at 1 p.m. in the high school field house Sunday, June 6.