The world welcomes 26 Pine Bluffs graduates

Preceded by candle bearers and moving to the strains of "Pomp and Circumstance," the 2017 Graduating Class of Pine Bluffs High School took the stage for the last time at the school and prepared to move on to the next stage of their lives.

Graduate Kyle Steger provided the welcome and the invocation prior to the singing of the National Anthem by the Jr./Sr. High Choir.

Leading in the singing of the school song was Carmen Ladd:

"We will never fail to try,

For the purple and gold,

Let the tale be told,

That we're loyal to Pine Bluffs High."

Co-salutatorians Melissa Fornstrom and Sierra Shelit, in...