Maria Calderon was the Salutatorian for the class of 2018—she earned that honor while battling cancer. Her greatest regret was not being able to play basketball, but she managed the team.

Maria’s speech at the graduation ceremony told of being…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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(l-r) On June 9, Ted Plemons (owner of Cass Winery),Tallay Wickham, Bob Wishnefsky, JasonTrost, SaraTrost, Ryan Gibson, Aparna Brielle and Tina Brugnoletti raised a toast to the success of Wine in the Pines 2018.

Above: Hope Godfrey is “on to the next adventure” if we are to believe her cap. And we do.

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