By Brenda Starkey
Chronicle correspondent

     Thirty-three seniors will graduate from Republic High School this weekend.
     Commencement will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 2, in the high school gym.
     The class of 2007 chose orange, black and white as class colors. Flower is the daisy.
     Valedictorian is Keari Sager. Salutatorian is Jenna Burbank.
     Baccalaureate is scheduled for 6 tonight, May 30, in Patterson Park. In case of rain, it will be at the elementary school multi-purpose room.
     An awards presentation ceremony is scheduled at the multi-purpose room immediately following baccalaureate.
     This will be the last graduation ceremony in Republic for both high school principal Nancy Giddings, who is retiring, and for district superintendent Dan Chaplik, who will be moving to Sultan.
     Republic seniors are Adam Alrashedy, Alexander Besemann, Julianne Brown, Jenna Burbank, Lauren Catlin, Lev Cooper, Jackson Corbett, Justin Sharp,
     Ashley Denton, Jordan Diemert, Danielle Torres-Fleck, Derek Gianukakis, Cody Groth, Ann Hover, Jibran Jimenez, Paul Kennedy, Kavan Lehn, Julia Lipscomb, Travis McCamey, Emmett McGrew, Nicole Meckstroth,
     Troy Michel, Todd Orestad, Kendric Osterberg, Johnathan Palmier, Brian Parker, Cameron Patrick, Nicole Peters, Arthur Porter, Keari Sager, Dillon Saltsman, Austin Schols and Coleen Scott.