Western Nebraska Observer - Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

As she leads the 2017 graduating class of Banner County High School, valedictorian Savannah Jordan looks back at the formative junior high years, the friends she will miss and all the support she has received from her teachers

While most remember their junior high years, Savannah recalls hers fondly, in fact, those years include some of her favorite memories.

"I know that is odd, because that is usually the worst two years of people's lives, however, I had my two best friends, Heidi and Jacque, in those two years and we joined the boys basketball team as their managers," she said. "These we...