The young high school graduated its first senior class last year. They created a graduation ceremony from scratch, borrowing different traditions from other schools and adding touches of their own. They held last year s inaugural commencement in the high school s gym. This year, feeling more confident, they decided to shoot for the moon and move it out of doors to the football field. Holding any major event outdoors in West Texas during the spring takes a certain amount of courage.
Organizers have to be prepared for anything from hailstorms to dust storms.
Friday morning, Grape Creek folks had reason to worry. The morning s weather forecast predicted a possibility of thunderstorms. Of course, West Texans know that we have about as much chance of getting wet from a 20 percent chance of rain as we do of getting rich from a Lotto ticket. When I heard the weather this morning, I started praying, one school board member told me before Friday s ceremony. Grape Creek people must be living right.