For the first time, everyone had a lot of breathing room at the GED graduation for 21 students of the College of Central Florida's Levy Center, and they took full advantage of it.
As 20 of the 21 prospective graduates started the walk to "Pomp and Circumstance" down the center aisle at the Usher Community Center in Chiefland, past almost 200 friends, relatives and college staff, the whoops went up from the crowd.
"Hey girl," one proud mom called as her adult daughter walked by and took a seat at the front of the room by the stage.
"That's my baby," said another.
Garret Combass, 12, held peach-color roses to give his sister, Shelby Rhymes.
"Yeah baby," Professor Dennis Radice said from onstage.
CF Levy Center Provost Marilyn Ladner thanked the Chiefland City Commission for making the facility available to the school for free.
Joan Luebbe, Adult Education Coordinator, said the conference room at the Levy Center was just fine for all the years it saw graduates off to college, careers and futures, but ... "It was pretty crowded and difficult to get a photo op."
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