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Maintain reputation, work ethic, Canfield grads told
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CANFIELD — Chuck Eddy, co-owner of Bob and Chuck Eddy Chrysler Dodge Jeep in Austintown urged the Canfield High School Class of 2009 to maintain their reputations and work ethic.
“You want to earn people’s trust and confidence in you,” he said.
He warned that the future is full of uncertainty when it comes to the local community, economy, nation and world, explaining that struggle is inevitable. He went on to ask rhetorically who would have thought just a few years ago when “we felt the rumbles of a tough economy” that Chrysler and General Motors would both go through bankruptcy.
“You do not know what tomorrow holds,” he said, but told students it’s important to “have faith in something” to comfort and carry them through turbulent times.
. Eddy also presented his son Robert with a diploma,
Superintendent Dante J. Zambrini commended Principal Dr. Abby H. Barone for dedicating 35 years to the district as a teacher, advisor, assistant principal and principal. Barone, who is retiring this year, received a standing ovation from the crowd.
Zambrini congratulated the class and said more than $5.2 million in scholarships have been awarded to students this year.
Valedictorians are Mae LaPresta, Anthony Massaro Jr., Joseph Miladore and Aneesh Rai.