Chinook Class of 2015 prepares to face the future

Every generation has been criticized by previous generations, but they all produce excellent people who help society.

That's what Laura Kellam told graduates of Chinook High School on Sunday afternoon, when, Kellam estimated, "half of the town of Chinook is here."

Kellam, a Chinook High School teacher, told the 39 graduates a commencement ceremonies that, in the 1950s, when students were intrigued with the swiveling hips of Elvis Presley, older people were predicting the generation would be of no value to society.

But that generation produced such greats at Indiana University basketb...