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GCC marks 84th graduation

IRONWOOD - With the hard part completed over the past months and years, Friday was the payoff for the graduates taking part in Gogebic Community College's 84th annual commencement ceremony.

Following a welcome from interim GCC president Erik Guenard and an introduction by GCC Board of Trustees chair John Lupino, David Linquist Jr. gave the commencement address.

Linquist, the director of licensing and athletic properties at the University of Minnesota, has longstanding ties the college - not only graduating from the school, but being the son of the man the building hosting the ceremony was n...