WAITSBURG-"It never fails, the hottest day of the year is always graduation day," spectators echoed jokingly last Friday at the Waitsburg Football Field. Instead of gathering in the Waitsburg High School Gym, as is tradition, friends and family of the Class of 2020 stood outside the field's fences and watched a socially distanced high school graduation.

If you've ever attended a WHS graduation ceremony, you know that they fall on what seems like the hottest day in spring, with the infamously long ceremonies starting later in the evening to combat the heat. In years past, each student was re...