June 27, 2009 in Washington Voices

Grad hears one last roll call

Perfect attendance won spot in new car drawing
Nina Culver
ninac@spokesman.com, (509) 927-2158
 

Tim Nikkola of West Valley High School gets into the Hyundai Accent he won last Saturday at the Spokane Indians game for perfect attendance at school.Photo courtesy of Sean Lumsden
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Not many recent high school graduates have new cars sitting in their driveways, but West Valley High School’s Tim Nikkola does, thanks to a year of perfect attendance and a program run by Hallmark Hyundai.

Every year the auto dealership gives a new car to a local high school graduate with perfect attendance their senior year. This year Nikkola’s name was thrown in with 38 others.

But Nikkola’s feat actually began before his senior year. “I’ve had perfect attendance all 13 years of school,” he said. “My mom was kind of the driving force behind it. I guess I can …

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