Ringgold students inspired at Monongahela Women’s Club Senior Girls Luncheon
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Ringgold students inspired at Monongahela Women’s Club Senior Girls Luncheon

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 

Former Washington County Commissioner Diana Irey Vaughan was this year’s guest speaker.

Ringgold senior girls, like so many other soon-to-be graduates across the Mon Valley preparing to start a new, exciting chapter in their lives, received an important message Friday: Live in the moment.

Nearly 60 Ringgold girls attended the annual Senior Girls Luncheon, hosted each year by The Monongahela Women’s Club.

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