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Bear Creek Students Graduate With Celebrities...Sort Of

Breaking: Kids opening their yearbook for the first time will see Kentucky Fried Chicken's Colonel Sanders alongside their classmates.

STOCKTON, CA — Students at Bear Creek High School in Stockton will be joined by some familiar faces when they open their yearbook this year, according to a report by ABC10.

According to the story, the yearbook staff was looking for a way to offset the production cost of a yearbook. After months of leg work and phone calls, the staff struck gold when Kentucky Fried Chicken agreed to include the Colonel and pay for his picture, complete with a Bear Creek lapel pin.

More than 30 celebrities in all have their photos featured in the yearbook, including Will Smith and Lady Gaga. You can read the full story here.

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