Diane Joy Schmidt
“I’m proud to say, I’ve just turned 82,” says author Maria Espinosa. “I’d love to take a painting class or a sculpture class. But, no, no, I just feel, ‘Maria, you haven’t finished your work yet. You have X number of novels, stories you’ve got to complete, and you’ve got to do your damnedest to get them out in the world. And that’s what you were born on earth to do. When I was much younger, I wanted to be a dancer and actress, a singer, anything but a writer.” Asked if it takes a kind of courage to write, Espinosa replied, m“Oh, very much so. Even more so as you get older, to go against the prevailing currents and to write what you need to write, whether it’s popular or not.”
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Ruby Howell and Jennifer Stultz
Pratt Tribune
Despite the uncertainty of this year, the students and staff at Pratt High School are determined to maintain a safe, fun, Winter Homecoming. This year’s festivities are set to take place Friday, February 5 with coordinators Rayna Bolen, the art teacher at PHS, and Joy Schmidt, the Pep Club sponsor, working to make sure that everything runs smoothly.
This year, they hope things will run smoothly, though they may look a little different. Bolen said that usually, she and her art students would be making the elaborate decorations that are such a big part of the assembly.
Beauty editors know what you ve always known. allure reader s choice award winning brand, 12 years running. olay regenerist. ageless. let s go now to a mother s story about her late son s battle with cancer and health insurance. joy schmidt wrote a letter to the tribune about how her son battled the disease once and then beat it, but because of the pre-existing conditions he was unable to afford rising premiums. when he relapsed he did not have insurance. joining me now is joyce schmidt. thank you for being here and sharing your family s story, painful as it is. i spoke to you in the commercial break and said let s hope people sit up and listen. tell me what happened to your son, why he didn t have insurance. oh, thank you so much, alex. well, my amazing son was a healthy, happy 26-year-old when