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On Sunday the Alva Public Schools ran a brief legal notice stating they’re taking bids on school pictures for next year. Specifications may be picked up at the administration office at 418 Flynn. The notice was in the Alva Review-Courier.

I’m not sure how many years my husband was the school photographer, but it was approaching 50. Before that, the schools used one of the large school photography businesses active in the state. It took a lot of lobbying on Lynn’s part to convince the school board and administration to open school pictures to bids.

When Lynn received his cancer diagnosis, our g...