“Do not fall for peer pressure and do not depend on the ‘Big Tobacco’ marketing for truthful information.” “You have to look out for yourself,” Gilsdorf said. She added that vaping equipment delivers highly addictive nicotine into people's bodies, all the while making tobacco companies a “boatload of money.” “We should have known they wouldn’t go down without a fight,” Gilsdorf said, adding the big fight is now about vaping, which she stressed is not safe. She said that her generation “dropped the ball” because they thought they had beat “Big Tobacco” after the landmark tobacco legislation a quarter century ago. Gilsdorf and her brother sponsor the scholarship in honor of them. Her parents, who were both smokers, died in the 1960s from lung cancer. James & Mary Lou Norby Memorial Scholarship that was presented and sponsored by Mary Beth (Norby) Gilsdorf. Making good choices was emphasized with the L. Asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness.” The world is a better place with you in it and it’s OK to not be OK! It’s time to talk about it. There are so many people that love you even if you do not feel it at the time. “I’d like you all to know that if you are struggling or know someone who is, please reach out to a parent or guardian, a family friend, a teacher, your church, or any trusted adult. “If only he would have reached out to someone, if only we saw some signs, if only he knew he was not alone,” Burhans read. Jessica Burhans read a script on behalf of Pavek. The scholarship honors Jodi Pavek’s brother, Tom Schmitz, who committed suicide on July 15, 2021. The Paveks sponsor the Tom Schmitz Memorial Scholarship for Mental Health Awareness.
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