Creative Media Teacher Kathy Byrd has organized the program for the past 11 years at NJHS. Byrd said bullying is on the rise, but victims must step forward to get the help they need.

Mary Catherine (Cathy) Byrd Strickland, June 29, 1950, went to her final rewards on March 18, 2025. She was a lifelong resident of the Hastings area, growing up on her father’s potato farm, and ...