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Joshua Richardt

Stories by Joshua

The good, the bad and all the rest: Culver students talk
By Joshua Richardt, , Maria McNamara, 87, Andrea Cowden, , ,
Have you ever wondered what it is like to live at a military academy? To get an idea, Children's Express interviewed four students at Culver Military Academy. RODRIGO QUINTANA, 16, Mexico City: My dad graduated here in 1959, and both of my brothers graduated here. . . . I've been coming here for six summers, and I decided to graduate here as well. TRISTAM MARTIN, 17, Muncie: It was a better op
For the students at Culver, leadership is part of learning
By Joshua Richardt, , Maria McNamara, 87, Andrea Cowden, , ,
On the outside, Culver looks like a quaint college campus. It's about two hours from Indianapolis, and you have to drive through the countryside to get there. The Culver Academies, a military academy for boys and a boarding school for girls, sit on a lake surrounded by woods. The schools, near Plymouth, are brick buildings that have an older look, like they were built in the late 1800s. It lo
REMEMBER THE CHILDREN
By Peter Ryan, , Christina Gleitz, , Joshua Richardt, , Erica Bellamy, 12, Laura Williams, 14
Many kids are not informed about the true story of the Holocaust. Many schools don't teach about it, and parents don't like to bring it up. Remember the Children: Daniel's Story was a traveling exhibit last spring at The Children's Museum to teach children ages 8 and up about the Holocaust - the time from 1933 to 1945 when Adolf Hitler and the Nazis from Germany killed millions of Jews becaus
Education, quality programs are stations' goals
By Jana Semmler, , Kim Dexter, , Joshua Richardt, , Katheryn Weiller,
Channel 20's schedule includes instructional and educational programs for everyone, from preschoolers to adults. Educational TV used to mean Big Bird teaching preschoolers their ABCs. Today, it also means teaching truckers how to keep their licenses. Sesame Street is still as much a part of the public television lineup as it was when the program was created 24 years ago. But Lloyd Wright, gen
Alternatives to surgery also types of treatment
By Katie Corydon, , Kim Dexter, , Tony Dale, , Joshua Richardt,
This disease can strike youngsters as well as adults. Treatment options include surgery to replace damaged joints. Once you have juvenile arthritis, there is a 50/50 chance you will have it as an adult, according to Janna Zeltwanger, who has lived with the disease for 33 years. It also can go away, Zeltwanger explained. "It's so variable because some kids will get arthritis in one joint, and i
Aches are first sign of kids' arthritis
By Katie Corydon, , Kim Dexter, , Tony Dale, , Joshua Richardt,
FOR HELP To learn more about juvenile rheumatoid arthritis or other forms of arthritis, call the Indiana Arthritis Information Line at (800) 783-2342, or write to the Indiana Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation at 8646 Guion Road, Indianapolis, Ind. 46268. The phone number is (317) 879-0321. Incurable disease can be difficult to diagnose, and patients face arduous treatments; but it's not con
Wish kid LEARNS SKATING
By , , Meganne Hoffman, , Tony Dale, , Ted Mosey, , Joshua Richardt, , Lisa Schubert,
Rachael Wiley gets her first lesson on ice from Kristi Yamaguchi as part of the Make a Wish Foundation's program. Ten-year-old Rachael Wiley's first ice skating lesson was not from any ordinary teacher, but from Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi. In mid-January, just three weeks before Yamaguchi performed in Indianapolis, she came to skate with one special child. And Rachael, who has a co