Straight From The Hart By Joan Rowden Hart Bill Nichols, We Will Miss You. Contrary to popular belief, courage and bravery and perseverance are not found just in those with strong bodies and good physical health. Sometimes we find those attributes reflected in bodies worn out by pain and years of struggle with physical handicaps, and the frustrations of just making it through the everyday moments of life. Bill Nichols was one of those people. Born in 1941, he was afflicted with polio at a very young age and spent his early life on crutches and then these past several years in a motorized wheelchair. But that didn’t keep him from enjoying his life of working and building a successful business. In high school at LHS, he was elected President of the Sophomore Class in 1958. Under his senior picture in the 1960 Magnet yearbook, was the caption “A Merry Heart Goes A Long Way”, which turned out to be a most accurate description of the life he was to live out so victoriously for