Joan Wortman, Marilyn Schultz, Denise Smithson, Joyce Van Ness, Gail Darcy, Bobby Stagg, and Nancy Heim. ( Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Denise Smithson and friends celebrate the joys of citizenship Denise Smithson came to the United States on July 26, 1957, BC — "BC" meaning, she said, "before Castro." On Aug. 17 Joan... Local News 23 Aug 2019 | 06:14