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8 october5 community 2017 St. Helen’s Crawford Wins Coveted Rodeo Title On Saturday, September 23, Baylee Crawford was crowned the 2018 Miss Northwest Professional Rodeo Association (NPRA) at the final performance of the NPRA Finals, held annually in Prineville, Oregon. Ms. Crawford, a St. Helens High School graduate, is the 19-year-old daughter of Tom and Jeanne Crawford who loves to be active in her community. In addition to the title, Baylee won the People’s Choice, Appearance, Personality, Speech, and Knowledge awards after competing in the three- day pageant, which included multiple interviews, horsemanship competition, and other activities. Baylee participated in the 4-H horse program for eight years with her 16-year-old quarter horse gelding, Tee. She recently represented as the Columbia County Fair and Rodeo Princess in 2014 and 2015 and was then crowned Miss Teen Rodeo Oregon for 2016. She spent all year traveling to various events and rodeos, some as far as Florida and Las Vegas, but enjoyed the welcoming smiles of being present at her hometown fair and rodeo. When not working, Baylee enjoys being by the Columbia River, going on adventures with her two dogs, Bone and Shredder, and sometimes likes to treat herself to pizza and frozen yogurt while getting lost in a good book or movie. Baylee says, “Being selected as the 2018 Miss Northwest Professional Rodeo Association will allow me to be Baylee Crawford was named the 2018 Miss the face of the NPRA’s athletes and Northwest Professional Rodeo Association animals for the year. It will grant along the way.” me the opportunity to educate The purpose of the NPRA is to others about the sport of rodeo, while admiring the beauty of the Northwest perpetuate the sport of rodeo through continued growth in rodeos and membership, providing humane and competitive entertainment for the Northwest. The Northwest Professional Rodeo Association is the western United States larg- est regional rodeo organization. It annually sanctions or co-sanctions rodeos throughout Oregon, Wash- ington, Idaho, Nevada and Califor- nia. Visit www.nprarodeo.org or on Facebook for more information. For more information regarding the Miss and Little Miss NPRA program or to schedule an ap- pearance with Miss NPRA, please email NPRA-Finals@hotmail.com or visit us on Facebook on the Miss NPRA page. Marie Krahn Massage Therapy Auto injury recovery/medical billing • Accepting: Medical Benefits Cards • Medical Massage Cupping • Swedish Massage • Reiki • Deep Tissue • Reflexology • doTerra Aroma Touch • Trigger Point Therapy • Myofacial Release 503-429-5180 lic#5495 mariekrahn@frontier.com Owned and Operated by Don & Kim Wallace DON WALLACE, PLS Professional Land Surveying 1224 E. Alder St. Vernonia, OR 97064 Phone: 503-429-6115 FAX: 1-866-297-1402 Email: DWallace_KLS@msn.com CORPORATE MEMBER
