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community june21 2018 11 2018 My Fair Lady Tea A tea was held at the Columbia County Shrine Club on May 30 to con- gratulate and welcome the new 2018 My Fair Lady Court. The 2017 My Fair Lady Court attended, along with friends and family of the new princesses, mem- bers of the Columbia County Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Ad- visory Council, and the County Com- missioners. The My Fair Lady Pageant is held during the Columbia County Fair each year to recognize senior women for their outstanding service in our commu- nity. 2018 celebrates the 30th annual My Fair Lady Pageant. The pageant is spon- sored this year by Teevin Bros. Land & Timber Co., and coordinated by Colum- bia County RSVP, and Columbia River Fire & Rescue. Please plan to come watch the pageant at the Fair on July 18 at 1:00 pm. Members of the 2018 My Fair Lady Court: Mary Ann Shaw (Vernonia) – Mary Ann was born in Hillsboro, and raised in Vernonia. She loves Columbia County and says there is no place she would rather call home. She has been married for 38 years with two sons, three daugh- ters, 13 grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. She graduated from the Vernonia School District, and contin- ued on to the Pacific College of Beau- ty where she graduated in 1970. Mary Ann has worked as a wife, mother, and beautician since 1970, and has also been the co-owner of Shaw Logging Supply Company since 1980. She has volun- teered for the Boosters, and the Verno- nia Chamber of Commerce in the past, and for St. Mary’s Catholic Church since 1966. The memories she treasures the most are the numerous trips she has tak- en with family and friends, and her an- nual camping trips with her children and grandchildren. One that stands out is a six week trip they took exploring Brit- ish Columbia and the inside passage to Glacier Bay, Alaska on their boat. The thing Mary Ann enjoys most today is family and friends. She enjoys playing Bunco, Pinnacle, and bak- ing during the holidays. She also enjoys gardening; working in her flowerbeds brings her great joy. Sharon Brown (Scappoose) – Sharon has lived her whole life in Oregon. She was born in Sa- lem, and raised in Lyons, OR. She graduated from Stayton High School and moved to Scappoose in the early 1970s. She has one son and one daughter, five grandchil- dren and six great grandchildren. Sharon did clerical work for Rose Valley Telephone Company, was a bookkeeper for Fred Schall Oil Co., and a financial assistant for Marsh & McLennan before retiring in Top row (l-r): Jeanne Kangas (Clatskanie), Patty St. John (St. Helens), Carla Bodenhamer 2009. After retirement she contin- (Rainier) Bottom Row: Sharon Brown ued as a foster parent for five years. (Scappoose), Mary Ann Shaw (Vernonia) She has volunteered with the tulip sales for Easter Seals for the last 10 with tending the Veterans Memorial, years, and volunteers regularly for the Kiwanis Club, and providing meals the Scappoose Thrift Store. She has a to kids through the Backpack Program. lot of great memories of growing up in She is a Deaconess for Clatskanie Bap- the country with her brothers and sisters tist Church, has served as past president in Lyons. It was on a 150 acre farm that of the P.E.O., and is currently the 2018 used to belong to her grandparents, and President of Auxiliary for the Gideon’s was at a time when kids could play out- International. Her most treasured mem- side or camp out at night with no fear. ory is her wedding in Clatskanie, and Her hobbies include crocheting, garden- honeymoon in Victoria, British Colum- ing, and doing crafts. bia, which she and her husband were Jeanne Kangas (Clatskanie) – Born able to revisit for their 55 th anniversary. and raised in Clatskanie, Jeanne re- In her spare time Jeanne enjoys Chinese turned to Columbia County in 1996 after painting, calligraphy, decorating, and living all over the world in places like flower arranging. Uruguay, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Indo- Patty St. John (St. Helens) – Born and nesia, Fiji islands, Philippines, Kenya, raised in Portland, Patty moved to Co- Saudi Arabia, and Spain. After graduat- lumbia County in 1988. Married for 33 ing high school in Clatskanie, Jeanne at- years, Patty and her husband have two tended Willamette University and went sons, one daughter, and seven grandchil- to Western Oregon University her senior dren. Growing up, she attended school year. Jeanne is widowed, but was mar- in Portland, graduating from James ried in 1957 for 57 years. She has four Monroe High School, then continued daughters and eight grandchildren. She her education with Portland State Uni- worked as an elementary school teacher versity and Kaplan University. Her work in California and Arizona. 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