Melissa

Where did you meet your spouse?
E-Harmony

What's your favorite outdoor activity?
Riding 4 wheelers and camping

What's your favorite food?
A good Hamburger

Best pet you've ever had? Name and description.
Black Lab - Duke. He was our hunting dog, but just had the best personality.

What's your favorite band of all time?
George Strait

Best lesson you ever learned?
To fight for what you think is right. Doctors weren’t sure if the Cochlear Implant was right for my daughter. I pushed the issue and now she has one. Best thing I ever did for her!

What's the first paying job you ever had?
I worked in Irrigon at the market. I made pizzas, burger, sub sandwiches and served ice cream.

What's one thing most people don't know about you?
I am the mother to an amazing girl that was born profoundly deaf. She had 4 surgeries in one year and now has a cochlear implant.

What's your pet peeve?
Not using your blinker.

What's your favorite smell?
Right after the rain (only in the Pacific Northwest)