She is the first Miss America from Alaska to be crowned Miss America. She was crowned Miss America at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. She was born in Anchorage, Alaska in between February and March 2001 to her parents Ron and Julie Broyles and she also had 2 brothers. When, she was growing up in Alaska- she was involved in volunteering with Special Olympics where one of her brothers who has down syndrome and autism is an athlete which she still does today and she is also a rainbow girl from Fairbanks Assembly #1. She graduated from Service High School in 2019. She is now 21 years old and is a sophomore currently attending Arizona State University where she lives in Tempe, Arizona. She is currently studying biomedical sciences at Arizona State University and wants to be a dermatologist. She is the 3^rd rainbow girl to be known as Miss America after Lee Merriweather and Rebecca King.

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             He was known for being the narrator for Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. His song Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer comes on the radio every Christmas and he was also known as an American singer, musician, actor, and author. He was born on June 14^th, 1909 in Hunt City, Illinois and his parents were Levi and Cordelia Ives and Burl also had 6 siblings. He attended Eastern Illinois State Teachers College (now Eastern Illinois University) in Charleston, Illinois. He was a member of the Charleston Chapter of The Order of DeMolay and is listed in the DeMolay Hall of Fame, he was also initiated into Scottish Rite Freemasonry in 1927, he was elevated to the 33^rd and highest degree in 1987, and was later elected the Grand Cross. He had his own radio show The Wayfaring Stranger. He married Helen Peck Elrich in 1945 and had a son Alexander together born in 1949. Ives later divorced Elrich in 1971 and then he later married Dorothy Koster Paul later that year. Dorothy had 3 children Bonnie, Steven, and Stuart from a previous marriage and Ives is a step-father to them. Burl and Dorothy remained together until his death in 1995. Ives’s son Alexander also died in 1995 at the age of 46. Ives died on April 14^th, 1995 at the age of 85 from oral cancer at his home in Anacortes, Washington and was buried at Mound Cemetery in Hunt City Township, Illinois.

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                  He was born as Robert Joseph Dole in Russell, Kansas on July 22^nd, 1923. His parents were Bina M. Dole and Doran Ray Dole. He attended Russell High School where he graduated there in 1941 . Bob attended University of Arizona in Tucson 1948-1949 before he transferred to Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas where he graduated with both undergraduate and law degrees in 1952.

                He joined the US Army’s Enlisted Reserve Corps in 1942 to fight in World War 2, becoming a 2^nd lieutenant in the Army’s 10^th Mountain Division. In, April 1945- while he was engaged in combat near Castel d’Aiano in the Apennine mountains southwest in Bologna, Italy; Dole was seriously wounded by a German shell that struck his upper back and right arm, shattering his collarbone and part of his spine. He spent 2 years at the hospital recovering from his spine and back injuries. His family thought he wouldn’t survive his injuries during World War 2 but, he fully recovered from his injuries and got a purple heart for surviving the war.

                He was a mason at Russell Lodge #177 in Russell, Kansas for 41-66 years. He became a mason at Russell Lodge #177 on April 17^th, 1955 when he was 31 years old. In 1975, he was elevated to the 33^rd degree in masonry. (Note: the years when Dole was an active mason isn’t listed on any of the Masonic websites)

                He married Phyllis Holden in 1942 and they both had a daughter named Robin together and she was born on October 22^nd, 1954. Bob and Phyllis got divorced in 1972 after 30 years of marriage and he later married Elizabeth Hanford in 1975 who was also a Senator in North Carolina for 6 years from 2003-2009 and they remained married until Dole’s death in 2021. Bob had 3 siblings Kenny, Gloria, and Norma. He had 6 nephews and 5 nieces.

               He was a Senator in Kansas for 27 years from 1969-1996. While, he was serving as Senator in Kansas- he won Kansas during both Clinton and Bush’s presidential primaries. He was also the Member of the US House of Representatives from Kansas. Dole was re-elected 4 times for Senator in Kansas before resigning in June, 1996.  He helped with making food stamps, school lunches more accessible, Special Supplemental Food program for Women; Infants; and Children, people with disabilities, and the American Disabled Act law while he was serving as Senator in Kansas. He retired as Senator in Kansas on June 11, 1996 after serving as Senator for 27 years and Rogers Morton took Dole’s place as Senator in Kansas after he retired.

             After his retirement as Senator; he became a television commercial spokesman for Viagra, Visa, Dunkin Donuts, and Coca-Cola. He was head of Federal City Council for 4 years from 1998-2002. Dole was also involved in many voluntary organizations. He was an notable patient at Walter Reed Naval Medical Center for his surgeries, illnesses, and injuries. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer 3 times and went in remission twice. His 3^rd diagnosis of lung cancer happened in February, 2021 and he went on chemotherapy for 9-10 months because he died on December 5^th, 2021 at the age of 98 from lung cancer.

             His funeral was held at the Washington National Cathedral 5 days after his death. The people who attended his funeral were his daughter Robin, his wife Elizabeth, President Biden and first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff, former President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary, former President George W. Bush, 3 former Vice Presidents- Dick Cheney; Mike Pence; and Dan Quayle, Members of the House of Representatives and Members of the Senate- Nancy Pelosi; Kevin McCarthy; Ted Cruz; Amy Klobuchar; Susan Collins; Mitch McConnell; Pat Roberts; and Tom Daschle, and friends of the Dole family- Tom Hanks; Mark Milley; and Savannah Guthrie. All  the guests paid their final respects at Bob Dole’s funeral. Dole was buried at Arlington National Cemetery two months after his death and his funeral.

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Following the Grand Visitation, the state Murder Mystery Dinner was held on March 5^th, 2022 at the Kena Shrine in Manassas. The theme this time was “Once Upon a Murder” featuring a ball held by Prince Charming after Cinderella’s disappearance. I was cast as the step-sister, Griselda, who I had fun portraying, and we spent the night eating dinner and mixing around socially. In a shocking and completely unpredictable turn of events, Snow White, portrayed by our GWA Kaitlyn was ‘killed!’ Oh no! The rest of the evening was spent trying to solve the mystery, with only one person being able to correctly identify the culprit. My friends and I came close to solving the mystery, but we were slightly off. Eliza and I were, however, able to pool enough fake money together to win a prize, which was our true mission from the beginning. Afterwards, I stayed after to help clean up the room and pack all of the many decorations away. Special thanks to Mom Joanne for always putting together such amazing murder mystery parties for us! Events like this would not be possible without her time and attention to detail. I love events like this, and I hope we can have more of them in the future. Plus, the Cinderella theme is making me excited for Grand Assembly!

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