About Coon Rapids' Anoka

The Miss Minnesota competition starts today and for Miss Coon Rapids the first phase will be the interview with the judges at 11:30 AM. Questions could be on anything, her life, her platform ( which for Allison is her life) current events - anything! It has been hard during this week for contestants to keep up with the latest news on the BP oil spill and all the events happening throughout the world moment by moment. I have had a hard time keeping up with it all and formulating an opinion and possible solutions ( the greatest minds are having trouble) but such is the nature of the interview. Allison is an intelligent young woman and will do well in this phase regardless of the questions.

Tonight she will be performing her talent- singing "Reflection" which was in the Disney movie Mulan. She chose this because it fits with her platform encouraging young women to be all that they were designed to be and to let the beauty inside shine through. Her platform is entitled "Write Your Own Story:the future begins today". Young people do not realize how the choices that they make today affect their future. Once set down a path of bad choices many give up and surrender to what seems to be their only way of life. It is much easier to make good choices and to stick with them from the start but there is redemption and restoration available with encouragement and knowledge.

Another chapter is being written in Allison's book of life and we hope all her dreams come true!

Dream big - work hard!

Allison Lordbock- Miss Coon Rapids- Re$ale Design & Home Staging Partner

Our daughter, Allison Lordbock, is the current Miss Coon Rapids and is competing in the Miss Minnesota pageant this weekend. Many activities have been planned for the contestants throughout this week leading up to the pageant along with the necessary rehearsals and photo shoots. Here are a few shots from the week. My daughter calls all the contestants in their red production number dresses THE RED SEA. They would be hard to miss with all the sparkly crowns and super high heels as well.

I would like to thank the Miss Minnesota Organization board and volunteers for all the work that has preceded this event to make every day go smoothly and be a success. It takes a year of planning and hours of unpaid work to have a Miss Minnesota pageant. Things happen, personalities conflict, contestants melt down, get sick/injured and they deal with it all in style.