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Jul 31, 2023 · Maria Montero of Easton is running for the U.S. Congress in the 7th District in 2024. She launched her campaign July 31, 2023. Photo courtesy of Maria Montero. A Republican woman who lives in ...
Mar 19, 2024 · Montero, 47, was born into a family of Irish, Italian and Peruvian ancestry in Pennsylvania’s Coal Region. She spent her time growing up between Allentown and Summit Hill, Carbon County, and ...
- Sissy Winn
- Margo Crowther
- Bayleigh Choate
- Leslie Smalygo
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BHN:Tell us about the horses you rode this year and how you got connected with them. Winn: “I rode Chewy in the winter rodeos, and I’ve had him since he was 5 — he’s 8 now. Shelby Ridling trained him, and Kenna Squires owned him [prior to me]. Last year is when he came on really strong in the rodeo scene, and I rode him throughout the winter rodeos. He had won about $30,000 after San Antonio, total. I got my second horse, Scoop, in April. Danyelle Campbell trained him, and she did a phenomena...
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BHN: What were your goals for this year? Crowther: “Starting last October 1, my goal for the rodeo season was to win my Southeastern Circuit. I had a lot going on with my kids and life, and I didn’t want to not rodeo, because my mare was in such a prime age and was feeling and doing well, but I didn’t want to be traveling and away from my kids [Sawyer, 12, Stella, 10, Saylor, 3]. I wrote my goals down, and it said to win the Southeastern Circuit and go into the Circuit Finals by winning a lot...
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BHN: What was your most memorable moment from this year? Choate: “Probably the funniest was Ponoka [Alberta, Canada]. Before the first round of barrel racing, they had mounted shooting. It was on a big racetrack. I was standing at the back of the alleyway, and they did the mounted shooting, and my horse took off to the other side of the track and wouldn’t move. We couldn’t get him to go through some ropes out there. He just would not move. They were putting barrels up in the arena, and my hor...
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BHN: You bought Gus sight-unseen as a 3-year-old off the track after riding and training his full brother. What made you decide to take the chance on him? Smalygo: “I had this feeling that if I got Gus, he was going to be great. I just knew it in my bones. I started riding him, and within two weeks, he was solid on the pattern. With the Justaheartofawarrior horses, you show them something once, and it better be right, because that’s going to be how they do it for the rest of their lives. I wo...
Apr 23, 2024 · Eric Filer, of Lansford and his wife Gina sit with Maria Montero and Chris Heintzelman, of Summit Hill, at an election results watch party Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at The Boat Yard in Lehighton ...
Apr 10, 2024 · Maria Montero, a first-generation American on her father’s side whose maternal great-grandfather was a coal miner, is making her first bid for Congress. Montero, a lawyer who lives in Easton, is among three Republicans vying for their party’s nomination in the 7th Congressional District in the April 23 primary.
About Maria. Maria is a first-generation American on her father’s side and the great-granddaughter of a Carbon County coal miner—what an honor it is to come from a humble upbringing and have the opportunity to run for U.S. Congress. Maria’s first home was Summit Hill in Carbon County and grew up between there and Allentown in Lehigh County.
Apr 22, 2024 · This was well ahead of her competition as second place was earned by Tiany Schuster with a 44.35 second total. Johnson won a total of $20,983 for her efforts at San Angelo. She won $6,177 in the ...
