Miss Crookston Scholarship Pageant 2010: Q & A with contestants, part 2

The 2010 Miss Crookston Scholarship Pageant, celebrating its 20th year in the current format, takes place Friday at 7 p.m. in the Crookston High School Auditorium. Ten contestants will vie for the title. Three are profiled here. Four were in Monday's Times and the other three will be featured Wednesday.

Tamika Wold
Q: First of all, some background info: Your family – parents, siblings, dogs, cats, etc.; your talent; and your sponsors.
A: My family consists of my dad Peter Wold and my step mom Suzanne, my mom Claudette Bruley and my step dad Danny. My sisters are Kari Brault and her husband Corey and they have a baby boy on the way, Kelly Towstick, Kaitlyn Hammer and her husband Casey their son Alex and daughter Sophia, and their mystery baby on the way. My brothers are Jon Bruley and his wife Kristin and they have two daughters Lauren and Keira, Aubrey Wold, Chris Towstick, and Sabre Wold. I have 4 dogs, 3 cats, 1 bird, and 1 bunny between both of my houses. I have a grandpa that lives at the Villa and a grandma and grandpa that live in New York. My talent is a monologue about a girl who is trying to break up with her boyfriend on a roller coaster and it has an interesting ending that you will just have to see. My sponsor is the Crookston American Legion Auxiliary.
  
Q: What activities are you involved in at school and elsewhere? Have you received any awards or special recognition for your accomplishments?
A: I am involved in the Leo Club at school. I am the manager of the volleyball team. I am a member of the Crookston American Legion Auxiliary. I have lettered in art twice for getting into art shows, and I have also lettered in choir.
  
Q: What do you like to do in your spare time?
A: I love to read and listen to music, I think it’s relaxing and I enjoy getting lost in a good book. I also like to play with my pets.
 
Q: What are your plans after high school, and how do you see yourself in ten years?
A: After high school I plan on joining the Army National Guard, and I hope to go to school for social work although I haven't decided where. In ten years I hope to be married and have kids.
 
Q: Tell us about your platform.
A: My platform is Reading Across America and the title is a quote by Fredrick Douglas: "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." I think reading should be emphasized in schools and communities, because it is one of life's simple pleasures that everyone should get the chance to enjoy.
 
Q: What do you hope to take away from the Miss Crookston experience?
A: I hope to gain some life experience and skills that I can use later in life. I also hope to make friendships that will last a lifetime with the girls in Miss Crookston with me.
 
Ciara Brewster
Q: First of all, some background info: Your family – parents, siblings, dogs, cats, etc.; your talent; and your sponsors.
A: My parents are Charles and Rhonda Brewster. My siblings are Aaliyah, Alexandria, Taleesa, Jasmine, Jordan, Charles Jr., Geoffrey, Bruce and his wife Katie. For my talent I well be singing. My sponsor is RiverView
  
Q: What activities are you involved in at school and elsewhere? Have you received any awards or special recognition for your accomplishments?
A: I am involved in soccer, basketball, track and field, choir, Leo Club, student council and SOS. I have lettered in soccer, basketball, Treasurettes, and track and field. I won most spirited play award in soccer two years in a row and also have been on the honor roll.
  
Q: What do you like to do in your spare time?
A: I enjoy spending time with friends and family, going to the lake, bake, shop, star gazing, singing, dancing and sleeping.
 
Q: What are your plans after high school, and how do you see yourself in ten years?
A: I see myself attending a 4-year university, hopefully the U of M where I will study medicine. In 10 years I see myself graduated from college and medical school, married and maybe starting a family.
 
Q: Tell us about your platform.
A: My platform is about embracing the fact of being a minority in the small town of Crookston because being different is a beautiful thing. I would like to raise the awareness of the minority in Crookston by telling kids to embrace their culture and all the things that make us all so different.
 
Q: What do you hope to take away from the Miss Crookston experience?
A: I hope to gain self confidence and make great memories with all the girls and just have a good time.

Emily Meyer
Q: First of all, some background info: Your family – parents, siblings, dogs, cats, etc.; your talent; and your sponsors.
A: My parents are Mark and Cindy Meyer. I have 2 sisters Carisa Wright (31) and Jennifer (19) and one brother Brett (27). My oldest sister Carisa has two children which I adore she has a daughter named Emma who is 5 and a son named Ashtin who just turned 1. My grandparents are Ron and Mary Solheim and Norma Meyer. I have a cat Simba and a dog Cassie.  I will be singing and playing guitar for my talent and Biermaier Chiropractic Clinic is my sponsor.
  
Q: What activities are you involved in at school and elsewhere? Have you received any awards or special recognition for your accomplishments?
A: I am a three sport athlete – I participate in soccer in the fall, hockey in the winter and softball in the spring. In hockey I am going to be captain for my second year and last year I was Minnesota Honorable Mention. I am also in the LEO Club at the high school and I have been in it since freshman year. I am also in student council, last year I was Junior class Vice President. I also am in River Watch and in Envirothon.
  
Q: What do you like to do in your spare time?
A: In my spare time I love to stay active. I love going on long jogs and going rollerblading or bike riding. I also love going to the lake, hanging out with my friends, learning more on the guitar and reading.
 
Q: What are your plans after high school, and how do you see yourself in ten years?
A: After high school I plan on going to a 4 year college, I don't know where yet but I will hopefully find out soon. I hope to either play hockey or softball in college as well. After college I plan on applying to join the Peace Corps. hopefully get in and go to Africa. 
 
Q: Tell us about your platform.
A: My platform is "It's always prettier in green."  I want to express the benefits that our community can get out of becoming a greener community. By doing simple things like recycling or even finding ways to save energy by switching to different light bulbs. Because there are so many different and simple ways to becoming "green."
 
Q: What do you hope to take away from the Miss Crookston experience?
A: What I would like to take away from this experience is confidence. I think that already I have taken that away from being in Miss Crookston, because looking at myself at the first practice then looking at me now I feel that I carry myself so much better. I also will take away friendship from Miss Crookston, all of us girls have gotten so close at these practices and it is just so much fun.

Extra: This summer I got a job at Voyageur's View and I absolutely love it! Voyageur's view is in Red Lake Falls and it is a campground where you can also tube down the river. So my job is to sell tubes and at the end of the day get the tubes back from the tubers.