Jun 16, 2015 | 2015, Inspired Woman Magazine, June/July
It’s difficult for Miranda Lowman to go anywhere without seeing someone she knows. “I meet a lot of people through sports,” Miranda explains. The 17-year-old junior plays volleyball, basketball, and tennis at Mandan High School. But her favorite extra curricular...
Jun 16, 2015 | 2015, Inspired Woman Magazine, June/July
Mattie Shirley-Fairbairn is a girl on the run. Literally. The Wachter Middle School eighth grader just finished her second year running varsity cross-country and track. As a seventh grader, Mattie took second in the South Dakota state cross-country meet. She was 12...
Jun 15, 2015 | 2015, Inspired Woman Magazine, June/July
Bismarck High School is a big, intimidating building. “There are eight stairways!” says recent BHS graduate Lauren Sayler. “I was scared when I started at BHS.” But thanks to Lauren and the rest of the members of Bismarck High’s Sources of Strength group, it’s become...
Jun 10, 2015 | 2015, Inspired Woman Magazine, June/July
After seeing a story in the school newspaper about one of her teachers (Mrs. McKenzie) shaving her head for St. Baldrick’s in 2014, Kelsey Koester decided she would like to participate this year. “I didn’t tell my parents right away because (I knew) my mom would freak...
Jun 9, 2015 | 2015, Inspired Woman Magazine, June/July
When Katie Mastel was a high school freshman, she found her voice, and that changed her life. “My sister is just one year older than me, so I always kind of felt like I was stuck in her shadow,” says Katie, a 2015 St. Mary’s Central High School graduate. “Then, my...
Jun 8, 2015 | 2015, Inspired Woman Magazine, June/July
You could say law enforcement is in Courtney Leben’s blood. Her dad is a Burleigh County Sheriff’s Deputy. Her maternal grandfather and his two brothers had long careers in law enforcement, and her mom was in a military police until while serving the North Dakota...
