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Joe and Tracy are new to Colfax, but they aren’t new to small town living. Tracy, from Longview, met Joe, from Gladstone, Mich., in Bellingham. Joe says that Gladstone is the same size as Colfax, but only has one stoplight and many more trees. Both of their hometowns were built on the lumber industry, with paper mills providing local employment.

Tracy graduated from R.A. Long High School, where she was a very involved student. In addition to participating in volleyball, track, wrestling (which her father did not like), cheerleading and marching, jazz and concert bands, she was class president...