For my photo story class, we went to St. James, Mo for a four day weekend in October to find a story of our own that will eventually be published in a book on the town of St. James, Mo.
A couple of weekends before, participants of the Missouri Photo Workshop spent a week finding a story in this small, Missouri town. This was our opportunity to find those stories that had yet to make it into the book and complete the story of St. James.
Because of the prominence of the election, I decided to do a story on the GOP office in town. It was the first year that St. James opened a Republican office, and it did quiet well, say the organizers, Mary Rose and Clark Harrison. "St. James is 99% Republican," says Mary Rose, who is the main director of the office in St. James.
Both Mary Rose and Clark have volunteered their time with the GOP. Mary Rose started at the age of 19 with the Young Republicans, doing door-to-door campaigning for candidates. Today, Clark is a committee man for the party.
This will be Mary Rose's last year to run an office, however. She is almost completely blind. It is a sad for her, as she has dedicated her life to the Republican Party. She hopes to dedicate her time to Pro-Life, instead.
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