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Bee staff writer Melody Gutierrez grew up in Twentynine Palms. At 14-years-old, she decided to combine her two passions -- sports and writing -- when she became a special assignments reporter for the Desert Trail, her hometown weekly newspaper. Melody headed to Northern California in 2000 to attend Chico State and has remained in the region ever since. She earned an internship with The Bee and subsequently became a staff writer in 2004 and has covered virtually every sport, starting with high schools, up through college and then the pros. Melody took over coverage of the Monarchs last season and chronicled the team's pursuit of a second straight league championship -- a quest that fell just short.

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July 06, 2007

This country song had a ring to it

Kara Lawson shocked 105.1 KNCI listeners Thursday when she called into the Pat and Tom Show. Lawson was chatting about her experience at Tuesday night's Kenny Chesney concert at the Sleep Train Amphitheatre, which she attended with her boyfriend, Damien.

"My favorite song from Kenny is 'Anything But Mine,'" Lawson told Pat and Tom. "He starts to play that song and you know when it's your favorite song, whatever your favorite song is, you might be in your car, you might be in the shower, whatever. You start singing like you're the only one there. I'm jamming; I'm singing this song ... I turn around and my boyfriend is down on one knee."

Yes, he was proposing marriage.

Her response?

"I said 'yes,'" Lawson said.

-- Melody Gutierrez

Posted by tnegrete, July 6, 2007 11:49 AM

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