The Miss Linden Town Week pageant has been over for more than a month, but catching up with this year’s title holder seemed as arduous as traversing all the hills and valleys of the mining town. Latisha Phillips of Blueberry Hill was certainly a busy young woman, but pleasant and unpretentious. It was immediately clear why she had won the pageant, even though she had no prior experience.
Latisha was minding her own business when she was approached by Shellaine Barker and Alicia Loncke,