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Shannon Jean Morris was born on December 8, 1961 in Tonasket, Washington to Keith and Mary (Feddersen) Morris, the second of five children. Shannon grew up on a cattle ranch in Hooper, Washington. She attended elementary school at the little Hooper school, then went to LaCrosse and finally graduated from Ritzville after her family moved to the Harder Ranch outside Ritzville.

After high school Shannon attended Spokane Falls Community College, graduating with a degree in Early Childhood Education. After college Shannon worked one summer in Keystone, South Dakota in a restaurant near Mt. Rushm...