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After graduating from Chinook High School in 2002, Crystal Murphy attended UM-Western in Dillon, earning a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Business Administration in 2006. Shortly after her college graduation, on May 20, she married Eric Stepper, who is originally from Helena. Later that year, the couple moved to Chinook.

"Eric likes small communities, so he was totally on board for moving to Chinook," Stepper said. "Besides, this is my home; my friends and family are here."

While her husband, who was planning a teaching career, did his student teaching at Harlem, the couple lived with Stepper...