
Love story propels Tanner, Lopez to AVF Silver royalty
William “Bill” Tanner knew from the moment that he first saw his future wife, Betty, that she was the one.“I was in the first grade at Columbian Elementary School when Betty and her family moved to town; they lived out in the country,” recalled Tanner as he retold the story Wednesday afternoon at the Gobin Building in Rocky Ford as part of the Silver King and Queen competition.