Stefanie Wilkinson bends the fender off the tire for a customer at Jack’s Body Shop this morning, Friday, Oct. 15. The driver said she hit a deer on the way in from Orofino, Idaho on her way to the Oregon Coast. Did you know one in 144 Oregonians will hit a deer this year? Read more here.

Behind the MIG welder and grinder, Stefanie Wilkinson was working her magic on a 1972 El Camino at Jack’s Body Shop on Second Street in The Dalles. Shon Wilkinson, 45, his daughter, Stefanie, 26, and Job Brown, 22, work as a team on auto body projects at the shop on East Second Street. Being a woman in Auto Body? No problem. Dealing with rust. Well, that's another topic, entirely.