Renton couple to get married on roller coaster at Puyallup Fair

Weddings can take months to plan. Imagine if you only have six days to create what some argue is the most important day in a woman’s life.

Heather Hise, 32, of Renton is on the tail-end of those six days. It’s been a real roller-coaster.

Last Friday, she got a phone call she really wasn’t expecting. The caller told her that she and her husband-to-be, Anthony Millon, 27, of Renton were the big winners in the STAR 101.5 FM radio promotion, the Puyallup Fair Roller Coaster Wedding.

Within 20 minutes, she picked out her colors, flowers, best man and maid of honor. Tuxedoes were sized and ordered on Friday so they would arrive in time for the wedding.

Hise bought her wedding dress Saturday.

“The whole thing has been fly by the seat of the pants,” she said.

Hise and Millon are engaged; they just hadn’t set a wedding date.

“We kept putting it off,” she said, likely until sometime next year.

Then, along came the Star 101.5 contest. They entered, not expecting to win. Entrants had to write about their most embarrassing moment together. A big snowstorm provided theirs. She didn’t want to get too personal.

Her car wouldn’t make it out of their apartment complex. Anthony had what she described as “this terrible car.” They took his car to the store. But they got stuck going up the steep hill on Puget Drive near Benson Road.

“He would push. I would gas it,” she said, the wheels spinning.

So, that slippery slope got them to a roller coaster in Puyallup.

The wedding at 7:30 a.m. Thursday will be broadcoast live on The Kent and Alan Morning Show on 101.5 FM. Kent Phillips, an ordained minister and co-host of the radio show, will officiate the ceremony.

A KOMO-TV crew will sit in the seat in front of them. Heather and Anthony will sit in the second seat, with Phillips behind them and then the maid of honor and best man. They’ll hand a microphone to each other.

“It (the roller coaster) will go around once as we say our vows,” she said. A photographer will capture the moment.

Anthony has no problem riding on a roller coaster; Heather isn’t quite as confident.

“He is in heaven,” she said. “He’s a big kid.”

And, if Anthony is happy, Heather said, “then I am happy.” She’ll just have to like a roller coaster a little more than she does now, she said.

What happens if it rains, a possibility? Then they’ll exchange their vows on the carousel. “In that case, I am good to go,” she said.

The couple will receive a number of “gifts” as part of the wedding promotion, including rings, attire for the groom and best man, floral arrangements and cake and fair scones.

They’ll see the Willie Nelson concert at the fair, with overnight accommodations in Puyallup. They’ll honeymoon in Los Angeles next month, where they’ll see Jack Johnson LIVE.

Heather and Anthony met at work (Ceva Logistics) and have been dating for four years. They have one son, Anthony Jr., while Heather also has a 12-year-old son and Anthony has an 11-year-old son. This is their first marriage.