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Hebert re-embarks on the road to love on ‘The Bachelorette’ By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it If you haven’t had enough dramatic rose ceremonies for one year, fear not. More are on the way. And the person propelling them has plenty of recent experience. The second run- ner-up on the latest edition of “The Bachelor,” Ashley Hebert didn’t even reach the ceremo- ny that would have denied her a rose, since Brad Womack informed her early that he wouldn’t be choosing her. Now Hebert gets to do the choosing among 25 romantic prospects: She becomes “The Bachelorette” when the sev- enth season of the unscripted ABC series begins Monday, May 23. “It’s actually been great,” the spirited Hebert says while taping in Thailand. “Very early on, I had a little up and a little down ... but I guess that makes for a good season, right? I expected that coming in, but I didn’t expect it to hap- pen so quickly. I’m in a really great place now, though, so things are looking promising.” A former Junior Miss from Maine who has been complet- ing her dentistry degree in Philadelphia, Hebert claims she “really didn’t” have any qualms about going through the “Bachelorette” process “She was a little hung up with really allowing Brad in, and as I told her when we started this, ‘You can’t go through it like that. You can’t keep your guard up the entire time. It’s just not the way it works.’ You have to be able to make a fool of yourself and let go, and this season, she’s been able to do that. With Brad, she wasn’t.” There’s still a price to be Former “The Bachelor” second runner-up Ashley Hebert stars in “The Bachelorette” starting Monday on ABC. shortly after her “Bachelor” stint. “As soon as I was ap- proached about it, I thought it would be a great thing for me,” she says. “It’s a once-in- a-lifetime opportunity, and I felt like I was at a point in my life where I was ready to find somebody. I think I would be stupid to turn it down. “My relationship with Brad really primed me for what was yet to come,” she adds. “The most important thing I learned Stutzman MOTOR SALES , INC. 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There were other girls he had much deeper re- lationships with, but also, she wasn’t ready. paid, though, which Harrison recognizes. “You’ll see, pretty early on, that she gets hurt along the way. That’s how it’s happened with ‘The Bachelor- ette’ lately — there’s been a lot of heartache to get to a great end result. When you’re in the middle, you can already tell if it’s going to be a good season. Right now, I know we have a great season. There are several episodes where I don’t know how we’re going to get it all into two hours.” The results of “The Bache- lorette” have been mixed over- all. Of Hebert’s six predeces- sors, only two remain in their relationships from the show: First-season “star” Trista Rehn is married to Ryan Sutter, with whom she has two children, and Ali Fedotowsky is still engaged to Roberto Martinez from last season. If being on “The Bachelor” had a fairy-tale quality for Hebert, she was confident that as the one woman on “The Bachelorette,” her return would “surpass it, if anything. I felt like I personally missed out on a lot of the fun, be- cause I had a hard time dat- ing in that situation. Being on this side, it’s so much better, and I feel like I’m enjoying it so much more. “I am slightly more in control, but it’s important for people to realize that just be- cause I’m ‘The Bachelorette,’ it doesn’t mean everyone’s going to fall in love with me or that I’m right for everyone. I’m just looking to see who I have a connection with.” S PECTRU M EYEWEAR GALLERY Can also be seen in Syracuse. To make an appointment call • GLASSES • CONTACTS • EYE EXAMS • SUNGLASSES David Britzke, O.D. is no longer at the Vision Center in Goshen. Please call 574-970-7444 to schedule your appointment. 56028 Parkway Ave., Suite E Elkhart • 574-970-7444 574-457-4476 Allergies? Asthma? We Can Help! 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