Harding, hubby seem ‘very happy’ to witnesses

Tonya Harding and her husband-to-be “seemed very happy together,” when they obtained their marriage certificate, according to the deputy auditor who issued the license.

Harding, 39, and Joseph Jens Price, 42, both of Yacolt, applied for their license on June 23, according to records housed at the Clark County Auditor’s office, 1300 Franklin St. The couple’s certificate became valid Saturday, and the auditor’s office received the signed license Tuesday, signaling that the union had been formalized.

Pastor Lloyd Ward of the Community Church of God officiated the ceremony. Attempts to reach Ward were unsuccessful.

Karen Updike, a deputy auditor, helped the couple when they came in last week. She said an apologetic Harding arrived at the Public Service Center before Price.

“She kept saying she was sorry he was late,” Updike said. “She was very nice, appreciative.”

Updike described Price, who arrived not long after Harding, as a “real nice, blue collar-type guy. They were a very nice couple.”

The couple list an address in Yacolt as their home. It wasn’t known if the bride would be taking her husband’s name.

Updike said her memories of Harding involve triple axels — all the rest, including her role in the 1994 attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan, is history, she said.

“She was a very talented skater,” Updike said.