As a shy girl growing up , Delana Pence got a lot of teasing from other children. Her unusual first name didn't help matters. People would mispronounce it or make fun of it " said Pence. "I asked myself why my parents named me this. Why couldn't I be a Cindy or a Rhonda? Life got easier in junior high school when someone -- Pence can't remember who-- started calling her Dee, and the nickname stuck."I have been called Dee ever