Couples in Love

Posted 8/21/12

On January 21, The River Reporter initiated a contest on our Facebook page, inviting local lovers to post photos of themselves—and tell us a little bit about how they feel about each other—in a …

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Couples in Love

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On January 21, The River Reporter initiated a contest on our Facebook page, inviting local lovers to post photos of themselves—and tell us a little bit about how they feel about each other—in a “Love Your Selfies” Valentine’s Day contest. The contest reached over 2,000 people by the judging deadline of Monday at 1 p.m. Faith and Auggie Metzinger racked up the biggest number of “likes,” and will receive a gift certificate to the Inn at Starlight Lake.

But from your photos, it looked like all of you are big winners—winners in love. Unfortunately, we don’t have room to print all of them, but as a Valentine to the community, we print here the photos that received the first through fourth most “likes.” Happy Valentine’s Day to all!

The winner

FAITH AND AUGGIE METZINGER. This is my husband Gus and me at a Honey Hill Pottery class for sweethearts. We just celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary in September. Why we’re crazy about each other is easy: we’re best friends. That’s all, we do everything together and love every second of it. I’ve been a daycare provider for 26 years and also a volunteer for Delete Blood Cancer, and Gus is retired from Ford and now drives truck. We reside in our home in Kenoza Lake.

#2

KURT ZIMMERMAN AND KATHY FARREY at Turtle Bay Resort Oahu, HI. One of our all-time favorite pictures and places. What we LOVE about each other is the way we both felt totally comfortable and relaxed with each other from day one and through today, nearly 11 years later!

#3

ELLANY T. GABLE AND FRANCO LO PINTO

We found each other later in life

We are speaking our vows here,

Now husband and wife.

The odyssey travelled from worlds far apart,

The key to my door, the flame of my heart.

Destiny brought us together, I’m sure

With hearts of pure gold and a love that is pure.

I travelled for months, while not knowing why

Until I stood there before him, in Banff was my Guy.

I love him so deeply and he loves me too

And it’s never too late for this to happen for you!!

Both of us Potters up on Honey Hill.

Spinning our clay and our love story still.

Xoxoxoxox

Happy Valentine’s Day, sweetheart!

#4

ASHLEY AND JERRY SMITH. We reside in our home in Smallwood, NY. This picture was taken in late August on a date night at Bubbas in White Lake, NY. I [Ashley] am a service plan writer for rehabilitation support services, and Jerry is a New York state corrections officer.

On New Year’s Eve we celebrated 10 years together; they have been such a blessing. We are crazy about each other because we like each other. We are best friends. We have faith in all we do, we learn from one another, we empower each other, support each other in everything we set our heart to. What I love most about him is that he makes me want to be a better person, he is so humble and so loving that it makes our life good together. Our love is pure and passionate. We have faced hard times. Overcoming a double mastectomy and a total hysterectomy wasn’t easy, but we had our love and with love you can conquer anything. Our relationship is built on honesty, love, compassion and most of all faith. We have been blessed with not only a friendship, but an everlasting kind of love.

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