Licensed to marry

Ann and I paid a visit to the Clay County courthouse in Liberty bright and early Friday morning, June 9 to apply for our marriage license. It was a relatively quick and painless process, except for the $51 license fee, and the 3-day waiting period to get the license.

Ann picked up the license Monday, June 12, which means that we have until July 12 to put it to good use... Should we, or shouldn't we?

-Scott

Engagement announcement published in St. Cloud newspaper

The St. Cloud Times newspaper in St. Cloud, MN published our engagement announcement online and presumably in their print edition. They made some edits and chopped off the city of Ann's employer, but on a positive note, they also printed "how we met". Did anyone in the St. Cloud area see the announcement in the paper?

-Scott

Engagement announcement published in Ottawa/Streator newspaper

The Times newspaper in Ottawa/Streator, IL published our engagement announcement in the paper and online with no edits or mistakes. Hopefully the Minnesota newspapers will soon follow suit.

-Scott

Booked rehearsal dinner site

I spoke with the parents about rehearsal dinner options. We considered private rooms at restaurants like Cascone's, Chappell's, Finnigan's, and Smokehouse, but in the end we decided to book the Activity Room at the church. It certainly ought to be a convenient location for the guests.

Now we need to decide on the food. I'm strongly considering having it catered from the best BBQ joint in KC: Oklahoma Joe's. The only issue is that it appears that they won't deliver the food, so we'll need to recruit a volunteer to pick it up. Ann thinks that a couple of the "outlaws" could do the job.

-Scott

Submitted engagement announcement/photo to newspapers

We have submitted our engagement announcement/photo online to the following newspapers:

• Belgrade (MN) Observer
• St. Cloud (MN) Times
• West Central Tribune (Willmar, MN)
• The Times (Ottawa/Streator, IL)

Only one of the papers would specify if/when the announcement might be published... That must be their way to get more people to read the paper. :-)

Those of you in the Belgrade area ought to see the announcement in the Observer issue published Wednesday 5/17.

-Scott