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A Special Supplement to

The Watertown Daily Times

WednesdayJanuary 23, 2019

– WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES – BRIDAL SECTION – Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Weddings appeared to make the headlines in 2018. Across the pond, two British royal wed-dings popped up last year, with Prince Harry mar-rying Meghan Markle — now the Duchess of Sus-sex — in May and Prince Andrew’s daughter, Eug-enie, becoming a bride in October.

Whether a couple gets married in an English castle or in a local church in southeastern Wiscon-sin, a wedding is a special event. A wedding can be special for many reasons. As one will see when paging through this sec-

tion, a wedding can entail many special activities and items, from desserts to registries to particular wedding themes fitting the interests of the cou-ple. Weddings can take place at locations that have special meaning for the couples getting mar-ried. Dresses, flowers, food, reception activities — it can be a headache for the bride, sure, but oftentimes a marvelous time and memory for the bride and groom to trea-sure.

In the flurry of planning and organizing a wed-ding, though, it’s wise to

remember what started that activity in the first place — a commitment to spend the rest of one’s life with another person, for better or for worse.

This 42nd edition of the Daily Times’ annual bridal section includes three engagements, three weddings and one an-niversary, each of them special not only for where and how the couples met, got engaged or were wed, but for the relationships at the center of them all — all of which are rooted in the most special quality of a wedding and marriage, love.

Seven local couples share their love stories

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Index of Couples EngagementsLischka-Brown, page 5

Uselman-Schroeder, page 10

Will-Presto, page 14

Walsh-Perkins, page 7

Grinwald-Wendt, page 11

Hesse-Koehler, page 12

Froemming, page 3

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Wednesday, January 23, 2019 – BRIDAL SECTION – WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES –

Ron and Joann Froem-ming of Watertown will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary this year.

Ron and the former Joann Spoon met at a dance and married four months later, on Sept. 26, 1959, in Phoenix, Arizo-na. Attendants were Tom Tennis and Kay Tingley, both of Phoenix.

Ron and Joann love ev-erything about each other. They believe that in order to maintain a strong mar-riage, a couple should never go to bed mad and should be willing to com-promise.

Ron and Joann, now re-tired, have two children,

Roni Jo Lester of Water-town and the late James E. Froemming of Med-ford, Oregon, who passed

away Dec. 5, 2018. They have five grandchildren and eight great-grand-children.

Ron, Joann Froemming to celebrate60 years of marriage in September

Joann and Ron Froemming

MADISON (AP) — Two Wisconsin farmers who rent out their barns for weddings filed a lawsuit Jan. 15 seeking to ensure that they don’t need to ob-tain liquor licenses in or-der to hold private parties where alcohol is served.

The lawsuit filed against Gov. Tony Evers’ admin-istration in Dunn County Circuit Court comes af-ter the future of wedding barns was thrown into question by former Wis-consin Attorney General Brad Schimel. He issued an informal legal opin-ion in November, 10 days after he lost re-election, saying that private events held in public spaces re-quire liquor licenses.

State law prohibits own-ers of public places al-lowing liquor without a license, but the law does not define what a public place is.

Attorneys for the con-servative Wisconsin Insti-tute for Law and Liberty, or WILL, said Jan. 15 the lawsuit they filed on be-half of the barn owners seeks a ruling that private-ly owned property hold-ing events where alcohol is not sold do not need liquor licenses.

Alternatively, they are

asking the court to declare the law an unconstitution-al violation of due process rights and therefore void.

“We think the law is pretty clear that wedding barns don’t need liquor licenses,” said WILL at-torney Anthony LoCoco. “A private venue on pri-vate property hosting pri-vate events is not a ‘public place’ under Wisconsin law. It is unfortunate that special interest groups have muddied the waters to such an extent that our clients have a real risk of being harmed by the con-fusion over state law.”

The state Department of Revenue has for years said entities like wedding barns that rent out the space for private events do not need to obtain a liquor license and did not change its enforcement policy af-ter the Schimel opinion was released. Department spokeswoman Patty May-ers declined to comment on the lawsuit.

Evers’ spokeswoman, Melissa Baldauff, said in-coming Revenue Secretary Peter Barca and the gov-ernor were “still learning more about this issue.” Gillian Drummond, a

Lawsuit seeks to protect state wedding barns

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By Lisa A. Flamfor the Associated Press

With two blockbuster British royal weddings in 2018 and an enduring fascination with the Brits, American brides craving a regal look with personal twists can find plenty of inspiration.

While royal wedding fashion will have an influ-ence on bridal trends in the United States, Ameri-can brides are continually looking for ways to per-sonalize their wedding to reflect their own style. The royal brides, the former Meghan Markle and Prin-cess Eugenie, did just that.

“Today’s bride really wants to make her wed-ding her own,” said Lisa Gooder, executive direc-tor of Brides. “She doesn’t want something that she’s seen other people do. She wants something that can feel personal to her.”

“The royal weddings gave women examples of how to do that, and also perhaps some of the confi-

dence to go and make this decision,” she said. “These royal trends that we saw from the weddings will

be repeated, but today’s bride really wants to look unique and like herself, and the personalization el-

ements are the takeaways she can bring to her own wedding.”

Shelley Brown, fashion

and beauty editor at The Knot, also noted the per-sonal touches these royal brides incorporated into their day — their second gowns for evening that hit a fashion high note, and beauty and accessories choices that spoke to a bride looking like herself.

“Both of these brides infused their classic looks with their own person-ality, and I think that’s a trend that will be influen-tial,” Brown said, adding that their example shows “you can personalize even a classic wedding-day look.”

Here’s a closer look at their fashion and beauty choices that might prove influential:

Even before nearly 30 million people in the Unit-ed States tuned in to watch Meghan marry Prince Harry in St. George’s Cha-pel on the grounds of Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018, she was a fash-ion force, driving sales

Royal brides’ personalized wedding touches strike a chord

ASSOCIATED PRESSPrince Harry and Meghan Markle leave St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle after their wed-ding ceremony in Windsor, England, near London, on May 19, 2018.


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Abbigail Lischka and Todd Brown have an-nounced their engage-ment.

Abbi, the daughter of Scott and Christine Lisch-ka of Watertown, is a 2011 graduate of Johnson Creek High School. She received her bachelor of science degree in nursing from Alverno College in 2016, and is currently employed as a registered nurse at Unity Point Health-Merit-er in Madison.

Todd, the son of Paula Johnson of Boscobel, is a 2008 graduate of Cam-bridge High School. He is currently employed at Au-burn Ridge in Marshall as the lead millwork operator.

The couple currently owns a home in Marshall with their beloved hedge-hog (Bucky), cat (Luna) and dog (Copper). They will be wed May 16, 2020,

at the bride’s family farm in Watertown, with a re-ception to follow at the Watertown Country Club.

Lischka to wed Brown next year

By Lisa A. Flamfor the Associated Press

Katie Curry wanted a sentimental wedding keepsake that depicted the joyous moments after her ceremony as she and her husband, John, walked back down the aisle on a bluff overlooking the Pa-cific Ocean.

What she didn’t want was a portrait that in-cluded the backs of the guests’ heads. She had a photographer and a vid-eographer, but her ideal came to life in a painting created by a live-event painter, Laura Swytak, who attended the Aug. 4 ceremony in Malibu, Cali-fornia.

The painting, which shows the beaming newly-weds and their immediate family members but none of the seated guests, now hangs above the fireplace in the couple’s home in Newport Beach, Califor-nia.

“It brings us a lot of joy, and it’s very special and it’s unique,” Curry said. “I know you can commis-sion a painting after the wedding based on a pho-

tograph, but that’s why I wanted to do it live. She was there and could get a feel for the event.

“She did a fabulous job capturing the moment of our ceremony, the entire ambiance, everyone’s re-actions and just the emo-tional aspect too,” she added.

Live-event painting at weddings, when an artist paints a scene during the

event, is still a small trend, according to Ivy Jacob-son, senior digital editor of the wedding website The Knot. The site’s 2017 survey of about 13,000 couples found that 1 per-cent had an event painter at their weddings.

“We believe it will catch on in years to come, espe-cially in this digital age,” Jacobson said. “It’s one of the few things that doesn’t provide instant gratifica-tion. It’s fun to have some-thing that you can’t see the results of immediately. It makes it more special to see the final finished work of art.”

Watching the painter at work also becomes a form of live entertainment for the wedding guests, who can watch the paint-ing take shape. Jacobson notes that today’s couples are looking to delight and surprise their guests with unexpected forms of en-tertainment.

Curry felt a live painter would add “a cool wow factor” for her guests. She was right.

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ASSOCIATED PRESSIn this photo provided by the Suffolk County Police De-partment in New York, Suffolk County Police Officer Cody Matthews, center, poses with a family after driving them to the town hall in the village of Lake Grove, N.Y., where the couple got married Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. They were on the way to the couple’s wedding when their vehicle was involved in an accident. Matthews drove them to their wed-ding in his police vehicle and served as an official witness. In the back from left are Joseph DeMichele and Officer Cody Matthews. In the front row from left are Jayden Cor-riche, 10; Gianna DeMichele, 5; and Feliece Terwilliger.

By The Associated PressTo protect the environ-

ment, many couples are saying “I do” to Zero-Waste weddings, focus-ing on sustainability for everything from floral de-sign and dresses to invita-tions and food.

The goal is to recycle, reuse, compost and oth-erwise keep anything from becoming trash in a landfill. Whether or not couples succeed in reach-ing the Zero-Waste goal, “they’re certainly more conscious of the ecologi-cal impact of what they do, and are aiming for something as close to that as possible,” said Rachel Sylvester, lifestyle editor at Real Simple magazine.

The key to success, ex-perts say, is letting wed-ding planners, vendors and your reception venue know from the start that you’re serious about going Zero Waste. Then be flexi-ble enough to facilitate that.

“Flexibility and creativ-ity are essential,” Sylvester said.

Bea Johnson, one of the pioneers of the Zero-Waste movement, said, “You’d be amazed at what you can find second-hand if you’re open-minded and really look around.” Her Zero Waste Home blog features a “bulk finder” tab that helps locate businesses selling food, drinks and other items free of plastic packaging.

Focusing on quality instead of quantity also helps, Johnson said: “The smaller the party, the eas-ier it is to make it truly Zero Waste.”

Her own Zero-Waste wedding was on a yacht, so space constraints lim-ited the guest list to 40.

Kathryn Kellogg, who wrote extensively about her Zero-Waste wedding on her Going Zero Waste blog, hosted a reception for 60 people on a shoe-string budget of $200 for everything. She bought bedsheets from a thrift shop to use as tablecloths, and borrowed dishes, tables and seating from friends and family.

“We were on a tight

budget, so we were mar-ried at city hall with our closest family there, had a separate reception for about 60 people, and de-cided to save most of our money for a really great honeymoon in Maine,” she said.

“Honestly, the hardest part was convincing our families to go along with it all. My biggest tip is not to stress things, and to balance expectations with reality. Ours may not have been the perfect Pinterest wedding, but that didn’t make it less fun or mean-ingful.”

Some Zero-Waste wed-ding tips:

Food and decorChoose cloth napkins,

and authentic tableware, glassware and plates, rath-er than disposables.

“It’s easy enough to rent, borrow or find things at thrift shops,” said Kellogg, who used her abundant collection of Mason jars and borrowed items for her reception.

“Sometimes an eclectic mix of plates and glasses can be fun,” said Johnson.

As for food, Kellogg said, “I took my Crock-Pot to the butcher, had him put in 4 or 5 pounds of pork shoulder, and served pulled pork and pulled jackfruit for the main dishes,” Kellogg said.

She and Johnson both

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Emily Walsh and An-drew Perkins were mar-ried on Aug. 3, 2018, in the woods along the shoreline of Lake Michi-gan in Door County.

Andrew Perkins is the son of Robert and Denise Perkins of Juneau.

Emily Walsh is the daughter of Carla Walsh of Juneau and Brian Walsh (deceased).

The bride’s friend, Pas-tor Timothy Dolan, was their officiant.

The bride was escorted by mother Carla Walsh and brother Jason Walsh. The bridal party included siblings and close friends of the couple.

A small, intimate cer-emony was held in White-fish Dunes State Park, sur-rounded by tall trees with the sound of crashing waves of Lake Michigan within feet of the couple.

The reception was held at the Kress Library Pavil-ion in Egg Harbor, Wis-consin, set with candle-light, fresh lavender from the Fragrant Isle Lavender Farm on Washington Is-land and woodsy library

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been friends for over 15 years, dating since 2011. The couple were engaged in July of 2017 during a summer road trip in Door County.

Emily is a 2008 gradu-ate of Watertown High

School and holds a bach-elor degree in art from UW-Whitewater. She is employed as a photojour-nalist for the Watertown Daily Times.

Andrew is a 2008 grad-uate of Watertown High School, studied kinesiol-ogy at the University of

Northern Iowa and is em-ployed as a coach for Dod-geland track and field and cross country teams and is a personal trainer in Bea-ver Dam.

The newlywed couple planned a Hawaii trip for their honeymoon this winter.

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Aron Kandel were plan-ning their January 2018 wedding, the New York City couple was wary of acquiring too much stuff. They lived in a small apartment with limited storage. Lila opted not to have a shower in order to keep gifts at a minimum.

But the couple knew that friends and family would want to celebrate their nuptials with pres-ents. They found a reg-istry that included tradi-tional gift options but also things other than stuff — donations to charity and to their honeymoon ad-ventures in Fiji and New Zealand.

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Couples are becoming increasingly comfortable asking guests for money, added Lauren Kay, deputy editor at TheKnot.com, a

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the number of couples who had cash registries increased from 1 percent to 6 percent, according to a survey by TheKnot.com. In many cases, couples provide detailed explana-tions on the registry of how they intend to spend the money. Requests range from down payments on a house to in vitro fertiliza-tion treatments. That in-formation “makes guests feel better about hand-ing over cash,” Kay said. “It’s reframing the way we think about gifts.”

It also suits the lifestyle of millennials — those born between 1981 and 1997. Three out of four millennials said they pre-fer spending money on experiences over things, according to a 2017 Eventbrite survey.

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fer registries. At the Fair-mont Orchid in Hawaii, couples can request that friends and relatives chip in toward spa treatments, romantic dinners and sun-rise canoe outings. “We’ve seen many couples who’ve exercised this option with success and have enjoyed their once-in-a-lifetime dream honeymoons as a result,” said resort spokes-woman Catherine Cam-bra.

Kayleigh and Daniel Caskey, who were married in 2017, had no problem asking guests to contrib-ute to their honeymoon.

“It was a way of say-ing, ‘Hey you were part of our wedding day and now you’re a part of a time when we’re celebrat-ing our marriage together that you can follow on Facebook,’” Kayleigh said. Many traditional gifts “will break or wear down and have to be replaced. We’ll never have a honeymoon again. We will always re-member those experienc-es.”

Most of their friends and relatives understood, she said, but a few still bought traditional gifts that the couple isn’t sure they will ever use.

Before their 2016 wed-ding, Brady and Erica Robertson had a talk with one relative to ensure she

did not “surprise” them with china they would never use. “When friends and family visit, we are more likely to order pizza and eat off paper plates than to provide an elabo-rate meal,” said Erica, of Columbus, Ohio. “We didn’t want a lot of ex-traneous gifts because we didn’t have a lot of room to store everything.”

Charity wedding regis-tries more than tripled in popularity in 2017, Kay said, from 3 percent of couples in 2016 to 10 per-cent in 2017.

Initially, Sarah Mulvaney and Matthew Schimenti intended to tell wedding guests they did not wish to receive any gifts for their June 2018 event, but relatives persuaded them to provide an option. The couple from Rowayton, Connecticut, decided to use their happy occasion to help a favorite charity. Using The Good Begin-ning, a registry for cou-ples seeking charitable donations in lieu of gifts, the Schimentis solicited donations for The Carver Foundation, which pro-vides youth programming in Morris, Connecticut.

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Gwendolyn Paige Usel-man of Johnson Creek and Chase Lee Schroeder of Jefferson have announced their engagement.

Gwendolyn, the daugh-ter of Kenneth and Pen-ny Uselman of Johnson Creek, is a 2015 graduate of Johnson Creek High School and currently a se-nior at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, studying elementary edu-cation.

Chase graduated from Watertown High School in 2012 and from UW-Whitewater in 2017. He is employed as a certi-fied public accountant at Westbury Bank.

Gwendolyn and Chase met at a Rock River Base-

ball League game in Farm-ington. They had mutual friends, and those friends

introduced them to each other after the game.

Chase proposed to Gwendolyn, down on one knee, in her parents’ back-yard.

When asked what char-acteristics she admires in Chase, Gwendolyn said she admires his intelli-gence, generosity and self-lessness. When posed the same question, Chase said he admires Gwendolyn’s passion to be faithful, de-termined and understand-ing.

The couple will wed June 22 at 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lake Mills. A reception will fol-low at the Elks Lodge in Watertown.

Uselman to marry Schroeder in summer

ASSOCIATED PRESSFrom left, Krissie Bevier and Zack Lewan, and Nicholas Lewan and Kassie Bevier, posed for a photo last year in Grass Lake, Mich. Identical twins Krissie and Kassie Bevier have married identical twins Zack and Nicholas Lewan.

GRASS LAKE, Mich. (AP) — Two sets of 24-year-old identical twins had their first date together, became engaged at the same time and tied the knot in Michigan last year.

Identical twins Krissie and Kassie Bevier mar-ried Zack and Nick Lewan in Grass Lake in August 2018, the Jackson Citizen Patriot reported. Krissie and Zack’s wedding was held Aug. 3, while Kassie and Nick got hitched Aug. 4. The four shared their reception.

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Chelsea Rose Grinwald and Henry H. Wendt VII have announced the news of their marriage.

“We were introduced by our soon-to-be sister-in-law in early 2017,” remembered Chelsea. “Thank you Lori!”

Chelsea and Henry’s en-gagement took place on March 5, 2018, just prior to a planned trip to Can-cun, which Chelsea said was a perfect place to cel-ebrate.

The couple’s wedding day was Sept. 15, 2018, on a much warmer than expected sunny day with temperatures in the mid 80s. The ceremony was held at St. Bernard’s Church in Watertown at 2 p.m.

The church has a special connection with the Grin-wald family. “This is where

my parents were married in 1984,” said Chelsea. “My mom’s five other sib-lings were also married at St. Bernard’s, so this place is very special to our fam-ily.”

The bride was given in marriage by her parents John and Denise Grin-wald. The ceremony was officiated by Father Pat-rick Wendler. Ceremony music featured soloists Cathy Egan, the bride’s kindergarten teacher, and Lorraine Rhodes.

The wedding party con-sisted of man of honor Nic Grinwald, the bride’s brother; maid of honor Emily Merritt, soon-to-be sister-in-law; and brides-maids, cousins Kristen Kretschmann and Chloe Keeser, cousin’s wife Ni-cole Schumacher and friend Holly Kuerschner.

The best man was Adam Wendt, the groom’s broth-er; groomsmen, cousins Steve Wendt, Ray Wendt, Josh Wendt and Robbie Vogel and friend John Pleugers; ring bearer Eivin Vogel, the groom’s godson; and flower girl Ashlin Re-isdorf, friend’s daughter.

After the wedding, a reception was held at the Golden Mast Inn on Okauchee Lake on a gor-geous night.

Chelsea is a 2005 grad-uate of Watertown High School. She received a de-gree in business adminis-tration from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She is a dealer partner at Grinwald Ford.

Henry, the son of Hank Wendt of Brantwood and Linda Wendt of Milwau-kee, is a 2000 graduate of Milwaukee Lutheran High School. He received a de-gree in fire science and emergency medicine from Waukesha County Techni-cal College. He works as a firefighter/paramedic for the city of Wauwatosa.

Chelsea and Henry are setting up their home in Watertown and are look-ing forward to a vacation to Jamaica in March.

Grinwald marries Wendt in church where her parents wed

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Darlene Hesse, daugh-ter of Lucille and the late Norbert Zimdars, and Donald Koehler, son of the late Lawrence and Lorraine Koehler, were married Aug. 18, 2018, at 2 p.m. at River Valley Alli-ance Church.

The ceremony was of-ficiated by the Rev. David Zimmermann. A reception was later held at Riverside Park in Watertown.

Darlene and Donald re-called that the area had gotten 7 1/2 inches of rain the day before their wed-ding, and the roads had been closed to the church. They remembered run-ning late to their own wed-ding because of a flooded basement.

However, despite the watery setback, the weath-er on the wedding day it-self turned out beautiful, they said.

Attending the bride at the wedding were ma-tron of honor Sue Trepte,

friend of the couple, and Morgan Hesse, Emma-lyn Roell, Evelyn Benson and Kate Fischer, grand-daughters of the bride and groom.

Attending the groom were best man John Trepte, friend of the cou-ple, and Dylan Hesse, Drew Fischer and Hunter Benson, grandsons of the bride and groom. Ushers were Colton Benson and Cam Fischer.

When asked what their feelings were on their wedding day, Darlene and Donald said they felt ex-treme happiness, because each of them knew they were marrying their best friend. Each of them de-scribed the other as a lov-ing person who is always there to help out.

The couple took a wed-ding trip to Big Bear Lake in California. They are making their home in Watertown. Both of them work as transportation specialists.

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al wedding cake shows no signs of going away, many couples are also includ-ing an array of sweet little bites at their receptions.

It’s an opportunity for newlyweds to show who they are, said Jennifer Cress, digital director at Martha Stewart Weddings.

“We’re seeing many cou-ples include sweets that say something about their relationship, like a fam-ily cookie recipe, or their go-to ice cream flavor,” she said. “Every couple wants to personalize their wedding day as much as possible, and dessert is an easy way to do that.”

Los Angeles couple Lau-ren Aust and Sonny Yuen did just that for their Kan-sas City, Missouri, wed-ding last summer.

“We used food as a vehi-cle to help tell our story,” Aust said. “Dinner stations were themed after some of our favorite New York food adventures.

“I saw the same oppor-tunity with dessert. When our caterer mentioned they used doughnut holes from Lamar’s (a Kansas City shop) to do a flambee station, if seemed a nice way to give guests a taste of my hometown and cre-ate a moment that was ex-periential.”

Desserts allow for culi-nary creativity — things like cake lollies, mini milk-

shakes, churros and alco-holic ice pops. And they give guests the chance to sample quick treats before getting back to the center of the party.

Meghan Leese, who plans and runs weddings in Chicago and New Jer-sey, said, “The cake is only important for about half of the weddings we do. It’s more about the dessert bar, with the cake as one of the options.”

WeddingWire’s creative director Jeffra Trumpower agreed. “Couples want to make things less pretentious and more fun,” she said.

Among her favorite trends for the wedding sweet table is one she called “breakfast for des-sert” — mini waffles, pancakes or crepe stacks decked out with fresh

fruit, whipped cream and other accompaniments.

“It’s the perfect ‘wake-up call’ for a surge of energy,” she said. “You can easily pop these treats in your mouth and head back to the dance floor.”

Trumpower said com-fort and nostalgia are in. There are make-your-own s’mores stations, self-serve hot chocolate and top-your-own mini pies with seasonal fruits.

New Yorker Amanda Scott went to a wedding on Long Island where no-body wanted to sit and eat. “Servers came around the

dance floor with apple pie shooters and little maca-roons. People loved it!”

Margaret Foster of Cha-pel Hill, North Carolina, attended a September 2018 wedding in which the couple did without the cake entirely, to save mon-ey, concentrating their budget on venue, pho-tographer and DJ. “There was a table with plates of mini desserts like can-nolis, doughnuts, cheese-cake and brownie bites. I loved how unique and in-timate it all was — more

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Ellyn Elizabeth Will and Matthew Edward Presto, both of Sun Prai-rie, are engaged to be married.

Ellyn, the daughter of Doug and Carrie Will of Watertown, is a 2008 graduate of Watertown High School. She earned a bachelor of science de-gree in physical educa-tion from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and a master’s degree in adaptive physical educa-tion from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. She is an adaptive physi-

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Matthew, the son of Mike and Ann Presto of Valders, is a 2007 gradu-ate of Kiel High School. He has an associate de-gree in criminal justice from Fox Valley Technical College. He is employed as a service technician with Plunkett Pest Con-trol.

Ellyn and Matthew have set a wedding date of Aug. 3 at 2 p.m. at St. Albert the Great Catholic Church in Sun Prairie.

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ASSOCIATED PRESSKristopher Weisheit and Brittany Birk took their vows Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018, from home plate at League Stadium in Huntingburg, Ind., while their groomsmen and bridesmaids lined up, re-spectively, along the first and third baselines. The stadium is featured in the 1992 movie “A League of Their Own.”

HUNTINGBURG, Ind. (AP) — Two baseball fans tied the knot at a southern Indiana baseball stadium that is featured in the 1992 movie “A League of Their Own.”

Kristopher Weisheit and Brittany Birk took their vows in August 2018 at home plate in League Stadium in Hunting-burg. Their groomsmen and bridesmaids lined up along the first and third baselines.

The (Jasper) Herald reported the wedding was the first ever held at League Stadium. Mainte-nance foreman Dale Payne said he was “surprised that nobody had asked before then.”

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Wedding dessert trends —about the bride, groom and their loved ones than wedding traditions,” she said. “They also provided little pastry bags for guests to take desserts home.”

Cress said the dessert-as-wedding-favor is an-other trend.

As are food stations. “They’re entertaining, and make the day feel a little more bespoke,” Cress said. “Other than make-your-own options, one-bite desserts seem to be growing in popularity. I think with couples offer-ing so many different food

choices, guests want to be able to sample it all.”

And don’t overlook the social-media value of a decked-out dessert table: “Desserts tend to be one of the most Instagramma-ble moments of the night,” said Cress.

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Wedding barn lawsuit —spokeswoman for Demo-cratic Attorney General Brad Kaul, who defeated Schimel, said the Depart-ment of Justice was re-viewing the lawsuit but declined further com-ment.

Last session, Republi-cans in the state Legisla-ture proposed a bill that would have required li-quor licenses in those sit-uations. The measure won support from the power-ful Tavern League of Wis-consin and wineries, but it died in the Senate after WILL said it was so broad it could end tailgating be-fore sporting events.

Republican state Rep. Rob Swearingen asked Schimel in November for his interpretation of the law. Swearingen is chair-man of a special joint leg-

islative committee study-ing alcohol enforcement, a former Tavern League president and runs the Al-Gen Dinner Club in Rhinelander.

The lawsuit was filed by WILL on behalf of Farm-view Event Barn in Berlin and The Weddin’ Barn in Menomonie. It argues that uncertainty over the law casts a “dark shadow” over the businesses, put-ting them at risk of facing criminal penalties for op-erating without a license.

They would also have to significantly alter their businesses if forced to purchase a $10,000 liquor license and take on other related expenses, the law-suit said. Some wedding barns would have to go out of business if they are unable to obtain the re-quired license, WILL at-torneys said.

(Continued from page 3)Personal touches at royal weddings —and sellouts. Since the former “Suits” actress be-came the Duchess of Sus-sex, bridal gowns inspired by her wedding dresses — the Givenchy ceremony gown with three-quarter-length sleeves and bateau neckline, and the custom, high-neck Stella McCart-ney number she donned for her evening reception — have turned up on the bridal runways in New York.

“There were a few dress-es inspired by the Given-chy dress, but the Stella McCartney dress seemed to resonate with bridal designers,” Brown said, adding that its mock tur-tleneck is a more unique silhouette in bridalwear. “That was a style we saw a version of in pretty much every collection.”

The evening gown is a wearable look, Gooder said, which may appeal to brides jetting off to a

destination wedding. “The halter neckline makes it a little bit sexy but still cov-ered up, and that kind of chiffon fabric is always flattering and pretty,” she said.

Both brides wore a sec-ond gown on their wed-ding day. (Eugenie wore a blush Zac Posen dress for evening.)

Gooder said that’s a trend, noting that the for-mer Kate Middleton, now

Duchess of Cambridge, changed for her evening reception in 2011. “I think that Meghan putting that out there in such a public way really made it some-thing that every bride wants to do,” Gooder said.

For her ceremony on Oct. 12, 2018, also at St. George’s, Eugenie wore a long-sleeve Peter Pilotto gown with a deep V neck-line in the back, a design feature she requested to reveal her scar from child-hood scoliosis surgery.

“Eugenie felt her scar was an important part of her story,” Brown said. “That probably does speak to a lot of brides who don’t want to fit into a certain mold and don’t feel like they have to.”

It’s the idea of being true to yourself, a theme also expressed through acces-sories. The duchess’ veil had hand-embroidered flowers from the Com-monwealth countries, along with the California poppy to represent her home state.

Eugenie made the choice to forgo a veil, pos-sibly to showcase the back of her dress, and wore a diamond-and-emerald ti-ara, which stood out for the unexpected choice of the brilliant green gems, Brown said.

The duchess wore mini-mal, natural makeup and unfussy hair on her wed-ding day.

Said Brown, “That fact that you could see her freckles, her hair wasn’t in a perfect updo — is reflec-tive of trends we’ve seen in bridal beauty and what we’ll see going forward.”


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was cool,” said Curry, who learned about the trend on Instagram. “A lot of people went up and talked to her and asked her about it. A lot of people were surprised that that was a service.”

Jacobson said that hav-ing a painter is a great option if there are many guests who don’t want to hit the dance floor. “It’s a nice thing for guests to gather around and watch it being done throughout the night,” she said.

Curry’s artist, Swytak, who is based in Laguna Beach, California, paints about 35 weddings a year, and was perhaps a pioneer in the business, starting in 2006.

She works with couples to determine what part of the wedding they want her to paint, usually a scene from the ceremony or first dance, and whether she should focus primarily on the couple or play up the crowd as well. She arrives early to start painting the landscape or background, and continues painting while guests mingle. She also videotapes or photo-graphs the event for refer-ence.

Unlike a photograph of a single, defined moment like the bouquet toss, she likens her paintings to “a dreamy panorama” in which she paints “the best moments of everybody” and “collages a lot of dif-

ferent moments together” in an artful remix that draws upon her own feel-ings from the event.

“The most important part is that I capture the feeling of it so when they look at it, it will bring them back in time,” she said. “You feel the emotion of the couple.”

“It’s the best of the day through an artist’s eyes,” she said.

Curry credits Swytak with capturing the mood and look of the day. “It’s almost like a mesh of 10 different photos,” Curry said.

The price range for a wedding painting varies, depending on such fac-tors as the amount of de-tail, the hours spent on the piece, and the artist’s level of expertise. Swytak’s work ranges from $2,500 to $5,000. Some couples receive her work on the night of the wedding, but most have her do touch-up work in the studio.

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ASSOCIATED PRESSThis combination of file photos shows Chris Pratt at the MTV Movie and TV Awards June 16, 2018, in Santa Monica, Calif., left, and Katherine Schwarzenegger at Caruso’s Palisades Village opening gala Sept. 20, 2018, in Los Angeles, right. Pratt posted a photo of Schwar-zenegger sporting an engagement ring on Instagram Monday, Jan. 14. He wrote, “Sweet Katherine, so happy you said yes!”

WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — A New York man had some help from Ben and Jerry’s for his wedding proposal.

Angelo Orlando was captured on video getting on one knee at a New York grocery store and handing Kelly Becker a pint of the ice cream labeled, “Marry Me Mint.”

Orlando said he knew Becker’s favorite flavor

was mint, and he worked with the staff at the com-pany’s Burlington location to make the proposal pos-sible.

She said “yes” to the July 2018 proposal. Later that year, the couple went to the company’s Waterbury factory to see how their ice cream is made.

Their wedding is set for October.

Couple got engaged with help from mint ice cream

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A woman was in for a huge surprise when Miami Beach police pulled her over.

She and her boyfriend got out of the car. An of-ficer asked the boyfriend if he had anything to say.

And that’s when the man, identified as Ken-neth, got down on one knee, held out a ring and said, “I just want you to marry me.”

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Wedding registries expand —together of everyone we both love,” she said. “We have all that we need, and giving back was the least we could do.”

It makes sense that mil-lennials would redefine traditional wedding regis-tries, said Karen McGrath, co-author of “The Millen-nial Mindset: Unraveling Fact from Fiction” and a professor at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York. Millennials tend to prioritize giving back, tak-ing care of the environ-ment and doing things rather than owning them, she said. Everything about fancy china and crystal — from storing it to the packaging it comes in — would be a turn-off for many young couples, she said.

Many millennials also choose to live in smaller or shared spaces, and move often, she said, which makes it difficult to have a lot of stuff.

“It’s a completely dif-ferent mindset,” she said. “They’re much more mo-bile.”

And even newlyweds who want fine things for their homes may already have them, added Beth Helmstetter, a wedding planner who in 2016 founded The Good Begin-ning. With couples marry-ing later in life and often sharing a home before ex-changing vows, they often have all they need, she said.


ASSOCIATED PRESSPeople look at a Chinese couple in wedding clothes posing for photos in front of St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Thursday.

Identical twin brothers marry identical sisters —

Kassie and Nick invited their twins on their first date to church one Sun-day morning, and Krissie and Zack started dating shortly after.

Nick and Zack Lewan proposed to the Beviers together on a trip in 2017 to the Henry Ford Muse-um in Dearborn.

“It basically happened at the same time ... which is par for the course for us,” Kassie Bevier said. “We do things in twos.”

The couples planned to

move in together into a two-bedroom apartment in Fenton.

As of last year the Bevi-ers were working toward finishing their doctorates in physical therapy at the University of Michigan. Nick Lewan was pursu-ing his master’s degree in mental health counseling from Oakland University. Zack Lewan was working in vegetation management for an energy company.

“We’re individuals. We are all individuals,” Zack Lewan said. “We work dif-

ferently and we have dif-ferent interests, and just respect each other for those differences.”

The couples said they click so well because they were brought up with the same family values.


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Couples are saying ‘I do’ to Zero-Waste weddings — recommended colorful displays of fruits, vegeta-bles or even flower petals as table centerpieces that guests can take home and enjoy.

Gifts“Instead of traditional

wedding gifts, we asked guests to each bring a side dish or something to drink, and contribute to our honeymoon fund,” Kellogg said.

Other couples ask for donations to their favor-ite charity, or contribu-tions toward a goal, such

as a down payment on a house.

Invitations“For my wedding invita-

tions, I bought card stock and painted a design on the front, but these days I’d say paperlesspost.com or another email option would be the best Zero-Waste option,” said John-son.

If you’re set on paper though, “go for recycled paper with vegetable ink,” said Sylvester. Some pa-pers are embedded with seeds, so guests can even soak the invitation in wa-

ter and then plant it.Attire

Like tables, chairs and linens, wedding dresses and tuxedos can be rented. Vintage or second-hand dresses are also popular, and can be tailored to size. Some designers now make Zero-Waste dresses using fabric scraps otherwise destined for the trash.

“Zero-Waste wed-dings are a recent trend in France. This year I even designed for a cli-ent a wedding dress made from pieces of her grand-mother’s wedding dress,” said Laetitia Drouet of the French-based Kamelion Couture in 2018.

FlowersChoose locally grown,

seasonal flowers, “cer-tainly from a carbon-foot-print perspective if not a waste perspective,” said Ariella Chezar, author of the forthcoming book “Seasonal Flower Arrang-ing: Fill Your Home with Blooms, Branches, and Foraged Materials All Year

Round” (Ten Speed Press).To cut back on waste,

make sure your florist isn’t using foam in centerpieces and other arrangements. “It’s one of those products that is non-biodegradable and is totally unneces-sary,” said Chezar.

Next, plan how your florals will be repurposed after the event, she said. Many organizations will pick up arrangements and give them to nursing homes and other institu-tions. If nothing else, make sure flowers are compos-ted instead up ending up in a landfill somewhere.

“Or you can forgo cut flowers altogether in favor of potted plants, which can then be gifted or planted. There’s certainly no waste there,” Chezar said.

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