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WWME contest searches for longest-married couple in US
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. The annual search is on for the longest married couple in the United States for a contest sponsored by the U.S. leaders of Worldwide Marriage Encounter (WWME), a leading faith-based marriage enrichment program in this country. Nominations must be received by Jan. 10.
This is the second consecutive year for the project recognizing couples for their long marriages. Last February, Marshall and Winnie Kuykendall of New Mexico were honored nationally for their 82 years of marriage. There were also 50 state winners recognized for their longest marriages at the same time.
An Alumni Club has been started for all those couples honored this year and that the Kuykendalls will pass on the U.S. honor to a new couple in 2012. Previous state winners can vie for the national title, but they also are now considered members of the alumni of longest married couples in their individual states. This allows for new couples to be recognized across the country.
Nominations, which are open to all husband and wife couples regardless of religious affiliation, will be overseen by Dick and Diane Baumbach and Father Dick Morse, who serve as the North American Weekend Pillar for the WWME movement.
The contact information for sending in a nomination, which requires the name of the couple, their wedding date and where they currently reside, plus a contact phone or email address of the individual nominating the couple, is as follows: email: dickanddiane66@bellsouth.net ; regular mail: Dick and Diane Baumbach, 1430 Scorpious Ct. Merritt Island, FL 32953 and special phone number 321-453-2475. For more information, visit www.wwme.org.
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