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includes: » 4 course meal * entertainment Valentines Dinner Jor 2 $135.00 per couple » wine tasting & seminar (5 different wines) y all taxes and gratuities Saturday, February 13, 1999 6:00 Welcome Wine 6:30 Dinner \ Svs The Red Dog 5 129 Mill Street E. Acton + only 20 tickets available (10 couples) » by reservation only -- phone orders accepted + call 853-3947 for tickets What makes some cou- ples call each other darling until they are old and gray and, with half of all new marriages ending in divorce, is "'til death do us part," wishful thinking or a bot- tom-line commitment? With the grand celebra- tion of romantic love -- Val- entine's Day--just days away The New Tanner asked some local couples how they met and how they make love last. Married 45 years in July, Jo and Wayne Lister met in 1952 in England. THE NEW TANNER Lister Cupid looks at | "T knew his sister and she took me home and it hap- pened to be his birthday party, and that's how we met," Jo Lister, owners of Wetherby's recounted, add- ing that a good sense of hu- mour when it's not smooth sailing made their union last. Les and Evangelia Pelitis were married on March 21; 1971, in Toronto, several years after meeting on a sports field. "We met playing football RALPH MacDON Appliance Service Limited RR# 2 GUELPH 519-856-9958 ALD N Sundays - Direct May 2 - Oct 24 Mondays Jun 14 - Sep 13 also available, "Best Price, Best Service Since 1972" | Toronto to Venice Italy originating flights from Rome, Child rates also available from $699. - Non-stop Roundtrip trom onty *8 853-1553 379 Queen St., Acton THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1999 on opposite teams and we caught each other's eye and married a couple of years later," Les Pelitis said, add- ing that the give and take of their marriage has produced a harmonious relationship so close that when one of them is ill, the other feels it. Halton Hills Mayor Marilyn Serjeantson and her future husband Ed met on a blind date in 1965 and mar- ried two years later. "His friend was going out with some one I was living with and I ended up as his date by chance," Mayor Serjeantson said, adding that their four children have made their marriage last. Married since May, Acton Pentecostal Evangel Taber- nacle Pastor Jamie and Pam Shepherd are still in the hon- eymoon stage of the mar- riage. The couple met after Jamie returned from a trip to Africa. "Pam is a missionary kid and I stayed with her family when I was there in 1996. When I came back I looked Serjeantson ocal love What makes some love last? her up and she laughed at my pictures of Africa," Pastor Shepherd said. The union of Acton law- yers Marg MacKenzie and Gord Chapman began as a business partnership in 1977 developed into an office ro- mance and finally a marriage two years later. The couple says they probably met over a real estate deal and then had dinner to discuss a law partnership. Chapman jokes you can tell how the partnership ne- otiations went when you ook at the company name -- featuring his wife' name first. Asked what has made their love last Gord said, "Tolerance." Mac Sprowl and Joyce Leitch met on a blind date in June, 1961 and were married three years later. Give and take is what keeps them to- gether, Joyce says. "We can usually talk things out and come to an agreement on things." 153 Perth VWe PAROGY Si Thursday - Sunday LUNCH AND DINNER a Ge Weve dS Street, Acton A TAKE OUT ONLY 1 3 Parogys, 2 Parogys, Fried Onions, Fried Onions, Sour Cream, 2 Large Sour Cream Cabbage Rolls, Fresh Bun + GST +GST 4 Fresh Mashed 3 Large Cabbage | Potatoes, 2 LargeCabbage Rolls with Bun Rolls, Vegetable & Bun +GST + GST Call 1 Hour Ahead Monthly Draw for $50 Store Voucher or Merchandise STORE HOURS: MONDAY - SUNDAY 9-5