Local Dating: The business of love
Dating service plays Cupid with careful match-making
The Cupid that matched Sherry and Terry Dossey wasn't a friend of a friend or a drink at a bar.The Cupid that brought this couple together was a local dating service.The Dosseys, going on two years of marriage, can celebrate Valentine's Day together thanks to Bringing People Together Dating Service Inc., based in Winter Haven, Fla.The service, which covers Fort Myers to Sarasota, has been in the area for 20 years. Dan DeGarmo, who started and owns the...
Local Dating: Plea for prince washes ashore miles from sea
Fed up with the sharks in the local dating pool, Karen Oliver turned to the Pacific Ocean.One balmy afternoon in late July, she sealed a message inside an empty soda bottle and cast it into the frothy waves outside Oregon's Newport Bay. ``Rescue Me,'' Oliver pleaded in the letter to her mystery man.The 38-year-old divorced mother of one hoped the Fates would carry her bobbing offering to the Lancelot of her dreams.According to the note, Oliver...
Local Dating: EX-OPERATOR OF DATING SERVICE ACCUSED OF THEFT
Instead of lining up dates, the former operator of a local dating service was lining her own pockets with clients' money, court records say.A 4th District judge issued an arrest warrant last week for Llad-dille G. Poyurs, former manager of Latter Day Ideals dating service in Provo. Utah County prosecutors charged Poyurs with one count of theft and one count of forgery, both second-degree felonies, for allegedly bilking clients and investors out of about $100,000.According...
Local Dating: Flowers are risky in a budding relationship
Bringing a single flower to a person on a first date may serve as an icebreaker and a sign that the giver has class and values the other person's time, says an owner of a local dating service. Sending a bouquet of flowers after the first date may kill the relationship, he said.Greg Pilchard is co-owner of the Bloomington- and Peoria-based Heart to Heart Express dating service.He doesn't profess to be an expert on flowers. However, being in constant touch with...
Local Dating: LOCAL SINGLES: GET READY TO MINGLE
SARASOTA --- Statistics show that more than 43 million singles have joined the search to find that special someone online. They're chefs, purchasing directors, doctors and accountants --- all looking for someone to grow old with. Matchmaker Michael Penn, of www.ourtownmatch.com, a local dating site for Bradenton, Sarasota and Venice singles, has watched the site's membership grow to more than 1,000 over the last year. "The age group ranges from 18 to 77 years...