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She was a student at UCSB and I was trying to recruit her to work for me. I was six years older. Her name tag said, “AIMEE.” So the first time I ever met my wife of 13 years, I started singing “Aimee, what you wanna do? I think I should be with you ... for awhile, maybe longer ... if I do!”

I saw Casey for the first time at my good friend's wedding in Spokane, Wash. He was the best man. I liked his beard, his wicked dance moves and the way he made everyone smile. I was very drawn to him and had a strange feeling that was the guy I was going to marry. So, after many glasses of champagne, I told the bride I had a crush on the best man. She obligingly passed my message along, and the rest is history. We just celebrated our one year anniversary Jan. 26.

In 2005, Eddie and I were both widowed after lengthy marriages - he in Morgan Hill and I in Monterey. We each thought we would spend the rest of our lives single and were gradually resigning ourselves to that condition, but we both felt lonely. Finally, at the urging of our respective sisters, we simultaneously decided to try eHarmony, an online dating service recommended by the AARP.

In 1972, I was a working girl at United Technologies in Sunnyvale. Also working there was a young engineer who lived in San Francisco and went skiing every weekend – very attractive attributes in a future boyfriend! It didn’t hurt that he looked like Leonardo DiCaprio. Obviously I didn’t know this then since Mr. DiCaprio wouldn’t be born for a couple more years yet.

Dick Vieira and Carmen Galdos were married May 7, 1950. They dated for three years before getting married, meeting at a dance in San Juan Bautista. Mom said he was the only boy with a car - "He was high-tone." Dad was smitten from the beginning and said he chased "her until she caught him." I don't know who chased who. It depends on who tells the story.

Police arrested three men Thursday suspected of drug possession and sales in a McDonald’s parking lot, according to a statement from the Hollister Police Department.

A routine patrol check last Thursday resulted in two arrests on suspected drug charges, according to the Hollister Police Department. Those same two suspects were among six people arrested on suspected drug charges days earlier in the same vehicle, according to the HPD.

Read the latest police blotter items from the Hollister Police Department.

The state board of equalization that oversees how property values are assessed in California counties has given San Benito a 99.93 percent rating and said the county meets California standards, after the state conducted a survey.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the long-awaited Farm Bill last week that includes help for Central Coast farmers specializing in organic crops along with cuts to food stamps. The legislation is expected to pass the Senate as soon as this week, and President Obama has said he will sign the measure.