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Paula & Danny DeYoung<br />
Camille Anding<br />
Childhood friends as well as<br />
As they grew into high school<br />
State, and Danny was on a soccer<br />
stepped up to her, took a knee and<br />
adult friends are special parts of<br />
friends, they found their friend-<br />
scholarship at Dordt University in<br />
presented her with that special<br />
our lives, but to have both in the<br />
ship to be so special they wanted<br />
Sioux City, Iowa. As he pulled out<br />
little box. She, along with all the<br />
same individual is definitely a bonus.<br />
to protect it. Romantic interests<br />
of his drive on his way to his junior<br />
swimmers that were spectators,<br />
Paula and Danny DeYoung are<br />
were out of the question due to<br />
year at Dordt, he turned around,<br />
was thrilled! Paula remembers<br />
two that qualify for that bonus list.<br />
those kinds of relationships<br />
realizing it would be a mistake to<br />
that her boss suggested she just<br />
Danny lived in 1008 Laurelwood<br />
possibly becoming a potential for<br />
be that far away from the girl/<br />
take the rest of the day off because<br />
Drive in Clinton when the Barlows<br />
ending friendships.<br />
friend that had become much<br />
her new fascination with her<br />
moved in next door at 1010.<br />
Even though Paula remembers<br />
more to him.<br />
engagement ring was putting<br />
Danny, who was the youngest of<br />
having a crush on her good looking,<br />
Paula transferred to Louisiana<br />
potential drowners in real danger!<br />
six children, found it easy to make<br />
blonde neighbor, she went to<br />
Tech her sophomore year, so Danny<br />
On July 2, 1988 at Wildwood<br />
friends, so when Paula became his<br />
homecoming with Danny’s best<br />
also transferred to the same college.<br />
Baptist Church, the couple said<br />
next door neighbor, a childhood<br />
friend. By high school days, Danny<br />
Their dating resumed as romance<br />
their vows. It was a blistering<br />
friendship began.<br />
was appreciating Paula’s physical<br />
deepened their friendships to the<br />
101-dgree day, and Danny was<br />
The two describe a retaining<br />
beauty. But he, too, wanted to<br />
“forever after” kind.<br />
sweating profusely. However it<br />
wall of brick separating their two<br />
maintain their close friendship<br />
Their engagement story is rather<br />
wasn’t from the heat wave but the<br />
yards, and it was sitting on that<br />
by keeping it just that.<br />
unique. They worked as lifeguards<br />
fever from the strep throat that<br />
wall that a meaningful relationship<br />
It wasn’t until breaks from their<br />
at the YMCA during their summers<br />
had joined him that morning. His<br />
took root. “We could talk about<br />
college days that Danny suggested<br />
at home, and while Paula was seated<br />
fever reading was higher than the<br />
anything,” Paula recalls. “And we<br />
to Paula that they have a date. She<br />
at her poolside watch, Danny, who<br />
outside thermometer.<br />
would often talk ‘til midnight,”<br />
was a freshman at Mississippi<br />
was not on duty at the time,<br />
Danny added.<br />
6 • AUGUST 2023
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