A marriage proposal like no other
Loren Lentz wanted to make his marriage proposal memorable, but maybe not this way. The farmer from Deer Park, Wash., decided to pop the question to Jody Schaefer by spelling his intentions out in 150-yard-long letters in one of his fields. He tilled the soil into the shape of the words using a tractor before surprising his girlfriend with a plane ride. But when the couple was airborne, Lentz saw with horror he’d written the ‘J’ backwards, spelling out, “Lody will u marry me?” Luckily, Schaefer saw the funny side—and said yes.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
Youngster celebrates birthday with toy drive for others
Chase Branscum received over 500 gifts for his 8th birthday, but the windfall was never intended for him. The youngster from Owasso, Okla., had decided against having a traditional birthday party, and asked instead if he could host a toy drive for underprivileged kids. “I already have toys and other kids don’t,” he explained. Over 100 guests donated boxes of gifts to a local charity last weekend. Branscum’s generosity didn’t go unrewarded: A local business owner donated a free game of laser tag so the birthday boy and his friends could have some fun too.
