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Popping the big q
By Cheryl Heath
Some people might say Dwayne
Feddes' wedding proposal was corny.
But that would be inaccurate.
In fact, the dairy farmer popped the
quintessential question in a field of
wheat stubble — much to the delight
of then girlfriend Rachel (nee
Jenkins).
Rachel recalls the proposal, that was
delivered on a bright and sunny Nov
22, 2004, was made in what some
might consider to be an unlikely spot
— namely, on top of a silo.
While being perched atop a silo
might seem a tad out of the ordinary,
Rachel admits she didn't really see the
proposal coming because the couple
had gone up there before to watch the
sunset.
"It's a beautiful view up there and
he said it would probably be our last
chance to see a sunset before the snow
started."
Indeed, Rachel was so snowed by
the pretext of the climb that she did
not immediately notice the giant mes-
sage, "Will .you marry me Rachel?"
scrawled out in the field before
her. And Dwayne, true to form,
did not try and guide her gaze.
"He was playing cool. Eventually
I noticed something and then I saw
it," she says, noting the effect of the
etching in the wheat stubble gave
the proposal the appearance of being
written in black and gold.
Naturally, the answer was yes.
Dwayne then pulled out the ring
and champagne, which had been
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