BOISE, Idaho (AP) – When 19-year-old Ron Ramey fell in love with 14-year-old Marcella, doubters said it would never last – they were just too far apart in age.

But the young couple didn’t listen, spiriting away to get married in secret. On Saturday, the Rameys celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary.

He’s 90 and she’s 85, both in good health. And the romance that began so long ago is far from losing its luster.

“I still love him so much,” Marcella said. “When we go to bed at night, we always hold hands. ‘I love you’ are the last words we say to each other.”

When they started dating, he worked at a meat market for a dollar a day, and she worked at a drug store for 10 cents an hour. One of Ron’s duties was delivering ice, and Marcella would leave the icebox open so he’d have to come by more often.

Loose turkeys put town in fowl mood

PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) – The day before Thanksgiving, a Wisconsin woman had some timely companions for her daily walk: two full-grown wild turkeys.

The birds, about 3 feet tall, stepped out of the brush and joined receptionist Caryl Schultz for her stroll during a lunch break at Penda Corp.

Tim Rainer, Portage parks and recreation director, said the turkeys probably belonged to a flock of 12 to 20 that lives in the area. The turkey walk might have been amusing, but he said it’s also a concern because the big birds can chase and attack people if agitated.

The city has contacted state officials about how to encourage the turkeys to leave.

Attendant snubs robbery victim

GARY, Ind. (AP) – A woman who was robbed at knifepoint while pumping gas into her church’s van said she didn’t get much help from the gas station attendant.

Rosetta Heffner ran inside the Citgo station, but request to call 911 was met with silence from the other side of the counter.

She tried again.

The clerk’s response?

“Use your cell phone.”

The gas station’s manager said he was sorry about the robbery, but clerks at the station do not make emergency calls from the front counter, fearing retaliation for criminals.

“We have to be careful,” he said. “If we call, then there are problems. They can hear. So we use the back phone. We are always helpful to the customer, but we have to protect ourselves.”