Local Dating: Y. extends comedy about dating scene
PROVO -- "Smart Single Guys," a humorous look at the local dating scene, has been extended and will run Dec. 2-6 in Brigham Young University's Margetts Theatre. Shows begin at 7:30 p.m.Tickets are $12, with $3 off with a BYU or student ID. Tickets are available through the Fine Arts Ticket Office, 801-378-4322, or at www.byu.edu/hfac....
Local Dating: Caught up in the Net
Four years ago, Redding resident Paul Henry was 78, 50 pounds overweight, twice widowed and alone. A few hundred miles away in Carmel, widow Jen-Chi Anderson had an empty house and an empty heart. They wanted to look for love, but didn't know the right places. At their ages, the local dating pools had all but dried up. They were too old to go clubbing but too young to hit the convalescent scene. So they followed the leads of millions of souls, and cast their nets worldwide, on the...
Local Dating: EX-OPERATOR OF DATING SERVICE ACCUSED OF THEFT
Instead of lining up dates, the former operator of a local dating service was lining her own pockets with clients' money, court records say.A 4th District judge issued an arrest warrant last week for Llad-dille G. Poyurs, former manager of Latter Day Ideals dating service in Provo. Utah County prosecutors charged Poyurs with one count of theft and one count of forgery, both second-degree felonies, for allegedly bilking clients and investors out of about $100,000.According...
Local Dating: Bad dates led woman to playful inspiration
After almost six years of venturing off to places as far flung as South Carolina for college and Australia for a change of scenery, Charity Johnson returned to Green Bay. She was 23, single and perhaps not fully prepared for what she refers to as "the struggles of the local dating scene."To put it bluntly, "one date after another had gone bad," Johnson said.Over time, she heard from other young women in Green Bay who had similar horror...
Local Dating: Dating service faces suit; 24 clients allege fraud
It has been said that all's fair in love and war. But that isn't quite true, say the Pima County Attorney's Office and at least 24 people who claim they were victimized by the fraudulent practices of a local dating service.In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Pima County Superior Court, the office accuses Together of Tucson Inc. of lying to clients about its membership and reneging on promises to give refunds to unsatisfied customers.And while the...