Real Brazos Valley Brides !"#$%&’( *" +%,’ !"#$%& ()*)+,-. /-012,3 01+ /.01) (2456,77) 7851+ 689) 02*8&& -.) 1):& +)&3; <)*) ,& -.) &-8*= 87 -.),* 285*-&.,>? )1@0@)A)1- 01+ :)++,1@ BB )02. A8A)1- C)05-,756 01+ *8A01-,2 D01+ !"#$#%&’()E; Meredith Stancik & Shane McAuliffe § February 28, 2009 !"# %&’() *+,’#((&-. Shane McAulie and Meredith Stancik met in Abilene while she was working as the weekend reporter at KRBC TV. “I had been there a month, when I was told I would be moved to weekdays. ey had hired Shane to ll the weekend position,” Meredith said. ey met on his rst day of work, August 24, 2004 (the day of their engagement-- three years later). His desk was right across from hers, so they faced each other every day. Shane recalls, “It didn’t take but 5 minutes for me to strike up a conversation. She told me about being from La Grange and I immediately told her how much I loved the Bon Ton Bakery, (which is now Weikel’s Bakery) in La Grange.” ey quickly became friends, but neither one knew how far their friendship would take them. / %-’)0.# )- 10&23 4 5’#4+ 6. “After being friends for a few months, Meredith and I were settled in at our station and started to realize how much fun we had together,” said McAulie. However, Shane didn’t think she was interested in him at rst, so she felt she needed to make the rst move. “It was not very traditional- -but well worth it. I invited him over for New Years Eve dinner. I had ordered Chinese food and put my own homemade fortune into his fortune cookie,” said Stancik. Inside the cookie, the fortune read, “A kiss awaits you at midnight.” He saw it...and they kissed at midnight. “Since the rst second of 2005 we’ve been together,” he said. !"#$% ’% ()*+% ,#$-./ 0 12#"#! 3#4$"5!% #6 7.8*9 :*;" <2#"#-$.12% Brazos Valley Bride Magazine - Spring 2005 Brazos Valley Bride Magazine - Spring 2006 !" Brazos Valley Bride - *+,,-./!’"& 1223 www.BrazosValleyBride.com
Real Brazos Valley Brides!"#$%&'()*")+%,'KBTX`s Meredith
Stancik and Shane McAuliIIe Iound love across the news desk. Here
is the story oI their courtship. engagement and wedding -- each
moment beautiIul and romantic (and newsworthv).Meredith Stancik
&Shane McAuliffe February 28,
2009!"#$%&'()$*+,'#((&-.$ShaneMcAulieandMeredithStancikmetinAbilenewhileshewas
working as the weekend reporter at KRBC TV. I had been there a
month, when I was told I would be moved to weekdays. ey had hired
Shane to ll the weekend position, Meredith said. ey met on his rst
day of work,
August24,2004(thedayoftheirengagement--threeyearslater).His desk
was right across from hers, so they faced each other every day.
Shane recalls,Itdidnttakebut5minutesformetostrikeupaconversation.
She told me about being from La Grange and I immediately told her
how much I loved the Bon Ton Bakery, (which is now Weikels Bakery)
in La Grange. ey quickly became friends, but neither one knew how
far their friendship would take
them./$%-')0.#$)-$10&23$4$5'#4+$6.After being friends for a few
months, Meredith and I were settled in at
ourstationandstartedtorealizehowmuchfunwehadtogether,said
McAulie.However, Shane didnt think she was interested in him at
rst, so she felt she needed to make the rst move. It was not very
traditional--butwellworthit.IinvitedhimoverforNewYearsEvedinner.Ihad
ordered Chinese food and put my own homemade fortune into his
fortune
cookie,saidStancik.Insidethecookie,thefortuneread,Akissawaits you
at midnight. He saw it...and they kissed at midnight.Since the rst
second of 2005 weve been together, he said.
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