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Show Ofltss ufiamers Rewriting the book of etiquette Western style II by Karen Anesi OU out there in Brideland, ready to get hitched? More than 500 La Plata County couples tied the knot last year, County Clerk Nancy Sofka said. Not all of them had traditional weddings. Some of them didnt have weddings at all. Colorado couples, age 18 and older, wanting to say I do need only a picture I.D., 20 bucks and the courage to do it within 30 days of when the marriage license is issued. Forget the stuff about some- thing old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. In the Centennial State, you dont even have to RocM Pfotonhouw - show up at the church or anywhere else on time. You can just sign the license (and not even in the presence of witnesses) and call it good. Sofka doesnt recommend skipping the marriage ceremony altogether, however. She can recall a few snafus in which either the bride or the groom was not a U.S. citizen. After the couple had secured a license and signed on the line, thinking thats what was needed to make them husband and wife, they had to deal with immigration officials questioning the legality of marriages solemnized in the $ - , April 7, 2000 - Cross Current 9 |