Penelope, John wed

Cathy Strong marries off

third daughter, Penelope

Former 1970s State Desk reporter Cathy Strong's daughter, Penelope, married international patent attorney John Pint, originally from Minnesota, in New Zealand (Valentine's Day Friday in New Zealand time, day-before-Valentine's Day Thursday in Ohio time). 

Facebooked Cathy: 

Penelope Strong and John Wayne Pint are now married . In St Anthony 's in Martinborough, New Zealand. Fantastic wedding followed by everyone on a bus tour of local vineyards

Martinborough is the wine valley bout two hours from my place, which is so idealic that Hollywood moguls like James Cameron and Peter Jackson have homes there.

The new groom Facebooked:

John Wayne Pint

Dinner with Mrs Pint. Non-stop Johnny Cash on the juke.

Off to the winery & honeymoon!

Long-time friend Pam McCarthy, from their 1970s State Desk days, long before Pam's retirement after a long career as a North Canton Hoover High teacher, added:

Pam McCarthy 

Give her my very best wishes. Where will they live?

Pam and Cathy are so close that they spent time in a hot tub together in a Boston reunion several years ago, which was memorialized in photo and words in a BJ Alums blog article.

This is the second "earthquake" to hit Martinborough and Cathy. The first came Jan. 20, when it was Mother Nature's turn to make a noise at the 6.3 level. 

Cathy's daughter, Rebecca, and husband Dion, have three daughters and a son. Rebecca and Dion were married in 2005 in the tiny historic Pukekaraka St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Otaki. Rebecca is a hydrographer and lieutenant in the New Zealand Navy and her husband, Lt. Dion Hewson, is also a lieutenant in the Navy.  

Cathy and former husband Percy Strong's third daughter, Amanda, married Jeff Shima near Waiouru, New Zealand in 2013. They have a daughter. 

Cathy's impressive journalism career includes her current position as the creator of the journalism master's degree program at Massey University's Wellington campus. She also spent three years in Dubai, United Arab Emirate, teaching journalism, mostly to daughters of Arab royalty.