Beth Thomas Hertz and David Hertz, a pair of BJ escapees, are celebrating their 24^th wedding anniversary today.

Beth wrote:

“24 years ago today, I married a cute boy who I had met at work! It's been a crazy ride! Happy anniversary, David.”

Their wedding was at the Civic Theatre where their BJ friends showed up to applaud.

They will have a bionic celebration. David got a new hip in January. Beth had rotator cup surgery in 2015.

David was at Ol’ Blue Walls for 15 years, Beth for 4 years. The BJ meeting led to yet another BJ marriage. I've lost track of how many there were.

Or even long-term non-marriage same-domicile relationships that have lasted for decades, such as my 13 years with Paula Stone Tucker, who was one of my reporters when I was an assistant State Desk editor in the 1970s.

David came to the BJ after 5 years in Knight-Ridder’s Boca Raton, Florida newspaper. He is a vice president in the media relations department of Dix & Eaton in Cleveland.

Beth left the Beacon in 1995 to become managing editor in the Communications Department at the Cleveland Clinic. After six years, she left to be a full-time freelance writer.

They live in Copley. Their children are Josh and Alyssa, who is a counselor at the Akron Jewish Community Center day camp this summer.