A remarkable young U.S. Marine broke some hearts in July by marrying a 2010 Olympic silver medalist.
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Taylor Kolls and Olympic hockey medalist Monique Lamoureux wed two weeks ago. "They definitely got married a little earlier than we had hoped and planned," said Rebecca Kolls, veep of consumer strategy for Iconoculture. Of course, TV viewers will remember her as a WCCO-TV meteorologist before doing a national show that made her the Martha Stewart of Midwest, minus the Big House cred and edge. With that familiar twinkle in her voice, Kolls added, "But you know what? They are both 21 and they think they know more than we do, because you know as we get older we get more stupid. So we've come to terms with that. There were about 357 people at the reception, which ironically was held at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks. It was very nice. If I had to write on a list the qualities I would want in a daughter-in-law, she surpasses what would be on my list. The best part of the wedding was that Taylor asked Jay [his dad] to be his best man," she said. (FYI, Jay Kolls, her hubby of 22 years, is returning to work at KSTP-TV.)
Taylor can thank his sister Madison, now a University of North Dakota student, for introducing him to her Shattuck-St. Mary's hockey teammate.
News of Monique's marriage is going to break the hearts of adolescent male hockey players, who've admired her good looks and those of her mirror twin Jocelyne Lamoureux. Both are Olympic silver medalists and UND students, after fleeing the Gophers for the Sioux. The twins and some N.D. friends had dinner Friday at the Kolls' Wisconsin home. On Saturday, Monique and Jocelyne threw out first pitches at the Twins games against the Mariners.
Monique's Marine couldn't be there because he's in Hawaii training for his second Middle-East deployment.
Irony, court divisionWord has it someone who looked like the co-defendant of disgraced auto magnate Denny Hecker was seen in a first-class seat on a flight to Arizona last week.
"I just don't have any comments on that CJ," Steven Leach said when reached for confirmation.
Leach hung up before I could finish a question about whether he should be under the same 150-mile travel restriction imposed on Hecker, his partner in the alleged federal fraud. Friday I called the office of U.S. Magistrate Susan Richard Nelson to find out if Leach had to notify the court of out-of-state travel. "I'm sorry, sir, I cannot comment on the case," said the woman who identified herself as Nelson's judicial assistant.
