I've always been fascinated by people who like their own family ...

... I just take for granted they haven't spent much time with them. ~ (quote ) T. J. Simers || T.J. Simers' provocative sports commentary has been entertaining readers since 2000. Named 2000 California Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, he has been with The Times since 1990.



He was formerly the professional football writer for The San Diego Union, the Denver Broncos beat writer for the Rocky Mountain News; a college football beat writer for The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tenn.; sports editor for the Morristown (N.J.) Daily Record, the Beloit (Wis.) Daily News and the Coeur d'Alene (Idaho) Press, and assistant sports editor for the DeKalb (Illinois) Chronicle. He attended Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill. || http://bit.ly/g0pdSc

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Maxine and Paul McGhehey, who have been married for 66 years, have breakfast at a familiar spot, Mini Gourmet Restaurant in Placentia, where they've been going for nearly 45 years. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times / January 29, 2011)

From sports — otherwise known as the newspaper's 'toy' department — comes a story about a jewel of a couple, Placentia's Paul and Maxine McGhehey, who make toys, bring joy and have been married since they were teenagers.

By T.J. Simers

t.j.simers@latimes.com

What a couple married 66 years can tell us about Super Bowl Sunday Read more at www.latimes.com

 

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