MILESTONE. SHE’S PUT UP WITH ME FOR 40 YEARS. IT’S KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE. I DOUBT THAT TIM AND MELINDA ARE A GREAT LOOKING COUPLE, MARRIED IN 1983 AND DECIDED TO TAKE A WEDDING NIGHT GETAWAY WAY, WAY BACK THEN BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BE SOMEWHERE WHERE NO ONE WOULD EVER THINK TO LOOK FOR US. THAT’S A NICE PLAN. AND THAT’S HOW THEY WOUND UP AT THE DOWNTOWN OLD MULE BACK HOTEL. WE DIDN’T SPEND A LOT OF TIME HERE. A MISTAKE THAT STILL HAUNTS THE COUPLE EVEN 40 YEARS LATER. THAT’S WHEN TIM GETTING READY FOR THIS RUBY ANNIVERSARY CAME ACROSS SOMETHING HE DIDN’T EVEN KNOW HE HAD. I WAS GOING THROUGH OUR OLD WEDDING ALBUM AND THERE WAS A CERTIFICATE RIGHT THERE AND I THOUGHT, I WONDER IF THEY’D STILL HONOR THIS HONEYMOON GIFT CERTIFICATE OFFERED BY THE HOTEL TO MARRIED COUPLES IN 1983, WHEN A ROOM WAS JUST 38 BUCKS. YOU KNOW, I CAN’T TAKE CREDIT FOR FOR THAT MARKETING INITIATIVE AFTER 40 YEARS. THE ORIGINAL ROOM, THE FAMILY STAYED IN DOESN’T EXIST ANYMORE. BUT WE HAVE SOME ROOMS THAT ARE VERY COMPARABLE, ACTUALLY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE. THERE WAS A CERTIFICATE AND THAT HE’D EVEN ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE WEDDING BOOK. THAT WAS A SHOCK. THE COUPLE, WHOSE ANNIVERSARY IS JUNE 25TH, SAYS IT’S MOMENTS LIKE THIS ONE THAT KEEPS THEM GOING STRONG. I MEAN, THAT’S THAT’S REALLY WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT. MEMORIES, SPECIAL THINGS THAT YOU EXPERIENCE TOGETHER IN DOWNTOWN ALAN SHOPE KMBC NINE NEWS. SO SWEET AND SO GOOD TO SEE. THEY HONORED THAT GIFT CERTIFICATE. THE COUPLE PLANS TO VISIT A COUPLE JAZZ ESTABLISHM