Community Corner

And Dixon's Cutest Couple 2012 Is ...

Congratulations to Mike Veliz and Kelli Cherry, Dixon's Cutest Couple 2012 as voted by you.

It's official.

Dixon's Cutest Couple is Mike Veliz and his fiancé Kelli Cherry. Congratulations to the both of them!

The love birds first met at the G Street Pub in Davis over three year ago and have since been inseperable says Kelli.

Find out what's happening in Dixonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

"To say he is perfect is perhaps a bit of a stretch, but he is perfect for me," she said. "As a pair, we have been able to conquer so much together. We have gone through many life transitions - graduating college, pounding the pavement together to find a 'real' job, buying a house in Dixon (best decision so far!), adopting three wondering children (the furry kind), and now we are recently engaged."

Shorly after waking the stage at his commencement ceremony back in December, Mike popped the question to Kelli and she happily accepted. The wedding date is set for September 21.

Find out what's happening in Dixonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

"We are thrilled, we moved to Dixon almost a year ago and we are in love and we are happy to honored as Dixon’s Cutest Couple," said Mike, 26.

"I cannot wait to find out what our lives have in store," said Kelli, 24. "It is for this reason that I think we are the cutest couple in Dixon."

Dixon agrees Kelli and Mike, Dixon agrees.

What did Dixon's Cutest Couple do for Valentine's Day? Mike and Kelli had a low-key, romantic dinner at Firehouse Bistro. The couple will be receiving a $25 gift certificate to as their prize.

The following is a data table with the amount of votes that each couple received on both our Dixon Patch web site and on our Facebook page.

Each person was allowed to vote once per day, per user account. There were some duplicate votes cast, which were not factored in, but not many. The voting began on Feb. 10 and lasted originally until Feb. 14 at noon. The deadline was however extended until Feb. 14, at 5 p.m. Only those votes cast on the and Facebook were counted.

Cutest Couple Contest 2012 votes:

Mike Veliz and Kelli Cherry: 176

Crystal Dvorak and Chris Barnhart: 81

Jonathan Hill and Samantha Alarcon: 29

Melissa Arnold and Raul Alatorre: 22

Heidi and George Palchick: 14

Carol and Dave Johnson: 4

Tori and Nathan Rosten: 3

Cher and Dane Besneatte: 1

Mick and Lupe: 1

Jim and Marine Nessen: 0

Thank you to everyone who participated in this contest, indeed you are all very cute. See you next year!


Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

More from Dixon