Saturday, February 18, 2023 | Country Acres • Page 1
Country Acres Saturday, February 18, 2023
Volume 10, Edition 02
Focusing on Today’s Rural Environment
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Korfes create wedding venue BY SARAH COLBURN STAFF WRITER
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EAGLE BEND - Jeremiah and Kalie Korfe met at a Miss America pageant where she was a contestant and he was the country music entertainment. Five years later, when they planned to marry, they decided to turn the land and barn Jeremiah had purchased, into a wedding venue while he would still actively farm the land around the site. Instead of choosing napkin colors and table centerpieces, the couple picked out light fixtures and placement of electrical outlets and water lines. Their wedding was held at Stone Hill Farm in the transformed barn in 2019. The business has been successful since, hosting 40 weddings in 24 weekends one year. They are almost completely booked for 2023. From the beginning, the couple embraced one another’s strong work ethic and their commonalities. They both grew up in small towns, him in Clarissa and her in southern Idaho. They knew of one another on social media, and they were both interested in music. “We formed a connection over the passion for the same things,” Ka-
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(Above) Stone Hill Farm is a wedding and event venue near Eagle Bend in Todd County. The farm hosted 40 weddings in 24 weekends in one year. (Right) Jeremiah and Kalie Korfe smile infront of the barn they transformed into an event venue near Eagle Bend. The Korfes’ wedding was the first event to showcase the rennovation project.
lie said. “We did long distance dating for a while, for a year, while we were building the venue, and we had a long engagement period.” Jeremiah was raised on a dairy farm, but he moved to Los Angeles with $300 in his pocket and began a 10-year touring stint as a BMI recording artist. He moved to Nashville and competed on CMT’s “Sweet Home Alabama,” a show similar to “The Bachelor,” in which he was chosen as a partner at the end. The relationship lasted three months but allowed him to launch his music career. Kalie competed in the Miss America organization while working on her degree in business and marketing. She was raised by parents who were collegiate athletes and said she knew the determination involved in performing at that level. She went to
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