{"id":8080,"date":"2025-11-02T17:02:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T22:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westliberty.edu\/wglz\/?page_id=8080"},"modified":"2025-11-21T12:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T17:32:13","slug":"relationship-advice-the-proposal-echo-pearls-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westliberty.edu\/wglz\/relationship-advice-the-proposal-echo-pearls-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Relationship Advice &amp; The Proposal &#8211; Echo Pearl&#8217;s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday morning, October 27, Ally Sarras of WGLZ sat down with someone who has an interesting story and gave them the platform to talk about it. On September 20th, Echo got proposed to by their fianc\u00e9: Declan Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Echo Pearl is a junior from W<a href=\"https:\/\/westliberty.edu\/wglz\/files\/2025\/11\/EchoPhoto-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8200 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/westliberty.edu\/wglz\/files\/2025\/11\/EchoPhoto-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westliberty.edu\/wglz\/files\/2025\/11\/EchoPhoto-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westliberty.edu\/wglz\/files\/2025\/11\/EchoPhoto-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westliberty.edu\/wglz\/files\/2025\/11\/EchoPhoto-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westliberty.edu\/wglz\/files\/2025\/11\/EchoPhoto-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/westliberty.edu\/wglz\/files\/2025\/11\/EchoPhoto-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/westliberty.edu\/wglz\/files\/2025\/11\/EchoPhoto-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>arwood, West Virginia, and they are a graphic design major with a minor in videography and photography. 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Echo offers up some relationship advice and plans that are financially friendly.<\/p>\n<p>After the brief break, Ally asks Echo about the big moment&#8212;their proposal&#8212;and their plans for the wedding.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8080-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/westliberty.edu\/wglz\/files\/2025\/11\/Interview-2-Echo-Pearl_Redo.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/westliberty.edu\/wglz\/files\/2025\/11\/Interview-2-Echo-Pearl_Redo.mp3\">https:\/\/westliberty.edu\/wglz\/files\/2025\/11\/Interview-2-Echo-Pearl_Redo.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday morning, October 27, Ally Sarras of WGLZ sat down with someone who has an interesting story and gave them the platform to talk about it. On September 20th, Echo got proposed to by their fianc\u00e9: Declan Smith. 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