Devout Christians will tell you God works in mysterious ways. So, perhaps it was divine intervention that two teenagers from the Yakima Valley in Washington State happened to appear in court on the same day, the same hour, to handle traffic tickets. Cheryl Shelton was there for driving too fast in her parents’ Ford wagon. Ralph Broetje was there for driving his red Corvette too slow. That first meeting between Ralph and Cheryl led to profound changes, for themselves and for countless ­others. The couple married in 1967 and with Ralph inspired by a dream of owning an orchard to […]