She didn't typically go to the gym on Mondays and never wore her rings there.
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But on Monday morning, Vicki Stutz was off work for the Memorial Day holiday and decided to go to Universal Athletic Club, 2323 Oregon Pike.
Realizing she was wearing her diamond engagement and wedding rings when she went into the tanning booth, Stutz said she took them off and set them on the shelf nearby.
Then she went home and worked in the garden.
By the time she realized the rings weren't on her hand, Stutz said, the club was closed.
When she returned to the health club the next day, her rings were gone.
Stutz described both rings as white gold with diamond chips. The engagement ring, she said, also had three large princess-cut diamonds on it.
Total value of both, according to Stutz, is $16,000.
Stutz, 43, a city school teacher, said she was married only last November and the rings mean a great deal to her.
"My husband is not a wealthy man," Stutz said, "but he made a lot of sacrifices to get those rings for me."
The rings had not yet been added to their insurance policy, Stutz said.
"I just want them returned to the gym, no questions asked," she said today. "I'd just like to have them back."
Anyone with information is asked to contact Manheim Township Police at 569-6401.
Staff writer Janet Kelley can be reached at jkelley@LNPnews.com or 481-6026.