Take Us Along- March 2015
Azetta Spicer and Mary Ann Roberts took the O-R along to the home of Elvis Presley, Graceland, in Memphis, Tenn.
From left, Randy Leach of New Eagle, Mike Swaintek of Wasilla, Alaska, formerly of Belle Vernon, and Pat Condie of Eighty Four, formerly of New Eagle, took the O-R along on a moose hunt near Tok, Alaska.
George Gillo and Melissa Emery-Gillo of North Franklin took the O-R along while traveling to the Great Wall of China in August.
Jeff and Cris Simpson of Houston and Susan and Kevin Gross of Midway took the O-R along while they vacationed in San Francisco, Calif., Yosemite National Park and Lake Tahoe. While in San Francisco, they watched the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Giants 5-0 at AT&T Park.
Lorraine Anderson and Carla Teluch took the O-R along on vacation to Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Roy and Vi Shipman took the O-R along to Las Vegas, Nev., for Thanksgiving.
Violet Shipman and Debra Rodman took the O-R along on vacation to Las Vegas, Nev.
Craig and Robin Meny took the O-R along to Lake Erie, where they fished on their new boat.
Mary Chadwick, Ruth Baxter, AnneMae Myers and Carol Cox took the O-R along while visiting Featherdale Wildlife Park in Sydney, Australia. A group of 18 were from the Washington area.
Jackie Gasvoda took the O-R along while camping at Wolf's Camping Resort. She is pictured with her winning Christmas in July decorations for a contest. Because she had foot surgery prior to the contest, it was clear what her theme would be- "Jackie got ran over by a reindeer".
Fred and Sherry Simpson of Houston and Wyatt and Jane Diethorn of California, Pa., took the O-R along to Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, Bahamas.
Karen Huggins and Mark Chaney took the O-R along as they spent the week of Christmas in sunny Florida at Walt Disney World. Santa was also there.
The Greene County Association of School Retirees and many friends took the O-R along to Mackinac Island, Mich., in September. They are pictured at the Grand Hotel.
Christie and Steven Taylor took the O-R along to Germany in December to visit Christmas markets. Christie is pictured at a market in Ulm. They also visited Stuttgart, Ludwigsburg and the Medieval Christmas market in Esslingen.
Ron Kurtyka and Shelley Marini of Dry Tavern took the O-R along to the Palace of Versailles on Thanksgiving during a 10-day vacation to Paris, France.
Jerry and Becky Koscheck of Jefferson took the O-R along to Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C., while they celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.
Colleen, Sherri, Suzanne and Kathy, daughters of retired Greene County Observer-Reporter employee Eugenia Kuran, and her granddaughter Jessica, took the O-R along while spending two weeks in Slovakia and Poland in September. Pictured are Suzanne and Jessica Plachta near the Polish border with Ukraine in the town of Przeworsk, Poland, which is the town where Jessica's paternal great-grandparents emigrated.
Delazon and Linda Freier took the O-R along while on vacation with family in the mountains of Tennessee.
Jim and Julie Haley and Chuck and Gwen Gongaware, all of Washington, took the O-R along to Branson, Mo.
Alyssa Zrimsek of Eighty Four took the O-R along on vacation to Costa Rica.
Denny and Terrie Calvert enjoyed "Disney with a dozen" while vacationing with their family and the O-R in Orlando, Fla. The dozen include Joe and Amy Priest with Brennan and Cora from Utah, Steven and Elaine Calvert with Cayden, Kayla, Jack and Kate from McMurray.
The O-R joined a girls winter getaway to the Western Caribbean on Caribbean Princess cruise line, which made stops in Costa Maya and Cozumel, both in Mexico. From left, Louise Cortinovis, Stephanie Thomas, Erin McLafferty and Elessa Young.
Margaret Jennings of Washington and Sophia Jennings of Orchard Park, N.Y., celebrated Sophia's 11th birthday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Buffalo, N.Y.
Former Peters Township teachers John Buckley, Dale Murdock and Jerry Luxbacher took the O-R along on their trip to Antarctica in December of 2014 and January of 2015.
Evie Scarcell of Washington and her sister Karen Roupe took the O-R along while visiting Indian Canyons, just south of Palm Springs, Calif. Karen took this photo of Evie.
Joe and Karen Sedmak of Houston took the O-R along during their Eastern Caribbean cruise.
Kalvin Hrutkay and Scott Gardner, along with their fathers Brian and Bill, took the O-R along while they traveled to Perry, Georgia, to show in the National Junior Swine Association Southeast Regional Show and Winter Type Conference held Jan. 28 through Feb. 1.
Ann Dino of Canonsburg took the O-R along to Madison Square Garden, N.Y., to attend the Best of Show event at the 139th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. With Dino are friends Darcy Zotter, Debra Fyock and sister Joyce Pascuzzi.
From left, Rebecca Selway, Gladys West, Thelma Piatt, Dylan West and, next to the Bruin Bear, Gina Johnston took the O-R along while visiting family in California and touring the campus of UCLA.