Ephesus, Turkey: Bob and Valerie Hoffman of Long Beach visit the Odeon amphitheater.
Labadee, Haiti: Lois McKinley, Claudia Gravett and Gloria Williams visited in November.Long Beach, Miss.: Edyth Henrickson makes a stop at the town on the Gulf of Mexico during a trip to New Orleans.
Alicante, Spain: Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in Alicante, Spain, at the Castle of Santa Barbara during a summer vacation are, left to right, Ted Hollister, a Spanish teacher at Wilson High School; Gus Hollister; Josh Chauvin; Amy Hollister, holding Rico; and Andi Hollister. The castle dates to the ninth century.
New York City: May and Charles Parks treated each other to a trip to New York to celebrate their September birthdays. They took in three Broadway Shows, toured New York Harbor and Wall Street, and capped the trip off with a visit to the 9-11 Memorial. 
Ensenada, Mexico: Tim and Diana Post took their family on a cruise to Baja California, Mexico, this past summer. Here they are in front of The Plaza de la Patria in Ensenada.
In July Bob and Joan Fitzpatrick of Seal Beach spent 7 days cruising down the Columbia River, out of Portland, Or., on the Queen of the West paddlewheel boat.
Jerry and Cindy Murphy of Long Beach celebrated 36 years of marriage by visiting London, Windsor Castle and Stonehenge. We also cruised to the Northern Fjords of Norway where it remained sunny 20 to 24 hours a day. There's no place like home.
In July, Amber Hamilton received here White Coat as she started her journey toward her M.D. at St. Louis School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo. Her she is pictured on the steps of St. Francis Xavier (College) Church, where the ceremony took place, with her grandmother Dolores Husband and her cousin and godson, Lorenzo Marsh.
Trudy Briscoe and Bill Ruzgis of Naples exploring the Okavango Deltas wildlife in Botswana, while floating in a Mokoro, a traditional dugout canoe. Their travels took them through Botswanas, Zambia and Zimbabwe in Africa.
City employees help families for the holidays
Thirty-five gift cards, worth $525, and more than 600 toys and gifts were donated by City of Cerritos employees and Cerritos Sheriff's Station personnel to help needy families this holiday season. The donations were distributed through Toys for Tots, the Artesia-Cerritos Community Christmas Program and Salvation Army-Angel Tree program.
Holiday shopping store and donation to Miller Children's Hospital
Tis the season to shop and share! Children's Garden Pre-School ended the year on December 15 and 16 with their 3, 4, and 5-year-olds going to their "Holiday Shopping Store." Their parents donated re-gifted items or items purchased from the Dollar store. Parents also donated $.25 per item for the pre-schoolers to purchase gifts for everyone in the family.
Submitted by Janét Hund
Chris Zahn with guides Isaack Kitindi, left and Ben Mality on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, East Africa
On November 10, Donna Hinton and Cass Wilson of Long Beach spent the weekend attending a Veterans Conference at the SGI Florida Nature Center along with 115 other veterans. The older Vets spent their time listening to the younger Vets and giving them words of encouragement. Pictured are Donna and Cass in the center along with two other vets.
Submitted by Cass Wilson
Rudy and Patricia Espinosa take a recent road trip to beautiful Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.
Friends Spencer and Sandy Green, Randy and Debby Barr and Mary and Bill Wardlow took a 15-day tour through seven countries in Europe. Here they are in front of Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria. This was the summer home of the Habsburg dynasty, which ruled from the late 13th century to the end of World War I in 1918.
Dennis and Luci Rodgers of Lakewood traverse the world-famous Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, PA. The Horseshoe Curve was built in 1854. It is 366 meters across, 1310 meters long with a 1.8 percent grade eliminating the 10 incline planes and encouraging trade crossing the Allegheny Mountains.
John Simpson and Patsy Marion from Carson stopped at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, Germany during a 10-day cruise of the Baltic Sea aboard Oceania's new ship Marina.
Friends Spencer and Sandy Green, Randy and Debby Barr and Mary and Bill Wardlow took a 15-day tour through seven countries in Europe. Here they are in front of Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria. This was the summer home of the Habsburg dynasty, which ruled from the late 13th century to the end of World War I in 1918.Dennis and Luci Rodgers of Lakewood traverse the world-famous Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, PA. The Horseshoe Curve was built in 1854. It is 366 meters across, 1310 meters long with a 1.8 percent grade eliminating the 10 incline planes and encouraging trade crossing the Allegheny Mountains.John Simpson and Patsy Marion from Carson stopped at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, Germany during a 10-day cruise of the Baltic Sea aboard Oceania's new ship Marina.
The Press-Telegram goes to Ha'a pai, Kingdom of Tongo, South Pacific
Anne Cook of Los Alamitos, middle row, right end, and Cindy Erickson of Cypress, last row, right end, took the Press-Telegram to this class in Tongo. Juleigh Burke of La Mirada, front row, center, is serving in the Peace Corps there and enjoyed a visit from her grandmother Anne and Aunt Cindy. Juleigh teaches English in St. Andrew's School. Anne Cook is a retired LBUSD administrator.
Anna Joyce and granddaughter Kayla Joyce on a trip to New York for Kayla's 15th birthday. We toured the Statue of Liberty and walked 153 steps to the pedestal.
Joe and Joannie Lloyd went on a cruise from Beijing, China to Alaska. Here we are on the Qingdao Pier in front of Tsingdao Beer's Logo.
Bill Cox of La Palma and Ann Pray of Rossmoor on a trip to Germany to find the Army base where he was stationed during the Korean War. It is now a refugee camp for immigrants.
Jerry and Cindy Murphy visited Rio de Juneiro and cruised the coast of Brazil to Buenos Aires and back to Rio. Press-Telegram travels the world with us.Submitted by Cindy and Jerry Murphy
Naples, Long Beach
Naples, Long Beach
Chris Witkowski of Lakewood and granddaughter, Raeanne Jones of Chino Hills visited the Senate Chamber at the Capital in Sacramento. The field trip with Raeanne's OPA school also included Sutter's Fort, Vietnam Memorial and panning for gold.
Submitted by Chris Witkowski
Monica Gonzales, celebrating her graduation from Cal State Long Beach and her 24th birthday in Alaska last summer, along with her great aunt Floriza Martinez, pre-celebrating her 85th birthday and Carmen Marzuelos Ezeta from Lima Peru, celebrating her 50th birthday.
Submitted by Floriza Martinez
Grace Farrington, left, a former Lakewood resident and Beverly Johnson of Downey, took the train through the Canadian Rockies. We visited Vancover, Jasper, Banff, Calgary and beautiful Lake Louise shown in the background.
Submitted by Beverly Johnson
While on vacation in England with his grandfather, Andrew Burton visited Southport, Liverpool, Warwick Castle and London. Here he is outside the Cavern Pub in Liverpool. A statue of John Lennon greets visitors.
Submitted by Ray Burton
March 20, 2010 was truly memorable for Dale and Pat Edwards as they celebrated with family and friends their 60th wedding anniversary.Two wonderful sons set up the party our son, Bob Wood and wife Betsy, from Nebraska engaged a trio of musicians, Los Salazar to play for us.
We thank our sons and their wives and all those who attended this very special day that left us so glad to have friends and family.
Submitted by Dale and Patricia Edwards
Lakewood
Lakewood
Ron and Joan Cummings of Signal Hill took a cruise vacation from Los Angeles to Panama Canal, going through Canal, docking at Ports like Costa Rica, Colombia and Aruba. Here we are seen enjoying the hot weather in Aruba, one happy island. We finally docked in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.
Sally and Kozy Boren in October 2010 aboard Seabourn's cruise ship, "Legend," at the port of Portofino along the Italian Riveria.Submitted by Sally Boren
Sisters Cissy Werner of Long Beach, far right, Jeannie Lella of Rohnert Park, CA, middle; and Lisa del' Giudice, of Portland, OR, at left, in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France in October 2010.
From left to right; Nancy Hayes, Diana Rodriguez of Downey and Rosie Maloof of Long Beach in Sydney, Australia in January with the Sydney Bridge and Opera House in the background. The next day, Nancy and Diana climbed the bridge for an exhilarating and memorable experience. Earlier we had a wonderful experience snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef. What a great trip.Submitted by Diana Rodriguez
John Bosley in front of the Texas school book depository in Dallas, the location of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. I was named after the late president.
Submitted by John Bosley
Pirates on the water, Paramount High School Alums and longtime friends enjoy a funfilled weekend at Lake Mojave. Seated left to right are Dave Knight, Gill Mays and Dave Moody. Standing left to right are Mel Thibideaux and Gary LeFevre.
Tom and Karen McBride at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest in Lynchburg, VA. We were there representing the Thomas Jefferson Humanist Society.Submitted by Karen McBride
Rick and Roberta Taylor, left, of Artesia aboard the Coral Princess cruise ship with their longtime friends, David and Suzanne Reynolds. Here we are on our amazing transit through the Panama Canal. The Press-Telegram shows the two ships, the Queen Victoria and th Queen Mary, exchanging whistle salutes as the fireworks blast off. Not long after that, the Queen Victoria left the port of Los Angeles for its Panama Canal adventure.
Robert and Carmen Harnish of Long Beach celebrate Carmen's 80th birthday in Oahu, Hawaii on Feb. 15. A surprise birthday celebration with friends and family followed on March 12.
Spain trip with the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce in November 2010. Claudia Quinones of Paramount, Richard and Marilyn Colvin of Lakewood and Linda Luevano of Paramount all visited Gibraltar, Granada, the bullfighting ring, and several other places. We also took a day trip to Morroco. We had a great time.Submitted by Claudia Quinones
I am the associate/project director for United Cambodian Community in Long Beach. In February this year, I took my first trip to Cambodia. This picture was taken at Angkor Wat Temple, located at Siem Reap City, Northern Cambodia. The Angkor Wat is one of the seven wonders of the world. The temple is on of the famous known as the Bayon temple.
Submitted by Raymond Chavarria
Ryan Darrow and Mom, Kathie McGhee, enjoy a Pina Colada at "Barrachina" in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ryan is stationed in San Juan with the U.S. Coast Guard.
Bob Lavery, Pam Kirkner and Jim Dyson, all of Long Beach visit the Kwame Nkruma Mausoleum in Accra, Ghana.
Heather Raphael of Long Beach visits Point Reyes National Seashore, CA.
Ron and Faith Talsma on our trip to the Southern Caribbean on the Serenade of the Sea. It was our 50th wedding anniversary. We went with our children, grandchildren and my husband's siblings. There were a total of 31 of us. This picture was taken on Aruba. Submitted by Faith Talsma
Bellflower
Bellflower
Our family went to Honolulu on July 4 for a Greater Long Beach Soccer Tournament (Hawaiian International Cup). Our granddaughter Haley Hanson played for the Speed Demons. They brought home the gold medal for 12 year olds. Pictured left to right are; Haley, her parents Lisa and Greg Hanson brother Jonathan, grandparents Virgina and Bob Hanson and grandmother Emily Binkley. We also had time to visit the USS Arizona, city tour and stopped at the King Kamehameha.
Submitted by Virgina Hanson
pn00-rproving42: During the month of July Long Beach residents, Arturo Carbajal, Bob, Chris, Chloe and Jennifer Salsameda enjoyed the "Best of Italy," tour and visited Rome, Assisi, Venice, Pisa, Florence, Sorrento, Capri and Positano.
While in Texas to attend their grandson's high school graduation, Keith and Mary Carr, of Bellflower, took a side trip to King Ranch, home of the first registered quarter horse.
Duane and Vicky Stanton and Bob and Lynda Muenzer of Long Beach joined Bob and Joan Muenzer of Seal Beach to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a stop in Puerta Vallarta on a Mexican Cruise.
Nancy and Richard Gallegos of Long Beach, married 56 years. Betty and Telo Villaloboz of San Pedro, married 55 years. Both couples were married in the month of June. Here we are at the Divisadero lookout on the Copper Canyon train in Chihuahua, MX.
My wife Consuelo and I recently went to South America, cruising and visiting Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru and Chile. This picture was taken in the city of Vina Del Mar, Chile.Submitted by Adolfo Sanchez
Long Beach
Long Beach
Barry and Donna Lee of Austell, Ga. and Brenda and Jerry Biehn of Downey, Ca. in the Winner's Circle at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. This was one of many stops on a road trip for Georgia to California.
Submitted by Brenda Biehn
Mayfair Academic Program (MAP) students are in front of Harvard University in Boston. On this trip students also visited NYU and MIT. Each year junior and seniors students have an opportunity to take a different college tour. Students accepted into MAP take a rigorous course of study including a minimum of five AP classes. The college tours help students make an informed decision about where they apply.Submitted by Ellen Swieck
Lakewood
Lakewood
This very lovely young lady, Audrey Takamiyashiro, and her mother, Alice Takamiyashiro at St. Pancratius School in May celebrating St. Mary with flowers and prayers. What a great mother-daughter moment, especially since Audrey graduated from the school in June. Audrey is an active altar server for the church, a Girl Scout, does volunteer work at an animal shelter, is a good citizen of the school and good citizen of the community. I have been their, across-the-street, neighbor and friend for years. They are a wonderful family and their first child, Audrey is now beginning her journey into high school. God bless them and people like them for taking care of their children so well, providing for their educational, religious and citizenship training and for being plain, good people. We salute Audrey and wish her well.
Submitted by Ellen Mizoguchi
Lakewood
Lakewood
