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Candace Kelly-Hodge and husband Mike were visiting Ireland on their honeymoon and slipped in a side trip and visit to Mike's aunt, Sister Joan of the Carmelite Order of Nuns. The picture was taken in Dolgellau (pronounced doll-geath-ee) in Wales, where Sister Joan's monastery is located. Sister Joan recently turned 80. At one point she served as a nun in Long Beach. Candace and Mike originally planned to get married on a beach but the caution that the Bible says that marriage should be build on a foundation of rock caused them to set their sights on higher ground ... they wed at Long Beach's iconic Sky Room.
Gordon (Corky) Abbott of Long Beach may be taking the Roving Reader concept to new heights. This timeout with the P-T occurred in 1951 in the unfriendly countryside of Korea. Corky, at right, was sharing some of his mom's carrot cake with his buddies, from left, "Crawford,'' of California; "Monroe,'' of Ohio; and "Patterson,'' of Minnesota (GIs traditionally fondly recall friends on a last-name basis). Corky delivered the morning Independent and sold the afternoon paper on the corner of American (now Long Beach Boulevard) and Anaheim during World War II.
There were apparently no nametags needed for, from left, Kathy (Borza) McDonald, Candy (Cantwell) Abel, Mary (Almy) Johnson, Rick and Rhoda Cassell, Raulynne (Gonzalez) Johnson, Greg Frick and Chris (Gillies) Brannon at their 40th Jordan High School Reunion at the Maya Hotel in Long Beach.
Joyce Levitt of Long Beach, formerly with the World Clown Association, shares a Press-Telegram moment with Staphen, a headliner with the Nikoulin Moscow Circus, the 128-year-old extravaganza, during a recent visit to the Russian capital. We're still trying to decide if this qualifies as a Roving Reader, Cool Pet of the Week, or all of the above.
Ellen Swieck of Long Beach stopped over at the dazzling Boston Museum of Fine Arts during a recent literary tour of Massachusetts. Ellen was standing next to one of a pair of sculptures, called ``Night'' and ``Day'' by Spanish artist Antonio Lopez Garcia. The MFA acquired them last year right after hosting a retrospective of Lopez Garcia's paintings and sculpture and just in time for the reopening of its historic Fenway-side entrance. The sculptures flank the stairs of the Fenway entrance and were unveiled in June 2008. The museum is a gem in a city of gems and you can check it out at www.mfa.org.
Carolyn and Mike Milburn took a side trip while visiting friends in Jackson Hole, Wyo., in August and took a drive over to see Mount Rushmore, the legendary monument near Keystone, S.D. Almost 400 workers were employed in creating the sculptures from October of 1927 to October of 1941. It was extremely dangerous work there were no lives lost. Read about the monument online at www.nps.gov/moru.
The Fuller Family of Lakewood visited the Cape of Good Hope on a recent vacation to South Africa. From left, Jim, Danny, Kathy and Michael.
We are best friends and cousins enjoying an aloha family vacation at Waimea Canyon, Kauai, also known as The Grand Canyon of the Pacific, in July. We spent 10 days visiting Kauai and Oahu, relaxing on the beach and enjoying the beauty of the Hawaiian Islands. We are, front row, Kalea Trias, Malia Azucenas, Melia Takasagi, Katie Matsuguma, and back row, Danielle Pleta, KC Trias and Chelsay Matsugma. We're all from Cerritos. 
Carol and Robert Larson of Long Beach, with grandsons CJ and Cristian Sanchez, in front of the Imperial War Museum in London on a trip in June.
The Crazy Horse Monument, still under construction, looms behind Darlene Kribell of Long Beach and her granddaughter, Ashley Kribell of Lakewood. They were visiting the Black Hills of South Dakota in July.
Darlene Mee and Peggy Folger Miller have been best friends since Rogers Middle School days, and they took a recent journey to New Zealand. They're checking out the steaming mud flats in Rotorua, at the Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland Park.
Lauren and Matthew Harting and Shannon Flynn celebrate the Lakers NBA championship during a stop in front of the Maryland State House in Annapolis on their annual history-themed trip. George Washington came before Congress there to resign his commission in the only state Capitol building that has served as the nation's Capitol.
Here I am in June, visiting the Neolithic Village, Skare Brae, dating to before the pyramids at 3100 B.C., on Orkney Island in the United Kingdom. It was very beautiful ... the ocean was blue, the sky was blue and the grass was very green. Just lovely!... Shellie Low, Bellflower
The Murray Family of Long Beach traveled to Washington, D.C., for spring break. Ali and Aidan Murray are on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, with the National Mall and Washington Monument in the background.
Roy Hansen of Lakewood and Shirley Reinhart of Huntington Beach view the ancient ruins of Ephesus in Turkey, one of many interesting historical sites visited on their recently completed 12-day vacation that began in Rome and included a 10-day cruise of the Greek Isles.
Kenneth and Jennifer Koh visited their daughter, Tricia, at Mililani on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Here they are at the Mililani Town Center on June 8.
Spring Break in Machu Picchu, Peru. Back row, left to right: Luis and Olga Rivas of Downey, Mark Veal and Liz Bonnaud of Long Beach, Juan and Ruben Trejo of Bellflower, Myrna Foster of Hesperia and John Trejo of Bellflower. Front Row: Patty Trejo of Bellflower and Stephanie Rodriguez of Downey.
Richard and Pamela Kelly of Long Beach, recently visited Malta. Here they are in front of a cathedral in the fishing village of Marsaxlokk (Mar-zuh-shlock).
Joan Delgado of Paramount in front of the visitors center in Vancouver, British Columbia, in October of last year.
The Quinteros in Hawaii for St. John Bosco's first game of the season. 
Susan Golden, daughter of Sara Colon and Steve Shumaker, was taken at the Great Wall of China in March during a family vacation. 
From left to right, former Lakewood residents Dan and Connie Pritchett, now of Texas; Gary and Barbara Long of Lakewood; Donald and Karen Long of Bellflower; and John and Eleanor Mehler of Lakewood; visit the Port of Tauranga, New Zealand, during a recent trip to Australia and New Zealand.
Alex Johnson of Long Beach is a second- grader at Kettering Elementary School. Here he is visiting Osaka Castle in Osaka, Japan, in April.
Elaine and David Karber of Long Beach took a moment during a recent New York City trip to stop by this sycamore tree that stood in the courtyard of St. Paul's Chapel. It was uprooted during the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.
Mary Kelly of Long Beach and Luz Shaw of Lakewood, during a sunset at Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, in March.
Vauna and Catie Mae Armstrong of Lakewood check out the iconic Space Needle in Seattle.
Erin, Matt and Tyler Stibal of Lakewood attended a Washington Nationals game at the new Nationals Park on a recent visit to Washington, D.C.
... Erin Stibal, Tustin
D.C. and Beth Sands, with longtime friends Wayne and P.J., always enjoy heading to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii for the last game of the season. However, since 2009 was the last year for the Pro Bowl in Hawaii, they thought it was only fitting that they share it with the Roving Readers. Aloha, Pro Bowl. (The 2010 Pro Bowl will be held a week before the Super Bowl in Miami.)
... D.C. Sands
Dennis Fuhriman of Bellflower went to Machu Picchu, Peru, on April 1. He writes, ``What a trip. The view and ruins were fantastic.''
Board members of the Friends of Long Beach Animals went to Las Vegas to attend the Humane Society of the United States convention in April. One night, they went out for some fun at the Riviera Hotel. They are Shirley Vaughan, left, Nona Daly, Neil Diamond tribute artist Jay White, June Walkington and Sandy Facon.
... Sandy Facon
Gloria Baron of Indio, Claire Vincent of Cypress, Natalie Sellers of Rossmoor, Nancy Shook of Seal Beach, Judy Hersch of Long Beach, and Fran Davern of Cypress were at Milford Sound, New Zealand, in April.
This is a picture of my family. We visited the Big Island of Hawaii the week of May 13. The volcano in the background is the very active Kilauea. Pictured from left are Leslie Rivers, our son Brendon Rivers, and dad Mickey Rivers, all from Lakewood.
Leslie Rivers
Jack Hoar and Robert Rodriguez from Naples in Long Beach recently attended the Center for Civic Education's Civitas World Congress on Civic Education in Cape Town, South Africa, after which they went on safari in Kruger National Park.
My family and I visited Washington, D.C., this past spring break. We visited the Lincoln Memorial, Ford's Theatre and The Peterson House. From left are Tony Chilelli Sr., Tony Chilelli Jr. and Jan Chilelli of Lakewood. We saved and brought with us on our trip the Press-Telegram from the day President Barack Obama's plane landed at Long Beach Airport earlier this year.
Jan Chilelli, Lakewood
