~ Beacon Goes West ~
The Ricers (Gary, Diane and Richelle) recently toured
the Pacific Coast. They're shown here with a copy of the Monroe County
Beacon at the Overlook of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco,
California.
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 ~ Beacon Goes to the Beach ~
Karen and Wayne Harper, far right, and their children
and grandchildren spent their vacation in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. McKinzey
Dierkes, shown holding the Beacon, took the county newspaper along for the
family picture. Shown are Jody and Troy Baker and children,
Melanie, Melissa and Dylan; Scott and Nicole Jorris and children, Nick,
Kyle, Cameron and Zachary; Misty and Scott Dierkes and children,
Derek-London and McKinzey; and Mike and Kim Humphrey and daughter, Hannah.
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~ Brrr-Beacon Travels to Alaska ~
Barbara Short, Ned Oliver, John Lumbatis and Carol Lumbatis took the Beacon
on a 10-day Alaska Railroad Tour traveling from Anchorage to Fairbanks,
Alaska. They rode on a dog sled, panned for gold, went on a 26-glacier
cruise and saw sea lions, otters and golden eagles. In Denali National Park,
they saw grizzly bears, moose, caribou, bald eagles, dall sheep and a black
wolf. They also took a helicopter ride to Yonert Glacier and landed on it
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~ Beacon Heads South ~
On a recent trip to Orlando, Florida, sisters Angie Stimpert of Lewisville
and Stacey Lucas of Caldwell (shown left) stopped by Daytona Beach to check
out the ocean and a copy of the Monroe County Beacon. They were accompanied
by their sons, Jeremy Stimpert and Robbie Lucas.
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 ~ Beacon Takes a Bite Out of the
Big Apple ~
These four girls, Brittany Burkhart, Marissa
Burkhart, Chasidy Burkhart and Grace Wineman, attended the Switzerland of
Ohio TAG trip to New York City July 10-12. The Monroe County Beacon made
the journey on the Staten Island Ferry to the Statue of Liberty. Other
places visited were the United Nations Building, the USS Intrepid, the
Hard Rock Cafe, the Empire State Building, the Metropolitan Museum of Art
and the Broadway Show "Wicked."
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~ Beacon Goes for a Train Ride ~
The Beacon went on vacation to Cass Scenic Railroad
in West Virginia with Karigan Pfalzgraf, age six, and her family on June
17. Karigan is a first grade student at Hannibal.
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~Beacon Goes
to Carolina Opry~
Sandy and Esther McIntire of Woodsfield look over their Beacon at the
Carolina Opry in Myrtle Beach, SC.
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~ Beacon Travels West ~
Allen and Brenda Lloyd of Clarington have returned
from a vacation in the western United States. They
visited Glacier, Yellowstone and Teton National Parks.
This picture was taken on July 18 in front of one of
the Glacier National Park's touring coaches, also
known as "jammers," referring to earlier days when
they had standard transmissions and the drivers could
be heard "jamming" the gears on the steep mountain
roads. Thirty-two of the original cars have been
restored and now run on propane. Parked at the train
station awaiting the arrival of visitors or emerging
from a tunnel on the "Going to the Sun" highway, the
red vehicles are a park attraction as well as a means
of transportation for park visitors. They are 25 feet
long and have a unique canvas top that rolls back to
allow a spectacular view of the park's beautiful
scenery.
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Take your Beacon along on vacation, have someone take a photo of you reading
it, and we'll print it in the
Beacon. Make sure we can read Monroe County Beacon on the paper. was taken
and who is pictured. Send photos to: Monroe County Beacon, P.O. Box 70,
Woodsfield, OH 43793 or e-mail to:
monroecountybeacon@sbcglobal.net
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