Here is a group of favorite images made while working for the Tribune-Review in 2011.
The Very Rev. Archpriest Father George Johnson conducts a blessing of the Conemaugh River in East Conemaugh, Cambria County, on January 9, 2011. The Saint John the Baptist Orthodox Church in East Conemaugh, has performed the annual blessing for over 30 years.
Saint Vincent College students, Zack Galasso of Mt. Washington, Brad Burkardt of Latrobe, Nick Lonigro of Connellsville, Mike Hustava of Baldwin, Kevin Kirschbaum of Plum, and Erik Fichter of Shaler, play a game of 3-on-3 hockey on Saint Vincent Lake near Latrobe on Wednesday, January 12, 2011.
Brownsville Area High School senior Karyn Ross, 18, of Republic, hangs a stencil while working on a mural along Market Street in Brownsville on Monday, January 17, 2011. Ross was one of several students from Brownsville Area School District who worked on the mural as a community project in conjunction with AmeriCorps Vista’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service 2011.
Garrett Sebbens of Irwin and Ashley Cichowski of Murrysville show emotion after the Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the Green Bay Packers 31-25 in Super Bowl XLV at Rick’s Sports Bar and Grill in Murrysville on Sunday, February 6, 2011.
Katie Smith of Stahlstown practices with her wheelchair rugby team at Healthsouth Harmarville Rehabilitation Hospital on Sunday, February 13, 2011.
Katie Smith of Stahlstown practices with her wheelchair rugby team at Healthsouth Harmarville Rehabilitation Hospital on Sunday, February 13, 2011.
Rita Dillie stands in the middle of what is left of her son Jason’s home on Fosterville Road in Fort Allen in Hempfield Township near Greensburg, PA on Thursday, March 24, 2011. Jason Dillie and his wife Felicia recently bought the Fort Allen home and were planning on moving into it this weekend.
A woman walks through debris moments after a tornado strike in Fort Allen on Wednesday, March 23, 2011.
Neighbors help Courtney and Corey Ansell of Fort Allen salvage anything they can from their home moments after a tornado ripped the roof off of their house on Wednesday, March 23, 2011.
George Clark Jr. of Grindstone removes clothes from his aunt Shirley’s home on Fosterville Road in Fort Allen Thursday, March 24, 2011. Shirley Clark’s home was destroyed by a tornado Wednesday afternoon.
Brian Steiner of Midway moves a grandfather clock from his friend Shirley Clark’s home on Fosterville Road in Fort Allen on Thursday, March 24, 2011. Clark’s home was destroyed by a tornado on Wednesday afternoon.
David Stairs of Fort Allen surveys the damage to his neighborhood after a tornado destroyed it on Wednesday, March 23, 2011.
Dolores Marcheleovich, 65, of Fort Allen, sits for a portrait with her grandaughter Kayla Holmes, 15, who lived with her in her Fort Allen home, in a room at The Inn at Mountain View on Thursday, March 31, 2011. Dolores’ home on Fosterville Road in Fort Allen was destroyed in last week’s tornado. She has been temporarily staying at the Inn. Kayla and her mother Melanie Marcheleovich had been living with Dolores in the Fort Allen home during the time of the tornado. Kayla was visiting her grandmother at the time this photograph was taken. She is holding a photo and a teddy bear in memory of her grandfather Richard Marcheleovich. Her and her mother Melanie are currently staying with friends.
With broomstick in hand, Thomas Wygonik, 14, of Greensburg, runs past Megan MacLennan, 18, of Greensburg, a senior at Greensburg Salem High School while competing in a match of Quidditch, a fictional sport in the Harry Potter book series, at the Hempfield Park Athletic Center on Sunday, March 27, 2011. MacLennan organized the event as a senior project for school. Matches are played between two teams of players “riding” flying broomsticks, using four balls and six elevated ring-shaped goals.
Athena Burkhart, 4, of Acme, gives a big hug to Bailey, an English Pointer owned by Joe Harbulak Jr. of North Huntingdon during the 2nd Annual Youth Day at Keystone State Park on Sunday, May 1, 2011. Harbulak and his dog where at the event representing the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association. The event is held to promote the outdoors to children and their families.
Chris Mitchell of Youngstown repairs a bicycle at his place along Rt. 982 on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Mitchell has been building, repairing, selling and trading bicycles as a hobby for nearly three years now. He encourages people to consider donating their old bikes before throwing them away.
Stephen Cleghorn, owner of Paradise Gardens and Farm near Reynoldsville, leads his goats to the barn after a surprise thunderstorm moved in on Monday, May 23, 2011.
Ruby Wright, 4, of Claridge, leaves school with her father Sgt. Samuel Wright of the Army National Guard 28th Military Police unit based in Greensburg, moments after he made a surprise visit to her school, Jeannette Head Start, on Thursday, May 26, 2011. Wright returned home the night before from a 10-month deployment to Afghanistan. Ruby did not know that he was home.
Hunter Flood, 9, of Irwin, cools off in the splash pool at Irwin Park on Monday, June 6, 2011.
Clairton Police Officer James Kuzak, (front middle) wheels along Rt. 22 in New Alexandria with fellow officers (from left) John Dunlap, Chief Robert Hoffman and John Skirp while participating in the PA Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Kuzak, a resident of Bethel Park, was shot three times while responding to a home invasion call in Clairton on Monday, April 4, 2011.
Faithful onlookers take a knee as the Rev. John Moineau, pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Irwin, carries a monstrance which contains an exposed consecrated host, through the streets of downtown Irwin in a Corpus Christi procession on Sunday, June 26, 2011. The procession was held to celebrate the Catholic faith in the Irwin community.
Nao Nao Liao, 3, of Greensburg, tries her hand at swinging a golf club while her father Mike Liao, (not pictured), practices his swing at Har-Tee’s Driving Range near Greensburg on Tuesday, June 28, 2011.
Legendary baseball player, Dick Groat sits for a portrait on Thursday, June 30, 2011.
Charges ignite, imploding the Charleroi-Monessen Bridge near Monessen on Monday, July 11, 2011.
Lorraine Fromholz, mother of accused killer Stephen P. Fromholz, sits for a portrait inside her Latrobe home on Thursday, July 14, 2011.
Philip Kellerman of Blairsville throws a toy into Keystone Lake for his Chocolate Lab, Bella, to retrieve at Keystone State Park in Derry Township on Thursday, July 21, 2011.
While being circled by wild butterflies, D.J. Hall, 5, of Washington Township, searches for minnows along the Conemaugh River near Tunnelton Road in Loyalhanna Township on Sunday, July 31, 2011.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett ponders a question from his office in the State Capital in Harrisburg on Thursday, August 4, 2011.
An insect believed to be a Conehead Katydid sits on a car window along the railroad tracks in downtown Jeannette on Friday, September 2, 2011. It is likely that one would hear this type of Katydid singing near grassy fields, especially in the evening. It is a member of the Neoconocephalus species.
President Obama and First Lady Michelle arrive at the Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville on September 11, 2011, where they laid a wreath at the Wall on Names.
Flight 93 family members embrace near the Wall of Names at the memorial near Shanksville on September 11, 2011.
Kathleen Moga, a United flight attendant from Chicago, stands in a field before the start of the 10th Flight 93 Commemorative Service at the memorial near Shanksville on September 11, 2011.
A firefighter walks past the Mason-Gelder Funeral Home in Jeannette as it is being destoyed by fire on Friday, October 7, 2011.
Workers with Piccolomini Contractors Inc of Uniontown work on the demolition of the Fourth Street Hotel in Jeannette on Thursday, November 3, 2011.
Neal Copper of Penn Township and Pat Mulvehill of Manor, vote at the Manor Borough Community Room in Manor on Tuesday, November 8, 2011.
Flowers are left at the feet of the Joe Paterno statue outside of Beaver Stadium in State College on Saturday, November 12, 2011.
A Penn State football fan (right) confronts protester John Matko of Pittsburgh before the start of Saturday’s game against Nebraska outside of Beaver Stadium in State College on November 12, 2011. Matko, a 2000 Penn State alumni, said that people should “Put kids before a football game”.
Quinn Brophy and Ben Clarke, second graders at Mother of Sorrows School in Murrysville, anxiously await their que to take stage during their class’s “living nativity play” at Mother of Sorrows Church in Murrysville on Wednesday, December 21, 2011.
