By John Olesky (BJ 1969-96)
Paula and I were enjoying the evening show on the Grand Princess during our Feb. 14-28 Caribbean cruise. Somewhere between Curacao and Grenada, an illusionist – we used to call them magicians – came on stage and did a routine involving a newspaper, the Medina Gazette!
The illusionist was Peter Gossamer, who was Peter Gensemer as a 1976 Medina High School graduate on his way to a marketing degree from Kent State University. His on-stage assistant was Carol Maccri. They met in New Jersey about a decade ago and will wed May 15, 2011.
The next night a comedian walked on stage. He was Kevin Hughes, the 11th of 12 children in a Cleveland home. His schooling included St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, the University of Texas, North Carolina-Charlotte and California Coast University, where he got another undergraduate degree and a masters in psychology.
And three tours with the U.S. Army.
It was my 11th cruise among the 62 trips that I have taken since my 1996 retirement from the Beacon Journal, where I was, in order, assistant State Desk editor, newsroom electronics coordinator, copy desk makeup man and television editor.
If you want to see our photos of the Caribbean cruise, click on the headline.
If you want to see how our battle with Orbitz over an unwanted open-jaw round trip flight turned out, go to Orbitz
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