Happy 54^th anniversary, Don & Mary Ann!

Retired BJ photographer Don Roese and wife Mary Ann celebrated their 54^th wedding anniversary Wednesday, May 6.

Mary Ann & Don Roese

They have traipsed around Alaska (a lot) and New Zealand together. And, with former BJ photographers Tom Marvin and Ron Kuner and their wives, to Sint Marten in the Caribbean.

Sometimes they even are in Cuyahoga Falls, where they live.

Don also goes among Akron area people living outdoors in tents, under tarps at camps, under bridges, in doorways or inside abandoned buildings and vehicles.

Roese is among at the Peter Maurin Center volunteers who go out one evening each week to bring food, clothing and blankets to them. The center at 1096 S. Main St. is a gathering place were the homeless can go to find food, clothing, friendship and respite from the bitter cold.