After 22 years at Kennywood, director of public relations Mary Lou Rosemeyer will be spending her last summer at the historic park in West Mifflin.

Her job is being phased out, and Ms. Rosemeyer said she will be working in a "lessened capacity" through Labor Day. Assistant Jeff Filicko will be handling day-to-day PR chores this year.

In February, park owner Parques Reunidos laid off 10 of the 110 employees who work year-round at three area amusement parks -- Idlewild Park in Ligonier, Kennywood Park in West Mifflin, and Sandcastle in West Mifflin.

Ms. Rosemeyer's job was not one of those cuts.

Kennywood spokesman Jeff Filicko said the job cuts were a cost-cutting move.

One of the slogans at Kennywood is "Make a New Memory." Ms. Rosemeyer said it would be "almost impossible" to pick her favorite, but said "probably my most satisfying professional accomplishment is pushing for stand-alone Education Days ... because after watching countless creative teachers make classroom work come alive here at the park, I was certain formal offerings could succeed."

-- Maria Sciullo