When sleigh and reindeer just won't do

Santa arrives at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport to pick up gifts donated by people in Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties and collected by Acordia-Wells Fargo employees and the Marines through the local Toys for Tots Tri-County program. Santa Claus, a k a Mike Dercoli of Acordia-Wells Fargo, piloted the airplane provided Thursday by the North River Flight School of Gibson Aircraft Sales and Services in Warren. Above, Marine Corps Sgt. Matthew Lynch helps load packages onto Santa's plane headed for the North Pole to be distributed to 10,000 needy children.