Jeep hookup

Mike Fitzmaurice of Pittsburgh hooks up a contestant's Jeep, top, which needed to be pulled from the mud at the Heritage Region Jeep Alliance's Jeepfest. The event was Saturday at Pearson Park, Neshannock Township, Lawrence County, Pa. At right, John Pro of New Castle, Pa., checks the suspension on the Jeep of Jim Wellert as Courtney Frank of Lodi, Ohio, looks on. The alliance was formed in 2000 to educate and promote historical facts relating to the invention of the Jeep in Butler, Pa., and promote pride in its ownership.