Ed, just for your info' I placed three images in Pending to show how to do this in PS.
Here is a simple result by just using the clone tool and perhaps the blur tool:http://www.pbase.com/image/129370279
Thanks Bob for your comment. Yes, I would have loved to have doctored up the photo more, but my post processing skills are very limited. So, we are stuck with what we have. Ed Lindquist.