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Thinking About GolfBy Art McLain

Wivey’s MemorialGolf League

by Art McLain

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ENTRY BLANKForest City Lions Club

GOLF TOURNEYFriday, August 5th

One Shotgun Start9:00 A.M.

Cost: $75.00 per person

Checks payable to: FC Lions ClubSend your team’s total entry fee to:

James F. Marsicano632 Railroad St.

Forest City, PA 18421

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____________________________________________ Phone #_____________________________________

Other members in foursome: 2._________________________________________

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Due to rain, Wivey’s Golf League was cancelled last week.

Calling all entries, contestants and exhibitors. The 2016 Wayne County Fair has published this year’s Premium Book and it’s available on the website at waynecountyfair.com or click on this link http://waynecountyfair.com/premiumbooks.html

If you have a special talent, love to bake, sew, gardening or do crafts and would like to enter one of the many competitive ex-hibits held during the fair, now is the time to register. The 2016 Premium Book will guide you to the registration forms you will need. Whether it’s a major con-test, exhibit or baking contest, you must pre-register and pay the listed entry fees by deadlines specified.

For those who prefer to go to WayneCountyFair.com the links to the Premium Book informa-tion including rules and instruc-tions for each department can be downloaded and mailed to the fair office. All those who wish to enter are reminded that registra-tion forms must be postmarked USPS by deadline entry date. In most cases the deadline is July 1, 2016. Be sure to check individual departments for deadline dates.

Included in the July 1st dead-line are the annual baking con-tests: Blue Ribbon Apple Pie contest; Angel Food Cake con-test; and PA Preferred Choco-late Cookie, Brownie or Bar Baking contest. For those who don’t have access to a computer or printer, a limited number of printed Premium Books can be found at these supporting busi-nesses listed below.

Premium Books can be picked up at the following locations:

In Pennsylvania: Bethany: Bethany Farm and Garden, Route 670 Bethany; Greentown: Greentown Agway; Hamlin: The Hunter’s Gallery; Hones-dale: Dirlam Brothers Lumber Co., Honesdale Farm and Gar-den and Honesdale Spreading Co. Trackside Grill; Lake Ariel: Lake Ariel Farm and Garden; Lake Como and Preston Park: Preston Country Market; Mos-cow: Moscow Agway; Waymart: Waymart Milling; Tyler Hill: Dutton’s Tyler Hill Diner

Information about the other contests including the Tractor Pull, 4x4 Truck Pull, Horse Pull, Kids Pedal Pull can be found on the website under the menu item

Contest Rules. Registration and entry forms for the Demolition Derby are also found under the Contest Rules Link. The Demoli-tion Derby is scheduled for one night only - Saturday, August 13 at 7:00 PM. Entries are on a first come, first served basis.

Anyone interested in entering the Demolition Derby is asked to carefully review the rules and regulations on the website WayneCountyFair.com. Again this year’s demo derby is being run locally by Dave Cole and for the Wayne County Fair only. It is not associated with points or standings in a league with other fairs and events. For more infor-mation, call 570-493-2810. If no answer, please leave a message.

Departments 11 through 23 must be pre-registered by July 1, 2016. All livestock and 4-H en-tries must also be pre-registered by July 1, 2016. Departments 8 and 9 must be pre-registered by July 15, 2016.

The 154th Wayne County Fair dates are August 5 to August 13, 2016 in Honesdale. The $10 Pay-One-Price admission includes free parking, free rides and most grandstand shows.

A great fair week is antici-pated and there will be plenty to do and see including the con-cert event on Saturday, August 6 with country music’s fast-rising artist Kane Brown. He has sold over 1600 tickets to date at the West Virginia State Fair.

New this year will be Wild West Day Friday, August 12 featuring free shows during the day with the Cowboy Hypnotist and Sour Bridges at 9 pm, both at the grandstand. Get your tick-ets early for Painted Pony’s live Bull and Bronc Riding Competi-tion and show at 7 PM. Tickets are available at the main office or in advance at the website ticket store.

The WC Fair is one of the best entertainment values in the northeast at the Pay One Price of $10 per person, 24 months and older. The 154th Wayne County Fair in Honesdale PA offers today’s family, one place to have fun…one price for park-ing, rides and most shows, and countless memories that will last a lifetime. For more information, event schedule and online ticket store visit www.waynecounty-fair.com

WC Fair premium books availableonline and at local retail outlets

If you were asked to make a list of your favorite activities of summer what would you choose? Vaca-tions would be a popular choice, getting a nice tan, time spent with family and friends outdoors might be some of the other selec-tions. This upcoming week is an extra special one for family, young people and golfers.

Father ’s Day is a celebra-tion of all our father does and has done. School is out and camps and clinics, spe-cifically junior golf clinics, begin. For golfers and fans of tournament golf the US Open provides fascinating television viewing.

Time spent with our fa-thers is special and prob-ably more appreciated as we get older. As children we may take it for granted but as we mature we real-ize what it takes to be a good father and also face the reality that our fathers will not be with us for-ever. Here is a wish that your day with your father is a great one and if your father is not with you any longer that you might be able to reflect upon happy memories you’ve had with him. A great way to spend time with your father if he is a golfer is to play golf with him or get to a driv-ing range and practice your swings.

Several years ago the Fern Hall Scottish Glen Golf Course was looking for ways to increase the number of golfers on their course. An idea was pre-sented that promoting golf through junior golf clinics

would increase the play and also be an investment in the future of golf itself. Five years later the junior golf program has over 100 boys and girls learning to play golf. Of course not all of the boys and girls will become great golfers but many will continue to play golf, make friends through golf and learn the lessons that the game teaches all of us.

The US Open will be contested at the Oakmont Country Club near Pitts-burgh. The best golfers in the world will play against each other but in actuality they play against the golf course. The golf course is designed to be very chal-lenging with fast greens and thick rough. The tour-nament traditionally con-cludes on Father ’s Day and one of the most memorable finishes was the year Davis Love III had won. His father had passed away recently before the tournament and the final round was played in rainy and cloudy weath-er. As the tournament con-cluded a rainbow appeared in the sky. Perhaps his fa-ther was able to signal his pride and love for his son from Heaven. It was a mo-ment that had to touch the heart of golfers everywhere.

Best wishes for a great week and a great summer. If you would like help with your golf game feel wel-come to contact me at ar-thurmclain@yahoo.com and find me at the Fern Hall Inn Golf Course and the Lake-land Golf Club in Fleetville. Happy Father ’s Day.

Foresters endplayoff run

The Foresters boys’ baseball team won a first round playoff game in Class A on June 7 but suffered a 10-3 loss in the quarter finals on June 9.

The Foresters pulled through late in the June 7 game to pull out a win in the Class A first round play-off game.

Down 2-1 in the top of the sixth inning, freshman Tyler Clift singled in the go-ahead run after a strange delay at Bowman Field in Williamsport when the sprinkler system turned on and delayed the game.

Forest City added an insurance run in the top of the 7th to win the game 4-2 and advance to the quar-ter final game Thursday against Meyersdale.

The Foresters were led by Jor-dan Hicks-Cook and Tyler Clift with two hits each and a great pitching performance by senior Mitchell Blake.

The Foresters boys run in the state playoffs came to an end on Thursday in the quarter finals with a 10-3 loss to Meyersdale.

Senior Riley Christner for Mey-ersdale single-handedly ended the Foresters season by hitting for the cycle - single, double, triple and home run.

Forest City was led by R.J. Ku-ruts and Dylan O’Dell with two hits each and doubles by Mitchell Blake and Adam Kowalewski.

Great job Foresters on a terrific season!

For decades Forest City’s Po-lice Department was led by Chief Paul Lukus. There were several qualified applicants to be the next Chief of Police. The decision was made in favor of Jimmy Johnson. Mr. Johnson is currently a police officer in Forest City working mostly during the evening shift. His resume is a snapshot of his employment history but only in talking with Officer Johnson do you realize what he has seen and experienced.

All of us are familiar with the tragic events of 9/11 and the Twin Towers in New York City. Of-ficer Johnson was there and lost friends, one friend a very close one, on that day. For most of us the images in the news were shocking but to actually be in the midst, it is hard to imagine.

Officer Johnson once worked in retail, remember Crazy Ed-die’s? Our prices are insane! Ev-ery business cycle runs its course and what was once a thriving industry, retail, peaked and then went into a decline. Officer John-son’s father wisely suggested that he consider a Civil Service job and he did. Officer Johnson’s career started as a corrections officer He progressed through the ranks of the NYPD as a patrol officer, de-tective in the Vice and Narcotics Unit, became a Sergeant and then a Lieutenant. After going through the events of 911 Officer Johnson decided he wanted to be some-where that would not be prone to terrorist attacks.

During a visit to Gouldsboro, Officer Johnson took a trip to Pleasant Mount. Seeing property that was for sale and in the type of location where he wished to be, he bought the property and eventually built a house there. Although he is retired from the NYPD he continued his service through law enforcement with a part-time position with the Hon-esdale Borough and eventually took employment with the Forest City’s Police Department.

Officer Johnson loves Forest City. “It is a beautiful town with a relatively low crime rate and I want to keep it that way,” he said. He is proactive in that he tries to address potential problems be-fore they happen. The residents of Forest City have a friend in Of-ficer Johnson. He is looking out for the welfare of the community and up to the task of making the

necessary changes to improve our safety. The Forest City Police De-partment will be going through several technological upgrades with the goal of providing better service and efficiency.

Officer Johnson is a muscle car enthusiast and enjoys target shooting and fishing in his pond. Golfers may be envious to learn that he worked as a caddy at the Winged Foot Country Club, a very historic and prestigious golf club. At age 16 while playing with other caddies he made a hole-in-one at Winged Foot and hasn’t played golf ever since. Talk about ending on a high note. Perhaps we can persuade him to play on some of the great courses in our area.

His resume is solid with a Masters Degree from Penn State in Human Resources and a Bach-elors Degree in Criminal Justice from John Jay College. He is look-ing forward to working with the community to make Forest City an even greater place to live and work in. What more could you ask from your next Chief of Po-lice? He graciously agreed to take some time for an interview de-spite a very busy schedule. Most impressive of all was when he of-fered, “call me Jimmy.” Inviting someone to address you by their first name is a sign of friendship and in getting to talk with Officer Johnson you are likely to feel that you have made a new friend.

Officer, and soon to be Chief Johnson, best wishes. With all of us working together for the good of the community, tomorrow is looking like a very good day and the future is looking very bright.

Jimmy Johnson, Forest City’s Next Chief of Police