Weddings

* School Affairs and People in the News *THE FOREST CITY NEWS, FOREST CITY, PA 18421 * WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 * PHONE 570-785-3800 * email fcnews@nep.net - PAGE 3

Forest City Softball Pasta Dinner/Bingo

The Lady Foresters Softball Team will be holding a Pasta/Game Night in the High School Cafeteria on Sunday, February 26. There will also be take outs avail-able from 1:00-3:00 PM. Cost of take outs are $10.00. Each dinner includes, pasta, homemade meat-balls, a salad, roll & dessert.

Dinner/Bingo tickets are avail-able at the cost of $25 each dinner and includes, pasta, homemade meatballs, salad, roll, dessert table and 17 games of bingo for prizes. Dinner/Bingo will begin at 4:00 PM, dinners being served from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM, games start-ing promptly at 5:30.

There will also be basket raffles, 50/50 and other games for an ad-ditional cost. This fund raiser is being held for the girls to raise money for new uniform shirts, un-der armor, jackets and spikes.

Please contact any player/par-ent for tickets. You may also con-tact Michele Gillette at 570 466-5813 for tickets or if you wish to make a donation for the event.

The girls would like to thank you in advance for your continued support.

Trash pickup In Forest City Sat., March 4

Volunteers are needed to pick up trash on Main Street in Forest City on Saturday, March 4 at 11 AM. They will meet in front of the Wayne Memorial Outpatient Center, 630 Main Street. If you are interested in volunteering, please call Tammy at 570-785-6622 or 570-280-2785.

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Burnis family To collect Socks 4 Shelters

As they approach the third anniversary of their devastating house fire on February 25, 2017, the Burnis family of Browndale want to make what was such a sad day into a positive one.

The morning after their house fire, their son Christopher said, “mommy I need socks.” His mom, Rachel, somehow got the strength to go and get him socks to go to school. When she reached out to area shelters, the one item they said they were in need of was socks.

The Burnis’ decided to collect Socks 4 Shelters. From now until February 25, they will be collecting socks, cereal, canned goods, and gloves for area shelters. You can email Rachel at burnisr23@yahoo.com to arrange a pickup. On Feb. 25, they will take everything to the shelters.

They hope to help people in the overwhelming way everyone in the area helped them in those days and weeks after their terrible fire.

Snowshoe and Yoga on the Trail

February 25th

Snowshoe and Yoga on the Trail will be held on Febru-ary 25 at 10 AM.

Let’s get outside this win-ter and breathe! This two hour event will be a unique mix of yoga and snowshoe-ing. Activities begin with breathing and stretching exercises lead by Tiffany Debish, of Studio Be Yoga. We will then head to the trail (hopefully with snowshoes on!) where we will visit a few favorite spots, learn some quick history, see beautiful sights and take a few breaks to continue the yoga expe-rience on the trail. What a great way to kick your cabin fever and rejuvenate your winter soul.

Participants should bring water, energy snacks, warm boots, synthetic/wool lay-ers of clothing that will stay warm when wet, and sun protection.

Reservations are required for the yoga session and snowshoe loan by calling 570-679-9300 or emailing trails@nep.net. A $5 donation for yoga is requested. There is no charge to reserve snow-shoes.

No snow, no worries! We will change the event to a winter hike.

Soup/chili supperSat., Feb. 25

The First United Method-ist Church of Carbondale will host a soup and chili Supper on Saturday, February 25. There will be a wide variety of Soups and chili to choose from along with an extensive dessert buf-fet. Serving begins at 4:30 PM and will run through 6:30 PM. Takeouts are also available. A suggested donation of $7 is made, with children under 5 free. Anyone interested in tick-ets can obtain them by calling the Church office from 9 AM to 2 PM Wednesday through Fri-day 282-5740.

St. Ann Basilica, Scranton, was the setting May 21 for the wed-ding of Justine Fauver, Moosic, and Rick Smith, Scranton.

The bride is the daughter of Bryan and Marie Fauver, Moosic. The groom is the son of Rich and Pattie Smith, Forest City.

Rev. Francis Landry officiated at the ceremony.Ashley Aldubayan, Moosic, sister of the bride, was matron of

honor. Bridesmaids were Danielle Segilia, Moosic, Jessica Fazzi, Scranton, cousins of the bride; Sarah LaMotta, Moosic, Jennifer Bean, Winter Garden, FL., and Cara Walsh, Dunmore, friends of the bride.

Amira Aldubayan, Moosic, niece of the bride, was the flower girl.

Dan Smith, Parrish FL., brother of the groom, was best man. Ushers were Bryan Fauver and John Fauver, both brothers of the bride and both of Moosic; Jeff Segilia, Moosic, cousin of the bride; Nabil Aldubayan, Moosic, brother-in-law of the bride; and Charles Graves, Factoryville, friend of the groom.

Sarni Aldubayan, Moosic, nephew of the bride, was ring bear-er.

A reception was held at Via Appia, Taylor.The bride is a graduate of Riverside Junior-Senior High School.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in Child and Society and certifi-cations in Early Childhood Education and Elementary Educa-tion from Keystone College and a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Scranton. She is a third grade teacher for the Riverside School District.

The groom is a graduate of Forest City Regional. He is a Union Carpenter for Local 645. He is employed by L.R. Costanzo.

The couple, who took a wedding trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, resides in Scranton.

Mr. & Mrs. Rick Smith

Vendors soughtfor bridal showat Fern Hall Inn

Vendors are being sought for a Boutique Bridal Show at Fern Hall, 2918 St. Rte. 247 at Crystal Lake on Sunday, Feb. 26 beginning at noon.

Each vendor will be provided one 8 ft. space at a cost of $75. Dou-ble booths available. Booth fee must be paid in full by February 24. No cancellations or refunds will be ac-knowledged after final payment has been made.

There will be local wedding pros, door prizes, and free admission.

For more information contact Lisa Criscera at L.C. Solutions, LLC at (570) 954-9443.

Breakfast buffetset for Sun., Mar. 5

A breakfast buffet, spon-sored by the Grattan Singer Hose Co. #1 will be held on Sun., March 5, from 8 a.m. to noon at 702 Homestead St., Simpson. The cost is $8 for adults and $5 for chil-dren under 12.

Menu items include: eggs, sausage, bacon, home fries and pancakes accompanied by orange juice, water, coffee and tea.

The buffet breakfast will be held the first Sunday of each month. All benefits go to supporting Grattan Singer Hose CO. #1.

Accordion music is by Jude’s Polka Jets II.

Avon Party at Max Deli Mon., March 6

An Avon Death By Choco-late Party will be held on Monday, March 6 at 5:00 PM at Max Deli, 104 S. Main St. Forest City.

There will be FOOD - FUN - GAMES. The event is BYOB! Hot chocolate w/whipped cream will be pro-vided. Get ready for a girls night out. Just a get togeth-er to enjoy some LAUGHS, AVON SAMPLES & CHOC-OLATE!

Come prepared for an AVON drawing. One of you will win FREE AVON

*Come & have FUN = 1 ticket

*Bring a chocolate treat to share = 5 tickets

*Bring a friend = 5 tickets*Wear shamrocks or green

= 2 tickets*Every $20 order = 1 ticketShopping ideas; Organize,

Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Spring Cleaning, Birthdays/Weddings/Showers/Anniver-saries

There will be AVON SAM-PLES; perfume/cologne, lip color, Anew/skin care, & more. Some sample volun-teers will be needed! Mes-sage me if you are interested. THANK YOU!

Contact Jessica Rosas at 570-253-4778

Tri-Cty. Srs.to meet Feb. 27

The Tri-County Senior Citi-zens will meet on Monday, Feb. 27, at 1 p.m. in the Wil-lam Penn Apartment’s recre-ation room.

LIBRARY TIDBITSby Nancy Narma

“To those with ears to hear, li-braries are really very noisy places. On their shelves we hear the cap-tured voices of the centuries-old conversation that makes up our civilization.” ~Timothy Healy

There was a lot of excitement recently at your local Forest city Library Location. Author Ran-dy Williams discussed his new book, “Sherlock Holmes and the Autumn of Terror” which was released on October 31st (Hallow-een-How appropriate!), 2016 and has garnered a five star rating. The story opens with the sealed box of Holmes’ most controversial cases being opened by Dr. Wat-son’s Grandson, Jacob. Among other cases the box holds are those of London’s “Ripper Murders”, which took place in what will for-ever be known as “The Autumn of Terror”. As curious as his Grand-father, Jacob is shocked to learn the real story of the heinous crimes and why Holmes thought the so-lution of the case too shocking and wicked to be revealed to the public and, thus, was sealed in the box for 125 years.

The Author, along with a team of the world’s top forensic scien-tists and leading criminologists, Dr. Cyril H. Wecht, Dr. Henry C. Lee, and someone who is a fa-miliar name within Susquehanna County, Dr. Michael M. Baden, may have convincingly solved the infamous Jack the Ripper heinous crimes of 1888 London. Their true-to-life resolution of the case is presented within the book in the form of a Sherlock Holmes Novel. Would Sherlock Holmes ever be able to catch this murderous fiend? Everyone remembers the fictional character created by Au-thor Arthur Conan Doyle for his “Superhuman” powers of obser-vation and uncanny methodology for solving the most perplexing of crimes. But, would the dated phi-

losophy of the 1800s really work in our modern world? That’s the huge question that a real-life United States-based detective asked himself before he plunged into an adventure of a lifetime by “planting himself” into Sherlock Holmes’ shoes, and, adopting his mindset to solve crimes. This method was so successful that he decided to concentrate on the set of the most well-known unsolved crimes –the brutal murders perpe-trated by the individual who came to be known as “Jack the Ripper”.

Author Williams is a Pennsylva-nia-based private investigator and describes himself as a fighter and a lover of many things, among them are true crime novels, word puzzles, Chinese culture and most of all, a lover of mystery. He is the owner of Black Stallion Secu-rity and Investigations and the founder of the Close Range Com-bat Academy, a worldwide, multi-branch Martial Arts Organization. He has written nine books on the Chinese Martial Art of Wing Chun Gung Fu, and “Sherlock Holmes and the Autumn of Terror” is his second fictional work.

We wish to thank Mr. Williams for taking the time from his busy schedule and not only regaling our audience about his latest book, but being gracious and signing the copies as well. We will be looking forward to more adventures that were hidden within the box.

As I try to think “Spring” while watching snowflakes fall, I leave you with this thought:

“We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth.” ~John Lubbock

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ENJOY!!Editor’s Note: Mr. Williams

will hold another book signing in Forest City on Sunday, March 5 at 2 PM at the Historical Society.

Author Randy Williams

Author holds book signing

Author WilliamsBook signing atMuseum Mar. 5

Randy Williams, author of the book “Sherlock Holmes and the Autumn of Terror,” will hold a book signing at the Forest City Historical Society on Sunday, March 5, at 2 p.m.

The book attempts to solve the infamous Jack the Ripper murders in London 1888 with the help of present-day foren-sic scientists and criminolo-gists.