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Wivey’s Memorial
Golf League
Volleyball
FC GirTls
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Wivey’s League
down to two teams
Only two teams remain to
face each other for the overall
championship of Wivey’s Memorial Golf League. The final
18 hole championship match
will pit the team of Karl Herrmann and Tip Tolan against
the red hot team of Gary
Krushinski and Frank Lapera.
The stress of their disputed
semi-final match seemed to
affect the play of the Brian
Fitzsimmons-Jim
Striefsky
team as they suffered a 17 ½ to
6 ½ loss to Krushinski-Lapera
on Oct. 12.
The disputed
match between FitzsimmonsStriefsky and Drew Sparks-Ed
Pearsall was not settled for
several days after the match,
as the outcome awaited a final
decision from the rules committee. With the other three
participants all lined up for
the semi-finals, the last team
awaited the results of the Oct.
12 match.
The Herrmann-Tolan team
make it to the championship
contest with wins over the
teams of Wivey Orasin IIIReggie Rudgunas and Brian
Urbas-Bill Franceski. The
Krushinski-Lapera team beat
the team of Joe Machek-Nick
Jubinski and the FitzsimmonsStriefsky team.
The No. 6 seed KrushinskiLapera team has been red hot
over the past month. And
the longstanding jinx of the
No.1 seed not winning the
championship, could be overturned this year if No. 1 seed
Herrmann-Tolan can win the
crown.
The stroke advantage goes
to Tolan who will carry a
multi digit handicap margin
into the 18 hole match set for
an undetermined time at Panorama Golf Course.
Thinking About Golf
By Art McLain
With many golfers wrapping up their season many
others will continue to play
until the snow flies and maybe
even longer into the season.
After a great year golf clubs
may sit idle until the spring.
For most golf is a spring and
summer sport. Picking up a
club in the springtime can be a
lot like starting all over again.
The time between the end
of a season and the start of another can be an opportunity
to get better with your golf
game, maybe a lot better. Simply keeping a couple of clubs
handy, a putter and a longer
club, can pay big dividends if
you want to improve how well
you play.
Putting is almost always the
fastest way to lower scores.
Two things are important
in putting namely accuracy
and distance control. Getting
your skill and confidence with
shorter putts will win more
matches and lower your scores
for sure. Finding a place to
practice putting on occasion,
maybe even with a window
view as you can watch the
snowing falling outside is a
great idea. Find ways to make
practice fun and putting with
a friend will help both of you
to improve.
Keeping a club near and
gripping it is always a great
idea. Making slow motion
swings in front of a mirror or
somewhere you can see your
reflection is a great way to
train also. Most of us know
what a good swing should
look like. We also know what
a swing that is out of balance
or reroutes a club away from a
good path back from the ball,
off plane (not on a path from
the ball over your shoulder to
the ball again and over your
other shoulder), looks like
also.
If chipping and shorter
shorts are a challenge for you
consider a chipping net and
plastic practice balls. For most
golfers making a swing that is
too long is what makes playing a good chip shot hard to
do. If you have room somewhere to hit full shots into a
net that would be great practice over the winter. Keeping
the muscles we use in playing
golf toned and limber will give
us a headstart when the new
season rolls around.
There are some indoor golf
facilities and the opportunity
to take lessons in the offseason
also. There are also some really helpful books on golf and
the golf swing. Find a book
that is easy to understand as
some can make a golf swing
seem really complicated.
If children are involved
either watching or making
swings themselves please
never lose sight of the chance
that injuries can occur if someone is hit with a club or ball.
Keeping younger golfers safe
is everyone’s responsibility.
If we have a chance to get
outside and practice off of
real grass that is always the
best option. There is no need
to take big divots when you
swing. Using short tees and
swinging to feel the ball making contact with the center of
the clubhead provides many
benefits.
It has once again been a
pleasure to write a column for
this newspaper. Thank you
for this opportunity. Thank
you to all of the readers and
a special thanks to those who
commented on the column.
Hopefully it has entertained,
inspired and encouraged you
to “Think About Golf”.
Here’s a sincere wish for a
happy and safe fall and winter season. As always you can
contact me at arthurmclain@
yahoo.com.
Shooting range
closed/meeting
hours changed
The Members Only Shooting Range of the Browndale
Sportsmen’s Club will be
closed for ALL shooting from
November 14th thru January
15th. The range reopens for
Members Only on January 16,
2017. The monthly meetings
of the Browndale Sportsmen’s
Club will start at 7pm for the
months of November thru
April.
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by Art McLain
Jen Korty’s goal is
to win every race
If you would like to find Jen
Korty during one of her races
it might be a good idea to look
for the person leading the race.
Her goal is straight forward, to
win the race, every race. While
she might not win all of the
races she is winning almost
all of them. Four Invitationals
this season, the latest win at
the Shore Coaches Invite Holmdel, NJ. With another league
match on Tuesday and the
District Championships on the
following Wednesday there is
a good chance she will win a
couple more races. The race
she would really love to win is
at the State Championships.
Her first win was in eighth
grade at the Western Wayne
school. Her coach suggested
that if she could beat a particular girl most likely to challenge her that Jen might win
the race. Jen took the lead and
held it until about 100 meters
to the finish line when she was
passed. Jen sprinted to the finish line passing the girl who
had just passed her and won
the race. Winning the race
was a great feeling and great
accomplishment but more importantly fueled her passion to
keep running and keep winning.
Would you like to be able
to keep up with her? Well,
she runs about 30-35 miles a
week. Some runners listen to
music when they run. Jen likes
to hear the sounds of nature.
She runs with her sister, Rachel and her brothers Josh and
Matt.
Jen is homeschooled and
plans to attend college. She
has not chosen a college yet
and based upon how well she
is running it is only logical
that many colleges will want
her to run for them. Maybe in
her future might be running a
marathon and even trying for
bigger goals.
She would like the readers to know that it took a lot
of hard work to get to where
she is today. Non-stop training
over the summer, plus a few
run-ins with a black bear definitely helped increase her running speed. She wishes there
would be a cross country team
at Forest City, that would take
5 girls, but runs as an individual runner nonetheless.
To relax Jen enjoys reading
and riding her horse, Calypso.
Jen, we all wish you continued success and will be cheering you on. Thanks for giving
us a reason to be proud when
we read the sports page and
see a great young lady from
Pleasant Mount doing so well.
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by Art McL
This year’s golf season was
completed with the Commissioners’ Cup Tournament that
was contested on Thursday. Wallenpaupack, Honesdale, Western Wayne and Forest City send
their golf teams to match golfers
in a tournament sponsored by
the Wayne County Commissioners. Last year’s tournament never
came together as our Forest City
team and Wallenpaupack went to
the State Championships.
The tournament is fun and
competitive and the golfers all
seemed to be having a good
time. Trophies are awarded to
the top three finishers in each of
the freshmen, sophomore, junior
and senior grades and also a division for the girls. The location of
the tournament is rotated to the
home course of each of the teams
and this year it was at our home
course, Memorial Links. Johnny
McAndrew was again a most
gracious host and in addition to
providing a well maintained golf
course also took on the responsibility of cooking up some delicious hot dogs for the 30 golfers,
their coaches and some of the
spectators.
Wallenpaupack obviously has
a strong team and it was borne
out by Kyle Pillar who shot an unbelievable score of 30 having never played the golf course before.
Honesdale brought 12 golfers,
Western Wayne and Wallenpaupack each brought 8 golfers and
we brought 2; Emily Okon and
Lucas O’Neill.
For Emily this would be her
last tournament and the end of
her high school career. Emily had
worked on her game even before
entering high school by taking
lessons, playing and practicing.
Last year while part of our State
Champion Finalist team she did
not get to make the trip to York for
the tournament. In helping our
team to get to the State Championship she agreed to play against
the number one golfer on Holy
Cross knowing that she was going into a match she had little
chance to win. “Whatever helps
the team,” was Emily’s reply after being asked if she was okay
with that plan. What can you say
about a young lady who bakes a
birthday cake for her teammate
Lucas in addition to working her
job the same day?
Emily had played in this tournament previously and won two
3rd place trophies. This year
would be her chance to get the
1st place trophy. We knew that
Wallenpaupack had a girl on their
team and possibly Honesdale had
a girl also. Emily had been look-
Emily O’Kon
ing forward to this tournament
the whole season. Chances were
good for Emily but she had to be
ready to play her best regardless.
The weather had been great all
year but as luck would have it a
cold front was crossing our area.
It rained for much of the morning
and finally seemed to be slowing
as it got closer to tournament time.
There were plenty of clouds and
occasional gusts of wind. Keeping fingers crossed we all hoped
for the best.
Emily was paired with two
of the Wallenpaupack boys. She
had played all year with and
against mostly boys and showed
a lot of maturity and confidence
in herself that she was not only
fine with that situation but defeated several of the boys and more
than once won a better ball match
by defeating not only one boy but
two boys playing their best score
against her.
As it turned out the girls from
Wallenpaupack and Honesdale
did not compete in the tournament. It was Emily’s to win and
playing nine holes for the last
time in her high school career was
what it took for her to take home
the first place trophy. It was a well
deserved reward for the time she
had spent working on her golf
game and the leadership she had
displayed for the rest of our team
during the season.
Lucas played his final golf tournament of the year and now will
rejoin his soccer team in the midst
of a good season for them. Playing two sports at the same time is
not an easy thing to do and a lot
of credit deservedly goes to Lucas
and his family for making all the
necessary effort for him to compete with the golf team.
It was a great season although
entirely different from the season
we had last year. It is an honor
to be associated with such fine
young men and young ladies.
We are all excited for next season. We’ll miss Emily but we’ll
remember her spirit, courage and
the leadership she brought to our
team.
The Forest City Girls Volleyball team is entering the
last quarter of their 2016 Lackawanna League campaign.
This past week, FCR traveled
to Dimock to take on Elk Lake,
and then hosted Dunmore at
the Carbondale Area High
School. The match on Monday 10/10 found the Lady Foresters in a close 5 set match,
which they eventually lost to
the Lady Warriors by scores
of 21-25, 25-15, 25-14, 20-25
and 13-15. The individual results for that match had Caitlyn Bonham with 20 points, 1
ace, 3 kills, 11 digs, and 42 sets;
Christina Carachilo adding 20
points, 3 aces, 5 kills, and 10
digs; Amelia Zazzera with 16
service points, 3 aces, 5 kills,
3 blocks, and 20 digs; Katelyn
Dovin with 16 points, 1 ace,
18 digs, and 35 assists; Summer Wade 10 points, 3 aces, 7
kills and 13 blocks and 9 digs;
and Kary Gilette with 7 points,
20 digs, and 13 sets. The JVs
won their match in 2 sets, by
scores of 25-16 and 25-19. The
individual statistic leaders for
this match had Brooke Staple
with 10 points, 5 aces, 3 digs,
and 5 sets; Kary Gilette having 7 points, 1 ace, 1 kill and 4
sets; Natalie Lipko providing
5 points, 2 aces, 2 kills, and 5
sets; and Jordan Coles adding
5 points and 5 kills.
In the match played at
Carbondale Area, the Forest
City Girls took on the second
place Lady Bucks from Dunmore. Forest City was unable
to mount a consistent offense
and lost by scores of 12-25, 1125, and 8-25. The results by the
individual players were led by
Caitlyn Bonham with 8 points,
5 digs, and 18 sets; Christina
Carachilo 6 points, 2 kills, and
15 digs; Summer Wade having
5 points, 2 kills, 8 blocks, and
6 digs; Katelyn Dovin with 4
points, 2 blocks, 7 digs, and 27
sets; Amelia Zazzera adding
4 points, 2 kills, 1 block and 5
digs; and Laura Statkun with
4 points and 4 digs. In the
Junior Varsity match, the FC
team lost in two sets by scores
of 14-25 and 1-25. The individual statistic leaders for this
match had Kary Gilette adding 8 points, 4 aces, 5 digs and
12 sets; Stephanie Peck with 7
points; Natalie Lipko with 3
points, 1 kill and 9 sets; and
Hayly Beckwith and Jenna
Dovin adding 3 points each.
The FCR Volleyball team
traveled to Abington Heights
on Friday 10/14 (presently
the 3rd place team in the
LIAA), and will host the last
two games of the season. The
first place team from Blue
Ridge will be coming to FCR
on Monday 10/17, and this
night will also feature the Fall
Sports Senior celebration held
between the JV and Varsity
matches. Then the last game
of the regular season will be
held on Tuesday, when the
Lady Meteors will be visiting.
The Forest City Foresters
Varsity program has an 8-7
record and has dropped into
5th place in the Lackawanna
League, behind Blue Ridge,
Dunmore, Abington Heights
and Western Wayne.
The
Lady Foresters are still in the
running for a District 2, size
AA playoff berth. The Junior
Varsity team is also sporting
a 8-7 record. There are only
3 more matches to play in the
Lackawanna league regular
season. Roadwork & Incerator
on Clifford Twp. agenda
by Theresa Opeka
Support of a clean air ordinance with some exceptions
was among the items discussed at the Tuesday, October 11 meeting of the Clifford
Township Supervisors.
SLUICE PIPES
Kurt Booths of Elkview
Drive asked when the sluice
pipes will be put in and completed. Road workers in attendance said they would begin
either by the end of this week
or the beginning of next week.
Booths said he also talked
to Ed Sumski of PennDOT
and Mountain Laurel is on
the map and is getting liquid
fuel money. Supervisor Chris
Marcho said they are getting
$4,500 a mile in liquid fuels
money.
2017 BUDGET
The supervisors discussed
when they should get together
to discuss the 2017 budget.
Supervisor Barry Searle said
they should have the work
session before the next meeting. They voted in favor of
having a work session next
week. The tentative budget
will be presented at the November meeting.
CLEAN AIR ORDINANCE
Next for discussion was a
proposed clean air ordinance
in regard to the proposed industrial incinerator in New
Milford Township. Solicitor
Joseph McGraw had drawn up
the ordinance. Searle said he
had suggestions before it was
passed. “I’m not big on blanket support on things we don’t
exactly know it says.” He
made suggestions to change
wording from “formally” to
“give support”. He also wants
it to say that the ordinance
will not affect residents burning garbage on his property
or for heating their homes.
Also, they agree in principal.
McGraw said he would make
the changes. Searle made a
motion to send it when the
changes are made. All voted
in favor. Motion passed.
MEETING ATTENDED
Searle said he attended the
Endless Mountains Heritage
Region meeting for their annual report. He said Clifford is
predominant on several partnerships. “People are looking
at us in a different light than
years ago,” he said.
ZONING MEETING
The planning commission
will hold a zoning ordinance
meeting on November 9 at
7pm. They are also meeting
tomorrow night with Tom
Shepstone to discuss the proposed zoning. Bob Clementoni said Shepstone would take
care of the legal advertising.
TAXES COLLECTED
Taxes collected for September include: $1,045.44 in real
estate taxes and $87.14 in fire
protection taxes. Eighty-nine
percent of total taxes have
been collected so far for the
year.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Sandy Wilmot said the historical society painted the
cider mill red. They are also
looking to hold their first major fundraiser, a 50/50 raffle
for $25,000. They want to
send raffle tickets out with the
newsletter. McGraw said they
will look into it to see if it is
legal.
FIRE RELIEF
The
township
got
a
$17,092.37 Volunteer Fire Relief Association check for the
fire company.
SECRETARY WANTED
The township is looking to
hire a new secretary. Searle
wants to limit it to township
residents or to those who own
property in the township.
NOVEMBER MEETING
Larry Wilson mentioned
that the next meeting will be
held on election night. The
supervisors discussed it and
said there shouldn’t be any
problems.
The next meeting will be
held on Tuesday, November 8
at 7pm.
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