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PAGE 4 - THE FOREST CITY NEWS, FOREST CITY, PA 18421 * WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2016 * PHONE 570-785-3800 * email [email protected]
Wivey’s Memorial
Golf League
Cimoch & O’Dell
Tie for top at
Elkview golf
S. Cimoch wins Jr. Anthracite Golf Tourney
Sebastian
Cimoch,
of
Vandling, and Dylan O’Dell,
Forest City, each carded
rounds of 74 to finish in a
first place tie in the 2016 AGA
Lawler Junior Tour event held
at Elkview Country Club,
Crystal Lake.
Adam Kowalewski, Forest
City, tied for 5th place with
a 78. Collin Ennis, Pleasant
Mount, had an 86, while Colin
Virkitis, Richmondale, had a
97.
On the girl’s side, Alexandra Fitzsimmons, Forest City,
who attends Scranton Prep,
finished tied for fourth with a
score of 91.
UDUUF Program
for Sunday,
August 14
Low gross : Drew Sparks, Skip Horan, Joe Carlo 37 Low net:
Tony Caudullo 30
Thinking About Golf
By Art McLain
The best women amateur
golfers in the world were
playing their biggest tournament of the year, The US
Women’s Amateur, this past
week in Springfield, a town
near Philadelphia, a few exits below the East West Turnpike. They were playing at
the Rolling Green Golf Club,
a magnificent golf course
designed by William Flynn.
The greens were very fast
and there are sand bunkers
deep enough for a foundation of a house.
There were 1,381 entries
from qualified golfers. To
be eligible they need to have
a handicap index of 5.4 or
averaging a score of 78 for
an 18 hole round of golf.
The youngest entrant was 11
years old. The oldest entrant
was 58 years old. Twenty
four of the competitors were
qualified to play based upon
a good performance at other
events. The other 1,357 golfers had to qualify through
local tournaments first and
then survive and qualify
through 36 holes of stroke
play. Eventually 64 golfers
would begin match play and
keep playing until only the
champion was left undefeated. You might be able to get
an idea of how competitive
this level of golf can be.
There were ladies from
over 20 different countries.
There is no prize money
as it is an amateur event
but a good performance in
this tournament can be an-
other step along the way to
a bright future as a professional golfer. If you follow
women’s golf you’ll recognize the name Lydia Ko. She
was one of the recent winners of this tournament.
There is something about
watching the best in the
world regardless of what
they do. The admission was
free and if you didn’t mind
parking a little way from the
golf course you were able to
watch some amazingly good
golf. Fox Sports had great
coverage of the tournament
along with interviews by
Holly Sonders who you may
remember from the Golf
Channel.
Although there weren’t
any local ladies playing this
year the possibility does exist that some day soon we
may be cheering on someone
from our community. As a
teacher and coach the importance of one shot is often
mentioned to students and
team members. At the final
qualifying event 9 ladies
were tied and had to play
in sudden death for 5 spots.
Golf is a test of not only skill
but endurance, confidence
and patience.
Best wishes for the rest
of this golf season. If you
would like help with your
golf game please contact
me at arthurmclain@yahoo.
com and find me at the Fern
Hall Inn Golf Course and the
Lakeland Golf Club in Fleetville.
Red Cross Pharmacy
In December of 2015, Sheila
Dugan of Milanville and Judy
Heinle of White Mills embarked on a four-month pilgrimage to India. There they
discovered the spirituality and
compassion inherent in the
Jain, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Sufi (the mystical wing of
Islam), and Christian religions.
They will share their insights
with the congregation.
On Sunday, July 17th at 10:15
a.m. at the Berlin Township
Community Center in Beach
Lake, NY, they will share their
experiences with the Upper
Delaware Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and friends. A
social time and refreshments
will follow the program. For
directions, see www.uduuf.
org/directions.
Lynnette’s
Accepting
New students
Lynnette’s Twirlerettes is accepting new students for fall
registration. Forest City Division classes are held on Tuesday evenings starting Sept 13th
at the Christ Episcopal Church,
there is no registration fee!
Contact Lynnette at 570-2819797 for more information
Sebastian Cimoch, of Vandling, (4th from left), captured the 2016 Anthracite Golf Association Junior Tournament of Champions in a sudden death playoff, with a 74-80—154, at
Huntsville Golf Club. Dylan O’Dell, Forest City, was in a 4-way tie for 3rd place with a
76-83—159.
Cimoch, who attends Scranton Prep, fired an opening round 74 at Fox Hill to find himself 1
shot back of Shane Angle who was the leader after day 1.
In the second round at Huntsville Golf Club, Cimoch played steady golf on a difficult layout and shot 80 in regulation forcing a playoff with Hawley’s Alex Pillar who went 78-76
leaving both players tied at 154 after regulation.
On the first hole of sudden death, Sebastian Cimoch bested Alex Pillar earning the title
and etching his name on the Art Wall Jr. Trophy and earning him an invitation to Pinehurst
Country Club in North Carolina.
FCR Golf team
Schedule listed
Art McLain, golf coach
at Forest City Regional
School, announced that
this year’s golf program
will begin Friday, August
19, at the Jackman Tourney at Scranton Municipal
Golf Course at 8AM. The
remainder of the season is
as follows with all matches
starting at 4PM:
Aug. 22, Old Forge
Aug. 24, Lacka. Trail
Aug. 26, Scr. Prep
Aug. 29 Lakeland
Aug. 31, Riverside
Sept. 1, Elk Lake
Sept. 6, C’dale Area
Sept. 8, Dunmore
Sept. 9, West. Wayne
Sept. 12, Montrose
Sept. 13, Holy Cross
Sept. 19 Blue Ridge
Sept. 22, Mid Valley
Sept. 26, Mt. View
FC Personal
Care open house Jehovah Witness
Wed., Aug. 24
Convention
The Forest City Personal
Care will hold an open house
on Wednesday, Aug. 24, from
5 to 7 p.m. at 911 Delaware St.
in Forest City.
Kelsey Pazanski Wargo, a
certified geriatric manager,
will speak from 6 to 6:30 p.m.
There will be food, beverages, giveaways and music.
For more information go to
www.forestcitynursingcenter.
com/personal care or call 570785-2273.
Aug. 26-28
The Jehovah Witnesses will
hold a three-day convention
from Aug. 26-28 at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza,
Wilkes-Barre. The event is
open to the public and admission is free. Friday and Saturday will be from 9:20 AM to
4:50 PM and Sunday from 9:20
AM to 3:45 PM. For a complete
program schedule, visit www.
jw.org.
420 Main Street, Forest City * 785-5400
Janezic grows 9 foot sunflower
Stop by and join up!
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Tom Janezic, Susq. Street, has a real green thumb when it
comes to sunflowers. This year’s sunflower is well over 9’!
Art McLain Golf Instruction
Junior Golf Lessons
Ages 4-16 $25 per private lesson (30-45 min.)
Series of 5 lessons for $100
Adult Lessons - $35
Package of 5 private lessons for $150
Please call Art McLain at
570-280-5135 to reserve
your lessons
by Art McLain
Pictured is Sarah McLain from the first year of the junior golf clinics.
Junior Golf At Fern Hall Inn
Should you happen to visit
Fern Hall Inn on Friday during
the summer season you might be
surprised to find you are sharing
the space with over 100 boys and
girls during the course of the 8
week junior golf program. Now
in it’s sixth season the program
had a start with 56 boys and girls
and has grown in number each
year.
The program charges the students $60 and requires each student to register with the LPGA
Girls Golf program as they award
a grant to the program based
upon the number of golfers. Also
there is insurance coverage from
the LPGA should an accident occur. Fortunately there has not
been any injuries reported and the
staff is always aware of the possibility an accident could occur if a
student swings a club or hits a ball
too close to another person.
Students are taught not only
the fundamentals of a good golf
swing:
grip, alignment and
stance, but also the etiquette or
manners expected of golfer with
the other players and the care of
the golf course. Rules define the
game and the knowledge of the
rules can sometimes help in a difficult situation.
The clinic is staffed with golf
professionals, college players
and high school players also. Bill
Stutzman is a PGA Life Member and currently employed at
the Elkview Country Club. Art
McLain is the golf professional at
Fern Hall Inn and the golf coach
of the Forest City Regional High
School golf team. Billy Arthur is a
physical education teacher at Blue
Ridge High School and the owner
of Golf 365 on Route 6 in Eynon.
Selena Cerra is a senior attending and playing golf for Niagra
University and 4 time Women’s
Champion at Elkview Country
Club. Alexandra Fitzsimmons
will be a senior this year at Scranton Prep and plays on their golf
team. Noah Newcomb will be
a freshman at Carbondale High
School this year and is likely a
starter on their golf team.
The program is managed by
Joan Brownell. Joan organizes
the six sessions, three at Lakeland
Golf Club on Thursdays and the
three at Fern Hall Inn on Fridays.
Joan makes sure that each girl and
boy has clubs if they don’t have
their own and the golf professionals make sure that each student
has the best fit possible. In addition to all of the many things
she does Joan is also organizing
a comedy night to raise funds
for the junior golf program. The
comedy night is Saturday, August
13 and tickets are still available.
If you would like to have a fun
night out and help the junior golf
program please contact Joan at
570-282-5007.
The program is also funded
through sponsor donations.
Sponsors are always welcome
and always needed. The goal is
to make the program affordable
to everyone interested. Joan also
created a website at nepajuniorgolf.weebly.com and there is also
a Facebook page at nepajrgolf.
From everyone associated with
the program we would like to
thank the students, parents and
sponsors for their support. We are
often told that the students enjoy
the program. We are sometimes
told that the students are beating
their parents. We enjoy hearing
both.
One week remains for this
year. We look forward to seeing
everyone again next year.
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Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 Cost......$130 per person