25 ¢
S E r v i n G tay l or , ol D F or G E , MooSiC & SurrounDinG arEaS triborobannEr.CoM | SEptEMbEr 28, 2017
Riverside High School has chosen its senior class officers |PAGe 8
The Old Forge varsity soccer team posed for a photo |PAGe 9
The Moosic Senior Citizens club elected new officers |PAGe 14
A PAir of GAtherinGs Two local festivals are on tap this weekend By Josh McAuliffe
as hot dogs for the kids. Festival advertising representaspecial to The Triboro Banner tive and church board member Karen Pehonich said the event is “absolutely Looking for something fun to do our biggest fundraiser.” this weekend? “We don’t set a (fundraising) goal. Well, you’re in luck, because two Whatever we receive is a blessing. We longtime Triboro area favorites are back – the annual St. George’s Ortho- try to exceed what we receive the previous year,” she said. “Every year, we dox Church Ethnic Food Festival in see repeat customers. Because everyTaylor, and the 17th annual Divine Mercy Parish Women’s Guild Craft Fair thing is homemade.” Planning for the festival begins in in the Minooka section of Scranton. June, given all the food that needs Here’s the details on both: to be prepared, Pehonich said. For St. George’s Ethnic Food Festiinstance, church volunteers make val about 250 dozen pirohi, which come An annual rite for more than a available in several varieties, including decade, the Ethnic Food Festival will classic potato and cheese, sauerkraut take place over two days, Saturday, and even jalapeno. Sept. 30, and Sunday, Oct. 1, at the “They’re really good. I think they’re church hall, 745 S. Keyser Ave. Both the best in the area,” said Pehonich, days, the festival will run from noon noting the pirohi and holupki can also to 7 p.m. Festival goers can expect the usual be bought frozen for later eating. The potato pancakes, meanwhile, assortment of homemade Eastern are made fresh at the festival’s lone European ethnic delights to choose outdoor stand. In addition, there will from, including holupki (aka stuffed cabbage), or pigs in the blanket, pirohi be beer, wine and soda available for (pierogies), halushki (noodles and cab- purchase, as well as 20 to 30 basket raffles, instant bingo and 50/50 bage) and kielbasa. chances. The menu will also include other “It’s everything you have at an outchurch picnic favorites, like potato door picnic, just inside. Sometimes, pancakes, clam chowder, sausage and with the weather, that works to our peppers and pizza frita. There will be plenty of homemade desserts, as well advantage,” Pehonich said. “Usually, by Sunday, there’s stuff we’re running out of. That’s why we say to come early on Sunday, because we might not have what you’re looking for if you come later in the day. TS_CNG/TRIBORO/PAGES [T01] | 09/27/17
11:03 | CORNELLCHR
The Divine Mercy Craft Fair organizing committee inclues, from left, front row: Louise Pawlowski, Rosalie Pawlak, Louise Byrne, Judy McCauley, Virginia Perfetto, Betty Wheeler, Mary Ann Donovan, Dorothy Bouselli, Nancy Davis and Arlene Hillig. Second row: Cathy Genovese, Barbara Schiavo and Rev. Francis Pauselli.
“It’s a big success for us every year.” Divine Mercy Craft Fair The Divine Mercy Women’s Guild is now 17 years into hosting its extremely successful craft fair, which is set for Saturday, Sept. 30, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Parish Center, 312 Davis St., Scranton. Admission is $2. How successful is it? Well, this year craft fair chairperson Mary Ann Donovan had to turn away several prospective vendors due to space constraints. “Once it hits 40 (vendors), we have to put people on the waiting list,” she said. “You hate to turn people down, but there’s just no more room.” That’s a good problem to have — and a very good deal for shoppers in search of home décor and unique gifts. Among other things, vendors will be selling handmade jewelry, seasonal decorations, doll clothes, jellies, blankets and quilts.
“It’s quite a variety,” Donovan said. “We get a lot of wreaths. One gentleman makes ceramics. There’s homemade soaps and cross-stitching. One girl does monograms, so that’s something to see.” Also, there will be door prizes throughout the entire day, plus 50/50 chances, a bake sale and a variety of lunch options, including homemade chicken soup, Texas wieners, wimpys, cheeseburgers, pasta salad and white risotto. Last year’s craft fair drew 450 people and raised roughly $2,600 for the church. Donovan said none of it would be possible without the efforts of the parishioners who donate their time to the event. “I have a lot of volunteers, and they’re very, very helpful to me,” she said. “It really is a nice affair.”