TRR photo by Tom Kane Contestant at the City Games kicks the can. (Click for larger image)

By TOM KANE

FOSTERDALE - "Here I come, ready or not, anybody around my base is it."

Street games came to the Fosterdale Motor Lodge when owner Joe Tinari organized city games for the kids in the country last Saturday.

There was kick the can. There was a yo-yo contest, a double-dutch jumping rope contest, stick ball and a basketball foul shooting contest.

It was the third year for the event.

"I like kids to realize that you don't have to have a lot of money to have fun," Tinari said. "When we were kids in the city, we played all these games. And many adults played with the kids, too. There aren't many things adults and kids can do together."

The event was aided by students from the Job Corps who are studying to be security guards.

"The Job Corps directed in-coming traffic and told people where to park and things like that," Tinari said. "The students learn what it is to provide security so they can get a job when they graduate."

Tinari said the Job Corps security students did a similar thing for the Callicoon Tractor Parade and the Jeffersonville Jamboree.

Next year, he's going to be looking for Sullivan County's best joke teller in the county's First Annual Joke-Off, he said.

The festivities ended with a pig roast for all the participants.

	TRR photo by Tom Kane Sullivan West's boys soccer coach Howie Whitmore drills his players. (Click for larger image)

By TOM KANE

NARROWSBURG - Howie Whitmore thinks his Bulldog boys soccer team will make a good showing this year.

"We made sectionals last year and I'm hoping to make them again this year," he said.

Last season the team's record was 5-3 in the league and 8-7-1 overall.

Last year was the first for the merged team but this year will be the first they will represent Sullivan West High School and have the Bulldog's name.

In the Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association (OCIAA) they will be competing with Class B teams. Those teams are Cornwall, Goshen, O'Neill, Burke, Monticello, Liberty and Ellenville.

The first league game is away at Burke on September 12. Games usually begin at 4:00 or 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Whitmore has coached soccer for the last four years and was Delaware Valley girls basketball and softball coach for 11 years. He is not an instructor in any school but has his own custom furniture business.

By TOM KANE

SCRANTON, PA - Former Delaware Valley High School star Nick Graby has earned a starting position on the Lackawanna Junior College football team.

The six-foot five, 260-pound Graby, who saw considerable action with the Falcons last season, will be at defensive left tackle when the Falcons open the 2000 season on Saturday, September 2 at Troy, NY against Hudson Valley Community College

LUZERNE COUNTY - On July 30, 10-year-old Misty Whitby from Beach Lake and 10-year-old Sarah Lander from Narrowsburg competed in the Christmas in July Horse Show at the Luzerne County Fair Grounds. Whitby brought home one 2nd place ribbon and two 3rd place ribbons. Lander brought home two 1st place ribbons, one 4th place ribbon, one 5th place ribbon and the Champion Ribbon for the mini stirrup class. Both girls ride with Grandview Farms located in Beach Lake, PA.

	TRR photo by David Hulse (Click for larger image)

MONTICELLO - Pete Kestler of Shohola, left, and Gibson McKean of Highland Lake are pictured with their newly completed ultra-light aircraft at Saturday's "Fly-In" sponsored by members of the Experimental Aircraft Association at Monticello Airport.

Kestler said their Kitfox-Lite one-seater was built in his garage over the course of two months. The plane, which McKean is still learning to fly, is powered by a 35-horsepower engine, takes off and lands within 75 feet and has a cruising range of 100 miles. No license is required to fly an ultra light, Kestler said.

The tubular steel Dacron-covered craft cost about $15,000 to buy and assemble.