Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
Standing Sunday evening in the gymnasium at St. Gabriel's Church. auctioneer Jeff Stroebel seeks bids on items for sale as the church conducted a fundraising project called Magglio Boscarino Day. The event featured a barbeque, raffle and silent and live auctions to benefit a 9-month-old boy with a rare blood disease.