April25 by Republican Herald

FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014

For a review of “The Other Woman,” see Page 3

We saw you at... 36th annual Trek of the Cross, Gordon

Grey, left, and Ron Stump, Gordon

Promoting the arts

See Page 2

Wayne Jr. and Shirley Weinreich, Lavelle For more photos from the trek, see Page 4

Local talent

8th annual Block of Art set for this weekend in city BY ERIC PEDDIGREE COPY EDITOR

epeddigree@republicanherald.com

or the eighth year, artists will take over downtown Pottsville to show off their talents and promote creativity.

If you go

What: Eighth annual Block of Art When: Today through Sunday Where: Downtown Pottsville For more information on the event, visit www.block-of-art.org

The Block of Art will kick off today with events scheduled until Sunday afternoon. The annual showcase features galleries of local artists’ work and special programs highlighting talent in a variety of fields, including music and poetry. Started in 2007, the small effort to bring an event focused on the arts to Pottsville has continued to grow every year. According to the event’s website, www.block-of-art. org, Block of Art had more than 430 registered guests from 77 ZIP codes in 2013. “The whole premise was to do a non-juried show and to allow people from Schuylkill County to show their art,” said Kay Jones, executive director of Schuylkill County’s VISION, a partner initiative of Block of Art. The event’s growth continues this year, Jones said, as more programs have been added to the busy itinerary. At 10 a.m. Saturday, the Schuylkill County Visitors Bureau will hold a John O’Hara Walking Tour. Beginning at 1 Progress Ave., the tour will explore O’Hara’s Gibbsville, a fictionalized town based on his hometown of Pottsville. Jones said those familiar with his work will be able to connect the dots as to what in the city influenced the successful writer. Also new this year will be a reception hosted by VISION, which will preview the Art Auction. The

reception will be held from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the second floor of Roma Pizza, 116 W. Market St. The official Art Auction preview will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Sovereign Majestic Theater, 209 N. Centre St., with the auction to begin at 7:30 p.m. at the theater. “It’s really fun. Some of the art is really, really extraordinarily good,” Jones said. On Sunday, The Greystone will host Meet the Artists Brunch featuring Kathy Connelly and Audrey Bordonaro from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Jones said the artists will discuss pieces which will be on display in the restaurant. The Schuylkill County Historical Society, 305 N. Centre St., will host another new event — Art Talk by Randy McCurdy. The program, slated for 1:30 p.m., will feature the artist talking about what he learned from old world American landscape painting and its value in contemporary art, according to the Block of Art website. Jones said children’s art will adorn downtown windows throughout the weekend. The Avenues First Friends First art show will include pieces from artists in preschool to seventh grade. The Block of Art will open with the gala opening reception from 6:30 to 9 p.m. today at the historical society. Like in years past, galleries will be set up around town and the public will have access to them all

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Featured artist Bob McCormick hangs his watermedia piece “Heart of the Region” Tuesday in the gallery at 205 W. Market St., Pottsville, for this weekend’s Block of Art. weekend starting at 7 p.m. Friday. On Wednesday, Jones said organizers were setting up the gallery at 205 W. Market St. Other galleries will be housed at Shop203, 203 W. Market St.; All Things Good, 209 W. Market St.; Art Mart, 215 N. Centre St.; Studio L, 22 S. Centre St.; the historical society and The Greystone. Other special programs scheduled are:

• Gary MacCready at Sovereign Majestic: The recording artist will discuss his career. Show begins at 12:30 p.m. Saturday • Music at the Majestic: 1 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Sovereign Majestic, the show will feature music from Pe-We, Rachael Walton, Sterling Koch trio, Band of Two and Acoustic Dawgs. • Poetry at the Block: The readings featuring English professor

Charles Cantalupo are slated for 4 p.m. Saturday at All Things Good. • Music in the Arts Youth Performances “Minor Notes Chorale”: Performances to be held at 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Centre St., to benefit the Anthracite Philharmonic. For a complete list of events and more information about the weekend festival, visit the Block of Art website or call 570-622-6097.

‘The Other Woman’ delivers BY COLIN COVERT STAR TRIBUNE (MINNEAPOLIS)

In “The Other Woman,” they throw everything at the wall to see what sticks. Most of it does. It’s an escapist women’s empowerment comedy like many others, but elevated by the simple virtue of being, for most of its length, very, very funny. Set in an upper-class milieu of sleek Manhattan condos, designer clothes and pristine Caribbean beaches, the story follows three women who realize they’re being tripletimed by a cad and join forces to deliver his comeuppance. Cameron Diaz plays the brains of the operation, a sharp-tongued killer attorney in a whirlwind romance with a handsome executive (Niko-

MOVIE REVIEW laj Coster-Waldau). Leslie Mann is his blithely daffy wife, who is also unaware of his duplicity. When the women discover one another’s existence, the comic sparks fly. The characters are surprisingly well-developed for this sort of genre fare. Diaz plays her character as a woman of steely intelligence and cynical wit, an alpha female used to stiff-arming her adversaries and bailing out of unsatisfactory emotional entanglements. Melissa Stack’s bright, farcical screenplay gives this go-getter plenty of tart ammunition. Mann, an exuberant comedienne, makes a feast of her

role, the wronged wife as an innocent, oversharing catalyst of chaos. It’s a careerbest performance for Mann, a fizzy brew of vulnerability and pluck. Smiling a bit desperately, dressed in too-chipper florals, she blathers on with the attention-starved energy of a yapping Chihuahua. When she tracks down Diaz, it’s not for a resentful wife vs. rival showdown, but because she needs to talk — in breathy-voiced torrents. Since her husband barely notices her, she needs someone, anyone else to fill the void, even if it’s his mistress. Diaz, whose character can be a bit of a shrew, reluctantly assents to a conversation, but with a one-hour time limit and the understanding that

“we’re not going to braid each other’s hair.” They do, of course, during an all-nighter with tequila shots, but the very inevitability of the gag gives their giggly-weepy coming together an ironic charge. Jaded viewer that I am, I found myself thinking, “I can’t believe I’m laughing at this stuff” and laughing nonetheless. Pratfalls are kept to a bare minimum. In another nice touch, the women aren’t immediately hell-bent on retaliating against Coster-Waldau. Diaz declares that “monogamy isn’t a natural state” and wants to move ahead with her life. Mann vacillates, more than half ready to preserve her hollow but privileged status quo. But when

they spot him with yet another other woman (Sports Illustrated cover girl Kate Upton), they recruit her in a plan to teach him a painful lesson or three. The film has its share of defects. It’s overlong by a good 15 minutes and loses steam in the third act, just when things should be gathering momentum. The musical cues are regrettably on the nose (the “Mission Impossible” theme in a detective interlude, a maudlin cover of “La Vie En Rose” for a passage of romantic letdown). As a model/ actress, Upton is no Brooklyn Decker. Still, the overall tone is of buoyant good cheer and jazzy spontaneity. Director Nick Cassavetes (“The Notebook”) encourag-

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THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS TODAY ANNUAL BLOCK OF ART — Today through Sunday, downtown Pottsville. AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE — Noon to 5 p.m., Friedensburg Fire Company, 1357 Long Run Road, Friedensburg. To schedule appointment, call 800-RED-CROSS or visit www.redcrossblood.org. CRUISE AND SPIN SESSION — 10 to 10:30 a.m. every Friday through June 13, Re-Cycle Sports, 1165 Centre Turnpike, Deer Lake. Cost $40 for eight sessions. Call Susan Long at 570-624-3018. FREE BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK — 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Schuylkill Haven Senior Community Center, rear of 121 Main St., Schuylkill Haven. Call 570-624-3017. PERFORMANCE — “West Side Story,” 7 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Marian Catholic High School auditorium, 166 Marian Ave., Hometown. RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL FORUM SES-

SION — “Why History Matters: Debunking the Warfare View of Science and Religion,” noon, R. Michael Fryer Conference Center, Room 101, Penn State Schuylkill, 200 University Drive, Schuylkill Haven. Call 570-385-6217 or email mus53@psu.edu. SPRING CRAFT AND VENDOR SHOW — 6 to 10 p.m. today and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Good Will Hose Company, 195 Water St., Cumbola. Call 570-581-0915. SPRING MUSICAL — “Godspell,” 7 p.m. today and 3 p.m. Saturday, Nativity BVM High School gymnasium, One Lawton’s Hill, Pottsville. Adults $8, students 18 and under $5. BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES — 7 to 9 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, Centre Street and Howard Avenue, Pottsville. Call 570-622-6619. SMOKE-FREEBINGO—6:45 p.m., doors open 5:30 p.m., Summit Station Fire Company, 88FirehouseRoad,SummitStation. SummitFire34@comcast. net for more information. Please see CALENDAR, Page 6

es his actors to perform their hearts out, and most of them deliver above-average work in return. The pert, nimble Mann and wisecracking Diaz have a sparkling comedic chemistry; they seem to enjoy each other’s company. Coster-Waldau is solid as a man who has learned to fake sincerity well enough to fool smart women. When he acts re p e n t a n t a f t e r b e i n g exposed, he half-fools us, too. Even in an explosive “Dumb and Dumber” toilet scene, he brings his A game. That, people, is acting. “The Other Woman,” a Fox release, is rated PG-13 on appeal for mature thematic material, sexual references and language. Running time: 119 minutes. ★★★ New Releases First Featuring

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We saw you at ... the trek on April 18

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from as a blonde, but since I’ve embraced the dark side of my roots, I find myself gravitating toward it, especially in the spring. The color combination is one of my favorites used in interior design and don’t even get me started on stripes. I’ve got stripes. Stripes so plentiful they necessitate an entire section to themselves in accordance with the way I organize my clothing. • Green blouse with flouncey tie at the collar — Similar item retails for Lord-only-knows-how-much because this shirt is likely from, I’m guessing, the 1970s; Original Sal Val price: $2.50; Half-off day bargain: $1.25. You would think, considering I have a thing for vintage blouses with a built-in flouncey thing, that I would know

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Benefit raffle for Avenues of Pottsville. Chances $1. Free food and music. FREE KID’S FISHING RODEO — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Sunday, Lone Pine Fish Club, Union Street, Middleport. Open to children ages 5 to 12, must be accompanied by adult. FUNDRAISER — Wayward Animal Rescue Strikes to End Homelessness, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Striker’s Alley, 2501 W. End Ave., Pottsville. Bowling $10 per person. Chinese auction and baked goods. Donations accepted. For tickets, email ktokonitz@frontier.com. FUNDRAISER — Basket auction 4 to 7 p.m., entertainment 8 p.m. to midnight, Shenandoah Heights Fire Company, 148 Swatara Road, Shenandoah Heights. Tickets $20, includes food and beverages. Benefits Vevasis family who lost home to fire. T-shirts available. Call Janelle Cuff at 570-449-5078. MEETING — Celebrate Recovery, 9 to 11 a.m., Fearnot Jersey Acres Market Stone Mountain Wine Cellars Wine Tasting Daily

Apple Cider, Apple Butter New Wine - Moscato Hrs: Tues.-Sat. 9-4; Sun. 11-4 1615 Panther Valley Rd. Pine Grove, PA Phone 570-739-4418 www.stonemountainwinecellars.com

“Boys Upstairs”

Coal St., Middleport

Friday Specials

•Salisbury Steak •Stuffed Peppers •Butterflied Shrimp •Chicken Pot Pie Open Mother’s Day. Make Your Reservations Now!

570-277-9015

Please see CALENDAR, Page 8

PANCAKE BREAKFAST & YARD SALE! Sat., May 3rd 7 am -12 noon

Antiques, Hunting, Fishing, Car & Harley Parts - Set Ups $10.00Info 570-294-9808

SUMMER IS COMING!

Champagne Brunch

Pick-up A Summer Employment Application At Your High School Guidance Counselor’s Office & Sign up for Summer Employment. For more info contact Tommie Ann McShaw at 570-622-5253 Ext. 147

Four Course Charles Krug Wine Dinner Featuring Terry Balent of Southern Wines Starts at 6:30pm - Reservations Required

FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014

Minersville Fish & GaMe

ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BREAK-

Starting at 8pm SUNDAY, APRIL 27TH

Schuylkill County Visitors Bureau 570-622-7700 • www.schuylkill.org One Progress Circle, Suite 100, Pottsville

Middleport Inn

SUNDAY

FRIDAY, APRIL 25TH

Gabriel Chamber Ensemble Concert Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Schuylkill Haven

MONDAY - FRIDAY: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

VENDOR FAIR — 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Schuylkill Hose Company No. 2, 51 St. Peter St., Schuylkill Haven. Rafﬂe at 1:30 p.m. WALK FOR SUICIDE AWARENESS — Noon to 3 p.m., registration begins 11 a.m., Mahanoy Area Alumni Field, 1 Golden Bear Drive, Mahanoy City. Rain or shine. Sponsored by Schuylkill County Suicide Prevention Task Force. WING NIGHT — 5 to 8 p.m., West End Hose Company, 1219 W. Market Street, Pottsville. Eat in or take out. Call 570-622-5770. YARD SALE AND FOOD DRIVE — 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Terrence Reiley Community Center, 12th Street, Pottsville. Half-price sale, noon to 1 p.m. Rain or shine. Bring two nonperishable food items and receive free sandwich.

315 N. Centre St., Pottsville 570-628-4220 www.thegstone.com

11:00am to 1:30pm Mix & Mingle with the “Block Of Art” Artists THURSDAY, MAY 1ST

Sunday,April 27,2014 • Starts 3:00pm

Assembly of God Church,1152 W. Mountain Road, Hegins. Free. For more information, call Brian at 570-205-2813. PINOT PAINT — 7 to 9 p.m., Walk In Art Center, 220 Parkway, Schuylkill Haven. Cost $45. BYOB of wine. Call Laurie at 570-732-3728, ext. 303. READING ROCKS! — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Schuylkill Health School of Nursing building, 450 Washington St., Pottsville. Free family event promoting literacy. Appropriate for children ages 10 and under. All children will receive a free book. Visit ncsroceast@norc. org or call 866-696-4580. SPAGHETTI DINNER — 4:30 to 7 p.m., St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, Summer Hill, 40 Plum Creek Road, Summer Station. Adults $7, children age 4-10 $3. Sponsored by Boy Scout Troop 651, Summer Hill. UNDER 21 MUSIC FEST — 2 to 4 p.m., Frackville Elks, 307 S. Third St., Frackville. Free.

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JENNA Continued from Page 5

Oh, the fairy tale of “Pretty Woman.” Who couldn’t fall in love with a movie about a prostitute who falls in love with a rich businessman who randomly picks her up by asking for directions. Holy Hannah, Hollywood. A little celebrity, a handsome leading man and a likable leading lady and most of the world forgot this movie was about a hooker landing a sugar daddy. Nevertheless, the movie is sort of a cult classic of its own. This dress, though. I don’t know what it was, but I had a thing for this dress like you wouldn’t believe when I was younger. She paired it with little white gloves and a big white hat and it made for the perfect outfit on the perfect day with her new “John” or, I mean, boyfriend. That is, until Edward ruined everything by telling his business partner she was a hooker. That prostitution is a tricky business. Anyway, I’m not sure I’ll accessorize as such; I’m not even sure where I’ll wear this dress, but the sheer magnitude of a find like this for $2.50 will go down in my personal Sal Val history. Purses — Similar items

retail for about $20 apiece at the very cheapest; Original Sal Val price: $2 each; Half-off day bargain: $2 each (Purses don’t count on Wednesdays). I needed a new purse because, although I’m a huge fan of the pleather feathers on the one I’m currently using, the purse is simply too small. Plus, the strap broke and I don’t have the Lady MacGuyver’ing energy to fix it due to a large-scale rig job I accomplished on a broken piece of furniture earlier this week. One of these bad boys is even leather and has so many different compartments and pockets, had I considered trading in my journalism career for that of a lady version of Inspector Gadget, I’d have all kinds of places to hide all my tricks. The people who work at our local Salvation Army could not be any friendlier and a kind man even made the effort to walk over and open the door for me. Overall, my trip was a delightful experience and I was able to donate $13 to one of my favorite charities. (Wasakoski, an assistant editor at The News-Item, can be reached at jenna_ w@newsitem.com)

DELCAMP’S

Friday

Shrimp Dinner..............................$4.99 Fish Sandwich...............................$1.99

St. Clair • 8AM to 8PM • 570-429-1470

Sat., April 26th

5 pm to 8 pm Dine In or Take-Out

570-622-5770

We also have Cheeseburgers, Chicken Planks,French Fries and a Soup Special

Dear Mark: I am glad that I didn’t purchase a season ski pass for the slopes at Tahoe last fall. I am taking what little I had saved and will try to grind out a kitty for a 14/15 pass. Sometimes a shooter will ask me to blow on the dice and even give me a chip, which automatically goes to a fund for next year’s pass. Any idea when/where this got started? Ski Bunny – Tahoe Plenty of skiers at Lake Tahoe have chased, with little success, a season’s ski pass from the rail of a crap table or on a blackjack game. Here, Ms. Bunny, is perhaps a better way to go: Buy your ski pass directly from the resort in the spring, as it’s usually at a 30 percent discount off fall prices. I do feel for, and acknowledge your lack of snowfall, as seldom a day goes by that I don’t check the Alpine Meadows web cam. In my 20-plus years of skiing in the basin, I

Lakeside Ballroom Presents

Sat. April 26 - “Amos Stone” 570-366-1914

1240 Centre Turnpike Route 61 Orwigsburg, PA • 570-366-1914

Wing Night

West End Hose Co. Pottsville

Luck be a lady tonight

Experience our “Create Your Own” Burger Menu! 10 oz Grilled Fresh Ground Beef topped with any of our 12 Delicious Toppings for $9.95 served with fresh cut French Fries or Crispy Curly Fries.

April 26th The Legends (Best of 50’s, 60’s, 70’s Music) Playing 8pm-11pm Doors open 7pm 40 Crystal Lane • Barnesville

570-467-2630

www.lakesideballroom.net

the dice, you were cleansing them of debris before tossing them. I am sure there are many, many more. Deal Me In Today, gamblers blow on the dice for luck. Some gamblers think they will have even better luck if an attractive woman like you, Ms. Bunny, blows on the dice, don’t recall anything close to believing your breath will lead them to a “hot” roll. the lack of snow that you experienced this past season. Their false-premise gamIn fact, I actually remember bling belief is based on an illogical point of view. skiing as late as July 4. When the shooter thinks Anyhow, as to your question, you would be surprised he can improve his luck and influence over the outcome how many players perform the blowing on the dice ritu- of the dice game when something fairylike happens on al before throwing them. I the game, this player is am familiar with two theounder the illusion that someries as to its genesis. The first being, in the early days, how he, or in this case you, can control the outcome of charlatan gamesters would try to cheat the game by coat- the roll. Many grass-roots gaming one side of the dice with blers have this mistaken a sticky substance that view. They think that if they would become active when blown upon. The other origi- do certain things, it will influence the outcomes nates from early street games, where by blowing on of the game in their favor. In

Mark Pilarski

PINE GROVE

LEGION POST 374 42 S.Tulpehocken St. Pine Grove

570-345-8050 FRIDAY 4-7 PM

Dining in Patriot Rm. Open to the Public

Platters

Bar-B-Que Ribs (Half & Full Rack) Haddock w/ Mac & Cheese

SATURDAY BREAKFAST 7-11 AM SATURDAY 8-11 PM

“ THE JOHNSON BROS.” MEMBERS AND GUESTS INVITED. COMING MAY 3RD “SKID MARKS”

SUNDAY BREAKFAST & LUNCH 8 AM-1 PM - PIG WINGS TIL 1 PM Reservations 570-345-8050 Wi-Fi & ATM Available

gambling, such beliefs are called superstitions, which are nothing more than irrational beliefs that a certain act (like blowing on the dice) can bring about good luck. Certainly, the casino will allow you to perform this ritual just so long as you make it quick — remember, there is money in play on the layout — but no gambler can exercise some supernatural control over the outcome. In other words, as long as the dice are fair and thrown randomly, there is no connection between what you do and the number that appears. I part, Ms. Bunny, with a few lyrics from Frank Sinatra’s hit, “Luck Be A Lady.” A lady never leaves her escort It isn’t fair, it isn’t nice A lady doesn’t wander all over the room And blow on some other guy’s dice. (Pilarski can be reached at pilarski@markpilarski.com)

GABRIEL CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

presents SEASON FINALE CONCERT featuring very special guest pianist XUN PAN and bandoneon player JUAN PABLO JOFRE SMASHING TANGO MUSIC PROGRAM

Sunday, April 27th, 2014 at 3PM Jerusalem Lutheran Church 252 Dock Street, Schuylkill Haven, PA

Tickets: $12 seniors • $15 adults FREE for all students and children PROGRAM:

• BEETHOVEN - Piano Trio “Ghost”, Op. 70 - Allegro vivace e con brio • DVORAK - Piano Quartet #2, Op. 87 - Allegro con fuoco SPECIAL TANGO PIECES: • Universe • Hard Tango • Rondo Malicioso • After The Rain • Primavera • Libertango

Directions to the concert venue on our website. For more information, contact:

Agnes ` Maurer Executive Director

570-943-2558

http://www.gabrielensemble.org

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FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014

CALENDAR Continued from Page 6

FAST — 8 to 11 a.m., Altamont Fire Company, Morea Road, Frackville. Adults $8, children $4. Takeouts available. Call 570-874-4384. BINGO — 2 p.m., doors open at noon, Newtown Volunteer Fire Company, 36 Wood St., Newtown. Food included. Call 570-695-3777. BREAKFAST AT TRINITY — All-you-care-to eat, 8 a.m. to sellout, Trinity Academy, 233 W. Cherry St., Shenandoah. Adults $8, children (6 to 12) $5. Call 570-462-3927. CELEBRATE RECOVERY — 5 to 6 p.m., Faith Church, 1168 Centre Turnpike, Route 61, Orwigsburg. Free. CHINESE AUCTION — 2 to 5 p.m., Mahanoy City Elks, 135 E. Centre St., Mahanoy City. Tickets $2, or 3 for $5. COAL CRACKERS POLKA DANCE — 2 to 6 p.m. Pine View Acres, Chamberlain Avenue, Pottsville. Music by Polka Family. Call Joe at 570622-3321 or Ann at 570462-9355. CONCERT — Tango music presented by Gabriel Chamber Ensemble with guest,

Juan Pablo Jofre, 3 p.m., Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, 252 Dock St., Schuylkill Haven. Adults $15, seniors $12, students and children free. EASTER MUSICAL — “Good News from Jerusalem,” created by Dianne Wilkinson, 6:30 p.m., Calvary Evangelical United Methodist Church, 824 Catawissa Road, Tamaqua. Call 570-617-2702. GIFT CARD BINGO AND CHINESE AUCTION — 1 to 5:30 p.m., Saint Clair Lions Club, McCord Avenue, Saint Clair. Tickets $20. Call 570-640-3496. Beneﬁts Hillside SPCA. KIDS NITE — 6 to 7 p.m., Covenant United Methodist Church, 215 E. Main St., Schuylkill Haven. Open to children ages 6 to 12. MEAT BINGO — 2 p.m., doors open at noon, Aristes Fire Company. MEMBERSHIP MEETING — Park Crest Fish and Game Protective Association, 2 p.m., Brandonville clubhouse. MOVIE MAGIC — 3 p.m., Sovereign Majestic Theater, 209 N. Centre St., Pottsville.

Tickets $15. SPECIAL 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT — “Bronze Goes Silver,” handbell choirs of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Orwigsburg, 4 p.m., 215 N. Warren St. No admission, freewill offering received. SPECIAL SERVICE — “Sermon of Songs,” presented by Dale Cresswell, 9 a.m., Salem United Methodist Church, Route 895, Summer Valley Road, Drehersville. TICKETS FOR RONAN TYNAN PERFORMANCE — Noon to 2 p.m., BG’s Value Market, King’s Village Plaza, Minersville. Performance at 2 p.m. May 4, Pottsville Area High School auditorium. Tickets $30 in advance, $40 at door. Call 570-544-4674. FREE DINNER, BREAD, PASTRY, ROLLS AND FOOD ITEMS — 12:15 to 1:30 p.m., Living Waters Church of God, 155 S. Balliet St., Frackville. Call 570-874-1585. FREE FEEDING PROGRAM — Soup kitchen open 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. every Sunday, New Life in Christ Ministries, 217-219 Market St., Cumbola. Call 570-277-6041.

26th Annual

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The Grand Prize winner will receive $100 in prizes courtesy of our sponsors: Kreitzer Sanitation • Long Trout Winery R & J Tours • Trail Gardens

Duck Race Sunday, April 27, 2014

At the Wal-Mart Supercenter in St. Clair

Festivities Begin @ Noon Race begins@ 3:32 p.m. JOIN US FOR RACE DAY FUN!! Food, Music, and Live Entertainment Amusements- Children’s Activities-

The winning photo will be chosen by Republican-Herald staff photographers. No professional photographers please. Only one entry per person will be accepted so choose your favorite. Must be ages 21+ to participate. All entries must be received by midnight on May 31st, 2014.

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Special Thank You TO M&T BAnk, Higggins Insurance, Towne Drugs/Yorkville Drug Store, & Wal-Mart Good Works for sponsoring the event. FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014

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