Aug 2

FRIDAY, AUG. 2, 2013

For a review of “2 Guns,” see Page 3

We saw you at...

Cycle 17 bike race, Pottsville

Get geared up See Page 2

Ella Mae Lutzkanin, Saint Clair, and grandsons, James, left, and Ian Eldridge, Philadelphia

Nicholas Mason, Mar Lin, and Cooper Chiplonia, Pottsville For more photos from the race, see Page 4

Cool rides Gear Grinders car show set for Saturday

BY ERIC PEDDIGREE COPY EDITOR

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otorheads from around Schuylkill County will meet in Primrose this weekend for the Gear Grinders Hot Rod Association’s largest event of the year.

The 17th annual car show and Chinese auction will be held Saturday at South Cass Fire Company, Route 901.

Vehicle registration begins at 8 a.m., with a $10 fee. Vehicles must be on the field by 11 a.m. to be judged and will be on display until 3 p.m.

“We usually average about 100 cars,” said Tony Brophy, car show chairman. The first 150 registered entries receive a dash plaque and goodie bag.

Brophy said the number of cars depends on the forecast.

“Everybody waits for the weather,” he said, adding that the organization is expecting a total attendance between 250 and 300 people.

Brophy said the cars will be categorized into 28 classes, including street rods pre1948, 1970 to present factory muscle and special interest.

Trophies for the Top 3 cars will be awarded in each class. Special awards will also be presented such as Best of Show, the children’s award, the annual Dick McDonough Memorial 2

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What: 17th annual Gear Grinders Hot Rod Association car show When: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday; judging at 11 a.m.

Where: South Cass Fire Company, Route 901, Primrose.

For more information, call Tony Brophy at 570-874-0286

Chinese auction. It is a good time for the ladies,” Brophy said. “And the guys, too.”

Venders will provide food and car show memorabilia for the event and To-Shea Sound, owned by Brophy, will entertain the crowd.

Brophy said the event takes about a year to plan, with work for the next year’s event beginning shortly after the current year’s show. He said it takes a team effort from Gear Grinders members.

“Everybody in the club takes a part and they do a great job with it,” Brophy ANDY MATSKO/STAFF PHOTOS said.

Proceeds from the event Anthony Pezzella, Kulpmont, polishes his 1972 Oldsmobile 442 at last year’s Gear Grinders Hot Rod Association car show. Pezzella bought the car new in 1971 and kept it in mint condition. He has won numerous trophies at benefit awards for students from Schuylkill Technology shows. The 17th annual event will be held 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at South Cass Fire Company, Primrose.

Centers’ auto body and auto Award and the Bill Schartel pation over the last few younger people will push “It is one of the best Chitechnology programs. The Memorial Award. The years. into Gear Grinders particinese auctions around,” Bro- Gear Grinders are also askmemorial awards are named “It has grown more interpation as well. phy said. ing visitors to donate $1 to in honor of late Gear Grind- est in younger people in the “We would like more Last year, there were 65 Hillside SPCA, the club’s ers members. older cars,” Brophy said. He youth to get involved in it,” baskets. Brophy said the charity for 2013.

Brophy said the show has added that the event is open Brophy said. themed baskets range from “Everybody does a great become the largest event for to newer cars which creates In addition to the car car washing materials, job and it’s all for a good the Gear Grinders every more appeal from different show, the event will feature household items to pet prod- cause,” Brophy said. year, and he especially sees ages. the popular Chinese basket ucts.

For more information, call an increase in youth particiHe hopes the interest from auction.

“The ladies really love the Brophy at 570-874-0286.

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Washington, Wahlberg misfire in ‘2 Guns’ Denzel Washington teams up with that King of Chemistry, Mark Wahlberg, in “2 Guns,” a jokey-bloody action comedy that could use more jokes and less blood.

Wahlberg’s Icelandic accomplice, “Contraband” director Baltasar Kormakur, manages little flash in this utterly generic double-andtriple-crossing tale of agents for competing agencies mixed up with drug lords, DEA stings, the CIA and “Naval Intelligence.”

It’s based on graphic novels (aka comic books), so don’t overthink it.

Washington is Bobby, a border country smuggler/ drug dealer trying to do busin e s s w i t h Pap i G re c o (Edward James Olmos), a Mexican drug kingpin.

Stig (Wahlberg) is Bobby’s mouthy, trigger-happy sidekick, the one who cracks that Papi looks “like a Mexican Albert Einstein,” who stuffs his face with Mexican fried chicken as he yells at the cruelty of Mexican henchmen who shoot at the heads of chickens buried up to their necks for target practice.

For some reason, Bobby and Stig have been in business together for months. For some other reason, neither has figured out that the other is a federal agent of some sort. And for some silly third reason, they ignore their own advice — “Never rob a bank across from a diner that has the best doughnuts in three counties.”

It’s a movie of unsurprising revelations, betrayals, agencies that double-cross their own agents and Paula Patton naked. She plays Denzel’s DEA control agent.

Bill Paxton’s a sadist who doesn’t have to explain which government agency he works for as he drawls through assorted brutal interrogations, trying to track down

MOVIE REVIEWS the bank robbery cash.

James Marsden plays the Navy guy in inappropriate uniforms every time he debriefs his agent, Stig. He was cast because he’s the same height as Wahlberg. Olmos took his part just for the scene where he gets to sermonize about CIA effortstokeepMexico“corrupt and poor.”

Bobby and Stig fight, draw blood and crash trucks into one another. Until they learn trust. Until the “p-word,” partner, comes up.

“Like ebony and ivory!”

The amusing stuff works so much better than the mayhem, which also has the occasional amusing moment. Stig gets the drop on a henchman by sliding between his legs.

A lot of plot is worked through, a lot of stuff blows up and a lot of cars are stolen, raced, crashed and shot up. And people die. Lots of them.

And 100 minutes later, we’re all done, and left craving a much better movie than “2 Guns” managed to be.

That, and doughnuts.

“2 Guns,” a Universal release, is rated R for violence throughout, language and brief nudity. Running time: 107 minutes. ★★

“The Smurfs 2” The little blue brigade is back, and this time some Naughties are out to foil their Nice.

After a successful bigscreen outing set in New York in 2011, the Smurfs, those tiny mushroom-dwellers based on a Belgian comic, return to spray their magic blue sparkles around Paris, in an effort to save Smurfette (voiced by Katy Perry), once again in peril.

This time, her real father, the evil magician Gargamel, has created two “Naughties,”

Smurf-size but ominously gray-hued, to lure Smurfette back into the fold — Goth-girl Vexy (voiced by Christina Ricci) and her idiot brother Hackus. As Patrick and Grace, the human allies who helped out the Smurfs the first time around, Neil Patrick Harris and Jayma Mays are also back, cheerfully plotting and donning disguises in the name of Smurf safety.

Hank Azaria once again proves that there can’t be a more fun villain to play than Gargamel, or a better man for thejob.Asthemalevolentmagician bent on destroying the Smurfs and their peaceful, joyous way of life, he’s pure, bumbling badness with buck teeth.

The sequel’s other high point is the addition of Brendan Gleeson as Victor, Patrick’s brash stepfather who also winds up vying with Papa Smurf (voiced by Jonathan Winters) for the position of moral compass. Papa’s presence, reassuring as ever, is extra poignant because this turned out to be the late Winters’ last film.

The story makes the most of Parisian culture and landmarks. In one of the most entertaining sequences, Vexy and Smurfette drag race atop a couple of birds, swooping through outdoor cafes and snatching baguettes to use as sparring weapons. Climactic scenes involve a runaway Roue de Paris, the 200-foothigh Ferris wheel built to celebrate the millennium, and of course the Eiffel Tower, which proves to be Gargamel’s denouement.

Despite short-attentionspan pacing, the movie drags toward the end; it’s about 15 minutes too long for its target audience. Apparently way too into their subject, the writers couldn’t resist overkill, stuf fing the word “Smurf” into as many phrases as possible. The narcissis-

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George Lopez provides the voice for Grouchy, left, John Oliver provides the voice for Vanity, center, and Jonathan Winters provides the voice of Papa Smurf in the new Sony/Columbia release “The Smurfs 2.” tic quips of Vanity Smurf (John Oliver) and the imbecility of Hackus (J.B. Smoove) grew tedious, even for the 7-year-old next to me.

And early on, a blatant implication that for girls, blond hair equals good and dark hair equals bad is winceinducing.

These quibbles aside, will kids like “The Smurfs 2” at least as much as the first one?

Answer: Is a Smurf ’s butt blue?

“The Smurfs 2,” a Sony/ Columbia release, is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for “some rude humor and action.” Running time: 105 minutes. ★★★

“Drift” Origin stories, even nonfiction ones, often make good movies, showing us “How the West was Won” or how demonic possession entered pop culture, pre-”Exorcist” and Amityville (“The Conjuring”).

“Drift” is about the birth of the Australian surfing scene and the industry it spawned.

It’s a fictional goulash of invented characters, arch situations and a predictable journey from enthusiastic hobby to business, with a detour into the drug trade in between.

But it’s a lovely thing to look at and an entertaining ride through myth, a wellshot and acted film that stays

just ahead of the curl and rarely wipes out.

A prologue introduces us to the Kelly brothers as their mom (Robyn Malcolm) sneaks them out of their abusive Sydney household and sets out for a new life without their brute of a father. The boys convince her to stop in remote Seacliff, in Western Australia. That’s where they can surf, skip school and meet their destiny.

Older brother Andy (Myles Pollard) grows up to work in a local lumberyard, rushing his handling of huge logs and scary cutting gear so he can squeeze in a few hours on the water.

Jimmy (Xavier Samuel) is the long-haired surf god of the two — “a natural” and a great favorite of the girls in 1972 Western Oz. An accident that almost drowns Andy and busts his long board leads to the boys to discover the short board revolution that’s sweeping the States. And when a pretty Hawaiian surfer, Lani (Lesley-Anne Brandt), and her surf photographer mentor

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J.B. (Sam Worthington) float into town, they inspire the lads to turn their passion into a business. If only the bank, the competition and their fellow surfers will listen.

“Drift” is utterly conventional in so many ways. But the relatively unknown cast, the rough hewn setting and startling cinematography — footage that rivals many a surf documentary’s best shots — give it a boost. Pollard stands out in the cast, but Worthington — unkempt, relaxed and not forced to carry a big-budget blockbuster like “Clash of the Titans” or “Avatar” or “Terminator Salvation” — is a delight, the very picture of the surfing zen master. As J.B., he keeps that faraway look in his eyes, always in search of that next, undiscovered wave break.

“If God surfed, that’d be his home break.” “ D r i f t , ” a L i o n s g at e release, is rated R for language and drug content. Running time: 95 minutes. ★★½ Reading Movies 11 & IMAX FRI-TUE 8/2-6

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WOLVERINE (PG13)

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(1:40, 4:40), 7:35, 10:25 RED 2 (PG13)

(1:30, 4:25), 7:20, 10:05

PACIFIC RIM (PG13)

(1:30, 4:30), 7:30, 10:30

GROWN UPS 2 (PG13)

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DESPICABLE ME 2 (PG)

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We saw you at ... Cycle 17 on Saturday Albert Jadosh, left, and Jarrod McClure, both of Kaska

Tom Biddle, Pottsville, and daughters, Gwen, 8, left, and Vanessa, 9

Alan and Tracy Giadosh, Mertztown, and daughter, Ashlyn, 8 Photos by Andy Matsko

Barry, left, and Brandon Ervin, Sugarloaf

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Saturday 1 p.m. - Sunday 4 p.m.

Block Party Opens Each Night At 6:00 p.m.

Truck Parade - Friday 7:30 p.m.

Bingo 6-10 p.m. Each Night

Motorcycle Poker Run Saturday at 1 p.m., registration 11 a.m., rain date Sunday.

County offers options to satisfy appetite Go to the Schuylkill County Fair tonight! Or Saturday.

You can’t risk missing it.

After all, it’s the 30th anniversary of the fair and that only comes once, right?

Our county fair committee has put together a fantastic week-long celebration with entertainment, great food, children’s activities, agriculture, cooking contests, exhibits and more. You’ve still got two evenings to get out and enjoy the best of our community’s agriculture, especially food; go for it!

I mean, who doesn’t love good food, right? And we’ve got tons of it, tons of it right here at our fingertips. Ethnic specialties abound across the region and you are sure to find something to please everyone.

If you’re in the mood for excellent fine dining, try Ruby’s Kitchen & Catering Prix Fixe Dinners on Friday and Saturday nights, The Greystone in Pottsville, The

Thursdays Lobster Single $12.99 Twin $18.99 Tuesdays Wings & Fries $5.00 (Eat in Only)

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Oak Hill Inn and The Brickhouse Grill in Orwigsburg or Vito’s Coal-Fired in Saint Clair’s Coal Creek Plaza. All offer a wide range of succulent dishes prepared with seasonal ingredients combined with an inviting atmosphere.

Perhaps casual dining is more your style, well look no further! Head to the southern tier of our county and hit the Crossroads Inn in Schuylkill Haven for a wide array of affordable dinners designed to please. The McKeansburg Hotel in New Ringgold is another great southern spot to pop in for a bite. Super portions, affordable prices and a quaint

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An Evening with Tiffany Cheng With a Special Performance by Violinist Holly Workman Thursday, August 15 7:00 p.m.

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M&T Movies at the Majestic Saturday, August 17, 7:00 p.m.

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and Parade of Nations on Aug. 24. This festival has everything; Italian, Mexican, Lithuanian, Polish, Egyptian and so many more. It is truly the “American Melting Pot” type of festival! Ethnic music and crafts will be featured as well as great food and this event most assuredly is a good time for one and all!

August brings us a variety of celebrations featuring scrumptious treats. The 20th annual Great Pottsville Cruise on Aug. 10 is one such event. Featuring Dennis Gage of “My Classic Car,” and more than 1,000 classic cars, rods, trucks, Corvettes, live music, a poker run and great food, there’s something for everyone at the cruise!

Pioneer Day in Ashland on Aug. 17 is another good time. Lokie rides, the mine tunnel tour, a petting zoo, pony rides, lots of great food and live music, bingo, plus craft vendors and a marvelous Anthracite Mining

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Museum make an unforgettable day for one and all.

Be sure to get to the Schuylkill Mall on Aug. 10-11 for the 99th annual Lithuanian Days. Complete with all kinds of artifacts, costumes, food, music, dance and a new Boilo tasting contest, this cultural heritage celebration is sure to please.

Schuylkill Haven’s Island Park Festival will feature The Mahoney Brothers on Aug. 24 and, of course, great food, games, activities and fun for all. Everyone following my theme here?

A delicious meal can be a pleasure in and of itself.

Especially when enjoyed with fine wine. The good folks at the Schuylkill County Wine Festival will bring us exceptional wine tasting, outstanding cuisine and live entertainment for the fifth year in a row on Sept. 1 at Hegins Park. All five of our local wineries will be there as well as many fine wines

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Delmonico Steaks

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Taste of Theater Friends and Family Appreciation Picnic

atmosphere are the hallmarks of the Port Clinton Hotel. Blue Mountain Summit offers weekly entertainment in Andreas. TNT Deli, All-American Cafe and Neapolitan Italian Eatery have delicious takeout for those busy days and nights when you need to head home.

Got a hankering for comfort food? Great country cooking is what you’ll find at the Dutch Kitchen in Frackville. Some other great spots for home-style meals and desserts are: 3 C’s Family Restaurant in Molino, Fountain Family Restaurant near Hegins, Friedensburg Country Restaurant, Gramma’s Restaurant in Pottsville, It’s Just Barbecue in Deer Lake, Sholl Family Restaurant, Buddy’s Log Cabin, O’Neal’s Pub & The Red Lion Cafe, all in Pine Grove.

Need another great place to enjoy a truly delicious meal? Be sure to head out to Shenandoah’s Heritage Day

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from around Pennsylvania.

Stop in the visitors center and get your tickets now!

Go to our calendar of events at www.schuylkill.org for information on events, outdoor recreation, dining opportunities, shopping, attractions and activities of all kinds. Remember to support our local farms throughout the county and farmers markets in Pottsville, Schuylkill Haven, Tamaqua, Hometown, Frackville and others.

I especially love Potter’s Farm, Herring’s Green Grass Farm, Stone Mountain Wine Cellars & Hope Hill Lavender Farm. Money spent in our local businesses supports us all directly folks!

Just do it! There’s nothing better than local produce, meats, herbs, fresh local dairy products and our fine county wines. Bon Appetit!

(Gargano is executive director of Schuylkill County Visitors Bureau)

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THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS TODAY

ANNUAL MOMS FOR MAKE-A-WISH SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT — Today and Saturday, Minersville Area Little League Complex. In addition to games, there will be home run derby, basket raffles, special guests and entertainment. Attendance is free and open to the public. To pledge your support, please contact Melody at Make-A-Wish at 570-6226962. For more information, contact Maggie O’Brien at 570-341-9474.

ANNUAL BLOCK PARTY — 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. today through Sunday, Rescue Hook & Ladder Company, 201 N. Main St., Shenandoah. Horseshoe tournament and Motorcycle Poker Run, Saturday.

35TH-YEAR CLASS REUNION — Blue Mountain High School Class of 1978,

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mixer, 7 p.m. today, Roman Delight, Orwigsburg. Picnic, 1 p.m. Aug. 3, Cathy Bendetti Yutko’s house. For more information, call Cathy at 570-943-7687 or email cyutko@hotmail.com.

PROGRAM — “The East Brookside Mine Disaster,” 7 p.m., Tremont Borough Building, 139 Clay St., Tremont.

Presented by Perry A. Pillar, mining historian and member of Tremont Area Historical Society. No admission fee. Handicapped accessible and air-conditioned. Call 570695-3674, 570-695-3308 or 570-695-3792.

ST. JOSEPH PARISH FESTIVAL — Noon to 10 p.m. today, Saturday and Sunday, St. Ann Roman Catholic Church Grove, 49 Line St., Frackville. Parish combined festival with music by Karp, Paulina, Swartz, today; Flipkick and Another Side, Sat-

urday; Goodtimes Band and PeWe Damiter, Sunday; Polka Mass 11:15 a.m. Sunday at St. Ann Church. Theme basket auction, indoor yard sale, Saturday and Sunday.

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY FAIR — Country Day, 4 to 11 p.m., Schuylkill County Fairgrounds, 2270 Fair Road, Summit Station. Ante-UP Tour featuring Steve Holy and Jason Michael Carroll. Admission $12.

SPAGHETTI DINNER — 5 to 9 p.m., Good Intent Hose Company, 12 Silverton Road, Llewellyn. Cost $8.

BINGO — 6 to 8 p.m., doors open 4 p.m., St. Jerome Roman Catholic Church Hall, 266 W. Broad St., Tamaqua.

FARMERS MARKET — 8 a.m. to noon, east side of first block of South Main Street, Shenandoah. Sponsored by Greater Shenandoah Area Chamber of Commerce.

Join Us for the 99th Annual Lithuanian Days Festival!

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 11AM-5PM & SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 12PM-5PM Schuylkill Mall, Rte. 61 and I-81, Frackville, PA

This Year’s Theme is Lithuanian Cuisine, Medicine & Folklore!

Honored Guest: Zygimantas Pavilionis, Lithuanian Ambassador Unvailing of “Little Lithuania” Plaque To Schuylkill County by The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission Enjoy Lithuanian Food, Music And Dance Boilo Tasting at The Screening Room “Longest Consecutive Ethnic Festival in the USA! or More Information Visit: www.kofl144.weebly.com facebook.com/knightsoflithuania144

Call Mark Bernardyn at M&T FIFTH ANNUAL COMMUNITYWIDE YARD SALE — Bank, 570-462-2734.

Beginning 8 a.m. today and Sunday, Grier City. More than SATURDAY 50 houses.

ANNUAL ATV RUN — 7 BENEFIT — Luck of the Draw a.m. to 5 p.m., Good Intent Electronic Dart Tournament, 1 Hose Company, 12 Silverton p.m., Denny’s Hot Rod Bar & Road, Llewellyn. Registration Grill, 19 Front St., Cressona.

7 a.m., trails open 8 a.m. Registration starts at noon.

Cost $20. Register at www. Proceeds benefit cancer rellewellynhose.com/atvrun. search. For more information, For more information, call call 570-385-1927.

570-527-6197.

GEAR GRINDERS 17TH ANNUAL ETHNIC FOOD ANNUAL CAR SHOW AND FESTIVAL — 10 a.m. to 6 BASKET AUCTION — 8 p.m., St. Richard Roman a.m. to 3 p.m., South Cass Catholic Church hall, 799 Fire Company, Route 901, Barnesville Drive, Barnesville. Primrose. Vehicle registraFood includes bleenies, bun- tion 8 a.m., fee $10. Trodukies, halupkies, meatballs phies awarded. Call Tony and soups. Takeouts only. at 570-874-0286 or email COMMUNITY YARD SALE abrophy@shenhgts.net.

AND CHICKEN DINNER KARAOKE WITH DAVE — 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Aristes. — 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Rainbow Chicken dinner held at Aris- Hose Company, Dock Street, tes Fire Company. Cost $9. Schuylkill Haven.

Eat in or take out.

MEMORIAL SERVICE —

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Battered Fish Dinner........$5.99 Boneless Wings................$4.99 St. Clair • 8AM to 8PM • 570-429-1470

Lakeside Ballroom Presents August 3rd Green River Band (Tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival) 9pm - 11:30pm Doors Open at 8pm

$15 in Advance $20 at Door

August 10th Bruce in the USA (Tribute to Bruce Springsteen) Doors Open at 8pm 9pm - 12 midnight

$20 in Advance $25 at Door August 16th WXW Wrestling Tickets $15 Doors Open at 7pm Bell time 8pm

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11 a.m., Ss. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church, 840 E. Grand Ave., Tower City.

100th anniversary service to memorialize 20 lives lost in East Brookside Colliery explosion on Aug. 2, 1913.

Breaker Boys will present first-person dramatization.

OPEN HOUSE: BACK TO SCHOOL WITH THE ARTS — 1 to 6 p.m., Walk-In Arts Center, Schuylkill Haven. Music, refreshments, children’s activities and art. Free.

PENNY AUCTION — 2 p.m., Locustdale Fire Company. Cost $2 plus new gift.

For more information, call 570-875-3297.

RESERVATION DEADLINE FOR MEETING — Pottsville High School Alumni Group, to be held noon Aug. 8, Hoss’s Steak and Sea House, Cressona. To make reservations, Please see CALENDAR, Page 8

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Sauteed Jumbo Lump Jumbo Lump Deviled Crab Black Angus New York Strip Crab Au Gratin • Broiled Sea Scallops Black Angus Filet Mignon FRIDAY - Homemade Pierogies Plus Regular Menu

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DENNY’S FIGHT FOR LIFE WEEK JULY 29TH TO AUGUST 4TH SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD LUCK OF DRAW ELECTRONIC DART TOURNAMENT SIGN UP @ NOON STARTS @ 1:00 PM SUNDAY, AUGUST 4TH RIDE FOR BOOBIES POKER RUN SIGN UP 11 AM TO 1 PM RIDE - 5 STOPS FOOD AND BEVERAGES NICK MICHELS WILL PERFORM 5-8 PM CHINESE AUCTION 6:00-6:30 PM ALSO DON’T FORGET THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 17TH VICTIMS OF VINYL @ 10

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Keep 2 things in mind when buying chips Dear Mark: I plan on purchasing a new set of poker chips for, as you so often put it, our weekly kitchen-table poker game.

We currently use a cheap plastic set. Besides a quality upgrade, how many chips do you think I should buy?

Paul M. Casino chips, also known as casino or gaming tokens, checks or cheques, are small round discs used in lieu of hard currency.

When purchasing a set of chips, Paul, there are two things you should keep in mind: quantity and quality.

As with most things, you pay for quality, and I recommend buying the highest quality chip set your budget allows.

The vast majority of authentic casino chips are “clay” chips, although they are more accurately described as compression molded chips. The chips used in North American casinos typically weigh about 10 grams, but can range anywhere between 8 and 14 grams.

As for quantity, a good rule

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of thumb is as follows: • 3-4 players: 300 chip set will suffice.

• 4-6 players: 400-500 chip set will do.

• 6-8 players: 500-650 chip set would be a minimum.

• 8-10 players: At least 1,000 plus chips.

Although this is a suggested amount required, you really cannot have too many chips, only too few. So, buy the amount you can afford

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and purchase more down the road if you need them. Many chip resellers maintain an open stock of their chips, so you should be able to obtain chips matching what you already own.

Currently, there are literally thousands of sets on eBay, so expect to pay for a set of 300 14-gram composite, 3tone chips around $50.

A similar set of 300 clay chips will cost about $20 to $30 more. An injection-molded plastic set can be had for far less.

If your kitchen table game sees plenty of action, you will appreciate bucking up for quality and quantity.

Have your crew pitch in for a top-of-the-line, 1,000 true clay chip set that are 39 mm in diameter and 14 grams in weight. Plan on that chip set setting you back about $150.

You can’t put a price on a good time.

Sports betting

Dear Mark: There has been quite a bit of chatter the past couple of years regarding a change to sports betting options in Ontario casinos.

Specifically, the new rules would allow Vegas-style sports betting. Every time I visit Caesar’s Windsor and ask when these changes will

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go into effect, no one really knows. Do you have any info?

Paul J. Currently, the provinces limit sports betting to “parlay wagering” on multiple outcomes on a single ticket through its provincial lottery corporations.

Legislation, C-290, would amend the Criminal Code to permit Nevada-style singlegame wagers.

The latest I have heard, Paul, is that even though the sports-betting bill sailed through the House of Commons, the legislation has stalled and faces stiff opposition in the Senate. Plus, there

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Gambling wisdom of the week

While the high roller is fawned over in a sickening manner, the low roller must grovel to get a few crumbs.

— Frank Scoblete, “Guerrilla Gambling” (Pilarski can be reached at pilarski@markpilarski.com)

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also isn’t enough time on the calendar to hold an actual vote before the upcoming summer recess, so, Paul, the bill will probably die.

Word has it that supporters do plan to reintroduce C290 in some form in the next session.

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LIVE MUSIC: FRI. 7-10pm KARP, PALINA, SWARTZ SAT. 4-6pm FLIPKICK 7-10pm ANOTHER SIDE with Joe Jordan and Mike Macker SUN. 1-4pm GOODTIMES 6-8pm PeWe Damiter POLKA MASS SUN 11am at St. Ann’s Church KITCHEN daily NOON to 9:30 (Sun ‘til sellout)

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SCHUYLKILL COUNTY FAIR — Family Fun and Fitness Day, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Schuylkill County Fairgrounds, 2270 Fair Road, Summit Station. Evening performer Shawn Klush, Elvis tribute artist. Admission $10.

MEET & GREET — Pocono Greyhound Adoption, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tractor Supply Co., Route 61, Saint Clair. To learn more about this event, visit www.poconogreyhound. com or call 570-856-0377.

STAR GAZING PARTY — 8 p.m., Locust Lake State Park Amphitheater, Barnesville.

Hazleton Area Astronomical Society will present slide show followed by sky viewing through telescopes. Free. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Shine only.

Call Robin at 570-467-2506.

BINGO — 6:30 p.m., doors and kitchen open 5 p.m., Coaldale Ambulance building. Call 570-645-2050.

BINGO — 6:45 p.m., American Legion, 3 E. Spruce St., Minersville.

FREE CLOTHING CLOSET — 10 a.m. to noon, Bethany Evangelical Congregational Church, 13th and Market streets, Ashland. Call 570875-3000.

REUNION BREAKFAST — Pine Grove High School Class of 1969, 9 a.m., Red Lion Cafe, Deturksville. Call 570-345-8683. Group meets first Saturday of each month.

YARD SALE — 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Coney Island, Market Street, Pottsville. Benefits Ruth Steinert Memorial SPCA. Donations of clean usable clothing and household items needed.

Call Lee Yeager at 267-3344220 or shelter at 570-3453540 and leave message.

SUNDAY

noon, St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church Hall, Oak and Main streets, Shenandoah. Food and refreshments available. Call 570-617-2000 or 570-590-1188.

BINGO — 1 to 5 p.m., Sheppton-Oneida Volunteer Fire Company, 900 Center St., Sheppton. Food and refreshments.

BENEFIT — Ride for Boobies Poker Run, registration 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Denny’s Hot Rod Bar & Grill, 19 Front St., Cressona. Five stops.

Food and beverages. Nick Michels performs 5 to 8 p.m.

Chinese auction, 6 to 6:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit cancer research. For more information, call 570-385-1927.

BUS TRIP — Mount Airy casino, sponsored by St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church Ladies Auxiliary, Shenandoah. Cost $23 with $25 in slot play and $10 food voucher.

Call Mary Ann at 570-4620883 or parish office at 570462-1968 or 570-462-1989.

REUNION — 75th and final Shappell-Schappell reunion, Edenburg Recreation Park, 1½ mile east of Hamburg, Old Route 22. Buffet style covered dish, 12:30 p.m.; business meeting, 2 p.m.

Rain or shine.

WXWC4 WRESTLING — 5 to 8 p.m., Orwigsburg Memorial, Grove Street, Orwigsburg. Featuring Orwigsburg

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BINGO — Sponsored by Knights of Columbus Council 618, 2 p.m., doors open at 8

resident Snitsky. General admission $12, ringside $15.

Sponsored by Memorial Task Force. Tickets available at door.

FREE BREAD, PASTRY AND ROLLS — 12:15 to 1:30 p.m., pick up at Living Waters Church of God, 155 S. Balliet St., Frackville. Accepting non-perishable food for redistribution. Call 570874-1585.

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. Full meal for families in need. Call 570-277-6041.

MEETINGS — Alcoholics Anonymous, noon and 7 p.m.

Sunday, Monday, Thursday and Friday; noon to 8 p.m.

Tuesday; noon Wednesday and Saturday, St. Stephen Center, 45 W. Fourth St., Mount Carmel.

FLEA MARKET — 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Sunday, Renninger’s Market, Schuylkill Haven. Benefits Ruth Steinert Memorial SPCA. Donations of clean usable clothing and household items needed.

Call Lee Yeager at 267-3344220 or shelter at 570-3453540 and leave message.

FREE COMMUNITY DINNER — 4 to 5:30 p.m., Grace Evangelical Free Church, 101 Graeff St., Cressona. Open to community.

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