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FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2013

For a review of “Pacific Rim,” see Page 3

We saw you at...

District 24 11-12-yearold Little League Tournament, Hegins

Community Day celebrated See Page 2

McKayla Tobin, Saint Clair, left, and Isabella Bolich, Mar Lin

From left, Chase Deeter, Brody Smith and Cameron Morgan, all of Hegins For more photos from the game, see Page 4

Fun family for the

Mahanoy City Community Day set for Saturday

BY ERIC PEDDIGREE COPY EDITOR

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epeddigree@republicanherald.com

big summer in Mahanoy City kicks off with a celebration for borough residents.

Community Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday in the downtown area.

The annual event features familyfriendly entertainment, food and a look at the borough’s history.

Patti Schnitzius, borough council president and recreation committee chairwoman, said the event has grown in popularity not only with the people of Mahanoy City but around the region.

“We have really good crowds from year to year,” Schnitzius said.

A wide variety of vendors will line the streets including crafters and community organizations, but the big draw is the large selec-

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If you go

What: Community Day When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday Where: Downtown Mahanoy City tion of food. The choices will range from picnic foods like hamburgers, regional favorites such as pierogies and even Caribbean cuisine. There will also be homemade birch beer and crabby patty sandwiches.

“People look forward to the ethnic treats,” Schnitzius said.

Music will help create the party atmosphere with DJ Kristen playing from 10 a.m. to noon, followed by the Cressona Band from noon to 2 p.m.

Schnitzius said there will also be plenty of games and activities for the entire family. Along with skill games, there will be a bounce house, face painting and live animals for the kids.

“The kids really like the pony rides and petting zoo,” Schnitzius said.

For visitors wanting to learn about the borough’s past, the Mahanoy City Historical Society Museum on Main and Centre streets will be open during the event. The museum features artifacts, memorabilia from the schools and information about some of the more well-known buildings in the borough.

“They have a little bit of everything in there. It’s great,” Schnitzius said.

Community organizations, such as the Mahanoy City Crime Watch, will also have

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Jace Yedsena, left, and Austin Green, both of Mahanoy City, test their skills tossing wiffle balls during last year’s Mahanoy City Community Day. This year’s event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday. LEFT: Jaclyn Mercer, Tamaqua, gets up close to some chickens, ducks and rabbits at the petting zoo during last year’s Community Day. booths to provide information about their services.

Most of all, Community Day is a fun event for families to enjoy without breaking the wallet. Schnitzius said the only fee is for vendors to offset the advertising costs.

“We don’t charge a steep fee,” Schnitzius said.

Originally an annual sidewalk sale, the event has been known as

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Community Day for more than a decade.

“People look forward to it,” Schnitzius said.

The event will be held rain or shine.

Community Day is just the beginning of a busy summer in Mahanoy City.

In August, the 59th annual Schuylkill County Volunteer Fire-

fighters Convention will be held in Mahanoy City in conjunction with the borough’s 150th anniversary.

Hosted by Citizens Fire Company No. 2 and Mahanoy City EMS, the convention is scheduled from Aug. 18 to 24. The week-long event will feature history day, a time capsule opening and the firefighters convention parade.

‘Pacific’ a silly rimshot

Sheer madness. That’s what this is, this movie that Guillermo del Toro just HAD to make, and for which he abandoned “The Hobbit.”

Dude wanted to make a “Godzilla” movie. Married to a “Tranformers” picture.

With a little “Starship Troopers” and “Independence Day” and “Hellboy” mixed in.

It’s the future of cinema — or the present: a movie cunningly calculated to lure Hollywood’s biggest growth market with just its title —“Pacific Rim.” That’s where this sci-fi war is fought and that’s where the audience lies — American fanboys and Asian and Australian ones, too.

In the very near future, enormous alien beasts are sneaking into the ocean through a dimensional crack in the ocean floor along the Pacific’s “Ring of Fire.” The Japanese named them “kaiju,” because “Godzilla” already was taken.

And after realizing battling these monsters is a toxic disaster, the world’s governments teamed up to build gigantic, human-controlled robots called jaegers, after the German word for “hunter.”

The pairs of rangers who drive them wear armor that lets them maneuver them — one ranger controls the left side and left brain, the other the right side — all through a neural mind-meld process called “drifting.”

In a prologue, we meet a pair of mind-melded brothers (Charlie Hunnam, Diego Klattenhoff) who drive the jaeger Gipsy Danger into harm’s way. But things go wrong and one sibling is killed.

That heralds the end of this jaeger program. The world will wall off the coast along the Pacific Rim, with

MOVIE REVIEWS the rich and powerful getting the primo interior real estate and the rest of the populace stuck building the walls and living on the coasts.

Cut to years later and the jaeger program is winding down, the wall is being completed but “our best scientists” (shrieking Charlie Day of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” daft-Brit Burn Gor man of “Game of Thrones”) don’t think the wall will work. The monsters keep coming.

Rebellious returning ranger Raleigh (Hunnam of TV’s “Sons of Anarchy) angles to get martial arts mama Mako (Rinko Kikuchi of “Babel”) as his partner. And program director Stacker Pentecost (Elba) says “That’s not going to happen.”

Any movie that recycles the line “Don’t get cocky, kid,” for starters and progresses to “Fortune favors the brave, dude” isn’t meant to be taken seriously. The leads are bland, and the cast doesn’t so much perform as show up and give us tastes of patented shtick that we expect — Elba has his “Henry V” speech, the Bobcatvoiced Day kvetches, the grumpy Ron (“Hellboy”) Perlman (as an underworld purveyor of kaiju body parts) growls.

Dumb movies like this don’t invite much analysis.

What’s the point of the “mind melding” if the teams are still yelling commands and punching buttons as they fight? Mind-melding should mean they think and act on reflex, turning on the robot’s “elbow rockets” to give power to the punches in an instant.

None of which subtracts anything from the stupid,

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“Grown Ups 2” stars, from left, Kevin James, David Spade, Jonathan Loughran, seated, Chris Rock and Adam Sandler. make-work project for all the ex-jocks, jockcasters, “Saturday Night Live” has-beens and other hangers-on he keeps on payroll.

It’s another pointless romp through Sandlerland — where the women are buxom, the kids have catch-phrases and the jokes are below average.

Basically, the sequel to the hit “Grown Ups” finds our Hollywood pal Lenny Feder (Sandler), his wife (Salma Hayek) and brood moved back to his home town. That’s where childhood pal Eric (Kevin James) runs a body shop, Kurt (Chris Rock) is a cable guy, and Marcus (David Spade) has just learned he’s a deadbeat dad.

Apparently, Rob Schneider was too busy to do the sequel.

(Probably as much a shock to him as to us.)

We follow these clowns through a long day — the last day of school for their kids — as they reminisce at Kmart “Grown Ups 2” (where Tim Meadows ended The gang’s all here for up), feud with frat boys (Tay“Grown Ups 2,” Adam lor Lautner is their martial Sandler’s latest lowbrow arts-mad leader) at the quar-

over-the-top popcorn-picture fun of it all.

Del Toro’s robots have weight and mass, and their epic, Hong Kong-smashing fights with the four- and sixlegged, clawed and horned monsters are visually coherent, unlike the messy blur of the “Transformers” movies.

There’s a light, humorous feel to “Pacific Rim” because the science is silly and logic takes a flying leap.

In a cinema season where the laws of physics take a vacation (“Fast & Furious 6”), where everyone’s mad for the apocalypse — from the Biblical to the zombieinduced — “Pacific Rim” is the maddest of all.

“Pacific Rim,” a Warner Brothers release, is rated PG13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence throughout, and brief language. Running time: 130 minutes. ★★½

ry that’s the town swimmin’ hole, and find other ways to not quite grow up by throwing an ’80s themed party that night.

The big message here: “You can’t back down from a bully.”

The jokes? Broad variations of “the dozens,” guys giving each other the business in elaborate, limp insults. Spade is “Betty White” because he’s old and his hair’s a wreck, Rock is “skinny Danny Glover,” James is “Crocodile DumbBEE,” and Nick Swardson does his human punchingbag shtick.

Farts, belches, poop and pee gags, guys leering at cheerleaders, women leering at male cheerleaders (Sandler prote ge Andy Samberg among them) all

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have their place.

As does every comic, from ancient Norm Crosby to creaking Colin Quinn, as an ice cream vendor who gives a nice speech justifying Sandler’s entire farts-over-art career. He got rich doing this, Quinn rants. So there.

It’s dated, it aims low and Sandler is, as always, selfaware enough to get that he’s pandering.

At least the guy’s out there, stimulating his little corner of the economy. Sandler is one businessman who takes the president’s edict about make-work projects to heart.

As deep as it gets in “Grown Ups 2,” you know the fellow loves his movies to be “shovel-ready.”

“Grown Ups 2,” a Sony release is rated PG-13 for crude and suggestive content, language and some male rear nudity. Running time 101 minutes. ★½ Reading Movies 11 & IMAX FRI-TUE • 7/12-16

DON’T JUST SEE A MOVIE, EXPERIENCE IT AT Reading Movies 11 & IMAX 30 N. 2nd Street 610-374-2828 • www.rctheatres.com FREE GARAGE PARKING Digital Projection & Sound Stadium Seating Tickets are now on sale for: Turbo – Beginning WED 7/17

Showtimes for Friday, July 12 through Tuesday, July 16 FREE Summer Kids Movies Madagascar 3: Escape from Africa (PG) Tue, Wed & Thu at 10AM Groups welcome at 9:30 – call to schedule

NOW SHOWING IMAX:

PACIFIC RIM IMAX3D (PG13) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 11:30 SPECIAL IMAX3D FEATURES: TUE – BORN TO BE WILD WED – HUBBLE THU – UNDER THE SEA FEATURING IN REALD DIGITAL 3D:

DESPICABLE ME 2 IN DIGITAL 3D (PG) (12:45, 4:05), 7:05, 9:30 PACIFIC RIM (PG13) (1:30, 4:30), 7:30, 10:30 GROWN UPS 2 (PG13) (1:15, 2:00, 4:10, 4:40), 7:00, 7:15, 9:30, 9:45 DESPICABLE ME 2 (PG) (1:30, 4:40), 7:25, 9:50 THE LONE RANGER (PG13) (12:30, 4:00), 7:15, 10:15 THE HEAT (R) (1:40, 4:40), 7:30, 10:25 WHITE HOUSE DOWN (PG13) (1:10, 4:20), 7:25, 10:30 MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (G) (1:45, 4:45), 7:30, 10:00 WORLD WAR Z (R) (1:15, 4:35), 7:35, 10:20 CHILDREN UNDER 3 NOT ADMITTEDTO PG13 or R RATED MOVIES AFTER 6PM SHOWTIMES SUBJECTTO CHANGEWITHOUT NOTICE

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We saw you at ... Little League game on July 5 Justin McClure, Saint Clair, left, and David Cook, Port Carbon

From left, Kaleigh Resnick, Saint Clair, and Christina and Marlene Cook, Port Carbon

From left, Morgan Rupert, Port Carbon; Aiden Elo and John Holobetz, both of New Philadelphia

From left, Chase Coleman, Josiah Viera and Hunter Troutman, all of Hegins

Chastity Scheib, left, and Emily Schwalm, both of Hegins

Charles Lindenmuth, left, and Emily Koinski, both of Saint Clair

Friday & Saturday

The Pottsville Zone Sports Bar & Grill

Stop in or take out Lunch and Dinner.

Try our Home Cooked Meals.

Tuesdays: $1.50 Taco Salads and $3 Margaritas Wednesdays: Yuengs and Wings Nite $6.50 Dozen Thursdays: $5.95 Nacho Supremes and $4 Martinis Sunday, July 14th

BIKE DAY AND ACOUSTIC ENTERTAINMENT from 2pm until 5pm

337 Peacock Street Pottsville • 570-628-9793

2501 West End Avenue Pottsville - 570-622-8741

Friday Happy Hour 4-8 p.m.

Outside Patio Open Every Friday & Saturday 4 p.m.-11 p.m.

(Weather Permitting)

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Jake McClure, Saint Clair, left, and Jake Kuperavage, Port Carbon

In Upstairs Hall With 3 local Acoustic Acts For Our Full Menu and List of Events Check Our Website www.mineshaftcafe.com

Early Bird Special 4-6pm Prime Rib $16.95 Tuesday Wings & Fries $5.00 We also have a $5.00 Menu Specials are Dine In only

PINE GROVE VFW Kitchen Hours Friday 4-8 p.m.

Saturday & Sunday 7-11a.m. & 4-8 p.m.

Thursday 6-9 p.m. Seafood & Steaks

Sunday Breakfast 7-11 a.m.

The Station House

PublicWelcome -Weekly Specials

Corner of Railroad & Willing Llewellyn

Coming July 20th - “Sapphire” Guests Accompanied By Members Only – ID a Must

Fine Food & Spirits 570-544-4456

Dining Open Tues-Thurs 4pm-8pm • Fri & Sat 11am-9pm

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Jersey Acres Market Stone Mountain Wine Cellars Wine Tasting Daily

2501 West End Ave., Pottsville

Every Tuesday In July 8pm-10pm Bring This Ad and Bowl for $.75 a Game July 16-23-30 Fall Leagues Now Forming

(570) 622-8740 Check us out on Facebook!

FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2013

FIGHT FOR LIFE RIDE FOR BOOBIES POKER RUN SUNDAY, AUGUST 4TH FOOD, CHINESE AUCTION, AND GIVE AWAYS!

SAVE THE DATE!

THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID SATURDAY, AUGUST 17TH WE DARE YOU TO STAND STILL! 19 FRONT ST., CRESSONA

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Cherries, Blueberries, Fresh Veggies Black Raspberries 1615 Panther Valley Rd. Pine Grove, PA Phone 570-739-4418 www.stonemountainwinecellars.com

Photos by Jacqueline Dormer

Blu Tavern Restaurant & Motel

Rt. 209, Llewellyn • 570-544-9919

Featured Entrees Prime Rib Aujus Lobster Ravioli with a Cream Crab Sauce Closed for Sunday Brunch Next Sunday Brunch Sept. 12th

Nick Michels July 13th, 9pm Upper Bar For more info www.bluetavern.com

Summit View Restaurant & Pub

570-754-7535 Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays Between 4 PM & 5 PM Receive 10% Off Your Entire Food Bill

Sovereign Majestic Pottsville Gymnastics & Theatrical Center, Inc. Presents The 5th Annual LIL’ BITS OF BROADWAY Sunday, July 14 – 2:00 p.m.

Tickets Only: $15.00

In Cooperation with Lift Your Spirits Performing Arts “Gilligan’s Island…of Death” Saturday, July 27, 2013 – 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, July 28, 2013 – 3:00 p.m.

Call: 570-628-4647

Corner Nice & Spring Sts. Frackville • 570-874-4496

Serving Dinners

Fri. & Sat. 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

•SEAFOOD •PASTA •WINGS •PIZZA •SANDWICHES •OTHER SNACK FOODS ETC. Lobster & Sauteed Shrimp Combo

$19.95

Route 183, Summit Station

Delmonico Steaks

Wed. & Thurs. 4-8pm • Fri. & Sat. 4-9pm Sun. Noon-7pm • Closed Mon. & Tues.

Dining Room is now Smoke Free

16 oz.

$16.95

THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS TODAY BLEENIE SALE — 11 a.m. to sellout, St. John the Baptist Polish National Catholic Church parking lot concession stand, Route 61 and Third streets, Frackville.

FARMERS MARKET — 8 a.m. to noon, east side of unit block of South Main Street, Shenandoah. Sponsored by Greater Shenandoah Area Chamber of Commerce. Call Mark Bernardyn at M&T Bank, 570-4622734.

MIDSUMMER NIGHT DANCE — 7 to 10 p.m., Sweet Arrow Lake County Park Clubhouse, Clubhouse Road, Pine Grove. Music by The Sensations. Must be 21 to attend. Advance tickets $8, at the door $10. Sponsored by Diakon Community Services for Seniors. Call Su-

san Long at 570-624-3018.

MEETING — Disability Action Crew, 2 to 3 p.m., Avenues, 2 Park St., Pottsville.

Benefits Anthracite Region Center for Independent Living. Call Ms. Kennedy at 1800-777-9906, ext. 23.

MEETING — Schuylkill Amateur Repeater Association, 8 p.m., Schuylkill County Emergency Operation Center, 435 N. Centre St., Pottsville. Meetings open to all who are interested in amateur radio.

PARISH BAZAAR — 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. today, 4 to 11 p.m. Saturday and 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday, St. Stanislaus Church, West Cherry and South West streets, Shenandoah. Ethnic food, including bleenies and pierogies.

Parishioners of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Shenandoah, will sell Italian

SOUTH CASS FIRE CO. RT. 901 PRIMROSE

BREAKFAST Sunday, July 14th 7:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Myrtle May’s Café 236 Sunbury Street, Minersville PA 17954 • (570) 399-5110 www.myrtlemayscafe.com

ANNUAL HEGINS COMMUNITY DAY — 3 to 8 p.m., Hegins Park, Park Lane.

Food stands open 3 p.m., entertainment by Wagner family and Re-Creation, starting 3:30 p.m. Free.

ANNUAL MAHANOY CITY COMMUNITY DAY — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Main and Centre streets, Mahanoy

City. Music by DJ Kristen, 10 a.m. to noon, Cressona Band, noon to 2 p.m.

ANNUAL SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC — Zion’s (Klinger’s) Church, starts 3 p.m., “Red Bridge” picnic grove, Erdman. Food available from 3 p.m., entertainment begins 6 p.m. Bring lawn chairs.

ANNUAL TOY RUN — Christmas in July, departs 1 p.m. from Schaeffer’s Harley-Davidson, 1123 Brick Hill Road, Orwigsburg. Donate a new unwrapped toy to be given to children and adults with special needs (no stuffed animals). Call 570366-1043 or www.schaeffershd.com.

BINGO — 6:30 p.m., doors and kitchen open 5 p.m., Coaldale Ambulance building. Free coffee and tea and weekly door prizes. Call 570-

TOOM’S PUB (Formerly Longboards)

The United Presbyterian Church

Open today at 3pm

120 N. Mill St., Saint Clair

specialties today. Themed gift basket raffle, garage rectory. Entertainment by Solid Gold, today and Sunday, Good Times variety band, Saturday.

SUMMER IN THE CITY BEACH NIGHT — 5 to 9 p.m., Fourth and Pine streets, Hamburg. Rain date July 19. Sponsored by Our Town Foundation. Call 610562-3106 or visit www.hamburgpa.org

SATURDAY

204 Peacock St., Pottsville • 570-622-8920

Clams.....$2.50 per dozen Drafts ....$1.50 Yuengling specials and giveaways!

Friday, July 12th

OPEN SUNDAYS 7am-2pm Open Tues. Thru Sat. 5am-2pm

BREAKFAST SERVED ALL DAY!

318 Washington St. Port Carbon, PA 570-622-6218

“DJ 1:01” at 9pm Open Sat at 4pm

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on the patio 7:30-10:30 No cover Open Mon., Thurs 6pm Saturday, July 27th

"BOYS UPSTAIRS"

For more info. call the church at 570-429-0945

Fast Frank’s

t t Mis Dotn’tM iss sOuOu Don’ SCCA presents Pal Joey at the Schuylkill County Country Club July 11th, 12th & 13th Call 570-622-2788 for info & tickets.

Schuylkill Haven Fireworks at The Island July 13th Send us your events for our online calendar at www.schuylkill.org

Schuylkill County Visitors Bureau MONDAY-FRIDAY: 8:00 AM-5:00 PM 570-622-7700 • www.schuylkill.org One Progress Circle, Suite 100, Pottsville

Sunday, July 14

Catering available on and off site Ask about our “Customer Loyalty” card.

Pork & Sauerkraut, $5.95, 1PM

Mon-Thurs 5-7 p.m.

$1 12oz. Cans Yuengling, Pabst Blue Ribbon & Keystone

Happy Hour

Daily Lunch & Dinner Specials

Friday, July 12th.

“4on SteFon” Wednesdays

Ladies Night Tuesdays Tapas 5/$5

Coal Creek Plaza, Saint Clair

570-429-1888

Fri., Sat., Sun.

Fri., Sat., Sun. Breakfast Specials 3 Egg Cheese Meat Lovers Omelette, $5.95 Cheesesteak Omelette, $5.95 We Cater Funerals, Weddings, Birthday Parties, Showers

22 Coal St., Middleport

570-277-6060

Please see CALENDAR, Page 6

Schuylkill County Council for the Arts

Register For Register for 2013-2014 School Year Year 2012-2013 School 3 Years Old Tues & Thurs 9-12 4/5 Years Old Mon/Wed/Fri

Sat., July 20 from 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Adults $6.00, Children Under 10 $4.00

"TOM DAVIS"

sized vehicles. Benefits Minersville Area Skatepark Association.

CHRISTMAS IN JULY — 8 a.m. to noon, Salem United Methodist Church parish house, 132 S. Liberty St., Orwigsburg. Re-gifting sale, all new items. Benefits Salem UMC block party.

HAWK MOUNTAIN EDUCATION BUILDING OPENING CELEBRATION — 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, 1700 Hawk Mountain Road, Drehersville. New headquarters for education at renovated common room. Ribbon cutting and dedication at noon. Visit www.hawkmountain.org.

COMMUNITY YARD SALE — 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Locustdale. Sponsored by Locustdale Fire Company. Food and bake sale at firehouse.

Seedlings Preschool

STUFFED PEPPER SUPPER Includes Stuffed Pepper, vegetable, roll, homemade desserts and beverage.

Guinness on Tap Saturday, August 3rd

645-2050.

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

BREAKFAST FUNDRAISER — 7 to 11 a.m. today and 7 a.m. to noon Sunday, American Legion Post 434, 505 W. Centre St., Ashland.

Cost from $2 to $7. Breakfast available every weekend.

BOOK SIGNINGS — Ray Schneider, a native of New Philadelphia, will sign copies of his book, “Spunky Memoirs of a 1940’s Kid,” 2 to 4 p.m., Pottsville Free Public Library, 215 W. Market St., Pottsville. Another book signing, 6 to 7 p.m. July 24, Schuylkill County Historical Society.

CAR WASH — 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Goodwill Fire House, North Street, Minersville. Cost $5 for regular

Hours 9-12 or 9-2 Language Arts, Math, Social Studies & Science

For An Appointment or to Register Call

570-622-2788 Ext. 31 Pa Department of Education Certified

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315 N. Centre St., Pottsville 570-628-4220 www.thegstone.com FRIDAY, JULY 12TH

“Boys Upstairs” ” Starting at 9:00pm

Thursday, July 18th Outside Patio Party Featuring “Chuck Cahoe” Serving Lunch Thursdays & Fridays ONLY 11:00am to 1:00pm FREE Business Delivery Want To Be Added To Our Fax List? Call 570-628-4220 For More Info

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COMMUNITY YARD AND RUMMAGE SALE— 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., setting begins 7 a.m., Good Intent Hose Company, 12 Silverton Road, Llewellyn.

Last minute sellers and vendors welcome. Contact Trish at 570-527-0663.

CONCERT — Cressona Band, noon to 2 p.m., Mahanoy City Hi-Rise, 10 W. Centre St., Mahanoy City. Bring lawn chair. Call 570-622-8784.

FAMILY FUN DAY — 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Memorial Field, Ashland. Sponsored by Hillside SPCA. Event includes crafters, pet and family photography, animal rescues, microchipping of dogs only and rabies clinic.

FLEA MARKET — 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. Mary Roman

Catholic Church, Ava Maria social hall, 94 Walnut Road, Hamburg.

HOMEMADE DESSERT CONTEST — In conjunction with anniversary celebration of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Roman Catholic Church, Mahanoy City. Drop off 4 to 6 p.m., parish hall. Judging 7 p.m. Categories are pies, cakes, cookies, candies, along with a category for children. Prize ribbons awarded.

For more information, call Betsy Day at 570-773-0330.

MEET AND GREET — Promotion of greyhound adoption, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tractor Supply Company, Route 61, Saint Clair. Sponsored by Pocono Greyhound Adoption.

PROGRAM — “How the Indians used trees, rocks

Pine View Acres Saturday July 13th

Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge

$19.95

Sundays Big Breakfast Buffet

NEW SPECIAL

STUFFED (Fruit Filled Crepes, Cinnamon Bread, PORK CHOPS $13.95 Creamed Chipped Beef, Biscuits, Scrapple, 2ND DINNER $6.95 WINGS $6.50 DOZ. Ham, Potatoes, Sausage & Kielbasi) EVERY NIGHT Now Accept 570-628-3207 • Chamberlaine Ave., Pottsville WeEBT Cards Schuylkill County Council for the Arts

Dinner Theatre

Presented at the Schuylkill (Lantenengo) Country Club

Join us for dinner and a show as we step back in time to a 40’s era South Chicago Nightclub

“Chez Joey” Pal Joey is presented through special arrangement with R&H Theatricals: www.rnh.com

Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Lorenz Hart Directed by Lucille Fala’-Brennan

Based on the book by Schuylkill County’s own John O’Hara

Thurs., Fri., & Sat. July 11, 12, & 13 Dinner at 6:00, Show at 7:00

Schuylkill Country Club Rt. 443 just west of Orwigsburg

$45 per person

includes dinner & show Advance reservation required call 570-622-2788 Public Welcome

FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2013

SUNDAY ADVANCE ORDER DEADLINE FOR DAVID A. PIZZA SALE — Pick up 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 20, Valley View Gun Club. Plain, pepperoni and special pizzas available at $7, $8, and $10, respectively. Fundraiser to defray medical expenses for Donna Rhody. Call David A. Lucas at 570-682-9140 or Valley View Gun Club at 570-682-3424.

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION — 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Roman Catholic Church

Salmon Cakes 8.95 Mediterranean Broiled Cod 10.95 BBQ Chicken & Country Style Rib Combo 12.95

SPECIALS

King Crab Legs-Steamed Clams Haddock-Shrimp (Fried & Cocktail) Includes Dessert & Salad Bar & 12 other items

works sponsored by Saint Clair Historical Society. Benefits Schuylkill Saints Teener Baseball and Schuylkill Valley Legion Sports.

Weekend Specials Friday

Sonny’s Smoked & Tiki Bar Now Open

FRIDAY SEAFOOD BUFFET

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and beads to talk,” 2 p.m., Lakeview Pavilion, Sweet Arrow Lake County Park, Pine Grove. Dave McSurdy will explain early Native American communication. Free and open to public.

PROPORTION 102 — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Walk-In Art Center, 110 W. Columbia St., Schuylkill Haven. Render proportions with advanced accuracy. Bring favorite pencil, paper, ruler and eraser.

Cost $50.

SAINT CLAIR CRUISE NIGHT AND FIREWORKS — 6 to 8 p.m., starts Saint Clair Industrial Park, off Route 61, Saint Clair. Registration fee $10. Trophies awarded. Fireworks display following cruise at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Fire-

Saturday

116 Ringtown Blvd Ringtown

Loaded Baked Rigatoni 8.95 Chicken Macintosh 10.95 Sirloin & Fried Shrimp Combo 13.95

570-889-2357 Join Us This Weekend!

Baked Pork Chops 8.95 Crispy Orange Noodle Bowl 10.95 Haddock Oreganatta 11.95

Sunday

Sunday Breakfast

Chipped Beef Country Sausage Benedict on Biscuits

Summer Craft and Wine Festival Saturday, July 13

Festival Hours: 11am-7pm Winery Hours: Open until 9pm

Sunday, July 14, Noon-5pm 25 Crafters & Artisans, Food Vendors, Local Musicians, Wine & Food Pairing $5 for Wine Tasting, $8 For Tasting & Glass

Entry for Crafters, Food & Music Is FREE! 717-896-7700 Armstrong Valley Winery 212 Rutter Road, Halifax, PA

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Hall, Mahanoy City. Tickets $5 each for those over 12 years of age, and free for those 12 and younger. Tickets can be purchased at the parish office. Call 570-7732771 for tickets or more information.

BINGO — 1 to 5 p.m., Sheppton-Oneida Volunteer Fire Company, 900 Centre St., Sheppton.

BLOOD DRIVES — 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Coal Miners Heritage Festival, 9 Dock St., Lansford. Call 570-4495586. Also, 12:30 to 4 p.m., Steigerwalts Church of God, 1521 Chestnut Road, Orwigsburg. Call 570-943-2822.

CLASS — “How to Make a Pinhole Camera,” 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Walk-In Art Center, 110 W. Columbia St.,

Schuylkill Haven. Basics of darkroom process covered.

Participants must be 18 and older. Cost $75. All proceeds benefit WIAC. Call Nena at 570-732-3728, ext. 301.

COAL MINERS HERITAGE FESTIVAL — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., No. 9 Coal Mine and Museum, Lansford.

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.

Please see CALENDAR, Page 7

STEVE’S

14-16 Sunbury St. • Minersville

570-544-6096 WEEKEND SPECIAL

Eggs, Sausage & Homefries Breakfast Served All Day

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 5:30 am to 2 pm We Accept Credit Cards

Tonite “CHUCK CAHOE” Saturday “EVA KATHERINE” 1240 Centre Turnpike Route 61 Orwigsburg, PA • 570-366-1914

PINE GROVE AMERICAN LEGION 42 S.Tulpehocken St. Pine Grove 570-345-8050 FRIDAY PLATTERS 4-7PM

Middleport Inn Coal St., Middleport

Friday Specials

• Country Style Spare Ribs • Beer Battered Haddock • Chicken Piccata • Italian Baked Haddock • Ham & String Bean Soup Thursday - Wing Night

570-277-9015

CRAB CAKES MEAT LOAF HADDOCK W/MAC & CHEESE FRIDAY 8-11 PM LIVE ENTERTAINMENT @ THE BAR “FIREMOST” NO COVER!

Anne's Bakery and More

UPCOMING EVENT JULY 20TH 8-11PM FROM HARRISBURG “RUMOR HAS IT”

Weekend Special

Branchdale Call 570-544-5105 We Have Mackerel

Cheese Omelet w/Bacon & Homefries

Thur.-Fri.-Sat.-Sun. 6 a.m.-12 noon

Dine In or Take Out 28 S. D Street, Mahanoy City 570-773-1195

Specials for Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Grilled New York Strip Jumbo Lump Deviled Crab Crab Au Gratin Breaded Oysters Homemade Lasagna Plus Regular Menu

Waitress/Waiter Needed – Fri. & Sat.

Upcoming art show will feature CALENDAR ‘Coal Region Artist’ Evanousky Continued from Page 6

FROM STAFF REPORTS

SHAMOKIN — The Northumberland County Council for the Arts and Humanities will present a special exhibit, “Coal Region Art,” featuring Joe Evanousky, at the Fine Art Gallery. The exhibit begins with an opening reception from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today.

Known as “The Coal Region Artist,” Evanousky was born and raised in Shenandoah. He began drawing at an early age with his father’s help and decided to combine his love of drawing with his love of football when he chose to attend Kutztown State College.

While enrolled in a graduate drawing course, Evanousky began depicting the life of the anthracite miner.

Encouraged by his professor, he experimented with charcoal instead of pencil.

The charcoal he used to

FOOD SALE ICC CATERING Penne, Pierogies, Haluski Friday, July 28th 11am-7pm

Advance Orders Recommended

(570) 429-0581 (570) 429-0302 (570) 628-4676

PINE VIEW ACRES 145 Chamberlain Ave., Pottsville

(570) 628-3207

TIKI BAR OPEN EVERY DAY Noon to 9 p.m.

Serving Smoked Meats St. Louis Ribs Baby Back Ribs Pulled Pork Sandwiches Half Chicken • Brisket Sandwiches Smoked Wings Also: Side Dishes Eat In or Take Out

Evanousky resides in Barnesville with his wife, Rochelle. They travel throughout the coal region displaying his art and apparel. He has been a participant in the Anthracite Heritage Festival of the Arts in Shamokin for the last several years.

The NCCAH Gallery is located inside the Northumberland County Career and Arts Center, 2 E. Arch St. The reception is free and open to SUBMITTED PHOTO the public. sketch reflected an abun- the viewer, and his drawings For more information, dance of emotion and com- resonate with people touched contact gallery director plimented coal itself as a by the miner’s spirit and Claude Harrington at claude harrington977@gmail.com. powerful medium. Experts struggle to survive. say the allure of his work lies in both the graphic execution BLUE RIDGE HOTEL Summit Station, and personal involvement of FRIDAY - SATURDAY Route

Joe Evanousky will display his charcoal art at an exhibit opening today at the Northumberland County Council for the Arts and Humanities Gallery, Shamokin.

DELCAMP’S Friday

Pork & Kraut w/mashed + roll & butter..............................$5.99 Fish Sandwich....................$2.29

St. Clair • 8AM to 8PM • 570-429-1470

Lakeside Ballroom Presents July 20th - 3 AM (Acoustic Band)

8:30pm - 12:30am midnight $3 Cover Charge

August 3rd Green River Band (Tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival) 9pm - 11:30pm

$15 in Advance $20 at Door August 10th Bruce in the USA (Tribute to Bruce Springsteen) 9pm - 12 midnight

$20 in Advance $25 at Door 40 Crystal Lane • Barnesville • 570-467-2630 www.lakesideballroom.net

SUNDAY AGED PRIME RIB, FILETS Volleyball, Horseshoes and outdoor games all weekend

570-754-7259 • Summit Station

Blue Mountain Lake 895

570-754-7934

Come & Join Us For A Fun Time!!!

PARISHES BAZAAR

Held on grounds of St. Stanislaus Church Cherry & West Streets, Shenandoah Friday, July 12 • 11:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m.

Saturday, July 13 • 4:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.

Sunday, July 14 • 4:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

BLEENIES SERVED FRIDAY from 11:00 a.m.

Homemade food daily featuring St. Stanislaus Famous Three Cheese Blend Pierogies, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Italian Specialties, Baked Goods, Pizza, Funnel Cakes, Refreshments, Children’s Games, Adult Games of Chance and much more... in Rectory Garage featuring a wide variety of gifts valued at $3,000 for Men, Women, Teens, & Children!

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ENTERTAINM EN Fri. & Sun. - T NIGHTLY SOLID GOLD Sat. - GOOD TIMES VARIE TY BAND

Everyone Welcome!

St., Frackville. Guest speaker Kay Trynosky, with video of Frackville, 2 p.m.

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY 4H HORSE SHOW — 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Schuylkill County Fairgrounds, Summit Station. Sponsored by Bridle Wild 4-H Club. Free. Food available.

SOUTHERN GOSPEL CONCERT — Skyline Boys Quartet, Purcellville, Va., 6 p.m., St. John Kimmel’s Church, 123 Deep Creek Road, Ashland. Freewill offering.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL — “Kingdom Rock,” 6 to 8 p.m. today through Thursday, Welcome United Methodist Church, 107 Main St., Landingville.

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Saturday, Ju ly 13 5th Annual Car Show Registration 10 a.m. • 12 -4 p.m.

Music by “D J Dominion” Saturday Ni ght, July 13 “Atomic Pop” • 10-1 a.m.

July 19-20-21 Catfish Tour nament

Don’t miss the exciting THEMED GIFT BASKET RAFFLE

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.

ICE CREAM SOCIAL — 4 to 7 p.m., Aurand Memorial United Methodist Church, 217 W. Main St., Ringtown.

Make your own sundaes, picnic food available.

MUSICAL SHOW — “Lil’ Bits of Broadway,” 2 p.m., Sovereign Majestic Theater, 209 S. Centre St., Pottsville. Tickets $15.

OPEN HOUSE — Frackville Museum, 1 to 4 p.m., borough building, 42 S. Center

St. John the Baptist Parish Family

Mid-Summer Festival 2012 2013 Fri, July July 19 20 • Sat, July Fri, July 21 20 5:00 PM to 9:30 PM

9th St. & Schuylkill Ave. • Pottsville Bleenies • Pulled Pork Sandwiches • Pierogies • City Chicken Hot Dogs • Halushki • Hamburgers • Sausage Sandwiches Mary Pugh’s Bean Soup • Pizza • French Fries • Funnel Cake Fruit Cups • Pizza • Baked Goods • Strawberry Sundaes Ice Cream • Soda • Iced Tea • Beer • Wine Coolers

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“Splash the Clown”

Balloon Making • Face Painting

Entertainment

Fri: Nick Michels • Sat: Jim Fat Blackwell Cats

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Are online slots trustworthy?

Dear Mark: My wife has taken to the casino slot games on the Internet, not the money games, but the FREE games.

Are these games regulated as to wins and losses similar to actual slots in a casino?

John M. For anyone who likes the thrill of playing slot machines, the Internet offers you the opportunity to play any type of casino game that you can think of. All things being equal, online slot machines are only fair when each player has the same opportunity to win.

Unfortunately, with any online FREE play game, there is no way to know with 100 percent certainty if the video slot your wife is playing on is an unbiased video

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certified by online gaming commissions and are audited by major firms that review the fairness of their Deal Me In random number generators, shuffles and payouts.

When a site is found to be involved in fraudulent behavior, these fly-by-night operations are typically shutdown or are blacklisted. representation of a slot Likewise, some Internet machine. Even-handed play only exists when the website gambling sites are licensed and regulated by specific is using a random number governments, and some are generator software algoeven publicly traded comparithm to determine the nies. game’s outcome.

There are also online That said, both the website watchdog entities that offer a and the software engineer have a stake in making sure seal of approval for online that the games provided are gambling websites. Seeing some form of seal awarded on the up-and-up since they have their own reputation to for any particular site might make you feel more secure. protect in the marketplace.

Many betting portals are Still, when it comes to expos-

Mark Pilarski

ing your own hard-earned money to an online casino in a country you’ve never heard of, it’s still a buyer beware marketplace.

Your wife, who is playing purely for enjoyment, doesn’t have a one-armed video slot draining the piggy bank. The machines she is playing on are for fun, but the ulterior motive for most FREE casinos is to induce play for that particular website’s pay-for-play online casino.

Many players take advantage of this free forum of play not only as a form of entertainment to occupy their leisure time, but also as a way to improve their video poker or blackjack skills.

One of the best ways to acquire some expertise at

your chosen game without the expense of a live game is playing online. FREE online play allows you to practice basic strategy at no financial risk.

This will enable you to spot costly mistakes that you might be making on a cash play machine. The key here is that any knowledge obtained without a casino outlay will make you more money down the road.

IGT, a leading slot manufacturer, has placed a colossal bet that these social games are the next frontier to the gaming business.

They bucked up some serious ka-ching by acquiring DoubleDown Interactive for $500 million. DoubleDown Casino is the world’s largest virtual casino, which

attracts 1.4 million daily users who play their virtual slot machines with virtual (FREE) money.

As online gambling goes legal at the state level (currently allowed in Nevada, authorized in New Jersey and Delaware), companies like IGT are hoping to turn these same daily users into paying customers.

Gambling wisdom of the week The sad truth is that many players view the casino as an adult theme park, with their gambling stake being the price they pay to be taken for a ride.

— Marvin Karlins Ph.D. (Pilarski can be reached at pilarski@markpilarski.com)

Saturday, July 13th • 11am-3pm

Free Hot Dogs, Free Soda, Free Samples, Free Giveaways & Prizes Live Broadcast with T102 “Brewers Outlet Thanks You For Your Continual Support And Business!”

Celebrating our 50th Year in Business

Yuengling Lager $13.49 & Lager Light plus tax (24pk) 12oz cans

Keystone Light $12.99 (24pk) 12oz cans plus tax

Natural Light & Natural Ice $9.99 (18pk) 16oz cans plus tax

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FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2013

Sale prices in effect one day only from 8:30am-9:30pm

Yuengling Premium $11.69 & Premium Light plus tax (24pk) 12oz cans Old Milwaukee Light (30pk) 12oz cans

$12.99 plus tax

$6.00 mail in rebate = $6.99 plus tax

Bud & Bud Light (24pk) 8oz cans

$9.99 plus tax

M Miller Lite & $14.49 Coors Light plus tax (24pk) 12oz cans Budweiser & $18.99 Bud Light plus tax (30pk) 12oz cans

Labatt Ice $9.99

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