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FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014

For a review of “Godzilla,” see Page 3

We saw you at...

Circle M Ranch Speedway reunion, Auburn

Time for Kielbasi Fest See Page 2

Kevin Berger, left, and Lauren Yelinek, both of Auburn

Audrey Seifert, Pine Grove, left, and Daniel Webber, Orwigsburg For more photos from the reunion, see Page 5

Celebration of ethnic cuisine

Annual Kielbasi Festival in Shenandoah set for Saturday

BY ERIC PEDDIGREE COPY EDITOR

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thnic heritage and the love of food will be shared Saturday in Shenandoah during the annual Kielbasi Festival.

The annual event, sponsored by Downtown Shenandoah Inc., will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on North Main Street. Mary Luscavage, Main Street manager, said thousands of people are expected to attend the event. She said last year’s festival drew a crowd of about 5,000.

“It’s something different and everybody likes Eastern European food,” she said.

Luscavage said the festival is a celebration of Eastern European heritage, especially the cuisine. In addition to the festival’s namesake, she said vendors will be serving traditional food such as halupki, halushki, bundukies and babka.

The main attraction at the festival will be the kielbasi-making contest.

Luscavage said the contest is divided into two categories — fresh and smoked. She said contestants can register their homemade kielbasi until noon Saturday; however, advanced registration is preferred by calling the DSI office at 570-462-2060.

Contestants are required to provide a ring of cooked kielbasi in a bag labeled with their name and category.

As of Tuesday, Luscavage said 10 contestants had registered, although many more are expected

by Saturday.

“We have a lot of people come in 2

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If you go

What: Annual Kielbasi Festival When: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday Where: North Main Street, Shenandoah that day to register,” she said.

Luscavage said awards will be given to the first- and second-place winners, with the victors taking home the “coveted” PIG Trophy.

Judging the contest will be Shenandoah’s three “Kielbasi Kings” from Kowalonek’s Kielbasy Shop, Capital Food Market and Lucky’s Deli.

In addition to their judging duties, the kings will have stands for their kielbasi. Luscavage said every year the kings do something special but it is kept a secret until the festival.

Shenandoah’s other iconic ethnic food maker, Mrs. T’s Pierogies, will also have a stand for its pasta pockets.

Although the organizers try to keep the festival about Eastern European traditions, Luscavage said other picnic foods will also be available, including hot dogs, hamburgers and ribs.

“We try to keep it as ethnic as possible but we do have American foods,” she said.

At American Legion Memorial Garden, the Shenandoah All-Star Polka Band will provide entertainment from noon to 3 p.m. Luscavage said a strolling accordion player, a new musical act added to this year’s festival, will also help create a block party atmosphere.

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Mike Stanakis, left, and David Lukashunas cut up a ring of smoked kielbasi for judging during last year’s Kielbasi Festival. This year’s event will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in downtown Shenandoah.

TOP: Chris Reed from Kowalonek’s Kielbasy Shop flips kielbasi shish kabobs during last year’s festival.

Arts and craft vendors will line the streets, selling ethnic pieces such as Matryoshka dolls, straw ornaments and Polish pottery. DSI will also have a stand with official Kielbasi Festival T-shirts, historic throws and ethnic ornaments.

Luscavage said the festival, now

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in its seventh year, continues to grow. In previous years, the festival attracted people from states up and down the East Coast, including North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Connecticut.

She said people have called her to find activities in the area to fill a

weekend trip.

“Part of our mission is to be a tourist attraction,” Luscavage said.

For more information on the Kielbasi Festival, visit the DSI website at www.downtownshenandoah. com.

‘Godzilla’ reboot need more monsters

BY CARY DARLING FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM

The “Godzilla” reboot perfectly illustrates the problem that has long haunted mediocre monster movies. When the big, scaly guys are on screen, it’s a fun thrill ride. But when the humans are at the center of the action, things get scary — and not in a good way.

That’s unfortunate, as this revamp of the Japanese classic has so much going for it.

Director Gareth Edwards is known on the cinematic underground for the creepily effective 2010 low-budget chiller “Monsters.” The cast is nothing if not eclectic: Bryan Cranston, Juliette Binoche, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins, Elizabeth Olsen and a beefed-up Aaron Taylor-Johnson, the formerly

MOVIE REVIEW lanky sorta-superhero in the “Kick-Ass” movies.

Certainly, after Roland Emmerich’s famous 1998 botch of the tale (the one with Matthew Broderick), the 2008 “Godzilla” wannabe “Cloverfield,” and last year’s middling monster mash “Pacific Rim,” the world is ready for the real deal. Not to mention there are all the best special effects that $160 million can buy. It’s just too bad a better script wasn’t in the budget, too.

“Godzilla” begins in 1999 Japan, where Joe Brody (Cranston), a scientist at a nuclear facility, is alarmed by a sudden upsurge in seismic activity. It turns out he has good reason

to be worried: Giant prehistoric-like creatures that live at the bottom of our world have been awakened.

Part of a city is destroyed, and lots of people are killed, including Brody’s wife, although his young son survives. But Japanese officials are able to quarantine the area and put out a cover story, meaning the world is none the wiser that there are monsters in our midst.

Flash forward to present day and Joe is a wild-eyed obsessive trying to prove the Japanese are lying while his now-adult son (Taylor-Johnson), happily married in San Francisco to a nurse (Olsen) and with a son of his own, wants him to just let it go.

But then a new round of seismic activity starts, and

this time the Japanese can’t keep a lid on it because a couple of MUTOs (massive unidentified terrestrial organisms — basically, the old Japanese monster Mothra with a Hollywood facelift) are on the loose.

How can mankind hope to survive? Well, according to Dr. Serizawa (Watanabe), nature always provides a balance. In this case, it’s the third creature from the deep: Godzilla, MUTOs’ sworn enemy. The U.S. Army, of course, just wants to nuke ’em all, but since these things feast on radioactivity, that might not work out so well.

Honolulu, Las Vegas and San Francisco are the monsters’ ports of call, and seeing these towns digitally taken down is where “Godzilla”

hits its stride. There are some genuinely tense scenes, as when two soldiers struggle to stay silent on a bridge trestle while a MUTO stalks underneath. The entire Golden Gate Bridge and Honolulu train sequences are masterfully staged, and so are the scenes where planes plunge from the sky. And, yes, Godzilla looks awesome.

As ef fective as these moments are, they can’t compensate for the fact that two of the film’s best assets (Cranston, Binoche) don’t have much screen time, the acting is generally wooden (Watanabe and a totally underused Hawkins, as his assistant, spend the whole time just looking pained), and that our hero, Taylor-Johnson, is a blank, bringing little to the

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THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS TODAY AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE — 1 to 6 p.m., Simon Kramer Cancer Institute, 15 Alliance St., New Philadelphia.

ANTHRACITE HEAT ALLSTAR CHEERLEADING SQUAD SIGNUPS — 5 to 8 p.m., Schuylkill Mall, Frackville. Open to girls and boys ages 5-18. Insurance fee $40, registration fee $15 at time of signups. Parents must be present. Call Coach Jeannie Kusmeda at 570-640-4544.

BROWSE AND BID FOR CHINESE AUCTION — 4 to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, John S. Clarke Elementary Center, 601 N. 16 St., Pottsville. Sponsored

by John S. Clarke Elementary Center PTO. COFFEEHOUSE — 7 to 9 p.m., God’s Mountain Activity Center, Union and Cadbury streets, Palo Alto.

INDOOR BARN AND BAKE SALE — 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, Saturday and Sunday, Char-Will Kennels, 2 E. Rail-

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KAUFFMAN’S CHICKEN BARBECUE — 4 to 7 p.m., Hess gas station, Gordon Nagle Trail and Market Street, Pottsville. Cost $9 for complete meal. Sponsored by Scout Troop 615 of Pottsville. Meals can be delivered. Call 570-573-2030 and leave message or email cubmasterpack615@gmail. com.

LUNCHEON — Pine Grove High School Class of 1959, noon, Red Lion Cafe, Deturksville. Call 570-245-3638.

ORDER DEADLINE FOR HOAGIE SALE — Pick up May 21, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Roman Catholic Church hall, Mahanoy City.

Cost $5 each. Order deadline 4 p.m. Order forms available at parish office. Call parish office at 570-773-2771.

ORDER DEADLINE FOR DEPPEN PIE SALE — Pick up May 28, Ashland Free Library, 1229 Centre St., Ashland.

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part except an obviously successful workout routine.

On top of that, the script by Max Borenstein recycles monster-movie tropes without adding much new to them. The Japanese and American monster movies of the ’50s tapped into AtomicEra dread. Borenstein and Edwards don’t expand beyond that — a surprise, since Edwards’ “Monsters” was inventive in its social/ political implications, as it was set along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Here, the filmmakers often just seem to mistake confusion and cacophony for plotting. Maybe, if there’s a sequel — which this one leaves the door open for — they could find a way to jettison the humans completely. That would be an improvement.

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Blackjack can be found at $5 a whack

Dear Mark: My wife and I are heading for Vegas to celebrate our 45th anniversary, and I would like to try blackjack, but have never played the game at a casino. Any place you would recommend for a beginner?

Rick F. Before any beginner sits front and center on a blackjack game, I suggest that you do NOT make your first playing experience your classroom. If you are new to blackjack, and you don’t know the rules or any of the playing strategies, you might want to learn the game first on a 25cent video blackjack machine.

The advantage of a video blackjack machine vs. a live game is the low minimum bankroll requirement need-

that many play, but few play well. Basic strategy is nothing more than how you play your hand against the dealer Deal Me In “up card.”

Playing your hand correctly will bring the house advantage down to well under 1 percent. I recommend that you purchase one of those laminated cheat sheets sold ed to play. Many 25-cent vidfor about $3-$5 in some casino eo blackjack games, even ones that pay the full amount gift shops (a buck on my web site — http://markpilarski. for a blackjack, exist on the casino floor. Besides lacking com). Believe me, they are worth their weight in the prethe intimidation factor of a cious metal rhodium. live game, they make excelAs for using a blackjack lent practice session partners where you can work on strategy card on a machine or a live game, yes, it’s absobasic strategy. Which leads lutely allowed, and a must for me to the best blackjack tip you will ever get from your’s newbies learning the game.

Using a basic strategy card truly: Learn basic strategy.

Blackjack, Rick, is a game will give you a concise, defin-

Mark Pilarski

itive play, for every starting hand that you will be dealt.

Eventually, you will learn basic strategy to the point where it becomes an automatic response. While working up to that proficiency, you might as well carry one along in your top pocket to refer to with those tough decision making moments.

Also, Rick, consider using a computer to acquire gaming skills without the expense of a live or video blackjack game. At no financial risk, a blackjack computer software program enables you to spot costly trends that you can avoid when playing the “real deal.” Any knowledge obtained without a cash outlay should make you more money down the road.

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versary slush fund is going to keep you in the game a whole lot longer there than at any other game in town.

Sure, there are other great blackjack games in Vegas, but you’re looking at games with a $25 minimum. They don’t include the low minimum and generous rules of the single deck blackjack game at El Cortez. Locals love this place, as it’s also known for its loose slots and as a decent low-end comp house. So, what’s not to like about the El Cortez? Nothin!

It’s too bad that all casinos aren’t like this, suggesting that no matter where you play, you should still always be shopping for value.

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So, Rick, which blackjack game in Las Vegas is the best?

Drum roll, please: That game can be had at The El Cortez.

The last time I played there, they even promoted that rare, single deck blackjack game that pays 3:2 for a blackjack.

The house advantage on this game is 0.19 percent, making it the best game both Downtown and on the Strip.

Here’s the kicker, Rick.

The minimum bet on this game is only five smackeroos. (Note: Their web page shows Single Deck BJ – 3:2 payoff, $3 and $5 minimums) When I was there though, it was $5, most likely because it was on a Saturday evening.

So, Rick, are you going to bring Vegas to its knees at $5 a pop? Hardly, but your anni-

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REGISTRATION FOR AGEGROUP SWIM TEAM — 5 to 7 p.m. today and 1 to 4 p.m.

Saturday, D.H.H. Lengel Middle School cafeteria, Pottsville. Cost $45 first child, $30 second and $25 for each additional child. Swim team open to all Pottsville Area School District residents ages 5 to 18. Practice 9 to 11 a.m.

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Ned Hampford Natatorium, middle school.

RELAY FOR LIFE POTTSVILLE — 3 p.m. today to 3 p.m. Saturday, Pottsville Area High School stadium, 16th Street and Elk Avenue, Pottsville. Survivor walk 7 p.m. and luminaria service 10 p.m.

Theme “Board Games.”

STEAK, HAM, PORK CHOPS OR FISH DINNER — 4 to 7 p.m., Pine Grove Masonic Lodge, 23 Oak Grove Road, Pine Grove. Cost $11, children’s platters available.

For information or takeouts, call 570-345-0165.

SMOKE-FREE BINGO — 6:45 p.m., doors open 5:30 p.m., Summit Station Fire Company, 88 Firehouse Road, Summit Station.

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FOOD PANTRY — Hosted

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SATURDAY ADULT BINGO — 6 p.m., doors open 4 p.m., Cressona Fire Company, 59 S. Second St., Cressona. Cost $25. Must be 18 years old to attend. Call 570-527-2349 for tickets.

ANNUAL DOG WALK BENEFIT — Registration 1 p.m., walk begins 1:30 p.m., Trail Run at Owl Creek Reservoir, Owl Creek Road, Tamaqua.

Fundraiser for Tamaqua Area Animal Rescue. Registration $10. All dogs must be leashed at event. Rain or shine. For sponsors and registration forms, call 570-527-6808.

ANNUAL DOLL KLINGER MEMORIAL GOSPEL SING FUNDRAISER — Noon to 6 p.m., Porter-Tower Lions Club, 517 W. Grand Ave., Tower City. Music, vendors, food, raffles, children’s activities.

Chinese and silent auction.

Rain or shine. Raising funds for ALS Foundation Lou Gehrig Disease.

ANNUAL KIELBASI FESTIVAL — 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., downtown Shenandoah. For more information about the contest or the festival, call 570-462-2060.

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Cost $5 for exterior only, or $15 for exterior and interior.

FUNDRAISER — Comedy night “Laugh 4 Lungs,” in memory of Jesse Lishman, 6 to 11 p.m., Pine View Acres, Chamberlain Avenue, Pottsville.

Featuring comedian Earl David Reed. Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at door. For tickets, call 570-516-3591 or 570-2941238, also available at Sage Coffee House, Pottsville. Benefits Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

HALUPKI SALE — 10 a.m. to sellout, St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church hall, West Oak Street, Frackville.

Cost $2 each. Call ahead for orders more than one dozen at 570-578-8568.

HAMBURG ART FEST — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 335 State St., Hamburg. Free. Rain date Sunday.

KAUFFMAN’S CHICKEN BARBECUE — 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 420 Saylor St., Schuylkill Haven. Cost $7.50.

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M&T MOVIES AT THE MAJESTIC — “The Nut Job,” 7 p.m., Sovereign Majestic Theater, 209 N. Centre St., Pottsville. Free admission and popcorn. Call 570-628-4647.

MEAT BINGO — 7:30 p.m., doors open 7 p.m., Mahanoy City Elks, 135 E. Centre St., Mahanoy City. Cards $1 each.

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ORWIGSBURG COMMUNITY YARD SALE — 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Orwigsburg.

PLANTERS, JARS AND GARDEN MARKERS CLASS — 10 a.m. to noon, Walk In Art

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SOUTH SCHUYLKILL GARDEN CLUB ANNUAL PLANT SALE — 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., 46 Avenue C, Schuylkill Haven (behind Medical Arts building).

SPAGHETTI DINNER — 2 to 7 p.m., Christ’s United Lutheran Church, 437 Airport Road, Ashland. Adults $8, children $3, children 6 and under free.

Bake sale by WELCA. SPRING FESTIVAL — 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. John’s United Church of Christ, Main and Dock streets, Schuylkill Haven. Rain or shine.

SPRINGTIME VICTORIAN TEA — 1 to 3 p.m., Kimmel’s Evangelical Church, 179 Pine Creek Drive, Orwigsburg.

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VENDOR AND CRAFT SHOW — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Christmas Pine Campground, 450 Red Church Road, Auburn. Benefits Make-A-Wish.

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

FREE CLOTHING AND FREE MEAL — 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. third Saturday of every month, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 1931 E. Wiconisco St., Reinerton. Call Dale Oxenrider at 570-617-1530 or 717-647-4855.

FREE KITCHEN KETTLE MEAL — 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. third Saturday of every month, Restoration Fellowship Church, 201 W. Oak St., Shenandoah.

Citizens Fire Co.

Friday

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DELCAMP’S Devil Crab Dinner .......... $5.99 Taco Salad ... sm. $3.50...lg.$4.50

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Fri. May 16 - “The Boys Upstairs” Sat. May 17 - “Dave Derbes”

Must be 21 Beer Specials

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Annual Kielbasi Festival & Kielbasi Making Contest Downtown Shenandoah

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

Saturday, May 17,2014 10:00am to 5:00pm Other attractions will include Polish Pottery, Matrushka Dolls, Straw Ornaments and various Eastern European Crafts. The Shenandoah All-Star Polka Band will perform, also a wide variety of food will be available and there will be games and crafts for the kids.

Cranberry Chicken $9.95 Pork Chops $9.95

13th Annual Bear Creek Festival Schuylkill County Fairgrounds

SPECIALS FRIDAY SEAFOOD BUFFET $19.95 MAY SPECIALS

LUNCH SPECIALS

Summit Station Sunday, May 18, 2014 • Noon to 4:00pm

Chicken Wings $6.95 doz. Everyday

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MEETING — Celebrate Recovery, 9 to 11 a.m., Fearnot Assembly of God Church, 1152 W. Mountain Road, Hegins. Free. For more information or directions, call Brian at 570-205-2813.

MEETING — Black Diamond Writers’ Network, 10 a.m. to noon third Saturday of each month, Tamaqua Public Library, 30 S. Railroad St., Tamaqua. Call Kathy at 570645-3059.

MCADOO AREA FOOD PANTRY — Open 9 to 11 a.m., third Saturday of odd months, Van Hoekelen Greenhouses Inc., 220 S. Hancock St., McAdoo. Pantry serves McAdoo borough and Kline Township. Site contact, Marion DeBalko, at 570-9291628. Schuylkill Community Action facilitates food pantry.

NUREMBERG AREA FOOD PANTRY — Open 9 to 11 a.m. third Saturday of each month, North Union Township Municipal Building. Pantry serves Nuremberg and parts of Union, North Union and East Union townships.

Site contacts are Joe Mar-

koskie at 570-384-4130, and Susan Driscoll at 570-3844342. Schuylkill Community Action facilitates food pantry.

PINE GROVE AREA FOOD PANTRY — 9 a.m. to noon third Saturday of each month, PGACC Church School, 200 School St., Pine Grove. Pantry serves Pine Grove borough and Washington and Pine Grove townships. Site contact is Cathy Nagle at 570-345-3033.

Schuylkill Community Action facilitates the food pantry.

RINGTOWN VALLEY FOOD PANTRY — Open 9 to 11 a.m. third Saturday of each month, Union Township Municipal Building, 155 Zion Grove Road, Ringtown. Pantry serves Ringtown borough and parts of East Union and North Union townships. Site contact is Suzie Drukker at 570-8893755 or 973-906-9636.

SUNDAY ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BREAKFAST — 8 a.m. to noon, St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church Hall, 462 W. Ludlow St., Summit Hill. Cost $7.

Anne's Bakery and More

Blu Tavern

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Featured Entrees: • Prime Rib of Beef Aujus • Italian Stuffed Pork Chop

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We Have Mackerel Weekend Special Short Stack Pancakes with Bacon & Homefries Yard Sale Saturday 8-12 Thur.-Fri.-Sat.-Sun. 6 a.m.-12 noon

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ANNUAL BEAR CREEK FESTIVAL — Noon to 4 p.m., Schuylkill County Fairgrounds, Summit Station. Free festival is family-oriented watershed celebration.

APPEARANCE — Jeff Steinberg Ministry Team, 6 p.m., Zion’s Stone Church of West Penn Township, 45 Cemetery Road, Snyders. For more information, call Pastor Michael Frost at 570-3865111.

BINGO — 2 p.m., doors open at noon, St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church Hall,Main and Oak Streets, Shenandoah.

Sponsored by Francis Cardinal Brennan Knights of Columbus Council 618.

BINGO — 1 p.m., Sheppton-Oneida Volunteer Fire Company hall, 900 Center St., Sheppton.

BINGO — 2 p.m., doors open 12:30 p.m., Newtown Volunteer Fire Company, 36 Wood St., Newtown. Call 570-695-3777.

BREAKFAST — 8:30 to 12:30 p.m., Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Roman Catholic Parish hall, Mahanoy City.

Adults $8, children 12 and

under $5.

BREAKFAST BUFFET — 7:30 a.m. to noon, East Norwegian Township Fire Company, 16 Sunshine St., Diener’s Hill. Cost $7 adults, children 12 and under $3.50, children 5 and under free.

BRING-A-FRIEND NIGHT — 5 to 7 p.m., Life Centre Foursquare Church, 2300 Mahantongo St., Pottsville.

Open to girls and boys ages 5-18. Sponsored by Anthracite Heat All-Star Cheerleading. Call 570-640-4544.

COAL CRACKERS POLKA DANCE — 2 to 6 p.m. Pine View Acres, Chamberlain Avenue, Pottsville. Music by John Stevens. Call Joe at 570-6223321 or Ann at 570-462-9355.

CONCERT — Presented

by Copeland String Quartet, 4 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 S. Second St., Pottsville. Program of Haydn, Barber and Mendelssohn.

Free parking, reception follows, handicapped accessible. Freewill offering.

ICE CREAM SOCIAL — 5 to 7 p.m., St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 100 E. Main St., Ringtown.

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Sovereign Majestic Open for Lunch and Dinner Tuesday Thru Sunday Breakfast Saturday and Sunday 7am-12pm Saturday May 17th “The Donna Nye Band” 10pm-1am One of the areas best female guitarists!

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

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Music at the Majestic

Friday 10-2 “DJ”

Featuring Tamara Wapinsky Mancini Sunday, May 18, 3:00 p.m.

Tickets: $15.00

The Majestic Awards

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North Schuylkill High School Tickets: $8.00

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Theater, 209 N. Centre St., Pottsville. Headlining is Tamara Wapinsky Mancini, with youth performers, Makenna Copeland, Christopher M. Circelli and Minor Notes Chorale. Tickets $15. Call 570628-4647.

OPEN HOUSE AND BENEFIT — 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., PawPrints Pet Salon, 725 W. Market St., Orwigsburg. All proceeds benefit Making it Pawsible, a nonprofit organization that raises funds for low-cost/free spay and neuter programs. Pet portraits available. Call PawPrints at 570-366-4984 to schedule appointment.

PORK AND SAUERKRAUT DINNER — 11:30 to 2:30 p.m., Good American Hose Company, Eighth and Mahanoy streets, Mahanoy City.

Cost $8.50. Eat in or take out. Call 570-773-3473 or 570-773-2100.

RESERVATION DEADLINE FOR BUS TRIP — Mount Airy Casino, Mount Pocono, June 1, sponsored by St. Stephen Ladies Auxiliary,Shenandoah.

Cost $23 with $25 slot play

PINE GROVE VFW

ROD & GUN CLUB

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KID’S NITE — 6 to 7 p.m., Covenant United Methodist Church, 215 E. Main St., Schuylkill Haven. Open to children ages 6-12.

LONGABERGER BASKET BINGO — Noon to 5 p.m., Columbia Hose Company, 742 W. Centre St., Shenandoah. Admission $20, includes games, five specials, buffet and desserts. Sponsored by and benefits William Penn Fire Company.

LONGABERGER BASKET BINGO — 2 p.m., doors open 12:30 p.m., West End Fire and Rescue Company, 700 W. Mahanoy St., Mahanoy City. Admission $25, includes meal, coffee and dessert table. Call 570-773-0690.

MEETING — Park Crest Fish and Game Protective Association, 2 p.m., Brandonville clubhouse.

MINERSVILLE ROTARY ANNUAL CAR SHOW — 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., McCann School of Business & Technology, 2650 Woodglen Road, Pottsville. Registration fee $10, free to spectators.

MUSIC AT THE MAJESTIC — 3 p.m., Sovereign Majestic

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Reuters missed the mark

In Wednesday’s edition of The News-Item, we addressed in an editorial how unfairly pictures accompanying a recent Reuters article on “broke Shamokin” depicted our city.

Not that the article didn’t have any merit. Sure, Shamokin is in a bit of a pinch and the photos coupled with the story helped to tell the dark tale of a town so broke, gas service was almost suspended at City Hall, but please.

My heavens. What city is without its issues?

I’m sure it was easy enough for an out-of-town photographer to scrape the underbelly and capture what I’ll refer to as some of the more “colorful” sights around here, but, although it may be hard to focus through the cloud of negativity, trust me, we know there is beauty to be found in this little “coal country” city.

You just have to look for it.

In the body of any town, anywhere, there will be problem areas. I fail to believe anywhere in the world is perfect.

Such is the same with life.

You can focus on the negative — all the things you don’t have, all the things you had but lost — or you can celebrate your riches, no matter what you have, no matter what went wrong with your day. No matter who cut you

out isn’t always the worst thing in the world. It can act as a call to action and generJenna osity. We saw it during the Flood of 2011 and countless Wasakoski other situations and, most recently, it was great to see the Lower Anthracite Region Recreation Committee and the West End Fire Company donate a collective $6,000 to off on the road. No matter what batch of bad news came the city pool.

When times are tough, the your way. No matter how bad true character and integrity your day at work was, there of human beings are often is something beautiful to be recognized in all of our lives exposed. This can result in anger, negativity, resentment every day and in everything that surrounds us, if we just and self-pity, but, it can also, as it has time and again take the time to focus. around here, show the true I lose sight. I’ll admit it. I nature of a real, good-heartmoan about this area from ed “coal cracker.” time to time, and my life, in There are those who will general. I may smile a lot, complain about “how we got but I’m no ray of sunshine here” and do nothing to fix every minute of every day. I it, and there are those who have captured unflattering recognize when they can photos of local scenery and help and they do. Thank God shared it on social media, we still have people like that but as a rule, although I do around here. love to laugh at a lot of This area, although it may things, I try to look for the have its issues, has always good in everything. had a reputation for hard It doesn’t always happen work and a sense of commu— my world doesn’t consist nity pride. Some may argue of kittens and puppy dogs dancing on rainbows singing that is a thing of the past and Shamokin’s “heydays” are the greatest hits of Daryl long gone, but they aren’t.

Hall & John Oates — but I That spirit is here — in make it a point to stop and breathe and direct my atten- donations to help a struggling city, in community tion to the light rather than cleanups organized by the darkness. groups that are orchestrated Sure, Shamokin may be by the young and old. broke, but being down and

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and $10 food voucher. Call Maryann at 570-462-0883 or parish office at 570-4621989 or 570-462-1968.

SPRING CONCERT — 7 p.m., gymnasium, Nativity BVM High School, Lawton’s Hill, Pottsville. Free admission, donations accepted.

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difference in maintaining every shred of pride our community maintains.

Who we are as a community is much more important than the world’s image of us.

So, give the Reuters people a break.

They must have missed the laughing children at the playground. They probably didn’t have time to stop and speak with anyone doing a cleanup — maybe there weren’t any scheduled for LARRY DEKLINSKI/STAFF PHOTO that day.

They didn’t happen to be Well-kept Victorian homes on Dewart Street in here the weekend of the Shamokin are a visually appealing reminder of the Anthracite Heritage Festival city’s early successes. of the Arts to see Market Street lined with vendors or We also have beautiful Take Rosalind Kane, 11. to celebrate a Downtown She, in addition to numerous sights and beautiful people Christmas. Surely they around every corner. cleanup efforts in the past, didn’t get to see our newly I talk to strangers all the recently chose to organize a placed banners for local vettime and we’ve got a lot of cleanup instead of celebraterans proudly displayed quality human beings who ing her own birthday. The downtown either. They must event brought out more than occupy this city. Sure, there have missed the newly added are a few undesirables, but 60 participants. murals that decorate our don’t generalize.

It’s here in the people who buildings, too.

This is a good city and helped to plant a bed of flowOne thing is certain, in ers along Route 61 just outside ours are good people. depicting our city, they truly Things aren’t like they of Shamokin in recent years. missed the mark.

That sense of community used to be, but the past is the (Wasakoski, an assistant past.

Shamokin is going to be is still here and so is our editor at The News-Item, what this generation and pride for our city. If it wasn’t, can be reached at future generations make it.

I don’t think so many of us jenna_w@newsitem.com) So, ignore the bad press and would have gotten as ticked embarrassing images of off as we did about the dilapidated buildings and Reuters article. dark, looming clouds and get Sure we have abandoned onboard with programs and buildings and some not-sopeople who want to make a savory types roaming the streets. Big deal.

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ITEMS — 12:15 to 1:30 p.m., Living Waters Church of God, 155 S. Balliet St., Frackville.

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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.

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