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FRIDAY, NOV. 8, 2013

For a review of “Thor: The Dark World,” see Page 3

We saw you at...

Family Reading Festival, Pottsville

An original play at Tamaqua Area See Page 2

From left, Aeryn, Darius and Ruslan Schneider, Schuylkill Haven

Aubrianna Zimmerman, left, and Connor Readinger, both of Hegins For more photos from the festival, see Page 4

The original play was written by, from left, Jacob Gursky Aimee Hull and Sophia Gursky.

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buzz “I am extremely impressed that the students wrote such a clever and insightful play and that they had the motivation and drive to see the project through.”

Adriane Drum, drama club director

Tamaqua Area Drama Club to present ‘Bee My Baby’

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he Tamaqua Area Drama Club is creating quite the buzz with its new show “Bee My Baby” “Almost every aspect of the show, excluding directing, choreography and music, is student run,” said Adriane Drum, drama club director.

The play follows two idealist worker bees looking to break the cycle of how work is done in the hive. Attempting to change the hive’s future, the bees’ mission turns out completely different than they could have ever imagined.

“Symbolically, the play comments on the drudgery and misery in working for those who have become corrupted by power and on the fruitlessness of hoping that society can change,” Drum said.

Performances will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday in the district auditorium in the middle school. Doors open at 6 p.m. and tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students.

The play was written by sophomore Aimee Hull and siblings, sophomore Sophia Gursky and junior Jacob Gursky. According to Drum, the trio worked over the summer in hopes to have a strong show for production in the fall.

“In previous years, the club produced a cabaret show in the fall in order to raise money. We all agreed that we wanted to do something different this year, so the play was 2

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What: Tamaqua Area Drama Club’s presentation of “Bee My Baby” When: 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday Where: Tamaqua Area School District Auditorium Cost: $5 adults, $3 students the perfect opportunity to try something new,” Drum said. “Being a nonmusical, it also provided opportunities for a wider range of students to join the production.”

In addition to writing the show, students also took on lighting design, make up and various other roles, such as junior Jillian Franko who designed the show’s logo and graphics.

The students also constructed and painted the set with help from middle school art teacher Kimberly Woodward’s class and parents Caroline Ritchie and Celeste Franko.

Drum said the students are responsible for their own costumes.

“I am extremely impressed that the students wrote such a clever and insightful play and that they had the motivation and drive to see the project through,” Drum said.

“They really put a tremendous amount of research into accurately portraying the lives of bees and I truly believe that the audience will be amazed at the creativity and seriousness nature of the play.”

This is the first production for Drum as drama club director. An English teacher at the high school, Drum is also serving as scenic

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Aimee Hull, center, portrays Queen Elizabeeth in “Bee My Baby” presented by the Tamaqua Area Drama Club. Other cast members include, from left, Laura Anderson, Abby Billig, Alicen Hull and Siobhan Moore. director. Erika Cassell, Tamaqua graduate and former drama club standout, is assistant director and choreographer, while family and consumer science teacher Laura Makuta is hair and make up director. High school English teacher Jillian Tuckett is the marketing director and Kristine Betz, a teacher in the Lehighton Area School District, is the music director.

Drum said this is the first fall production from the Tamaqua Area Drama Club in recent

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memory, if not ever.

“One of my major goals is to help to grow the program, as we lost a large amount of students to graduation. I tried to do that by recruiting students with different interests,” Drum said. “This production features a cast of 32 students and 27 behind-the-scenes students who are members of our stage crew, light crew, set design and construction crew, technology crew, graphic design team, and hair and make up crew. We are hopeful that even

more students will participate in the spring production.”

Drum believes the hard work and dedication will result in a smash hit.

“Everything about the play — the fitting names, the scientific accuracy, the witty ‘bee’ jokes and the overall theme of the show — is careful, deliberate and, at times, genius, and yet the play is still fun and light-hearted and will provide audience members with an entertaining evening,” Drum said.

‘The Dark World’ a setback

There’s a fleet and funny comic-book movie buried inside “Thor: The Dark World.” You catch glimpses of it here and there, like a shot in which the Asgardian muscle-bound hero (Chris Hemsworth) enters a London flat and hangs his hammer on a coat rack as if it were an u m b re l l a , o r a cl eve r sequence in which Thor’s villainous brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston), who wreaked all kinds of evil in “The Avengers,” relishes the fact his older sibling is now asking for his help (how convenient).

That scene gets the biggest laugh in the entire film.

But moments like those are rare. The bulk of this bloated, plodding sequel, which was written by Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely is just another riff about an ancient being, this one named Malekith (Christopher Eccleston, unrecognizable under makeup), who

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wants to destroy the universe — all known universes, actually — as payback as for an ancient slight against his people. Wasn’t this stuff already old hat during the “Masters of the Universe” days? Even Thanos had more reasonable motivations than the end of everything.

The inherent problem in setting the stakes so high is that you know there is absolutely zero chance the bad guy will triumph. There’s no suspense, no stakes, no gravity.

Sure, he may kill a few supporting characters along the way. But Marvel Studios is minting so much money off this fresh batch of superhero pictures, the annihilation of all existence as we know it is off the table, so Malekith’s villainy is essentially neutered.

Thor, both on the screen and on the page, has never been much for plausible

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physics, but “Thor: The Dark World” turns the series into a mish-mash of “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” and “Lord of the Rings” and “Flash Gordon.” Is this science-fiction?

Mythology? Pure nonsense?

The only times we’re reminded we are dealing with supreme beings (not gods, as the movie makes clear) is whenever Odin (Anthony Hopkins) makes a long-winded speech while standing before his throne or striking a heroic pose. He does this a lot throughout the movie. Even the great Hopkins comes off as apologetic in those scenes.

Sorry, everyone. I’m doing the best I can with this material.

The first “Thor” movie, directed in 2011 by Kenneth Branagh, managed to tie the realm of Asgard and its godly beings with ordinary people: Thor’s romance with the scientist Jane (Natalie Portman), was hokey but believable, because the movie found the perfect balance DON’T JUST SEE A MOVIE, EXPERIENCE IT AT

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between the mythological and reality.

The new picture, the feature-film debut of Alan Taylor (who directed some of your favorite episodes of “Game of Thrones” and “Mad Men”), only comes to life when Taylor is allowed to do the absurdist humor he does best, like a scene in which Thor is forced to take the London subway.

But the grandness of intergalactic war is beyond his reach: The film’s big action setpieces are generic and impersonal.

Hemsworth continues to pull off the impossible, investing a larger-than-life character with humanity and war mth — Thor is an immensely likable and relatable hero, which wasn’t always true in the comics —

but he’s stranded in a story that has next to zero use of his innate likability. Portman and her kooky scientist friends (Stellan Skarsgard and Kat Dennings) come off as clowns — cheap comic reliefs to keep this oversized picture grounded in reality.

But where in the first film they felt like real, quirky people, “Thor: The Dark World” turns them into buffoons.

Whenever they’re on screen, you feel like the filmmakers are treating you like a chump.

Aren’t these hapless nerds cute? Aren’t they hilarious?

No. “Thor: The Dark World” amounts to so little, even Marvel diehards could skip it altogether if it wasn’t for the last scene — the only truly surprising moment in

the entire movie. At a time when Marvel Studios should be building on their previous successes and embarking on more challenging, complex narratives, “Thor: The Dark World” takes three steps back.

“Thor: The Dark World” tries hard to give you something different than the first film. But all the movie accomplishes is to remind you how well the previous picture worked. This is a lot of stateof-the-art sound and fury, signifying nothing.

“Thor: The Dark World,” a Marvel Studios release is rated PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence, and some suggestive content. Running time: 111 minutes. ★★

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This gambling guru knows his slots

Dear Mark: It is hard to believe you when you say that the casino cannot adjust the slot percentages on slots on weekends. It seems I lose more often on weekends than any other time. Please explain to me one more time why I am wrong.

Scott E. Even though I was in a casino management position to make a decision like a wholesale chip swap, which we never did, if you don’t want to believe me, fine, but believe Bob, a slot guru who spent 32 years as a slot board tech, slot director and all of the stops in between.

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Play as you please

wizard. Michael Shackleford, on the other hand, IS the Dear Mark: Wizard of Odds.

You say that you are supWhen it comes to any of posed to hit 6s versus a 2, how- these blackjack strategy cards, ever, I was looking at Wizard they are based on the matheof Odds website and his calmatical probabilities of the culator shows to split for game, and provide you guidevery strategy variation. I ance on the best decisions to had an argument about this make with every possible situwith someone in a casino who ation during each hand. Nevertheless, not all strategy also told me that one of her charts said to hit even though cards are exactly alike.

Regarding your inquiry, I had never seen that before.

David P. more than half of the 40 different strategy cards I possess First, and foremost, I am not one to challenge the Wiz- affirm that you should hit ard of Odds. More often than STEVE’S not, I rely on Sister Cyrilla’s 14-16 Sunbury St. • Minersville sixth-grade math class, 570-544-6096 WEEKEND SPECIAL where I first learned about, Eggs, Scrapple & and became hooked on, perHomefries centages. Therefore, David, I Breakfast Served All Day OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 5:30 am to 2 pm We Accept Credit Cards do not purport to be a math

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those 6ss against a deuce, and not split on a multi-deck game.

Of that near half that advised splitting, some of those recommended that you only split 6s on a single deck game, which I mention in said column.

Because the difference between splitting and just hitting will have little effect on your overall return during your personal gambling timeline, I recommend playing it as you please, not necessarily as Yours Truly advises.

(Pilarski can be reached at pilarski@markpilarski.com)

Sat., Nov. 9th 9am-2pm

Pine Grove Area Middle School School St., Pine Grove Over 50 Crafters & Vendors.

Pictures with Santa

THE 14TH ANNUAL

4th Annual Holiday Marketplace at the Schuylkill County Historical Society, Pottsville November 9th 10:00am - 4:00pm

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 17TH NATIVITY BVM HIGH SCHOOL, POTTSVILLE

Gabriel Chamber Ensemble Concert November 10th 3:00pm at Jerusalem Lutheran Church, in Schuylkill Haven.

DOORS OPEN AT 11AM BINGO STARTS AT 1PM $25.00 ADMISSION INCLUDES 15 REGULAR GAMES & 4 SPECIALS ALSO ADDITIONAL JACKPOT SPECIAL VALUED OVER $500.00 HOMEMADE FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE SPONSORED BY THE NATIVITY GREEN AND GOLD BOOSTER CLUB

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2013

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

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NOVEMBER 16-17, 2013

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Angels Tattoo Studio, 202 N. Centre St., Pottsville. Cost $50, with all proceeds going to Red Creek Wildlife Center.

BINGO — 1 to 4 p.m., Sheppton-Oneida Volunteer Fire Company Hall, 900 Center St., Sheppton. Food and beverages available.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY — 5 to 6 p.m., Faith Church, 1168 Centre Turnpike, Route 61, Orwigsburg. Biblical and balanced program created to help people overcome life’s hurts, habits and hangups.

Free. Mailing address is P.O. Box 323, Orwigsburg, PA 17961.

PINE GROVE VFW Sat. Nov. 9, 9-12

T he New Village Inn CHINESE AUCTION — 2 p.m., Porter Tower Lions Club, 517 W. Grand Ave., Tower City. Doors open at noon. Food and beverages available. Sponsored by Muir Volunteer Fire Company.

For more information or directions, call fire company at 717-647-2321 or email muirchineseauction@yahoo. com.

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING SPREE FUNDRAISER — 1 to 4 p.m., St. John’s United Church of Christ, 121 E. Main St., Schuylkill Haven. Open to public.

2501 West End Avenue Pottsville - 570-622-8741

Please see CALENDAR, Page 8

Sat., Nov. 9th

Schuylkill Hose Co. Union St., Schuylkill Haven

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Coming Nov. 16 - “Diaspora” Guests Accompanied By Members Only – ID a Must

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.

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Sports Bar & Grill

Thanksgiving Day Buffet at our Hall

Turkey with all the trimmings 12-5 pm

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Spaghetti and

Fri., Nov. 8th.

“DJ ADAM”

Sat., Nov. 9th.

“DJ CHRIS”

SECOND MOUNTAIN

ROD & GUN CLUB

156 N. Greenview Rd., Sch. Haven

JC Jay Band Meat Wheel

Adults $8.00 Kids (under 12) $4.00 Eat in or Take out Free Delivery in Town Call 570-385-0393 to order.

ID a Must

Saturday, November 9, 2013 4:00pm to 7:00pm

Friday & Saturday Specials

Southern Fried Chicken Leg & Thigh 20 ounce Porterhouse Steak Broiled Haddock Baked or Broiled Crab Cakes Chicken Francaise` w/ Pasta

All You Can Eat Breakfast Sunday November 10, 2013 • 8:00 am to 12:00 pm Adults - $8.00 • Children (under 12) - $4.00 Buffet Style Breakfast includes: • Bacon • Sausage • Home Fries • Pancakes, • French Toast • Eggs • Scrapple • Mackerel, • S.O.S. & Much More!

Coffee, Tea, Orange Juice, Fruit Punch included and Water available. *Wheat Toast available upon request

Ringtown Valley Fire & Rescue Company

46 W. Main Street, Ringtown, PA 17967 • Telephone: (570) 889-3245

Taking Orders for Thanksgiving Cakes, Pies and Pumpkin Rolls Thur.-Fri.-Sat.-Sun. 6 a.m.-12 noon

Call (570) 345-3540 for tickets

We Have Mackerel

Doors Open 3:00pm Early Bird @ 4:45pm • Reg. @ 5:00pm Proceeds go to Ruth Steinert Memorial SPCA

Tickets $25

Bring a Donation-Get a Special Prize

ROD & GUN CLUB 825 Ravine St., Pottsville

9th

• Prime Rib of Beef Au Jus • Shrimp Scampi over Pasta

Block Shoot & Meat Wheel

Sunday, November 17th 1:00pm to 6:00pm For More Information Call

Food & Refreshments $5.00 Cover

Everyone Welcome

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Open Every Friday 3:00pm to 2:00am Sunday 8:00am to 2:00am

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AT THE SCCA

Shop the beautifully decorated Yuengling Mansion Find a beautiful selection of unique gifts.

December 7th & 8th Saturday 10:30AM - 7PM Sunday 11 AM - 6 PM

Friday 6-9pm and Sunday 6-9pm

Sunday, November 17th 2013, 12:00 Noon

(Must be 18 years or older to play)

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Featured Entrees

St. Michael’s Day Dinner

Ringtown Valley Fire / Rescue

Sat., Nov. 9th @ Sacramento Fire Hall

Rt. 209, Llewellyn • 570-544-9919

St. Michael's Orthodox Church St. Clair, PA

• Chicken Tenderloin in White Sauce • Sausage • Halupkie • Parsley Red Potatoes • Almond Green Beans • Rolls • Coffee, Tea • Dessert

Branchdale Call 570-544-5105

Restaurant & Motel

DJ Chub

SPCA

Anne's Bakery and More

Blu Tavern

Sunday NFL Ticket w/$1.50 Coors Light or Miller Lite drafts

Sun., Nov. 17th

12:30 pm - 5:00 pm $5 Cover includes buffet & select beer

On & Off Premise Catering!

Home Style Cooking at Coal Region Prices!

Serving Dinners from 5-9 pm Open Friday & Saturday from 5 pm-til closing

Sunday Brunch 10am-2pm

10 pm - $5 Cover

Drink, Roll & Dessert

Bar, Restaurant & Catering

101 West Centre Street Mahanoy City 570-773-9927

Experience our Fifth Annual

German Christmas Market

1440 Mahantongo Street • Pottsville 570-622-2788

$15.00 Per Person, Children $7.50 Take Out Available

Presented by SCCA

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Pine View Acres

Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge

Sonny’s Smoked & Tiki Bar Now Open

SPECIALS

SUNDAYS BIG BREAKFAST BUFFET Open Tuesdays Thru Friday 11:30am-8pm Lunches & Dinners Wings $5.95 doz.

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

SATURDAY NOV. 9TH

November Specials

“NEW INDIVIDUALS”

FRIDAY SEAFOOD BUFFET

$19.95

8 oz. Cranberry Chicken $9.95 1/2 Rack Smoked St. Louis Ribs $9.95 Spaghetti & Meatballs $7.95

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CALENDAR CONCERT — Gabriel Chamber Ensemble, 3 p.m., Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, 252 Dock St., Schuylkill Haven. Adults $20, seniors $15, students free. For more information, call 570-943-2558 or visit the ensemble’s website at www.gabrielensemble.org.

FREE TURKEY BINGO — 5 to 7 p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church basement, 141 East St., Williamstown. Use rear entrance facing bank parking lot. Free snacks and beverages provided. Freewill donation accepted to support Williamstown Valley Food Pantry.

Call 717-647-4045.

MASS FOR VETERANS AND FAMILY — 8:45 a.m., St. John the Baptist Polish National Catholic Church, 414 W. Oak St., Frackville.

Coffee and cake social will follow in church hall.

ORGAN CONCERT — Presented by Ron Fox Jr., 4 p.m., Faith United Church of Christ, Church Street, Landingville.

Freewill offering accepted.

Open to public. Light meal follows concert.

ORDER DEADLINE FOR PUMPKIN ROLL SALE FOR THANKSGIVING — Sponsored by St. John’s Lutheran Church Relay for Life team,

JT’s PUB

Middleport Inn

FEATURING ANDRENALYN & HOOLIGAN

Friday Specials • Sausage Puttanesca • Beer Battered Haddock • Stuffed Shrimp • “The Gobbler”Turkey Dinner • Beef Vegetable Soup

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and CATERING 1st ANNUAL BALLROOM BLITZ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH

8-12PM / DOORS OPEN @ 6:30PM $10.00 ADVANCED $12.00 @ DOOR PROCEEDS TO SUPPORT ANTHRACITE DIAMONDBACKS 318 Washington St. Port Carbon

570.622.6218 • 570.617.0811

First United Methodist Church 420 Saylor St. Schuylkill Haven

www.havenfirstumc.org

111th Church Anniversary

Coal St., Middleport

Thursday - Wing Night

570-277-9015

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DID YOU KNOW… You can get your GED for Free??

Ages 17-21 We have the inside scoop on GETTING JOBS !!

*What local employers want *Info on entering into Higher Education

Tommie Ann McShaw @ 570-622-5253 ext. 147 tamcshaw@redcogrp.com Book Your Holiday Parties now!

Tuesdays Tapas 5/$5

Wine Down Wednesdays THURSDAYS Ribs & Beer

Friday, Nov. 8th.

“STERLING KOCH”

Saturday, Nov. 9th.

“TOOLSHED JACK”

Maranatha Productions

“Daniel”

must be 18 and older to attend. Call 570-739-2085.

SPAGHETTI DINNER AND BAKE SALE — 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or sellout, New Minersville Fire Company, 500 Line St., Minersville. Adults $7, children $4. Eat in or take out. Benefits Minersville Area Skatepark Association. Call 570-294-6235.

SUNDAY BREAKFAST — 7:30 a.m. to noon, Mountaineer Hose Company, Third and South streets, Minersville.

VETERANS DAY PROGRAM — 1 p.m., Robert Pete Wiscount Veterans Park, Main Street, Tremont.

Guest speaker state Rep.

LIMITED SEATS call or email TODAY to verify eligibility!

We will Celebrate with one Service @ 10:00 AM will present

Tamaqua. Cost $12 for whole, $7 half. To place an order or for more information, call 570-668-3030.

ADVANCE ORDER DEADLINE FOR SUB SALE — Pick up 10:30 a.m. Nov. 14, Congregational Free Church of Christ, 81 McKeans Ridge Road, McKeansburg. Choice of Italian, ham or turkey, $4.50 each. Call Anna at 570-366-2049 or Mary at 570-366-2286.

RUMPSCH MATCH — Noon to 5 p.m., Friedenburg Fish & Game, 169 Stone Mountain Road, Pine Grove. Cost $3, includes food and beverages. Tickets available at door,

Coal Creek Plaza, Saint Clair

570-429-1888

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2013

www.pacareerlink.state.pa.us 203 E.Arch Street, Pottsville, PA 17901 GABRIEL CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

presents OUR SECOND CONCERT OF THE SEASON featuring the very special Madison String Quartet as well as violinist Barbara Jaffe and cellist Deborah Davis, SUNDAY, November 10, 2013 at 3 pm Jerusalem Lutheran Church 252 Dock Street, Schuylkill Haven, PA

Tickets: $15 seniors • $20 adults FREE for all students Complimentary post-concert reception PROGRAM:

• HAYDN String Quartet Op. 78 #2 • MENDELSSOHN Sting Octet Op. 20 • Plus works by award-winning composers Miguel del Aguila and Aldemaro Romero Directions to the concert venue on our website. For more information, contact:

Agnes Maurer • Executive Director 570-943-2558 • www.gabrielensemble.org

POTTSVILLE (PA.) REPUBLICAN HERALD

Mike Tobash, R-125. Sponsored by Tremont American Legion Post 384 and Tremont Community Organization.

VETERANS DAY DINNER — Noon to 3 p.m., Robert E. Baker American Legion Post 38, Schuylkill Haven. Free buffet dinner for one veteran and guest. Eat in only. Sponsored by Ladies Auxiliary.

WINGS — Noon until sellout every Sunday, Rainbow Hose Company, Dock Street, Schuylkill Haven. Cost $9 per dozen. Also burgers, cheesesteaks and chicken finger platters. Free delivery in town, including businesses. Call 570-385-1511.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY — 5 to 6 p.m., Faith Church, 1168 Centre Turnpike, Route 61, Orwigsburg. Free. Mailing address is P.O. Box 323, Orwigsburg, PA 17961.

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. Call 570-277-6041.

CAPT. MIKE’S

DELCAMP’S

Shenandoah 570-462-0155

Broiled Tilapia Cajun Catfish Fried Deviled Crabs RESTAURANT FRIDAY 4-8

Friday

Deviled Crab Dinner........$5.99 BBQ Rib Sandwich...........$2.50

St. Clair • 8AM to 8PM • 570-429-1470

1st Annual Holiday Affair Vendor/Craft Sale Saturday, Nov. 9, 9AM-3PM

Friedensburg Fire Company Get All Your Shopping Done At Once Cookie Lee Jewelry • Mary Kay • Pink Papaya Doggie Treats • Christmas Crafts • Candles Fondue • Art Photography • Avon • Laundry Products Refreshments Available For Purchase • Come And Bring A Friend!

Join Us For Our Holiday Bazaar!

Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, 11AM - 2PM

Homemade Candy, Baked Goods, Crafts, Deli, Plants, Holiday Decorations, What-Not Shop

Luncheon $6.00 Vegetable Soup, Beef BBQ or Pulled Pork, Chips, Dessert, Coffee or Tea (Take-Out Available)

Lunch Tickets Available At The Door All Are Welcome

United Presbyterian Church 214 Mahantongo St., Pottsville