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For a review of “The Counselor,” see Page 3

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2nd annual Schuylkill MDA Black-N-Blue Ball

Winter royalty in Hamburg See Page 2

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Marking a milestone Hamburg’s King Frost Parade celebrates 50 years on Saturday

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or the 50th year, the King Frost Parade will make its way through Hamburg this weekend delighting residents and delivering community pride.

“This is our 50th anniversary this year and I think the most exciting thing is that for 50 years in the town of Hamburg on the last Saturday of October, there has been the King Frost Parade. And we look onward to the next 50 years,” said Derek Leibensperger, parade chairman.

The parade will step off at 7 p.m. Saturday at North Third Street and Port Clinton Avenue. The parade will proceed south to Maple Street, east to South Fourth Street, then north to Franklin Street. The parade route will be closed to traffic at 6:30

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What: 50th annual King Frost Parade When: 7 p.m. Saturday Where: Downtown Hamburg

p.m. until the conclusion of the parade.

The annual event features local bands, floats and an appearance from King Frost.

Leibensperger said there are some special additions to this year’s parade.

“The newest additions that we have in the King Frost Parade this year would be the Fralinger String Band from Philadelphia’s Mummer’s Parade. They were the number one string band in this year’s (Philadelphia) New Year’s Day Parade. We also have an Irish pipe and drum band coming called Ceol Mor Pipe and Drum Band,” Leibensperger said.

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The solar system marchs on North Third Street during last year’s annual King Frost Parade in Hamburg. This year’s event will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, marking the 50th year of the parade. LEFT: Emilie Sarmento, left, and Madline Sarmento, Royersford, pick up candy thrown during last year’s parade.

“We are excited about the entries we have in the parade this year. We have multiple beauty queens, community organizations and spooky masqueraders.”

Although King Frost has had a presence in the borough since the first carnival in 1910, this will be the 50th consecutive parade hosted by the Hamburg Jaycees.

The event has developed a reputation as being a homecoming for Hamburg residents to see family and friends. Carla Kramer, former chairwoman of the parade, said it is basically a holiday in the borough.

“If someone lives on the parade route, that person

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hosts family,” Kramer said, adding it is a gathering similar to Christmas or Thanksgiving.

Billed as one of the largest fall parades on the East Coast, thousands of people are expected to line the parade route. Kramer said the event has toned down over the years. Once a big party, she said the event is more family friendly. However, the gratitude from the residents remains the same.

“The support that people you don’t know are shouting as you drive by makes the work all year worth while,” Kramer said.

Leibensperger is leading the way into the next 50

years and Saturday is the first step for the parade’s future.

“King Frost means a lot to the town of Hamburg. Everyone refers to it as a homecoming for area residents and it surely is. However, I think it is something more. I think the King Frost Parade is a homegrown traditional event that would change the overall feel of the town for the entire year if it wasn’t there,” he said. “I believe that there are many people who come out and enjoy the parade year after year.”

For more information, visit the parade’s Facebook page or its website at kingfrost.1usa.com.

“This is our 50th anniversary this year and I think the most exciting thing is that for 50 years in the town of Hamburg on the last Saturday of October, there has been the King Frost Parade.

And we look onward to the next 50 years.”

Derek Leibensperger, parade chairman.

Our counsel: Skip ‘The Counselor’ Some studio execs must have thought they’d died and gone to Hollywood heaven.

Heavy-hitter cast. Check.

Famous director. Check.

Big-name writer. Check.

Box-office ka-ching. Not so fast.

The minds behind the would-be thriller “The Counselor” — including writer Cormac McCarthy and director Ridley Scott — forgot one thing: a script that anyone would care about or, heck, even one that makes much sense. Rarely has so much effort and star power been expended with so little result.

The ubiquitous Michael Fassbender is an El Paso lawyer who is always simply addressed as Counselor. This Man With No Name seems to lead a charmed life with a sexy fiancee, Laura (an underutilized Penelope Cruz), sharp clothes, cool car, and presumably a bedroom full of high-thread-count sheets under which he and Laura make gloriously passionate love, which is how the movie opens.

For some reason — financial concerns are vaguely referred to — Counselor decides to get involved in the illicit cross-border drug trade through his club-owner friend Reiner (an oddly coiffed Javier Bardem) and one of Reiner’s contacts, Westray (Brad Pitt). Of course, this decision backfires after the murder of a courier — in a totally improbable way that seems lifted from the game of Mouse Trap — for which the cartels blame Counselor.

Now, neither Counselor nor any of his associates are safe. Meanwhile, Reiner’s latest girlfriend, the stridently sexual Malkina (a woefully miscast Cameron Diaz) — who’s so vixen-like and dan-

MOVIE REVIEWS gerous that she keeps cheetahs as pets — is more than just arm candy and has secret motives of her own. She loses cool points, though, with her supposedly arousing acrobatics on the windshield of Reiner’s car. The display ranks as one of the most unintentionally comic scenes of the year. Cameron, for the love of all that is (“Showgirls,” please stop.)

The only intriguing thing about “The Counselor” is the border setting, though it has nothing new to say about the culture or the politics of the region. And, as with the West Texas-set FX series “The Bridge,” it was mostly filmed elsewhere, so even that’s a cheat.

There’s little suspense or any sense of tension, even though Fassbinder gives it his all as a man pushed to breakdown, and actors like Panamanian singer Ruben Blades try to elevate McCarthy’s banalities to poetry.

“The Counselor” is ultimate proof that just because an important writer (“No Country for Old Men,” “The Road”) and a vaunted director (“Alien,” “Black Hawk Down,” “Thelma & Louise”) collaborate, it doesn’t mean the results will be remotely watchable.

Those sounds you hear are the sighs of relief from Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake. “Runner Runner” is no longer 2013’s worst thriller.

“The Counselor,” a 20th Century Fox release, is rated R for graphic violence, some grisly images, strong sexual content and strong language.

Running time: 117 minutes. ★

bead on “Bad Grandpa,” a fitfully funny, semi-scripted “Jackass” outing built around elaborately staged pranks played on the unsuspecting.

Johnny Knoxville dons old-age makeup and becomes Irving Zisman, whom we meet at his wife’s doctor’s office.

“I thought she’d NEVER die.”

Innocent bystanders give him a look.

At the funeral, a hired black church choir freaks out — a bit — at Irving’s tasteless eulogy, and the mayhem with his crackhead daughter (Georgina Cates) that dumps the casket over in front of everybody.

A running gag in the mov-

ie: black people’s nervousness around a corpse. Another running gag: Irving’s racially tinged wisecracks to Hispanic store clerks, black cashiers and strip club fans and a fetching Asian woman his 8-year-old “grandson” (Jackson Nicoll) befriends somewhere around Nashville.

The crackhead daughter dumped the kid on Grandpa. After a very public, Skype Internet cafe rant with the kid’s no-good pothead dad (complete with bong hits) to rattle the patrons, we’re off on a bad grandparenting trek from Nebraska to North Carolina, complete with flatulence gags, sagging body parts, bad driving and a demonstra-

tion of extreme shoplifting.

There are explosive laughs in these stunts — grandpa sucker-punched by an airbag, hurled through a store window by a cheap kids’ ride set up out front. Most of this stuff you’ve seen in the very funny TV ads.

And the kid (Nicoll was in “Fun Size”) is flat-out hilarious, a natural “Jackass” in training.

The scripted interludes aren’t funny at all. The gags are more embarrassing than anything else. Take away that element of danger, that this irate restaurant or store owner may go off on Knoxville or that biker gang will flatten him, and “Bad Grandpa” loses some of that “Borat” appeal. Limit the stunts to a

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But a male stripper revue goes terribly wrong and a couple of tumbles involving transporting Granny’s corpse (portrayed by Spike Jonze?) raise a funny eyebrow. And there’s big finish.

As “Jackass” japes go, though, “Bad Grandpa” was better in concept and in its short, punchy TV commercials than it is as a feature.

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It’s only make believe, so make no apologies It’s that time of year again.

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. It affords you the opportunity to be creative and make no apologies, yet, like anything else, there are those who can find a needle of negativity in a haystack of rainbows and kittens and make a big deal out of not much. They take to the pulpit to chastise Halloween and its heathen-like behavior and it gets a little exhausting.

My advice? Calm down.

Origins of Halloween Whether you think Halloween originates from Christianity as the eve of All Saints Day or you think it has pagan roots, my advice is just relax.

Halloween is fun. Plenty of celebrated holidays in the U.S. have brutal background stories — I’m looking at you, Columbus Day — yet they are still celebrated, and if you have the right job, they even get you a day off work.

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so I fell off the roof of the sugar shack and have just tried to discipline myself to use it in moderation ever since.

It’s so wrong, but it tastes so right. Unless you are diabetic, I encourage you to take the opportunity to indulge in as many mini Kit Kats and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups as you can eat in celebration.

the toppings and if it had hot cheese on it or not.

Nevertheless, girls are not Jenna going to stop dressing provocatively for Halloween, so Wasakoski my advice is, as ridiculous as they may get — from “Sexy Cookie Monster” to “Sexy Crayon” — just let it go.

Note: If it is your daughter, and she is still under your that I’m aware of, at least localrule, you have the right to govly, so if there is no harm being Risque costumes ern her. But, don’t call her done, what is the sense of arguThis year’s most talked names and compare her to ing about whether it is unholy?

Many modern-day Hallow- about risque costume on the Miley Cyrus and shame her.

Internet, by my research, is Instead, maybe instill in her een celebrations benefit a values so that she has enough variety of good causes, so dig- the “Sexy Pizza” costume.

Like most sexified cosself-worth to make that deciging up the bones of where it sion to portray what she all originated and persecuting tumes, it’s basically a minithose who celebrate it as some dress with contrasting colors wants for a costume party. resembling a slice of pizza I have never been a fan of kind of heathens only make with some toppings. stifling individuality, but I do you a ruiner of fun.

Is it stupid? I don’t know. I understand the influence of Candy is bad guess that depends on your pop culture. Shielding every I gave up sugar completely definition of stupidity. As young person from the evil last year for a few months and someone with a gluten allergy, influences of the world is I can’t say I’ve never been to I never felt better in my life. almost impossible unless I tried really hard to stay off James’ Pizza and stared longyou live on a remote island ingly at a slice while one of my or in my dream cabin in the the white stuff, but then sumfriends waseating. Would I go woods with no TV and free mertime came around and so far as to say I think pizza is streaming radio. going without ice cream will never be acceptable in my life, sexy? Well, that depends on The best hope for our

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future is to instill values in our youth, not put them down and make them terrified of the world. Fear — although an appropriate tactic for Halloween — isn’t the best overall tactic for molding young minds. It has its uses, sure, but — I’m getting off topic.

Girls are going to dress like floozies for Halloween. It is something we must accept as fact. If you don’t like it, don’t look at it. If you like it, it’s probably one day you can get away with looking at it while not being considered a full-blown creep.

Personally, I try to dress like a trollop year-round, so come Halloween, I can get away with anything.

I’m kidding, of course (kind of). My style varies; I don’t dress any “way” yearround, and the way I dress is in no way an indicator of my behavior as a lady.

Wearing a mask There are people who put on an act their entire lives

suckering people into thinking they are the bee’s knees, when they are in fact, no better than a hornet’s elbow; they wear a mask every day. So what is the harm in being something you are not for an innocent holiday if you are otherwise generally true to yourself?

It seems we all, at some point in our lives, portray a persona which may be a less than accurate portrayal of who we are deep down.

I may like to dance around my living room when no one’s looking, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to do that in the middle of Turkey Hill or here in the newsroom.

We all tone it down all the time.

So, to Halloween, I say, if it’s your thing, do it up, and if it’s not, don’t get your fishnets in a bunch. Just calm down; it will be over soon.

(Wasakoski, a News-Item editor, is a graduate of Von Lee School of Aesthetics and is certified as a professional makeup artist.)

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If the shoe fits, you don’t have to wear it

Dear Mark: I favor the joints out West where I can still find a handpitched game of blackjack.

Even with an occasional “card down” or “one hand on the cards, please,” I prefer it to the salvo of a shoe dealt game.

I’ve been to Atlantic City a few times and can’t find anyone pitching cardboard. All I find are shoes that don’t fit me, and I don’t like to limp. Is there some law or something against it?

Randy In the past in Atlantic City, Casino Control Commission regulations had mandated that all the casinos be required to deal blackjack from a shoe. Today, some casinos offer a single-deck blackjack game.

The problem, Randy, is that these single-deck games only pay 6-to-5 when you get a snapper rather than the standard 3-to-2. This raises the house edge on this game

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Since they were in no mood to offer any grub for my play, I politely thanked the dealer, and off I went to my go-to spot every time I to at least 1.58 percent. Warn- am in Atlantic City: The ing: Never play on this game! Irish Pub for some Jersey Unlike Las Vegas, Atlantic Crab Cakes and a couple City casinos cannot ban play- pints of Guinness. The best ers from counting down the part about gambling, Randy, deck, so management relies is that you can walk when on shoes to thwart counters. you want to. In my case, it They can also limit the size was only 100 yards in from of your bets, not allow midthe boardwalk on St. James shoe entry, lop off three Place. decks with the cut card and Speaking of displeasure shuffle up anytime they sus- for the shoe game, there was pect a player of counting. an incident in Atlantic City The last time I was in AC, I in the 1980s involving Frank

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Sinatra. On Dec. 1, 1983, while gambling at the Golden Nugget Casino, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin browbeat a dealer and a pit boss into breaking New Jersey law by making the dealer hand-deal the cards instead of dealing them from a shoe.

The New Jersey Casino Control Commission didn’t find it so funny, so they fined the Golden Nugget $25,000, which Sinatra eventually paid out of his own pocket.

Perhaps no harm no foul for the casino; however, it wasn’t so amusing for the workers involved. Four employees, including the dealer, a supervisor and pit boss were suspended without pay.

When the only game in town is a shoe (multiple-

deck) game, you do give up more of an edge to the casino. Compared to a single deck, a two-deck game handicaps your play -0.35 percent, four decks, -0.48 percent, six decks, -0.54 percent and eight decks -0.58 percent. As you can see, the house edge goes up substantially when you go from one deck to two, but the change is less dramatic as you add more decks.

So, Randy, how much is this costing you in dollars and cents? If you were to play 100 hands per hour at $10 per hand, each -0.1 percent would cost you approximately $1 per hour.

Playing on a game with two decks versus one will cost you $3.50 per hour, with each additional deck costing

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Raffles and Door Prizes

Blue Mt. Elementary East Cafeteria Games begin at 1pm Doors open at 12 noon Food and Beverages available for purchase Benefits St. Paul’s (Orwigsburg) ELCA Youth Gathering Team

Contact: Lori Elser • 570-943-2844

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THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS TODAY CHINESE AUCTION — Shop and drop, 6 to 9 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, auction starts 3 p.m. Saturday,St. John’s Reformed Church, Friedensburg.

Food available both days. Benefits Outreach of the Church.

CHINESE AUCTION — Browse and bid, 7 to 9 p.m. today, auction starts 2 p.m.

Saturday, Gordon Municipal building, Plane and Otto streets, Gordon. Doors open 11 a.m. Saturday. Benefits Francis J. Towey Memorial Fund Award. Call 570-875-9998.

CONCERT — Presented by Jeff Steinberg Team, 7 p.m., Pine Grove Wesleyan Church, 74 Bethel Road, Route 501, Pine Grove. Freewill offering.

RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL FORUM — “Human Significance in Theology and Natural Sciences,” noon, R. Michael Fryer Conference Center, Penn State Schuylkill, Schuylkill Haven. Call 570-385-6065 or at DCL1@psu.edu.

THON SPAGHETTI DINNER — 5 to 7 p.m., First United Church of Christ, Route 61, (next to Penn State Schuylkill

entrance), Schuylkill Haven.

Cost $7.50. Sponsored by Penn State Schuylkill THON, to benefit fight against pediatric cancer.

TICKETS FOR CHRISTMAS IN IRELAND SHOW — Available from 10 a.m. today and Saturday and noon to 4 p.m.

Sunday, in front of Kmart, Schuylkill Mall, Frackville.

Tickets, $20 in advance, $25 at door, $30 front row seating (advance only). Show featuring Tony Kenny to be held 2 p.m. Dec. 15, Minersville Area High School. Benefits Castle Green Grotto, Coal Castle. Call Hap Anthony at 570-544-4674 after 3 p.m.

BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES — 7 to 9 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, Centre Street and Howard Avenue, Pottsville (use Second Street entrance). Sponsored

by Pottsville Recreation Commission. Call 570-622-6619.

RUTH M. STEINERT MEMORIAL SPCA THRIFT BOUTIQUE — Open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, one mile south of Pottsville Dunkin’ Donuts on Route 61, turn into Auto

14th Annual

CHINESE AUCTION Benefit of St. Nicholas School, Minersville

St. Nicholas Hall, Primrose Sunday, Oct. 27th

Doors Open 10am • Auction Starts 1pm

BROWSE & BID • Sat., Oct. 26th • 4-7pm Hundreds of Themed Baskets Grocery Gift Certificates Restaurant Gift Certificates • MUCH MORE Join us for a fun filled day, lots of homemade food and great prizes!

Liquidators lot. Look for sign with red balloons. Donations needed. Call 267-334-4220.

BINGO — 6:45 p.m., doors open 5:30 p.m., Summit Station Fire Company, Summit Station.

FOOD PANTRY — Hosted

by New Life in Christ Ministries, 3:30 to 5 p.m., 217219 Market St., Cumbola.

Emergency food pantry available by appointment only, call 570-277-6041.

SATURDAY CHICKEN AND WAFFLE DINNER — 3 to 6 p.m., Gilberton Methodist Church, Main Street, Gilberton. Cost $8.

CHICKEN BARBECUE — Pick up 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Christ Church McKeansburg, 175 Chestnut St., New Ringgold. Adults $8, children $4.

Eat in or take out. For tickets, call 570-943-2822.

CHINESE AUCTION — Browse and bid, 4 to 7 p.m., St. Nicholas Hall, Route 901, Primrose. Cost $5. Benefits

St. Nicholas School.

CHURCH BAZAAR — 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. John’s Kimmel’s Church, 1263 Deep Creek Road, Ashland. Sponsored by Ladies Guild.

DANCE — 9 p.m. to midnight, Ashland Elks, Centre Street, Ashland. Music by band LOOKER, playing classic rock.

DANCE — 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., AMVETS Post 180, 1300 Seneca St., Pottsville. Music

by DJ Crazy Chris. Cost $8, includes food. Must be 21 to attend, ID required. Call 570266-3937.

FALL FESTIVAL — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Port Clinton Transportation Museum, Penn and Clinton streets, Port Clinton. Sponsored by North Berks/South Schuylkill Historical Society.

FOOD SALE — 9 a.m. to sellout, St. Michael Orthodox Church social hall, 110 N. Morris St., Saint Clair. Halupkies, halushkie, homemade baked goods, soup and hot dogs.

FOLIAGE MOTORCYCLE RIDE — “Hogs and Horses,”

Pine View Acres Deeply sorry to see the Pottsville Club Landmark has closed . We are welcoming you to Pine View Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge.

Open Tues thru Fri 11:30-8pm (Lunches & Dinner)

SATURDAY OCT. 26TH

“REHRIG BROTHERS” Country Music

10 a.m. to 5 p.m., starts and finishes at Pocono Mountain Leather, routes 895 and 309, Andreas. Riders $15, passengers $10, walk-ins $10. Sponsored by Carbon and Schuylkill County Animal Response Teams. Call 570-778-6886.

MEAT BINGO — 7 to 10 p.m., Mahanoy City Elks, 135 E. Centre St., Mahanoy City.

MOMMY & ME — 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Walk-In Art Center, 220 Parkway, Schuylkill Haven. Cost $10. Open to children 7 and under with adult.

Thanksgiving Day Buffet at our Hall

570-628-3207 • Chamberlaine Ave., Pottsville

We Now Accept EBT Cards

THIS SATURDAY THE 26TH “THE DONNA NYE BAND”

ONE OF THE AREA’S BEST FEMALE GUITARISTS HERE FOR OUR HALLOWEEN PARTY FROM 10PM-1AM. For Our Full Menu and List of Events Check Our Website www.mineshaftcafe.com

Weekend Specials Friday

Shrimp Parmigiana over Angel Hair 8.95 Cod Bella Vista 9.95 Chicken & Crab Piccata 13.95

FRIDAY SEAFOOD BUFFET

6 oz. Lobster & 4 oz. Fillet $24.50 St. Louis Ribs $9.95 Pulled Pork Sandwich $5.95

“THE KOREAN COMEDIAN”

$15 SHOW ONLY $25 DINNER AND SHOW!

570-628-9793 337 Peacock St. Pottsville

SPECIALS

October Special

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9TH

COMEDY NIGHT WITH MICHAEL YOUNG CHO AKA

Turkey with all the trimmings 12-5 pm

Sonny’s Smoked & Tiki Bar Now Open

$19.95

116 Ringtown Blvd Ringtown

Saturday

Louisiana Meatloaf 8.95 Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta 10.95 1 lb T-bone Steak with Onion & Mushrooms 15.95

Sunday

570-889-2357 Join Us This Weekend!

Chicken Pot Pie 8.95 Breaded Pork Chops 9.95 Broiled Ocean Catfish and Shrimp 13.95

Sunday Breakfast

Chipped Beef Caramel Apple French Toast

HALLOWEEN

Every Tuesday Wings & Things $6.00

Schuylkill Hose Co. Sunday, November 3rd

M&T Movies at the Majestic

Mt. Pleasant Hose Co.

Every Thursday Jack Daniels Filet 4 oz. $10.99 8 oz. $17.99

MEAT BINGO

The Christmas Concert by The Gary MacCready Ensemble Featuring Jenna McBreen, Greg Senich, Bernie Brilla

Dance Saturday Oct. 26th 9pm - Midnight Featuring

"THE LEGENDS ROCK" Cover -ID Required

Served w/French Fries & Veg. (Specials are Dine In Only)

The Station House Fine Food & Spirits Corner of Railroad & Willing Llewellyn

570-544-4456

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

Union St., Schuylkill Haven

UNDER NAGEMENT MA W NE Wing Night - EVERY Thurs.

Fri., Oct. 25th Country Night w/ “DJ 7evens” Sat., Oct. 26th Halloween Costume Party w/ “DJ 7evens” Drink Specials 8-11pm

Starts at 1:00pm Doors open at 11:30am 20 Games - $15.00

Special Games & Refreshments

FOR ADVANCED TICKETS Call Krista 610-750-3200 or Jamie 570-617-4812

Please see CALENDAR, Page 8

Sports Bar & Grill

Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge

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

Art projects for children.

ROAST BEEF DINNER — 4 to 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church, Oak and Nice streets, Frackville. Adults $9, children 10 and under $4. Eat in or take out. For tickets, call 570-874-1190.

RUMMAGE SALE — 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Greater Shenandoah Area Historical Society, 201 S. Main St., Shenandoah.

SOUP AND YARD SALE — 8 a.m. to noon, First Baptist Church, 701 Mahantongo

Saturday, November 16, 7:00 p.m.

Free Admission and Popcorn

Saturday, November 30, 7:00 p.m. Tickets: $12.00

In Association with Lift Your Spirits Performing Arts Christmas Through the Years A USO Salute to Our Veterans

Saturday, Dec. 7, 7:00 p.m.; Sunday, Dec.8, 3:00 p.m.

Tickets: $10.00. Free Admission for Veterans

Back By Popular Demand!

The Wizards of Winter

Sunday, December 15, 3:00 p.m. $18.00 Sunday, December 15, 7:00 p.m. $20.00

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2501 West End Ave., Pottsville 2 New Leagues Forming Adult/Child Sunday 3:30 pm Starts Nov. 10th 8x8 League Tuesday 9 pm Starts Nov. 12th Taking Reservations for Birthday Parties.

Fund Raisers & Company Parties

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

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St., Pottsville. Soup $6 per quart.

SOUP AND BAKE SALE — 10 a.m. to noon, First Congregational Church, 700 E. Centre St., Mahanoy City.

STEAK SUB SALE — Pick up 4 to 6 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 35 N. Ninth St., Ashland. Cost $7.

To order or for more information, call 570-875-2581.

THON 5K RUN — 8 a.m. to noon,The Island,Schuylkill Haven. Cost $25. Sponsored by Penn State Schuylkill THON. BINGO — 6:30 p.m., doors and kitchen open 5 p.m., Coaldale Ambulance building. Call 570-645-2050.

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

SUNDAY

ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BREAKFAST — 8 to 11 a.m., Altamont Fire Company, Morea Road, Frackville. Adults $8, children $4. Takeouts available. Call 570-874-4384.

ANNUAL ORGAN AND CHORAL CONCERT — 3 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 300 W. Arch St., Pottsville.

Michael Kiehner, organist, and five city choirs directed by Catherine Zimmerman. Free.

ANNUAL COFFEEHOUSE — 3 to 6:30 p.m., Bear Crossing Music Hall, 156 Indian

Run Road, New Ringgold.

Featuring Gabriel Chamber Ensemble joined by Dana Weiderhold, violinist; local folk singer, Ray the Snowman, New Ringgold; Jay Smar and The Shellshocked Churchhills, a four-piece electric band. Tickets $10. Call 570-943-2558, email gce@gabrielensemble. org or visit www.gabrielensemble.org.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY — 5 to 6 p.m., Faith Church, 1168 Centre Turnpike, Route 61, Orwigsburg. Free.

CHINESE AUCTION — 1 p.m., doors open at 10 a.m., St. Nicholas Hall, Route 901, Primrose. Cost $5. Benefits St. Nicholas School.

KIDS NIGHT — 6 to 7 p.m., Covenant United Methodist Church, 215 E. Main St., Schuylkill Haven. Open to children ages 6 to 12. Free.

LONGABERGER BASKET BINGO — 1 p.m., doors open at 11 a.m., Tremont Fire Company. Cost $25 per person. Benefits Tremont Baseball Inc. Playground Fund. Call 570-449-3123 or 570-527-0731.

MEMBERSHIP MEETING — Park Crest Fish and Game

Lakeside Ballroom Presents

November 2nd

Fast Frank’s Blue Mountain Friday, October 25

Donna Nye Halloween Party 8PM

Giveaways

October 26, Halloween Party

“Audio Box & Curse Of Sorrow” 8PM

Weekend Breakfast Specials Meat Eaters Pancakes 2 Pancakes & Choice of Meats, $5.95 Taco Omelette, $4.95

Taco Thursdays, $1

Fri., Sat., Sun. $1 12oz. Cans Yuengling Keystone, PBR

Pizza Fridays

Pizza & Pitcher of Beer, $10

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Buccaneers (Oldies Band) 8pm - 11pm

November 16th

Flamin’Dick & the Hot Rods

Playing 8pm-11pm Tickets at Door Only!

Protective Association, 2 p.m., Brandonville clubhouse.

POLKA DANCE — 2 to 6 p.m., Pine View Acres, Chamberlain Avenue, Pottsville.

Music by Lenny Gomulka.

Sponsored by Coal Crackers.

Call Joe at 570-622-3321, John at 570-455-7676 or Ann at 570-462-9355.

SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALL DINNER — Noon to 5 p.m., American Legion Post 74, 108-110 E. Centre St., Mahanoy City. Adults $8, children 12 and under $4. Proceeds donated to Washington Hook

and Ladder, Mahanoy City, which recently lost its firetruck in a fire at their station.

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

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. 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.

FREE BREAD, PASTRY

PINE GROVE VFW

DANCE

ALL YOU CAN EAT

Coming Nov. 2 - “Sapphire” Guests Accompanied By Members Only – ID a Must

Saturday, Nov. 2nd. 8-11pm @ Forrestville Fire Co. Hall 1 line Ave. Forrestville, PA

Kitchen Hours

Music By

BREAKFAST BUFFET

Humane Fire Co. Third and Laurel Blvd.

Pottsville, PA

Sunday, October 27, 2013 7:00am to Noon $8.00/Person

40 Crystal Lane • Barnesville • 570-467-2630 www.lakesideballroom.net

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2013

“STERLING KOCH BAND” -----------------------

Friday 4-8 p.m.

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

Thursday 6-9 p.m. Seafood & Steaks

“RICHIE MOLINARO & MR.LOU”

Sunday Breakfast 7-11 a.m.

Donation $8.00

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Benefits Forrestville Fire Truck Fund

PublicWelcome -Weekly Specials

Cream Chipped Beef, Pancakes, French Toast, Eggs, Bacon, Ham, Sausage, Homefries and much more

Tomorrow Night Book Your Holiday Parties now!

Tuesdays Tapas 5/$5 Wine Down Wednesdays THURSDAYS Ribs & Beer Saturday, Oct. 26th

“AFTER HOURS”

$15 per person $25 per couple

Taking Reservations for Christmas Parties, Deadline: November 30, 2013

Sat. Oct. 26, 9-12

Coal Creek Plaza, Saint Clair

570-429-1888

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AND ROLLS — 12:15 to 1:30 p.m., pick up at Living Waters Church of God, 155 S. Balliet St., Frackville. Accepting nonperishable food for redistribution. Call 570-874-1585.

FREE FEEDING PROGRAM — Soup kitchen open 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. every Sunday, New Life in Christ Ministries, 217-219 Market St., Cumbola. Full meal for families in need. Call 570-277-6041.

Jersey Acres Market Stone Mountain Wine Cellars Wine Tasting Daily

Pumpkins, Squash, Potatoes Apples & Pears

Apple Cider We accept FMNP checks 1615 Panther Valley Rd. Pine Grove, PA Phone 570-739-4418 www.stonemountainwinecellars.com