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FRIDAY, SEPT. 27, 2013

For a review of “Don Jon,” see Page 3

We saw you at...

North Schuylkill vs.

Schuylkill Haven football game

Borough Day turns 25

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Megan Wisted, Fountain Springs, left, and Shelby Derr, Frackville

Bryce, left, and John Cuthie, Ringtown For more photos from the game, see Page 4

Silver celebration Borough Day marks 25th anniversary Saturday

BY ERIC PEDDIGREE COPY EDITOR

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epeddigree@republicanherald.com

chuylkill Haven is throwing a townwide party Saturday to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Borough Day. The all-day event will feature a full lineup of entertainment and vendors in the downtown district.

The silver anniversary edition of the annual festival kicks off at 7 a.m. with the bountiful breakfast at St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church and concludes with a special finale at 7 p.m. at The Island.

Amy Johnson, Borough Day committee member, said the finale will feature a free concert by The Fabulous Greaseband, a party band that plays hits from every decade spanning the 1950s to ’90s.

“It is a huge thing we have never done before. The band is a big deal,” Johnson said.

Borough Day began as a celebration for the former Read-

Dave Gillies performs a juggling act during last year’s festivities.

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If you go

What: 25th annual Borough Day When: Saturday Where: Schuylkill Haven For more information, visit www.shboroughday.com ing Railroad train station on Main Street, which is currently borough hall. Twenty-five years later, trains are still the highlight of the event with round-trip excursions to Port Clinton. For those unable to grab a ticket for the limited rides, a special feature will be available for train enthusiasts.

Steam engine No. 113, the only anthracite burning locomotive in the country, will be on display throughout the day. A volunteer group known as Project 113 has been restoring the locomotive in Minersville for the last 10 years.

“That’s a big deal because we have been wanting something like that that people can go and look at,” Johnson said. “It’s definitely JACQUELINE DORMER/STAFF PHOTOS something special this year.”

Johnson said there are Christine Morano of Give & Take Jugglers, Philadelphia, performs a circus aerial fabric act during last year’s Borough Day in Schuylkill Haven. This year’s event, which marks its 25th year, will be held a few new activities scheduled for this Saturday. year’s Borough available at The Island, Schuylkill adults and children can race minis Street. The program is scheduled Day, including a around,” Johnson said.

Haven Area High School and the from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will fearemote control ture students from area music stu- Walk-In Art Center. Municipal lots The Elegant Junque Yard Sale NASCAR race dios performing a variety of music. will also be open except at borough will be held from 7 a.m. to noon at track and a large hall and the Railroad Street lot, On Columbia Street, Liberty the Schuylkill Haven Recreation yard sale. which will be used for vendor parkFire Company will host an antique Center, Haven Street.

It is $5 to Rock ’n’ Roll Racing and classic car show and the Walk- ing. Shuttle service to the events reserve a table and $3 to reserve a will give people of will run from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

In Art Center will offer guided spot without a table. all ages the The theme for the 25th anniver“It will be interesting to see how tours of its building. opportunity to sary is cooperation and volunteerThis year’s event may be the race NASCAR- well that does,” Johnson said. ism. To showcase that idea, Johnlargest, as Johnson said there are Other highlights include state style remote almost 200 vendors expected in the son said a booth for visitors to sign Sen. David Argall, R-29, presiding control cars up to help local charities will be set borough. To accommodate the from 9 a.m. to over the opening ceremony at 8:45 up by the information booth at bora.m. at borough hall, Apple Festival growth, the vendors will extend 4 p.m. at the M&T Bank ough hall. She also said the event from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Meck’s Knit- down Main Street and Parkway. parking lot.

The parking and traffic flow pat- will be held rain or shine. ting Mill and the “Better Together” “NASCAR performances at Jerusalem EvanFor more information on Bortern will be different to adhere to is big and the changes. Public parking will be ough Day, visit shboroughday.com. gelical Lutheran Church, Dock

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Gordon-Levitt scores with ‘Don Jon’ Don Jon’s a dog.

He cares only about his car, his pad, his boys, his family, his gym, his church (Sundays only), girls and porn — lots and lots of porn. That is, until he meets Ms. Right —actually two Ms. Rights — and his brolicious world is turned upside down when he learns that women are people too.

That’s the simple premise for “Don Jon,” the feature directorial/writing debut for actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, but it’s handled with such a deft sense of humor and pathos that it transcends any rom-com handcuffs anyone might try to slap on it.

Like “50/50,” the 2011 film in which Gordon-Levitt starred as a young guy who discovers he has cancer but still needs to live his life, “Don Jon” takes what, in other hands, could have been awkward or mawkish, and makes it relatable.

Gordon-Levitt plays Jon, a working-classJerseyguycruising through life who seems to know what he’s all about. That is until Barbara Sugarman (an entertaining Scarlett Johansson,doingherbestfuture“Real Housewives of New Jersey” imitation) high-heels her way into his heart.

He’s totally smitten, but the one thing that stands between them and relationship bliss is his porn addiction.

It takes a bit of schooling from an older woman he meets at night school (Julianne Moore), who’s dealing with lots of issues of her own, to get him to try to face his problem of treating women like objects.

Sure, it’s an obvious point and one that’s not new. Several recent films have dealt with the delicate subject of porn addiction, and the dehumanization that stems from it. The powerful “Shame” did it in a much grimmer, darker fashion two years ago, while

MOVIE REVIEWS the bree zy, lightweight “Thanks for Sharing,” in theaters now, treads some of the same territory.

But Gordon-Levitt enlivens “Don Jon” with such a sense of swagger, as a director, writer and actor, that the film feels fresh. He gets strong performances from his actors, including Tony Danza as his no-nonsense dad and especially Moore as the complicated, conflicted Esther. The suddenly omnipresent Brie Larson (“Short Term 12,” “The Spectacular Now”) has a small but funny part as Jon’s sister.

To top it off, there’s no way anyone’s leaving the theater without Marky Mark’s 1991 hit “Good Vibrations” dancing in their head. Win-win for everybody.

“Don Jon,” a A Relativity release, is rated R for strong graphic sexual material and dialogue throughout, nudity, strong language and drug use. ★★★★

their racing rivalry into a collision between diametrically opposed personalities.

Hemsworth is nearly as glamorous a demi-god here as he is in Thor movies. Bruhl, his rodent-faced rival, seems like a central casting villain.

He’s an obnoxious know-itall, doubly irritating because he’s nearly always right.

Don’t decide too quickly who to root for. Our sympathies shift as fast as a racer negotiating a tight curve.

The shrewd script by Peter Morgan (“Frost/Nixon,” “The Queen”) stresses the parallels in the men’s lives. Each came from a family that disapproved of high-risk sports.

Each man is petulant and childish. Hunt was a callous playboy, Lauda coldly indifferent to his wife. Each is willing

Chris Hemsworth, left, and Daniel Bruhl star in the new Ron Howard film “Rush.” to put his life at risk for a jolt of adrenaline and adulation.

They’re deeply selfish, giving little thought to the effect their risky careers have on friends and families. The vir-

ile, impulsive extrovert and the chilly, methodical introvert are kindred spirits, pushing each other to greater glory and ever nearer disaster. It’s a testament to the actors’ abili-

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Even more important, it avoids the stock plotting that turns most sports movies into bland emotional pickme-ups. It’s one of the best films of Ron Howard’s career, certainly the most surprising. Who knew that this competent craftsman had such a furiously exciting, sexdrenched story in him?

By granting equal time to two historical figures, devilmay-care English golden boy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and his dark, calculating Austrian rival Niki Lauda (Daniel Bruhl), the film turns

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ties that we find them partially sympathetic all the same.

There are clumsy passages here. We really don’t need a debauchery montage set to Bowie’s “Fame” to grasp that Hunt was publicity-drunk, or a scene of Lauda painfully pressing his crash-scarred head into a racing helmet to understand that he was obsessively competitive. Still, “Rush” red-lines the spectacle and exhilaration of the wildly eventful mid-’70s Formula One circuit, while delivering something more complex and gratifying than a stock underdog story. “ Ru s h , ” a U n ive r s a l release, is rated R for sexual content, nudity, language, some disturbing images and brief drug use. ★★★½

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LECTURE — “Physics and Religion,” noon, R. Michael Fryer Conference Center at Penn State Schuylkill, Schuylkill Haven. Presented

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PRE-BOROUGH DAY OLDIES DANCE — 7:30 p.m., American Legion, 229 Parkway, Schuylkill Haven. Prizes awarded for best dressed and best dancers. Cover charge $5, ID required.

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DANCE — 9 p.m. to midnight, Newtown Volunteer Fire Company, 36 Wood St., Newtown. Music by The New Individuals. Cost $5. Call 570-695-3777.

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Awaiting word from Mount Nebo Dear Mark: A couple of thoughts from this avid fan of your weekly gaming advice column related to the Q&A about what do to with a pair of sixes against a dealer’s deuce in a blackjack game.

First, I am amazed that there are literally scores of blackjack cards (you state you’re in possession of 40).

Assuming that each has slightly different advice, that ought to tell players about their reliability/accuracy. I continue to be amazed (i.e. turned off) by people who vehemently proclaim “the book says...” or “the chart says...” Do these folks understand that the chart is not a document Moses received when he went to the mountaintop?

“flexible,” again suggests that the people who believe “the card” contains some form of Eternal Truth ought Deal Me In to lighten up.

Bob W. For the most part, the basic strategy on the majority of strategy cards runs parallel to all blackjack games, but rule variations call for some deviaSecond, when I started playing decades ago, the first tion. That is why each blackjack game has its own individpiece of advice I received ual basic strategy. was; “Always split aces and Just Google (under Imageights. Never split fours.” es) “blackjack strategy card” Now, the rule has changed, and you will notice some and “the book says” to split fours against fives and sixes. subtle differences among the I understand that the change multitude of cards that exist, probably is a product of vast- strategy cards that are parly increased computer power ticular to some standard that allows far larger simula- blackjack rule sets below.

• 1 Deck, Dealer Stands on tions, but the fact that a fundamental rule has been so All 17s

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hazardly usually gives up an additional five percent to the • 2 Decks, Dealer Stands house. For players who folon All 17s low basic strategy and do not • 2 Decks, Dealer Hits Soft systematically change their 17 bet size, the house edge for • 4/6/8 Decks, Dealer blackjack games quoted by Stands on All 17s casinos, gaming regulators, • 4/6/8 Decks, Dealer Hits and Yours Truly is between Soft 17 0.5 percent and 1 percent.

You will also find rule variNow, Bob, lets you and I ations within the games center our attention on splitmentioned above, like splitting those fours. In my humting pairs, and games both ble opinion, I do not believe with and without doubling you should “always” split after splits. Getting my point? fours against a dealer showUnquestionably, players ing a five or a six. I would will forever quibble over dis- recommend that the only crepancies between the diftime you should split fours is ferent strategy cards, but if you are on a multi-deck what is not up for debate is game (6-8 decks), and the the value of using basic strat- casino allows you to double egy over just winging it. The down after the split. If perAverage Joe who plays hapmitted, then split those fours 17

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against a dealer five or six. If doubling after splits is not allowed, the proper play is to treat your pair of fours as a total of eight, and then just hit them.

Am I spot-on regarding the above statement? Not a chance! However, I can produce 10 strategy cards that agree with me, 10 that don’t.

We will have to wait for Moses to weigh in and break the tie.

Gambling wisdom of the week Scobe’s Seventh Law: “All Blackjack players are experts who are, unfortunately, willing to share their advice for free.”

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

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James Caan gets ‘Back in the Game’

BY DIANE WERTS NEWSDAY

Reason to watch: Why not sit with a droll, tequila-toting British trophy wife at a Little League game?

What it’s about: Maggie Lawson (“Psych”) stars as spunky sandwich-generationer Terry, caught between single-mom duties raising tween son Danny (Griffin Gluck) and their new live-in life with her cranky retired dad, career minor-leaguer “The Cannon” (James Caan, wearing this role like his favorite pair of jeans).

The grandson being a complete klutz sets up a “Bad News Bears” scenario. But Terry Jr. — yep, she’s named after dad — is herself an all-star athlete. She’s got a competitive spirit so finely honed, she’s itching to start coaching against a local Little League autocrat whose first name makes him the ideal insult target.

Who’s on her team? All those kid sports castoffs — the weird twins who speak synchronized, the fat boy, her own son. And her dad, who, if banned from dugout coaching, will do it barking into the game mike. Plus instant new BFF Lulu Lovette (Lenora Crichlow), also toting Scotch, a mordant mouth and the millions left by her late husband.

Their baseball team may be called the Angles — yep, typo — but it’s really Revenge Inc. My say: You gotta root, right? “Back in the Game” sets up easy enemies and funky friends, playing its own game like an adult show that just happens to have kids in it. And no wonder — it’s by writers Mark and Robb

BENEFIT BINGO — Doors open 12:30 p.m., bingo starts 2 p.m., West End Fire and Rescue Company hall, Mahanoy City. All proceeds go to Washington Hook and Ladder Company.

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Maggie Lawson and James Caan star in the MEETING — Park Crest new ABC comedy “Back in the Game.”

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Wednesday night’s single-camera pilot can fairly be called family entertainment, yet it had some quirks, or should we say kinks, that elevate the effort. Make Terry’s son angry, and he won’t hit the offending classmate, 2 Large Cheese Pizzas he’ll kiss him: “He’s scared of me now.” $18.50 (plus tax) Add some nicely leavened sentiment — DELIVERY AVAILABLE Terry discovered her absent dad tenaciously Open 7 Days A Week followed her college career from afar — and Sun. 11am-9:30pm, Mon. 11am-9pm you’ve got a well-rounded effort needing only Tues., Wed., Thurs. 11am-10pm Fri., Sat. 11am-11pm potent performances to prevail.

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WINGS AND THINGS — 5 to 9 p.m., Good Will Fire Company No. 4, Pottsville.

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BINGO — 6:30 p.m., doors and kitchen open 5 p.m., Coaldale Ambulance building. Free coffee and tea and weekly door prizes. Call 570645-2050.

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PERFORMANCE — “Magical Memories: A Tribute to the Magic of Disney,” 5 to 7 p.m., Sovereign Majestic Theater, 209 N. Centre St., Pottsville. Cost $15.

31 AND TASTEFULLY SIMPLE BINGO — Doors open 11 a.m., games start 1 p.m., American Hose Company No. 2, 323 W. Norwegian St., Pottsville. Cost $20, includes 20 games. Food and refreshments available. For tickets, call Barbie at 570-640-2442.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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It’s not too early for Christmas lights

I have a theory when it comes to purchases: Never buy something you can potentially make on the cheap.

Such was the case when I decided I wanted to add some ambiance to my patio via some kind of light that could hang from under the deck.

I had no idea how I was getting it up there or what I was looking for, but I went on the hunt. After trips to Lowe’s and Home Depot, I learned something very important: I cannot afford expensive outdoor lighting.

So, to the Internet I went to research my options when it came to some kind of DIY project.

Enter the “hula hoop chandelier.”

It was probably Pinterest where I stumbled upon this beauty. Simple concept: Attach icicle lights around the perimeter of a hula hoop.

Hang it somewhere: Viola!

Instant outdoor chandelier.

I scored the hula hoop at

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tracted by a stray cat.

That’s why those things stay up all year. Then, Jenna around November, I add to my nightly prayers the wish Wasakoski that they will light up one year later negating any need for me to perform any kind of wall-climbing acrobatics.

Luckily, I was able to find a Wal-Mart for about $3. I box of icicle lights at a local picked out a green one for no Dollar General since the manother reason than because ager was nice enough to dig a there are a lot of green set out of storage for me. things outdoors, like grass The project took all of 10 and trees and plants. So, that minutes. made sense to me.

I attached the lights to the Next, I needed to find hoop using a super high-tech some icicle lights. method using a combination I could have taken the set of twisty ties leftover from down that still hangs on the garbage bags I purchased front porch from last Christwith no drawstring and good mas, but that would require old duct tape. me to stand on the wall The best advice I ever around the front porch which received when it comes to has about a 6-foot drop to the being handy around the cement. That scared the beeje- house has always been: If it sus out of me, for all I could moves and it shouldn’t, duct think about is what would become of me had I happened to lose my footing or get dis-

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one handy in my life who isn’t afraid to climb tall ladders. He fixed it right up — although, for some reason, there were two ladders involved in the process and, in my fear of anyone plummeting to their death while on a ladder, I held on tight, steadying it with my eyes closed, not realizing I was, in fact, blindly holding a ladder with no one on it.

Nevertheless, I love my outdoor chandelier and I received many compliments on a project which cost me no more than $15, a project that, trust me, you can easily do, too.

(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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ladder with my arms 10-plus feet in the air and nothing to hang on to.

So, I did what I thought was the next logical solution.

From the top of the deck, I fished down a healthy length of four individual pieces of twine weighed by duct tape through the floorboards.

Eyeballing it through the JENNA WASAKOSKI/STAFF PHOTO cracks, I thought to myself, This hula-hoop chandelier can “Girl, you are genius. This is be made for less than $15. going to be so easy.”

Ingenuity at its finest. tape it. If it doesn’t move and Turns out, I’m not a good it should, WD-40 it. “eye-baller” and after about The next obstacle was how 47 trips upstairs and downto actually hang it. stairs, anchoring the twine The underbelly of the by tying it to deck chairs, all deck is a good 10 feet from I had was a beautiful chandethe ground and if I’m scared lier forever on a biatny of the 6-foot high wall on the (which is coal region for front porch, you know there cockeyed or on an angle). is no way I’m climbing up a Thankfully, I have some-

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