The Guide 03-16-2012

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Five Folks

The Times Leader recently hosted a regional spelling bee and will send the winner to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington.

This prompted us to hit the streets and ask:

“What kind of speller are you?”

“I’ve got to say I’m horrible at spelling.”

Janida Hudson, 23, Wilkes-Barre

“I’m a good speller. In sixth grade I came in third in a spelling bee, and I still remember I misspelled ‘immaculate.’ ” Sarah Scinto, 21, Monroe, Conn.

“I can’t spell for my life.

I use Spellcheck and the dictionary.”

Kevin Judge, 22, Philadelphia

“I’m not that good at it, but I’m not that bad either.”

Amanda Knight, 20, West Caldwell, N.J.

“I’m an in-between speller.”

Ashley Burke, 20, Tunkhannock

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Lindsey Yencha displays a Future Triathletes medal.

Twenty-five future triathletes start a kids’ half-mile and mile run in Lehman Township.

Jenna Stanski of Dallas preps for a Lehman Township fun run.

Kara Corbett, left, Ann Marie Morreale, and Len and Diane Zera cheer at the Pittston Tomato Festival 5K Run.

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Amanda McGurk stretches her muscles before a fun run.

By MARY THERESE BIEBEL mbiebel@timesleader.com

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he stood on the Market Street Bridge early Sunday, a self-appointed cheerleader with a tiny dog, rooting for everyone who hurried by.

“C’mon, you can do it,” Mickie Ostrum of Wilkes-Barre called.

“Good job! Keep it up!”

It didn’t matter if Ostrum knew the runners and walkers in the city’s inaugural 1-mile Renal Race. “We enjoy cheering for everybody,” she said. “From the first to the last.”

First, last or spectator, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to experience the regional racing culture this spring and summer. Just about every weekend boasts at least one event in or near Luzerne County.

For go-the-distance folks, there are marathons and half-marathons.

If you seek a less-strenuous day, there are non-competitive “fun runs” and walks.

For those in the middle there are 5- and 10-kilometer races.

Typically, races and walks raise money and attention for causes from adoption to asthma to autism – and those are just part of the “A” list.

Sunday’s Renal Race, which attracted some 400 participants, was organized in honor of 38-year-old Frank Pikul and his fight against kidney cancer, so Fran Fritz, 43, of Emmaus laced up her walking shoes because she’s a friend of Pikul’s family.

With an every-mile-counts attitude, Fritz’s daughter and fellow walker, Brittany, 20, said the exercise will help her train for a threeday, 60-mile walk in early October in Philadelphia that raises money

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And they’re off. Renal Race runners of all ages get started at Kirby Park on Sunday.

for breast-cancer research.

“I’m going to try to do 20 miles a week (to prepare),” she said.

Among Sunday’s runners, Joe Hayer, 35, of Maryland was in Wilkes-Barre for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade and decided a brisk mile would be a good way to start the day.

Radio host Cathy Donnelly, 56, of Beaumont also ran the course, and predicted she’d be sore. “Dear God, you have to train for this,” she said.

While you’re training, you can check out neparunner.com and find a full calendar of races that offer prizes for winners (diamonds, cash), bragging rights (you could be declared the area’s “fastest man” or “fastest woman”) and activities to entertain the non-runners (music, face-painting, climbing walls).

Some, such as Dunmore’s Run to Daylight on March 25, promise home-cooked potluck.

“A lot of volunteers, without me

asking, are baking things and making soups. It really cuts back on costs,” said Mike Rickert, organizer of the 5K run/walk, which benefits the Dunmore YMCA and is named in honor of the recent clock change.

At 11 a.m. Sunday at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, you can take part in the Wyoming Valley Striders’ 4.5mile Winter’s End race, first in a Triple Crown series that includes the Cherry Blossom Run on May 6 and a Summer’s End Run Sept. 22.

On March 24 you can run a 5K or walk one mile at Kirby Park to benefit the Catherine McAuley House. If you’re up for a mountain of stairs instead, the 1,224-step “Fight for Air Climb” at the Mohegan Sun Arena benefits the American Lung Association.

Then you can finish the month March 31 in Hanover Township with a “Run for the Red” to benefit See RACE, Page 4

UPCOMING RACES “Winter’s End,” 4.5 miles. 11 a.m.

Sunday. Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus. Sponsored by Wyoming Valley Striders. 474-5363 “Make a Break for McAuley,” 5K run, 1-mile walk. 10 a.m. March 24.

Kirby Park, Wilkes-Barre. Benefits the Catherine McAuley House. 4178680.

“Fight For Air Climb,” 1,224 steps at Mohegan Sun Arena. 1 p.m. March 24.

Benefits the American Lung Association. 823-2212 “Run to Daylight,” 5K run/walk, Dunmore. 10:30 a.m. March 25. Benefits the Dunmore YMCA. 342-8115 “Run for the Red,” 5K, 10:30 a.m.

March 31. Hanover Industrial Park, Hanover Township, benefits the Red Cross. 823-7161, ext. 322.

“Do It For The Kids” 5K and Kids Fun Run, 6 p.m. April 25. River Common in Wilkes-Barre. (Walk-a-thon, 10 a.m. April 28 at the Wyoming Valley Children’s Association in Forty Fort.)

714-1246.

Find later races at www.neparunner.com.

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The exercise and excitement will continue in April with the “Do It For The Kids” 5K and Kids Fun Run, which benefit the Wyoming Valley Children’s Association, on the 25th. The races will begin at the Millennium Circle of the River Common, and side attractions will include pizza and entertainment by the Larry George Trio.

A related walk-a-thon, with DJ entertainment, will take place at the Children’s Association, in Forty Fort, on April 28.

Farther afield, Gettysburg will play host April 29 to a North-South Marathon. Sign up for whichever “Army” you prefer, and if you’re fast enough, your time will affect the score.

Last year, the North won 17-12.

And if you’re not quite up to slogging through all 26.2 miles yourself, a God’s Country Marathon in Potter County on June 2 lets you enter a team of five people, each of whom runs a leg.

Closer to home, the Glen Summit Water Race at Harveys Lake on April 21 will have a climbing wall and fitness games for children while runners circle the 8.2-mile lake. Walkers are welcome, organizers say, but keep in mind the clock will only run for 2.5 hours.

While most races begin in the morning, Hazleton’s 5K Run for the Cannoli starts at 3 p.m. Aug. 19. Coordinator Dino Oberto said the later start gives out-oftown runners time to arrive as well as enjoy the festival at Queen of Heaven Parish, the

race beneficiary.

“You get cannoli,” when you finish the run, “and you get $5 worth of food tickets,” Oberto said. “I tell people, if you want some fried dough, order it right before the race starts and it will be ready by the time you get back.”

The Run for the Cannoli began nine years ago with 24 participants – “Only 22 came back; two of them went right to the beer tent,” Oberto said. It has grown to160, which may be due in part to the chance to win as much as $100.

“Medals are good,” Oberto said. “But after a while you realize you’ve collected a lot of them.”

As the year progresses, runners can look forward to the Wendy’s Wonderful Kids HalfMarathon in Wilkes-Barre on Labor Day Weekend as well as the venerable (it started in 1908) 9-mile Run for the Diamonds in Berwick, a Thanksgiving Day tradition that gives runners an excuse to indulge in turkey dinners.

In November the Berwick race, in which top finishers win diamond jewelry, attracted more than 1,500 runners. Runner Rob Ahrens of Clarks Summit, who came in seventh in 2010 and won a diamond, said running also provides certain intangibles.

“It helps you be a better, more well-rounded person,” Ahrens said. “It helps with your motivation, your discipline.”

It’s also something you can do all your life, Oberto from the Cannoli Race said. “Running is an ageless sport. I’ve had races where the age range was 8 to 72.”

Events

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THIS WEEK: MARCH 16 TO 22 , 2012 Pennsylvania Cinderella Pageant, a natural (no heavy makeup or glitzy costumes) scholarship pageant for infants through age 26.

Downtown Arts Building, 47 N. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. 10 a.m.

Saturday. $5. 972-623-8082.

Knit and Crochet Group. All ages.

Osterhout Free Library, 71 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday. Free.

St. Patty’s Day Spectacular, a dinner and dance with music by the Poets, Frankie & the Corvettes and Beatles tribute band The Fab 3.

Genetti Best Western Hotel, WilkesBarre. Saturday with doors at 5 p.m., dinner at 5:45 and dancing 7 to 11 p.m. $35. 800-830-7463.

50/50 Bingo. Pay per card. Old Noxen School and Community Center, School Street, Noxen. 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Benefits the Noxen-Monroe Sportsmen’s Club.

298-2052.

St. Patrick’s Day Dinner Dance, with Irish dishes by Sitko’s Farmhouse and music by DJ Tom Emanski, plus Irish auction. St. Patrick Church, 411 Allegheny St., White Haven. Saturday with dinner at 6:30 and dancing 7 to 11 p.m. $20 includes beer. 443-0410.

St. Patrick’s Day Dinner Dance, with a ham-and-cabbage dinner and dance music by Neon Knights.

American Legion, 4907 Memorial Highway, Harveys Lake. 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday. $15 benefits the Annual Kids Fishing Derby. 6392240.

St. Patrick’s Day Dinner Dance, with music by Gary Dee and Company. VFW, 401-403 Main St., Dupont. Saturday with dinner at 7:30 p.m. and dancing 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. $25. 654-9104.

Ham and Kielbasa Bingo, sponsored by the Holy Name Society.

St. Leo/Holy Rosary Church, 33 Manhattan St. Ashley. Sunday with

floral bird’s nest. Pittston Memorial Library, 47 Broad St. 6 p.m. Monday. $3. 654-9565.

Moscow on the Shamokin, the 4th annual Slavic Heritage Festival with live music and ethnic foods. Luzerne County Community College’s Northumberland Center, 2 E. Arch St., Shamokin. 7 p.m. Monday. Free.

648-2544.

Out in the woods, March means the sap is flowing.

Head to Springville (north of Tunkhannock) for a look at maple-syrup making at Loch’s Maple, just off Route 29. Start the day off with a pancake breakfast at the Springville United Methodist Church (7 a.m. to 1 p.m.), then join a guided tour of the sap house, sample the syrup, cream, candy and other maple treats and see soap making, spinning, blacksmithing, woodworking, weaving, quilting and knitting. The free open house runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday. 9652679 or lochsmaple.com. doors at noon and games at 1 p.m. $3. 822-8788.

French Film Series, a screening of “Potiche” (Trophy Wife), a 2010 comedy starring Catherine Deneuve. Pearn Auditorium, Brennan Hall, University of Scranton. 7 p.m.

Wednesday. Free. 941-4163.

Casablanca 70th Anniversary Celebration, a screening of the epic unrequited-love story preceded by a documentary. Hosted by Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies. Cinemark 20, Moosic. 7 p.m. Wednesday. $12.50, $11.50 seniors/students. 961-5943 or fathomevents.com.

Party for Jayden, a fundraiser to provide a diabetic alert dog to a 7-year-old diabetes victim. With food and drinks. Rodano’s, Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. 5 to 8 p.m.

Thursday. $20. 823-2191.

Spring Bingo, with Chinese auction. Sponsored by the Newport Township Women’s Activity Group at Holy Spirit Parish, 31 S. Market St., Glen Lyon. Sunday with doors at noon and games at 1 p.m. 7366797.

The Titanic: A Film and Discussion Series. First screening is of “Titanic Tech” on Thursday. With host Bill Bachman and guest speakers. Movies 14, 24 E. Northampton St., Wilkes-Barre. 7 p.m. Sponsored

by Penn State Wilkes-Barre. $40/ series. 675-9269.

Strikes for Sight Bowl-a-Thon, a fundraiser for the Lake Silkworth Area Lions Club. Chacko’s Family Bowling Center, 195 N. Wilkes-Barre Blvd., Wilkes-Barre. 1 to 3 p.m.

Sunday. 477-3308 or 574-3914.

A Catholic Priest Among Muslims: What I Have Learned, a talk

by Father Thomas Michel. Room 133, Loyola Science Center, University of Scranton. 8 p.m. Thursday. Free. 941-4546.

Bridal Luncheon and Fashion Show, the latest wedding styles by Bridal Chateau and Sarno & Sons.

With prizes and promotions. Irem Clubhouse, 64 Ridgway Drive, Dallas. Sunday with lunch at 1:30 p.m. and fashion show at 2:15 p.m. $20. Reservations: 675-1134, ext.

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Spring Craft for Adults. Create a

FUTURE No Impact Man, about a family determined to abandon their consumptive lifestyle in Manhattan.

Part of the Environmental Film Series of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Wyoming Valley, Mount Olivet and Church roads, Wyoming. 7 p.m. March 23. Free.

972-7856 or uucwv.org.

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Globetrotters, enjoying the chance to travel the world while he established a on’t be surprised if you’ve seen Herbert reputation for dribbling and dunking.

“Flight Time” Lang on TV. As for some of his television apHe’s been on “Hell’s Kitchen,” “The Bachelorette,” “Are You Smarter Than a pearances, here’s a recap: He and several teammates appeared on Fifth Grader?” and “The Amazing Race.”

Not that he was cooking, seeking a date or partic- “Hell’s Kitchen” as guests at a bar ularly eager to show off his knowledge of grade- mitzvah. On “The Bachelorette,” he was one of a contingent of Globeschool geography. The appearances trotters who played basketball were all offshoots of his role as a 6-foot-3 IF YOU GO with contestants. guard with the Harlem Globetrotters.

He and teammate Nate “Big “If it weren’t for basketball and the What: Harlem GlobeEasy” Lofton twice took part in Globetrotters, I wouldn’t be able to do trotters “The Amazing Race,” traveling the any of these things,” said Lang, who will When: 7 tonight Where: Mohegan Sun world to complete unusual tasks. play with the team tonight at the Mohe- Arena, Casey Plaza, “The hardest one was when we gan Sun Arena.

Highland Park Boulewent to China and tasted some Being a Globetrotter is an opportuni- vard, Wilkes-Barre teas and then went to India and ty to be an ambassador for the United Township had to remember them. There States – Lang estimates he’s visited be- More info: 800-745was no way to physically or tween 80 and 90 countries – and to be a 3000 mentally prepare for that,” positive role model for youngsters.

“You should always be on your best behavior be- he said in a telephone interview.

As for his appearance on “Are You cause you never know who’s watching. Treat every person as you want to be treated,” he said, explain- Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” Lang answered all his questions correctly ing the advice he gives to youths.

The oldest of nine children, Lang learned respon- and raised $25,000 for the “Make-Asibility at an early age, when his mother worked the Wish” Foundation, which benefits night shift and left him and his next-oldest sister in children who are seriously ill. “I wouldn’t say I’m smarter than a fifthcharge of the younger siblings.

“We had to get them to do their homework and grader,” he said with a modest laugh. go to bed on time,” he said. “They had to listen to “But I am AS SMART as a fifth-grader.”

Come to tonight’s game, Lang said, me. I was pretty much the man of the house.”

Lang, a 1998 graduate of Centenary College in and you’re bound to have fun. “You can enjoy Louisiana, has spent the past 13 years with the it, even if you don’t like basketball.”

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It’s ‘KISS-off’ time for ‘Heynabonics’

By MARY THERESE BIEBEL mbiebel@timesleader.com

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The Fresh Beat Band, Nickelodeon’s popular preschool music group, will visit the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre for two performances on Wednesday.

Kids THIS WEEK: MARCH 16 TO 22 , 2012 Preschool Story Time. Wyoming Free Library, 358 Wyoming Ave. 11 a.m. to noon Fridays through March 30. Ages 3 to 5.

Family Wii Day. Pittston Memorial Library, 47 Broad St. Noon to 3 p.m. Saturday. 654-9565.

Storytime Reading, with Dr. Linda Winkler, Wilkes University dean and author of four children’s books based on her work in Tanzania.

With visiting Tanzanian professor Rael Sospateri. Osterhout Free Library, 71 S. Franklin St., WilkesBarre. Noon Saturday. 821-1959.

Easter Make-and-Take Craft. Stop by the Pittston Memorial Library, 47 Broad St., to make an Easter photo frame. Noon to 8 p.m. Monday and Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Wednesday and March 23.

654-9565.

Teen Hangout Club, a discussion of “Hunger Games.” Pittston Memorial Library, 47 Broad St. 6 p.m.

Monday. 654-9565.

Infant Story Time, ages 2 and under. Osterhout Free Library, 71 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. 10 and 11 a.m. Wednesday. 823-0156.

The Fresh Beat Band, Nickelodeon’s preschool music group.

F.M. Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre. 3 and 6 p.m. Wednesday. $35, $25.

826-1100.

Teen Night, a grilled-cheese social.

Osterhout Free Library, 71 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. 6 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday. 821-1959.

FUTURE Story Time with Misericordia, with students from the Speech and Language Pathology Department..

West Pittston Library, 200 Exeter Ave. 1 p.m. March 23. Free. 6549847.

John Schugard, Greg Korin and Chris and Shivaun O’Donnell rehearse a skit that will be part of ‘The Big KISS Off.’ Korin is holding a photo to represent Jack Gibbons, who also will be part of the show.

Disney’s Winnie the Pooh Kids, a children’s musical performed by KISS Theatre Company, 58 Wyoming Valley Mall, Wilkes-Barre Township. 7 p.m. March 23; 2 and 7 p.m.

March 24; 2 p.m. March 25. 8291901.

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Two new arrivals want to fit in, so they ask a Heynabonics instructor to be their dialect coach.

Taking aim at their precise diction, Greg Korin’s character offers a few examples of How to Speak in Northeastern Pennsylvania: “To” is pronounced “ta,” he tells them “The” is pronounced “da.”

So, he explains, you would say: “I am goin’ ta da store.”

Someone about to suggest a lunch break might ask, “Jeet yet?”

A waiter might say: “Whadda youse want?”

As for the ubiquitous “Heyna,” it corresponds roughly to “Isn’t that right?”

If you’re one of the thousands of viewers who watched a “Heynabonics” skit on YouTube, you’re familiar with the work of the comedy troupe One Laugh at Least.

Members of the group have been rehearsing “Heynabonics” and several other skits in preparation for “The Big KISS Off,” set for two shows Saturday at the KISS Theatre in the Wyoming Valley Mall in Wilkes-Barre.

The performances are farewell shows for founding mem-

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THIS WEEK: MARCH 16 TO 22 , 2012 Concert of Sacred and Folk Music, with four opera singers and a Bratislava State Conservatory violinist. By the Slovak Heritage Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania. First Presbyterian Church, 97 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. 7 tonight. Donation. 287-2476.

The ShamRock Show, This Is a Moment, Silhouette Lies, Sarah Yazkanin, Chuck Silsby (of The Way) and Blinded Passenger. New Visions, 201 Vine St., Scranton. 8 tonight. $5. BYOB. 878-3970.

Breakfree, the local Christian band. Two Marys Christian Coffeehouse, Salvation Army, 17 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Wilkes-Barre. 7 p.m.

Saturday. Free. 301-3231.

Unforgettable Fire, the U-2 tribute band. Mount Airy Casino Resort, 44 Woodland Road, Mount Pocono.

8 p.m. Saturday. $10. 866-468-7619.

Los Angeles Philharmonic, a prerecorded transmission of “Gustavo Dudamel and Herbie Hancock Celebrate Gershwin” from the Walt Disney Concert Hall. With a documentary. Cinemark 20, Moosic. 2 p.m. Sunday. $20, $18 seniors.

Student Concert, a fundraiser for Feeding America with performances of Beethoven’s “Spring Sonata” and other classical works.

Great Hall of Wyoming Seminary, 228 Wyoming Ave., Kingston. 2 p.m. Sunday. Donation. 270-2192.

Songs of Ireland, performed by The Classics. By the Mozart Club at the Church of Christ Uniting, 776

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Oren Adam is one of several Wyoming Seminary student musicians who’ll perform in a fundraiser for Feeding America on Sunday at Great Hall in Kingston.

Market St., Kingston. 7 p.m. Monday. Free. 288-2334.

In Recital, with the University of Scranton Performance Music Students. Houlihan-McLean Center, Scranton. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Free. 941-4163.

Comedy Stand-Off. Clarion Hotel & Hub Lounge, 300 Meadow Ave., Scranton. Wednesdays through March 28 with sign-up at 8:30 p.m. and comedy at 9 p.m. 344-9811.

FUTURE CONCERTS Meredith Andrews performs contemporary Christian music. Cross Creek Community Church, 370 Carverton Road, Trucksville. 7 p.m.

March 23. Donation. 696-0399.

Yesterday and Today, an interactive concert of Beatles music.

Mellow Theater, Lackawanna College, 501 Vine St., Scranton. 8 p.m.

March 23. 955-1455.

Best of Second City, improve sketch comedy by the famed Chicago troupe. F.M. Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre. 8 p.m. March 23. $28.

826-1100.

BEST BET It’s all about Johann Sebastian Bach this weekend in Scranton. The 27th edition of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Bach Festival is a two-day salute to the composer and his contemporaries.

Lehigh Valley concert organist Stephen Williams will open the festival with a free concert at 4 p.m.

Saturday at Elm Park United Methodist Church on Linden Street.

Then the music will move to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on Wyoming Avenue for an 8 p.m. chamber concert. Sunday afternoon’s concert at St. Luke’s will bring together the Robert Dale Chorale and the Festival Orchestra for a performance including two of Bach’s greatest masterworks. Tickets are $15, $12 for seniors and for $7 students. 586-3921 or robertdalechorale.org.

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Few musical thrills compare to hearing, not 10 feet away, bagpipers and drummers pumping out traditional Irish, Scottish and/or Celtic tunes, especially on the day set aside to honor the homeland. Pipers, drummers and other Irish entertainers will be out in force throughout the area this weekend.

The Wyoming Valley Pipe and Drum Band, still going strong three years in, not only celebrates Celtic but area history. The band’s symbol, a Native American war club and crossed miner’s pick, represent the area’s true founders and anthracite history.

Another noted area band, which has been around since 1998, is the Ceol Mor Pipe and Drum Band. The band marches in honor of the fallen of the 28th Infantry Division, a unit of the Army National Guard that German forces nicknamed the “Bloody Bucket” division during World War II for its red insignia and because it was instrumental in stalling the last German offensive. The band won awards in 2011 for Best Irish Costume in the Scranton St. Patrick’s Day parade and third place for Pipe and Drum Band in the 8th Annual Girardville St. Patrick’s Parade The Irish Lads are another popular local Auld Sod outfit.

The group, which this year celebrates 34 years together, has five albums out and has performed on the same stages as The Clancy Brothers and Dubliners.

Yet another longstanding singing group, circa 1966, is

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The Ceol Mor Pipe and Drum Band has been a part of the area’s music scene since 1998.

Husband and wife duo Jonathan and Jennifer Adams make up Montana Skies, which offers a contemporary instrumental sound.

the Irish Balladeers. The Scranton-based band has put out 10 albums, including its last CD, “Live at the Banshee,” the Scranton venue where it will play this weekend.

••• If you aren’t in the mood for festive tunes this weekend, hear a totally different sound at the River Street Jazz Café during the Ol’ Cabbage and The Big Dirty show.

Ol’ Cabbage is a Plymouthbased jam band. The Big Dirty is purely instrumentation, focusing on the psychedelic.

••• Finally, the Mauch Chunk Opera House will play host to Montana Skies, an award-winning duo that covers music from groups such as Pink Floyd and Rush and incorporates songs of its own. Guitar and electric cello fuse to make a category all its own, one that has been called chamber rock to psychedelic strings.

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Wyoming Valley Pipe and Drum Band Tonight • 6 p.m.: Saints and Sinners Irish Pub, 112 Center St., Pittston • 8 p.m.: Cork Bar and Restaurant, 463 Madison St., Wilkes-Barre • 9 p.m.: Moore’s Cafe, 326 Scott St., Wilkes-Barre • 10 p.m.: Senunas’, 133 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre Tomorrow • 4:30 p.m.: Plains American Legion, 101 E. Carey St., Plains Township • 5 p.m.: Kevin’s Bar and Restaurant, 247 Wyoming Ave., Kingston • 6 p.m.: Lucky’s Sporthouse, Schechter Drive, Wilkes-Barre Township • 7 p.m.: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Game, Mohegan Sun Arena, Wilkes-Barre Township • 8:30 p.m.: Barney Inn, 189 Barney St., Wilkes-Barre • 9:30 p.m.: Kelsey’s Pub, 121 N. Main St., Ashley • 10:30 p.m.: Two G’s, 3381 Bear Creek Blvd., Plains Township ••• Irish Lads Tonight: • 8:30 p.m.: the Pub at Beech Mountain Lake, Drums Tomorrow: • 7 p.m.: Kevin’s Bar and Restaurant, 247 Wyoming Ave., Kingston • Ceol Mor Pipe and Drum Band Tonight: • 7 p.m.: Hurley’s Saloon, 265 Slocum St., Swoyersville Tomorrow: • 4:30 p.m.: Cavanaugh’s Grille, 163 N. Main St., Mountain Top • 7 p.m.: Patte’s Sports Bar, 65 W. Hollenback Ave., Wilkes-Barre • 8 p.m.: Senunas’ Bar and Grill, 133 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre • 9 p.m.: Hops & Barleys, 131 Main St., Luzerne ••• Irish Balladeers Tonight: • 7 p.m.: The Banshee, 320 Penn Ave., Scranton ••• What: Ol’ Cabbage and The Big Dirty When: 10 tonight Where: River Street Jazz Café, 667 N. River St., Plains Township Tickets: $5 -$10 ••• What: Montana Skies When: 8 tonight Where: Mauch Chunk Opera House, 14 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe Tickets: $18

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‘Jeff’ makes his connection

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By ROGER MOORE McClatchy-Tribune News Service

“Friends with Kids” is a delightful rom-com, funny but not ridiculous, sweet but not sentimental. It cheerfully earns its R rating on language alone but always in service of a good laugh.

The film follows two Manhattan friends, Julie (Jennifer Westfeldt) and Jason (the terrific Adam Scott), who witness their married pals melting down once they have children. One couple (Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd) bicker amid a household of chaos. Another (Jon Hamm, Kristin Wiig), who once couldn’t keep their hands off each other, can’t even be in the same room.

So Julie and Jason make a plan: They’ll have a kid together, with no troublesome romantic issues. They live in the same building, have known each other forever and are not attracted to each other. What could go wrong?

“Friends with Kids” heads in a familiar direction, but getting there is fun.

A baby is conceived, and everything’s great until womanizing Jason finally meets a dancer he’s serious about, and Julie starts dating a good-guy contractor, the “Holy Grail” of the elementary-

“Jeff, Who Lives at Home” could be just another quirky, abrasive and unconventional relationship comedy from the Duplass Brothers. It starts with the assertion by Jeff (Jason Segel) that “everyone and everything is interconnected in this universe.” You know, he says, like that life-altering (and daft) M. Night Shyamalan movie “Signs,” which has become Jeff’s obsession.

He’s a 30-year-old pothead slacker, living in his mom’s basement, but the film makes its case for him, and for M. Night, in 82 goofy, touching minutes.

Ed Helms is Jeff’s paint-salesman brother, Pat, and Susan Sarandon (luminous) is his long-suffering mom.

Pat’s in a troubled marriage to miserable Linda (Judy Greer, fantastic).

Believing deeply that life is giving him “Signs,” Jeff takes a wrong number from an angry man demanding to chat with “Kevin” as an excuse to follow any random person named Kevin he runs across over the course of one crazy day.

It’s Pat worst day ever as he tries to figure out if his wife is cheating. Meanwhile, Sarandon “hates” her kids but

Adam Scott and Jennifer Westfeldt star in ‘Friends with Kids.’

IF YOU GO What: “Friends With Kids” ★★★ Starring: Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Kristin Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd, Edward Burns, Megan Fox Directed by: Jennifer Westfeldt Running time: 107 minutes Rated: R for sexuality, language

school divorced-parent set.

“Friends with Kids” arrives at its foregone conclusion while staying fresh and consistently amusing. It may not be traditional, but it salutes family and friends, which never lose appeal.

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Jason Segel and Ed Helms star in ‘Jeff, Who Lives at Home.’

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spends the day distracted by anonymous flirty computer messages.

This is all presented in that deadpan Duplass Brothers style — abrupt zooms used for comic effect, over-the-top sibling arguments and sentimental brothSee JEFF, Page 8

‘21 Jump’ new, not improved No more ‘Cheers’ for Woody

By BETSY SHARKEY Los Angeles Times

By ROGER MOORE McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill star in ‘21 Jump Street.’

IF YOU GO What: “21 Jump Street” ★★ Starring: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Brie Larson, Dave Franco Directed by: Phil Lord and Chris Miller Running time: 109 minutes Rated: R for crude content, language, drugs, teen drinking, violence

has changed since they graduated. The enviro-nerd is king of the cool kids. Caring about schoolwork is cool, drama club is cool, and picking on a gay kid isn’t. (Jenko blames “Glee!” in one of the movie’s funniest and filthiest lines).

See 21 JUMP, Page 8

LOS ANGELES — Playing a cop at his worst, his hands never dirtier, the stakes never higher, Woody Harrelson has perhaps never been better.

“Rampart,” set in Los Angeles in 1999, captures a time when public trust in law enforcement was brought down by police corruption in the Rampart precinct. Rather than take on the malfeasance, director Oren Moverman constructed a story around one very bad cop running rampant in Rampart.

Officer Dave Brown (Harrelson) is a world of trouble with layers of internal rot. He has two ex-wives (Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon), sisters — he cheated on both — and a daughter from each.

But the film starts with his other home: the beat. As he scopes out the gang-riddled streets, you sense his twisted world view as he lectures the younger cops. Clarity comes with the first arrest, Dave muscling a confession out of a convenience-store thief. Not long after, he’s caught on tape beating a guy nearly to death Rodney King-style.

In short order, Date Rape Dave, as he’s called for the suspect he eliminated under suspicious circumstances, is in

The once-innocent bartender Woody Harrelson is now one bad cop.

IF YOU GO What: “Rampart” ★★★ Starring: Woody Harrelson, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright Directed by: Oren Moverman Running time: 107 minutes Rated: R for language, sex, violence

hot water with the embattled department. Before they are finished, the filmmakers have given Dave all the tribulations of Job, none of the godliness and very little hope of the redemption.

Harrelson has to leave all decency behind. It is a credit to the actor that you feel See RAMPART, Page 8

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That teen-friendly FOX cop show that made Johnny Depp famous has been unleashed in the post “Hangover” era — when no joke is out of bounds, no language too profane, no riff on drugs or sex too extreme.

The young cops here are incompetent, and they know it. New to the force, they haven’t even memorized the Miranda Rights speech.

“They always cut away on TV before they finish!” Jenko complains.

In high school, he was the popular jock who “didn’t learn a thing.”

Schmidt was the insecure brainiac who always choked when the chips were down. Jenko picked on Schmidt.

But when they help each other through the police academy, they become best buds. They’re deemed naturals for the revival of an old program — putting baby-faced cops back into high school to hunt down the drug dealers.

Jenko is set to slide back into Prom King status, and Schmidt’s doomed to relive his chemistry whiz nobody liked.

But the idiots botch their assumed identities. Schmidt is now the alleged jock, Jenko the brains. And high school

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“THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN,” GRADE B-MINUS: Not since “1941” has Steven Spielberg created a movie so visually impressive – but disappointing in story and performance.

“YOUNG ADULT,” GRADE B: Charlize Theron is first-rate as an emotionally deluded woman you’ll love and love to hate.

Other new DVD releases: "MY WEEK WITH MARILYN": Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) escapes Hollywood by traveling to England.

“THE THREE MUSKETEERS”: Modern retelling of Alexander Dumas’ story.

ACT OF VALOR — Active-duty SEALs star. R. 101 mins. ★ A THOUSAND WORDS — Eddie Murphy’s an obnoxious clown.

PG-13. 91 mins. ★ 1/2 THE ARTIST — Oscars darling.

PG-13. 100 mins. ★★★ CHRONICLE – Superpowers at play. PG-13. 84 mins. ★★★ GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE – Johnny Blaze vs. devil. PG-13. 95 mins. ★★ 1/2 JOHN CARTER — Yes, there’s life on Mars. It’s deadly dull.

PG-13. 131 mins. ★ 1/2 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND — Another modern take on Jules Verne.

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erly bonding. But “Jeff” takes the Duplass art to a new, deeper place.

Confessions will be made, crises avoided or grappled with, and destiny will be met before Jeff has ended his long, meandering day. And when it’s done, you may find yourself Netflixing “Signs” again. Because maybe this stoner-savant is onto something. Maybe everything IS connected.

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Though they have just three basic rules, Jenko and Schmidt screw up. Jenko’s report to the captain about high school today being the reverse of when

GONE – Amanda Seyfried is a paranoid survivor of a serial killer. PG-13. 94 mins. ★ 1/2 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX –Charming 3-D enviro-activism.

PG. 86 mins. ★★★ 1/2 PROJECT X — Hot young women cavort drunk. R. 88 mins. ★★ SAFE HOUSE — Denzel shoots ’em up. R. 115 mins. ★ SILENT HOUSE — Follow Elizabeth Olsen around a creepy lake house. R. 88 mins. ★★ 1/2 THE VOW — Old-fashioned amnesia tale. PG-13. 89 mins. ★ 1/2 THIS MEANS WAR — A love triangle. PG-13. 97 mins. ★★ WANDERLUST — Married Manhattanites land at a hippie enclave. R. 98 mins. ★★

and violent. As the day of reckoning approaches, the film spins out of control, careening between subplots. Still, the film is Harrelson’s calling card, proof the goofy bartender of “Cheers” has turned into a natural-born killer. jocks like him ran the show is angry, wounded and hilarious.

“It’s backwards and wrong, and it must be stopped!”

Still, the show hits the wall about halfway in. It relies too much on profane but funny tirades from Ice Cube, out-ofhand partying and over-the-top violence to truly succeed.

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“It won’t be One Laugh at Least without Greg,” said Chris O’Donnell of Wilkes-Barre, who is credited with writing the skits the group has performed in local theaters, churches and bookstores for close to 15 years.

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‘Harry’s Law’ is currently on hiatus Q. What happened to Kathy Bates’ legal clinic / shoe store show? It used to be on at 9 on Wednesdays, was doing well, was switched to Saturday night and disappeared. Was it canceled?

A. “Harry’s Law,” the show you are asking about, has been on hiatus. It will return on March 11 in a new time slot, 8 p.m. EST Sundays.

Q. Please tell me what happened to “Bones.” They are my very favorite.

They used to be on at least three times, now they are on just once a week, and mostly reruns.

A. It looks as if you are watching the forensic-crime series both on TNT, which airs repeats of old episodes on Tuesdays and Thursdays (although NBA telecasts may pre-empt some showings), and on Fox, which runs new episodes. Fox has had the show on hiatus, partly because of a production break taken after co-star Emily Deschanel gave birth to a son last fall, and to open a time slot for trying out “The Finder,” a spin-off of “Bones.”

Deschanel’s character, Temperance Brennan, has also been pregnant; she and partner / baby-daddy Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) will still be awaiting their child’s arrival when the series resumes on Fox on April 5.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Be willing to ask

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Telling and hearing too much may be a problem. The good news is that it means people want to share with you, and you want to share with them, too.

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CANCER (June 22-July 22). It’s a good time for introspection. The world has no other choice but to reflect back to you what’s happening with your inner life.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Children have to learn that life is better with fewer sweets, less television and more fresh air. And you are childlike enough now to need and heed the same lessons.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You may not be entirely pleased with yourself, but punishment is unnecessary and, in fact, would be counterproductive. Emphasize your positive characteristics.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You may feel caught in between short- and long-term

thinking. It’s actually a wonderful place to be. Too much long-term thinking is no fun, and thinking only in the short term is foolish.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There’s an event coming up, and it will go better for you if you start making plans now. Let yourself free-associate about how you want this to go.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Boundary issues may arise. You may feel like someone is giving unwanted advice or infringing on your privacy. Stand up for yourself.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Get clarity.

You are mighty intuitive now, but you’ll learn more by asking than by assuming you already have the answers.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You will

get the chance to practice the fine art of compassionate detachment. You will show that you care about another person.

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In the Lime Light, work relating to the area’s anthracite history, artifacts from the Luzerne County Historical Society and Irish folk music by Emmett and Mary Ruth Burke. Wyoming Valley Art League, 130 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. 5 to 8 tonight. Free.

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Book Signing, with Harrison Wick. (“Pennsylvania’s Back Mountain,” “Greater Wyoming Valley Trolleys” and “Luzerne County.”) Barnes & Noble, Wilkes-Barre Township. 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday.

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Poetry Reading, with slam poet and YouTube personality Taylor Mail. Sette LaVerghetta Center, Marywood University, Scranton. 7 p.m. Monday. 348-6211.

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PIANO BAR!

FRIDAY & SATURDAY MIKE BACK with Piano & Vocals Classic Rock

HAPPY HOUR 9-11PM

CHECKERBOARD INN SPECIALS Sole Stuffed Caesar Salad $5.95 w/Crabmeat & Cheese

Tax & Toppings Extra

Cannot be combined with any other offer.

One coupon per visit. Expires 3-22-12

Add Chicken $8.95 Add Shrimp $10.95

Served with 2 Sides

14.95

$

Pizza Special: White Broccoli (Large Only) Back Room Available For Parties • Catering Off Premises Available See all our specials at www.checkerboardinn.com

on Northampt orner ofinE.Wilkes-Barre at the Csi .

St de & Hill

Carverton Road, Trucksville • 696-1648

ICK’S DAY SAINT PATR PECIALS WEEKEND S BBAGE

A BEEF & C LL CORNED OILED POTATOES AND A RO SERVED W/B $8.95 ISS W BEEF & S LE CORNED W/POTATO SALAD & PICK D VE R SE E. RY N O $4.95 WITH A ROLL EW SERVED IRISH ST

Homemade Pasta, Potato Pancakes, Potato Kluski, Seafood & More

OLD CENTER INN PIZZA

Friday & 1 Dozen Rhode Island Clams (1 pp) 4.00 or a FREE pizza with table of four Saturday $

$2.95

S HOUR N E H C T -8 I 5 .

S K MON.-THUR

34 W. Broad Nanticoke

SUN. 1-8 • AT. 5-9 FRI.-S

www.facebook.com/GingisPA

Fri & Sat 5-10 239-6911

744369 7443 443 69 744369 7443 3369 99

$

OPEN DAILY 5PM • 675-0804

Seafood Soup • Icelandic Salmon w/ crabmeat $14 Shrimp Alfredo over pasta $12 • Salmon New Orleans $15.50 Ahi Tuna Terrific $15.50 • Fish & Chips $10.95

Fish & Chips w/ Coleslaw $10

Open 6am-9pm Daily

651 Wyoming Ave. • Kingston 283-4322 • 283-4323

for

Celebrating 25 Years

Breakfast Served All Day

Details at

www.lyonsphoto.com (570)824-0906

THE GUIDE

THE GUIDE

WEEKEND SPECIALS Served with Soup or Salad

HAM OR CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE WITH BOILED POTATOES $10.75 West Side Mall, Edwardsville

288-6609

Open Daily 7 am - 11 pm

49 S. Mountain Blvd Blvd., Mountain Top Top, PA 18707 Restaurant: 474-5464 | Lounge: 474-9494

HAPPY HOUR MONDAY - FRIDAY 5PM-7PM WEDNESDAY NIGHTS

TRIVIA NIGHT 9pm-11pm p p

WIN GREAT PRIZES! DRINK SPECIALS THURSDAY

OPEN MIC 6pm-12am FRIDAY DAY MARCH 16

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$4 CAR BOMBS

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SATURDAY MARCH 17 AY MA

THE GUIDE

THE GUIDE

Summer Glow Tanning Custom Mobile Airbrush Tanning BENEFITS

24 Cut Box • 12 Cut Box French Bread Pizza 3 Slices Per Pack

Since 1941, Nardone Bros. has been bringing nutritious, high quality products to you and your family.

Visit our retail location to purchase our Pizza items.

123 Hazle Street, Wilkes-Barre Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-3pm

• UV Free • Never Orange • No Streaks • All Natural Long Lasting • No Harmful Chemicals • All Organic, Paraben Free • Professionally Trained Technicians • Dermatology Patients of: Skin Cancer, Sun Spots or Chemical Peels

PERFECT FOR

• Bridal and Bachelorette Parties • Girls Night Out • Team and Fitness Competitions • Prom or Homecoming Dances • Year Round Tanning • Busy Professionals • Tanning Parties

WORLD’S

LARGEST

USED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT RETAILER

WE NEED YOUR GEAR! WE BUY

Guitars • Amps • Drums • Keyboards

ANY MUSIC GEAR

570-823-USED (8733)

1-877-207-0269 www.summerglowtanning.com

in the Target Center just off Mundy Street in Wilkes-Barre

WWW.MUSICGOROUNDPA.COM M-F 10-8 • Sat 10-6 • Sun 12-4

Call For New Client Incentives

Lenten Alternatives to Pizza & Pasta...

Creative American Cooking

FRIDAY

STEAMED CLAMS - RAINBOW TROUT HADDOCK FRANCAISE SEAFOOD FRA-DIAVLO BLACK & BLEU STRIP STEAK ASIAN GRILLED CHICKEN

ST. PATRICK’S DAY HAM OR CORNED BEEF CABBAGE SHEPPARD’S PIE W/ ALE GRAVY COLCANNON POTATOES AND MANY MORE FAVORITES

822-4474

+ tax

$

6+ tax

$

425 + tax

3 Large 1-Topping Pizzas

$

MIX & MATCH Any 3 Subs or Wings

28 15 95 $ + tax

Wilkes-Barre Area

20 E. Northampton St.

825-5166

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Mountain Top Area Route 309

474-6669

Please join our weekend celebration. Music, Fun and Craic.

Traditional Irish Fare Saturday; Corned Beef & Cabbage, Ham, Cabbage and Colcannon, Irish Stew, Guinness Stew, Shepherd’s Pie

2 Large Pizzas

95

95

Kingston Area

Delivery Only Forty Fort, Swoyersville, Wyoming, Exeter

288-3687

Kingston, Edwardsville • 825-5166

Dallas

Nanticoke Area

674-7777

735-8290

Country Club Plaza

Delivery Only

COUNTDOWN FOOD & BEVERAGE HAPPY HOUR 3-2-1 RIDAY 5 ttoo 77pm pm • SSATURDAY ATURDAY & SSUNDAY UND 7 to 9pm MONDAY - FFRIDAY $3.00 Mixers • $2.00 Domestic Beers $1.00 Bartender’s Choice $

The Great Pizza & Movie Combo

$

283-6260 • www.vanderlyns.com 239 Schuyler Ave. Kingston, PA

WEE G W GO O TO TTOGETHER! OGEETH THEER R!

2395

+ tax

2 Tickets to the W-B Movies 14 1 Medium 1-Topping Pizza & 2 Drinks

FRIDAY - LIGHTEN UP - NO COVER SATURDAY - IRISH MUSIC WHISKEY REBELS 6-9 AND EXITT SIXX 9-12 - NO COVER

we cater parties at W-B Movies 14, call for details

Wyoming/Pittston Area 187 Wyoming Ave.

613-9191 • 655-3987 Pittston, W. Pittston, Wyoming, Jenkins Twp., Laflin, Exeter

Plains Area 825-5082 (Delivery Only) 655-3987

742016

Tuna Chef w/ Tuna Pasta Salad

+ tax

Lunch: Mon.-Fri. 11:30AM - 2:00PM Dinner: Tues.-Sat. 5:00PM to Closing

Fiddler’s Green Irish Pub FIDDLER’S GREEN IRISH PUB and ST. PATRICK’S DAY...

LENTEN SPECIALS $ 25 Fish & 7 PIZZA DOUBLES 12 Cut Chips 2 Medium Pizzas $ 25 Sicilian Haluski 4 $ 95 Tossed w/ $4 25 Pizza + tax

offers Seafood Fra Diavolo, Sea Scallops, Crab Cakes, Ahi Tuna, Stuffed Shrimp, Clams Bianco, Calamari Aioli and this weekend will be featuring Tasmanian Salmon and Atlantic Swordfish.

Every Tuesday - Clam Night 20¢ p per clam

Every Thursday - Fiddler’s Wings 40¢ p per wing

KITCHEN OPEN SUN.-THURS.4-10 • FRI. & SAT. 4-11 259 East State Street • Larksville, PA • 714-3220 “In The Heart of Larksville”