tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329193882024-03-04T21:07:32.690-08:00Purple Page RoundupPurple Page of Pottsville Schuylkill County, PA Roundup. What the daily buzz wasmonkeymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09083872576835304928noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32919388.post-9804445716290883352010-05-03T18:18:00.000-07:002010-05-03T18:20:07.243-07:00Beyonce and Jay Z to become Skooks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItepIK3wDY8OHVPFivhs_UbC4RvDGWbi_nVGIzywMSkz18aeTChmoqFl8sGdHOvPl4CnH2SJvJMNSxJsGD-I_vAMwROFb0DUQMynQ78LpP16yTKNvf1J6Tt03H8dfHAeZ-cz3/s1600/jayz_beyonce_schuylkill_county.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Beyonce and Jay Z Moving to Schuylkill County" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItepIK3wDY8OHVPFivhs_UbC4RvDGWbi_nVGIzywMSkz18aeTChmoqFl8sGdHOvPl4CnH2SJvJMNSxJsGD-I_vAMwROFb0DUQMynQ78LpP16yTKNvf1J6Tt03H8dfHAeZ-cz3/s320/jayz_beyonce_schuylkill_county.jpg" /></a></div>The rumor of <b>Beyonce and Jay Z</b> moving to <b>Schuylkill County</b> started last week and still continue <br />
to to make headlines.<br />
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<a href="http://www.hollyscoop.com/beyonce/beyonce-and-jay-z-move-to-the-burbs_23760.aspx">Hollyscoop.com</a> is reporting today that the rumors are true. A black Lamborghini was spotted there just <br />
recently and is believed to belong to the powerhouse couple.<br />
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The $12 million mansion is near New Ringgold and sits on 210 acres. It also has beautiful views of <br />
Hawk Mountain and frontage on the Little Schuylkill River. Maybe Jay Z wants a good trout fishing <br />
spot.<br />
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If you are moving in welcome and be sure to try the Yuengling and Mrs. T's pierogies.<br />
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<div class="dateLine"><span class="author"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">BY LESLIE RICHARDSON (STAFF WRITER LRICHARDSON@REPUBLICANHERALD.COM)</span></span><br />
<span class="date">Published: April 25, 2010</span></div><div><span class="date"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="date"><div style="margin-top: 3px;">MAHANOY CITY - Those bursts of color and light that sizzle in the night sky on Independence Day won't be seen over Mahanoy City this year.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">The fireworks have been canceled and organizers are blaming lack of community support.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">"This was always a community event, never a fundraiser," Good American Hose Company President Tony Aschman said recently. "All the money we got went into the fireworks."</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">Aschman said the fireworks cost about $6,500 the past two years, along with the cost of the DJ to entertain the crowd and other miscellaneous expenses.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">The fire company and borough fire police provided security at no cost.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">The fire company solicited door-to-door for donations and a donation box was placed at the entrance to Alumni Stadium, where the event was held each year.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">Donations have been down and for the last two years the company lost about $1,200 each year, according to Aschman.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">"We just can't support that kind of loss," he said.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">Aschman said the fire company took over the fireworks in the 1970s from the Mahanoy City Lions Club.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">"The Lions used to shoot them off at the Sixth Street Playground," Aschman said. "When the group got too small, they were going to give it up, so we took it over rather than see the town without fireworks."</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">The fireworks moved to the high school football stadium and went off almost yearly until the early 1980s when the educational complex was being built and the stadium torn down.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">"There may have been three or four years when we didn't have them because of construction," Aschman said.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">Once the buildings and new stadium were in place the event started up again.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">Aschman said it is tough to tell how many people attended the yearly event because it is free to the public and a head count is not taken.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">Community organizations that sold items at the fireworks events may also lose money.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">Both the Mahanoy Area Bear Band Boosters and Midget Football Boosters opened concession stands each year offering food for sale.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">"We will definitely miss the money that we earned at the concession stand, and we will definitely need to find an alternate fundraiser to replace the revenue from that event," Kathy Leahy, band booster president said.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">"The fireworks have been a part of Mahanoy City's Independence Day celebration as long as I have lived here (since the '80s) and I am very sorry to see them go away," Leahy said. "I have many fond memories of the evenings spent at the stadium while my children were young - watching them gaze at the display with wide-eyed wonder. People from all over the area attended the fireworks and it was a great way to get people into our community, even for one night."</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">Aschman said, even if someone was generous enough to fund the display, it may be too late to host the event this year, since contracts with the fireworks supplier are usually signed in February.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">Other communities</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">A few years ago, Frackville looked for co-sponsorship for its yearly event.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">The Goodwill Hose Company, Frackville, found a co-sponsor in the Schuylkill Mall several years ago, although that meant moving the display to the mall parking lot.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">In 2008, Brian Dillman, Goodwill's fireworks committee chairman at the time, said the fire company had been looking for a co-sponsor for a few years.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">The fire company sponsored the display for 15 years prior to 2008 and the cost to the company continued to rise, he said.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">Dillman blamed insurance costs after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks for the increase.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">Schuylkill Mall Manager Elaine Maneval said in 2008 that she hoped the fireworks display could be bigger and better by combining resources.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">Contacted on Monday, Maneval said the mall management is still in negotiations with the fire company regarding sponsorship of this year's event. Phone calls to Goodwill Fire Company representatives were not returned.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">American Hose Company No. 1 of Ashland will sponsor the annual Thunder Over Ashland fireworks for the 15th year.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">According to event co-chairman Phil Groody, the fire company is having no trouble keeping the public's interest or support.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">"This year we are adding barbecue pit beef to our food menu along with homemade black kettle bean soup," Groody said. "Along with everything else the cost keeps rising each year which makes a challenge to meet expenses, but the Ashland community has been very good us with strong financial support even in these tough economic times."</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;">Groody said the fire company will distribute donation cans within the next week and contribution letters will be sent to the business community to help defray the cost of the display.</div><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><br />
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several nearby residences and displaced at least four people.<br />
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It appears the fire started in the rear of the restaurant, which has been closed for nearly a year.<br />
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Its reported that most likely the <b>Wynn Ann</b>, along with 104 Sunbury St. and 106 Sunbury St, will<br />
have to be torn down due to the damage.<br />
<br />
A Pennsylvania State Police fire marshal will continue to investigate the fire for foul play.<br />
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