Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011 from noon to 4 p.m.

100 Block of High Street, Pottstown in front of Borough Hall

Expanded wine and beer garden this year! Over 4,000 attended last year.

Featuring 3 live bands, crafters and a clown for children of all ages.

Corporate Sponsorship Form

Forms for Restaurants: Please click on the form and print it out. Completed forms should be mailed to: Carousel at Pottstown, P.O. Box 1097, Pottstown, PA 19464

Food License Application and Instructions

Welcome letter

Menu Request Form

If you have any questions regarding the Carousel of Flavor, please contact the Chairpersons:

Jill Burbank (610) 970-0624 or email CarouselofFlavor@hotmail.com

All state residents 50 and older are encouraged to show off their talent during a private, one-time audition. Each entrant may choose their first-choice location for their 3.5-minute audition, but auditions per location are limited, so placement will be on a first-come, first-reserved basis.

Auditions will be held at four locations in the Susquehanna and Lehigh valleys throughout April:

* Monday, April 11: The Body Zone, 3103 Paper Mill Road, Wyomissing
* Tuesday, April 12: York Little Theatre, 27 S. Belmont St., York
* Wednesday, April 13: Holiday Inn Harrisburg East, 4751 Lindle Road, Harrisburg
* Thursday, April 14: The Heritage Hotel Lancaster, 500 Centerville Road, Lancaster

Fifteen semifinalists will perform before a live audience at the finals night competition on June 6 at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster. Diane Dayton of Dayton Communications will emcee the event.

The winner of PA State Senior Idol 2011 will receive a trip via limousine to New York City for dinner and a show.

For more information, call On-Line Publishers at (717) 285-1350, check us out on Facebook, or visit www.SeniorIdolPA.com to register for an audition.

Motor carrier enforcement officers will be available in the Cameron Street lobby of the Farm Show Complex and Expo Center. The Farm Show runs Jan. 8-15.

Pawlowski said officers will help to resolve any lingering confusion about recent changes to motor carrier safety regulations for farm-related equipment.

“Effective and common-sense motor carrier safety regulations contribute to a safe driving experience for everyone,” Pawlowski said. “Though outreach and educational efforts like this, we’re helping Pennsylvania farmers to understand the rules and realize that our efforts are intended to help, not impede, Pennsylvania’s economy.”

The Pennsylvania Farm Show is the largest indoor agricultural event in the nation, featuring nearly 6,000 animals, 10,000 competitive exhibits and 290 commercial exhibitors. Admission is free and parking is $10 per vehicle. For more information, visit www.farmshow.state.pa.us.

For more information, visit www.psp.state.pa.us or call 717-783-5556.

Some of the team’s newest swimmers Gabrielle Bianco of Phoenixville, Jennifer Dinnocenti of Spring City, Amanda McKay of Downingtown, and Britta Wilson of Phoenixville, were joined the veteran members Natalia McKay of Downingtown and Marissa Olalde of Phoenixville, to compete in a team routine in which they placed second. Natalia and Amanda McKay also competed with a duet, taking sixth place.

Veteran swimmers Emily Boring, Andrea Stock and Erin Weber, all of Phoenixville, took second for their trio. Boring and Weber took first for their duet, and Boring and Stock took first and third respectively for their solos at the Keystone Games.

Assistant coach Heather Johnson of Spring City took first place for her solo in the master’s (19 years and up) division.

Earlier in the summer, select members of the team also traveled to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where they won the third place high point trophy for their showing at the Loyola Aquatic Club Synchronized Swimming Invitational, an international competition featuring teams from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Tonawanda, N.Y., and the Canadian 13-15 Age Group National team.

The third place finish resulted from strong individual, duet, and team performances at the meet.

In the solo competitions, Alexandra Poteet of Chester Springs took fourth in the 11-12 Age Group, and Emily Boring of Phoenixville, and Adriana Colona of Glenmoore, took third and fifth places, respectively, in the 16-17 Age Group.

Among the duets, Tess Cremers of Pottstown and Paige McDonald of Unionville took fifth, and Andrea Stock of Phoenixville, and Natalia Mujica of Chester Springs, took sixth, in the 13-15 Age Group. In the 16-17 Age Group, Boring and her partner, Erin Weber of Phoenixville, took sixth, and Adriana Colona and her partner, Haley Richter of Berwyn took seventh.

The 13-15 team of Mia Colona of Glenmoore, McDonald, Mujica, Poteet, Stock, and Weber took third place for their routine set to a medley of popular Italian songs. Prior to the meet in Puerto Rico, team members competed at both the 2010 National Age Group Synchronized Swimming Championships and at the East Zone Age Group and
Intermediate Championships.

At Nationals, in the 11-12 Age Group division, Elise Alexander of Collegeville, Hannah and Heidi Atlas of Malvern, Lily Cremers of Pottstown, Ceili Hamill of Collegeville and Marissa Olalde of Phoenixville, and Alexandra Poteet of Chester Springs, competed with a team routine set to a soda pop jingle medley.

Also at Nationals were the duet of Alexander and Olalde, the trio of Cremers, Atlas and Poteet, the trio of Alexander, Olalde and Heidi Atlas of Malvern and the solo of Poteet.

The team’s Intermediate Division swimmers, who are newer to the sport, participated in the East Zone Championships, the highest level of competition for those girls, after placing well at the Regional level of competition.

At Regionals, the girls had strong swim performances.

In the 11-12 Intermediate division, the team of Kyra Bernotas of Phoenixville, Ceili Hamill of Collegeville, Kyra Skoog of Pottstown, and Heidi Atlas, placed third. Bernotas, Skoog and Hamill took fourth for their trio routine, and Bernotas and Heidi Atlas took fourth for their duet.

In the 13-15 Intermediate division, the team of Erin Boring and Kavita Hivale of Phoenixville, and Natalia McKay, and Alexis and Rachel Warner, all of Downingtown, placed second to qualify for the East Zone Championships. In addition, the duet of Boring and McKay, the trio of Alexis and Rachel Warner, and Hivale; and Boring’s solo all qualified for the zone champs.

The more experienced Age Group swimmers also performed well at Regionals.

In the 13-15 Age Group division, the team of Tess Cremers of Pottstown, Paige McDonald of Unionville, Natalia Mujica of Chester Springs, and Renee Johnson, Andrea Stock and Erin Weber, all of Phoenixville, took third place for their routine set to a medley of popular Italian songs to qualify for Nationals, where they were joined by teammate Mia Colona of Glenmoore. In addition, the trio of Mujica, Stock and Weber finished fourth with their Pirates of the Caribbean routine, and a solo by Sarah Ferris of Berwyn finished second, to qualify for Nationals and the East Zone Championships.

In the 16-17 Age Group division, the team of Emily Boring of Phoenixville, Sarah Ferris and Haley Richter, both of Berwyn, and Maureen McGrath of West Chester took second place for a dramatic routine set to music from the movie Van Helsing. They were joined at Nationals by their teammate Adriana Colona of Glenmoore. Additionally, the trio of Ferris, McGrath and Richter, with Colona as an alternate, took third; the duet of Emily Boring and Weber took fourth, and Emily Boring in solo took third to qualify for Nationals.

While at the competition, the girls also were required to perform “figures,” a set of compulsory positions before a panel of judges, and also scored well, taking numerous ribbons for their strong showing.

• In the 16-17 Age Group figures, Emily Boring took third, and Weber placed seventh.
• In the 13-15 Age Group figures, Mujica took eighth place.
• In the 13-15 Intermediate figures, McKay took fourth and Erin Boring took sixth.
• In the 11-12 Age Group, Poteet took third and Lily Cremers took fifth place.
• In the 11-12 Intermediate figures, Bernotas took fourth, and Heidi Atlas took sixth
place.

The performances at Nationals and in Puerto Rico marked the culmination of many months of preparation and qualifying meets since November, including the Association championships hosted in April at the Phoenixville Area YMCA.

Throughout the season, the girls also scored well enough at a qualifying meet in Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg to compete against teams from throughout the East Coast from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts at the Junior Zone Synchronized Swimming competition in Westfield, N.J.

Younger and less experienced swimmers competed at the Have-a-Heart meet in Maryland, at which many earned high scores, medals and ribbons.

Synchronized swimming involves the in-water performance of dance, gymnastics and swimming movements, choreographed to music. It can include lifts, spins, throws and various underwater positions, some of which are done upside down, many in the deep water and all without the swimmer touching the bottom of the pool. Athletes perform their routines to various types of music, including swing, disco, nostalgic, techno and contemporary. Team routines consist of a group of four to eight swimmers performing together. Swimmers also participate in solo, duet and trio divisions of competition.

This marks the fourth year for the team, which was established at the YMCA in October
2006 by Head Coach Jennifer Hatt, with about a dozen members and has now grown to a field of
about 25 girls ages 8 through high school.

Hatt said she is pleased with what the girls have accomplished in their four years since
the team’s inaugural season at the YMCA. Each year, the team has grown as new swimmers take
lessons and then decide to join the sport.

The Y is now taking sign-ups for the next round of lessons, which will begin Sept. 21 at
both the Phoenixville and Spring Valley branches. The Phoenixville branch will include both a
youth and an adult class.

Classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 8 p.m. Students will learn the basic
techniques and a short routine, which they will have the chance to perform, if they desire, at the first meet of the season in November.

For more information contact the coach Jennifer Hatt at jhatt@fvymca.org or call the
YMCA 610-933-5861.

The Redner’s Markets Family Expo offers parents, babies, toddlers, ‘tweens, teens, prospective parents and grandparents products and services from over 100 exhibitors and sponsors.

Visitors will be able to sample their favorite brands in the Redner’s pavilion including Chiquita, Clover Farms, Fresh Express, Keebler, Kellogg’s, McCormick, Nestle, Proctor & Gamble, Turkey Hill and Voortmann Cookies along with deli, produce and bakery items from Redner’s Warehouse Markets.

There will be a full house of fun available with 3200 square feet of inflatable bounces and slides at the K12, Inc. Play Park, along with games, rides and the About Families Diaper Derby.

There will be entertainment on the hour plus a host of costumed characters, clowns, artists and other entertainers that will guarantee a weekend of family fun.  The Country Kids Jamboree will provide a puppet show and games.  The Berks County Sheriff’s Office will be featuring their ID Me Child Identification Program both days of the show.

Visitors can enter to win a grand prize of a year’s worth of groceries valued at $2600.00 from Redner’s Warehouse Markets, along with hourly prizes, and many gift items from Family Expo sponsors and exhibitors.

Redner’s Warehouse Markets, headquartered in Reading, PA, is the title sponsor of the event and are celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2010.  They will be providing a variety of product samples from the most popular brands carried in their 40+ store locations in Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York.  Media marketing for the Redner’s Markets Family Expo encompasses the area’s leading print, television and radio outlets includes WFMZ-TV,  Reading Eagle, Berks-Mont Newspapers, The Merchandiser and About Families & Berks County Living magazines.

Show hours are 10 am to 5 pm on both Saturday and Sunday.  Ticket prices are $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for children (3-12) and seniors (55+).  Babies two and under will be admitted free.  Advance $2.00 discount coupons will be available at area Redner’s Warehouse Markets locations.  For updated Expo information visit online at www.rednersfamilyexpo.com

The Gaming Control Board reported today that slot machines produced gross revenue of $196,635,849 in August of this year and $108,121,631 in tax revenue. That compares to $186,936,232 in gross revenue and $102,789,443 in tax revenue during August 2009.  Slot machine revenue is taxed at 55%.

Revenue for the month also showed an increase of 2.60% when comparing just the eight casinos that have operated for at least a full year. The ninth casino, The Rivers, opened on August 9, 2009, and therefore could not be utilized for this comparison.

Gaming Control Board Chairman Greg Fajt said the solid figures in August complete a strong summer for gaming in Pennsylvania.

“Expansion at Commonwealth casinos during the past 90 days has produced tremendous benefits to Pennsylvanians,” says Fajt. “In addition to the growth in tax revenue from slot machine gaming that affords, among other things, a reduction in homeowners property taxes, more than 4,000 additional jobs were created through the rollout of table games.”

Gross revenue for each of the casinos operating in August 2010 is as follows, with percentage change reflected for those casinos that were operating in both years:

*The Rivers Casino was opened for only 23 full gaming days in August 2009.

The average number of slot machines operating statewide daily during August was 25,051.

About the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board was established in 2004 with the passage of Act 71, also known as the Race Horse Development and Gaming Act.  Pennsylvania’s first new state agency in nearly 40 years, the Gaming Control Board is tasked to oversee all aspects of the state’s casino industry.  To date, with nine of a maximum fourteen casinos in operation, legalized gaming in the Commonwealth has created over 8,000 new living wage jobs, revenue that has provided property tax reduction in each of the past three years for all homeowners, funds that have reinvigorated Pennsylvania’s horse racing industry, and new revenue to local governments that has funded scores of community projects.  A wealth of information about the Gaming Control Board and Pennsylvania’s gaming industry can be found at www.pgcb.state.pa.us. At this web site, visitors can view videos of Board meetings and the operation of the PGCB, obtain information on identifying a gambling problem and gaining assistance, look up future meeting schedules and past meeting transcripts, access an interactive map of casino locations, request a speaker for their group, along with much more information.

The ticket and prize will expire one year from the date of the drawing, but an in-person claim should be presented to the Lottery by Friday, Sept. 17.

“The Lottery never likes to see a prize expire, so we encourage players who purchased Powerball tickets last September to check storage and hiding spots for old tickets,” said Lottery Executive Director Ed Trees. “A couple of months ago, a Montgomery County couple claimed a prize worth $200,000 just days before its expiration date, and we hope for a similar last-minute claim for this prize.”

The soon-to-expire Powerball ticket correctly matched all five white balls drawn, 05-24-25-30-49, but not the red Powerball, 23, for a $200,000 second-tier prize, less 25-percent federal withholding. It was sold at Hannold’s Sunoco, 4701 Jonestown Rd., Harrisburg, Dauphin County.

The Pennsylvania Lottery encourages the ticket-holder to sign the back of the ticket, call the Lottery at 717-702-8146 and file a claim within the next two weeks at Lottery headquarters in Middletown, Dauphin County, or at any of Lottery’s seven area offices. Claims may be filed at headquarters Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., and from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at area Lottery offices.

Because the prize expires on a Sunday, the last chance to file a claim in person will be Friday, Sept. 17, at 4 p.m. at Lottery headquarters or 4:30 p.m. at an area Lottery office. A claim submitted by mail must be postmarked by Saturday, Sept. 18.

Unclaimed, expired lottery prizes remain in the Lottery Fund and are used to support programs benefiting older Pennsylvanians.

How to Play Powerball: To play Powerball, players pay $1 and select five white balls from the first set of 59 numbers plus a single red ball, the Powerball, from a second set of 39 numbers. Players may select their own numbers using a Powerball play slip, or they may opt for computer-selected quick picks. Players must match all five numbers drawn plus the Powerball number to win the jackpot. There also are eight additional ways for players to win a cash prize. Drawings are held on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Powerball features an option called Power Play. For an extra $1 per Powerball play (game), players can multiply their Powerball prizes by 2, 3, 4, or 5 times the original prize amount for all prizes EXCEPT the jackpot. Prizes can multiply up to $1 million.

About the Pennsylvania Lottery: The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only state lottery that designates all its proceeds to programs that benefit older residents. Since its inception 38 years ago, the Pennsylvania Lottery has contributed more than $20.1 billion to programs that include property tax and rent rebates; free transit and reduced-fare shared rides; the low-cost prescription drug programs PACE and PACENET; long-term living services; and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including more than 600 full- and part-time senior centers throughout the state. The Pennsylvania Lottery reminds its players to play responsibly. Players must be 18 or older.

Enjoy this three days of family-oriented fun, including live music and dance, food, arts and crafts, exhibits and demonstrations from the Scottish and Irish cultures.

The fun begins at 6 p.m. Friday with an evening concert featuring Tree and Norsewind as the headline acts. The fun resumes Saturday and runs all day, from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., with music from the Martin Family Band and The Hooligans. There will be a concert Sunday featuring the band Ceilidh and event wraps up at about 5 p.m.

Other performers and demonstrators will include Bridget Burning Clearly, Pipe Bands, Irish Step-Dancers, Highland Dancers, Society for Creative Anachronisms, Celtic Face Painting, and we will be welcoming back the sheepdog demonstrations and highland games.  Additionally, classic and Celtic food vendors and merchants of authentic Scottish and Irish wares will be on site.

This is a rain or shine event. Admission is free, but there is a $5 parking fee. If you would like more information about this program, please call Green Lane Park at (215)-234-4528 or visit us on the Web at http://parks.montcopa.org/sifestival

“Limerick Generating Station has been a friend to Lower Pottsgrove Township for many years and their continuing support of our summer concert series is a testament to their commitment to the local community,” said Township Manager Rod Hawthorne.

“At Exelon we know the important role that the performing arts and live music have in making our community a great place to live and work,” said Bill Maguire, Limerick site vice president. “We are pleased that we can continue to partner with Lower Pottsgrove Township to make these free musical performances possible.”

“This is another wonderful demonstration of the sense of community we all enjoy in Lower
Pottsgrove,” said Jon Spadt, president, Lower Pottsgrove Board of Commissioners.
The free musical performances, covering an array of genres, are held at Sanatoga Park, located at 200 South Sanatoga Road in Lower Pottsgrove. Listed below is the schedule of concerts for the 2010 Exelon Nuclear Summer Concert Series.

Sunday, June 27th, 6 PM – Bill Koss Combo
Sunday, July 11th, 6 PM – O’Such Rhythm and Music
Sunday, July 18th, 6 PM – Mango Men
Sunday, July 25th, 6 PM – Barbone Street Jazz Band
Sunday, August 1st, 6 PM – Flamin Dick and the Hot Rods
Sunday, August 8th, 6 PM – MESA
Sunday, August 15th, 6 PM – Pottsgrove Community Band

All concerts are weather permitting and the rain date is the following evening at 7 PM.
For more information about the Exelon Nuclear Summer Concert Series, visit www.lowerpottsgrove.org or call (610) 323-0436 x207.

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