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For a review of “Captain Phillips,” see Page 3
We saw you at... White Pear’s winter formal fashion show
Celebrating Tamaqua See Page 2
Joseph Green, left, New York, and Kaitlyn Swartz, Shenandoah
Rachel Weand, left, and Erika Messner, both from New Ringgold For more photos from the show, see Page 4
Family fun day Annual Heritage Festival in Tamaqua set for Sunday BY ERIC PEDDIGREE COPY EDITOR
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amaqua will celebrate the fall foliage season Sunday with its 29th annual Heritage Festival. Presented by the Tamaqua Historical Society, the festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the downtown district. The event features exhibits and displays about local history and culture, as well as an abundance of crafters and food vendors. Dale Freudenberger, president of the Tamaqua Historical Society, has helped organize the event for 29 years and said while the event has grown in size, it has transformed into a homecoming for many people. Families and friends return for the weekend to enjoy the festivities together. “We didn’t plan it that way but it has worked out over the years to be a homecoming event,” he said. Freudenberger said he expects thousands of people in downtown Tamaqua on Sunday. A variety of exhibits and activities are scheduled throughout the day that highlight the history of the borough known as the “gateway to the anthracite region.” “We try to be as unique as we can and every town has something different with their heritage,” he said. One of the popular attractions is an antique and classic car show on South Railroad Street hosted by the Tamaqua Street Machine Association. Registration will begin at 10 a.m., with the awards presentation at 3 p.m. “It’s hard in town so it’s not big but we usually get 50 to 100 cars,” Freudenberger said. JAMIE PESOTINE/STAFF PHOTO Dr. Kelly’s Old Tyme Traveling MediBlacksmith Don Campbell hammers a piece of metal during a demonstration at the cine Show will put on programs through1848 Hegarty Blacksmith Shop at last year’s Heritage Festival in Tamaqua. This out the day near the train station and Don Campbell will hold blacksmith demyear’s event will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. 2
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What: Heritage Festival When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday Where: Downtown Tamaqua For more information, call the Tamaqua Chamber of Commerce at 570-668-1880.
onstrations in the 1848 Hegarty Blacksmith Shop on Hegarty Avenue. Freudenberger said an interactive exhibit featuring railroad whistles will be held near the Five Points intersection. Brian Ference will display his collection and allow visitors to get hands-on experience with the noisemaking devices. “You will be able to hear them all over town. That’s a very unique attraction,” Freudenberger said. Other attractions include the Military Timeline re-enactors demonstrating war camps spanning from the War of 1812 to World War II near the American Legion on West Broad Street and an old-fashioned pumpkin and pie walk at Depot Square Park hosted by Harmony Lodge 86 and Lady Harmony Rebekah Lodge 86. Freudenberger said the Tamaqua Community Art Center, Pine Street, has a full agenda consisting of art demonstrations, a fall wreath-making class, poetry readings and theater performances of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” More than 100 vendors are expected this year. Crafters will offer a wide range of merchandise including jewelry, handcrafts and holiday decorations. Freudenberger said the event is popular because it has something for everybody. “It’s very much a family day,” he said. For more information, call the Tamaqua Chamber of Commerce at 570-668-1880.
‘Captain Phillips’ delivers
Few directors do guys-indistress better than Paul Greengrass. From the man-on-the-run kineticism of the “The Bourne Ultimatum” and “The Bourne Supremacy” to the doomed heroics of “United 93,” the British director seems fascinated by men driven to the brink. So, there was probably no better choice to tell the Hollywood story of Richard Phillips, the captain of the Maersk Alabama, who was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009 before being rescued by Navy SEAL snipers. And with “Captain Phillips,” Greengrass doesn’t disappoint, injecting the story with a sense of nervous energy and creeping claustrophobia. The movie manages to be both tense and suspenseful, even though the world knows how it ends. The film starts in a dusty, barren Somalia where we meet Muse (Barkhad Abdi), thin as wire and tough as a tire iron. He’s one of several young Somali men responding to a call for volunteers to help commandeer commercial ships making their way through the Gulf of Aden. He quickly shows himself to be a leader, standing up to some of the other, more aggressive volunteers. Meanwhile, Phillips (Tom Hanks) is home in Vermont gettingreadytoleaveforanother day at work — although his job is several thousand miles away. He says goodbye to his wife (Catherine Keener) and heads off into what will turn out to be his place in history. Hanks plays Phillips with a laconic, New England stoicism and perhaps it’s that style that helped the captain deal with not only sometimes trigger-happy pirates but an anxious, frightened crew. It
MOVIE REVIEWS also works as counterpoint to the equally determined if more unpredictable and fiery Muse, wonderfully played by Abdi in his first acting role. Ultimately, “Captain Phillips” is a test of wills between two men, both of whom just want to make it to another day, get back home and not turn the Alabama into their tomb. Predictably, the pirates don’t have their back stories filled in as much as Phillips. Somalia’s de-evolution into the chaos that sparked so many men to take up the gun of piracy could fill several movies. Yet Greengrass does manage to humanize the pirates without celebrating their actions. Each of the four has a distinct personality, ranging from the impulsive Najee (Faysal Ahmed) to the shy Bilal (Barkhad Abdirahman), who seems torn about what he’s doing. Greengrass, working from a script by Billy Ray (“State of Play,” “The Hunger Games”), deserves credit for taking a news story and breathing the life of art into it. “Captain Phillips,” a Sony Pictures release, is rated PG13 for sustained intense sequences of menace; violence, with bloody images; substance use. Running time: 134 minutes. ★★★★
“Machete Kills” “Machete kills,” U.S. President Rathcock says during, um, “Machete Kills.” “That’s what he does.” So, no false advertising here, folks. Say what you will about junky genre pictures with leaps in logic, ultra-violence and one impossible thing after another — such movies harness cinema’s more overwhelming qualities better than most well-meaning
indie flicks about things like “real people” and “relationships.” But don’t go to Robert Rodriguez’s “Machete Kills” expecting deep thoughts on anything. At all. Shot in 29 days with an Isuppose-it-counts-as-a-script by Kyle Ward from a story by Rodriguez, “Machete Kills” stars the always-entertaining Danny Trejo as the titular exFederale and “enemy of the cartels.” The second movie in the series follows the man with the giant knife on a mission on behalf of the American government. After a rough ambush, Machete is saved from lynching down South by a timely phone call from Rathcock (Carlos Estevez, otherwise
known as Charlie Sheen), who needs the man who “IS Mexico,” as the president puts it, to stop a Mexican madman with a bomb. Said madman is named Mendez, played by Mexican actor Demian Bichir, who is best known to American audiences for his terrific turn as Juarez police detective Marco Ruiz in the FX TV program “The Bridge.” Bichir, all squints and rat-like faces, nearly scampers away with “Machete Kills.” Revolutionary sometimes, violent lunatic other times, spy now and then, Bichir’s Mendez is the over-the-toppiest thing in a movie that can barely see the top from its altitude. The other standout is Chil-
ean martial artist Marko Zaror as the bad guy’s enforcer named ... wait for it ... Zaror. Dude is over 6 feet tall but moves incredibly fast, like a much smaller man, and his combat scenes are genuinely thrilling to watch. There’s a vaguely political subplot about the war on drugs in “Machete Kills,” but the movie’s overall cartoonishnes makes its predecessor look like “Schindler’s List.” Look for Amber Heard as Miss San Antonio, Machete’s government handler (as it were); Sofía Vergara as a deadly brothel madam (is there any other kind?); and cameos by Cuba Gooding Jr., Walt Goggins and Lady Gaga. Oh, and Mel Gibson plays
Voz, the big bad guy, and given his politics, none of his dialogue seems that bonkers. What is most fun about “Machete Kills” is its sense of itself.Itisthemostcomic-booky movie you will see this year, far more so than the superhero fare that takes its own plotting entirely too seriously. Much as comic books were from the 1940s to, say, “Watchmen” in 1986, you never know exactly what will happen next. All you know is that it will be cheap, fast and out of control. “Machete Kills,” a an Open Road release, is rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, language and some sexual content. Running time: 107 minutes. Grade: B-minus.
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Dear Mark: A friend of mine recently passed away. He had a large amount of casino comps. Do they go into his estate and to his heirs? Bob M. In its strictest form, Bob, a “will” is limited to real property while a “testament” applies to the disposition of personal property. So, is the distribution of your friend’s personal property in the form of casino comps and used by a beneficiary legitimate? Most likely, not, Bob. The whole idea behind comps is to get you into the casino and gamble. YOU are the gambler they are targeting, not Aunt Gertie. If the departed acquired room, food and beverage comps, show tickets and rounds of golf to induce continued play, kinfolk can’t surreptitiously use the deceased’s freebies. Somewhere in itsy bitsy fine print on just about every club card brochure, the wording along these lines
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walked up to a blackjack table while the dealer was shuffling. I placed $100 cash on the table for chips. A lady seated Deal Me In at the table said, “He can’t take it, he’s shuffling.” I said I would wait, the money won’t walk away. She said, “No, take it back NOW!” I said “gladly,” having no desire to play with exists: NON TRANSFERthe bossy lady and went to another table. ABLE! I certainly made the right These revocable perks-fordecision, as I did very well at play are a privilege granted by such-and-such casino spe- the other table. But, I later wondered if I violated some cifically in exchange for unknown etiquette, not that THAT player’s past and doing so would justify the future action. Most casinos lady’s nasty tone. are going to want to see a Gary M. photo identification of the Plenty of objects are not person trying to redeem allowed on a blackjack table, comps, and it had better but your hard-earned money, match with the individual at any given time, is not one whose name is related to that account. A copy of an obitu- of them. Sure, no dealer will stop mid-shuffle to convert ary won’t cut it. cash into chips, but no table
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chair and read a book.” Toasting the pit boss from a deck chair would have been so much juicier than toasting him with a handle in his Toasting dealer hand. I am afraid he lost all Dear Mark: my sympathy when he chose I don’t gamble, but I very to continue getting screwed, much enjoy your column. after getting screwed. You make your point very Fender T. clearly, unlike the guys who Thank you for your kind have the other poker column words, Fender, and support who write in jargon that I of the column. It forever don’t really care to underamazes me how many nonstand. gamblers read it. I really Your latest column condon’t have too much to add, cerns a blackjack player who except that your wit and wiswas offended by the dealer’s dom was worth sharing with play so he “cashed out and my readers. went to a slot machine.” I As for why gamblers do can imagine the scene, and what they do, well, there is a surely he would have been simple explanation. The casimore effective if he had no does everything within its “cashed out and found a deck power to induce you to gam-
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ble and forget that yanking a slot handle, in most instances, is one of the worst bets the casino offers. Add bright lights, drinks and memorizing melodies coming from their slot machines, and all of a sudden, those “don’t do it” principles from a faithbased upbringing are disregarded.
Gambling wisdom of the week “Once I lost 10 blue chips to a player who bet me that the pale light we happened to notice filtering through the curtains was dusk, not dawn.” — Dick Miles, “Lowball in a Time Capsule” (1970) (Pilarski can be reached at pilarski@markpilarski.com)
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etiquette that I am aware of states you can’t put money on the layout while the dealer is shuffling cards.
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respective class representative, 570-622-8966 (1944), 570-622-0969 (1945), 570622-9929 (1946) and 570385-5550 (1947). RINGTOWN COMMUNITY FALL FESTIVAL — 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church parking lot, 106 W. Main St., Ringtown. DJ music by Sound Express. Vendors may pick up application at the church or Ringtown Library or call church at 570-889-5203. SOUP AND BAKE SALE — 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., First United Methodist Presbyterian Church, North Ninth Street, Ashland. Sponsored by Women’s Society of the church. SPAGHETTI DINNER — 2 to 6 p.m., Locustdale Fire Company, Fire House Hill, Locustdale. Adults $6, children 12 and under $3. THEME BASKET RAFFLE — 2 p.m., doors open at 11 a.m., St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church, 9 W. Railroad St., Nesquehoning. Call 570669-6036. WING NIGHT — 5:30 to 9 p.m. or sellout, Rangers Hose Company, 6 E. Ogden St., Girardville. Wings $8 per dozen. Eat in or takeout. Call 570-276-1406. YARD SALE — 8 a.m. to noon, New Hope Wesleyan Church basement, 32 S. Spencer St., Frackville. Food and baked goods will be available. Sales held second Saturday of each month. YOUTH GROUP MEETING
The Oyster Bar Saturday, October 12
Rock ‘N Roll Party with Sweet Caroline & the Oyster Men
Featuring Wash. D.C.’s Premier Vocalist
DR. JIM BALLARD
with your favorite songs from the 50’s & 60’s Also local guest artists
Joe Boris & Bob Kaluchi Every Wednesday Scott Ross - Acoustic Every Thursday Karaoke with Fantasia Friday
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115 S. Main Street, Shenandoah
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— 6 to 8 p.m., Annunciation BVM Roman Catholic Church rectory, 218 W. Cherry St., Shenandoah. Open to ages 12 to 17. Call 570-462-1916.
SUNDAY ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BREAKFAST — 7 to 11 a.m., Friendship Fire Company, Seventh and Pine streets, Frackville. Eat in or take out. Call 570874-4030. ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BREAKFAST — 8 a.m. to noon, Ringtown Valley Fire and Rescue Company, 46 W. Main St., Ringtown. Adults $8, children $4. Buffet-style breakfast. ANNUAL CROP WALK — 3 to 5 p.m., North Schuylkill School District’s athletic field, Fountain Springs. Sponsored by Ashland Area Ministerium with 25 percent of funds raised donated to local food pantry. ANNUAL FATHER CISZEK DAY MASS — 2 p.m., St. Casimir Roman Catholic Church, 231 N. Jardin St., Shenandoah. Celebrant will be the Most Rev. John O. Barres, bishop of Diocese of Allentown. ANNUAL TAMAQUA HERI-
The Pottsville Zone Sports Bar & Grill
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Dance Party
Try our Home Cooked Meals. at the Pottsville Zone (formerly the Stadium Bar ) 10 PM to 2 AM with DJ Dan Poletti and DJ Chub
337 Peacock Street Pottsville • 570-628-9793 Jersey Acres Market Stone Mountain Wine Cellars Wine Tasting Daily
Pumpkins, Squash, Apples & Pears Apple Cider
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TAGE FESTIVAL — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., downtown Tamaqua. Sponsored by Tamaqua Historical Society. Features local history, entertainment, car show, crafts and food. Call 570-668-1880. ART AND MUSIC FESTIVAL — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tamaqua Community Art Center, 125 Pine St., Tamaqua. Theater Improv, 2 to 5 p.m., tickets required, available at door. Hourly art demonstrations. Call 570-668-1192 or visit tamaquaarts.org. BENEFIT CHINESE AUCTION — 1 to 5 p.m., American Fire Company No. 1, 2 Fountain St., Fountain Springs. Shop-and-drop, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Prizes drawn 5 p.m., winner need not be present. Benefits Lyla’s Hope, a local nonprofit organization that raises funds to provide items for qualified spina bifida children up to the age of 21. BINGO FUNDRAISER — 1 p.m., doors open at noon, 45 Cemetery Road, New Ring-
gold. Tickets $25. Prizes are Longaberger baskets and Thirty One items. Sponsored by Zion’s Stone Church of West Penn Township. BREAKFAST — 7:30 to noon, Mountaineer Hose Company, Third and South streets, Minersville. CASH BINGO — 2 p.m., doors open 12:30 p.m., Joliett Fire Company, 410 Main St., Joliett. CELEBRATE RECOVERY — 5 to 6 p.m., Faith Church, 1168 Centre Turnpike, Route 61, Orwigsburg. Biblical and balanced program created to help people overcome life’s hurts, habits and hangups. Free. COMMUNITY OLD-FASHIONED FAMILY GAME NIGHT — 5 to 7 p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church, 141 East St., Williamstown. Free. Games for all ages. GIFT CARD BINGO — 1 to 4 p.m., doors open at noon, Rest Haven nursing home, 401 University Drive, Schuylkill Haven. Tickets $20
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Pine View Acres
We are now open Tues thru Fri for Lunch & Dinner 11:30-8pm
SATURDAY OCTOBER 12TH
“NEW INDIVIDUALS”
October 26th 6pm to 10 pm
$20 in advance $25 at door 570.622.2788
in advance, $25 at door. Call 570-385-0331, ext. 3167. HOT TURKEY DINNER — Noon to 1:30 p.m., Life Centre Foursquare Church, 2300 Mahantongo St., Pottsville. Adults $10, children age 613 $5, children 5 and under free. Call 570-622-7323. IRISH ETHNIC DINNER — 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Roman Catholic Church Hall, 600 W. Mahanoy St., Mahanoy City. Tickets $9, includes Irish recipe for ham and colcannon (mashed potatoes and cabbage), vegetable, Irish appetizers, breads and desserts. Eat in or take out. For tickets or more information, call the parish office at 570-773-2771. OPEN H0USE — Frackville Museum, 1 to 4 p.m., Frackville Borough Building, 42 S. Center St., Frackville. Celebrating second anniversary. Memberships and memorials available. Call 570-874-3531. ORDER DEADLINE FOR
Ringtown Valley Fire / Rescue All You Can Eat Breakfast Sunday October 13, 2013 • 8:00 am to 12:00 pm Adults - $8.00 • Children - $4.00
Buffet Style Breakfast includes: • Eggs • Pancakes (Plain, Blueberry, Choc. Chip) • Bacon • French Toast • Sausage • Cream Chipped Beef over Toast • Scrapple • Mackerel • Potatoes Coffee, Tea, Orange Juice, Fruit Punch, and Water available. *Wheat Toast available upon request
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Polish combo- Stuffed cabbage. Pierogies with butter and onions and halushki 8.95 Lemon pepper catfish 9.95 Seafood cavatappi- pasta sautéed with lobster, shrimp and bay scallops in a light white cheese sauce 13.95
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FRIDAY SEAFOOD BUFFET
King Crab Legs-Steamed Clams Haddock-Shrimp (Fried & Cocktail) Includes Dessert & Salad Bar & 12 other items
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6 oz. Lobster & 4 oz. Fillet $24.50 St. Louis Ribs $9.95 Pulled Pork Sandwich $5.95
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WELSH COOKIE SALE — To be picked up 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 21, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Pine and Mauch Chunk streets, Tamaqua. Varieties include raisin and plain. Cost $5.50 a dozen, $3 half dozen. To order, call 570-668-3030 or church office 570-668-4570 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. Sponsored by the church’s Relay for Life team. PASTA FOR PAWS — 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Greystone, 315 N. Centre St., Pottsville. Eat in or take out. Delivery available for eight or more dinners. Cost $8.50, includes pasta with choice of sauce, salad, bread and dessert. Call 570-622-4220. Benefits SPCA. POLKA DANCE — 2 to 6 p.m., Pine View Acres, Chamberlain Avenue, Pottsville. Music by Maestro Men. Sponsored by Coal Crackers. Call Joe at 570-622-3321, John at 570-455-7676 or Ann at 570-462-9355.
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Sweet Chili Glazed Country Ribs 8.95 Spice Rubbed Pork Strip Steak With A Jim Beam Bourbon Sauce 11.95 Broiled Salmon & Bay Scallops in a light butter sauce 13.95
Sunday
Roast Fresh Ham 8.95 Fried Shrimp 10.95 BC Haddock 13.95
Sunday Breakfast
Pumpkin Custard French Toast Chipped Beef
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2013
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Don’t judge someone’s worth
Long before sites like peopleofwalmart.com were around, the world made fun of people. I’m certain even the kindest souls have scrutinized someone at one point in their lives whether it be silently or shared with a friend for a laugh. However, considering what a behemoth the Internet has become, coupled with the simplicity of sharing information through smart phones and computers, the “art” of public shaming and humiliation has hit new heights in popularity. What I don’t see as clear is, where is the line? When does simple “making fun” turn into rude and disrespectful? Or does the fun in making fun even exist? For me personally, my friends and loved ones and I tend to take jabs at each other on a regular basis. Playful banter back and forth is almost symbolic of how close I am with someone. But when it comes to strangers, does anyone really have the right to ridicule? If you are tall enough,
strangers for what they were wearing, how they styled their hair, the quality of Jenna their dental hygiene and more. Wasakoski Usually, it’s something I’d share with a friend and we’d get a good laugh out of it, and the subject in question would have absolutely no clue we had even uttered a does it give you license to make fun of short people? If word about them. I’ve never been a bully nor you consider yourself attractive, are all “ugly” people fair do I ever intend on hurting someone’s feelings or makgame? If you have a BMI in ing them feel bad about the normal range, does that qualify you as someone who themselves. If anything, I can freely make fun of those want everyone to know and truly feel they are awesome who weigh much more or in their own unique way. much less of you? So why do I make fun of Admittedly, I love to people watch and admittedly, I have people? I see it more and more on many a time made fun of
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Truck Pull at Schuylkill County Fairgrounds, October 12th Columbus Day Weekend at Galen Glen Winery, October 12th and 13th
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The Great Pumpkin Festival at Simon Kramer Institute, October 12th
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absolutely no right to publicly judge anyone, therefore, I won’t take part in the public shaming of strangers. Sites like peopleofwalmart.com may be hilarious to the masses and many of those featured in the daily posts may be getting the attention they deliberately seek, but it’s just not nice and it’s not fair and, at the end of the day, I have to put myself in their shoes and know that my feelings would be hurt and my self-esteem bruised had I stumbled upon myself being torn apart in public forum. I can’t say I’ll never make fun of anything again — that’s something that is apparently hard-wired into my brain — I just don’t think
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Facebook, especially. Someone will take a photo of someone who is either overweight or dressed in an attention-seeking manner and the comments start arolllin’. “Ew.” “I saw her, too; I almost puked.” (No one really uses semicolons on Facebook, but you get my point.) Everyone has a hoot and a half getting their jabs in on an unsuspecting stranger. But that stranger is a human being, too. It’s someone’s daughter or mother or sister. This is where I’m re-evaluating. The more I think about it, the more I realize I have
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public shaming is acceptable behavior for decent human beings. So, just think about it next time you see an opportunity to laugh at the expense of a stranger and join in on belittling someone who may just be having a bad day, a bad month or a bad life, for that matter. It may not be as fun, but perhaps give handing out compliments a whirl to switch it up a bit. Everyone has value and it’s not up to us to be the judge of anyone’s worth. (Jenna Wasakoski, a NewsItem editor, is a graduate of Von Lee School of Aesthetics and is certified as a professional makeup artist.)