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Cue THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2015 SECTION C Audra McDonald Saturday, October 17th, 8:00 pm TICKETS START AT $40 309.671.1096 peoriasymphony.org PE-4493521_V2 Josh Blue opens up about cerebral palsy, ‘Last Comic Standing’ BY THOMAS BRUCH OF THE JOURNAL STAR PEORIA — One of the best stand-up comedians in the business, Josh Blue, will be performing at the Jukebox Comedy Club this weekend. Blue, 36, won Season Four of “Last Comic Standing” in 2006 and has since been a staple on the stand-up comedy circuit. Though he has earned many plaudits and has been featured frequently in stand-up specials, he might be best known for having cerebral palsy — something he pokes fun at in a self-deprecating manner in his performances. Yet he also talks about it to highlight what you can accomplish while living with the disorder. Blue will appear at the Jukebox at 8 p.m. Thursday, and at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets cost $20 except for the Thursday show and the late Friday show, which are $15. Tickets can be purchased at the comedy club or online at www.jukeboxcomedy.com. The Journal Star talked to Blue recently about his career, “Last Comic Standing” and another one of his successful endeavors. Q: In retrospect, what’s your opinion on “Last Comic Standing” for younger comedians or comedians who haven’t gotten a shot yet? A: I have mixed feelings about it. Obviously it really helped me blow into the scene. But it’s still a dumb reality show. Any chance a comic can get to get on TV is huge, so it’s deﬁ nitely Please see BLUE, Page C2

BY THOMAS BRUCH OF THE JOURNAL STAR he magician insists that no spe- MAGICIAN cifi c moment precipitated his career in magic and illusions, but he tells a tale that pretty AND ‘AMERICA’S much suffi ces as one. When Dan Sperry was very young — maybe four or fi ve GOT TALENT’ years old, he estimates — his Comedian Josh Blue will appear at the Jukebox grandparents took him to a Da- Comedy Club at 8 p.m. Thursday, and at 8 p.m. and vid Copperfi eld show. The fi rst trick was “The Death Saw,” a 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets cost $20 CONTESTANT big spinning saw blade that except for the Thursday show and the late Friday Copperfi eld must elude before show, which are $15. it cuts him in half. The real premise was far more DAN SPERRY TO harrowing. Instead, the saw “malfunctions” and the blade drops too early, cutting Copperfi eld in half without warning. The young Sperry couldn’t comprehend the PERFORM WITH theatrical illusion and thought he had just seen SEE CALENDAR ON PAGE C6 Copperfi eld die. That was the end of the show for Sperry and his grandparents. They exited the THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND ‘THE ILLUSIONISTS’ theater with a mortifi ed Sperry in tow. As a mode of therapy, Sperry was later given a magic kit from a toy store, something simple 5The Peoria Riverfront Museum, 222 SW Washington like a ball disappearing in a cup and then reap- St., is hosting Wine & Art Night from 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 17 AT CIVIC CENTER pearing. It was meant to assuage Sperry’s fears, 1 featuring painting with Kayla Phillips. Cost is $33 for non- to show it wasn’t sinister. “This is normal,” he remembers being told. members. To register call Taylor Stef at 863-3034. Ages 21 A few decades later, Sperry has established and over only. If you go a living as a touring magician. He will appear The Haunted Infi rmary at the Bartonville Insane ! What: The Illusionists alongside a troupe of magicians at the Peoria 2 Asylum, 4500 Enterprise Drive, Bartonville, is open every — Live From Broadway Civic Center Theater for two nights next week in Friday and Saturday night in October from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. “The Illusionists” as part of the Illinois Ameren ! When: 7:30 p.m. Event is sponsored by Limestone JFL and Insane Women Broadway Series. Productions. Admission is $15 per person. Tickets available Wednesday, Oct. 21; 7:30 For years, his magic act mirrored the tame at http://hauntedinfi rmary.org/ or at the gate on haunt p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22. parlor tricks of the toy magic kit from his youth. ! Where: Peoria Civic He landed a job performing at children’s birthday nights until midnight (cash only). Center Theater. parties as a teenager and continued that for a Central Illinois Jazz Society House Band performs at 6 ! Cost: Tickets cost $40, long time. Though he couldn’t frighten them, he 3 p.m. and The Brazilionaires begin at 7:15 p.m. Oct. 18 $57 or $70. To purchase carefully cultivated a role he would later inhabit at the Starting Gate Banquet Room in Landmark Recreation tickets, visit the box offi ce, on stage. Center. Admission: $5/members; $7/nonmembers; free/ ticketmaster.com, all Tick- “There was a Gene Wilder, Willy Wonka antago- students. Call 692-5330 or visit www.cijs.org. nistic element to what I was doing,” Sperry said. etmaster locations or call “I Feel a Song Coming On!,” Pride of Peoria Barbershop (800) 745-3000. Please see ILLUSIONISTS, Page C2 4 Chorus 73rd annual concert will be at 2 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Northminster Presbyterian Church, 10720 N. Knoxville, Peoria. $10/advance; $12/at the door. Call 231-2471. Salsa at CAC: Dance lessons and open dancing will be PHOTO OF DAN SPERRY COURTESY OF “THE ILLUSIONISTS” 5 from 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Oct. 16 at the Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, 305 SW Water St. Admission: $4/CAC members; $7/nonmembers. Call 674-6822.

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PE-4516512 All Dinner Specials Include: House Salad and Baked Potato Saturdays - 3 ½ Men C2 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2015 CUE JOURNAL STAR, PEORIA, ILL. HALLOWEEN FRIGHTS Judge’s Chamber is a hidden AND THRILLS AWAIT lunch spot in Downtown BY STEVE TARTER IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS OF THE JOURNAL STAR PEORIA — Downtown Peoria is not without its dining options. You know Central Illinois offers Halloween attractions for all ages about the food carts, impending food trucks and, of course, a number of and levels of fear. Here is a listing of some of the events. long-standing restaurants. But sometimes we forget — or at ! Spider Hill Haunted Attractions, includes a Halloween Costume least I forget — that bars serve food, too. That leads us to the Judge’s Creations workshop for kids ages hosted by Three Sisters Park, ev- Chamber, 514 Main St., right across ery Friday and Saturday evening 8-12 at 10 a.m. Oct. 17. Cost is the street from the Pere Marquette/ in October from 7 to 11 p.m. $10 per child, $8 per member. Marriott hotel complex. (Closed Halloween night). Fea- On Oct. 10, the park will be trans- The trail for a Downtown lunch tures a Haunted House, Haunted formed into a haunted forest. led me there after learning that Walking Trail and Paintball Zom- There is no additional charge to Ulrich’s Rebellion Room, just down bie Shoot, where participants get participate in this event. Admis- the street, now serves lunch only on to shoot zombies in the woods. sion to the PlayHouse is $8 for Thursdays and Fridays. There will also be vendors, food, ages 1-65, $7 for ages older than “There’s just not enough business roaming actors, a bonfi re and 65 and active military personnel, Downtown to serve every day,” an Quick Guide Ulrich’s employee said. other entertainment. and free for infants under 1. The ! The Haunted Infirmary at the But the Judge’s Chamber, right museum is free for members; alongside Hoops, was open this Mon- Judge’s Chamber Bartonville Insane Asylum, 4500 membership begins at $85 per day afternoon, so we headed in. 514 Main St., Peoria Enterprise Drive, Bartonville, is family. For more information, visit The atmosphere during the day at (309) 674-5005 open every Friday and Saturday www.peoriaplayhouse.org or call the Chamber is pretty much like it is night in October from 7 p.m. to 323-6900. at night: it’s dark. It was also pretty Hours: 7 a.m. to 4 a.m., Monday to Friday; 6 a.m. to 4 a.m., Saturday and Sunday. 1 a.m. Event is sponsored by ! Peoria Zoo will present its new quiet. There were two customers at Ratings: ★★★★ is highest Limestone JFL and Insane Women Pumpkin Bash from 11 a.m. to the bar, plus the bartender, and that Food ★★★ Productions. Admission is $15 2 p.m. Oct. 24. Event includes was it. Atmosphere ★★ per person. Tickets available at a mini trick-or-treat trail, games, A battery of video poker machines Service ★★★★ http://hauntedinfi rmary.org/ or sat idle while TVs showered sports crafts, and spooky decorations. Prices: Appetizers, $4.75; hamburgers, $5 to $5.50; fi sh sandwich, $5; chicken strips, $6; at the gate on haunt nights until news down on us as we scanned the This event is open to the public pork tenderloin, $6.50; grilled cheese, $4. midnight (cash only). Halloween decorations over the bar. ! and is included with regular Zoo You’re not looking at a big menu at Full bar available. Carry-out available; cash only. Spook Hollow with M.C. Manor admission of $6/children 2-12, & M.C. Nightmare — three hor- the Chamber. You have a hamburger $9/adults, $8/seniors and rifying events for one admission ($5), cheeseburger ($5.50), pork active military. Zoo admission tenderloin ($6.50), fi sh sandwich ($5) price — will be Oct. 16,17, 23 also includes free admission to and chicken strips ($6). As for appe- loin experience. I add mustard and not great. and 24 in Marquette Heigihts. tizers such as onion rings, mini-ta- ketchup and anything else I can fi nd It was a pleasant visit as well as Spook Hollow leads guests into Luthy Botanical Garden with its Hogwarts Garden of Botanical cos or breaded mushrooms, the price on the table. an enlightening one. After all, who the deep woods of Independence The fries at the Chamber were knew that places that thrive at night Wonders Oct. 9 - Nov. 8. Call is $4.75 apiece. Park, M.C. Manor is a spine There’s also Butch’s pizza, particularly good — hot, crisp and also have something to offer during 681-3559 for more information tingling Haunted Mansion and Morton’s own, which probably gets tasty. You can also get them as an ap- the day? M.C. Nightmare will lead guests or go to www.peoriazoo.org. plenty of takers in the wee hours. petizer, a move that I’d recommend. Reminder: The Chamber main- through a twisted and run down ! Pearce Community Center will But during the lunch hour, I went The bartender who brought me tains a cash-only policy, so have Industrial Haunt. Admission host its 25th annual Spook- for the tenderloin with fries, while my Diet Pepsi ($1.50) was also our something besides a credit card in is $25 and $40 for a speed tacular on Oct. 30. The event my dining companion settled on a server. He was particularly friendly your wallet if you choose to stop pass to avoid long lines. Tickets will begin at 4 p.m. with carnival cheeseburger with onion rings. and attentive and made our stay at down. are available online at: http: games and a cake walk. There The tenderloin was the standard the Chamber enjoyable. //spookhollow.ticketleap.com/ will be a haunted house, live overwhelm-the-bun job that you My partner opted for the burger, Steve Tarter is Journal Star business editor. Tarter’s which he devoured hungrily. I phone number is 686-3260, and his email address is 2015/ and at the gate from 6:30 entertainment, costume contest get at a lot of places. It came with snatched one of his onion rings [email protected]. Follow his blog, Minding Business, on p.m.-11 p.m. Gate opens nightly and a monster mash dance pickles, tomato and onion which you need to boost the whole tender- (research) and judge them good but pjstar.com and follow him on Twitter @SteveTarter at 7 p.m. The event is located just beginning at 7 p.m. A hot dog off Interstate I-474 Exit 9, look dinner with chips and a drink will for the search light (613 LaSalle be available to purchase. Game Blvd., Marquette Heights). Event tickets can be purchased for 25 just lucky that mine is on is sponsored by the Marquette cents. The hot dog dinner will be BLUE the outside. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis set to perform Heights Men’s Club. $3 for children 12 and under and Continued from Page C1 I thought it was cool to ! Q: at Bradley’s Renaissance Coliseum Haunted Peoria area tours, $5 for adults. A large adult meal see you were a soccer guy who something comics look at PEORIA — Grammy Award winning artist Mackl- based on historical documenta- with two hot dogs will be avail- competed on the Paralympic tion, sponsored by Central Illinois as a serious way of getting emore and his sidekick, Ryan Lewis, will perform at able for $7. For more information, National Team. What was that Paranormal Investigative Team: out onto the road. The other the Renaissance Coliseum at Bradley call 274-4209 or visit Pearce at side of that is that it doesn’t experience like? Springdale Cemetery: 6 p.m. Oct. www.pearcecc.com. University on Feb. 4. mean success. After I won, Tickets went on sale Wednesday 13, 17, 23 and 27; French-Na- ! I got to be on the Na- Peoria Heights Chamber of I had to work like fi ve times A: morning for Bradley students only at tive American Burial Ground, tional Team for eight years Commerce Second Annual Fall harder. the Coliseum ticket offi ce. Tickets for downtown: 6 p.m. Oct. 16; Cole in the Paralympics. Before Celebration includes a Halloween students cost $11 through Nov. 3 and Hollow Trail, Pekin: 5 p.m. Oct. Your cerebral palsy plays that, I had very limited play. costume contest and parade Q: $16 after. The pit in front of the stage I love the sport, but in junior 20; Chillicothe Cemetery: 6 at 11 a.m. Oct. 31. An after- a big role in your jokes and will be open only to current Bradley high I was cut from the team. p.m. Oct. 24. Call 282-6768 for show. When did you become students. parade party will be at Heights Which is pretty heartbreak- reservations. comfortable with doing that? Tickets will go on sale to the public Flowers on Prospect Road with ing. In my humble opinion ! 27th Annual Witches Walk, a for $36 at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 21 online and at MACKLEMORE games and refreshments plus I still don’t (long in junior high, no one should “not so scary” illuminated walk, A: any Ticketmaster location. Bradley fac- trick or treats at participating pause). No, I’m just kidding. be cut. But that didn’t stop ulty and staff can purchase tickets beginning Oct. 19. 6-8 p.m. Oct. 15-17 and 22-24, chamber businesses. Register You know, I didn’t really talk me from kicking the ball Macklemore and Ryan Lewis won multiple Grammy Fon du Lac Farm Park, 305 Neu- for the parade online by Oct. about it much when I fi rst around and playing when I Awards on their debut album, “The Heist,” most nota- mann Drive, East Peoria. Cost: 28. For more information and to started doing comedy. I was could. And I’m so happy I did bly for the hit song “Thrift Shop.” Macklemore’s follow- $3/adults; $2.50/children ages register for the parade visit the more of a storyteller, talking because I went on to be not up album is forthcoming and the single off that album, 1-15. Call 694-2195. about experiences. Pretty a great soccer player, but a Peoria Heights Chamber website: “Downtown,” has once again dominated pop charts ! early on I realized when I pretty good one. Lots of caps On Oct. 16-18 and 23-25 www.peoriaheightschamber.com and radio airwaves. started getting personal, I and a bunch of international Wildlife Prairie Park will transform or call 282-7733. The opening act for the show will be announced at found that people could re- play and 15 goals scored in into Wildlife Scary Park! The Park ! The Peoria Magicians Assembly a later date. Doors to the Coliseum will open at 7 p.m. ally relate to it. Not just cere- my career. will become a family friendly Hal- is presenting “Halloween Magic Feb. 4 with the show starting at 8:30 p.m. Students bral palsy but any disability. loween party. Ride the Trainsylva- Spook-tacular,” a family-friendly will not be allowed entry to the show without a valid I really believe everyone has Thomas Bruch can be reached at 686-3262 or nian Express through the woods student ID. show featuring Spook Magic, some type of disability. I’m [email protected]. and see the fright. Take a walk Comedy Halloween Skits, and down our Giant Trick or Treat Trail, plenty of Monster Characters to don’t forget a bag for candy. Or give everyone a fun scare just in take a ride on our Not So Scary time for Halloween! Event will be saw him cleaving into his throat with at the Civic Center shows next week. dental fl oss to retrieve a Lifesaver He didn’t want to spoil the rest of hayrack ride. This year will include at 3 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Exposi- ILLUSIONISTS candy he had swallowed. The judges his performance, but he mentioned a new extra scary event. Hours tion Gardens Opera House, 1601 Continued from Page C1 are 5 to 9 p.m. Oct. 16-17 and reacted in screams of fear and moans a small tease of one trick. It involves W. Northmoor Road. General ad- of disgust. audience participation, a quarter and Oct. 23-24 and 4 to 8 p.m. Oct. mission tickets are $5 for ages 3 But slowly his act and appearance 18 and 25. For information, call morphed. He took on a macabre “With the Lifesaver bit, I was try- him acting as a human piggybank. and up; under 3 are free. Tickets 676-0998. Admission is $10 for theme, all black attire and jet-black ing to emulate Quentin Tarantino,” You can thank David Copperfi eld if available at the door the day of non-members; $8 for members. hair and white face powder. And his Sperry said. “I wanted the feeling of you end up in the lobby. the show. Doors open at ! Special Halloween fun at the magic turned dark, too. The trick that ‘this is really messed up but I’m still 2:30 p.m. watching it.’” Thomas Bruch can be reached at 686-3262 or Peoria PlayHouse this October made him famous, in his 2010 stint competing on “America’s Got Talent,” He’ll perform the Lifesaver trick [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @ThomasBruch.

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Sharpe (the splendid Tom Hid- runs blood red and (horror of OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hid- It opens with a fl ashback and dleston) comes to town with his horrors) the kitchen could use The most pressing threat in dleston and Jessica Chastain. a promise from Edith Cush- mysterious sister Lucille (Chas- granite counter tops. It’s a fi xer Guillermo del Toro’s gothic Directed by: Guillermo del Toro. ing (Wasikowska) that “ghosts tain), in search of a grant for a upper. horror “Crimson Peak” isn’t the Running time: 1:58. are real.” After the death of contraption of his invention to The movie settles into a “No- ooze-fi lled cauldrons of dead her mother, she (or at least a mine the red clay beneath their Rated: R. torious”-like plot where Edith is souls in the basement of the old ghoulish ghostly of her) visits home. Cushing, an established slowly poisoned while unearth- Victorian mansion, nor the plot- Opens Friday at: Grand Prairie 18; Edith with a frightful warning: business man, quickly rejects Landmark and Sunnyland cinemas; AMC ing the Sharpe family secrets. ting, black-clad sister (Jessica “Beware of Crimson Peak.” It’s Thomas, but Edith doesn’t. The rich atmosphere of ShowPlace 14; Willow Knolls 14. Chastain), who serves a bitterly a message that curiously fails to The Sharpes have clearly “Crimson Peak” never wanes, poisonous tea. Family guide: Bloody violence, impress. duplicitous motives, but Edith but the story does. Having The setting is turn-of-the-cen- swoons for Thomas. Just as It’s the ever-lurking possibility some sexual content and brief strong summoned the gothic ghosts, tury Buffalo, where Edith lives they’re departing Buffalo, that, at any moment, the lush, language. Del Toro never fully unleashes with her father Carter Cush- Edith’s father is killed. The ornate tapestry of Del Toro’s Quick take: In the aftermath of a them. The director’s dark fan- ing (an excellent Jim Beaver). scene is a beauty: in the steam fi lm might swallow its perform- family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn tasy masterpiece remains “Pan’s ers whole. between love for her childhood friend She wants to be a novelist, but and golden light of a morning her manuscript (a ghost story) bathhouse, an unseen assailant Labyrinth,” but his affection for It would be a grand death. and the temptation of a mysterious out- is condescendingly rejected, sneaks up to Carter and crushes gothic romance is infectious; “Crimson Peak” is so lovingly sider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her he’s surely, hopefully destined to wrapped in the stylish trappings praised only for feminine his scull over a sink, leaving past, she is swept away to a house that adapt Dickens. of the genre that it’s one of the “loops” of her penmanship. blood and water fl owing from breathes, bleeds … and remembers. Even as his last fi lm, the kaiju few movies you could say is Advised to write a love story, the cracked porcelain. monster movie “Pacifi c Rim,” worth it purely for the wallpa- she pleads that the ghosts are a Edith and Thomas wed and per. metaphor for the past. the trio returns to the remote proved, there may be no bet- It stars Mia Wasikowska, Tom costume designer Kate Hawley, Such is the tenor of Del Toro’s Sharpe family manor in Eng- ter conjurer of color in mov- Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain who under the lordly command fable, which he wrote with Mat- land, Allerdale Hall, where ies right now. His dreams, and — a fi ne trio of actors. But the of Del Toro, summon an at- thew Robins. You wouldn’t mis- the movie moves into its more nightmares, are in technicolor. fi lm’s true above-the-title artists mosphere gaga with all things take it for Henry James or even sedate house-of-horrors second are more properly cinematogra- gothic. for Hitchcock. The exquisite set half. A hole in the roof pours Follow AP fi lm critic Jake Coyle on Twitter pher Dan Laustsen, production “Crimson Peak” casts a spell design is more heightened than light and autumn leaves down at: http://twitter.com/jakecoyleAP designer Thomas Sanders and that fails to quite hold, but it’s the emotions; the grotesques are the center, red clay bubbles

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A REVIEW Spielberg and his superb ‘Bridge of Spies’ cinematographer Janusz BY RICHARD ROEPER Kaminski deliver some ★★★★ You could write brief excellent visual callbacks, Starring: Tom Hanks, Mark descriptions of any 100 as when Donovan looks Rylance, Austin Stowell, Alan relatively signifi cant chap- out the window of a train Alda and Amy Ryan. ters in American history, and sees Brooklyn kids Directed by: Steven Spiel- toss ’em all into one of climbing fences separating berg. those hand-cranked raffl e their backyards — and is cylinders, pluck out one reminded of the barbed Running time: 2:22. entry, and I’ll bet Steven wire-crowned Berlin Wall. Rated: PG-13. Spielberg could turn that The supporting cast, Opens Friday at: Grand Prai- event into an Oscar-bait including Amy Ryan as rie 18; Landmark and Sunnyl- motion picture experience. Donovan’s wife and Scott and cinemas; AMC ShowPlace To wit: “Bridge of Shepherd as a CIA opera- 14; Willow Knolls 14. Spies.” tive who becomes Dono- Family guide: Some violence Some 40 years into his van’s unoffi cial partner in and brief strong language. career and still a master espionage, is fi rst-rate. Quick take: Steven Spielberg of his craft (a few camera Hanks will be in the moves and special effects conversation for best ac- has taken the largely forgotten moments in this fi lm are tor, Rylance will almost 1960 exchange of U.S. and simply dazzling), Spiel- certainly be nominated Soviet spies and turned it into berg has taken an impor- for best supporting actor, a gripping character study and tant but largely forgotten and when the titles of the thriller that feels a bit like a John and hardly action-packed fi ve-plus fi lms nominated Le Carre adaptation if Frank slice of the Cold War and In this image released by Disney, Tom Hanks appears in a scene from “Bridge of Spies.” for best picture are an- Capra were at the controls. Tom turned it into a grip- nounced, it will be a sur- Hanks, in full modern-day Jimmy ping character study and Enter Tom Hanks, in like him to go to Berlin, Don’t mistake the smile prise if “Bridge of Spies” Stewart mode, stars as the thriller that feels a bit like full modern-day Jimmy which has recently been and the friendly hand- doesn’t make the cut. genial U.S. negotiator. a John Le Carre adapta- Stewart mode, as James split by a concrete wall, shake for weakness. tion if Frank Capra were Donovan, a genial fam- and negotiate a trade. at the controls. ily man and successful We shift from the rain- “Bridge of Spies” is set insurance attorney who’s soaked fi lm noir streets Beta Sigma Phi’s 37th Annual mostly in the mid- and late almost always the smart- of New York to bleak, 1950s, when the Cold War est man in the room and snow-blanketed Berlin, between the Americans doesn’t mind if others where Donovan goes deep and the Soviets was heat- in his presence perceive into the rabbit hole in CRAFT SHOW ing up — and the East Ger- otherwise. Donovan seems a series of increasingly mans, fi lled with resent- an unlikely choice to de- convoluted and sometimes Located at October 17, 2015 ment toward the United 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. fend Abel — but he was a comically bizarre adven- Galva High School States and loathing for the prosecutor at Nuremberg, tures as he attempts to Galva, IL Russians, were hell-bent he’s a well-respected legal secure a trade of Abel for on fi nding their own place presence, and he’ll mount Powers — along with an Food Stand Admission $2.00 at the superpower table. a capable defense, even American student recently On some days a global though it will make him detained by the Germans. PE-4513797 www.galvacraftshow.info No Strollers - No Pets nuclear war seemed more one of the most despised (The Coen brothers did likely than not. men in America and of an extensive polish on the We open on the Brook- course there’s zero chance screenplay, and their hand- Illinois Central College lyn of 1957, where a seem- of actually winning the iwork seems most evident ingly meek man of late case. in the Berlin scenes.) middle age quietly goes The United States gov- Nursing drinks while about his daily routine, ernment and the great ma- stating his case with vari- One which involves painting jority of Americans want ous Soviet and German An Evening with Night portraits and, oh yes, Abel put to death — but offi cials who aren’t even Only! working as a mole for the Donovan argues passion- honest about their actual Soviets. In a tightly cho- ately and successfully for titles, fi ghting off a cold, reographed and perfectly an extended prison sen- Donovan keeps telling paced sequence set in the tence, arguing Abel could everyone he just wants to subway system, the man be of great value in case get this thing done so he This performance featuring veteran Branson performer Camille eludes a battery of serious PatsyCline an American soldier/spy can go home and crawl Davis celebrates some of the greatest hits and stories behind the songs FBI men in serious dark is caught by the Soviets into his own bed. Such fi ne of this influential lady of country music. coats and hats — but only and there’s a chance of a and measured work from temporarily, as it turns prisoner swap. Hanks, who is as good Friday, October 23 • 7:30 pm out. 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There’s little ell) is blasted out of the doubt Abel’s a Soviet spy, skies by a Soviet fi ghter, but he will be given a trial ejecting just in time to see so America can show the his plane explode as he world that everyone in the parachutes to safety — and United States is entitled to captivity. a defense, even an illegal Now the U.S. govern- immigrant working to ment has another assign- help bring the country to ment for civilian attorney its knees. James Donovan. They’d

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CROSSWORD CUE CALENDAR NEA BRIDGE By PHILLIP ALDER By THOMAS JOSEPH COMPILED BY MICKEY WIELAND side Drive, Dunlap. The museum hours: concert, 2 p.m. Oct. 18, Northminster OF THE JOURNAL STAR noon-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays. Presbyterian Church, 10720 N. Knoxville, Items for the Cue calendar need to be Admission: $6.50/adults; $3.50/ages Peoria. $10/advance; $12/at the door. submitted 10 days prior to publication. 3-11. Visit www.wheelsotime.org. Call 231-2471. Send information to Mickey Wieland Historic Trolley Tours, sponsored Dueling Pianos, 6 p.m. Oct. 16, Kicka- at [email protected] (preferred by the Peoria Historical Society, poo Creek Winery, 6605 N. Smith Road, method) or by mail to the Journal Star, Thursdays-Saturdays through Oct. 31. Edwards. Cost: $40/person (includes 1 News Plaza, Peoria, IL 61643. For times and ticket information, visit dinner and dessert). Call 495-9463, Ext. 1 www.peoriahistoricalsociety.org or call for reservations. Riverfront 674-1921. Howlin’ on Water Dueling Pianos, 8 p.m. Oct. 16, the Broadway Lounge, Museum Halloween events Maxam building, 316 SW Washington The Peoria Riverfront Museum, 222 St. Cost: $38/person for dinner and 27th Annual Witches Walk, a “not so show; $10/person for the show only. Visit SW Washington St., peoriariverfrontmu scary” illuminated walk, 6-8 p.m. Oct. seum.org or call 686-7000. The Giant HowlinOnWater.com. 15-17 and 22-24, Fon du Lac Farm Music in the McKenzie, featuring Screen Theater serves beer, wine and Park, 305 Neumann Dr., East Peoria. pizza. Pint & A Half, 2-4 p.m. Oct. 18, Peoria Cost: $3/adults; $2.50/children ages Public Library, North Branch McKenzie Giant Screen Theater: Through Oct. 22 1-15. Call 694-2195. — “The Martian” 3-D, RealD and 2D. room. Free. Wildlife Scary Park!, Oct. 16-18 Live at the Five Spot, Contemporary Dome Planetarium: Oct. 17 — The and 23-25, a family friendly Halloween Lives & Deaths of Stars, 6-7 p.m., Art Center of Peoria, 305 SW Water St.: party, Wildlife Prairie Park, Hanna City. Oct. 16 — Bill Porter. Music 5:30-7:30 free; Oct. 19 — Astronomy Night: Join Features the Trainsylvanian Express the White House Star Party!, Donovan p.m. Admission: $8/CAC members; $12/ through the woods, a walk down the nonmembers. Call 674-6822. Park, 6 p.m., free. Daily: “Legends of Giant Trick or Treat Trail (don’t forget At the bridge table, a well- the Night Sky: Perseus and Androm- Limelight Eventplex, 8102 N. a bag for candy) and a ride on the University: Oct. 21 — Mushroomhead, timed pause might help you eda,” “Back to the Moon for Good,” Not So Scary hayrack ride. Hours: 5-9 to make or break a contract, “Stars Over Peoria,” “Uniview: Dynamic Mortiis, Unsaid Fate, Prey for Us, 8 p.m. p.m. Oct. 16-17 and Oct. 23-24 and (for 16 and over), tickets: $20-$25; Oct. making you and your part- Planets.” 4-8 p.m. Oct. 18 and 25. Admission: Special Events: Oct. 17 — Wine & Art 23 — Rodney Atkins, 8 p.m., tickets: $25- ner happy. $10/nonmembers; $8/members. Call $40; Oct. 24 — Here Come The Mummies, In today’s deal, many Night, 7-9 p.m. 676-0998. 8 p.m., tickets: $25 in advance. Visit players would go down at Haunted Peoria area tours, based on limelighteventplex.com or call 693-1234. Civic Center historical documentation, sponsored by the table, but more would fi nd the winning play on The Peoria Civic Center is located Central Illinois Paranormal Investigative Dance in Downtown Peoria. Call 673-8900; Team: Springdale Cemetery: Oct. 17, 23 paper because they would for box offi ce, call 673-3200; for and 27; French-Native American Burial Salsa at CAC: Dance lessons and pause at the right moment. tickets, call (800) 745-3000 or visit Ground, downtown: Oct. 16; Cole Hollow open dancing, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. What should South do in PeoriaCivicCenter.com. Trail, Pekin: Oct. 20; Chillicothe Cemetery: Oct. 16, Contemporary Art Center of fi ve hearts after West leads Oct. 16: Jeff Foxworthy & Larry the Oct. 24. Tours begin at 6 p.m. on weekdays Peoria, 305 SW Water St. Admission: the diamond ace? Did West and at 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Call 282- Cable Guy, 7:30 p.m., arena. Tickets: $4/CAC members; $7/nonmembers. have a more effective lead? 6768 for reservations. Call 674-6822. $49.50. West used the Unusual Oct. 21-22: The Illusionist: Live From Music No-trump to show at least Broadway, 7:30 p.m., theater. Tickets: Comedy $40-$70. Central Illinois Jazz Society House 5-5 in the minors. Then Oct. 24: Tween Stars Live, 2 p.m., Band, 6 p.m. and The Brazilionaires, 7:15 Jukebox Comedy Club, 3527 East and South bid at the theater. Tickets: $21-$62. p.m. Oct. 18, Starting Gate Banquet Room W. Farmington Road: Oct. 15-17 fi ve-level, unsure who could in Landmark Recreation Center. Admis- — Josh Blue. Call 673-5853 or visit make what. Special events sion: $5/members; $7/nonmembers; JukeboxComedy.com. If the defense were Mason City Limits, 114 E. Chestnut “20 Years of Ford with V8 Flat Head Free/students. Call 692-5330 or visit accurate, fi ve diamonds www.cijs.org. St., Mason City: Oct. 16-17 — Vilmos. Call would go down one, losing Engines,” display through October, (217) 482-5233 or visit MCLimits.com. Wheels O’ Time Museum, 1710 W. Wood- “I Feel a Song Coming On!,” Pride two spades and one heart. of Peoria Barbershop Chorus 73rd annual Five hearts is in danger if West has the club ace. Then declarer might concede ANNIE’S MAILBOX one spade and two clubs. Of course, if East has the Give my heart to a person whose own club ace, no problem. But if Organ donation is gift heart has pain. West holds that card, what Give my blood to the teenager who was chance does South have? pulled from the wreckage of his car, so Declarer can get home if that lives on for others that he might live to see his grandchildren spades are 3-2 and hearts play. Several years ago, you are 2-1, if he does not ruff DEAR ANNIE: Give my kidneys to one who depends on printed a poem about organ donation. at trick one, but instead a machine to exist from week to week. I carried it until it ripped to shreds. discards a spade. Take my bones, every muscle, every I’m in end-stage renal failure and want Suppose West continues SUDOKU PUZZLE fi ber and nerve in my body and fi nd a way people to be aware of the importance of with a low diamond. South Complete the grid to make a crippled child organ donation. Please ruffs, cashes his heart king so that every row, walk. reprint it. — Not Giving and spade ace, plays a spade every column and Explore every corner of Up to dummy’s king, ruffs 3x3 box contains my brain. Here it is, a spade high, returns to DEAR NOT: Take my cells, if neces- every digit from 1 to 9 with our hopes for your dummy with a trump, and sary, and let them grow so inclusively. recovery: pitches his two clubs on the Tips for working the that, someday, a speechless high spades. Five hearts bid “To Remember Me” by boy will shout at the crack Sudoku puzzle can be Robert Noel Test (1926- and made with an overtrick. KATHY MITCHELL & MARCY SUGAR of a bat and a deaf girl Afterward, West said that found at pjstar.com 1994) will hear the sound of TODAY’S ANSWERS The day will come next time he would lead a rain against her windows. low diamond at trick one. ! when my body will lie upon a white sheet Burn what is left of me and scatter neatly tucked under four corners of a the ashes to the winds to help the fl owers mattress located in a hospital busily oc- grow. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS cupied with the living and the dying. If you must bury something, let it be my At a certain moment a doctor will deter- faults, my weaknesses and all my preju- Jazz musician FREDDY COLE is mine that my brain has ceased to function dice against my fellow man. 84. Singer BARRY MCGUIRE is and that, for all intents and purposes, my Give my sins to the devil. Give my soul 80. Actress LINDA LAVIN is 78. life has stopped. to God. If, by chance, you wish to remem- Rock musician DON STEVENSON When that happens, do not attempt to ber me, do it with a kind deed or word to (Moby Grape) is 73. Actress- instill artifi cial life into my body by the someone who needs you. director PENNY MARSHALL is use of a machine. And don’t call this my If you do all I have asked, I will live 72. Baseball Hall of Famer JIM deathbed. Let it be called the Bed of Life, forever. and let my body be taken from it to help PALMER is 70. Singer-musician DAILY CRYPTOQUOTES others lead fuller lives. Annie’s Mailbox is written by KATHY MITCHELL and MARCY RICHARD CARPENTER is 69. SUGAR, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please Give my sight to a man who has never Britain’s Duchess of York, SARAH email your questions to [email protected], or write to: FERGUSON, is 56. Chef EMERIL seen a sunrise, a baby’s face or love in the Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa eyes of a woman. Beach, CA 90254. LAGASSE is 56. 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Steamboat revs up summer ‘Bigger, better carnival,’ thematic performances highlight festival BY THOMAS BRUCH POP OF THE JOURNAL STAR PEORIA — The Steamboat Days Festival, the riverfront event surrounding the Steamboat Classic race, will take place for the 45th year from June 18-20. “In many ways it’s a kick off to the summer,” said Ted Sumner, co-chair of Steamboat Days with Peoria Area Community Events. GOES “We see it as a stay-cation where the family can go down to the riverfront and have a good time.” Sumner said the live performances this year will be the- matically driven, with a dance party Friday night featuring The Unhandsome Devils, Patrick N Swayze and the Hot Sauce Committee. Saturday night PEKIN will be a “Country Night” with performances by Cadillac Jack, CRAFT SODA TOUR MAKES Joe Stamm Band and Ryan Ideus & the Feudin’ Hillbillys, while Thursday night’s entertainment STOP AT RIVERFRONT PARK will have free admission. All con- certs will be held at the CEFCU Center Stage. BY THOMAS BRUCH OF THE JOURNAL STAR On the other side of the Gate- way building, a “bigger, better” he craft beer boom of recent years has opened the taste carnival will be held all weekend, buds of many to bold brews produced around the coun- featuring a $20 wristband special try and the world. But Pekin will be hosting a different for unlimited rides from 11 a.m. sort of craft festival this weekend that recalls a simpler to 3 p.m. Saturday. A bags tourna- pleasure — craft soda. ment will be held Saturday af- The Pekin Insurance Soda Pop Tour will bring more ternoon only this year, a change than 80 varieties of craft soda to the Pekin Riverfront Pekin Insurance from the two tournaments last Park on Saturday, some of which are household names year. — Dad’s Root Beer — or other more obscure sodas heralding eclectic Soda Pop Tour Sumner, in his third year as ﬂ avors like strawberry jalapeno, apple pie and hibiscus. T co-chairman of the event, said “Most are Midwest bottlers, and a lot of them are mom and pops,” Festival that the support for the footrace said Annette Begner, president of Plan Ahead Events, one of two and the surrounding weekend groups coordinating the festival along with Jay Goldberg Events and ! When: 10 a.m. to 8 activities by both participants Please see SODA, Page C2 p.m. Saturday, June 13. and spectators each year makes ! Steamboat Days one of the best Where: Pekin Riverfront central Illinois rituals in the Park. summertime. “It’s our 45th anniversary, and ! Cost: Admission is it’s a tradition we hope continues free. Samples cost 50 another 45 years,” Sumner said. cents each and unlimited Thomas Bruch can be reached at 686-3262 sampling passes are $20. or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @ThomasBruch. For more information, visit www.sodapoptour.us/ If you go pekin.html. ! What: Steamboat Days Festival. ! When: 4:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Thursday, June 18; 4:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, June 19; 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, June 20. ! Where: Peoria riverfront and the CEFCU Center Stage. ! Cost: Admission is free all day Thursday and before 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $5 admission for 12 years old and up after 6 p.m. Friday and PHOTO BY PLAN AHEAD EVENTS Saturday. $20 wristband passes for Dozens of bottled craft sodas, including the Cicero Beverage Co., are gathered unlimited rides. For more information, on a table at last year’s Soda Pop Tour Festival in Dixon. visit www.peoriaevents.com.

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The representative of When they hand you your 3-D the military-industrial glasses, you can check your brain complex is interested only at the door and pick it up on in creating the ultimate your way out. This is “Jaws” meets fi ghting machine. “Godzilla” meets the “Jurassic And nobody ever listens Park” movies. to the bearded, macho Nick Robinson stars as Zach and Ty Simpkins stars as Gray in “Jurassic World.” (2015) rogue in the J. Peterman leather vest — the guy who keeps warning them “Jurassic Park” movies, And yet we’re told the The moment Owen hears is plucked from the ground can’t resist his charms, they’re making a BIG mis- and I love the way “Juras- people are bored. As the about the 50-foot “Indomi- by a Pteranodon and then Owen ends up being kind take by messing with the sic World” pays tribute no-nonsense executive nus Rex,” and how ol’ Rexy dropped in mid-air, only of a stiff. Also, it’s hard natural order of things. to the groundbreaking named Claire (Bryce Dallas ate his only sibling when to land in the clutches of not to look a little goofy “Jurassic World” is pure, original. (A small example: Howard) puts it, for today’s he was but a lad, he tells ANOTHER Pteranodon, when you’re pretending to dumb, wall-to-wall fun. A Jurassic World staffer generation, a living, breath- Claire and everyone else Cirque du Soleil-style, and be squaring off against a When they hand you your has just scored a vintage ing dinosaur is no more they’ve made a big, big, that’s not the end of her bunch of Raptors who of 3-D glasses, you can check “Jurassic Park” T-shirt on exciting than an elephant. big mistake. Think anyone dilemma. course won’t really be in your brain at the door and eBay for $150. The ones in What to do, what to do. listens? Director Colin Trevor- the scene until post-produc- pick it up on your way out. mint condition go for $300.) How about creating a whole Meanwhile, sulking row and the team of screen- tion. About 80 percent of the Set on the same island new, super-scary species of teenager Zach (Nick Rob- writers have some fun That said, the special movie is dedicated to the near Costa Rica that was dinosaur, containing DNA inson) and his annoyingly turning summer thriller effects are indeed pretty thundering action se- home to Jurassic Park, strands of dozens of crea- precocious little brother clichés sideways, produc- special. Rare is the occa- quences, with the remain- Jurassic World is a mon- tures? What could possibly Gray (Ty Simpkins) have ing some major laughs as sion when it doesn’t feel as ing time devoted to the strous, sprawling tourist go right? escaped from Aunt Claire’s we catch our breath from if humans and dinosaurs usual Spielbergian sci-fi destination for more than Fresh off his “Guardians assistant and are separated the action. Howard is won- are sharing the same space. thriller tropes, from the 20,000 visitors every day. of the Galaxy” triumph, a from the pack, so to speak, derful as Claire, who goes (It does happen once or siblings who bond because The children can ride chiseled Chris Pratt plays at just the wrong moment. from uptight bureaucrat twice.) Mom and Dad might be docile Triceratops. You Owen, a former Navy man Indominus Rex is on the to bad-ass action hero, and It’s great to hear the clas- splitting up to an icy adult can roam the lush grounds who’s now something of a loose and he’s hunting for Vincent D’Onofrio has fun sic John Williams theme in who learns to love in time in a rotating gyro device Velociraptor Whisperer. No sport! hamming it up as Hoskins, a movie theater again. How of crisis to the obligatory that allows you to almost kidding — using just a little “Jurassic World” earns the military strategist who can your heart not soar profi t-driven villain who become one with a pack of clicker device, a stern voice every inch of its PG-13 rat- actually thinks it would when the music swells and refuses to shut things down Stegosauruses. There’s an and the promise of treats ing for some bone-crunch- be a good idea for the U.S. the camera swoops over Ju- even as the body count enormous aquatic attrac- in the form of mice, Owen ing violence, numerous military to use trained Ve- rassic World before all the piles up. (Remember the tion featuring a huge Mo- has a special bond with scenes of dinosaurs lociraptors as weapons. chaos ensues? You happily mayor in “Jaws”? It’s just sasaurus that nibbles on a the Raptors, most notably munching on humans and I’m a big Chris Pratt fan, strap on the seat belt and a little fi sh problem! Let’s full shark like it’s a cheese the one he calls Blue, who blood spraying here and but he’s so focused on play- let the silly greatness of it keep the beaches open.) goldfi sh snack. Everywhere communicates with Owen there. There’s one fairly ing the action hero with all wash over you. This is “Jaws” meets you look in the aviary, almost as if they’re in a sick and wickedly funny a smirk on his face and a After all, it’s almost sum- “Godzilla” meets, well, the there’s a fl ying Pteranodon. Pixar movie. scene in which a character hankering for the girl who mer.

Chris Pratt stars as Owen in Universal Pictures’ “Jurassic World.” Chris Pratt, the leading man BY LINDSEY BAHR usually as a goofy sidekick. Then give himself credit for a fi lm’s OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS everything changed in 2014. success. UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIF. — On a With leading roles in both Fame and stardom can be recent afternoon on a Universal “The Lego Movie” and the little- ephemeral, too, and Pratt likes soundstage, Chris Pratt was known, high-stakes Marvel prop- to keep things light and sincere. regaling a group of journalists erty “Guardians of the Galaxy,” He recently posted a humorous with a story about elk hunting. the year was almost a test. Could “apology” on his Facebook page Suddenly, a gust of air blew he carry a fi lm? Would audiences “for whatever it is I end up saying through the room, toppling a gi- respond? during the forthcoming ‘Jurassic ant fake plant onto a similarly gi- The answer was an unequivo- World’ press tour.” He was keenly ant speaker before both careened cal yes. “Guardians” became the aware of the various “gates” and toward one unlucky reporter. third highest earning movie of “scandals” mined out of recent Everyone gasped but stayed the year, and “The Lego Movie” “Avengers” interviews and oth- in their seats. Everyone, except was the fi fth. Both are getting ers. Pratt, who sprang from his chair sequels. “It was a fun way for me to with a gravely serious expres- Bryce Dallas Howard in “Jurassic World.” Now, Pratt has another trial poke fun at the PC police, but sion, ready to help however he looming: “Jurassic World,” the also, truly to pre-emptively apolo- could. for everyone else,” said director that? Give me a day and I’ll tell fourth installment in the “Ju- gize in the likelihood that I would There wasn’t much that needed Colin Trevorrow. you. It seems OK right now.’” rassic Park” series that Steven say something inappropriate,” doing in this case. The shrub- Even after crashing his motor- Howard, through her own ca- Spielberg launched in 1993, out he said. speaker combination missed the cycle on the Jurassic set, Pratt reer and by proxy of lineage (her Friday. He also stole his Owen costume reporter. But there was no miss- insisted on reassuring the cast dad is Ron Howard), has been Pratt plays Owen Grady, a from set, telling Howard that he’d ing the instinct. and crew the show would go on. around the biggest names in the military man turned Velocirap- like to wear it to hospitals to visit The perennial goofball turned “That one really jolted me,” business for her entire life, and tor trainer at an amusement park kids in character. leading man wasn’t merely a he recalled in an interview. Off dislikes the overused and under- that devolves into dino chaos. If There are the usual downsides hero on screen. Apparently, he camera, the bike locked up when valued phrase “movie star.” She his ‘Guardians’ character, Peter of increased fame, but Pratt, has the right stuff in reality, too. he used the brakes in some mud. prefers terms like “recognizable” Quill, was Han Solo, Owen Grady who’s married to actress Anna “That’s who he is. He takes re- He was thrown 20 feet and had to and “well-known” and believes is Indiana Jones — a little more Faris, knew the score going in. sponsibility for the well-being of dive roll over a prop gun strapped that there have only been maybe serious, a little less rakish and “I don’t much like the ele- those around him,” said Pratt’s to his back. 15 true movie stars in the history defi nitely not silly. ments that pertain to my private “Jurassic World” co-star Bryce “I was immediately swarmed of cinema. As he delves into higher profi le life and my personal space Dallas Howard. by everyone,” he said. “When Pratt, however, makes the cut. projects, Pratt is only concerned being diminished, but with On set, things were no differ- you’re on a movie and that much A few years ago, things looked about making movies that don’t that there’s a trade. I’m now ent. money is on the line, should your very different for Pratt. He had just “aim for the middle.” He on a short list to have access to “He gets funnier and more star get hurt... I’m like, ‘Listen a steady gig as the affable Andy wants audiences to truly feel like amazing fi lmmakers and mate- charming as things get more dudes, you’ve got to back the Dwyer on NBC’s “Parks and profi ts aren’t the sole, or most rial,” he said. “I’m just hoping diffi cult. It comes from a place of (expletive) off for a second. Am I Recreation” and would pop up important, objective. Also, even I never get caught complaining genuinely wanting to make it fun fi ne? How could I possibly know in movies here and there, but in these leading roles, he doesn’t about it.” C4 THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 LEISURE&ADVICE JOURNAL STAR, PEORIA, ILL.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX NEA BRIDGE FROM PAT: Your response was master- By PHILLIP ALDER Throw the ex a curve ful. Another retort (not original to me) would be: “If people ask you, tell them you don’t know.” And a gentler re- and chummy up to her sponse: “I’m hurt by your question.” EL PASO: In my opinion, a better an- DEAR ANNIE: I am confused about how swer to this question is: “Well, I guess to handle my husband’s ex-girlfriend, that’s really between my husband and who shows up at his family funerals and me. Don’t you agree?” stays three hours at the visitation hang- R.: I would simply say, “Yes, it was ing with my husband and reminiscing planned, but if we plan another, should about the past. They discuss things out we inform you fi rst?” There seem to loud with no respect for me. be more ignorant and stupid people in This woman is married, but never today’s world, and they have no fi lters comes to these gatherings with her between their brains husband. And my and mouths. husband still does her taxes, even P. : When asked, though I told him “Was this pregnancy he shouldn’t. He’s planned,” I would say, 46%0,616;;-& opening the door to “I give up. Was it?” I trouble. have used this more Complete the grid times than I can say, so that every row, I do trust my husband, but not her. KATHY MITCHELL & MARCY SUGAR and it always works. Thomas Fuller, an Eng- every column and MOTHER OF TWINS: I lish scholar and preacher 3x3 box contains She defi nitely is still attracted to him, and it shows. Is her would simply ask, “Were you?” who died in 1661, said, “All every digit from 1 to 9 behavior normal, or should I tell her at TYLER, TEXAS: Someone could reply, “It things are diffi cult before inclusively. the next funeral to pay her respects and was more planned than the question they are easy.” Tips for working the leave? — Not Jealous, Just Hurt you just asked!” The key play in today’s Sudoku puzzle can be DEAR NOT: Please don’t let your insecuri- SALISBURY, PA.: I’ve found this response deal is very diffi cult to fi nd, found at pjstar.com ties cause you to overreact. If you trust works: “Why in the world would you and even after seeing it TODAY’S ANSWERS your husband, it doesn’t matter what ask such a personal question? It’s rude, once, many players would ! his ex-girlfriend does. And how often and you’re normally not a rude person. miss it the next time it fl ew does the family have funerals that you Are you feeling OK?” Whenever you end by, a decade or three later! need to worry about this? We agree that with a question, the other person feels South is in fi ve hearts. she is being inappropriately fl irtatious, compelled to answer. So throw it back What should he do after but it is only a big deal if your husband in their court, and watch ‘em squirm. West leads the spade king? responds in a similar fashion. We sug- They deserve a little squirming. The auction went badly gest you chummy up to this ex-girlfriend DEAR ANNIE: This is in response to “Fed for North. He had hoped at these events. It will totally baffl e her, Up,” who had problems fi nding clothing to be able to respond two greatly impress your husband and make in her large, very tall size. diamonds and to rebid four her less of a threat to you. She should look for a tailor or hearts to describe his hand. DEAR ANNIE: You printed a letter from seamstress who can make her clothes But East made a Law of “Expecting Mom in the Midwest,” who to order. Or, she could learn to sew and Total Tricks raise to four asked for a response when rude people make her own. That’s what I do, and spades — in a competitive %"*-:$3:1502605&4 ask, “Was it planned?” You suggested, there is an infi nite variety of patterns, auction, bid to the 10-trick “Why do you need to know?” I think fabrics and colors. Knowing how to sew level with a 10-card fi t. a good answer would be, “Of course! would also allow her to alter any clothes North considered doubling God planned it!” I love your column. she fi nds in retail stores. — P. that, but eventually plowed — Bossier City, La. on to fi ve hearts. (Note that DEAR BOSSIER CITY: Your response was Annie’s Mailbox is written by KATHY MITCHELL and MARCY four spades can be made.) by far the most popular one we received. SUGAR, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please Suppose South wins the We appreciate all who sent in their email your questions to [email protected], or write to: fi rst trick with dummy’s personal preferences. Here are a few Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa spade ace, draws trumps samples: Beach, CA 90254. ending in his hand, and runs his diamond queen. What happens next? Here, East takes the trick and, if in midseason form, ASTRO-GRAPH shifts to the club 10. Then the defenders take one TODAY’S BIRTHDAY: Com- investment adviser, if one new if you are single. diamond and two clubs to paring yourself to others necessary, in order to Communication will lead defeat the contract. is a waste of time and clarify your position. to affection and commit- Declarer must establish energy. You have abilities, LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): ment. dummy’s diamond suit ideas and talents that you You may be overwhelmed PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20): without letting East on lead need to develop by the demands Introduce yourself to the for that nasty club switch. and master. High- being put on you. person you have been South must let West take light what you do Don’t spread admiring from a distance. the fi rst trick. have to offer and yourself too thin. You are likely to fi nd a lot Suppose West leads others will take It’s perfectly fi ne of common ground once another spade. Declarer note. Self-confi - to say no. Take you compare notes. A discards a diamond from dence comes from care of your needs long-lasting partnership his hand, plays a heart to doing what you do fi rst and don’t feel is apparent. his ace, leads the diamond best. guilty. ARIES (March 21-April 19): queen to dummy’s ace, GEMINI (May 21- EUGENIA SCORPIO (Oct. 24- You are likely to feel ruffs a diamond high, plays a heart to dummy’s jack, #Z%"7*%-)0:5BOE+&'',/63&, June 20): You will LAST Nov. 22): Surround confi ned and to be easily +6.#-& face an unpleas- yourself with upset if you stay indoors ruffs another diamond, ant consequence if people positive, upbeat people. today. Use your energy to leads a heart to the king, feel that you have been Good moods are conta- complete outdoor chores and cashes dummy’s three misleading. Before you gious, and you will feel or to engage in some diamond winners. convince others to join your stress falling away physical activity. your mission, check your once you loosen up. An TAURUS (April 20-May 20): facts and leave no room intriguing partnership is A recent quarrel with for error. on the horizon. someone will stress you TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS CANCER (June 21-July 22): SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. out. 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A change of and let matters settle down fortune is imminent. before you spoil a close VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): relationship. Before you sign up for AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. a loan or make a major 19): Love, harmony and purchase, you should do romance are highlighted. a realistic assessment Plan an intimate liaison of your fi nancial status. with a special someone, Consult a banking or or get out and meet some-