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Gregg Allman Coming to Mystic Lake on May 21The legendary Gregg Allman will bring the blues to the Mystic Showroom at 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 21.

As a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, Gregg Allman has long been a beloved interpreter of the blues. The Allman Brothers Band released over 40 live, studio and compilation albums featuring classic hit songs including “Ramblin’ Man,” “Midnight Rider,” “Whipping Post” and “Melissa.”

Since embarking on his solo career in 1973, Gregg Allman has released eight albums. His latest studio album Low Country Blues features soulful interpretations of songs by blues giants Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Magic Sam, paying tribute to the greats who influenced his career. In 2015, Allman released the live album Gregg Allman Live: Back to Macon, GA.

Contact the Mystic Box Office at 952-496-6563 or visit mysticlake.com for more details.

With the long winter months’ end in sight and the renewal of spring

approaching, you are probably thinking of spring cleaning, spring planting and all the outdoor activities that you have not been able to do over the past months. Springtime is an opportunity to focus not only on planting a garden but also seeds of better health.

The Weight-control Information Network (WIN), a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,

part of the National Institutes of Health, encourages you to think about your health. WIN offers the following ideas:

• Aim for 30 minutes of physical activity each day. This can be as simple as brisk walking. If you don’t have 30 minutes all at one time, break it up into 10- minute bouts, three times a day.

• Physical activity does not have to be expensive or routine. Many activities are free or low cost, such as enjoying the scenery at the park or checking out a fitness video or DVD from the

library. Find fun activities that are different and exciting.

• Make chores fun by putting some energy into them. Washing the car, planting seeds and bulbs, sweeping floors, raking leaves, and other chores all count as ways to be active.

Find healthy tips in Fit and Fabulous As You Mature, a free publication of the Weight-control Information Network. You can find it at www.win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/mature.htm and get further facts and advice at www.win.niddk.nih.gov.

Better Health this Spring

“April Fool’s Day is when you should believe nothing and trust no one.In other words, it’s just like every other day.” — Anonymous

Ah, sweet April and the smell of spring with the promise of lazy days of summer

wafting on the breeze. When I was teaching, April and May were the winding down months as I finished the years’s curriculum and prepared to say goodbye to students I had grown to love. In recent years, my husband and I have wintered in Bullhead City, Arizona. It’s across the river from Laughlin, Nevada, which happens to be the location of ten or so casinos. Not that I visit those money snatchers of iniquity. OK, OK, I can hear my family, friends, and loyal readers of this column screaming as they read this, “Liar, liar, pants on fire!” so shut up already. Yes, I do. I also play Bingo at three of them, namely Riverside, River Lodge, and Tropicana. We play at the Trop the most because the staff there is extra friendly; except for Michelle. According to my husband she’s evil. Ha, ha, just kidding, folks, because we actually love her and Robert particularly likes to needle her. Anyway, we were on a losing streak and I told Michelle it was her fault. Of course, losing is common for us so I don’t know who to blame at the other places we play except for my brother Richard. He doesn’t gamble so he keeps telling me he put losing mojo on us so that Robert and I will give up our favorite hobby. Not likely; but I am researching how to change bad mojo in to good. I’m sure there’s a way.

On the Bullhead City side of the Colorado River the local BPOE, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, sponsor a Bingo that’s open to the public. They offer non-smoking games most Friday nights with a five dollar minimum buy in. Annually, BPO Elks from across America give more than $200 Million in cash, goods, and services to our nation’s youth, veterans, disadvantaged, handicapped, and individuals and groups in support of patriotic and civic programs. That’s impressive and reinforces that our Bingo dollars are put to good use when we play in our hometown games run by charitable organizations.

Would you believe it if I told you that my losing streak finally ended when I won a million dollar cash ball at a Las Vegas Bingo game? If you did, I’d have to shout with glee, “April Fool!” I hated April Fool’s Day as a teacher, but rather enjoy it these days. An especially good prank was sprung in 1957 in England. The BBC broadcast a film purporting to show Swiss farmers picking freshly-grown spaghetti in what they called the Swiss Spaghetti Harvest. The BBC were later flooded with requests to purchase a spaghetti plant! Boy, how gullible can some people be? On another note, no joking, April 16th is Husband Appreciation Day. Take yours to Bingo. If he gets to holler Bingo then you’ll appreciate him even more. Robert and I have been married almost forty years. Each year that passes, my love grows because he puts up with me. Until next month, may Lady Luck blow you kisses as you dance out the door with dollars. Win big. E-mail me at [email protected] to show your appreciation of this column, LOL.

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Lucky Lotto NewsAn Accidental WinMichael Donnelly was ringing up Powerball tickets for customers at the Harris Teeter store in Falls Church, Virgina. But for one transaction, he accidentally punched the wrong button on the lottery terminal and printed a Cash4Life ticket that the customer didn’t want. Donnelly ended up buying the “mistake” ticket for the drawing and it turned out to be a winning ticket for the game’s top prize of $7 million. Donnelly chose the one-time lump sum payout over the option of receiving $1,000 per day for the rest of his life.

Second JackpotPat Kukla may just be luckiest man in Calhoun County, Michigan, after recently collecting his second lottery jackpot. Kukla won $384,832 by matching all eight numbers in Club Keno’s The Jack game. He bought his winning easy-pick ticket during a lunch break at a coffee shop after noticing how high the jackpot had climbed. The 56-year-old also won a Fantasy 5 jackpot of nearly $300,000 in 2010. “I never thought I’d win a jackpot once, let alone two times,” Kukla said. “I feel incredibly fortunate, that’s for sure.” Kukla used his first jackpot to buy a house. He plans to put this round of winnings toward charity and a vacation with his wife.

Prize Payment to ExA jury in Florida ruled that a former middle school teacher who won a $1 million lottery jackpot must pay $291,000 to her former sweetheart, who testified that he handed her the money to buy the winning ticket. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Lynn Poirier, 62, claimed the prize in 2007. Her live-in boyfriend, Howard Browning, 62, sued her a few months later, claiming they had a long-standing agreement: If one of them won a major lottery prize, they’d split it 50-50. Poirier said there was no agreement and that four years earlier she broke off their romance and moved out. Jurors deliberated three-and-a-half hours before returning their verdict, ruling that the couple had a binding contract which Poirier breached.

A Family WinJack Barisich, an 86-year-old retired snow plow driver with the Montana Department of Transportation has claimed the grand prize in the Montana Millionaire lottery drawing. All the adults in his extended Montana family exchange Scratch tickets as presents, and they always buy Montana Millionaire tickets. They have one rule: If anybody wins, the winner splits the prize with the person who gave him or her the ticket. The lucky gift giver in this case is Stacie Schissler of Great Falls, a relative of Barisich’s son.

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Bingo NewsHistorical BingoThis winter, Estes Park Museum in Colorado hosted a special Bingo event as a way of sharing more about the rich history of Estes Park in a fun way, while giving participants an opportunity to win prizes in the process. The Bingo game was for all ages and no prior knowledge of local history was necessary to participate. The event was free of charge and snacks and refreshments were provided. Estes Park Museum conducts activities that preserve, share and respect the unique history of Estes Park.

Forget Me Not BingoThe Center for Leadership & Community Engagement at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington, connects students and other community stakeholders for educational service and leadership development programs that promote positive social change. Among its recent projects was Forget Me Not Bingo, held at the Ellensburg Adult Activity Center to help raise funds and awareness for the National Parkinson Foundation and support the fight against Parkinson disease. During the event, CWU students interacted with older adults while playing Bingo and gaining knowledge about the National Parkinson Foundation.

Hospice Bingo EventSouthernCare Hospice hosted a special Bingo for individuals participating in the Richland Walks Program at Richland Mall in Springfiled Township, Ohio. The group gathered in the food court to enjoy a lively session of Bingo and to get heart-healthy tips. “We do a monthly Bingo the second Tuesday of each month from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. to benefit local seniors,” said SouthernCare Hospice Community Relations Specialist Sarah Heintz. The Bingo serves as an opportunity for seniors to engage and stay motivated as part of the Richland Walks Program. The Springfield Township Fire Department was also on hand for blood pressure and sugar checks.

Class Action LawsuitThe mayors of Windsor and Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada launched a public awareness campaign urging charitable organizations to opt out of class-action lawsuits that could leave the two communities on the hook for $70 million. Launched by the ALS Society of Essex County and Belle River District Minor Hockey Association, the lawsuits allege Windsor and Tecumseh charged excessive fees for Bingo licenses. Both the ALS Society and the Community Gaming and Entertainment Group are listed as plaintiffs in the suit against Windsor. In the suit against Tecumseh, the hockey association is listed as a plaintiff alongside the Essex County Dancers Incorporated as well as the Community Gaming and Entertainment Group. The groups are seeking compensation for every organization that paid license fees for Bingo and charitable gaming events dating back to 1993. Every charitable organization that paid the fees is automatically included in the lawsuit unless they specifically opt out, according to a joint news release issued by the two mayors.

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Horoscopes for April 2016ARIES: Mar. 21-Apr. 20: Spring and romance! It’s time to fall in love with what you enjoy doing most. This means taking the time to schedule time for your favorite hobbies or pastimes. Your creative powers are at their peak during this season, so dig out the watercolors, the journals, the sketchpads or the garden tools; whatever will aid and compliment your wellspring of imagination. Lucky Days: 12-24Lucky Numbers 17-43

TAURUS: Apr. 21-May 21: April finds you raring to go at the starting gate. The plans you’ve harbored to renovate your career require full activation in April. Don’t miss the opportunity to take the bull by the horns and make your move (no pun intended). Allow your own soul force to combine with assistance from the angels. Higher powers are waiting in the wings to help you. Lucky Days: 3-30Lucky Numbers: 28-65

GEMINI: May 22-June 21: Use this quote from the writer Sonia Choquette to reinforce your

intellect’s hidden resources: “Your own words are the bricks and mortar of the dreams you want to realize. Your words are the greatest power you have.” Write out, each morning, what your intentions are for the rest of the year. You’ll be amazed at what you will accomplish by formulating your goals clearly this month. Lucky Days: 12-18Lucky Numbers: 24-62

CANCER: June 22-July 22: Venus moves into your house of greater wisdom this month. This allows you to attract to yourself the people and knowledge you need to build a stronger connection with your spiritual world. Ancient teachers have repeated a similar message: Seek first to understand your soul and from that effort all else will be provided for you. This is a powerful concept to embrace and April is the month to explore this teaching. Lucky Days: 18-24Lucky Numbers: 24-39

LEO: July 23-Aug. 23: Organization is the key. You will accomplish much by setting a defined program for yourself and then sticking to it. Put your energy into a new nutritional and exercise plan. This allows your body to generate the energy it needs to keep you moving. Why? Surprising creative impulses are ready to descend in April and you’ll want to be in the best shape possible to channel this new force. Lucky Days: 13-19Lucky Numbers: 25-50

VIRGO: Aug. 24-Sept. 23: Here’s an old Zen saying from Bosho that you’ll want to memorize this month: “Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men or women of old; seek what they sought.” How do you do that? By staying

true to what you love. In other words, allow interest and passion to guide your way. Use the light of the Full Moon on the 11th to illuminate your path.Lucky Days: 11-26Lucky Numbers: 22-56

LIBRA: Sept. 24-Oct. 23: Your love of harmony is paramount. But oddly, you can be argumentative. Why is that? The Full Moon on the 11th offers clues. Relationship tussles will require an effort to assuage and correct. If you pay attention you’ll come to understand your unique manner of achieving order by disrupting the status quo. There’s a reason you get bored easily when things are too calm. Find out why in April. Lucky Days: 4-14Lucky Numbers: 3-27

SCORPIO: Oct. 24-Nov. 22: Mars turns retrograde in your house of self-expression. This means your attention is turned to the clues that your dreams and unconscious offer regarding plans for the summer. Don’t lose heart if you feel your physical powers stall, this is nature’s way of aligning you with the cosmic power that drives all life forward in the universe.Lucky Days: 13-27Lucky Numbers 11-65

SAGITTARIUS: Nov. 23-Dec. 21: Emerson’s incisiveness is the sort of truth telling that centaurs find attractive. He famously wrote: “Live to the real future by living to the real present.” In other words: Commonsense is your best guide in April. Plant your feet in the ground of facts and then you can move towards your new goals with grace and certainty. Remember: Organization of data is key this month. Lucky Days: 2-24Lucky Numbers 17-33

CAPRICORN: Dec. 22-Jan. 20: The project you’ve been dutifully nurturing is about ready to conclude. And you can feel the call of freedom egging you forward. The mid-month Full Moon offers you some key insights as to promotion and networking for your new project. Consider all options and don’t dismiss what seems impractical; sometimes the craziest idea is actually the most realistic. Imagine that!Lucky Days: 3-13Lucky Numbers: 18-34

AQUARIUS: Jan. 21-Feb. 19: Try to adjust your notions about what makes you happy. Put yourself into someone else’s position and attempt to see things through his or her eyes. Open yourself to the unknown and you’ll discover new ways of expressing yourself that will surprise you. But first you need to work on flexibility. Again, the key is imagining how those closest to you experience your presence in their lives. Lucky Days: 3-39Lucky Numbers: 2-48

PISCES: Feb. 20-Mar. 20: Those lucky breaks you’ve imagined are ready to arrive on the 11th when the Full Moon illuminates your house of secret allies. But you’ll need to do some research and networking to reconnect with those who can assist. It’s time to call in some favors. The more certainty you bring to your request the quicker results will manifest. Lucky Days: 8-11Lucky Numbers: 6-39

Refreshing DreamsDear Dream Lady,

I have been having dreams about rainbows and red roses. I have never had dreams that were pleasant until now. I am 44. I have never gotten on with my life. I have not married because I have not met the right guy. I have not had any major changes in my life. I take care of my mom and this has been a long haul for me—which has been worrisome and stressful. I do hope my dreams about rainbows and red

roses point to something good happening for me. Thank you.—Serena V. P., Olathe, Kansas

Dear Serena, You are 100% correct.

Rainbows and red roses are delightful symbols of success, joy, acceptance and love. I understand that your life has been consumed with caring for your mother. Is it possible for you to start branching out to meet other people? Would your mother understand that you need time to start making changes to your life so you will not be alone once she has passed on? If so, have a heart-to-heart talk with her about suggested changes. If this is not likely, make a list of what you enjoy doing in your spare time, then set a goal and do it no matter what. Your city is large enough to offer opportunities for education and/or volunteer work, even a part-time job. This might sound like a daunting task, but there is a reliable saying: “If nothing changes, nothing changes,” so it is time to envision a change to offer more fulfillment for the future. I wish you luck with more good dreams. Please keep in touch. —Dream Lady

Dear Dream Lady,I dreamed I walked through

an entire field of purple irises, but I was sobbing non-stop. I also came across a small cottage which featured a colorful variety of flowers, but I only felt deep sadness. Needless to say, I woke up very sad. What does this mean? —Beth A., San Angelo, Texas

Dear Beth,Irises and most flowers

symbolize joy. The cottage tells me you have a comfortable life. Have you had a sudden and/or deep loss in your life? Are you a person who looks at the glass as half full or half empty? Are you sad in your “awake” life? If so, I suggest you see a psychologist who will give you emotional tools and/or a mild prescription to help you cope with your situation. If you are not sad, then look at this dream as one of “advice” to look for the flowers and not the thorns in your life. We all have “bad days,” it is how you get through them that makes the difference. My thoughts are with you as you figure this out. —Dream Lady

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Constructive CriticismHi Guy,

I hope you won’t mind running this letter in hopes that it will make everyone’s Bingo experience a better one.

To mix things up, I like to attend several different Bingo halls around my city. The Bingo is pretty much equally enjoyable at all of them, but the conditions of the hall and equipment are very different.

A couple of the halls have good lighting, good sound systems, good/ample seating, and good equipment. But, the majority of them fall short in one or more of these areas and can/should make some improvements to make the games more enjoyable and maybe bring in more players.

Some examples:My very favorite hall—which

has a great atmosphere and good

players and workers—has terrible ball monitors. One has been black for weeks and the other two have bad color and static making them hard to see. Isn’t a monitor simply a TV set? It seems to me each one could and should easily be replaced for a few hundred dollars from the Bingo revenue. Why the delay?

Another hall has the worst sound system ever: lots of static, has a strange hum and cuts in and out… not what you want to deal with when you are trying to hear someone call numbers.

There are also several halls with furnishings—I’m talking tables and chairs—that are in very poor condition. The chairs in particular are concerning because you have lots of older players who end up in considerable physical pain from sitting in bent, sagging, dated metal folding chairs for too long a period of time.

It is great that Bingo games give money to needy causes. It is one of the reasons I don’t mind losing, because I know there is a worthy cause that will be a winner because I play.

But I also think that the Bingo operators should designate a portion of the profits for their own operations—to fix them up where they need fixing and make the places more appealing and comfortable for players.

I am not looking for an emperor’s palace, but would

greatly appreciate easy-to-see monitors, a quality sound system, and a nice, comfortable place to sit when I come to play Bingo. —V. Lang, via email

Hi V.,It doesn’t seem to me that you

are stepping on anyone’s toes by making these points. In a lot of cases I suspect that Bingo halls with the issues you address have them because they are more focused on passing along the money to worthy causes than spending it on themselves.

But smart business means looking after the customer, and if that customer finds your services difficult to enjoy due to operational problems like a bad sound system or uncomfortable seating, they will go elsewhere.

I’m certainly no expert, but Bingo regulations must allow for a portion of gaming revenue to go to hall upkeep. And it is important that Bingo operators take a good look at their operations and improve them wherever they can. —Guy

Hey guys! (And gals!) Write to: Guy’s Turn c/o The Bingo Bugle, P.O. Box 527, Vashon, Washington 98070, or email Guy directly at [email protected]. Be sure to include your name and address (you may request that your name not be published), as typically Guy will not include anonymous letters in his columns.

Want a VA Job?The online Daily Caller headline was a bit of a shock: “Only VA Job Reserved Specifically For Vets: Janitor.”

But that was only the tip of the iceberg. Additional investigative articles from the Daily Caller News Foundation [dailycaller.com] had even more disturbing facts.

The site has a comprehensive interactive chart that shows the number of veterans versus non-veterans in 300 managerial positions. The number of veterans out of that 300: 50.

Here are a few examples of executive positions:

• Albany, NY: 19 non-veterans, 2 veterans

• Bedford, MA: 21 non-veterans, 8 veterans

• Glendale, CO: 5 non-veterans, 0 veterans

• Bronx, NY: 13 non-veterans, 1 veteran

Of the officials who run Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers (with titles like associate director, nurse executive and chief of staff), only 13 percent are veterans.

And why is this allowed to happen? Because VA employees have a union. The union agreement that says that any job will go first to any qualified candidate within the facility.

And then there are the hiring categories. One hefty position for coordinator is open only to in-house employees. Lower-paying jobs, involving peer support, are open to veterans, but only if they’ve already been certified by the government for the position.

Never mind, apparently, the preference points that veterans get when applying for any government job.

Wandering through the job listings at usajobs.gov is an eye-opener when it comes to being a veteran trying to get a job at the VA. Some say that foreign citizens can be hired if no qualified American can be found. Many are open only to current employees of the VA.

So where does the janitor come in? The Daily Caller was right. Use only “veterans preference” as your one search parameter, and you get a long list of janitors. They call it “housekeeping aide.”

Cast-Iron CookwareQ: I have a Wagner 1891 6-inch

iron skillet and a 10-inch Wagner griddle. I would like to know how much they are worth and where I can sell them. —Brenda, Daytona Beach, Florida

A: The Wagner Manufacturing Company was founded in Sydney, Ohio, in 1891. It was family owned until the mid-1950s. The company was acquired by Griswold and eventually liquidated in 2000. The skillets, cooking pots and griddles made by Wagner are popular with collectors, but aren’t all that valuable.

I found a set of three Wagner skillets, a 10 inch, 8 inch and 6 inch, on eBay for $35. Most of the ones I have seen in shops and at antiques malls sell in the $25 to $50 range, depending on size

and condition. As to the ones you have, you might begin with shops and dealers in your area.

Q: I have 26 volumes of Reader’s Digest condensed books. Are they worth keeping? I am downsizing this summer. —Ethel, Memphis, Tennessee

A: The Reader’s Digest books were abridged and are not of interest to book collectors. My suggestion is to donate them to a charity.

Write to Larry Cox c/o King Features, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected]. Due to the large volume of mail he receives, Mr. Cox cannot personally answer all reader questions, nor does he do appraisals. Do not send any materials requiring return mail.


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Lucky LadyDear Readers: A few issues ago, we ran a letter from a woman who had been given extra packs by mistake during her buy-in at Bingo. She chose to play the packs, and even won a jackpot, but never told the hall of the mistake. She later felt guilty and wrote in asking what she should do. Following are some reader reactions to that letter. Feel free to write if you also want to weigh in! —Aunt Bingo

Dear Aunt Bingo,I’m writing in regard to a letter

you received from “Lucky Lady” about a “dilemma” she faced at Bingo when she was accidently given two extra Bingo packs which she played instead of returning when she realized the mistake.

The main aspect of the situation was not addressed, and that is of accountability. Packs sold are numbered and money collected through sales is verified by the number of packs sold. The Bingo agent who gave her the packs came up short money when she tallied her sales for the evening. Her being short money may cause very serious ramifications; her honesty may be questioned or even greater consequences may result.

Keeping the extra packs that were attached to the packs sold is comparable to a bank teller giving $200 in change instead of $100 in change because the bills were “stuck together.”

If it doesn’t rightly belong to you, then don’t take it! —V.A.T., North Las Vegas, Nevada

Dear Aunt Bingo,I mostly liked how you handled

the situation with the player who was given extra packs by mistake, but I also feel like you were a little bit too gentle with her.

This was not a “theoretical theft,” as you phrased it. The lady knew right away that she had been given packs she did not pay for and she even set them aside, which further proves that she knew they did not belong to her. Only later did she give in to temptation and play them, and never admitted the mistake to the Bingo operators.

At the very least she should pay the cost of the paper so the Bingo doesn’t have the financial

error. What she does with the $75 she won is between her and her conscience. —Joan C., via email

Dear Aunt Bingo,That lady who got the free

packs was soooooo lucky! I think it is nutso that she feels bad about it. She should take a sec and count up all the money she has lost playing Bingo there. I’m sure it is a lot, just like most Bingo players. For once she had a little extra luck and got an extra chance to win some of it back. I say “Good for her!” —L.M., via email

Share your views! Write to Aunt Bingo c/o the Bingo Bugle, P.O. Box 527, Vashon, Washington 98070, or email her at [email protected].

Kathleen Krieg won $1,000 on March 11 on the Bonanza Progressive at West St. Paul Bingo Palace.

Trivia1. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of sea turtles called?

2. SCIENCE: For what field of science was Tycho Brahe best known?

3. LITERATURE: How many book-length novels about Tarzan did Edgar Rice Burroughs write?

4. GEOGRAPHY: What part of the world was once called Caledonia by the Romans?

5. HISTORY: Which French king greatly expanded the Palace of Versailles and moved his court there?

6. MATHEMATICS: How many zeros are in the number 1 billion?

7. PRESIDENTS: Who was the only Roman Catholic president of the United States?

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I’ve been searching on the Internet for retirement planning tools and calculators and am not sure where to turn. Which sites can you recommend that are easy to use, provide good information and don’t charge a fee? —Calcu-lating Carl

Dear Carl,When it comes to getting a

handle on your financial situa-tion and gauging how much you’ll need to retire, the Internet offers a buffet of tools and calculators that can be very helpful. Here are some good sites to help get you started.

Retirement ToolsSome of the best retirement

planning tools and calculators on the Web today are offered through large financial service companies. While the purpose of these tools is to entice new business, most companies don’t require you to be

a client or purchase their prod-ucts to use them. Here are four dandy sites to use (try several and compare), all of which are free.

WealthRuler: Available at TD Ameritrade, this tool charts your retirement outlook and suggests ways to help you develop a plan to reach your goals. Go to www.tdameritrade.com/planningretire-mentlwealthruler.html and plug in your financial information (taxes, planned financial events, yearly income, projected Social Security, IRAs and other investments) to get your results.

Retirement Income Calcula-tor: Provided by T. Rowe Price (www3.troweprice.comlric/ric/pub-lic/ric.do), this tool uses the Mon-te Carlo methodology to project whether your retirement-income needs will be met based on your savings, assets and age.

Vanguard Retirement Center: Provides retirement advice, along with different calculators depend-ing on your needs and age: More than five years to retirement, less than five years to retirement, and already retired. See https://personal.vanguard.comluslplan-ningeducationlretirement.

MyPlan Retirement Quick Check: Offered by Fidelity (Fidel-ity.com/myplan) this site starts with a fun “Snapshot” introduc-tion that puts your retirement reality in perspective, and will help you create a plan to help you reach your retirement goals.

Other ResourcesIf you don’t like the company

sites, there are many others you can turn to for free retirement

planning information and calcula-tors, such as:

Choose To Save: Created by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, this site (Choosetosave.org) offers the Ballpark Estimate retirement planning worksheet, more than 100 online calculators, savings tips and links to resourc-es to help you manage your fi-nances and plan your retirement.

CNN Money (cgi.money.cnn.com/retirement/tools): Provides a number of calculators that projects what and how much you need to save for retirement, and how you compare with other peo-ple in your age and income level.

MSN Money: Has a “Retire-ment and Wills Center” that offers a retirement planner and calcula-tor and gives tips and strategies for saving for retirement. Visit moneycentral.msn.com/person-al-finance- click on “Retirement.”

Yahoo Finance: Offers retire-ment information and a variety of calculators at http://finance.yahoo.com/retirement.

AOL Money & Finance: Pro-vides financial and retirement cal-culators at www.walletpop.com/calculators/retirement.

Bank Rate: Go to Bankrate.com and click on “Retirement” for a variety of retirement calculators.

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tion on specific areas of retire-ment, here are some additional resources that can help.

Social Security: To estimate your future Social Security retire-ment benefits at different ages using different future earnings

projections see www.ssa.gov/esti-mator. Also see Metlife.comlindi-vidual/financial-toolslsocial-secu-rity-toollindex.html, which offers a tool to help you decide when to start drawing your benefits.

IRAs: To determine which type of IRA (Roth or traditional) is best for you, how much you can con-tribute and whether you should convert part or all of a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA see Morning-star’s IRA calculator at http://screen.morningstar.com/IRA/IRA-Calculator.html.

Immediate Annuities: To cal-culate how much you can get with an immediate annuity see Imme-diateannuities.com.

Life Expectancy: One of the key (and unknown) elements of retirement planning is how long you’ll live. Log on to Livingtol00.com to get your estimate.

Financial PlanningIf you’re looking for a detailed

financial plan, there are several new websites that offer interac-tive tools to help you see your current financial situation and map out your financial goals—all for free. The sites: SimpliFi.net, Planwithvoyant.com and ES-PlannerBasic (Basic.esplanner.com). You’ll need to plug in your income information expenses, debts, assets, insurance, savings and retirement accounts, and the sites will do the rest.

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What Should Daily Fantasy Sports Do Now?The two big Daily Fantasy Sports (“DFS”) operators, FanDuel and DraftKings, and their backers, are, in the immortal words of former President George H.W. Bush, in “deep-doodoo.” But lawyers with legal shovels can probably dig them out.

As recently as last year, the DFS industry’s problems were relatively insignificant. As in the early days of Internet poker, operators were making so much money that they could afford to brush off the few scattered questions about the games’ legality.

The explosion of interest in

DFS, fed in part by unprecedented massive television advertising campaigns, was bound to raise challenges. But a scandal at the end of September 2015 brought operators attention they did not want, including threats from government officials that the DFS operators would be arrested unless they stopped taking players from Nevada and New York.

The scandal could have been easily avoided. A manager of DraftKings accidentally released confidential information about which real-world athletes DFS players were selecting, and then, perhaps coincidentally, the same manager won $350,000 playing fantasy football at rival FanDuel. This, of course, looked like the DraftKings employee used inside information to give himself an advantage in choosing which players to put on his FanDuel fantasy team.

Online fantasy sports, like all new games, were created and staffed by people who like to play those same games. Anyone with experience with legal gaming, especially Internet gambling, and most especially a lawyer, would have warned the operators to bar their employees from participating in high-stakes DFS games.

It appears that both FanDuel and DraftKings did prohibit their staff members from participating in their own real-money games. But since there are only two large operators, employees of each company should not have been allowed to play on the other company’s site. At the very least, individuals with inside

information should have had contracts warning them that they would have been fired if they were found to have participated in any high-stakes real-money DFS game.

I would have also recommended inclusion of a liquidated damages clause, requiring any employee who won more than, say, $1,000 playing DFS in violation of his employment contract to forfeit all the money he won to his employer. Liquidated damages are included in contracts when the parties know it would be difficult to measure or prove the actual damages that would be caused by a breach. Given the potential harm to the operators’ reputations by an insider winning a large amount, it is probable that the liquidated damages clause would have been upheld. It would have at least warned employees that playing DFS for big money was not worth the risk.

The dangers were not limited to DFS operators. Investors, media companies and real-world sports teams can also be dragged into the legal morass.

The worst possible direct penalties come from the criminal laws, especially the state and federal statutes passed to fight organized crime. If DFS is indeed illegal, then companies like ESPN could be criminally liable merely for running the operators’ commercials.

A greater concern for DFS partners are the inevitable civil suits. Class actions have already been filed.

If DFS is predominantly a game of skill, it would not be gambling

or a sports pool under Nevada law. It is up to each state to decide

whether an activity has enough skill to be considered as a contest of skill rather than gambling. Courts have laid down many different tests for determining whether a game is predominantly a game of skill.

The test of the character of a game is not whether it contains an element of chance or an element of skill, but which is the dominating element. If a hole-in-one is predominantly skill, then surely DFS is also not gambling.

DraftKings was founded in January 2011; FanDuel is even older, started in 2009. Attorney General Schneiderman is going to have a tough time convincing a judge that the state will suffer some irreparable harm if the companies were allowed to continue in business until a full trial can be held. What’s the emergency? If daily fantasy sports is such a clear and present danger why did the state let it continue unmolested for half a decade? If DraftKings and FanDuel were a public nuisance they could have been closed down with injunctions years ago. And if they were so clearly breaking the law, they could have been arrested.

It is always dangerous to make predictions in writing. By the time you read this, the first hearing in New York will have already occurred. But I will go on record as predicting that the court will not close down either DraftKings or FanDuel with a preliminary injunction.

It is much more difficult to predict which side will win a full trial for a permanent injunction. But I have another prediction: If the DFS operators are allowed to stay open in 2015 that trial will never take place. DraftKings, FanDuel and their rich and powerful media allies will use their enormous political influence to get the New York Legislature to pass a law making most of their operations legal.

They may have to give up daily games and be limited to real athletic events that take place on at least two days. And they will certainly be required to be regulated.

But there is too much money at stake to see daily fantasy sports disappear any time soon.

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AntipastoDear Ask Annie,

It has been a long time since I prepared an antipasto salad for my family. Can you just give me a list of the ingredients you recommend? I know the amounts depend upon how many people I am serving. Thanks.—Peggy S., from Baltimore, Maryland

Dear Peggy,This is a very easy question to

answer. The meats and cheeses include salami, proscuitto, pepperoni, boiled ham, provolone cheese, Parmesan cheese and grated mozzarella cheese. I start out with Romaine lettuce, sliced Roma tomatoes, cucumber slices, canned artichoke quarters and sliced hard-boiled eggs. I garnish

with canned tuna (drained of all water), olives, onions and peppercinis (Greek peppers that come in a jar). I add a favorite oil and vinegar based dressing (I use Newman’s Family Italian). Be creative and add more to your liking. Let me know what you add too. Enjoy! —Annie

Dear Annie,I love your recipes and use

many. Our squash season is gone for the best tasting ones, but I’ll do with store bought. In the recipe in October 2015 Bingo Bugle, for the baked stuffed zucchini squash, I noticed you said add scallion—meaning onion? Then add nuts—what kind and how many? I guess I could use pumpkin seeds. Well keep up the good recipes. And when you get a chance reply. Thank you for my answer.—Maryanne F., from Oceano, California

Dear Maryanne,I can only assume turning

seventy has its drawbacks. I meant to say onions, not scallions. Also I did not include any nuts in the recipe. I never tried using pumpkin seeds, but I will next time I prepare my squash. Thanks for the alert. I will try to be more careful in the future. Here’s the corrected copy of the recipe.

BAKED STUFFED ZUCCHINI SQUASH8 zucchini, 1/2 lb. each or one 4 lb zucchini

1/4 c. margarine1 small onion, chopped1 lb. mushrooms, chopped2 c. soft bread crumbs8 eggs4 T. fresh parsley, minced2 T. fresh basil, chopped1 c. grated Parmesan cheesesalt and pepper to taste

Scrub zucchini and cut in half lengthwise. Scoop out and reserve pulp, leaving shells 1/4 inch thick. Drop shells into boiling water and boil for 5 minutes. Chop pulp and sauté in margarine. Add chopped onions and mushrooms; sauté 3 minutes longer. Remove from heat. Beat eggs with parsley, basil, salt and pepper to taste. Add egg mixture and fresh breadcrumbs to pulp mixture. Spoon into zucchini shells—which have been drained. Top with grated cheese. Use your choice of cheese; Parmesan is only one suggestion. Place into a baking dish—which has been greased with margarine. Add 1/2 inch of water and bake, uncovered, in preheated 350F oven for about 30 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes, then serve.

Your comments and questions about cooking and entertaining will be addressed in this monthly column. Write to “Ask Annie” c/o Annie Ennis, 8312 SE 168th Trinity Place, The Villages, Florida 32162.So Ask Annie. Don’t forget you can email me at [email protected]. And let’s get cooking.

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Mystic Lake Casino HotelLive from the Mystic Showroom April 1 - Jim Belushi & the Board of Comedy, 8 PMApril 9 - Foreigner (classic rock), 8 PM - SOLD OUTApril 15 - Rascal Flatts (country), 8 PM - SOLD OUTApril 22 & 23 - Saturday Night Fever - The Musical, 8 PMMay 7 - The Australian Bee Gees Show (Bee Gees tribute), 8 PMMay 14 - Thunder From Down Under, 8 PM & 10:30 PMMay 21 - Gregg Allman, 8 PMMay 27 - Tracy Morgan, 8 PMJune 10 - Celtic Women, 8 PMJuly 31 - Yanni, 8 PMBox office: 952-496-6563, 952-445-9000 for Casino information

Treasure Island Resort & CasinoLive from the Island Events CenterApril 22 - Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, 8 PMMay 14 - Kenny Rogers (country), 8 PM - SOLD OUTJune 11 - Josh Turner (country), 8 PMJuly 22 - Boston (40th Anniversary Tour), 8 PMCall 1-800-222-7077 for Casino, 1-877-1640 for box office.

Black Bear CasinoLive from the Otter Creek Events CenterApril 8 - King of Cage - Generation X (MMA Fighting), 7 PM, doors open at 6 PMApril 23 - Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, 7 PMwww.blackbearcasinoresort.comLocated at the intersection of I-35 and Hwy 210 in Carlton, Min-nesota, 20 minutes south of Duluth and approximately two hours north of the Twin Cities. Phone: (218) 878-BEAR (2327)Toll Free: 1-888-771-0777 (US & Canada)

Northern Lights CasinoLive from the North Star HallApril 9 - Charlie Daniels (country), 7 PMApril 23 & 24 - Golden Gloves Boxing, 7 PM (one ticket for both days)May 6 - Easton Corbin (country), 7 PMJune 4 - That 70s Concert (KC & The Sunshine Band, Kool & The Gang, Village People, Rose Royce, and Taste of Honey), 7 PMJuly 9 - Jeff Foxworthy (comedian), 7 PMJuly 30 - Kickin It Old School 2 (MC Hammer, Salt N Pepa, Tone LocShock G, Tag Team), TBAAug. 18, 19 & 20 - CajunFest (free), 11 AM-10 PMSept. 8 - George Thorogood & The Destroyers, 7 PMCall 877-LIGHTS-9 FOR TICKETS! Or buy tickets online!Receive $5 Slot Play Coupon with each ticket purchase.

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Poker Talk

The Danger of Seeking a Heroic OutcomeBy Corwin Cole

In competition, we tend to seek heroic outcomes more than humdrum victories. We often play purposefully toward a flashy, newsworthy conclusion that we have designed. This common human drive is treacherous, though, because it can cause us to only see the cues we want to see: signs that our big plan is working, that the moment is ripe for the exciting ending we fantasized about.

Poker tournaments are a competitive arena where trying to be a hero can have devastating repercussions.

Concluding the Aussie Millions main event in January, Lennart Uphoff of Germany and Manny Stavropoulos of Australia were heads-up. The day had been a roller coaster for Uphoff, who had maintained the chip lead for most of the final table but had found his ultra-aggressive play ineffective against his final opponent. Having contributed to most of the significant action at that point, Uphoff’s level of internal tension was surely high.

With the blinds at 100,000-200,000 with no ante, Uphoff limped in on the button with 10d 6d, and Stavropoulos checked his option in the big blind. On a flop of 8d Ad 9s, Uphoff had picked up a gutshot straight draw and flush draw, a monster draw with better than a 40

percent chance of improving by the river. Stavropoulos checked, Uphoff fired out 250,000, and Stavropoulos called.

The turn brought the 7h, giving Uphoff the second-nut straight and still a flush draw to improve further. This time, Stavropoulos led out for 650,000 into the pot of 900,000 - an uncharacteristically strong bet and fearless play from an otherwise solid, cautious player. Uphoff just called, deciding not to overplay his hand right away.

When the river paired the board with the 8h, Stavropoulos led out once more, this time for 850,000, again showing a willingness to play a big pot. Uphoff raised all in for about 2 million more in chips, and Stavropoulos called with Jd 10s for a higher straight, securing the victory and nearly $1.4 million in Australian dollars.

By the time Stavropoulos had led out with two strong bets, Uphoff should have at least perceived enough strength to warrant just calling on the river - and whether or not a fold could be justified, an all-in raise was certainly out of the question. But Uphoff had been setting up this moment all day with his persistently aggressive, attacking style. He had surely thought about the glorious payoff that would come when he eventually made a strong hand, and imagining it had blinded him to the obvious.

Bottom line: Stavropoulos was a cool, cautious, solid player who rarely showed up without a big hand and almost never voluntarily bloated a pot. Playing heads-up for a major championship, for Stavropoulos to start off a hand with no aggression over the first two streets, and then suddenly come out swinging with a big blunder on the end would have been truly shocking.

No matter how hard we try, we cannot force the heroic results we wish to experience. Instead, we must surrender to the circumstances we are given, and do our best to secure wins where we can find them, living to fight another day when we cannot.

Corwin Cole is a poker coach whose instructional videos can be found at CardRunners.com. He can be reached at [email protected].

The Seventies are making a comeback at Mystic Lake with a weekend of disco, live entertainment and a hip lounge for drinks, dancing and more disco.

Partygoers won’t want to miss Daddy O’s Disco Lounge with a full bar, live blackjack, lounge seating and a happening dance floor. Daddy O’s is open Friday and Saturday night from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. The fun continues Saturday night when polyester, platform shoes and disco music are all the rage for a Disco Costume and Dance Contest. The winning disco diva or cool cat will receive $200 Free Slot Play.

Stage games, live entertainment

and the chance to capture the weekend at the photo station will fill the weekend with fun. DeeJay St.Joel and The Mystic Dancers will take the Promenade Stage Friday night and Boogie Wonderland will get the crowd on their feet Saturday night. Plus, roving entertainment and a Disco DJ on The Lobby Lounge Stage both nights will make the party far out and outta sight!

Tickets for Saturday Night Fever – The Musical are available for $36 and $47 at the Mystic Box Office and mysticlake.com. Admission to the casino-wide party and Daddy O’s Disco Lounge is free.

The ’70s are Groovin’ with Disco Fever Weekend at Mystic Lake, April 22 & 23


Blackjack Players — Wake Up!It was a busy Saturday night in the casino. As I walked around the casino, I was appalled at what I saw. In one section of the casino, there was half a dozen blackjack tables in a “party pit” jam-packed with players. Most of the players were male, no doubt because most of the blackjack dealers were female wearing skimpy attire (get my drift). Not far away from this party pit in the main casino were dozens of blackjack tables. These tables had players, but they were not nearly as crowded as the blackjack tables in the party pit. So why was I appalled? The rules, baby, the rules.

The biggest difference in the rules was the payoff for a blackjack. In the main casino,

a player blackjack was paid at 3-2 payoff odds, but in the party pit, it was a woeful 6-5. Why, I asked myself as I stared at these clueless players, would anyone want to play a blackjack game and get paid only $12 for every $10 blackjack hand when 30 feet away they can play the same blackjack game and get paid $15 or $3 more for each blackjack. Don’t think this is a big deal? Let’s see what it is costing someone who plays a 6-5 game vs 3-2.

Statistically, you can expect to get a blackjack about once in every 21 hands. (Easy stat to remember since the game of blackjack was once called 21). Let’s suppose you play 100 hands per hour. I realize that number could be higher or lower depending upon the number of players on the table and, of course, the speed of the dealer. But for the purpose of this analysis, let’s use the round number of 100 hands per hour.

If you are dealt 100 hands per hour, you can expect to get five blackjack hands per hour on average. (You can expect 1 blackjack every 21 hands on average, so in 100 hands you can expect 4.8 blackjacks on average, which we’ll round to five blackjack hands.)

Let’s assume you are betting $10 a hand and every hour you get those five blackjacks on average. Here is what you will get paid:

At 6-5 game, you’ll get paid $12 for each blackjack or a total of $60 per hour.

At 3-2 game, you’ll get paid $15 for each blackjack or a total of $75 per hour.

This means that playing a 6-5

game costs a player $15 each hour compared to playing a 3-2 game (assuming the rules are the same in both games).

If I asked you to fork over $15 in cash to the dealer every hour that you sit at a 6-5 game (betting $10 a hand) would you do it? I didn’t think so. But that’s exactly what these clueless players were doing in the party pit. Folks, trust me on this: it’s tough enough to beat the game of blackjack with a traditional 3-2 blackjack payoff and it’s virtually impossible with a 6-5 blackjack payoff.

What is sad is that as long as players sit down at the rip-off 6-5 games, casinos will continue to put those games on the casino floor. If you were smart, you would boycott those games and tell all your friends not to play any 6-5 blackjack game. If the word gets out and players stop playing this horrible game, casino managers would have no choice but to bring back the fairer 3-2 blackjack payoffs. I’d also suggest you email or talk to the casino manager at your local casino that offers 6-5 games and tell him/her you are planning to do your playing elsewhere where they offer only 3-2 blackjack games. (If enough players do this what do you think would happen?)

Dear readers you’ve got the ball on this one. Take some action or keep forking over $15 each hour to the casinos. Your choice.

Henry Tamburin, Ph.D. is the author of the Ultimate Guide to Blackjack (blog.888casino.com/casino-guides/blackjack) and editor of the Blackjack Insider e-Newsletter (www.bjinsider.com).


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…You may be surprised to learn that most Greek and Roman statuary and architecture weren’t originally the pristine white we see today. Archaeologists have found evidence that these structures and sculptures were brightly painted in ancient times; the paint has just worn off in the intervening centuries.

…When you think of the band ZZ Top, you probably think of long beards—that’s become a sort of signature for them. The drummer, though, is beardless—and his name is Frank Beard.

…A ground squirrel typically has a heartbeat of around 300 beats per minute. During hibernation, though, that drops dramatically—to only three or four beats per minute.

…Gene Cernan was the 12th—and last—human to walk on the moon, in December 1972. While he was there, he scratched his daughter’s initials onto the lunar surface. Those initials, “TDC,” are likely to remain there for tens of thousands of years.

…If you have kids between the ages of 9 and 11, you might be interested to learn that nearly half of respondents in a survey believe that is the appropriate age for kids to begin helping vacuum the house.

ACROSS1 Mooing critter4 Ancient region surrounding Athens10 Reagan era mil. program13 Disgusted grunts15 Resident of Tibet’s capital16 Muscle spasm17 Illegal activity admitted by Lance Armstrong in January 201319 Writer for whom the Edgar award is named20 Not sacred21 Secret matters23 Baba who stole from thieves24 Singer with Crosby, Stills & Nash27 Glass container29 Actress Cannon30 Peter Fonda’s title beekeeper31 Opposed (to)34 Hurts with a tusk37 ESPN show with an “Inside Pitch” segment42 Willem of “Platoon”43 100-lawmakers group44 “Peter Pan” pirate47 Hang around49 Pretoria’s land: Abbr.50 Trousseau holder

53 Stomach-punch response55 Start of the line that includes “wherefore art thou”56 Female star60 Comfy room61 Volcanic Hawaiian landmark, and a hint to the first word of 17-, 24-, 37- and 50-Across64 Night’s opposite65 __ Pie: ice cream treat66 Reached base in a cloud of dust67 “Tasty!”68 Unsettling looks69 Arid

DOWN1 Baby bears2 Look at lasciviously3 “So what?”4 Alan of “M*A*S*H”5 Like rosebushes6 Pub spigot7 “Woe __”: Patricia T. O’Conner grammar book8 Gondolier’s “street”9 Hopping mad10 One of Minn.’s Twin Cities11 Singer Warwick12 Frigid historic period14 Aretha’s genre18 551, at the Forum

22 Dad’s nephew25 Aerie hatchlings26 Playing an extra NBA period, say27 Quick blow28 Gardner once married to Sinatra29 Refusing to listen32 Use, as a coupon33 Entrepreneur-aiding org.35 Optimistic36 Opposite of WSW38 Come in last39 Lasagna-loving cat40 Growth chart nos.41 Brewed drink44 Poorly made45 Wells’ “The Island of Dr. __”46 Arnold Palmer or Shirley Temple, drinkwise48 Where charity begins51 Formally gives up52 Raise, as a sail53 Old fort near Monterey54 Sounds of wonder57 Grandson of Adam58 Depilatory brand59 Hot tub swirl62 Alias letters63 Former Russian space station

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Setting sail from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on November 12, 2016, the 28th Annual World Championship Bingo Tournament & Gaming Cruise will explore the exotic eastern Caribbean with stops at four exciting island destinations—St. Maarten, St. Kitts, San Juan and Grand Turk.

Your second port of call is St. Kitts, with its unsurpassed natural beauty, sunny skies, warm waters, and white sandy beaches.

Uncrowded and unspoiled, St. Kitts is famed worldwide for its protected ecosystems. Nature lovers will want to take advantage of the various tours through lava formations, tropical forest areas and seaside lagoons. Boating tours and scuba diving expeditions are also favorite activities. And quaint shopping areas and beautiful colonial architecture draw visitors to the small towns dotting the island.

Island activities include outstanding hiking through the island’s rainforests; golfing on internationally ranked golf courses; and fishing, boating, and diving or snorkeling through underwater reefs and shipwrecks.

There is also a wealth of historic points of interest, including restored fortresses and ancient petroglyphs. And in the midst of all these attractions are many of the finest and most welcoming plantation inns in the

Caribbean.Sights not to be missed include

the city of Basseterre, which is set against the backdrop of St. Kitts’ rolling green hills and dotted by elegant Georgian architecture. It is considered one of the most beautiful and engaging of the Caribbean’s small capital cities.

Sandy Point is the second largest of St. Kitts’ towns. During the 17th century, it was the center of the island’s tobacco trade. Among the town’s most interesting sights are the large tobacco warehouses constructed by the Dutch West India Company.

Liamuiga is the name of St. Kitts’ central mountain, a lush, 3,792-foot volcanic peak known during the colonial period as Mount Misery. A rugged hiking adventure up Mount Liamuiga takes visitors through the exotic flora and fauna of the island’s rainforest to the mile-wide crater-rim of this dormant volcano. Among the vine-laden trees and tropical wildflowers, are a wide variety of rare and colorful birds, butterflies, monkeys and other fascinating creatures.

Enjoy the exotic beauty of the islands of the Caribbean. Phone the Bingo Bugle Cruise Hotline at 888-352-2464 or visit bingobugle.com/cruise for complete travel information.

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Bingo in a Bus StationI don’t know if you have ever heard the old expression, “It’s as noisy in here as a bus station.” Well, I thought of that old adage the other night while TRYING to play Bingo at my regular Monday night venue.

For a couple of years I have walked across the street from my apartment, here in Palm Springs, California, to play at a small hotel/restaurant complex. The caller for the evening has been a tall, lanky guy whose comic persona is that of a drag queen. But, before you get the wrong idea, he is what you might call a “half-way drag queen.”

This guy must be about 6’2” to start with. And, after he adds high heels and an incredibly tall, stacked-up wig, he is more of an entertainer than a guy trying to look like a woman.

All that being said, a few weeks ago—for one reason or another—he was not there to lead us in Bingo. His substitute was a senior citizen who was once a showgirl on Broadway. Although she had been a frequent player there, it

was obvious that this was her first time at the helm of a Bingo session.

To make matters worse, the regular sound system was on the fritz. When she spoke, only about a dozen or so of the people nearest to her could understand her. And, the restaurant where Bingo is played each week was packed with people visiting Palm Springs for a festival.

So, here was a slightly out-of-place, aging entertainer, trying to hold court in a packed, noisy restaurant, with a defective sound system. And, many in the crowd were expecting the regular host and were disappointed. It was a recipe for disaster. It was like trying to play Bingo in a busy bus station. As the evening progressed, I moved to the front in order to hear what she was saying.

In some ways, it was the strangest night of Bingo I ever experienced. In another way, it was proof that if you really like the game you’ll strain to hear every word, even if chaos is going on all around you.

Have you ever been in a situation like that? I have heard from many of you that even in some QUIET places you still can’t understand the callers. And, as I have pointed out in past months, that is a growing concern.

Drop me a line on the Internet: [email protected]. And, if you don’t have e-mail, a friend says you can use his physical address: DD, Box 5441, Palm Springs, CA, 92263.

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