Category: Casino Fun

Someone sent me this Craigslist ad which could be a great moneymaking opportunity if you live in VA, DC, or MD but you would have to work for maybe the world’s meanest dad.

How to Contact the Casino

A number of people have inquired how to contact Leann at the Casino to schedule events. Here is her contact info:

Phone: 499-0361
Email: leann1205@yahoo.com

If you’d like to schedule an event, contact her soon because the Casino’s summer calendar is filling up quickly.

Beer & Sports Weekend

The McNelis brother’s annual beer and sports weekend is scheduled for next weekend starting on June 4th. What is this? Look here to find out more.

Today, we’re going to interview Leann Ingalls who is managing and running the Casino this year. Leann has many connections to Huletts and has been working all winter on improving the Casino for this summer.

Leann, first could you tell the readers of the Huletts Current a little bit about yourself?

“Well most people know me from my place, Division Street Cafe, in Whitehall which I ran for almost 10 years. I always tried to give people a great meal at a good price with a nice atmosphere. I’ve catered dinners at the Casino before and I know so many people from Huletts. I’ve met many people at Church, and the people from Huletts have always been great.”

You’re planning on having the Casino open for Memorial Day. Could you tell our readers some of the positive changes in store for this summer?

“We’ve been working very hard! There’s a new roof, new bathrooms, fresh paint, alot of cleaning. We’ve even got new pictures with some historical flare in the front room. There’s also a new floor and new lighting in the front room. We’ve also worked a lot on sound control, adding new windows and new back doors. The remainder of the outside will be painted in June. I’m hoping to make it a better Casino this summer, while still keeping the down-home feel to everything. Many Huletts people are planning to do events that haven’t happened for a few years – we’re excited about that. If this year goes well, we’ll be making even more improvements next year. Everyone who has seen what we’ve been doing the last few months, has been really happy.”

You have many connections to Huletts. Could you tell us some of the ways you know people in the community?

“I didn’t grow up in the area but my father was from Whitehall and joined the Navy. I came here about 10 years ago to visit – and stayed! My son, Johnny, (who keeps me young because he’s out doing what 5 year-olds do) and I are looking forward to a great summer on the lake, and hopefully many more in the years to come! I really feel the folks will appreciate the work we’ve put into the Casino this winter. Everyone deserves a nice place on the “Landing” to go to!”

You’re planning some great events and some special speakers for this summer. Could you tell everyone when your schedule will be out and what are some of the things they can expect?

“Probably the biggest news, is we’ll have an earlier schedule. No closing at 4 a.m. anymore! I also want to try a new Saturday wine and cheese social hour at 7 p.m. I think those are things that people will really like. We’ll have the usual events like A Day to Remember, Skip Linhart day, the Black Mountain Hike & Breakfast, and the Labor Day Talent Show, but we’re also bringing back the Hoe-Down Pig Roast, and we’ll have some music and bands, too.”

“This year Martin the Magician will be coming back also. I’m also working on some new events and lectures but we’re keeping them a secret for now! If there’s an event someone would like to have, I’d like to hear from them. I’ll be releasing our schedule sometime in mid-June, so we’ll get it to you to post on the Huletts Current.”

Leann thank you for sitting down with us and telling us about your plans. I can tell you that everyone is looking forward to the new and improved Casino being a great success this year.

“Its been my pleasure.”

Here’s something you really need to know.

With the start of the wedding season upon us, we wanted to make sure you know this very important new dance called the hoe down throw down.

Now we preface this by saying, if you have a teenage girl in the house who watches Hannah Montana, this is information that you already know.

Here’s Hannah Montana performing it in her new music video.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtQo1_9mED4

Here’s a quick tutorial on how you can learn it also.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fRiT05TWwE

When you’re at a wedding (or at the Casino) this summer and you’re on the dance floor doing this craziness you’ll remember who taught it to you. Yeah, we know, it’s a slow day on the news front.

… which means it’s time for one of the best poems of all time:

Casey at the Bat
By Ernest Lawrence Thayer
San Francisco Examiner – June 3, 1888

The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville nine that day;
The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play,
And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same,
A pall-like silence fell upon the patrons of the game.

A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The rest
Clung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast;
They thought, “If only Casey could but get a whack at that —
We’d put up even money now, with Casey at the bat.”

But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake,
And the former was a hoodoo, while the latter was a cake;
So upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat;
For there seemed but little chance of Casey getting to the bat.

But Flynn let drive a single, to the wonderment of all,
And Blake, the much despised, tore the cover off the ball;
And when the dust had lifted, and men saw what had occurred,
There was Jimmy safe at second and Flynn a-hugging third.

Then from five thousand throats and more there rose a lusty yell;
It rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell;
It pounded on the mountain and recoiled upon the flat,
For Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat.

There was ease in Casey’s manner as he stepped into his place;
There was pride in Casey’s bearing and a smile lit Casey’s face.
And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat,
No stranger in the crowd could doubt ’twas Casey at the bat.

Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt.
Five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt.
Then while the writhing pitcher ground the ball into his hip,
Defiance flashed in Casey’s eye, a sneer curled Casey’s lip.

And now the leather-covered sphere came hurtling through the air,
And Casey stood a-watching it in haughty grandeur there.
Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped —
“That ain’t my style,” said Casey. “Strike one!” the umpire said.

From the benches, black with people, there went up a muffled roar,
Like the beating of the storm-waves on a stern and distant shore;
“Kill him! Kill the umpire!” shouted some one on the stand;
And it’s likely they’d have killed him had not Casey raised his hand.

With a smile of Christian charity great Casey’s visage shone;
He stilled the rising tumult; he bade the game go on;
He signaled to the pitcher, and once more the dun sphere flew;
But Casey still ignored it, and the umpire said “Strike two!”

“Fraud!” cried the maddened thousands, and echo answered “Fraud!”
But one scornful look from Casey and the audience was awed.
They saw his face grow stern and cold, they saw his muscles strain,
And they knew that Casey wouldn’t let that ball go by again.

The sneer has fled from Casey’s lip, the teeth are clenched in hate;
He pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate.
And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go,
And now the air is shattered by the force of Casey’s blow.

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright,
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and little children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville — mighty Casey has struck out.

“All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.”
Charlie Chaplin