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(L-R) Eric Salen, Marcus Mazzuca, John O'Sullivan and Brendan Ebling show their fingers (to prove that none of them have been blown off)...

Peter Rinaldi Jr. stands with his personal fire trucks. PHOTOS BY DAVE McKEOWN Originally published in the Pottsville Republican-Herald...

Lacye Straka of Schuylkill Haven with her 16-year-old iguana Guacamole. PHOTOS BY JACKIE DORMER Published in the Pottsville...

Jack Miller (right) and his son Fritz hiking the Appalachian Trail. The Trail hike is just one of many daring exploits in Jack's life....

George V. Jackson, center, sees the memorial bench that his friends gave him for his 96th birthday. The bench is located in Schuylkill...

7 decades after a chance meeting at a bus stop, Guy and Shelia Recla's love for each other has only grown. Photo courtesy of Lindsey...

The Port Clinton Peanut Shop, a candy mecca in a town of 300 people, is Schuylkill County's answer to Willy Wonka's factory. Manager...

To get closer to the things in life that mattered, Ali Jenan had to go to the brink of death Photo by Jacqueline Dormer Originally...