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THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEK
>> WE GOTTA GO: Aye-yi-yi-yi … Oh baby … Guess what day today is? No, it’s not “National Be Kind To Lawyers Day.” That’s tomorrow. It’s “Louie Louie Day.” A day set aside to honor everyone’s favorite college party song. “Louie Louie” was written and recorded by a musician named Richard Berry in 1955, but it’s best known version was done in 1963 by the Kingsmen. The best advice on how to celebrate the day? Got three words for you: Toga! Toga! TOGA!
>> SWEET HOME MOOSIC: The schedule maker sent the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees out on a six-game road trip to start the season. But the team finally gets to smell the formerly soggy yet still green, green grass of home this Wednesday. The Yanks welcome the Buffalo Bisons to PNC Field for a 6:35 p.m. start. The Bisons are the Mets’ Triple-A farm team, so this could be a future Subway Series matchup.
>> PLAYOFFS! It took 80 games, countless goals and a couple two three slashing penalties for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to ring up the AHL’s best record. Which means nothing at this time of year because it’s the playoffs, and each team in starts off with a clean slate. The Penguins draw the Norfolk Admirals when the opening round gets under way at 7:05 p.m. this Friday at Mohegan Sun Arena.
>> EGG-CITEMENT GALORE: Small-game hunters will be stalking their quarry with not-so-deadly accuracy this Saturday in downtown Wilkes-Barre. Their prey? Why colored eggs, of course. The Downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Association will be sponsoring the third annual Easter Egg Hunt beginning at 10 a.m. on Public Square. Don’t worry, these eggs are filled with candy and toys, not that messy yolk stuff, so the kiddos will have a great time.
>> HOLY SEASON: For Christians, this Sunday is Palm Sunday, which marks the beginning of Holy Week. According to the Gospels, it’s a celebration of Jesus’ triumphant entrance into Jerusalem just a few days before he was crucified. Why PALM Sunday? Well, in ancient times it was customary for people to cover the path of important people with something to mark their way. And palms would have been a handy path-covering tool. That would be palms as in from a palm tree. Not the underside of the hand. That would have hurt.