Monday, June 11, 2007

Trouble Right Here in River City 

State law prohibits pool playing by minors

Filed As:  General

Remember the musical and film The Music Man? A con man sells a small town on its dangerous plight: "Ya got trouble, my friend, right here, I say, trouble right here in River City. ... Trouble with a capital "T," And that rhymes with "P" and that stands for pool!

Well, it's still 1912 (the setting of The Music Man) in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. And that's causing trouble for a family business in the town of Paxtang.

BCA Billiards and Game Room offers entertainment not sullied by Internet stalkers. According to the Harrisburg News-Patriot, it "features a large room with 12 pool tables, air hockey, fooseball, other games and a juke box. Patrons can drink Coke or Pepsi and munch on potato chips, soft pretzels, pizza and other snacks."

Sounds like a place that in another age would attract a lot of kids. It still does. But there's one problem: commonwealth law says that nobody under 18 is to be allowed in pool parlors.

On the other hand, minors are free to roam bowling alleys, where booze is often served.

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