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Editor's notes
JUST IN CASE any of you have
seen me or see me in the next few
weeks hobbling ‘around with this
gigantic, ugly-looking surgical boot
on my foot, don’t believe half of the
rumors you may hear.
‘No, I did not [ed
kick the dog and §
break my ‘toes.
No, I did not get
mad and kick a
filing | cabinet in
~ the office. No, I
did not fall out of
bed, or down a
flight
of stairs. And no, I did not have a
motorcycle accident.
I had a simple surgical procedure
done to straighten out a problem a
few of my toes seemed to be having.
The doctor assures me I will only
have "to wear this stupid-looking
thing for two weeks (which is now
starting to feel like an eternity) and
two weeks after that, I will feel like
brand new. I’m quite anxious to see
if she knows what she’s talking
about.
So, as rumors will have it, don’t
the truth here, right from the
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I'D LIKE TO WISH a belated
happy anniversary to two very spe-
cial people in my life.
~~ My Dad and his wife, David and
~ Laura Martin of Forty Fort, cele-
brated their third wedding anniver-
sary last Wednesday.
It’s strange, sometimes, realizing
I'm a member of a stepfamily.
~ Stepmothers and stepsisters used to
be things you .only read about in
Cinderella stories - they weren't
supposed to happen in real life.
But, anyway, it did happen and I
can honestly say if I had to hand-
. pick a stepmother, I couldn’t have
done any better than my father did
when he married Laura. The only
thing I do is that whenever Laura
gives me a hard time about any-
thing, I simply remind her that
Cinderella hated her stepmother.
Anyway, happy ‘anniversary to
both of you. May you enjoy many
~ more good years together.
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SPEAKING OF ANNIVERSA-
RIES, great big wishes to two good
friends of mine who celebrated their
15th wedding anniversary recently.
Maureen and Jeff Banks of Carv-
erton Road in Trucksville noted
their special day recently as Mau-
reen spent the evening working and
Jeff spent the evening watching the
‘couple’s four children. I guess after
15 years of marriage, that’s the way
youre supposed to celebrate an
~ Rumor has it, though, the Banks
are planning some big hoopla in a
few months to note the occasion.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES to
my special friend, Bill Kubis, who
noted his birthday on October 5.
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- I HAD THE HONOR of being a
member of panel discussion with
other members of the local media at
the Wilkes-Barre campus of Penn
State last Thursday morning.
The Leadership Wilkes-Barre Pro-
gram, which meets once a month,
conducted a panel discussion with
members of the media to enlighten
business’ people involved with the
program as to what the function of
~ area media really is.
It was not only -an enjoyable
experience for me, but a rather
educational one, also. Staff mem-
bers of The Dallas Post were hon-
ored to have their newspaper repre-
sented on the same panel with staff
members from The Wilkes-Barre
Times Leader, the Citizens’ Voice,
WNEP-TV . Channel 16, WBAX
Radio, the Greater Wilkes-Barre
Chamber of Commerce and the
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO head
football coach Ted Jackson and the
Mountaineers of Dallas High School
on what is turning out to be a rather
prosperous grid season.
Jackson, in his first year at the
Mountaineers helm, seems to have
put together a rather solid football
program at the Dallas school as the
locals are picking up more fans with
every victory they chalk up.
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HURRICANE GLORIA did some
pretty heavy damage throughout
parts of Northeastern Pennsylvania
last week.
However, one young man by the
name of Michael Harris wasn’t
about to be stopped by the driving
force of the rainstorm.
Only yesteday
Service right next to our office on
Route 309.
As Harris and his employer fin-
ished working on a four-wheeler the
infamous day Gloria made her
debut in Wyoming Valley, the young
man decided to take the bike out-
side and give it a test run.
Telling his boss the creek behind
our building had only a foot of water
in it, he drove the four-wheeler
across the creek and headed toward
a plot of land on the other side
where the garage crew usually tests
bikes when they’re through working
on them.
The young man, however, found
out in a hurry that the water in the
creek was a little deeper than a foot
and, as he started floating down the
creek on the four-wheeler, he hurled
screams of help toward the garage
from where he had just come.
Needless to say, members of our
staff also heard the young man
calling for help and ran outside to
see what they could do.
When we all got out there and
found the young man laughing from
having so much fun, we all joined in
the fun and watched him as he and
the four-wheeler floated down the
Michael didn’t have as much fun
when it came time to try to get the
four-wheeler out of the water, but
he certainly discovered a new way
of riding a four-wheeler in a rain-
storm.
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'THE NEWEST MEMBER of the
“Over the Hill” Club is Richard
Jones of Dallas who celebrated the
big 4-0 last week. 2
Remember, Rich, they say life
begins at 40. Let me know if “they”
know what they’re talking about,
will you please?
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WISHES OF GOOD LUCK go out
to Sally Wagnér of Demunds Road
in Dallas who recently embarked on
a new position at Commonwealth
Telephone Company.
A former employee of Merchants
Bank, formerly Wyoming National
Bank, Sally is now working in the
customer service department at
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DEAR EDITOR:
Could you help us make the fol-
lowing offer to high school students
in Eastern Pennsylvania - enrolled
in classes devoted to 1) study of the
U.S. Constitution; 2) Problems of
Democracy and or 3) accelerated
learning programs?
We have free copies of the books
“The Miracle on Main Street” by F.
Tupper Saussy and ‘A Plea For The
Constitution” by George Bancroft
for those first 30 students who send
us a request - along with their
name, address, school and name of
the teacher of their class. A free
copy of the Constitution of the
United States will be sent to all
students who send in their request.
As the 200th year of the Constitu-
tion nears, all students, teachers
and scholars of the Constitution
should have and study these two
books for a more complete under-
standing of this great document.
George Bancroft; born in 1800,
was Secretary of the Navy and
founder of the Naval Academy at
Annapolis, Ambassador to the Court
of St. Jame’s and Minister to Ger-
many. He knew Lord Byron, Baron
Rothschild, von Bismark and
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dashed off flattering verse in his
honor. Bancroft, as a historian,
wrote the 10-volume History of the
United States of America from the
Discovery of the Continent. He knew
James Madison, John Adams and
LaFayette. He also had known
Andrew Jackson, Polk and every
president since Monroe.
When the Supreme Court issued
its opinion in Julliard vs. Green-
man, Bancroft was ‘shocked at
what he called this ‘language of
revolution’.”” A Plea for the Consti-
tution, published by Harpers in 1886.
“Distinguished economics,
experts, Nobel prize winners and
White House advisors notwithstand-
ing, The Miracle on Main Street
contains the only lawful and worka-
ble solution there can ever be to our
worsening financial woes, public
and private. Amazingly, this solu-
tion is already with us, built into the
mechanics of our government. But
the design is such that the solution
must be activitated from Outside
government, activated by you and
me - the people...
“Tupper Saussy goes right to the
Supreme Law of the land to reveal
that solution to us. Then, shows step
achieved. As each individual uses
the United States Constitution to
preserve the value of his own for-
tune, our decaying federal eco-
nomic, political and social condi-
tions will begin healing themselves-
literally overnight. This truly is the
stuff of which miracles are made”
rom the Forward by James A.
Woods, P.E., Engineering Consul-
tant.
It would be appreciated if the
students would present a review of
the books to their classmates. Per-
haps the D.A.R. and L.W.V. would
‘welcome a review at one of their
meetings. Perhaps the books could
be presented to the school library
after the students complete their
study.
Individuals may secure their own
copy of the Constitution by sending
a self-addressed, stamped envelope
to: Penn’s Caucus, P.O. Box 0651,
Thorndale, PA 19372. Penn’s Caucus
is an association of individuals for
Constitutional and sovereign educa-
tion of rights and responsibilities.
ARLENE JACOBS, EDUCATOR
PENN'S CAUCUS
; P.0. BOX 0651
THORNDALE, PA 19372
LIBRARY NEWS
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
Farewell, September! Where did
it go? We did have some lovely
clear, warm days, and the leaves
are definitely beginning to color.
I celebrated a very nice Septem-
ber 19th with some very special
birthday surprises. Monday, Sep-
tember 30th, the last of the month, I
was not even able to be outdoors to
enjoy the warm air and sunshine;
instead, I was inside an institute of
healing trying to bregk a high tem-
perature and knock out an infection.
I did stick my nose: out of the
window in the hospital room and at
least smelled the warm air.
I could not even take a shower
there because of the brown water
and my infection, however I had a
real neat room mate Millie, who
became, while waiting to get
washed in the mornings, ‘Bring in
the towels’. We sort of ran a shuttle
bus to the library bringing papers
back and forth so I could work on
the board reports. My small calcu-
lator stopped working when the
battery ran down and once when I
answered the phone, it landed in the
waste basket.
Did you ever get wakened during
the night by a voice saying ‘I need
your arm’. I thought I was dream-
ing, however, it was the nurse with
the IV.
The Rev. Mr. Jack came to visit
and one thing for sure, time waits
for no one, while he was visiting,
housekeeping mopped and then wet-
mopped the floor. He just picked up
his feet and moved around in the
chair. Along with the pain and
suffering, there was a lot of laugh-
ter, and I am beginning to recuper-
ate from this nasty affliction.
Pat Campbell, our number one
capital campaign girl typist and
new book processor, has left the
library to join her husband in Ohio
and I, for one, will certainly miss
her. She is a lot of fun and a terrific
worker. I say to her, good luck and
farewell, Pat!
Saturday, Oct. 12, from 9:30 to
5:30 is the library’s 40th birthday.
The entire community is cordially
invited to visit the library, become
a part of it and see how far we have
come in the first 40 years and go
with us as we write The Next
Chapter.
We are planning an open house all
day with punch and birthday cake
to «celebrate. A book sale will be
conducted in the lower level of the
library ‘during’ the celebration: We
will be taking orders for a special T
shirt with the library logo printed
on it for anyoneiwho is interested.
In conjunction with our capital
campaign, we want the public to be
aware of the special $1,000 club. The
people who contribute that amount
will be listed on a special plaque
which will become a permanent
part of the library building.
Dr. Shaskas announces an organi-
zational meeting for the 86 auction
at the library on Thursday, Oct. 10
at 7:30. All interested auction volun-
teers are urged to attend.
STATE CAPITOL
ROUNDUP
Here is a summary of important
events that.occurred on Capitol Hill
last week from Rep. Frank Coslett,
120th Legislative District.
LEGISLATION PROHIBITING
employers from firing workers for
wearing protective clothing on the
job against company rules over-
whelmingly passed the House this
week. The bill, which was sent to
the Senate by 183-16 vote, was
prompted by the 1982 dismissal of
an employee at Three Mile Island.
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wearing a respirator when the com-
pany ordered him to stop. The
employee was subsequently fired.
The company claimed the respira-
tor was not necessary and impaired
the worker’s performance. A simi-
lar bill passed the House last ses-
sion but died in the Senate.
VIDEO POKER machines would
under a bill approved by the House
Finance Committee. The measure
would require establishments with
liquor licenses to obtain a permit
from the Revenue Department. It
would also require licensing of the
manufacturers and distributors of
the machines. Profits from the
machines would be divided between
machine owners, bar owners, local
governments and school districts. A
majority of voters in each county
would have to approve a referen-
dum allowing the machines before
they would be permitted in that
county. The bill has moved to the
House floor for consideration.
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STATEWIDE PUBLIC hearings
into the growing problem of auto
theft have been scheduled by a
special House panel. At its organiza-
tional meeting, the seven-member
Special Committee on Auto Theft
and Chop Shops scheduled two hear-
ings: Oct. 30 in Pittsburgh and Nov.
vaging, the insurance industry and
the Transportation Department, as
well as the general public, are
expected to testify. Following the
hearings, the committee will recom-
mend appropriate legislative steps
to combat the problem.