MY APOLOGIES to the three firemen who “Dpeared in a photograph on the front page of last week’s Dallas ost. The three were incorrectly identified as being from the Kingston Fire Department when actually two of the firefighters were from the Kunkle Fire Department and the other is from the Dallas Fire Department. e three were using ads: foot ground ladder belonging to the Dallas Fire Department during a drill to commemorate Fire Prevention Week. Thanks to Dallas Fire Chief Bob Besecker for bringing this error to my attention. <Q- AND, WHILE WE'RE MAKING GOOD on our past mistakes, our sincere apologies to Sophia Fronczek Dymond of Tunkhannock for incorrectly identifying her in a photograph a few weeks ago. ors. Dymond was depicted in the photo wher she is accepting a “mock’’ diploma from Calvin McHose who was the Dallas Borough High | School principal in 1934. The presentation was made during the 52nd anniversary class reunion of the Dallas High School Class of 1934 held recently at the Castle Inn with 12 of the graduating class’s 17 membrers and their guests in attendance. Mrs. Dymond, who was incorrectly identified by using only her maiden name, resides on Maple Lane in Tunkhannock. -0- MUCH THANKS to the wonderful people I work with for remembering or should I say reminding - me on Boss’s Day. That’s right, Boss’s Day. Boss’s Day was Wednesday, October 15 and for all you people out there who forgot to honor your boss on that special day, shame on you. What I want to know is how do bosses rate to have their own day. Is there such a thing as an Employees’ Day? -0- FLYING HIGH ON MEMORIES these days are Flossie Finn, Maureen | Purcell, Barbara Schulde, all members of the Lake- Lehman teaching staff and Cheryl Travis who recently traveled to New York to be | part of the Phil Donahue staff. As avid fans of Phil himself, the group had been planning for weeks and almost couldn’t believe it was really happening when they finally made it fo the show. Why, they even got to shake hands with Phil Donahue and, later that same day, saw Phil walking the streets of New York. Needless to say, the women are still flying high from that trip. -0- THE STUDENTS AT THE DALLAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL had a good time the other week during their annual “Egg Day.” On this day, the students are required to take an egg to school and the students are responsible for the welfare a that egg for the entire ay. The eggs are inspected at the beginning of the day to make sure there is no damage to them an they are inspected again at the end of the day to see how they fared during their day in school. The students are offered babysitting services by dropping their eggs off at the office and picking them up later for a mere 25 cent fee. The students, prior to the peginning of Egg Day, also hade the opportunity to either be a single parent or to choose a partner for the day so their Darticulae egg can be raised by two parents. Jer osindly enough, in one particular to be “married.” Times sure are a-changing, aren’t they? -0- MUCH THANKS to Janice Blight of Dallas for bringing “Joy’’ to our office so we could meet her. Joy is a standard bred oodle and is a member of herapy Drugs International. Therapy Drugs International is a group of dogs and their owners who get together to visit elderly in nursing homes. BY rosponning to the animals, the nursing home guests are given an opportunity to love and relate, something most of them don’t ordinarily do with people. Joy was pretty interesting in that she performed several commands for us while she was at the office - such as fetching her owner’s crutch and picking it up in hermouth and handing it to Janice. Joy is soon to become certified to be a service dog, which, like a dog for the JE mpaived or Dearing. impaired is a dog to aid the handicapped. GLAD TO SEE that Janice is doing so much better herself these days. Having had a pip replacement just a few weeks ago, Janice claims she is feeling much better these days and can now start living again. Depending on just a single crutch these days, Janice hopes to be able to chuck that soon, too. Good luck to you - and to Joy. -0- A TIP OF THE HAT to little five-year old Jeffrey Nutche of Midway Manor, Shavertown. Jeff, who was let in the kitchen of the family with his two year old brother the other morning while their mother, Susan, walked yet another brother out to the bus, encountered a rather frightening situation for a young man. While Susan was out of the house, the younger Nutche boy accidentally turned on one of the stove burners. As something plastic was nearby and got on fire, the kitchen began to fill with smoke. Thinking quickly, Jeffrrey got his brother out of his chair and, despite some protest from the brother, managed to drag theboy out the back door. Jeffrey then informed his mother, who was just rounding the back of the house, that the kitchen wason fire and she should stay out of the house. Luckily, there wasn’t a whole lot of damage and no one was injured - thanks to Jeffrey. (Dotty Martin is the Executive Editor of The Dallas Post. Her column appears regularly.) | In today’s fast-paced, stressful world, it seems harder to say ‘I love you” to | those we care about. It embarrasses us. Long periods of time can go by without a husband and 8 a wife saying those three little words to one another. When was the last time you said them toa sister, a brother or a friend? The nature of love has infinite variety. Making a good meal for om folly says love. Working hard to provide for your loved ones says love. Showing your child how to tie his shoe laces says love. Taking some chicken soup to a sick friend says love, also. ; ut saying the words ‘I love you’’ means something really special. It reinforces the bond between two people. “What the world needs now is love, sweet love. That’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.”” These lines TOBY COLEMAN from the song say a great deal. Imagine the world filled to overflowing with love. The more love there is, the less room for hate. : We are taught to “love our neighbors as ourselves.”’ How many of us do that? If we could all manage that, perhaps the stubborn problems that have Plagued mankind for all his histo on this small planet would be solved at last. Sound impossible? Sound idealistic? Just think about it. Start with yourself. Make Dace with the neighbor you ave been fueding with. Apologize to your mother for being disrespectful. Do something nice for someone just out of the goodness of our heart, not for reward or hanks. Sharing love with others makes us feel warm and good about ourselves. it makes us more like the children of God that we are. There is great joy in giving and receiving love. That is what separates us from the animals, the ability to say “I love you” and feel its power all through our being. “I love you!”’ Say those words every day. It will make you feel good. It’s something to think about... (Toby Coleman, a Back Mountain resident, is a columnist for The Dallas Post. Her column appears regularly.) 1 Here is a summary of important events that occurred on Capitol Hill last week from Rep. Frank Cos- Jo, 120th Legislative Dis- rict. CAPITOL EXPANSION INVESTIGATION - The ranking Republican of the committee investigating the ~ Capitol expansion project thi week charged the panel's Democratic leadership with the destruction of evidence, leaking false information, and possible perjury in its operation of the committee. ep. Jeffrey E. Piccola (R- Dauphin) called on the Speaker of the House to “rein in’ the Democrats and cautioned the media not to accept all information released by the panel as DAVID F. CONNER General Manager DOTTY MARTIN Executive Editor fact. At a Harrisburg press conference, Piccola noted a number of recent instances where Democratic actions appear to be politically moti- vated. HIGH-SPEED RAIL - Installation of a high speed rail line between Philadel- phia and Pittsburgh would significantly boost Pennsyl- vania’s economy, creating as many as 12,500 new perma- nent jobs, “It could have an awesome impact on our economy,” said Rep. Richard Geist (R- Blair), commission chair- man. (Rep. Franklin Coslett Improvements begin - Thompson, Architect, Smith, Miller. By HOWARD J. GROSSMAN Special to The Dallas Post Will the last five years of the 1980’s prove to be the turning point in history of Northeastern Pennsylvania? In all likeli- hood, the recent announcements of major new projects in Northeastern Pennsylvania may mark a watershed era in the history of the region. These new projects range from an AAA Minor League Professional Baseball Fran- chise to the opening of the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes- Barre, to the revitalization of Downtown Scranton via an $80 million Scranton Mall project. : : These and many other projects which are on the drawing board for the betterment of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s future seem to be Somning lapel as the pages of 1986 begin to hurdle toward 1987. A new spirit of enthusiasm has infected Northeastern Pennsylvania as a result of these announce- ments. It may be the year in which a majority of the citizens of the region recognize the assets which the region ous, rather than playing up the nega- ives. While these projects and the enthusiasm generated by them do not remove the roblems which exist in Northeastern ennsylvania, they offer new opportunities for positive economic change. poy can be utilized as marketing tools to entice new economic development to take place in the region which hopefully can lead toward substantive jobs of long lasting nature. The manufacturing economy in the region has been buffeted by imports of foreign products which adversely affect how our own manufacturing Dios can compete effectively in the world market place. All of the new enthusiasm needs to be coalesced in a true regional and metropolitan market- ing sense to entice new industries to locate in the region and to further encourage existing businesses and industries to expand. The current regional positive feel- ing should be used to help protect the long standing economic friends of the region such as the needle trades and others. In the history of the region, never have there been more incentives to encourage economic expansion as a result of the state financial programs as well as creative tools such as the recently announced Luzerne County Financial Loan Pool coordinated through the efforts of the Luzerne County Commissioners, the County Office of Com- munity Development, and local financial for Economic Growth. Thus, these remaining years in the 1980’s may well be the final drive which is necessary to stabilize the economy of Northeastern Pennsylvania, at least bring- ing it into a level which will enable the region to effectively compete. Issues and Riohlems will not go away by themselves. uch is needed to correct deficiencies, but some of these deficiencies are out of the region’s hands and in the market place of national and international politics which require solutions at that level. One of these is clearly the aforementioned import prob- lem and the overall trade imbalance which currently exists vis a vis the United States and other nations. A spectacular surge of new enthusiasm may create even more successes as success generally breeds success. Therefore, North- eastern Pennsylvania pie and private sector organizations and individuals should utilize the new burst of energy to maximum advantage in expanding all means by which the quality of life of Northeastern Pennsyl- vania can be a showcase for the rest of the nation as the region rapidly transforms itself to the 21st century. (Howard J. Grossman is the executive director of the Economic Development Council of Northeast Pennsylvania. His oo appears periodically in The Dallas 0st. DEAR EDITOR: The upcoming race for U.S. Senator between Arlen Spec- ter and Bob Edgar presents those who want an end to the killing of unborn babies with a difficult choice. Both can- didates have solidly pro- abortion voting records in Congress, but there are some crucial differences which have led the pro-life movement to support Arlen Specter for U.S. Senate. As a Senator, Specter has voted to confirm all three of President Reagan’s nomi- nees to the Supreme Court. The next Reagan nominee could change the balance of the Supreme Court from pro- abortion to pro-life. Edgar has stated he will definitely not support a Reagan nomi- nee. Thus, the combination of the positive Specter record on Reagan nominees and Edgar’s stated, negative position make an Edgar election ‘‘certain death’ to pro-life hopes for a reversal of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision. Additionally, despite their similar records, Edgar is a far more outspoken advocate of preserving the “right” of abortion on demand and of taxpayer funding of abortion on demand. He has emerged as a pro-abortion leader in the House and would likely continue that role in the Senate. We are, then, confronted with a choice that is difficult but necessary, if we keep our eye on the goal — rever- sal of the Supreme Court’s abortion on demand deci- sion. We cannot reach the goal by electing a Senator who will do everything in his ower to preserve the ‘right’> of abortion on demand. We cannot reach that lie saving goal by voting for a write-in pro-life candidate who cannot be elected. Nor can we achieve our goal by not voting. Four thousand babies a day are dying from abortion. The election of Arlen Specter can bring us one step closer to ending this national scan- dal. The choice for pro-life voters on November 4 is, then, clearcut, necessary and vital. GRETCHEN O’BOYLE SCRANTON DEAR EDITOR: As a pediatrician dedicated to the health and safety of children, I am concerned about the increasing amount of violence shown on televi- sion. Next to the family, television is one of the major influences in a child’s devel- opment, and it can serve a very positive, educational role. Unfortunately, televi- sion also can serve a nega- tive role, such as exposing children to excessive amounts of violence. In the past six years, the amount of violence shown on American television has dou- bled; children are bearing the brunt of this increase. Research shows that chil- drens’ television programs are six times as violent as adults’ shows. During one hour of Satioopwalehing, children are exposed fo about 20 acts of violence. In the course of a year, the average American child watches approvimately 12,- 000 violent episodes. Dozens of studies have shown that children and adolescents can imitate the violence they see on television. E Senator Paul Simon (D-IL) has introduced legislation that would provide an exemption from the antitrust laws to allow the television networks, independent sta- tions, and the cable industry to work together to reduce television violence. The leg- islation also would order the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a definitive study of television violence. These bills, S.2322 and 5.2323, supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics, should be coming up soon for a vote on the Senate floor. I urge Senators Heinz and Spector to vote in favor of the bills. Concerned parents should contact their own senators to urge action on behalf of this important legislation. USAN S. ARONSON, M.D. PA CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS VN
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