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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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
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