4 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, March 8 , 1989 Ti DarasPost Peer helpers offer help and inspiration In addition to helping troubled students, the Peer Helper program at Dallas High School is an example and inspiration for students and adults alike. The program's premise is simply an extension of the healthy relationships with friends and family that we wish all young persons enjoyed. Unfortunately, those nurturing relation- ships don’t exist for everyone, and that’s where the peer helpers come in. ‘There are many occassions in a teenager's life when no adult seems able to understand their pain and confusion. Somehow, on the way to adulthood, too many of us have forgotten the path that led there. We too often trivialize important events in our children’s lives and that’s probably the worst response we ~. could offer. But an equal - another person who has recently been through a similar experience or who knows a different way to act - can have enormous influence. The peer helper program strives to see that those influences are available and positive. | We expect that the student volunteers who give of their time | and energy have had help in their liveswhen they needed it, and wish to give back some of what they have received. But, of course, they don’t have to. They could simply carry on their own lives as so many do. And there would be no wrong in that. ‘We salute the student volunteers without whom a program like this couldn't function. Their concern for others only | multiplies the qualities that drew them to become peer helpers in the first place. ] A timid response to Rushdie affair We haven't read the subject of so much recent controversy, i 7 | | Meetings Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses”. But we have read much of what has been said and written about the Ayatollah Khomeini’s threats on the author's life, and we are disturbed | by some of it. Allwestern commentators have offered a defense of Rushdie’s right to have written the book, but many have of them have been tepid at best. The most amazing responses have.come from conservatives like Patrick Buchanan, who have provided more excuses for the Ayatollah than defenses for the author. Such a state of affairs would have been inconceivable to us, had we not witnessed it, ‘There have been many offensive books and articles written through the ages and most have been properly condemned as trash, or worse. “The Satanic Verses” may or may not fit that description. But we certainly must defend an author's right to express his views - and a publisher's right to distribute them. If we fail to do so, we have voluntarily given up a bit of our own right to free expression and replaced it with either fear or apathy. We don’t wish to do that. 4 Letters invited The Dallas Post encourages readers to share their opinions with the, community by writing a letter to the editor. All letters for publication must ba, signed and include a telephone number so that we may verify authenticity. We: will not publish anonymous letters. Send letters to: The Dallas Post, P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612. Letters raceived by Noon on Monday may be included | in that week's issue. \ Ronald A. Bartizek ~ Editor and Publisher The Dallas Post Published Weekly by Bartsen Media, Inc. P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612 Telephone: 717-675-5211 Tami Britton Charlot N. Denmon Advertising Acct. Exec. Reporter Rob Zapotoski Olga Kostrobala Jean Leary Composition Classified/typesetting Office Manager MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION AND THE PENNSYLVANIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S ASSOCIATION Charlotte E. Bartizek Associate Publisher The Jollowing is a list of monthly Back Mountain meetings including township supervisors, borough coun- cils and others of interest. BACK MOUNTAIN WATER - COMMISSION: 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month, 8 p.m. Kingston ~ Township Municipal Building DALLAS BOROUGH COUNCIL: 3rd Tuesday of every month, 8 p.m. Borough Building, Main Street, Dallas. DALLAS TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month, 8 p.m. Dallas Township Building, Rte. 309, Dallas. DALLAS SCHOOL BOARD: 2nd Monday of every month, 8 p.m. Administration Building, Church St., | Dallas. FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP PLANNING | COMMISSION: 6:30 p.m., First Mon- day of every month. | FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP SUPERVI- | SORS: 8 p.m. First Monday of every ~ month. HARVEYS LAKE COUNCIL: 3rd | Tuesday of every month, 7:30 p.m. HARVEYS LAKE PLANNING COMMISSION: 3rd Monday of every month, 7 p.m. J HARVEYS LAKE ZONING BOARD: 4th Tuesday of every month, 7 p.m. All held at Harveys Lake Municipal Building, Rte. 415, Harveys Lake, JACKSON TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY: 2nd Monday of every month, 7:30 p.m. JACKSON TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS: 1st Monday of every month, 7:30 p.m. Both held at Jackson Township Fire Hall, Jackson Township. KINGSTON TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS: 2nd Wednesday of every month, 8 p.m. Kingston Township Municipal Building, Rte. 309, Kingston Township. LAKE TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS: 2nd Saturday of every month, 9 a.m. Lake Township Municipal Buklding, North 29, Lake Township. LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL BOARD: 2nd Tuesday of every month, 8 p.m. LEHMAN TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS: 2nd Monday of every month, 8 p.m. Lehman Township Municipal Building, Lehman Township. The violin soloist SN Asa EE Tiffany Kliamovich, 13, Hunlock Creek, is violin soloist for the Cadet Band at Lehman-Jackson Elementary School. March is Music in Our Schools Month. (Photo by Charlotte Bartizek) Only yesterday 50 Years Ago - March 10, 1939 Wilkes-Barre newspaper strike deadlocked Grand Jury hears witnesses to expose election graft in Luzerne County. Traffic in Luzerne will be de- toured because of new bypass construction. Deadlock is reached in the strike of the three Wilkes-Barre daily newspapers. Dallas School directors author- ized secretary Daniel Waters to advertise for bids to repair heating systems in the high school and grade school. : Wed - Elizabeth Honeywell and Andrew Race; Beth Love and Char- les Richard Jones. Tom Dropchinski of Lehman High School wins his second prize fight. 40 Years Ago - March 17, 1949 John Hewitt fights for soil conservation Trucksville Volunteer Firemen voted to sponsor the Boy Scout troop in the community. Arthur Nuss and Thomas El- ston will be the end men in Lehman High School Class of 1950 min- strel show “Gentlemen Be Seated". John Hewitt, Idetown farmer, leads fight on federal soil conser- vation project. 30 Years Ago - March 5, 1959 Sordoni receives community service award Back Mountain Protective As- sociation presented its community service award to Andrew J. Sor- doni, state senator. Charles Long of Sweet Valley to hold his 13th Annual Farm Ma- chinery Auction. Westmoreland captures North League title with 64-63 overtime win over Ashley. St. Joe's downs Lake-Lehman in Bloomsburg Tournament. Irem Temple's Shrine Circus opens March 16. Wed - Lionda Jenkins and John R. Bestwick; Dorothy Marie Par- sons and Robert G. Eipper. Engaged - Myra T. Meacham and 2nd Lt. Paul Nichols. 20 Years Ago - March 6, 1969 . New water commission asks patience William Long, member of the Kingston Township Water Com- mission has urged residents to have patience for the water commis- sion. Dallas Rotary plans District meeting tobe held at Pocono Manor Inn. 4 Sunday, Feb. 2, was a thrilling day for Mrs. Sandy Slimak Barber and Mrs. Karen Mooney, who fi- nally met after being pen pals for 15 years. Engaged - Kathleen Carol Hav- iland and Henry Edward Hess, Jr. Dallas Senior High School cagers defeat Hanover Area 86-63. Linda Woolbert sent report of her experiences as as school teacher in Alaska. Dr. Eugene Hammer, Wilkes College, will again offer Upward Bound for sixweeks beginning July 21. The course will be limited to 15 10th graders from Luzerne County. 10 Years Ago - March 8, 1979 Gas supplies getting short Local dealers report gas supply tight. The Russian wrestling team is coming to Wyoming Valley to par- ticipate in a wrestling exhibition with an American All Star team. Dr. Mahmoud Fahmy to seek election as school director. Engaged - Susan Jane Gramley and Richard Harris; Karen Sue Earl and Jack Wintersteen. Soviet wrestling team to visit Dallas. : Lake-Lehman wrestlers win districts and six of the Knights will advance to regionals including Rocky and Ricky Bonomo and Mike Leskowsky. Letters. Writer suggests pay for performance plan for Congress Editor, The recent attempt by Congress to raise their salaries by 50% with- out having to go on the record with a vote is simply disgusting. It demonstrates the spineless behav- jor that led us into the current budget deficit. Congressmen do not have the backbone required to vote against pork-barrel projects that they know do not benefit the nation. The private sector uses incentive plans to encourage employees to act in the best inter- est of the company. Isn't it time we used the same system for Con- gress? I suggest that Congressional pay raises be based on performance. Four measures (i.e., Real GNP Growth Rate, Unemployment Rate, Inflation Rate, and a Balanced Budget) could be linked to pay raises. Congressmen would get good raises for kéeping the econ- omy growing, providing jobs (na- tionwide, not from local pork-bar- rel projects), fighting inflation and keeping the budget balanced. I believe all voters, Ralph Nader, the National Taxpayer's Union, and every other lobbyist in America could support a pay raise based upon the performance measures outlined above. If the Congress fails to deal with the important national issues that most Americans care about, they don't deserve a raise. When a company in the private sector is going bankrupt, they don't give their manager or employees a 50% raise. The managers have to focus on getting the company back on its feet and provide incentives to the employees for helping them to accomplish it. For once, our gov- ernment should learn a valuable lesson from the private sector and implement performance based pay raises for Congress soon. Then all Americans could begin to enjoy the benefits of a growing economy, full employment, no inflation and a government that balances its budget year after year. ' Pete Cochran Dallas Program for inmates at Chase prison needs new volunteers Editor: . We are once again recruiting volunteers for the THRESHOLD program and are setting dates for the Basic Training weekend for April 1 and 2, Parish House, Prince of Peace Church, Dallas. What is THRESHOLD? It is a decision-making program that is taught to inmates at the State Correctional Institution at Dallas who are about to be released into their various communities. THRESHOLD is taught by volun- teers on a one-to-one basis over a period of 10 weeks. The only prerequisite to become a volunteer is to be a caring person who wants to reach out to some- “one about to make a new begin- ning. While THRESHOLD is not a “religious” program, itis very much based on Christian principles and teachings. For more information, please call Ingrid Prater at 823-9548, or leave a message at 675-1723. She will also be able to furnish names of present or former volunteers who would be glad to talk about their experience with the THRESH- OLD program. Actual teaching at the prison is scheduled to begin on April 10. Sister M. Julian Baird THRESHOLD Volunteer Protests Dallas school plan Editor: To taxpayers of Back Mt.: It's outrageous - not too long ago the Dallas School Board levied a 16 mill tax increase and now they want to burden us with a $4 mil- lion bond. The new building (which they don't need) is a modern day Taj Mahal. Clear your calendar and attend the March 13, 1989 School Board meeting and protest this latest extravagance of your School Board. [U's your money. : : F. Joseph Funke Dallas Library news Clowns and mimes on display this month By NANCY KOZEMCHAK The display case in the office area ofthe library is featuring some lovely Mimes and Pierrot Love Clowns. These have been loaned to us by Stefanie Dwinchick and Josephine Zekas of Dallas and these girls have set up a beautiful display. Stefanie is 13 years old in 8th grade and Josephine is 14 years in Oth, both at Dallas Junior High School. Jo became interested mostly because she thought these mimes and clowns were so neat. She first was given a mask, her favorite, which is a red and white butterfly one and her favorite doll is a large pink jester, sitting in the prime corner of the display. Joand Stef are good friends and when Stef began collecting also, they enjoyed buying together and com- paring their collections. Stef's first doll was a silver and black check- County conservation district asked to Join Chesapeake Bay cleanup program The Luzerne County Conserva- tion District has been .invited to participate in Pennsylvania's Chesapeake Bay Clean Up Pro- gram. Under the Chesapeake Bay Financial Assistance Funding Program (FAFP), selected Luzerne County farmers will receive up to $30,000 each to help fund agri- cultural management practices designed to improve local water quality and protect the Bay. Since beginning in 1984, the Department of Environmental Resources (DER) Bay Program has contracted over 5.9 million dol- + lars in projects designed to pro- tect the Bay from further pollu- tion. To date, 20 counties extend- ing from the Maryland to the New York border have enrolled in the program. ~ Some of the counties enrolled in this program have already re- ceived requests from area farmers for a portion of the funds allocated to their county. Other counties will need to advertise the availa- bility of the funds, urging area farmers to take advantage of the program. The county conserva- tion district will decide how to appropriate the funds. The goal of the FAFP is to accel- erate the implementation of best management practices on agri- cultural land. It focuses on ani- mal waste management and demonstrating that areduction in the amount of nutrients applied through excess fertilization will benefit the environment and also save money. Less nutrients enter- ing local water supplies will in turn improve the water quality of the Susquehanna River and even- tually the Chesapeake Bay. The program consists of grants to conservation districts, state and federal agencies, cooperating or- ganizations and landowners to encourage farmers to properly manage nutrients and adopt sound soil erosion control practices. The four specific programs es- tablished by the State Conserva- tion Commission include the Plan- ning, Education, Technical and Financial Assistance Funding Programs. : The Chesapeake Bay Program is jointly funded by the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania and the Environmental Protection Agency. 53% of the funds spent thus far have been used for landowner fi- nancial assistance. The effectiveness of the Chesap- eake Bay Program depends upon encouraging the greatest number of participating farmers as pos- sible. The initial phase of the pro- gram included funding for improve- ments on 300 farms. For a copy of the Pennsylvania Chesapeake Bay Program Progress Report, contact the Bay Education Office at 225 Pine Street, Harris- burg, Pa. 17101 or call717-236- 1006. ered with baggy pants and her favorite mask is a black and white stick mask, while her favorite doll is blue and white polka dotted one. The display includes many mimes and clowns such as, some tiny little clowns in colorful outfits; some have shimmering clothes and there are a few in fancy shiny gold outfits. There is a mirror with a mime painted on it, which is little sister Susan's favorite; there are many pieces of jewelry, such as earrings, pins, necklaces, stick- pins and a jewelry box. There is a set of vases, a rubber stamper, some pewter items and three musical clowns, one that moves while the music is playing. The girls have set these up on two scarfs, with clowns on them, natu- rally. One very unique item is a blue china eye piece mask. They are 40 to 50 items in the display and each girl has more at home. They have been collecting for over two years and buy some them- selves and receive them as gifts at Christmas and for birthdays. There are mimes and clowns on every item in the display and they make a really colorful and unique dis- play. This display will be at the library until March 29. The library Board of Directors met after the annual meeting for a reorganization meeting with’ the new officers taking office. The 1989 officers include: President, Eliza- beth Lloyd; Vice President, Frank Poplaski; Secretary, Pauline Kutz and Tresurer, Glenn W. Eyet, Jr. A new board member from the Sweet Valley area is George Bacon. Ayoung child asked her mother, “Do we check these books out at the children’s desk?” The mother said, “No”. The child, “Sometimes we do check them out at the chil- dren's desk”. The mother said, “No.” The child, “Why not?” Answer, “Since the library is in this new building, all books are checked out at the main circulation desk”. The child's answer, “Oh!” Visiting at the library last week, Melanie, Patti and Pam, three for- mer library pages. ‘A | A: SE
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