Tie DALLAST0ST
Man challenges
Nature - and loses
Some natural disasters seem to reach out and touch us far
beyond the boundaries of the affected areas. Both Hurricane
Hugo and the recent earthquake in California are among them.
These catastrophes have sent strong signals about the
powerlessness of man over the large forces of nature. In both
cases, man has seemed to challenge nature by building homes
and businesses - indeed, whole cities - directly in the way of
clear dangers. And all indications are that we will go right back
and do it again as soon as the debris is cleared away.
Perhaps we have raised such challenges in South Carolina
and California because we are willing to take risks to live in
' beautiful places. Both locations are among the most attractive
in our nation, and both have been alive with promise in recent
‘years.
Yet, there was something ominous about these two deadly
~ disasters. In California, the loss of life would have been far less
ifa double deck highway had not collapsed. From here, it's easy
to ask why that highway was ever constructed in such an
earthquake prone area. So, man’s own edifice brought doom
to scores of other human beings.
In South Carolina, feverish construction of dwellings on
fragile barrier islands resulted in the loss of much of the
property, and risk to some occupants. We have heard the
warnings for years, yet paid no heed until it was too late.
Are we foolish, or just shortsighted? Or are we willing to risk
all for the joy of a beautiful sunset and pleasant climate?
Whatever the answer, we hope one result of these tragedies
is a more thoughtful approach to our inhabitiation of high risk
places, and a renewal of healthy respect for the forces of the
natural world.
It's only a game
Perhaps it was meant to be a reminder that these are, after
all, teenagers, with still many years to grow and mature. Or
maybe the combination of errors on the field by both teams
should tell us that even when many mistakes are made, only
the ones that cost something make the headlines.
- Whatever your feeling, the Dallas-GAR football game last
Saturday was first and foremost a high school sports contest.
And compared with other events during the week, it wasn't all
that important.
That thought may be close to heresy to some rabid high
school football fans; the kind who put major league pressure on
still young minds and bodies. And some of the players might
even believe the game is as important as it seems to them now,
or that they should expect perfect performance at all times.
But it’s only a game. All of us who have played sports or
performed any other activity that requires practice and skill
know the heartache that comes withmaking errors. But we've
all made them, and will again, though hopefully not the same
ones.
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It’s only a game.
Te SDALLASCPoST
Published Weekly by Bartsen Media, Inc.
P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612
Telephone: 717-675-5211
Ronald A. Bartizek Charlotte E. Bartizek
Editor and Publisher Associate Publisher
Charlot M. Denmon
Reporter
Edward Kraynak
Advertising Acct. Exec.
Paul Rismiller
Composition
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Classified/typesetting
Office Manager
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AND THE PENNSYLVANIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S ASSOCIATION
4 TheDallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, October 25, 1989
Katie's choice
A young girl gleefully chooses her favorite among the pumpkin
crop at Dymond’s Market in Dallas. (Photo by Charlotte Bartizek)
Library news
Local woman donates tape
of her lullabies to the library
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
The Back Mountain Memorial
Library has received a gift of an
audio cassette tape donated by the
person who made the tape. Our
own local, home-town girl, Gloria
Miller, has made a tape of lullabies
and was gracious enough to do-
nate one to the library.
The tape is called, “Lullaby Baby”
and was recorded at Holland Sound
Studios, ‘of Scranton. : Lyrics by
Gloria: Miller, Music by Rosendo:
Santos, Jr., accompanist, Nathan
Santos and engineered by Ken
Brophey.
The lullabies include: Cradle
Song, Mother’s Lullaby, Evening
Prayer, Sleep Little Child, Bed Time,
Rock a Bye Baby, All Through the
Night, Sleepy Time, All the World is
Sleeping, Sleep Little Child and
Cradle Song. The tape is a lovely
assortment of lullabies and would
probably even put an adult to sleep.
The tape will be available for
borrowing from the library on the
cassette shelf in the office area of
the library. Thank you, gloria, for
allowing the library to be part of
this lovely tape and your new ad-
venture.
Arriving at the library one eve-
ning last week were six Cub Scouts
who were working on a Cub
achievement. The boys had reached
Wolf rank and were working on
achievement No. 8 on the Bear
badge, which is a look back in
time. They were using the bound
volumes of The Dallas Post to find
out what happened on the day and
year they were born and what also
happened five years before that
time.
Another requirement was to find
out something about their com-
munity. The boys were from Den 7,
Cub Scout Pack 241, sponsored by
the Lehman United Methodist
Church. They were accompanied
by their den leaders, Linda Walters
and Paula Birth. The Scouting
movement is still a super learning
experience. ‘ :
The library has stored in the
archives of our basement, the
bound volumes of The Dallas Post
beginning with 1929 and these are
available for the public use while
in the library. A year’s publication
of the newspapers are bound in
each volume.
“Chestnuts roasting on an open
fire”; well, not quite yet, but soon;
atleast in New York City. Adiscus-
sion developed in the library the
other day regarding chestnuts and
horsechestnuts and we decided to
research the subject. “Under the
spreading chestnut tree” is appro-
priate because the tree has spread-
ing branches which make it an
excellent shade tree, and has
toothed, glossy green leaves. The
nuts develop in a prickly, clinging
bur, and are excellent for eating
either raw or cooked. It is valuable
for its long-lasting wood, as well.
The horsechestnut has dark
green leaves and beautiful white
flowers, used for ornamental plant-
ing. One large distinction; the
horsechestnut is bitter tasting and
poisonous if eaten raw.
Letters invited
The Dallas Post encourages readers to share their opinions with the
community by writing a letter to thé editor. All letters for publication must
be signed and include a telephone number so that we may verify authen-
ticity. We will not publish anonymous letters. Send letters to: The Dallas
Post, P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612. Letters received by Noon on Monday
may be included in that week's issue.
Only yesterday
50 Years Ago - Oct. 27, 1939
YEAR'S FIRST SNOW
STORM HITS DALLAS
Two important highways, the
one in Luzerne and the one, Route
92, between Dallas and Tunkhan-
nock, will be completed within the
next two weeks.
An attempt to revive the Dallas
Borough Alumni Association and
make it a potent force in the com-
munity will be launched next
Wednesday night at a meeting in
the high school. :
The first snow storm of the
season arrived in Dallas during
this week.
College Misericordia will host
the Catholic Peace Association of
the Middle Atlantic States Nov. 11.
Engaged - Madeleine Sullivan
and Joseph Edward Sheridan.
Wed - Kate Parrish and J. Lloyd
Drake.
40 Years Ago - Oct. 28, 1949
GOERINGER OPPOSES
PLANNED ZONING CODE
Harry Goeringer, real estate
operator, was one of the first to
oppose the zoning code proposed
by the Dallas Township supervi-
sors. i
The annual Back Mountain
Halloween Parade will be held
Monday night.
Lehman-Dallas Township foot-
ball classic holds the spotlight for
what promises to be the battle of
the season this Saturday.
Wed - Jane Weiss and Charles
C. Mekeel; Dorothy Mitchell and
Edwin A. Wright; Marjorie Hilbert
and Herbert Goodwin.
Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Jeter left to
attend the American Bankers
Association Conference in San
Francisco, California.
30 Years Ago - Oct. 29, 1959
DALLAS SCHOOLS TAX
MILLAGE FIGURES AT 45
Back Mountain has 109 blood
donors eligible for the Gallon Club
dinner Wednesday evening.
All districts of Dallas Schools
pay 45 millage tax.
The Dallas Ambulance & Fire
Company members request the rest
ofthe community residents to send
in their coin cards.
Dallas Kiwanis members will
tour the new state institution at
Jackson Township today.
The Northeastern Pennsylvania
Lions Eye Bank has been estab-
lished at the Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital under the supervision of
Dallas, Harveys Lake, Ed-
wardsville, Noxen, Larksville,
Luzerne and Kingston Lions Clubs.
Nick Stredny broke all records
at Crown Imperial Lanes Monday
night when he bowled a near per-
fect game of 299 while bowling
with the Lehman D team of the
Back Mountain Firemen's League.
Stredny won $100 and a special
patch for bowling 11 consecutive
strikes before leaving the ‘5’ pin
standing on his last ball.
Engaged - Louise Williams and
John Fink. :
Wed - Lois Ann Moss and Ray-
mond Malak.
David Ell scores twice for the
Mountaineers as they defeat Ed-
wardsville 13-0.
20 Years Ago - Oct. 30, 1969
FIRE STRIKES DALLAS
AREA TASTEE FREEZE
The First National Bank of
Wilkes-Barre at a recent Dallas
Council meeting announced that
it planned to open temporary Dal-
las quarters in a trailer specially
designed for bank business near
the Suburban Restaurant on land
the bank now owns.
Fire damaged the Dallas Tastee
Freeze located on Route 309 south
of Dallas at the Overbrook Avenue
bypass when flames licked through
the cinder block building shortly
after noon on Tuesday.
Dallas Borough Park has been
delayed again due to the fact the
first part of the application for
matching funds, although ap-
proved by the Department qf
Community Affairs, it has not beer.”
approved by the state planning
board.
Engaged - Mary E. Harned and
Walter R. Chappell; Rita Bombick
and David Fitch.
Wed - Susan F. Scheffand Rich-
ard K. Farr; Theresa Krouse and
John Gorda; Carole Ann. Dillon
and Kenneth Chapple; Ayleen
James and Thomas Landon.
Ken Engler’s three touchdowns
and Scott Lefko’s three extra points
led the Dallas Mountaineers to a
21-21 tie with Nanticoke.
10 Years Ago - Nov. 1, 1979
LAKE COUNCIL RACE .
KEYS ON PROPERTY
Back Mountain Protective As-
sociation President Dr. F. Budd
Schooley urges customers of UGI
to participate in the Nov. 8 rate
hike hearing.
The Harveys Lake Council race
is the culmination of a standing
three-year feud over the acquisi-
tion of the stone house and some
lakefront property owned by fam-
ily members and business associ
fas
Ld Hv
Vv
ates of Helen Sgarlat, prominen ;/
businesswoman and Democrat
party power.
More than 300 children attended.
b))
een Party at the Gate of Heaven
the Dallas Kiwanis Club's Hallow
auditorium Sunday. The parade
was held inside due to the inclem-
ent weather.
Engaged - Lois J. Miller and
David Nygren.
Wed - Elizabeth Fielding and
Peter Oliver.
Harveys Lake resident Dr. John
N. Kennedy performed on the or-
gan in the Church of Our Lady in
Brugge, Belgium in celebration of
Brussel’s millenial festival.
Dallas Mountaineers defeat
Bishop Hoban Argents 14-0.
(Governor announces
recycling poster contest
Governor Robert P. Casey has
announced a statewide recycling
poster contest for students in
grades one through 12 in honor of
October as Recycling Month.
“We want to give students a
head start in making them aware
of their important role in control-
ling our trash problem,” Governor
Casey said.
Finalists will bé selected by a
blue ribbon panel of judges, with
one winner chosen from each
grade. The governor will person-
ally notify each winner and invite
them to a special ceremony at the
Governor's Residence.
Each winner and sponsoring
teacher will receive prizes under-
written by the Steel Can Recycling
Institute, a national recycling as-
sociation headquartered in Pitts-
burgh.
Winners from grades one
through eight will each receive a
$500 gift certificate towards the
purchase of a home computer or
video equipment. High school stu-
dents will be given the option of the
gift certificate or a $500 scholar-
ship to be used at any institution
of higher learning. Each winners’
sponsoring teacher will receive a
$250 gift certificate.
Application requests or ques-
tions should be directed to Patti
Vathis at the Department of Edu-
cation, 717-783-6994. All entries
must be received no later than -.
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Decmember 8, 1989.
Opinion
Census Bureau, municipalities getting ready for 1990 count
population counts, the impact on
the public and government alike
By HOWARD J. GROSSMAN
: is evident.
While the 1990 Census may be
11 months away, the Bureau of
the Census of the U.S. Depart-
ment of Commerce is furiously
preparing for the special day which
will quickly come to pass on April
1, 1990. If that day seems a long
way off, it is necessary to remem-
ber that it has already been nine
years since an official population
| count was taken in the United
States.
~The expectation is that close to
250,000,000 people will be
counted in the 1990 Census. The
meaning of these counts is impor-
tant to all municipalities and citi-
zens and officials in the region,
| since it is estimated that over
| $33,000,000,000 of Federal funds
| is distributed on the basis of offi-
| cial population counts. When this
134 figure is added to federal and state
| allocations which are based on
Some other reasons why a
population count is important
include Congressional redistrict-
ing which is based on the popula-
tion count taken every 10 years.
Sometime in the early 1990's,
redistricting will take place and:
the number of Congressional seats
will either stay the same, gain, or
be lost, to a variety of states across
the nation. To cite some examples,
it is expected that the State of
California will gain five or six
Congressional seats, while the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
will lose some Congressional seats.
Another important use of Cen-
sus information is by the corpo-
rate and business sector. Statisti-
cal marketing information is used
by the business community to
help determine the amount and
direction of advertising costs as
well as the test marketing of prod-
ucts and other types of business
decisions. :
Municipalities, planning agen-
cies and others use Census infor-
mation as a tool for determining
actions which will impact all citi-
zens such as the construction of
public sewerage systems, the ex-
pansion of municipal facilities, the
need for transportation improve-
ments, and many other impact
decisions.
In the 1990 Census, special
efforts will be undertaken to reach
sectors of the population which
some say have been undercounted
in the past.
These include the homeless, il-
legal aliens, minority groups, and
others. This is extremely impor-
tant to municipal governments
since their funding support on the
part of federal and state grant
agencies is often determined on
the basis of population statistics,
as noted in the above paragraphs.
The Census Bureau will employ
close to 400,000 persons nation-
ally during the hectic population
count, including preparation time,
the actual count itself, and the
post Census time. The question-
"naire to be utilized for the Census
is still in the design stage, how-
ever, most of the questions have
been decided upon and most are
those familiar to persons who have
filled out Census forms previously.
While the basic Census is per-
formed through a mail-out, mail-
back system, in selected cases
representatives of the Census
Bureau will visit sites and obtain
the Census information. This will
include, but not necessarily be
limited to large public housing
projects, shelters for the home-
less, prisons, specialized health
facilties, and others.
One of the past criticisms of the
Census is the slow release of infor-
mation of importance to publicand
private sector officials and indi-
viduals. The Census Bureau is
attempting to speed up the proc-
ess and has developed a schedule
as to which types of information
will be released early.
Since redistricting is critical,
information which affords an op-
portunity to enhance Congres-
sional redistricting will be released
atthe early stage and, in fact, must
be made available no later than
April 1, 1991.
College students are counted at
the institution by which they are
located on April 1, 1990, not at
their home of residence. The same
holds true for those persons lo-
cated in nursing homes, other types
of specialized health facilities, pris-
ons, military installations, etc.
Special efforts are being under-
taken to inform local elected offi-
cials as to the forthcoming Census
and to encourage their involvement
in helping to promote and inform
the public of the importance of
filling out the Census forms.
To help stimulate the coopera-
tion of regional citizens, a North-
eastern Pennsylvania Regional
Complete Count Committee is being
organized by the Economic Devel-
opment Council of Northeastern
Pennsylvania (EDCNP) to focus
attention on the importantce of the
1990 Census.
The Council is an affiliate Data
Center to the Pennsylvania Data
Center and will be an important
focal point for information pertain-
ing to the 1990 Census results.
EDCNP has information pertaining
to the 1990 Census and will make
such information available to inter-
ested officials and citizens. a
The President of EDCNP, John
E. Walsh, urges “all interested citi-
zens and officials to communicate
with EDCNP relative to the forth-
coming 1990 Census and to help
promote and publicize why it is
important for all persons to cooper-
ate and fill out the Census forms
when they are made available.”
Howard Grossman is Executive
Director of the Economic Develop-
ment Council of Northeastern Penn-
sylvania.
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