| | ! yn 4 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, January 9, 1991 Tie SDALLASCP0ST Death on Route 309; when will it end How many more fatal accidents must occur on Route 309 before something is done to better control traffic on the highway? The latest in a long string of deaths occurred last week when a Noxen woman was killed after her car was struck head-on by another. Individuals, companies and municipalities have tried through the years to have more traffic signals installed on Route 309 between Trucksville and Dallas, to no avail. That's in large part because Pennsylvania's twisted. regulations place the burden of paying for traffic lights on the local municipality, but give the state Department of Transportation the final say on their installation. One of PennDOT's requirements is that a certain number of fatal accidents has occurred at a site where a light is requested. So there you have it. Not until several more people have unnecessarily lost their lives will the state even allow the installation of traffic signals. But even then, lights would have to be paid for by the local governments in which they are installed, even though traffic flows through from numerous communities. . Route 309 should at the very least have a series of lights that are synchronized so that motorists who obey the speed limit can drive non-stop from Luzerne to Dallas and beyond. Surely modern technology allows this sort of setup to be installed at a reasonable price, measured not only in dollars but in lives saved. But this can occur only if the state steps in and takes seriously its sworn duty to protect its citizens. Our elected officials — local, county and state — should mount a serious and open effort to persuade the state that the lives of our neighbors are more important than PennDOT's ‘questionable regulations. Until that occurs, families will face the grief of the needless loss of loved ones killed by the omission of the traffic controls that are so obviously needed. You can soften impact of recession “How’s business?” used to be such an innocent question. Today, with news of a recession blasting at us from all directions, it can be an invitation to a thirty minute discourse on the intricacies of economic theory. But judging by many local firms, the answer isn't as bad as the headlines would suggest, though this is no time to be careless. - How should consumers and businesses react to leaner times? Experts suggest with appropriate caution, being care- ~ ful not to become overextended, but not by radically slashing spending. Doing that would only add to the severity of whatever sluggishess exists. You can help soften the impact on our own area by buying locally whenever possible. One Dallas store sends out remind- ~ ers on overdue bills that read, “Please pay us, so that we can ‘pay him, so that he can pay you.” That's sort of how it works. Good business people will reinvest their profits in expanded product or service lines, providing more jobs that result in more trade for everyone. The short term outlook may seem a bit bleak, but in the long run, the Back Mountain will be a great place to live and work, as it already is. 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 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. Ronald A. Bartizek Editor and Publisher Peggy Young Advertising Acct. Exec. Paul Rismiller Composition Te SDALLASCPoST Published Weekly by Bartsen Media, Inc. P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612 Telephone: 717-675-5211 ‘Rich Johnson Reporter Jean Hillard Office Manager MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION AND THE PENNSYLVANIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S ASSOCIATION Charlotte E. Bartizek Associate Publisher Charlot M. Denmon Reporter Olga Kostrobala Classified/typesetting Misty morning (Photo by Charlotte Bartizek) Library news Robbie Johnson's music boxes on display By NANCY KOZEMCHAK The Back Mountain Memorial Library is showing a unique collec- tion of music boxes in the display case in the office area of the li- brary. These music boxes are bor- rowed from Robbie Johnson of Harveys Lake. Robbie is 10 years old and is in 5th grade at Tunkhan- nock Schools. There arel4 music boxes in the display and the unique thing about them is they all play the same tune: “It's A Small World”. The first one Robbie received was a Christ- mas present from Santa Claus when Robbie was five years old: It is a drummer boy with cannon. Robbie really liked the tune and'he heard it many times when his Dad was a strutter for the Irem Temple String Band and when they would play this song, Robbie would dance to the music. Since that time, he has received music boxes for Christmas each year, even though ‘it is sometimes hard to find one which plays this particular tune. There is a teddy bear holding a football; and a rocking bed with a mouse sleeping while the music plays and the inscription reads, ‘Not a creature was stirring’. The display includes a beautiful wooden horse which was new last year. He found one during the summer one year in Massachu- setts at a Christmas store, which is a kaleidoscope. There are two simple looking buttons and when they are pushed, they also play music. His 1990 Christmas music boxes included a 2 tier train on a mountain with light and trains Having when playing and a neat ickey Mouse watch which plays the tune, and has 12 flags of differ- ent countries instead of numbers on the face. There is Donald Duck, a book from Disneyworld and a new special cup from his God- mother, which plays when it is lifted up. This is a marvelous display and will be at the library until January 30. At this particular time in our world and our lives, this display reminds us of the titles of four popular songs: “We're In This World Together”; “He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"; “Let There Be Peace on Earth”; and “It’s a Small World After All”. With the arrival of the last mail in December, we received some checks for Friends of the Library contributions and I am very happy to announce that the final grand total for the 1990 Friends cam- paign has reached $9,021. This is the largest amount for the Friends donations ever received and we wish to thank all of our loyal sup- porters and patrons for their con- tributions. The Book Club dues for 1991 is now due. Membership is $10.00 forasingle and $15.00 foradouble. Payments may be made at the circulation desk in the library or mailed to 96 Huntsville Road, Dallas. There are new books on order for the coming year which will be appearing on the Book Club shelves soon. New interested pa- trons are invited to join the Book Club. Stop in and ask for details. New books at the library: “Fall Quarter” by Weldon Kees is the unpublished novel edited by James Reidel. It is so good that its publi- - cation more than 40 years wy vi Kees abandoned all hopes for it%/s one of the events of the year in American fiction. Weldon Kees was a poet, critic, composer and pho- tographer and he disappeared in 1955 when his car was found near the Golden Gate Bridge. His fate remains conjectural. The book includes prose and fiction and books of poetry. Weldon Kees 1st revisions to Fall Quarter occurred in 1954. This is the only survivig novel by Weldon Kees. “Jurassic Park” by Michael Crichton contends the dinosaur is back on earth-alive, now, in this story. It is told with an almost documentary verisimilitude, is an account of the attempt, through a hair-raising 24 hours on a rernote jungle island, to avert a global emergency—a crisis triggered by today’s headlong rush to commer- | cialize genetic engineering. Only yesterday 60 Years Ago - Jan. 9, 1931 DALLAS HAS NO POLICE OFFICERS Dallas Borough Council fails to appoint a police officer at the January meeting. Until they do, if the service of an officer is needed a State policeman may be ob- tained by calling the barracks at Wyoming. The Noxen Post Office was looted by thieves who took $65. St. Therese’s Parish, Shaver- town, will sponsor a card party and dance at Orlando Hall, Wilkes- Barre, January 29. Shavertown Branch of the Nesbitt Hospital Auxiliary met January 2 at the home of Mrs. O.L. Harvey, Franklin St., Dallas. The film ‘Derelict’ starring George Bancroft was playing Fri- day and Saturday at the Himmler Theatre. 50 Years Ago - Jan. 10, 1941 POST OFFICE MAY GET HIGHER RATING Workmen for Banks Construc- tion Company are pouring the cement for the over-pass at Fernbrook on the new Dallas- Trucksville highway. Back Mountain Basketball League teams are ready for the opening whistle tonight. Plans for a new three-way high- way from Dallas to Harveys Lake may be delayed by the war. Mt. Greenwood Kiwanis Club members vote to change the name of the club to Dallas Kiwanis Club. Dallas Post Office may get sec- ond class rating due to its large volume of holiday business and high total receipts, according to Postmaster Joseph Polacky. Dallas Borough Council ap- proves new $35,000 WPA street drainage project. Engaged - Ruby Keiper and Daniel Morris, Jr. 40 Years Ago - Jan. 1¢, 1951 FIRST NATIONAL HITS $4 MILLION MARK W.B. Jeter, president, First National Bank, Dallas, told stock- holders that the bank hit the $4 million mark during November. The Prince of Peace Episcopal Church now has a big brass bell furnished by the Lehigh Valley Railroad in its church belfry. L.L. Richardson is elected presi- dent of the Rural Building and Loan. Economic development news ¥ By HOWARD J. GROSSMAN A little known but key program to help improve impoverished neighborhoods and communities by creating a local partnership between community based organi- zations and the corporate commu- nity has been part of Pennsylva- nia’'s tools for community improve- ment since 1967. In that year the Neighborhood Assistance Act was passed creat- ing the Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) as the first program of its kind in the nation. The pro- gram improves impoverished ar- eas by either providing eligible services toresidents of that area or ‘to low income individuals, or by physically improving the area through housing rehabilitation. Most importantly, NAP is not a grant program but an incentive program that provides tax credits to corporations that make contri- butions to, or administer directly, an approved program. Five types of contributions to approved proj- ects that qualify for tax credits are possible including cash, equipment or supplies, technical assistance, real estate, and job training. Corporations receive a 50% tax credit on their corporate net in- come tax for any contribution to an approved project. These are limited to $500,000 in contribu- tions per fiscal year, or $250,000 in tax credits. Business firms, insurance companies, banks, sav- ing and loan and trust companies are eligible to receive tax credits. With the passage of a 1986 amendment to the Neighborhood Assistance Act, franchise and capital stock taxes have now been included as eligible taxes for credit under the program. NAP is administered on the state's fiscal year, July 1st toJune 30th. The Act provides 8.75 mil- lion dollars in tax credits to be. allocated toapproved projects each DP year. Program activities must fo- cus on clients whose income does not exceed 125% of federal poverty income guidelines or residents of an impoverished area. The NAP applicant must define an area as impoverished each time a proposal is submitted. Eligible services are limited to the following: Community services including any type of counseling and advice, emergency assistance, or medical care furnished to individuals or groups in an impoverished area. Crime prevention including any activity which aids in the reduc- tion of crime. Education including scholastic instruction or scholarship assis- tance to an individual who resides in an impoverished area that en- ables him or her to meet educa- tional requirements for available employment or to better prepare for opportunities. The program includes demonstration, model, or SE pee A innovative activities which fulfill the purposes of the Act, including literacy programs. Job training including instruc- tion for individuals which enables them to acquire vocational skills and either become more employ- able or seek a higher grade of employment. Neighborhood assistance in- cluding the furnishing of financial assistance, labor, material, or tech- nical advice to aid the physical improvement of part or all of an impoverished area. As partofthe effort to extend the Neighborhood Assistance Program, the 1986 amendments created the Enterprise Zone Tax Credit Pro- gram. Corporations receive a 20% tax credit on their corporate net income for any contributions to an approved project. The Act provides $4,000,000 in tax credits to be allocated toapproved projects each year under the Neighborhood As- dh FA rg A oe SA a State assistance program helps poor neighborhoods sistance Enterprise Zone Tax Credit Program. The same definition of impoverished area utilized for the Neighborhood Assistance Program is utilized for this program only the impoverished area must have been designated as an enterprise zone. More information concerning NAP and the Neighborhood Assis- tance Enterprise Zone Tax Credit Program can be obtained by con- tacting the Bureau of Human Resources, Pennsylvania Depart- ment of Community Affairs, 358 Forum Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120 (717 787-1984) or contact the Scranton Regional Office of DCA, 360 State Office Building, 100 Lackawanna Avenue, Scran- ton, PA 18503 (717 963-4571). Howard Grossman is Executive Director of the Economic Develop- merit Council of Northeastern Penn- sylvania. He lives in Dallas. Harveys Lake Lions hear plasy for the formation of a ‘Back Moun- tain Chamber of Commerce’ from businessman Arlean Bowlan. Engaged - Shirley Jones and John Stolarick. Harter cagers defeat Dallas Borough cagers 66-57. 30 Years Ago - Jan. 12, 1961 FINE INDICTED FOR INCOME TAX EVASION John S. Fine, former Governor and Republican political boss in- dicted with his brother-in-law for income tax evasion. : Robert Maturi is named dent of Dallas Kiwanis. Oakland Raiders sign Robert Coolbaugh, former Dallas Town- ship football star. : : Rustlers steal 900-pound bull from Brown Dairy Barn at Vernon. Milton Tiny’ Gould exchanged several rare and antique firearms for a 1928 Stutz ‘Bearcat’ with a nationally known Connecticut manufacturer of pistols. Engaged - Barbara Ann Okrasinski and John Q. Yaple, and Beverly Ann Crispell and S. Ray Wandel. Wed - Linda Ruth Franklin and Alan S. Root. Westmoreland cagers rou Lehman 83-33. 20 Years Ago - Jan. 14, 1971 AREA TOWNSHIPS GO WITH POLICE MERGER Dallas Area Municipal Authority received a multi-million dollar check in payment for bonds sold to a 16- member brokerage syndicate. Atty. John Reinert appointed to public defender staff. Dallas Township and Kingston Township form first complete po- lice merger. Herbert Updyke, King- ston Township and Frank Lange, Dallas Township were appointed co-chiefs of the Back Mountain Joint Police Force. Dallas wrestlers defeat GAR 36- 9 under Coach James Bambrick. Engaged - Linda Louise Hagen- baugh and Kurt Schneider. = pres’) eid Fou PEELE RT
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