; The Dallas Post : Dallas, PA ‘Wednesday, April 24, 1991 Be ST ER Tie SPDALLASCPosT ndicapped persons. There seems little question that a Dallas Township group me in which five mentally retarded men live is essentially a arding house. The owner of the property is paid a fee to use and care for the residents, and he surely earns a profit it. The issue then becomes whether or not such group homes ould be treated differently than businesses that cater to non- The answer is likely to come from eral anti-discrimination statutes rather than the lawsuit d against the home by township supervisors. Should the rules that are applied to other individuals and stitutions be modified to accommodate the handicapped? ‘That is what must happen in order to justify a group home in the community. avoided. any municipalities, and almost without exception the at- 1pt to establish one has met with resistance from neighbors. ‘The protests are always presented in economic terms as erty owners claim that plunking a commercial venture in ir neighborhood will lower values. adows is the suspicion that unsubstantiated fear of those (who are different plays a part in the opposition. Some of the Dallas home's neighbors say that opposition to ne home would have subsided if the owner had approached 1em and explained his intentions. nlikely because in fact the economic arguments against the ome hold some merit. What must be decided is whether or not € humanitarian value of providing a homelike atmosphere for retarded outweighs individual concerns about property ue. Each of us should consider that question, since the swer says a lot about our society. ime to heal wounds n Dallas Borough The battle over rehiring the summer recreation director in las Borough has been bruising at times, but now that it has n settled, we hope all parties can accept the outcome and ve on to more constructive tasks. ike protests against rumble strips that were installed on ute 309—and are soon to be filled—the confrontation began en citizens rose to protest what they saw as improper action the part of borough officials. ved quickly and without notice, perhaps in the belief that ieir fast action was the most efficient way to make decisions But lurking in the That's possible, but In both cases officials had But democratic government is not particularly efficient, nor it meant to be. Our system is designed to give each citizen 9 ple time and information to draw his or her own conclusions issues, and to wield the power of the vote. Credit should be given to Dallas Borough's council mem- ers, who responded to public concerns and in this case reversed an earlier decision. That's no easier for a public cial to do than for anyone else, and it becomes much more blic. Now it’s time for residents and officials alike to bury the 1 chet and move ahead. One constructive move would be for he borough to invite members of the public to sit in on committee meetings so that future misunderstandings are Ronald A. Bartizek Editor and Publisher Peggy Young Advertising Acct. Exec. Reporter eras Rich Johnson : | Paul Rismiller Reporter Olga osiiopala | Composition Classitied/typesettin t >"? Jean Hillard ¥p 9 Tie SALLASCD0ST : Published Weekly by Bartsen Media, Inc. P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612 Telephone: 717-675-5211 : Office Manager A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION / AND THE PENNSYLVANIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S ASSOCIATION Charlotte E. Bartizek Associate Publisher Charlot M. Denmon Property transfers Property transfers recorded at the Luzerne County Court House from April 11, 1991 to April 17, 1991. Prices are extrapolated from transfer taxes paid. Money trans- i er are exempt from tax, so no ~ amounts are shown. Gomer I. Elston to Dale L. El- ston, RR 1, Box 178, Dallas, prop- | erty 7.7289 acs., Dallas Twp. ~ Hale Bronson to Wm. J. Bron- ] son, RR 3, Box 185D, Hunlock ; ~ Creek, property 1.0 acre, Lake Twp. Estate Dorothy Harrison LaBar y to Floyd Wolfe, RR 3, Box 84, Main pr SE Rt. Hunlock Creek, property 1.10 acres, Ross Twp., $82,500. - Beverly Perrego to Beverly Per- ‘rego, Box 38A, Dallas, property iE Demunds Rd., Dallas Twp. Estate Carl Gries to Mark Alan McLaughlin, 2408 Lower Demunds Rd., Dallas, property Lower De- i munds Rd., Dallas Twp., $62,000. Estate Arthur R. Gosart to b Robbin Uzdella, PO Box 294, Shav- ~ ertown, property Harveys Lake Rd., | Harveys Lake, $12,500. Harry Salavantis to Lewis E. Lisses, 70 N. Lehigh St., Shaver- town, property Field Ridge, Dr., Kingston Twp., $31,500. James F. Rittenhouse Jr. to Edward D. Husted, 13 Highland Dr., Dallas Twp., property High- land Dr., Dallas 1wp., $110,000. Diodato Bassano to Wm. R. PuchalskyJr., 48 Valley View Park, Dallas, property L21, Midway Manor, Kingston Twp., $98,000. Robert A. Supey to June Supey, 164 Highland Ave., Trucksville, property L18, Trucksville, King- ston Twp. Scott Le May to Joseph Thomas De Graba, 32 Yeager Ave., Dallas, property Yeager Ave., Dallas Twp., $87,500. Estate Dorothy E. Roberts to Joseph M. Salvo, 1050 Sheffield Rd., Shavertown, property Sutton Rd., Jackson Twp., $40,000. Ruth E. Wasserott to Charles S. Yurkon, Box 490 James St., Dal- las, property James St., Dallas Twp., $112,500. Mary Montross to Harry Mon- tross, RR 1, Box 66, Noxen, prop- erty 32 acres 50 perches, Lake Twp. Harry Montross to James P. Flynn Jr., RR 3, Box 13A, Harveys Lake, property Tulip Rd., Lake Twp., $2,500. David Scherer to David J. Phil- lips, property 711 Pleasant Dr., Edwardsville, property 11.619 ac., Dallas Twp., $29,500. Wm. R. Morris to Dena Ann Miles, 15 N. Lehigh St., Shaver- town, property Overbrook Rd., Dallas Twp. od Maginificent magnolias (Post Photo/Charlotte Bartizek) | etters Woman says neighbors went Urges citizens to support Rose © too far in shooting her pets Editor: On Saturday, March 30, our 1 1/2 year old Welsh Corgi and 6 year old German Shepherd were shot and killed by a small farm ° owner. Our dogs were accused of killing 25 ducks and 4 rabbits. Although we were not certain that they had indeed done all of this, we talked with the farm owner " and made arrangements to com- pensate them $200 for their ani- mals as a show of good faith. They warned us that the dogs would be shot if they were on their property again. Therefore, we bought a garage door opener to make certain the door was down, covered our ken- nel, bought a chain and collar for Woofie, the shepherd. I begged the farmers to refrain from shooting the Corgi since we could confine him and he was a valuable dog. Emotionally, they both were, but the Corgi was to breed another Corgi and he was not as much the villain as the shepherd. We made every effort to confine the dogs and had had a man come in to give us an estimate for a fence for our yard. Since that was $990.00, we were contemplating that possibility and had come to the conclusion that we needed to find a good home for Woofie to solve our problem. That took about four days, but the girl wanted to wait for the weather to break before taking my daughter's beloved Woofie. On Tuesday, March 26, I went to the farm owners’ house to pay the second payment for the ani- mals claimed to have been killed. I told her that we had found a home for Woofie and asked if they had been bothered since the first inci- dent because our dogs had been confined and, if there had been a problem since, it was not our dogs doing it. She replied no and I once again asked her not to kill Rugby, our Corgi, since we had a kennel to confine him. She reiterated that she would shoot them. On Friday, March 29, I came home late, raised the garage door, drove in notrealizing the dogs were in the garage. Five minutes later, when I discovered the disappear- ance of the dogs, I went frantically searching but it was foggy and dark and I couldn't find them. At1:30 a.m. I was still awake so I went searching again to no avail. At 6:00 a.m. I was awakened by the police who informed me that my “neighbors” had shot our dogs and that we were to come and get them: My husband who had been out looking for the dogs, arrived at that moment, while my son was awakened by my crying. They both went to pick up our “bagged-up” gpets and brought them home to ‘bury them.” Since then, we have been sum- moned to appear before the magis- trate to pay for the farmers’ ducks and rabbits. Nobody is compen- sating us for our loss. We miss our pets and I'm sure they miss their animals, but it seems that they could have used a BB gun or buck- shot or fired over their heads. The dogs were terrified of guns. In- stead, they chose to kill the dogs. In the past, there have been many dogs in our yard, one fero- cious one. We have had rabbits and dogs have tried to get into them. Shooting someone's pets ‘never occurred to us. My son, my daughter, my hus- band, and I are devastated by the loss and enraged by the manner of death. I guess this why we write to soothe the pain and vent the rage. It is better than retribution. Sincerely, Florence L. Finn Dallas Congressman agrees with editorial about energy plan Editor: Thank you for Trwaiding acopy of your editorial to me regarding the need for a U.S. energy policy. I enjoyed reading it and I agree that our priority should be energy effi- ciency, not increased production. Since coming to Congress I have been a staunch advocate of a comprehensive national energy plan. In 1988, I contacted the speaker of the House of Represen- tatives and urged him to create a select bi-partisan committee to develop and legislate a national energy policy. Unfortunately, no such committee was initiated in the 101st Congress. With the on- set of the 102nd Congress, I am pleased to see that more Members of Congress, as well as the Admini- stration, are finally beginning to take seriously the need for-a com- prehensive national energy plan. Thus, while I applaud President Bush for introducing legislation in this area, | would have preferred to see more emphasis in his bill on conservation and research and development of alternative fuels. I was also dismayed to see that the Administration’s policy, ifenacted, will perpetuate our nation's de- pendence on oil. As you are probably aware, the President's “National Energy Strat- egy Act” was formally introduced on March 6, 1991. Although no comparable omnibus legislation has been introduced in the House, there are a number of smaller bills that together address the same issues. Many of these bills have been introduced in previous Con- gresses. These alternative proposals include measures to mandate or encourage energy efficiency, re- quire oil importers to donate oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, grant a tax incentive for producing energy from renewable resources and ease licensing for natural gas pipelines. There is also legislation in the works dealing with federally mandated fuel efficiency standards for auto makers. During the next few months, Congress intends to take a long hard look at all of the proposals that have been put forth. I will be certain to follow these debates closely, for in the end, my goal is to develop and support an energy plan that will help us preserve our natural resources yet continue to allow us to grow. Thank you again for sharing your column with me. The issue of a national energy policy is a very important one. All of us need to do our part to save energy and change our energy habits, and our na- tional policy is the place to start. Paul Kanjorski Member of Congress 11th District, PA sale for Diabetes Association Editor: April 15 begins the1991 kick-off for the 3rd Annual Mother's Day Rose Sale for the American Diabe- tes Association in Luzerne County. This year over 25 community groups and over 500 volunteers have made the commitment to do their part to put an end to Diabe- tes, a major cause of death in our country, with the raising of badly needed funds to pay for the re- search that is. going to make that happen! To place an order, by our dead- line on May 3rd, simply contact any local member of the American Diabetes Association or call our! office at 823-3355 to receive an order form, or stop by and pick up an order form at our second floor office in the Kirby Health Center, 71 North Franklin Street, Wilkes- ; Barre, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Again, cost of a dozen, boxed, long-stem red roses is only $18 a dozen. A real Mother's Day Bar- gain! Rose order pick-ups, at vari- ous community locations, are on May 10 or May 11. : We at the Luzerne County Chap- ter of the American Diabetes Asso- ciation are excited and grateful for the tremendous support we have already received on this project and would like to invite all other : members of our community to joir_ with us to make the Diabetes condition, a thing of the past! As always, “Thanks a Bunch”! (Roses, of course!). Charles Wasserott IV General Chairman 1991 ADA Mother's Day Rose Sale CYTE Letters invited Trio or \ 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 thatwe may = + verify their authenticity. We will not publish anonymous letters. 2. 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’ issue. [ori news Library to raise money for sign honoring Gulf War soldiers ~~ By NANCY KOZEMCHAK The 1991 Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction is sched- uled for July 3 through the 7th, with Monty Evans as General Chairman. Ernest Ashbridge will be Antiques chairman and, in addition to antiques, Ernie has come up with a special fund rais- ing project during the auction. The proceeds of which will be used to purchase a special lighted library sign to be installed in the front of our building. The sign will be dedicated to all the Back Moun- tain men and women who served during Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf. This sign will be an important addition to our library as there is no place on the building on Huntsville Road which designates this as the library. More information on this spe- cial fund raising event will be forth- coming in the near future. We hope the community will support this event and help us to dedicate a much-needed addition to our li- brary to the men and women of our armed forces. Our library was decorated with story boxes made by the 1st grade classes of Gate of Heaven School during National Library Week. They included ‘Bambi’ by Elizabeth Cusina; The car race by Angelo Roocha; Old McDonald's Farm by Nick Joseph; Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Melissa Everitt and Christmas Day by Kristel Carter. Another highlight of National Li- brary Week at the library was the ‘delivery of a dozen donuts from a friend for the staff. The Book Club membership for 1991 has reached a total of 198. The Book Club dues is $10.00 for a single and $15.00 for a double membership and may be paid at the library. The special shelf of book club books is available for borrowing to Book Club members. The library conducted a draw- ing contest for children from pre- school to grade 2 as part of the National Library Week celebration. The entries at Back Mountain winning awards were: St. Mary's School, Grade 1; 1st Rachel So- roka; 2nd, Maria Melf and 3rd Kristen Masloski. Westmorelang School, Grade 1, 1st Carl Schiel, 2nd Stephanie Lutz and 3rd, Byars Chlubieki. Westmoreland, Mrs. Kirk, 1st, Lance Mekeel; 2nd, Vicky Tas- selmyer and 3rd, Herby Bressler: Westmoreland Kindergarten, 1st, Christopher Webb; 2nd, Joshua Brokefield and 3rd, Laura Raczkowski. The grand winner was Carl Schiel and his drawing will go to the Osterhout Library in Wilkes- Barre to compete in Luzerne County with other library winners. Other winners in Kindergarten, Lehman Jackson, 1st, Annie Hig- gins; 2nd, Chris Baloga and 3rd, Dale Radginski. A new book at the library .is “Eminent Dogs; Dangerous Men" by Donald McCaig. It is the story of searching through Scotland for a Border Collie. It takes us on a splendid journey through rural Scotland, where champion Border Collies and the shepherds who raise them demonstrate how the rela-: tionship between man and animal can ennoble both. The characters here, both human and animal, are unforget- table. A stirring book not only for dog lovers, but for all who are fascinated by our desire, human and animal, to hear and respond to each other. The landscape reso- nates with legends.
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