Dallas, PA Wednesday, October 30, 1991 4 The Dallas Post Tie SDALLASCP0ST | Exercise your most important right, vote on November 5 Even though there aren't real races for many local political . offices this year, there is more than enough reason for citizens . toexercise their most fundamental right next Tuesday. Novem- ' ber 5 is election day and the polls will be open from 6:00 a.m. © to 8:00 p.m. Harveys Lake, Jackson and Lehman townships and the . Lake-Lehman School District offer at least some choices for . voters, as do most county offices. In the contest for seats onthe ~ Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, four of the five hopefuls will be seated. And the lone national office up for grabs, United States Senator, presents two starkly contrasted candidates. It has been said that in America we get the government we deserve, and in most cases that is probably true. Certainly, if we don't get out and vote, we will eventually be governed by leaders who share little of our experience and aspirations. Don't let that happen this election—inform yourself about the candidates and vote on November 5. Economic conditions affect teachers, too Which came first, the teacher layoffs or the curriculum changes? That seems to be the heart of the question in hearings to determine if five Dallas School District teachers were fur- loughed in September for economic reasons. But the principle on which this investigation is based—that economic reality should not affect school staffing—is in itself irrational. Salaries make up more than two-thirds of the Dallas School Districts $15 million budget. That means if the administration and school directors feel it necessary to control cost increases, salaries must be on the table. But since teachers work under a union contract that includes guaranteed annual raises, it is usually impossible to save money by moderating pay rates ‘across the board. So we are left with the charade that is now taking place in Dallas, as lawyers for the teachers try to show that they were laid off for economic reasons while the administration says the teachers weren't needed because of changes in the curriculum. ~. An outside observer would have to conclude that the pro- gram cutbacks were made at least in part to save money; and why not? Surely the school district has the right—and the re- + sponsibility—to respond to the financial condition of its resi- - dents in this manner. And taxpayers have every reason to expect all employees of the school district to participate in the ‘belt-tightening, but the teachers’ union apparently doesn't share that view. If it did, smaller raises might be negotiated and jobs and programs preserved. But in the case of the Dallas "district, representatives of the teachers were asking for 10 . percent raises even as the administration was trying to balance its budget during a recession. . The notion that schools should be protected from being . whipsawed by politically-motivated budget cuts has great ' merit. But that protection must be balanced by giving school « districts the ability to make appropriate savings when they are . needed, even when that means reducing the number of teach- , ers. : Do you agree? Disagree? + Editorials are the opinion of the management of The Dallas Post. , We welcome your opinion on contemporary issues in the form of . letters to the editor. If you don't write, the community may never . hear a contrasting point of view. Send letters to: The Dallas Post, - P.O. Box 366, Dallas, PA 18612. Please include your name, address and daytime phone number so that we may verify authenticity. We + reserve the right to edit for length and grammar, Ronald A. Bartizek Editor and Publisher Peggy Young Advertising Acct. Exec. Paul Rismiller Production Manager Tie DALLASSD0ST Published Weekly by Bartsen Media, Inc. P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612 Telephone: 717-675-5211 Jean Hillard Otfice Manager MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION AND THE PENNSYLVANIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S ASSOCIATION Charlotte E. Bartizek Associate Publisher . Eric Foster Reporter ~ Olga Kostrobala Classified/typesetting fr [] Low water. Huntsville Reservoir shows the effect of this year's:drought. Photo by Charlotte Bartizek Letters Deaf child's mother says he is being hurt by refusal to transfer him to special school Editor's Note: The following let- ter was received from Susan Dut- ton, mother of Mark Dutton. The Duttons want their child to attend Scranton State School for the Deaf (SSSD), instead of special educa- tion classes at the Luzerne Interme- diate Unit. Her comments are di- rected at the Lake-Lehman School Board and Superintendent of Schools Nancy Davis. I feel that you ignored the re- quirement to have an interpreter at the LU. meetings and other events. The people need an inter- preter and should have one. Suppose we were to put Mrs. Davis's child or relative in a deaf school for one year with no inter- preter to talk to the deaf, how would you feel then? Not well after a year. Well, this is Mark's view towards the Hearing Impaired children and towards the English- signing teachers. It's hard to learn a foreign lan- guage. In doing so, you lessen some of your own language skills and deteriorate when the environ- mental language is all foreign. The hearing classes have no benefit whatsoever. Remember, most deaf people can't read lips. So what's the point of a hearing class? Mark can't communicate in each class or with the students. You have violated his rights to learn by mentally abusing him by putting him in the I.U. I saw on a poster a sign and that sign stated, “The greatest unexplored area lies under your hat.” By sending him te the SSSD, you will unlock the doar to leadership, higher academics and most importantly, the freedom to communicate and speak freely. The walls are closing in and trapping Mark's mind. His imagi- nation and creativity, are being contracted to small amounts al- lowing him not to add new ideas, or features new proportions. Mark's interests are for the SSSD, not for the L.U. Mrs. Davis stated that the law requires the school to mainstream students to benefit learning. Mark is not benefitting from going to the I.U. at all so he should go to the SSSD. Mrs. Davis makes up her own stories, why are you keeping Mark at I.U.? Why is he still at the .U,? Did both appeal panels not state Mark should be provided to go to SSSD? | strongly support the change in schools from LU. to SSSD. You know nothing about ‘deafness, period! Susan Dutton Harveys Lake Bypass could aid Back Mountain traffic flow Editor: The sudden apprehension over the increased volume of traffic on Route 309 may cause some of us to wonder why officials have waited until the eve of the Cross-Valley opening to discuss problems eve- ryone knew would occur. While I claim no expertise in traffic con- trol, I am surprised that no one has offered the traditional method of construction in these parts - the bypass. Instead of a turning lane at Carverton Road, Route 309 could be taken around the Back Méun- tain to the north and east to con- nect with itself again above Dallas or at Kunkle. Access roads could be improved to connect with the traditional Back Mountain and it would provide an approach to Harveys Lake through Alderson, . while furnishing a direct route to Tunkhannock. Intensive studies of this pro- posal, as always, would have to be done and there would be many strong and heated points of de- bate. Yet I believe that a “Back Moun- tain Beltway” would be a better long range plan than to channel traffic from one already obsolete road to others that are obviously more worn by time. William G. Dawe Lehman Library news Pennsylvania's first lady will visit library on November 6 _ By NANCY KOZEMCHAK The Back Mountain Memorial Library is anxiously awaiting the date of Wednesday, November 6. It should be a very exciting day at the library and in the community as well. Ellen Casey, wife of Pennsyl- vania Governor, Robert Casey, is expected to arrive at the library at 10 a.m. on that day with two members of her staff, The visit from Mrs. Casey centers around the cookbook, “Chefs and Artists” the cookbook published by the library in July. A special recipe for “Governor Casey's Chocolate Cake” which appears in the cookbook will be featured on the festive brunch table during the reception. Mrs. Casey will spend one hour at our library with the first 20 ° minutes being used for a story time with preschool children in the children's room. The reception “Books and Brunch with Ellen Casey” will follow in the main read- ing room of the library with coffee, tea, punch, cookies and cake. The refreshments will be made from recipes taken from the cookbook. Members of the Friends of the Library will be preparing the reci- pes which will include apple cake; ricotta cake, tomato herb bread, flan cake and special cookie reci- pes. The cookbook will be available for sale during this time. Members of the library Board of Directors and Cookbook Commit- tee will act as hosts and hostesses for this gala occasion. We invite, the members of the community to visit our library and meet Ellen Casey, the first lady of Pennsylva- nia, on Wednesday, Nov. 6. The Friends of the Library will hold their next meeting in the reading room at the library on Friday, Nov. 1, at 1 p.m. Shirley Forney will chair the meeting and plans will be made for the annual luncheon to be held in April. Any- one interested in serving on the Friends committee is invited to attend the November meeting. New books at the library: “Boy's Life" by Robert R. McCammon is a marvelous novel of mystery and unforgettable storytelling power set in the American South. The year is 1964. Cory Mackenson accompa- nies his father on his milk delivery route and without warning a car appears before them and plunges over an embankment into a lake some say is bottomless. Cory's father tries to save the driver, but winds up with a vision that will haunt and torment him. A new Book Club purchase is “Poison Pen” by George Carpozi which is the unauthorized biogra- phy of Kitty Kelley. The author has spent years tracking her origins and her mysterious and often hasty deparures from colleges and homes even as accusations were made. He embellished her background and her writing credits and tries to separate fact from fantasy and here, at last, is the true Kitty Kelley story. Only yesterday 60 Years Ago - Oct. 30, 1931 | Association for the Blind celebrates 13th year The political situation in the borough has taken a decided turn during the past week with all fac- tions swinging into line behind Dr. G.K. Swartz for one of the berths on the school board. 13th Anniversary of Wilkes- Barre Branch, Pennsylvania Asso- ciation for the Blind will be ob- served Nov. 2-7 with a Booster Week staged at the Workshop for the Blind, sponsored by the Lions Club. Interest in election matters hive increased Letters to the Editor making it necessary to print some of them on the front page. i The Costello Case with Tom Moore, playing at Himmler The- atre. 1] 50 Years Aue - Oct. 31, 1941 | Dallas has its first Halloween parade : Sales of defense savings stamps and defense bonds have decreased at the Dallas Post Office according to Postmaster Joseph Polackya Dr. F. Budd Schooley, was guest speaker at the meeting of the Bréji- erhood of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Shavertown, speaking on the proposed community building for the Back Mountain area. | Second Class Township Asso- ciation of Pennsylvnaia will spon- sor an essay contest for local stu- dents on “The Importance of Home Rule and Local Government.” First prize will be $200. Youngsters have been invited to enter and compete for prizes at the Ist Annual Halloween Parade sponsored jointly by Dallas Bor- ough and Township Parent Teacher Associations, with free cider and doughnuts for all. 40 Years Ago - Oct. 26, 1951 ;; Land purchased for Grand View Estates + David Jenkins purchased 80 acres of ground known as Grand View Estates between Center Hill Road and Memorial Highway from Col. Thomas Atherton and others for a housing development. = Thieves entered Davis Clean- ers, Trucksville through a rear window and rifled the cash register ~ of a small amount of cash. Harveys Lake Camp #274 United Sportsmen plan turkey shooti&pr Sunday at 10 on the club grouids at Alderson. Westmoreland defeats Tunkhannock 39-0 on iy Trucksville gridiron. Dallas Township Baniicd Factoryville a rude surprise with Factoryville going home on the short end of a 35-6 score. 30 Years Ago - Nov. 2, 1961 State Correctional Institution dedicated Great American Industries: of New York has acquired Linear, Inc. with manufacturing facilities; in Dallas and developing labors 0" ries in Philadelphia. Dedication of State Correctional Institution at Jackson Township is scheduled for today with Gover- nor David Lawrence officiating, All second and sixth grade stu- dents of Dallas School District will receive a tuberculosis patch test during the week of Dec. 11. -}, Barbara Tag and Barry Slocum, Dallas Senior High School students took 1st place prizes in Safe<T-O Driving Contest. Engaged - Violet May Higgins to Emmett Milbrodt. Lake-Lehman upsets St. Johp' s 27-12 during Parent's Day game. Dallas defeated Luzerne vin less than a minute remaining on third down only to have linebacker Tommy Dorosky crash through and block the punt with the ball going out of the end zone for a safety and a 2-0 victory. : 20 Years Ago - Oct. 28, 1971 | Thomas Bagley named chief operator at DAMA. Thomas J. Bagley was named chiefoperator for the sewer system at the October 21 meeting of Dal- las Area Municipal Authority. | A petition was signed Oct. 20, by 69 Back Mountain residents seekng an investigation by Penn- sylvania Public Utility Commission on proposed rate increases by U.G.1. A sea plane took off from Har- veys Lake last Thursday and in doing so violated a regulation of Pa. Aeronautics Commission which prohibits use of any body of water for air traffic unless it is desig- nated as a sea base. Wed - Elaine Kraynak to Joseph J. Hudak, Maryalice Knecht to J. Albert Williams Jr. Black Knights of Lake-Lehman lost to Wyoming Area Warriors, 23-8. Dallas lost its first home game of 1871 season as Nanticoke rallied from a first half 14-0 score to de- feat the Mountaineers 34-24. | $ oe
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