=o JI. | IEE EE co ni § dd Was AV pd pd » @ 1 0 OD 2 WES orn, End 4 UEh 1 Ali, TR [TH vb ae 2408 5, ri CO u We, thd roa yy is Memorial books donated to the library The Back Mountain Memorial Library, 96 Huntsville Road, Dal- las, announces the addition of the following memorial books to their collection. ‘In memory of Walter Covert, “Men and Whales” presented by Mr. and Mrs. John Covert; “Who's Who in America” presented by Mr. and Mrs. John Covert, The Heri- tage House, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bucan, Power Engineering Corp., zs. Alice Biernacki, John Way- n and Verna Miers Families, My. and Mrs. Robert Dickinson; “Caring for your Collections” pre- sented by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ashbridge; “Truman” presented by Jack and Eleanor Barnes. In memory of Richard H. Klick “Earl Mindell's Herb Bible” pre- sented by Clifford and Ruth Melberger. In memory of Paul Lauer “The Girls in the Balcony” presented by Luzerne County Tourist Promo- tion Agency; “Earth in the Bal- ance” presented by the Luzerne gaunty Unit of the Cocalushu sen Club; “My First Word ok” presented by the Symons Family. » [n memory of Paul Schalm, Jr. ine sented by Barbara and Warren Koehl. In memory of Charles Frantz “Theories of Everything” presented by Stephen and Estella Killian; “Europe in our Time" presented by Edward and Nancy Shafer; “The Atlas of Endangered Species” pre- sented by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Epstein, Rick and Kim Ross, Jan- ice and Joe Larock; “John Muir: ving the Wilderness” and @ dcr anding Man's Best Friend” presented by Agnes Gregson. In memory of Doris Hughes “Exploring Space” presented by Barbara and Al Czajkowski. In memory of Mrs. Mabel Cal- abro “Atom” presented by Michael and Nancy Tkatch. C ™ Less is More A FULL 12 MONTH subscription to The Dallas Post costs only $16.00. Call 675-5211 to order yours, or use the handy coupon on page 2. 0. 7 Near 309-415 Intersection Jack Barnes. In memory of Mrs. June Biazzo “Aren't You Lucky” presented by Mrs. Audrey Farr. In memory of Mrs. Dorothy Gross “The Tremendous Tree Book” presented by Wyoming Valley Art League. In memory of Mrs. Avis Peters “Babywatching” presented by Mrs. Kay Kriver, Mrs. Audrey Farr and Mr. and Mrs. W. Vetter. In memory of Charles and Mary Frantz “Ghana” “Canyonlands” “The Netherlands”, “White-Tailed Deer”, “Woodchucks”, “Yellow- stone”, “Vietnam” and “Mesa Verde” presented by Ridgway and Mary Espy; “Recycle!” and “The Old Ladies Who Liked Cats” pre- sented by Josephine Offshack. In memory of Mrs. Avis Peters “New Selected Poems” presented by Mrs. Audrey Farr and Mr. Noel Thomas. In memory of Mrs Hazel Barr “College Funding Made Easy” pre- sented by Mrs. Doris McCutcheon. In memory of Mrs. Sally Schantz “Germany: The Reunification of a Nation” presented by the Villa Roma Restaurant. In memory of Georgetta Akro- mas “Drug Traffiking” presented by Elsie Hoyt. In memory of Dr. Lester Jordan “Biography of Frances Slocum” presented by Fred and Evelyn Eck; “The Worlds of Christopher Co- lumbus” presented by Mr. and Mrs. William Austin; “Over the Earth I Come” presented by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mohr; “Dinosaurs to the Rescue” and “Night Tree” presented by Dallas Elementary School Stu- dents. In memory of Mrs. Sylvia Attmayer Brook “Born for Love” presented by Mr. and Mrs. Karl Landmesser. In memory of Edythe Smith “Rookie Coaches Softball Guide” presented by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gelso. In memory of Earl W. Phillips “The Ultimate Fishing Book” pre- sented by Dr. and Mrs. Charles B. Reif; “How Nature Works” in memory of the loving relationship between. Earl'W. Phillips and his grandsons, Morgan and Scott Phillips presented by Eleanor and In memory of Joan Callahan “When Grampa Kissed His Elbow” presented by Beth and Bruce Rosenthal. In memory of Florence Banks “Ronald Reagan” and “William Tell” presented by Mr. and Mrs. James C. Thomas, Jr.; “Ernest Heming- way: The Life and the Legend” presented by Connie and Lew Kortick and Kathryn Rapson. Religious services ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH - 196 N. Main St., Shavertown. 675-3859. Pastor Harold R. Baer, Jr. Worship, 9:30 a.m. Holy Communion 1st Sunday of the month. Visitors welcome. Tuesday Bible Study 9 a.m. DALLAS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 4 Parsonage St., Dallas. 675-0122. Rev. Michael A. Bealla, Pastor. Morning Worship 9:30 a.m. SHAVERTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 163 N. Pioneer Ave., Shavertown. 675-3616. Pastors, Rev.James A. Wert, Rev. Harriet L. Santos. Music Director, Rosento E. Santos. SATURDAY: 5:30 p.m., Chapel Service. SUNDAY: 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Worship Services. The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, July 15, 1992 5 QUALITY HOMES INC. 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JOHNSON There's something wrong: - When 60 percent of the Super- fund set aside to clean up toxic waste sites goes to lawyers, and when most of our legislators are lawyers. - When the average Social Secu- rity recipient will receive $178,000 from the fund when having con- tributed only $39,000. - When the United States, the world’s largest debtor nation, continues to give billions in foreign aid, more than half of it two coun- tries, Egypt and Israel. - When so-called ‘entitlement’ programs, interest on the national debt and defense now account for 82 percent of federal spending. - When Savings and Loans sharks can, with industry deregu- lation and duplicity by Congress, bilk the nation for $500 billion dollars and then turn to us for a bailout. The items above are among many which we face today. But the last item brings to mind another case of governmental meddling which occurred right here in Penn- \ * sylvania, and which perhaps is symbolic, if not symptomatic of all the items noted. It seems that a three employee construction firm which failed to meet a Federal ‘affirmative action’ goal of hiring five percent female laborers was told by the U.S. Department of Labor that in order to mend its ways, it would have to follow 43 separate record keeping and compliance steps or lose the federal contract. The Pennsylvania contractor has no office, no secretary and only three employees. The federal con- tract involved 11 workers, eight of whom were employed by subcon- tractors. The labor department's so-called affirmative action viola- tion involved four laborers, two working for the contractor and two employed by sub-contractors. And assuming that the contrac- tor would not have been expected to employ an individual who is two-fifths female, the deficiency boiled down to the contractor's failure to employ one female among the four laborers. Lest it seem otherwise, the is- sue is not the employment of fe- male workers. When I was an employer, I hired the best qualified people; as it turned out the major- ity of them were female, including those in management positions. No, the issue is another example of government's over-government under the dubious banner of so- cial progress. How did we get to this ridicu- lous state in our evolution as a nation? It began long ago. Compromises ultimately evolved out of the de- bate over whdt our constitution should and should not be. Repre- sentative government seemed to be preferable to mob decision making. Congress was given the authority to make decisions on behalf of the people. And it’s clear that legislators at both the state and federal levels— witness the S&L mess, and the ‘rubber check’ scandal—have failed miserably in this constitutionally mandated responsibility. In turn this has resulted in the evolution of two other public bod- ies which now hold unconstitu- tional sway over every citizen. The first of these is the Judici- ary. The disintegration of Congress backbone has been mirrored for many years by a steady increase in the power of the Judiciary over the making of public policy—the es- tablishment of law. Perhaps this was first made apparent in the mid 1800's Dred Scott slavery case where Congress avoided making a decision about slavery and the Judiciary stepped in, effectively setting policy. The Judiciary has been parked out front ever since. The issue is not the court's decision. The issue is that the Judiciary made the decision, and it is a body which is effectively removed from voter scrutiny, the farcical dog and pony show of state judicial elections here in the Commonwealth notwithstanding. Since the Dred Scott case, citizens have become accustomed to the concept of Judicial interference in the making of public policy, which an ever more cowardly Congress has permitted. There is no convincing evidence that the Judiciary sought the role of both initiator of law, and then interpreter of law. It's clear that the Judiciary has often acted out of an honest desire to deal with problems which obviously required remedies. What's frightening is that it was not the people, through elected representation, which faced those problems; rather it was the Judici-' ary which is largely unaccount- s rd Turtle Wax Blue Coral = = HI | > L ICN | TTT LILLE Liquid or Paste Car Wax .3.47 574 603 T12300-12) 571 367 T22241:12) 20 Oz. 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SUR Then enter the rule making body, the Bureaucracy. That petty horde of paper shuffler is without, in the majority of cases, a clue about the real world realities of the problem being addressed by the new stat ute. The Bureaucracy promulgates rules—the 43 record keeping rules, and the proposed rules governing parental leave, as examples—and the citizen and business are left to flounder on the shoals, victims of bureaucratic and belligerent: be- nevolence. SSR | Does the citizen or business- man have recourse? It does nad good complaining to congressiona aides who draft most of the legisia : tion, or to the bureaucrats who then set the rules. Neither is’ ac- countable to the voter. Neitherowes the citizen or businessmen any- thing. Usa It's clear that our concepts of both the Judiciary and the Bu- reaucracy need to change. The Judiciary should evolve a proce- dure whereby it would refer social policy decisions back to Congress Perhaps shame could achieve what political expedience leaves begging And, in the final analysis, ‘citi zens need to elect legislators wha understand where is a time for compromise and a time for prip- ciple, and whose time in office will be spent doing more than just assuring re-election. The last sug: gestion is probably the most, im- portant. We the people have, the » ‘ afterward. ' Clean ie up your | Drackett C cleanser S M3 grease in dra Q 10 Qi. Pail. 605 32825801 24) Latex Gloves. Small, medium or large... .« . 624 BIRI1-48) 624 729/(1-48) 624 373/1-48) BAL 606 219/295(1-12) 653 448/293(1-12) Angler Broom : 619 352/80272(1-60) Ajax Cleanser 600 415/05361(1-30) Ajax Liquid Cleanser 600 4421411900112) Cellufoam-Bone Sponge for multi- purpose use. 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