» » The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, July 22, 1992 Tie SDALLASC0ST —ensus points to more growth here «As the 1990 census figures verify, the Back Mountain is the aost affluent region of Luzerne County. That's good news for hany people, like those who own businesses or real estate, and t should bode well for the future. The Back Mountain is likely to see more development now hat: the figures are out. Census data has been eagerly awaited iy business people far and wide. They'll pore over the statistics asearch of new locations for stores and services, and some will nd this area attractive. That could mean more jobs for the seople who will build stores and work in them, and a wider election of products and services for buyers. In many similar areas, the arrival of high-income new esidents has squeezed out those of less financial means as .ousing costs and taxes rise. The Back Mountain hasn't been mmune to that consequence, but maintains a diversity of old nd new residents, wealthy and less so, and the facilities to erve them. Certainly, for most people the benefits of growth far utweigh the costs of stagnation. The census points out that Back Mountain communities lave the means to maintain and enhance the quality of life of heir residents. And there are projects to be tackled, such as rroviding more playing fields for children in soccer and base- )all programs, something that could be partly addressed by onstructing a joint recreation park while there's still land vallable on which to do so. Plan now to exhibit 1t, attend the fair ‘So, you grow great squash. Maybe you're real handy with a jalette and brushes. Or, you think your sheep are the best round. Well, your time has come. Premium guides for the Luzerne County Fair are being listributed this week, and in them you'll find dozens of dtegories — from cooking to cows — to suit every taste and alent. This year’s fair, which will be held from September 9-13 tithe fairgrounds in Lehman, will offer exhibitors and visitors like a kaleidoscope of choices and pleasures. The fair is loads of fun; more important, it reminds us of our \gricultural heritage and the virtues and rewards of working vith our hands as well as our minds. Join in if you can, and ttend in September for a sampling of all the Back Mountain 1as to offer. Change comes from us, not candidates If there's a lesson in the unrealized presidential candidacy of ess Perot, it may be this: If you want. to change American bolitics, you'll have more success working for change within a arty than by simply championing an untried independent. From the start, the Perot movement — and it was a move- nent more than a campaign — was based on the premise that 1ere was a man who could be trusted and who could get things Hone. The latter was demonstrated by Perot’s incredible suc- ess in business. He couldn't have done that, people said, nless he was a man of action and conviction. Trustworthiness is another matter, and perhaps Perot’s supporters were naive to think that, having been burned by bast candidates, they had found the one honest man they were beeking. Someone who feels betrayed by “politicians” has two options; thoose carefully and then force candidates to be more account- hble for their promises, or find someone who can be trusted implicitly. The first choice may bring only limited success but he second will inevitably lead to disappointment and frustra- ion. Ross Perot’s aborted bid to be president had some real value, ot the least of which was to awaken the political establish- ent to voters’ disgust with politics as usual. But Perot was not he first or only potential candidate to do so; in his own peculiar ay, Jerry Brown ran as an independent within the Democratic party, and found a devoted following. Brown actually raised ore specific issues and offered more detailed solutions than did Perot. It is a mistake to entrust any candidate with too much of our hope. Real political change comes from involvement and ommitment along with acceptance of the reality that no one has all the answers, or even very many of them. If it’s difficult for even two people to agree most of the time, imagine how hard it is to turn millions of citizens in the same direction. Strong, innovative leaders are critical to our progress, but so are masses of good people who will take the time to learn about issues and the candidates’ approach to them. If he has spurred ore Americans to do that and to cast a reasoned vote on November 3, the movement for Ross Perot will not have been in ain. a 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 a daytime phone number so that we may verify authenticity. We do not publish anonymousletters, but will consider withholding the name in exceptional circumstances. We reserve e the right to edit for length and grammar. : SDALLASYoST Publishea 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 Peggy Young Eric Foster Advertising Acct. Exec. Reporter . dghea 2 Grace R. Dove Paul Rismiller Reporter Olga Kostrobala Production Manager Classified/typesetting Jean Hillard Ottice Manager MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION AND THE PENNSYLVANIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S ASSOCIATION Tasty, beautiful chives Photo by Charlotte Bartizek A. Case for Conservation What | would do with a million dollars By ALENE N. CASE Everyone has occasionally fan- tasized about what it would be like tobecome suddenly veryrich. Since I have no rich uncles and have never bought a lottery ticket, such a possibility is extremely remote. But, the fantasy remains. Would I buy a new Mercedes? Maybe two? Would I build a man- sion with an indoor pool? Would I outfit myself with all those de- signer clothes that look so attrac- tive on the models? All these and many other options sound very nice, but they just aren't me. No, I have something else in mind: LAND. The next time a prime piece of forest goes up for sale - you know, the piece with a brook flowing through the middle of it - I would love to be able to walk into the realtor’s office and pay for it in cash. Then I'd put up one or two nice bird houses and pronounce it “developed.” Or, perhaps I'd buy a tired old farm and take most of it out of production. The hilly, rocky areas would be planted in trees. Some acreage might be converted to a Christmas tree farm so that future taxes could be paid from the pro- ceeds. I would post the land, but welcome those who wished to come without a gun to hike, picnic, fish, or otherwise enjoy that part of nature. But, then again, how about buying stretch of beach or a bar- rier island? No condo here! Just a place to pitch a tent among the tufts of sea grass. Mostly, this place would belong to the fiddler crabs, sandpipers, and sea turtles who frequented these dunes long be- fore people thought of ownership. I interrupt my reverie toread an article entitled “Why American Songbirds Are Vanishing” by John Terborgh in the May issue of Sci- entific American. A wide variety of traditional explanations for the decrease are shown to be unsatis- factory. Terborgh concludes that many of these migratory birds are decreasing in numbers because of problems in their breeding ranges - not necessarily their wintering ranges. This means that we in North America are at fault; we cannot blame our neighbors to the south for this one. Specifically, it seems that many small birds such as warblers and vireos are losing their eggs and hatchlings to predators and para- sites that thrive in our urban and suburban areas. Cowbirds are the most notorious parasites. They lay their eggs in another bird's nest. Then when the eggs hatch, the baby cowbird, being larger, gets most of the food and the other babies starve. Cowbirds are a problem all over the eastern United States except in particularly large tracts of forest such as the Great Smokies or the Adirondacks. Neither Terborgh nor I would recommend wholesale shooting of cowbirds. So, am brought back to the issue of land. Perhaps I have been thinking too small. Why not use my windfall to purchase as many acres as possible adjacent to one of these large forests? I shall find some tired farmland which should be returned to forest or a forest that is being threatened by ill-planned development. Either way, the expanse of forest would be expanded or preserved. And, the songbirds and I would prosper. The economic viewpoint Groups champion business By HOWARD J. GROSSMAN Two lesser known agencies in Northeastern Pennsylvania are becoming more well known as champions of labor management cooperation. They are the Scran- ton/Lackawanna Labor Manage- ment Committee which began its operations in 1977 and the Greater Wilkes-Barre Area Labor Manage- ment Council which began offi- cially in 1990. These two organizations utiliz- ing funds from Milrite, a state agency responsible for improving labor management relations among government, management and labor are managed by a Board of Directors consisting of labor, management, and community representation and staffed by pro- fessional executive directors. The Scranton/Lackawanna Labor Management Committee started as a Committee of the Economic Development Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania (EDCNP) but incorporated in the early 1980s to become an inde- pendent organization. It raises funds through a subscription drive involving contributions by organi- zations, public and private, who believe in the goal of improving labor management relations in Lackawanna County. Similarly styled, the Wilkes- Barre Area organization includes membership dues from the same types of organizations. Because of its newness there is a strong emphasis on educational programs to inform the community of the benefits of cooperative labor man- agement and the council. The Scranton/Lackawanna Labor Management Committee has focused on the formation of in- plant labor management commit- tees which have proven to be ex- tremely successful in many in- stances as both private sector and public sector governmental organi- zations have become involved in these types of initiatives. One of the newest ventures is the spon- sorship of a series of continuing education seminars at the Univer- sity of Scranton which will feature presentations by labor manage- ment specialists on the role of the labor management committee and the variety of functions being car- ried out by the non-profit corpora- tion. The Executive Director of the Scranton/Lackawanna Labor Management Committee is Danny O'Rourke, 2a former staff member of EDCNP and a well respected leader in the growing field of labor management committees through- out the Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania. The Executive Director of the Wilkes-Barre Area Labor Manage- ment Council is Penny Schwarz, a native of the region who formally led the Y.M.C.A. and the Y.W.C.A in Hazleton for many years. She is encouraging labor and manage- ment to work together for eco- nomic advancement and develop- ment for this important commu- nity in Northeastern Pennsylvania region. Several reasons stand out as to the importance of these organiza- tions in the growth and develop- ment of Northeastern Pennsylva- nia. Among these reasons are the following: -To change the image of poor labor management relations to a realistic picture of the current status of labor management rela- tions. -To publicize and promote work- shops and seminars showing the importance of cooperative labor management relations. -To emphasize the important role cooperative labor management cooperation plays in economic development globally, nationally, within the State, region, and local commu- nity. -To focus attention on ways in which labor management relations can be a year round program de- signed to be an effective process for the betterment and quality of life of the jurisdiction served. These objectives are reached by carrying out an annual work pro- gram tied closely to the goals of Milrite. Milrite provides funding support for many local labor management committees. Some of the work program ele- ments of a typical labor manage- ment committee might include the following: -Establish work site management committees. -Sponsor education seminars on a variety of topics pertinent to labor- management concerns and inter- ests. -Develop an awards recognition program to acknowledge busi- nesses, labor organizations and individuals for accomplishments in promoting cooperative labor management. -Publish material which pro- vides an opportunity to relate la- bor management cooperative pro- grams to economic development goals. -Publish a labor-management newsletter. -Toserve as a neutral third party facilitator in the community in the workplace. For further information, con- tact can be made with the follow- ing: Greater Wilkes-Barre Area La- bor Management Council, 1155 Oak Street, Pittston, PA 18640 or Scranton/Lackawanna Labor Management Committee, IBEW Building, 431 Wyoming Avenue, Scranton, PA 18503. labor Only Yesterday 60 Years Ago - July 22, 1932 THE NATION WRESTLES WITH PROHIBITION Though Prohibitionists made steady gains during the week, forces favoring repeal of the 18th Amendment retained their lead in the Dallas Post poll. Hoover and Curtis, Republican candidates, lost their lead in the presidential poll and saw Roosevelt and Garner supporters pile up a majority of 24 votes. George J. LeTiecq and his son of Wilkes-Barre narrowly escaped drowning when a stiff breeze upset a sailboat in the middle of Harveys Lake. They were rescued by Robert Rosenbluth, son of Atty. S.M. Rosenbluth of Wilkes-Barre and two men in arow boat whose names could not be learned, also gave aid. You could get - Gold Medal flour, 24 1/2 1b. bag 69¢; potatoes 15-1b. peck, 23¢; Ivory Soap, four cakes 19¢; Wheaties, 2 pkgs., 25¢. “The Sunset Trail” starring Ken Maynard, now playing at the Himmler Theatre. 50 Years Ago - July 24, 1942 FARMERS ASKED TO HEAT WITH WOOD On Saturday, Aug. 8, Shaver- town Volunteer Firemen will stage their 12th annual Field Day as- sisted by members of the Woman's Auxiliary who will serve a roast beef supper in the auditorium of the hose house. Gertrude Wilson, sister of Wal- ter “Cease” Wilson had a long visit with Ann Bernatitus an Exeter Navy nurse, who was among the last to leave Bataan. Miss Bernati- ¢ “ r) tus could not give her any informa ) tion on her missing in actiois brother. James E. Walker, chairman of the Pa. State War Board of the U.S. Department of Agriculture stated that farm people in Pennsylvania who have woodlands available should give thought #® heating by wood this winter. Plenty of fuels are available but transportation is the bottleneck which may cause shortages in some areas. The first game in a 5-game play- off series between Shavertown and Tally-Ho, first half winners, soft- ball teams will be played on Jul#;, 28 on the Tallo-Ho grounds &/ Dallas Township High School. 40 Years Ago - July 25, 1952 FLASH FLOOD DROWN{)) THREE AT SNAKE RUN Mrs. Ben Johnson and her two children drowned in Trucksville's worst tragedy when the spot where Snake Run swollen with a flash flood cut a new channel early Tuesday, morning isolating them and closing their only avenue of escape to the plank bridge. Dial telephone service became a reality in Dallas and the Back Mountain Monday night when Andrewd. Sordoni Sr. board chair- man of Commonwealth Telephongp, and State Secretary of Commerc. made the cut-over to automatic servcie in a brief ceremony. Wed - Doris Spencer to Sgt. Harold Meadway; Margaret Ann Morgan to Albert Coates; J. Rita Birbeck to Robert Pilger. Fifty good cooks entered a bak- ing contest at Trucksville Fireman's Fair with entries ranging from bread to brownies. Winner of the blue ribbon for outstanidng entry was Mrs. Burdette Crane of Carver- ton with her chiffon cake. 30 Years Ago - July 26, 1962 MIGRANT WORKERS HEAD TO AREA FOR TOMATO HARVEST Sheldon T. Evans owner ofEvans - Drug Store has purchased a parcel of land along Memorial Highway, Shavertown from Daisy Still, Br. idgeport, Conn. Part of the land \'./ now leased by Back Mountain Lumber and Coal Co. for lumber storage sheds. Hundreds of migrant workers will become temporary residents of the Back Mountain when the tomato harvest starts in August, lasting until the first frost of Octo- ber, when the migrant families Petr to South Carolina and Flor- ida. 20 Years Ago - July 27, 1972 BACK MOUNTAIN AWASH IN MOBILE HOME CONTROVERSY Controversy is brewing in Dal- las which threatens to turn the Back Mountain community into a powder keg on top of which are sitting flood victims, long-time neighbors and government offi- cials. In 1959 Dallas Borough passed an ordinance prohibiting mobile homes in the borough. President Judge Brominski de- clared that zoning regulations throughout the county are sus- pended during the state of emer- gency. Did he mean “all” zoning regulations or zoning regulations for flood victims only? Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary Auction’s Ham ‘n Yegg Club membership dues in 1972 totaled a whopping $2,105 according to Mrs. William G. Moss, chairman.
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