Gd Wednesday, February 24, 1993 4 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA The Dallas Post Don't be fooled by those blue used clothing bins When the blue bins for used clothing first appeared at local shopping centers, Back Mountain residents may have cheered their arrival. Many times they had intended to donate to the needy the pants their child had outgrown or the shirt that had lost its appeal. Now, instead of having to make a special stop on the way to Wilkes-Barre, they would be able to drop the items in one of the handy blue bins, from which they would quickly be distributed to a neighbor in need. But local people who need clothing have less to choose from because of the blue bins, not more. That's because the bins are part of a scheme to gather goods here and ship them to New York, where they are sold to dealers who may use them to make rags, or to second-hand stores. The company behind the scheme, Long Island based USA Leasing, says that a percentage of the profits goes to charities in New York, but that’s small comfort to local organizations like the Salvation Army or Goodwill Industries, which depend on contributions here for supply. The bins have been placed all around the Wyoming Valley, and throughout eastern Pennsylvania. There is a sticker on them that carries the name of an unfamiliar organization, but the letters are dwarfed by the words “Help the needy. Clothing for the benefit of the hungry and needy.” There's plenty of need right here in northeastern Pennsylvania, so if you have clothing to donate, please bring it to local charities. And shame on them, for not placing their own containers here to make it easy for Back Mountain families to help others who are less fortunate. ‘Towns shouldn't take substandard roads Residents of the Walnut Woods development in Lehman Township have asked the township to take over Walnut Woods Road, which was built in 1984 as a private thoroughfare. The township's supervisors wisely chose to look further into the matter before agreeing to the request, which was one of four like ‘it that have been made of the township recently. In the end, it may be that Lehman Township should take over one or more of these roads. Before the supervisors vote to do so, though, they'll want to know exactly how the roads were built and what is needed to bring them up to specifications. And they must demand that the owners of the roads pay for the work to do so. Ifthat seems harsh, so be it; the people who live along these roads had the responsibility to know what they were buying when they purchased property and shouldn't expect the rest of the township's _ citizens to foot the bill now. Lehman Township is fortunate to have well-qualified people serving on its boards and commissions, but even there develop- ers have been able to construct inadequate roads and then walk away from them. That shouldn't be allowed to happen anymore. It’s time that all builders in the Back Mountain are held account- able to meet standards that will insure the value of property and minimal expense to municipalities. The way to do that is to require that adequate bonds be posted and to inspect projects to see that requirements are being met. The old adage, “They’ll do 10 percent of what's expected and 90 percent of what's inspected” holds true in this case. Clinton's plan is now in hands of the public Have you noticed that in television interviews and on radio talk shows, when asked if they think President Clinton's economic’ proposals deserve a try, the folks who are in the middle or lower income ranges voice enthusiasm for a change while higher income people turn thumbs down? That may tell us more about | how the last 10-20 years have affected Americans of different financial power than the most extensive charts and graphs. There's no dispute that since 1980 the rich have gotten richer and every other economic group has stagnated or lost ground. Many of the beneficiaries of the 1980's “boom” will do their best to argue that others will catch up some day, but someday has come and gone and most people haven't gained an inch. What's done is done; it's time for a change and the President seems willing to lay his political future on the line to push his ideas. That's a big commitment, but it will take consistent pressure on Congress from voters to assure that meaningful legislation is adopted. If you think that America and most Americans can be better than we have lately, let your Congress- man and Senators know it, or risk missing an opportunity to revitalize our national spirit. 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 donot publish anonymous letters, but will consider withholding . the name in exceptional circumstances. We reserve the right to edit for length and grammar. The Dallas Post Published 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 Grace R. Dove Reporter Peggy Young Advertising Acct. Exec. Paul Rismilier Production Manager Olga Kostrobala : Classified/typesettin Jean Hillard yp g Office Manager MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSGCIATION AND THE PENNSYLVANIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S ASSOCIATION Jack Frost pays a visit Photo by Charlotte Bartizek Library news BY NANCY KOZEMCHAK The Back Mountain Memorial Library's total circulation for 1992 was 93,974; which included 52,254 adult titles and 41,720 juvenile titles. The increase in total circulation over the year 1991 was 6,756. This was the largest increase in circulation since 1987. The library added 1,478 books to the inventory in 1992; 1,007 adult and 471 juvenile titles. Books that were withdrawn amounted to 527, making the library collection in- ventory a total of 58,726 books; which includes 50,549 adult and 8,177 juvenile titles. Reference questions answered in 1992 - 4,859; Book Club books circulated, 2,902; Volunteer hours amounted to 2,871 and Interli- brary loan transactions totaled 343. New borrowers joining in 1992 were 1,677; 844 adult and 833 juvenile; Re-registrations 2,322; 980 adult and 1,342 juve- nile. Total number of active bor- rowers now stands at 11,667. record circulation increase. The committee for the 47th annual Library Auction will meet Thursday, Feb. 25 with regular meetings in the future on the last Thursday of the month starting at 7 p.m. Bill Jones, chairman, in- vites anyone who is interested in working with the auction commit- tee to attend the meetings and become involved. Karen Cecconi will head the publicity committee and Charles Wasserott will be chair of the New Goods with Fran Williams and Lois Townsend. as co-chairs. Auction dates are July 8,9, 10and 11; Thursday through Sunday. New books at the library: “The Children of Men” by P.D. James takes place in the year 2021, and the human race is—quite liter- ally—coming to an end. Since 1995 no babies have been born, because in that year all males unexpectedly became infertile. Great Britain is ruled by a dicta- tor, and the population is inexo- rably growing older. Theodore Faren, Oxford historian and, inci- dentally, cousin of the all-power- ful Warden of England, watches in growing despair as society gradually crumbles around him, giving way to strange faiths and cruelties. Then suddenly he is drawn into plans of a group of revolutionaries and the action begins. “Brides of Blood” by Joseph Koenig is a recent purchase for the Book Club shelfin the library. It is a novel packed with a power- ful one-two punch of classic crime narrative and authentic foreign intrigue. It features a mesmeriz- ing glimpse inside the seething cauldron that is post-revolution- ary Iran. The detective is Darius Bakhtiar, trained in an American law school; the murder took place on a hellish summer night when a young woman was discovered on a bench in Teheran shot point- blank in the head. The Komiteh is a brutal paramilitary organiza- tion of religious vigilantes, which focuses on the investigation. New books added to library's collection The Back Mountain Memorial Library, 96 Huntsville Road, Dal- las announces the addition of the following books to their collection: NON-FICTION Alcohol and Alcoholism by Ross Fishman Alcohol, Customs and Rituals by Thomas Babor . Alcohol, Teenage Drinking by Alan R. Lang An Aristocracy of Everyone by Benjamin R. Barber The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects & Spiders The Autobiography: It Doesn't Take a Hero by General H. Norman Schwarzkopf (Large Print) The Directory of Business Infor- mation Resources edited by Leslie MacKenzie (Reference) Image and Substance by Victo- ria Sherrow The Invisible Epidemic by Gena Corea The Joy of Signing by Lottie L. Riekehof Loss of Eden: A Biography of Charles and Anne Morrow Lind- bergh by Joyce Milton Martha Stewart's Gardening, Month by Month by Martha Ste- wart The Middle Ages by Giovanni Caselli. My Life by Earvin Johnson (Biography) The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States edited by Kermit L. Hall “Magic” The Pocket Almanac of Essen- tial Facts (Reference) Roget's International Thesaurus edidted by Robert L. Chapman (Reference) Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order by John F. Marszalek (Biography) Touchpoints by T. Berry Brazel- ton, M.D. What's It All About” by Michael Caine (Biography) When Feeling Bad is Good by Ellen McGrath, Ph.D. Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes World Chamber of Commerce Directory (Reference) The Complete & Easy Guide to Social Security & Medicare by Faustin F. Jehle Fixing Your House to Sell by Time-Life Hail to the Candidate by Keith E. Melder Omeros by Derek Walcott Representative American Speeches 1991-1992 Edited by Owen Peterson (Reference) FICTION Degrees of Guilt by Richard North Patterson Domes of Fire by David Eddings (Science Fiction) Dragon Tears by Dean Koontz Lost Boys by Orson Scott Card Mitigating Circumstances by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg Those in Peril by Nicholas Freeling (Mystery) Adrift on the Nile by Naguib Mahfouz Boiling Point by Kevin Phillips Bridging Change by Sally Teller Lottick The Buzzards Must Also be Fed by Anne Wingate The Cheshire Moon by Robert Ferrigno Death by Deception by Anne Wingate Devil's Waltz by Jonathan Kell- erman The Eye of Anna by Anne Win- gate Exposure by Kathryn Harrison Fraud by Anita Brookner Hard Evidence by John T. Lescroart Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto Paradise Junction by Phillip Finch Rebel by Bernard Comwell Refinements of Love by Sarah Booth Conroy The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordon (SF) Sweet Memories by LaVyrire Spencer This Day and Age by Mike Nicol A Walk Through Wales by An- thony Bailey Use the coupon on page 2 to subscribe Only yesterday 60 Years Ago - Mar. 3, 1993 FIRE DESTROYS MONASTERY AT LAKE Frank Rusloski, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roman Rusloski of Huntsville and a member of the league-lead- ing Lehman basketball team will be given a tryout with the St. Louis Robins baseball team at its winter training camp in Texas within a few weeks. Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Monastery of Con- gregation of Sacred Heart of Je- sus, Harveys Lake, Monday night. Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Co. re- sponded to the alarm, assisting Harveys Lake fire company in preventing spread of the flames to nearby buildings. You could get - Flour, 24 1/2 Ib. bag 59¢; eggs, 17¢ doz; Mueller's macaroni, 2 pkgs. 19¢; hams, whole or shank half, 13¢ lb. 50 Years Ago - Feb. 26, 1943 : HORSE AND BUGGY GO THROUGH ICE AT LAKE Inscribed with the names of 192 men and women in the armed services, Kingston Township's beautiful new honor roll was dedicated Monday with impres- sive patriotic services in the high school auditorium. The gift of Edward Hall, Shavertown drug- gist, the honor roll is located i the main entrance of the high school building where every en- tering pupil passes it daily. Newell Wood lost his valuable mare Flaxen Lady, Sunday morn- ing when she became frightened a motor truck while he and his 9-year old son were driving around Harveys Lake. The spirited ani- mal dashed toward the lake throw- ing Mr. Wood out of the buggy while his son jumped to safety. Then she continued along the lake toward the Outlet until the ice gave way beneath her weight. 40 Years Ago - Feb. 27, 1953 STRAY DOG TO BE CHECKED FOR RABIES EHH Aen The head of a stray dog which , | bit a little girl on Carverton Road two weeks previously was sent to the Harrisburg for examination on Monday by Dr. George Flack, Trucksville. No report has been received. The child was bitten on the fingers. A child specialist from Wilkes-Barre ordered the dog t tied for 14 days, an order carried ott by supervisor Arthur Smith and Francis Youngblood. On Satur- : day, the day before the dog was to be released, he refused food and growled when approached. On Sunday, he died. Service at the Shavertown Post Office where Irvin C. Davis has been Postmaster for 19years, was greatly improved and speeded up this week with the installation of 350 new lock boxes and 32 larger second hand lock boxes; the rest of the mail will be delivered at the general delivery window. ® » 30 Years Ago - Feb. 28, 1963 3 STUDENTS HIKE FROM KINGSTON TO LAKE A cheerful parade of West Side Catholic High School freshmety paced Memorial Highway from Kingston to Harveys Lake, Satur+ day. They liked it so much they , continued to walk around the lake too. They were stopped from continuing back to Kingston only by darkness at 42nd Street. School authorities discovered the plan for the hike a week earlier and announced it did not support er sponsor the hike. However, they voiced no objections to an inde- pendent try. The Back Mountain Library » * Association executive board an- N) ! nounced that a new librarian had been procured, Miss Elizabeth Ryder of Lancaster with 33 years experience will start her work April 1: The Back Mountain has lost a loyal supporter and The Dallas Post,a close friend, with the death of Sen. Andrew J. Sordoni, who passed away in his sleep, early Wednesday in Miami Beach, Flor- ida. 20 Years Ago - Mar. 1, 1973 CUBS RAISE $1,000 FOR DAUBERT FUND James Bamrick's Mounts shut oul Crestwood Comets 52-0 last Saturday while Valley West Spat tans conquered Hanover 30-19 to give the Back Mountain grapplers their first league title in the hig tory of the school. Cub Scout Pack 122, Dallas, presented Jean Hillard of the Dallas Junior Women's Club with a check for $1,050. the largesi amount of funds raised for thé Sandy Daubert Fund Drive. Dallas Area High School ¢ heels leaders put on a dazzling display of accurate timing and precision cheering Saturday. to take tHe first place trophy in the 5th An; D Lo ® | % ® a4 (J LV ~— | i nual Luzerne County Communify > NY College Cheerleading contest.
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