——_—__ ——————. ISH pry j EB Ei The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, June 22, 1994 Er JOR “The Dallas Post $13 fier baad Jagr ‘Greco is not a victim at Harveys Lake Poor Thom Greco. Despite his altruistic motives, “some reporters,” the people, the mayor, and the borough council of Harveys Lake have conspired to bring on the demise of his en- tertainment complex. «= “I have gotten a raw deal here, when all that I have tried to * do is improve the quality of life in the area,” he said last week. *'That's also what he said two years ago when the amphitheater i ’ project was launched; no one believed it then, nor should they « how. And they certainly shouldn't accept the notion that ; } obstructionisis are the prime reason the complex lies fallow today * If there was money to be made at the amphitheater or its + associated facilities, you can bet Greco's ads would be assault- : ing your ears from every rock radio station around. Instead, * he’s found greener pastures at the Montage Mountain amphi- : theater, which can comfortably hold three times the crowd — : and conceivably generate at least three times the profit — as the : Harveys Lake stage. : As for complaints and complainers, the amphitheater and its * shows weren't the target of most of them. The Tijuana Bar was, “and with good reason, with loud music blaring long into the + night several times a week. Concerts at the amphitheater ¢ ‘generally ended by 10:30 and, while neighbors weren't thrilled with them, they didn’t interfere with a decent night's rest. Yes, there were traffic and parking problems and occasional unruly behavior, but those could have been solved if a real effort had been made to do so. + The image of Thom Greco, spurned philanthropist, is about s accurate as Mother Therésa, grubby union-buster. The bot- tom line, as the saying goes, is that if Thom Greco knew how 0 make money at Harveys Lake you couldn't remove him with crowbar. =» 3 : Publisher s notebook Former State Supreme Court judge Rolf Larsen got off easy last week, when he was sentenced to two years probation and 240 hours of community service after being convicted of eonspiring to obtain tranquilizers and other mood-altering drugs in the names of his office employees. Convicted on two f 16 counts, Larsen still faces 27 eu is of misconduct before the Judicial Conduct Board, including lyingtoa. sitting in judgement on cases invol el # Larsen could have received a 20-month jail term for his Convictions, but was given a lenient sentence partly on the grounds that he harmed no one. In the narrowest definition, that may be true, but the judge's infractions and his indulgent punishment do great harm to the concept of even-handed justice, especially in the eyes of anyone convicted of less rep- rehensible crimes but sentenced harshly because they had no friends in power. CR AREA ER ER s . The death of Angela Lakeberg drew attention to the best and worst qualities of the American medical “system.” While it may have been nearly miraculous that baby Angela lived nearly a year after being separated from her conjoined twin, the whole exercise cost well over $1 million and the time and attention of dozens of highly-trained medical specialists. Since her parents lacked health insurance, Illinois public assistance programs - will be $600,000 short after they pay that much of the bill. The hospital will “absorb” the balance, passing it on to everyone else. All that money could have provided basic health care to 300 families over the time of Angela's life. t's not just a question of money. Was Angela's life improved by living in intensive care for a year, poked and prodded day and night? Was the slight chance that she could have survived — optimistically set at 1 in 100 — worth the investment? I think not, given that she would never have enjoyed anything ap- proaching a normal life even had she lived. On the surface, the health care debate may be about financing and choice of doctors, but our irrational system will never be brought under control until we realize that when we expend resources and ~ talent on the highest-risk patients, we also are taking care from those with much greater chances for survival. Like it or not, some people really are better off dead. And their survivors are better off letting go than clinging to false hope based on over- whelmingly long odds %. § ET a 8A 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. Happy grads POST PHOTO/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Lake-Lehman graduates Andy Sickert and Marikena Etchegoncelay, an exchange student from Argen- tina, flanked Holly Sickert after ceremonies June 17. Letters Cleaning up litter will help our communities Editor: We are Westmoreland fifth grade students in Trucksville and are studying our local government and its problems. The fifth grade chose littering as our main prob- lem. To help solve this problem we are making 70 posters to put in local community spots like gro- cery stores, department stores and John W. Johnson rand] jury and’ gio ~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 Rismiller Production Manager Olga Kostrobala : Classified/typesettin Jill Urbanas yp g Office Manager MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION AND THE PENNSYLYAMYA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S ASSOCIATION | Coftinuing- with answers to Repandoseph. McDade's latest questionnaire, ‘the balance of that exchange follows: 8. Do you support legislation to impose a “three strikes and you're out” mandatory life impris- onment for three-time repeat of- fenders of violent felony crimes? This is the dumbest criminal justice idea to come down the pike in a long time. The only thing a two-time violent felony crime of- fender is going to consider when faced with killing or not killing his current victim is: “what the hell, why not, I'm going to go away forever, anyway...so why not just ice this...” Well you get the pic- ture. The certainty of punish- ment for FIRST TIME felon of- fenders is what's needed, not this theoretically rehabilitative and more humane approach, while more and more innocent victims die at the hands of violent criminals....and I'm almost per- suaded that the best defense for this society is rapid and certain capital punishment for violent felony offenders. That resolves the issue of repeat offenses with- restaurants. The League of Womens Voters gave us a grant to have a poster contest. Littering is bad for us, animals and our community. In Mrs. Aldrow's homeroom we were planting trees and we saw garbage behind the school. People riding buses on Carverton Road on their way to school see litter on the side of the road. When we walk around our neighborhood we see more and more litter every day. In Toby's Creek by Pizza Perfect there is a lot of litter. Littering can be stopped if ev- eryone helps clean up. Nicole Higdon Denise Kovaleski Brad Balutis Tony DeMarco A few more questions and answers from Joe McDade out begging the intelligence of those lucky enough to still be alive. 9. Do you support legislation banning the future manufacture, transfer, and possession of semi- automatic weapons? Agreeing with the NRA, the issue here is not the weapon. Disagreeing with the NRA, the issue IS one of decreasing odds of death if a weapon—any weapon— is used indiscriminately...in other words, for the same reason we have stop lights at intersections, we need greater control over other means of death, in particular, assault weapons which bring death so indiscriminately and rapidly...and I'm hard pressed to find practical civilian uses for weapons which are specifically designed as weapons of war...and as those weapons might fall into the wrong hands, they must be more strictly controlled from manufacture to distribution. 10. The Clean Water Act is to be reauthorized this year. Would you support higher water quality standards ifthey resulted in higher prices or taxes? As with laws governing gun ownership and use, we need to enforce current laws, before im- posing even more expensive ones. 11. Do you support the United States establishing normal diplo- matic relations with Vietnam? Yes...it's time to heal those wounds, and get on with the business of life....not wallow in the relics of death...the Middle East could learn some lessons here. : 12. In general, do you suport the idea of the United States send- ing troops to participate in United Nations peacekeeping forces under U.N. command around the world? It's often said, you can't influ- ence the outcome of anything by hearing about the results later. Whether or not, we should be- come involved in all U.N. activi- ties, and whether or not U.S. troops should be under U.N. command are different questions...which can only be answered given the political reali- ties and circumstances of each situation. 13. Do you believe we are spending too little, too much or about the right amount for na- tional defense and military pur- _ poses. Loaded question, Joe...to a constituency which owes a great deal of its livelihood to the mili- tary/industrial complex. 14. On the whole, do you feel that the United States is headed in the right direction, or are we on the wrong track? Would that be the track at Steamtown, Joe? 15. What is the top domestic issue facing the nation? Health care, welfare reform, economy, environment, deficit reduction, crime...in that order, Joe. As was saying ur J Jack Hilsher Weird names: The Grateful Dead meet Rippling Rhythm There are times when exposure to the names of today's popular music groups (the music itself I don't listen to) becomes almost more than I can stomach. In the words of Dorothy Parker, I feel like fwowing up. And the artist's (?) names themselves aren't much better. Who the devil is “Snoop Doggy Dog” and why would he want to be called that? For that matter, who is Dr. Dre, and why is he becoming a millionaire? A fellow I know was forming a rock band for some local moon- lighting from regular jobs told me his group was planning to call itself “The Fuzzy Green Com- mode." I could not bring myself to hear his answer if I asked why, so I kept quiet. (Up to that point I had always though him reasona- bly well balanced and intelligent, but my opinion quickly changed.) So you don’t miss my point, glance over these current titles from the top 50 on the charts: THE CRANBERRIES, FOURPLAY, ANTHRAX, BLIND MELON, INXS, CONFEDERATE RAILROAD, SPIN DOCTORS, COLOR ME BADD, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT... could continue but won't. What are they trying to say? Or do? Are these names simply to get atten- tion, or shock, or both? If so are all record buyers in need of brain transplants? And yet, NOT SO FAST! Upon sober reflection, perhaps every age must have its - what should they be called - foilbles? Mine cer- tainly did now that come to think aboutit. In the thirties we weren't all that clean, for example, we had Spike Jones and the CITY SLICK- ERS; Red Nichols and his FIVE PENNIES; Al Katz and his KIT- TENS; Art Landry and the CALL OF THE WOODS (really); Ted Fiorito and the ORIOLE TERRACE orchestra. That last was like many popu- lar bands of that period, being named after the hotel which employed them the longest. For example, Xavier Cugat and his WALDORF ASTORIA orchestra; Bernie Cummings HOTEL NEW YORKER orchestra; Art Hickman and the HOTEL ST. FRANCIS orchestra, Abe Lyman and the AMBASSADOR; and Herb Wiedoeft (California's Favorite!) and the CINDERELLA ROOF or- chestra. Then came Shep Fields and RIPPLING RHYTHM; Homer Guenette and the WASHINGTON SYNCOPATERS; Guy Lombardo'’s ROYAL CANADIANS with “The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven,” our very own SCRAN- TON SIRENS featuring Russ Morgan on trombone with “Music in the Morgan Manner"; Jan Sav- itt's TOPHATTERS; Andy Kirk's CLOUDS OF JOY; Gray Gordon's TIC TOC RHYTHM; Lloyd Huntley and the ISLE O'BLUE orchestra, and Glen Gray's CASA LOMA. There were many bands with Pennsylvania in their title, but none more famous than Fred Waring's PENNSYLVANIANS. There was also Terrig Tucci's LATIN AMERICANS, whose claim to fame was that they recorded La Cucaracha twice. Finally, the DON VORHEES orchestra, who once recorded the longest song title on record: “When The Morning Glo- ries Wake Up in the Morning Then I'll Kiss Your Two Lips Goodnight.” There is no record of it having made the top ten. Did I prove my point? But, we had nothing like THE GRATEFUL DEAD! Only = : yesterda y. 60 Years Ago - June 29, 1934 STATE HELPS BORO | PAY ITS TEACHERS The annual supper and jan social of St. Therese's, Shaver: town will be held July 11 on. the grounds adjoining the rectory. Rev. John J. O'Leary, pastor and his curates look forward to a party that will even surpass the Sue: cessful affair of last summer. Receipt of $4,500 from the State Emergency Fund was announced this week by Dallas Borough School Board, which will be-able to pay teachers’ salaries as a re- sult of the State's help. 8 You could get - Scott tissue; 8 rolls 20¢; Chase & Sanborn Cof- fee, 11b. tin, 32¢; vinegar, qt. bot, 10¢; Palmolive Toilet Soap, 2 cakes, 9¢. 50 Years Ago - June 23, 1944 SHAVER RETURNS a FROM GUADALCANAL Willard Shaver, veteran of five months on Guadacanal, returned to Dallas a few weeks ago, after a year in hospitals at San Diego and Fort Worth, Texas.. Eleven months overseas with Marine engineers, he took part in five major battles at Guadacanal for which he-re- ceived five stars on his Asiatic- Pacific campaign ribbon. Fifty members of Civilian De: fense in the Back Mountain area who are working on the soldier ballot canvass expect to complete their work and make final reports to the Judge of Elections July 7. Now playing at the Shaver Theatre, “Cross of Lorraine,” star- ring Gene Kelly and Jean Pierre Aumont. 40 Years Ago - June 25, 1954 fi AREA BAWDYHOUSE . RUMORS UNFOUNDED Vicious rumors of the type that destroy personal character have been spreading throughout the Back Mountain Region for several weeks, concerning supposed State Police raids against bawdy houses’ and motels in Dallas Township and Shavertown. The Dallas Post has investigated these malicious rumors which have been spread without investigation and finds’ they are entirely unfounded. = This year's running of the his- toric and thrilling Giants ‘Despair’ Hill’ Climb and"Bryn' fan Tyddyrn: Road Races, scheduled for July 22-24 will benefit Wyoming Val- ley Hospital. Last year's tace benefitted General Hospital. A baking contest will be a fea- ture of Gate of Heaven's Fiesta June 30 and July 1. Contestants. are invited to bring their favorite product either day. Anybody i§ eligible. Ribbons for 1st, 2nd and3rd place will be awarded. a 2 5 30 Years Ago - June 25, 1964 CHICKEN BAR-B-Q 2 KICKS OFF AUCTION The Library Auction will start its activities with a Chicken Bar> becue at the Gate of Heaven School parking lot, July 9. Legionnatres of Post 672 will provide efficient services and Phil Shalanca, Ply mouth will prepare the chicken for the barbecue. Enormously popular Rev. Rich- ard E. Frank, assistant pastor. of Gate of Heaven Church, leaves for Scranton where he will be assis tant pastor of St. John the Baptist on South Main Street. Rev. Frank has been in Dallas the past: 1l years, almost from the birthiol a parish, which was once a mission from St. Therese's but attained individual stature when the patos: chial school was started. ~*~ Mr. and Mrs. Milton Culp, Overbrook Road, Huntsville, will celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary June 28. The couple are the parents of seven children and eight grandchildren. 2% 20 Years Ago - June 27, 1974 DAMA REASSESSES LOTS AT END OF LINE Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire: Co. and Dallas Ambulance Associa- tion have merged and will be known as Dallas Fire and Ambu< lance Inc. DAMA voted toreassess all end: of-the-line properties for sewer- line front footage. The “Case Four Assessment Rule” states that anyone at the end of a sewer. line wiil be charged full front footage, not to exceed 75 feet for their assessment. Several of 400 prop- erty owners involved have objected to paying the front footage ass€ss- ment because they only had afew feet of sewer line in front of their property. These objections have been investigated by DAMA and after much study, it has been decided to reassess and rebill those involved in the “Case Four Assessment”. Dallas Recreation Center is in full swing for the summer. The Center will sponsor a hoagie sale proceeds to go towards new equip- ment and expenses for special events and trips. 1 © UD) 0) ) ®
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