oh, i The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, January 4, 1995 +& A Case for Conservation Alene N. Case January is a good time to take stock of our lives and to plan changes for the coming year. Iam not talking about the traditional New Year's resolutions which have likely been broken before you picked up this newspaper. I am talking about concrete changes and actions that can make a dif- ference when combined with the actions of others. None of us can do everything, but each of us can do something to improve our rela- ~ tionship with the rest of creation. Consider the following suggestions and select one or two to try during the coming year. e Insulate your electric water heater and all hot water pipes. e Buy a battery charger and replace the batteries you use most Conservation hints for 1995 with rechargeables. » Select a couple of trees to add to your landscape this spring and order them from a nursery cata- log. e Sow clover in your lawn so that less fertilizer is needed. * Drive slower! * Buy items that will last a long time - no disposables please. » Use the energy saver cycle on your dishwasher or stop older models before the drying cycle begins. Betteryet, hand wash the dishes to avoid using phosphate detergents. ¢ Replace one lightbulb at a time with new light-weight com- pact fluorescent bulbs. » Join an environmental club or organization. Buy a “Conserve Wild Re- sources” license plate. e In the winter, open curtains on the sunny side of your house during the daytime. In summer, close these same curtains. e Use a clothesline for heavy items such as towels, blue jeans, or sweat shirts. » Plan to convert some of your lawn to garden or . use groundcovers such as vinca, pachysandra, or ferns. e Do something really radical and buy your next car without an air-conditioner. e Purchase recycled products. e Call your recycler and ask that he/she take more kinds of recyclables. Also, request that they begin a program to collect household hazardous wastes. e Encourage your local schools to celebrate Earth Day or Arbor Day. Support environmental sci- ence and ecology curricula. e Write letters to one or more legislators asking them to keep you informed about the status of environmental legislation or re- questing their support of specific conservation issues. (Addresses can usually be found on these editorial pages.) Obviously, this is only a small list of opportunities we all have to change the way we relate to the natural world. You may be doing many of these things already and would prefer to choose something totally different. That's great. The important thing is that we all realize that it will be small collective actions that will lead to improvements just as it was small collective actions that led to former degra- dation. Let us resolve together to make the earth a more liveable place during 1995. Federal Officials Congress Representative Paul E. Kanjorski (Democrat) Wilkes-Barre: 825-2200 Washington: (202) 225-6511 10 East South Street, Wilkes-Barre PA 18701-2397 or 2429 Rayburn Building, Washington, DC 20515 Senator Arien Specter (Republican) Wilkes-Barre: 826-6265 Washington: (202) 224-4254 116 South Main Street, Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 Senator Rick Santorum (Republican) ‘Washington: (202) 224-6324 116 North Washington Avenue, Suite 3K, Scranton PA 18503 State Officials State Senator Charles D. Lemmond (Republican) (717) 675-3931 22 Dallas Shopping Ctr., Memorial Hwy., Dallas PA 18612-1231 State Representative George Hasay (Republican) 287-7505 or 542-7345 or 474-2276 or 477-3752 369 South Mountain Boulevard, Mountaintop PA 18707 Hasay's district encompasses: Harveys Lake, Lehman Township, Jackson Township, Lake Town- ship, Franklin Township, Ross Township, and Dallas Township's north voting district. State Representative Phyllis Mundy (Democrat) 283-9622 or 655-3375 ; Suite 107, 400 Third Avenue, Kingston PA 18704 Mundy’s district encompasses: Dallas Borough, Dallas Township except for the north voting dis- trict, and Kingston Township. Shadowbrook Resort. Award-winning equestrians At Twelve Borrowdale Acres equestrians were awarded year-end awards from Northeastern, PA z Horsemen's Association for their outstanding accomplishments, at a banquet recently heldat ‘| Top riders are, kneeling, from left: Jamie Lauberstein, Wendy Wallo, Amanda Adamitz, Erin Liss and" | Toni Fimowicz; standing, Jessica Gozikowski, Amy Comly, Melissa Valeski, Kristen Nardone, Nikki * W Chase and Alison Corey. Absent from photo: Alyson Baber. Twelve Championships and Reserve Championships were won by these students. Library ne ws Free trees for joining Arbor Day Foundation Ten free trees will be given to everyone who joins the National Arbor Day Foundation during January, as part of the nonprofit Foundation’s Trees for America Campaign. The 10 trees are the sugar maple, white flowering dogwood, pin oak, white pine, red maple, birch, American redbud, silver maple, red oak and Colorado blue spruce. The trees will be shipped post- paid at the right time for planting | ~ Sean O'Shea Q.Should ski boots be sized larger than street shoes? A. Not usually, you want good ankle support, larger boots give a sloppy fit. Take the time to find a boot that offers comfort and good ankle support. LAYAWAYSACCEPTED . = COUNTRY SKI & SPORTS RT. 309 at Blackman St. between February 1 and May 31 with enclosed planting instruc- tions. The six to 12 inch trees are guaranteed to grow or they will be replaced free of charge. Members also receive a sub- scription to the Foundation's bimonthly publication, “Arbor Day,” and The Tree Book with information about tree planting and care. To become a member of the Foundation and to receive the free trees, send a $10 contribution to Ten Free Trees, National Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Ave- nue, Nebraska City, NE 68410, by January 31, 1995. Graduate from East Stroudsburg Four Back Mountain students received degrees from East Stroudsburg University at commencement exercises December 17. Russell P. Bigus, BA Environmental Studies, Dallas; Melanie A. Haberstich, BS Elementary Education, Shavertown; Mark J. Major, BS Health & Physical Education, Shavertown and Sherry A. Rish Cross, BS Speech Pathology and Audiology, Sweet Valley. Pennies for Periodicals campaign begins. By NANCY KOZEMCHAK The current ‘Green Jar’ cam- paign of the Back Mountain Memorial Library has been to collect funds for a snow blower. That campaign will end on Wednesday, January 4. The campaign fordanuary and Febru- ary will be “Pennies for Periodi- cals”, which is money to be used to help with the purchase of our magazines. The library currently receives 115 magazines on aregu- lar basis which amounts to a total cost of $3,141.85. Our maga- zines are used extensively by students for term papers, and residents for individual choice of magazine material. Whatever is collected in the ‘green jar’ will be used to offset some of the cost of the periodicals. New books at the library: “A Tangled Web” by Judith Michael is a spectacular sequel to the author's ‘Deceptions’. In this story, we learn the consequences of the fateful act of identical twins 413 Iz, Ya Oo ks ¥ - , “Chapman Piloting” by Elbert. S. Maloney is a boat of Seaman- ship and Small Boat Handling. If- is the most thoroughly updated, edition ever! Both powerboaters,| and sailboaters will find within the pages of this book the crucial” information they need to partici-* pate safely in their sport, whether % as weekend sailors or seasoned voyagers. Included is the latest’ word on navigation using satellites! technology and current methods; in crew-overboard procedures. The book has more than 1,500 illustrations in full color. This’ book is known as the Bible bf” Boating, and was donated to the’ library by Attorney Benjamin R. Jones. 109 “All the Trouble in the World”, by P.J. O'Rourke is a story of the lighter side of over- population, x famine, ecological disaster, eth- nic global problems that are end-" lessly in the news and constantly” on our minds but about which we mostly don't have a clue. iro 0 0 (00) so perfectly alike that they dared to exchange lives. Every woman dreams about what she might have been if she had made different choices, lived a different life. What has begun as a lark ended in passion and tragedy as Sabrina fell in love with her sister's hus- band and grew to love their chil- dren tas her own. ‘A fabulous adventure. “Cold, Cold Heart” by James Elliott is a twisting, relentless and superbly realistic story of sus- pense fiction. It combines intri- cate procedural detail with psy- chological suspense and shock- ing surprises—a synergy that makes for the edge-of-the-seat reading from the chilling opening scene to the unforgettable climax. 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