) » J ¥) ho = \ + 4 5) The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, August 23, 1995 * 5 ls RA A RR NA ER TRA RC LT ——, © Py ® @ ) 4 J \ { i ~ ‘and Caroline. [John W. Johnson | It seldom fails. Virtually every summer, (un- doubtedly by Labor Day), we will hear a wailing and gnashing of “political teeth about the high rate “of youth unemployment, particu- “larly among minority groups, “particularly among minority ‘groups living in the inner cities, living in federally built, and/or “subsidized housing. I- “There are several things wrong “with the common understanding “of ‘unemployment numbers. In the first place, there are now more “persons employed than at any “time in this nation's history. “Therefore the practical relativity “of unemployment numbers to the ‘national economy is questionable. “' Secondly, the free enterprise ‘'system is designed to have, at - ‘any one time, a certain number of “unemployed persons. Where did “the founding fathers say anything about a guarantee of happiness? Rather the pursuit of happiness is guaranteed. And as the num- ber of persons in the work place increases, the number of unem- ployed persons increases propor- onally. “ And finally, if you separate ‘black youth from unemployment ‘(and crime) numbers, we all-of-a- “sudden don't have a significant “problem with either. “i Indeed, if governmental policy should be amended to address 'youth unemployment, the best fplace to start would be a reduction ‘of the minimum wage for begin- ning workers. “1 Employers cannot afford to hire “inexperienced persons at the ‘eurrent minimum wage. Reduc- ition of that wage would be in the “best interest of the youths and ‘employers, and also would sus- tain the free enterprise idea: start at the bottom and through hard “work, brains and luck, climb the economic ladder. © ‘What we don’t need are more free enterprise-killing programs rerstimted ‘Unemployment statistics neither lie nor tell the truth such as subsidized housing. Take housing authorities through Northeastern Pennsylvania, for example - implementation of policies from afar means sightless white horses are loose among us. To wit, and while government does have some responsibility to care for those who cannot care for themselves, not everyone who chooses to be cared for qualifies under the pursuit (as opposed to) guarantee of happiness, as prom- ised by our constititution....that is unless refusal to be weaned from the public breast is a quali- fication. At the same time, the reliance on a federal bureaucracy to fix local problems has meant a con- ceptual destruction of ‘doing it locally’. That destruction began with the notion that it was for the government to do, what in reality, was a local responsibility. A local responsibility, for whatever rea- son, could not or would not be funded by local taxpayers, sup- ported by local community groups, or guided by local schools and churches. As that relates to the housing authority, we now have a federal agency telling us that everyone is guaranteed ‘decent, safe and sanitary’ housing. Our tax dol- lars are purloined to fund this notion. And itis this liberal, give- it-all-away-to-buy-votes concept which has caused the notion of a pursuit of happiness, to be re- placed by the false notion of guar- antee. The sad history of public hous- ing can be seen in derelict inner city projects, fraud and corrup- tion in some housing authority management (The HUD scandals of the late 80's, and early 90's have not been forgotten here, folks), and more to the point, a guarantee that with such an approach our future holds more of the same. Before the vote-buying politi- cians and the now unaccountable bureaucracy became entrenched, the strength of this nation was always people coming together with different needs, with every- one able to fulfill those needs through rewards of the free enter- Dr. Frank Boris earns award Frank L. Boris III, D.D.S., re- ceived the Academy of General Dentistry’'s (AGD) mastership award during the conference cere- mony at its 43rd annual meeting July 16, in Baltimore. ~ Dr. Boris graduated from the Temple University School of Den- tistry in 1978. He maintains a private practice in Kingston. , He is a member of the Ameri- can. Association of Periodontol- ogy. the American Orthodontic Society, the American Associa- tion of Functional Orthodontics, the Academy of General Dentistry and the Pennsylvania Academy of General Dentistry PEAK Program Study Group. . He and his wife, Susan, have three daughters: Lindsay, Allison They reside in No burning allowed at Harveys Lake ’ Harveys Lake Mayor Richard Boice has declared a ban on all burning, effective July 31, until such time as weather conditions permit. Shavertown. The Academy of General Den- tistry is an international organi- zation with 32,000 general den- tists who as members are dedi- cated to continuing dental educa- tion in order to provide the best possible care to their patients. To earn the mastership award, AGD dentists must first acquire AGD Fellowship status by passing an exam and completing 500 con- tinuing education course hours within 10 years. Masters must then complete 600 additional hours, 400 of which must be ful- filled through “hands-on” courses. prise system, and the best and brightest among us fulfilling those needs, while rising to the top and adding luxuries along the way. What we have with collectiv- ized and subsidized housing is a grouping together of people who, with the same needs, really can- not help each other; consequently, another need is created... more tax dollars, and the continued em- ployment of a bureaucracy and politicians which perpetrated this fraud upon a self-reliant America in the first place. Congress has discovered in such a bureaucracy a way to remain pure and chaste, unsoiled by the acceptance of mandated responsibilities to make tough political decisions. = Congress simply sloughs off those respon- sibilities to a faceless, nameless bureaucratic mob and says: “Who, us?” A vaguely worded statute that simultaneously creates a rule making body is passed by Con- gress. In most cases the statute's goals are as worthy as mother- hood and appie pie so that ic reasonable person (or those want- ing something for nothing) could oppose it, the political theory being that re-election is thus assured for the legislator whose name appers on the statute. Then enter the rule making body—the bureaucracy; that petty horde of regulation loving hacks who often don’t have the faintest notion of the realities of the prob- lem addressed by the statute. The bureaucrcy writes rules and the citizen and businessman are left to die on the beach victims of belligerent benevolence. In the case of housing subsidy and to a lesser degree, the home- less, most government attempts to assist have the long term effect of perpetuating the poverty class by collecting and grouping to- gether people who have little to offer one another except the same need. Hands out and up. down. Sounds the land of the greedy and the knaves, not the free and the brave. Heads FRANK L. BORIS, Ill, DDS Meadows Nursing Center honors its many volunteers “Volunteers Touch Many Hearts” was the theme of the recent Volunteer Recognition Luncheon at the Meadows Nursing Center, honoring 120 volunteers who contributed more than 13,000 hours of service to residents this past year. Honorees are, seated: Irene Tribender, Louise Lamoreaux, Marge Richards, Irene Transue, Rachel Hale, Dotty Evans; standing, Dolly Yunkunis, Myrle Coolbaugh, first volunteer at the Meadows; Bernie Hill, Marilyn Gregorski, director of volunteers; Dot Glenn, Betty Williamson, Ruth Youngblood, Marie Weir, Ray Condo, Executive Director of EEI; Vivian Woodling, Susan Woodling, and Barbara Barakat. Absent from photo: Jo Besecker, Martha Newman Henry Bergstrasser, Marian Harvey, Louise Montigney, Pat Berry, Betty Rome, Cecelia Steinard. The Meadows Nursing Center is owned and operated by EEI. Dr. Yanoshak 1s named Hospice medical director Robert N. Yanoshak, D.O., a family practice physician at the Geisinger Medical Group in Dal- las, has been named the medical director of Hospice St. John’s Wilkes-Barre area. In this addi- tional role, he will work with hospice patients from Luzerne and Wyoming Counties. Board certified in both family practice and geriatrics, Dr. Ya- noshak is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Family Practice. He is a graduate of Wilkes College with a bachelor of science degree in biology, “and earned his doctor of osteopathy degree from the Philadelphia Col- lege of Osteopathic Medicine in 1981., He completed his internship at Grandview Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, and residency program at the Williamsport Hospital, both in family practice. Dr. Yanoshak’s professional membership also include the American Osteopathic Associa- tion, the Pennsylvania Medical Society, and American Medical Association. He continues to see patients at his Geisinger office in the Dallas Shopping Center, Dal- las. ROBERT N. YANOSHAK, D.O. Classes Start in September! LR J TV [0] KR: Y= cLUB a 36 mo. Toddlers & AdULC Pastn "g week Creative iy hsp Skills, & Movemen 2 LOCATIONS! 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