4 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, May 1, 1996 ors ’ |b TS al Sa See Does Dallas need a pool? What's your choice? Should a pool be built at Dallas High School? That question hasbeen nagging the Back Mountain for nearly 30 years, when the present Middle School went up. That building was designed to accommodate a pool, but the school board at the time voted against including one, probably because of the expense. That was 1969, this is now, but the benefits of adding a pool must stlllbe weighed against the considerable cost to construct one. “.:There are lots of good reasons to have a swimming pool that would be available to students and the larger community. ‘Swimming provides stress-free exercise for people of all ages ‘and fitness levels; all children — adults, too — could learn to ‘swim, perhaps averting a drowning death; swimming teams provide another outlet for the athletic talent of students and ‘adults. The list could go on, we're sure. i+ Counterbalanced against all those good things is the cost of building and maintaining a pool. Construction costs for a regulation -size facility with a diving area are likely to reach or ‘exceed $1 million. Superintendent of schools Gerald Wycallis ‘estimates annual maintenance at $50,000 to $100,000, which is not really a lot of money in a $15 million school budget, but isn’t pocket change, either. One thing is certain; if a pool is to be built at a Dallas school, it should be designed for use by the entire community. It would be a shameful waste of resources to lock up such an asset when ‘the school day ends. Public use might also help offset expenses, if swimmers paid a nominal fee to use the pool. There is also a real chance that swimming clubs would form, and be willing to pay for training and meet time. There are other funding options. In the Abington Heights School District, a community foundation is raising money that will be used to upgrade the district's aging athletic facilities. The prospect of a pool at Dallas High School is little more than a gleam in the eye of proponents right now, and it’s too soon to suggest a course of action. But we certainly think the idea is worth exploring, in all its dimensions, so that when the time comes for serious consideration everyone understands the potential benefits of so large and expensive an addition to the community, and the school budget. If you have a preference, take just a minute to fill out and send in the coupon below, so your opinion is added to those who already have done so. * Fr T= Se Sn ee I Dallas Pool Survey B Please check the desired response: |: 1. Would you support an aquatic facility i in the Dallas School District? I 2) YesO b)No OO 5 I you have answered yes to No. 1, please check what activities you would support. Oa) Age group swim/dive 01) Recreational swim J - program Og) Aquatic certification course |Ob) Youth swim instruction Oh) Swim Instruction in school PhysEd classes ¢) Adult swim instruction Oi) Water Polo 189 Aqua aerobic classes Oj) Other: Oe) Sport injury/rehabilitation IE 4, vy programs I 3) Additional comments I 4) Options 5) Would you like to become part of this committee? Yes No Respond by May 6, 1996 to: Dallas Pool Survey c/o The Dallas Post + P.O. Box 366 32, Dallas, PA 18612 mm mm ee Fatt DPR Tal & fe er fe i i mee mee se ot % , i “5 % $4 3 2 ® i “#& # Publisher s notebook r— 3 s hard to believe that a serious debate is taking place over 1 hi or not to treat a six year old as a criminal. The question has come up in the case of a California child who sneaked into aneighbor’ s house and beat a month-old baby nearly to death. No. one could disagree that this was a horrible act of violence, ot-that it can't go unpunished, but I am equally horrified that anyone could suggest a six year old be considered in the same class as adult criminals, or even teenage juvenile delinquents. On the other side, an official of the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice in San Francisco made the ridiculous state- ment that the child should simply be sent home unless there's evidence of drug problems or abuse there. it ‘The fact that a child of any age could behave this way is proof enough of problems in the household, and maybe in the wider community. The people who must be held accountable for this youngster’ s crime are his parents, who have clearly failed to raise him to respect other people and their property. The only acceptable excuse for them is if the child suffers from a mental disorder that makes him want to hurt others. In either case, this kid belongs in a setting that offers emotional or medical support that has a chance at reversing his perverted sense of reality, not in a criminal facility that is likely to enhance his serise of alienation. The Dallas Post Published Weekly By Bartsen Media, Inc. P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612 717-675-5211 Charlotte E. Bartizek a Se CR A Re 6M Se BA tie! Ronald A. Bartizek se [5 1 PUBLISHER ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER hiss Peggy Young Grace R. Dove +1: ADVERTISING ACCT. EXEC REPORTER $n, - To x (RS Paul Rismiller Olga Kostrobala i;i; PRODUCTION MANAGER CLASSIFIED/TYPESETTING 3D Jill Gruver Eta) OFFICE MANAGER AT wEmpEn 7] i) PRINTED WITH NUUN PENNSYLVANIA |: S=7|SOVINK| SEINE Mvshased NEWSPAPER “a iafles 5 rer DO EP EDITORIALS | The geese were marching two-by-two in Lehman. Photo by Charlotte Bartizek. As I was Jack Hilsher The old New Yorker had a “page filler” headed “The Clouded Crys- tal Ball” where fatuous pro- nouncements of famous folk were reproduced with no further com- ment. The result was always amusing, for thereader would rec- ognize some happening which the pompous speaker proclaimed would never happen. With no apology to that maga- zine, here are some clouds in a crystal ball as collected by the Digest Association, whom we thank for furnishing a column on an otherwise dull day. CONGRESS IN 1875 -“Wedo not forsee the development of gaso- line-driven horseless carriages = Channel surfing the other ‘evening, I stopped when a memo- rable scene from the movie Forrest Gump leapt from the screen. You know the one—where he's drag- ging his buddy Bubba from the Vietnam jungle in his simple, he- roic, superhuman way. The Salon was half full, but quietly busy the next day when I wandered among the manicures LIBRARY \ BRE The Back Mountain Memorial Library has had two book drop receptacles in the parking lot on the library grounds for the past 11 years. The winter of 1996 with its record snowfall and the clean-up required had caused some dam- age to the drops. One had to be completely removed and sent out for repairs; the other one needed some adjustment. We are glad to report that both In 20-20 hindsight, regrettable statements would ever displace the use of horses, which would wreck our agriculture.” HORSELESS AGE JOURNAL IN 1896 - “The vast majority of people would prefer a smooth- running, reliable steam engine...to the evil-smelling, dangerous, wasteful, and at best uncertain and unreliable gasoline engine.” A DAIMLER-BENZ SPOKES- MAN - “There will probably be a mass market for no more than 1,000 motorcars in Europe. There is, after all, a limit to the number of chauffers who could be found to drive them.” METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER - Rejected “Gone With the Wind” saying, “No Civil War picture ever made a nickel.” And a reader at 20th Century Fox said, “To think they could hoodwink me with rot like that!” And the picture's direc- tor refused producer David O. Selznick's offer to share in the profits, saying, “This picture is going to be one of the biggest white elephants of all time.” (“Gone With” was only the highest gross- Manipulated photos raise questions 2 i and sets. One of its employees, Candor, who likens himself to RuPaul (but who has better moves) offered: Gump “overcame impos- sible odds.” “And did so while maintaining his innocence,” said a woman ris- ing up from the rinse hose. Hanna, another employee, beckoned the lady with the just painted nails to put them under a dryer, and hesitated before finally saying she felt “sorry” for Gump. On more than one level, Forrest Gump was an excellent film. It was a moving and tastefully done example of cinematic melodrama. Yet it causes pause in one sig- nificant area. During the film, Gump has encounters with John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Rich- Book drops get fresh coat of paint ivy book drops are back in good con- dition and will be very visible in the future. They are both painted bright red. These drops are used for drop- ping off books when the library is closed or when the weather is such that it would be easier to drop them, rather than come into the library. This is just one of many conveniences for our library patrons. The 8th annual ‘Luncheon With A Special Author’ was held at Newberry Appletree Terrace on April 25. The program was pre- sented by June Nelson, which was very well received. The lunch was delicious, the atmosphere was perfect and the people were so sciousness of the patient. ing film ever made.) SURGEON ALFRED VELPEAU IN 1839 - “The abolition of pain in surgery is a chimera. It is absurd to go on seeking it today. Knife and pain are two words that must forever be associated in the con- (Eight years later the properties of ether and chloroform were discovered.) RADIO CRITIC REX LAM- BERT IN 1936 - “Television won't matter in your lifetime or mine.” Another radio personality said, “TV won't last. It is a flash in the pan.” And newspaper editor C. P. Scott said, “Television? No good will come of this device. The word is half Greek and half Latin.” WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZA- TION IN 1975 - Declared from its Geneva headquarters, “Malaria has been licked” Later that day their deputy general was sent to the hospital where his diagnosis was malaria. A MUNICH HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER - “He will never amount toanything.” Her pupil was Albert Einstein. And Charles Darwin's ard Nixon and John Lennon. It matters not that none of these events acutally occurred, and it was all just entertainment, right? However, integrity of news pho- tography has always been in the image itself. Writers can, if they choose, manipulate your vision by slanting the presentation. Not so with pictures. Until now. Perhaps now more than ever the integrity of news photography is less than embraceable. We now see how easily it is to include a fictional Forrest Gump into the reality of news film...and to di- minish the concept of truth in news pictures, making it (as is the work of its wordsmith brethren) entirely dependent on context, rather than the public being able friendly. There were 140 in atten- dance. A special feature was a basket auction, in which decorated and filled baskets were chanced off. This was new and exciting. The luncheon is sponsored by our “Friends of the Library”; one of their many projects for the library. New books at the library: “Firestorm” by Nevada Barr is the story of Anna Pigeon, when she returns to face the ultimate as- sault on her career and her life. Anna is part of the army battling the Jackknife fire in California. A last-minute rescue of a firefighter with a broken leg detains Anna and the San Juan crew. Deadly weather conditions are created for father told him “You care nothi gH but shooting, dogs and rat eatch- ing, and you will disgraceyatgself and all your family.” = «2 '#! | SCIENTIST ERNEST RUTHERFORD IN 1919 - “Any- one who looks for a source of power inthe atoms talking moon- shine.” THOMAS EDISON'S FIRST TEACHER - “His father called- him adunce. In 1915, Edison himself described his phonograph inven- | tion as “not of any foie in value.” THOMAS WATSON. ‘fi ie PRESIDENT IN 1958 - “Thereis a world market for about five gom- puters.” NEW YORK TIMES IN 1920 - “Rocket pioneer Robert Goddard seems tolack the knowledge ladled out daily in high schools. . He believes a spacecraft would oper- ate in a vacuum!” In 1969 when Apollo 11 landed on the moon,.the red-faced Times issued a Posthu- mous apology to Goddard. One hopes he saw it somehow, and chuckled. ty oe Fos mai x: a | to depend on what they see. dl Will this, in fact, elevate, the discriminatory abilities of TV news viewers, or denigrate the idea, as Gump would put it, that truth is as truth does? Later that day I asked my.13- year-old daughter what" she thought of the film. “Intéfesting,” she replied, “but not Phenqmerial. y “Why?” 1 wondered. *' “Because most of the-stull in the film I couldn't relate’to. That stuff happened back when-yeéu were young....you know;.back during the Flintstones.” padicin And before I could retorts oie sauntered into the living room, turned on the television-and -be- gan watching the news....at least that's what I think it was. a firestorm. They seek fire! ‘shel- ters in individual silver fire shel- ters. “That Day the Rabbi Left T own" by Harry Kemelman begins. when America’s most unorthodox: de- tective deserts his old haunfs- for new challenges. But the more things change the more they stay the same, especially where Jnur- der is concerned. Rabbi Small is delighted to accept the newly cre- ated post of Professor of Judaic Studies in Boston, which is just what he wanted. An elderly pro- fessor disappears during a snoyy Thanksgiving weekend and tur up dead. The body is found infa snowdrift near the new RAbbY' S home. \ OO If you missed The Post - you missed the news! 5 SS SS 9 f
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