{ib) 2 . The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, July 3, 1996" 5 TTR Te Ww LETTERS a iq 3 “A way for the school district to save money Ege, “° 3B Editor: bursements or even more. Why Also, your child will eat better bie SE ‘This is a copy of a letter am not explore the home schooling and more. After all these hours in Sen nding to Governor Ridge. + “Again our school taxes were “aised here at Lehman School Dis- Nee schools have about 1,200 ’ Sn elementary, 400 middle and 1600 in‘ high school, totaling about 172900 students. a Fhey raised the taxes 23 mills, Nl «Which is an actual 12.3 percent ¢) EY The only problem is at this increase is not for any special needs, (building, upgrad- be .the curriculum, improving “Sahainienance), justthe “minimum” i Segost now almost $8,000 per stu- 4 Sy ‘dent; hi Sms “We were informed the incr ease a “Was due to high teacher's salary and medical benefits (up to “$12,500 per teacher) for whoever “works there and early retirement. + (Bus drivers are not included.) _+.»,Here is my point. As I under- : &rand, the state and federal gov- ernments give the schools $2,500 per student, which does not in- clude special programs, reim- 3» ~ Gori 4 4, 24 % iy) ¥. ft 7, Bo and give those the monies — or at least a [air part per child of it - to them? It would be a savings for the state too. You do not need a teacher's degree to leach your kids. Most home teachers state they home-school due to religious rea- sons. That may be so, but there should be and are other reasons. The public school copes with a minimum of 15 kids and maxi- mum of 22 kids per class of stu- dents wilthIQ 71-119. Below 71 is retarded. above 119 is gifted. As a parent. you musl cope with your very own child/chil- dren and their learning abilities. Also, you do not have your kid subjected to all these sicknesses and contagious illnesses, some deadly. Also your child does not have to leave the house, it's truly home. Now they leave by 7 a.m. and return not much before 4 p.m.. making it a very long day, about nine hours inside the school. school they have only a 30 minute lunch break to gulp down a home lunch bag or commercial lunch, where ketchup is considered a vegetable. Mothers could stay home again and even gel paid a little to create a nice atmosphere of learning. The whole family could get in- volved. It could mean more jobs for fathers again, especially those with kids in the early elementary grades. The state could supply the ba- sic school materials and have, once or alter each quarter, some actual testing required and done. Less schools would be needed, pulling less of a burden on the taxpayers. At first it may sound compli- cated but it should not be. Think about it. Some states have this option (to pay also). Karin Schreyer Harveys Lake Meadows' annual flea mart was great success «© Editor: Each year the success of the Meadows Auxiliary’s fund raiser, “Market on the Pond” depends on a strong dose of good weather, the support of our local media to pub- wa /licize our event, booth sponsors, nlsand our hard working auxilians, rn 1; gommunity volunteers, families, «staff and friends. It's a real team «effort and it works! | A Case for «| conservation aaibs bk Alone N. Case GH wd Inthoxduction: Smoking is the no - single, largest preventable cause of human disease and death in ool the, United States. This state- J. ment, is repeated, in so many ar- "ticles on the effects of cigarette smoking that it no longer requires quotation marks. Four hundred . thousand Americans die of smok- ing related illnesses each year. That's 16 times as many people as "die in automobile accidents! And the inost amazing statistic ofall is that fully 40 percent of smokers are ignorant of the damage that they are doing to their bodies. The next two articles in this column will deal with this issue of indoor ® (and internal!) air pollution. The _ “first is the following true story told “by my husband and colleague, Professor Michael Case of Wilkes < University. "A. Case. In 1984 I had the good fortune "to extend my interests in environ- & “mental health issues in humans : ‘by teaching an undergraduate “¢otirse' at a regional community college. The students were “non- “traditional” in that they had fami- “lies, jobs, and were older than 25 years. All of them were struggling 10 complete 12-18 hours of class “‘ih'a weekender program that met every three weeks. The pace was ““'prueling, and it came as no sur- “prise to me that at break time in ' the two-hour sessions the hall- ‘ways ‘would fill with cigarette emoke! It seemed ironic that stu- “dents in an environmental health © “course ‘would be compelled go smoke at break time. Of my 11 CRE rf LJ We thank The Dallas Post for the excellent coverage of this event. With your help our auxiliary was able to raise over $5,000 to ben- efit our residents. Several community groups that I would like to give special men- tion to are the Dallas Kiwanis who did a great job with parking, the GFWC Harveys Lake members who worked in our [ood booth and kept the wimpies, hot dogs, and sodas flowing; and Scout Troop #4, who helped with parking, fly- ers, set up and clean up (they were also our “runners” during the day. Marilyn Gregorski Director of Resident and Community Services The Meadows A graphic demonstration of smoking's dangers students, seven were heavy smok- ers. I do not smoke. In fact, [ have never tried a cigaretle in my life. But it was interesting to get lo know these students for four months and lo learn that they knew they were addicted but could not muster the will power to quit. I am trained in science, nol in drug intervention techniques. But. it seemed an interesting chal- lenge to educate these students objectively about the hazards of smoking using the scientific method. So, [designed the "Smok- ing Machine Experiment.” The design was simple — a holder for the cigarette connected to a plastic tube which led to a pre-weighed [ive micron filter and thence to a walter extraction solu- tion. A vacuum pump served as the “inhalation device.” Two groups built replicate devices. The results [rom “smoking” one ciga- rette on the machine astounded the students. The filter clogged with a wel, foul-smelling tar-like substance while the water extrac- tor rapidly turned the color of tea. Despite the two experimental fil- tration barriers, copious amounts of fine smoke particles smaller than one micrometer still passed through the machine. The reaction of the students can only be described as “stunned.” They realized the bron- chial trees of their lungs were the extraction devices [or the tars and nicotine: and. the alveoli of their lungs where life-giving oxygen gas is exchanged becomes clogged with the fine smoke particles with their sticky tar coatings. Of course. any good professor alter having stunned her/his stu- dents will give it {o them again before they can recover. 1 just happened to have brought with me a carbon monoxide (CO) tester. We went out to the parking lot and tested some of their auto exhausts and found that most of their cars were producing very little carbon monoxide emission (<1 ppm) be- cause of functional catalytic con- verlers. Most of the students were aware of the dangers of CO — that it binds almost irreversibly with hemoglobin in the blood re- sulting in asphyxiation at levels above 5 ppm. When we returned to the lab, I asked one of the students to light a cigarette for me so thal we could test the CO from the tip of the cigarette. Curiously, even the smokers refused at this point: I had to use my smoking machine. As eased the intake of the CO testing device toward the “side-stream” smoke of the smol- dering cigarette, the reading went rapidly off scale (>20 ppm). The reaction from the students was electric. They did not know that cigarette smoke contained so much CO. The only reason a few cigarettes do not kill you immedi- ately is that the CO is diluted by the air as the smoker inhales. Cigaretle smokers poison them- selves chronically with carbon monoxide. They carry a carbon monoxide burden that can take up to two weeks to dissipate if you stop for a while. It is this carbon monoxide that gradually Kills the heart muscle. Toward the end of the semes- er, | discovered that four of my seven smokers had quit smoking — not a bad track record for a scientist practicing drug addic- tion intervention. I learned that no amount of lecturing or reading is an adequate substitute for the truth packaged in a vivid. objec- tive. hands-on experiment. Luzerne County Fair invites entries for queen contest «The: Luzerne County Fair in- .1vites. young women between the Lages'of 16 and 20 by June to represent their community at the (Fair Queen competition Septem- ber 7. \ & “u2lc Each contestant must wrile a one page essay titled “What My County Fair Means to Me and My * Ee $9.00 retail value with the purchase of $20.00 or more. Offer expires 8/4/96 = Ce THE COTTAGE GIFT & FURNITURE SHOPPE * Please come and Celebrate our opening and visit with us. FREE Russ Berrie Bear Limit one per customer. Community and will be judged on the essay and a two minute public service announcement delivered on silage based on the theme “Here's Why You Should Come To The County Fair This Weekend". The winner will receive a $500 scholarship from Pepsi Cola of Wilkes-Barre. a portrait sitting at the Dallas Photo Shop and a gilt certificate from Tovan and Co., in Dallas and will represent the Luzerne County Fair at the State Fair Queen event in Hershey in January 1997. Call 675-FAIR or 696-4755 for an application. Entrants must re- side in Luzerne County. — - Co. 7 ~ 63 North Memorial Highway, Shavertown 696-3036 Route 309 South 1/4 Mile South of Shavertown Traffic Light Just say it with pr RySS ONLY YESTERDAY 60 Years Ago - July 10, 1936 NEW WAVE OF BUILDING BEGINS INAREA Contractors, lumber dealers. and carpenters in this section are riding on the crest of a new wave of building and remodeling which is contributing to the steady up- ward trend of economic condi- tions here. It is estimated that the volume of building has doubled in the last year. Dallas Borough Council has already taken steps to control the long-expected build- ing increase and is making prepa- rations to establish a permanent zoning commission which will fix strict building regulations. You could get - Chuck roast, 18¢ 1b.; watermelons, 49¢ ea.; plums. 3 lbs. 25¢; tomatoes, 2 Ibs. 19¢; Ivory Soap, cake, 5¢. 50 Years Ago - July 12, 1946 TEST BORINGS MADE FOR NATIVE LACE PLANT Sprague and Henwood have a crew of drillers on the ground making test borings for the new Native Lace Co. plant, which will be built shortly on the plot of land purchased recently from the War- den Estate along Harveys Lake Highway, northwest of Dallas. Construction of the $475,000 modern plant has been held up for several months pending Civil- ian Production Administration ap- proval of the project. T.A. Williammee, former prin- cipal of Dallas Borough schools and for the past year supervising principal of Falls-Overfield Voca- tional School in Wyoming County, Bible school at Fellowship Church The Fellowship Evangelical Free Church on Hildebrandt Road, Dallas will hold Vacation Bible School July 15-19, 9:30 a.m.- noon. Children ages five through 6th grade are welcome to attend. For more information, call 675- 6426. has been appointed supervising principal of the new consolidated school at Millville. Columbia County. Representatives of a New Jer- sey firm manufacturing physician and nurses gown and uniforms were in Dallas this week looking for available locations for their plant. The firm employes between 40-50 women and has a nation- wide distribution for its products. 40 Years Ago - July 6, 1956 LIBRARY GETS FORD'S THEATER PLAYBILL Jack Heidig, chairman of the Idetown Civic Association, an- nounces Open House al the new playground on the Gilbert Ide property adjacent to Oak Hill on SaturdaydJuly 4 starting at 4 p.m. The public is invited and families are asked to bring box lunches. There is a ball field, volley ball court, swings and equipment for children. Games will be played. Dallas Legion, undefeated in six starts, was downed 8-6 by the Hanover White Sox in a hard fought battle lasting 11 innings. Dallas plays West Wyoming away on Sunday and with Fosko, fresh from a no-hit victory over Butlon- wood, throwing for West Wyoming, a good game should be in the offing. A copy ol the Ford's Theatre playbill for April 14, 1865, the night Abe Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth, has been given to the Back Mountain Memorial Library by Mrs. Paul Bedford of Wilkes-Barre. 30 Years Ago - July 7, 1966 RECORD HEATAND * DROUGHT HIT AREA © Blistering heal over the week- end (opped off the driest Juneon causing the residents of the Back Mountain to congratu- record, late themselves for not living in New York. where the temperature soared to 107 degrees instead ofa modest 102. ; Lake Township Supervisors on Friday agreed to contact the State Health Department Sanitary En- gineer about the new Pennsylva- nia Sewage Act, aller receiving a letter from a consulting firm ask- ing for the job. The new act sels up requirements to be met- by July 1, 1967. Chairman W. Hoover announced the old dump must be covered by July 15. The new landfill site on Rte. 29 will be open Wednesday from 12 to 7 p.m.'and Saturday. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. | 20 Years Ago - July 8, 1976 L-L BOARD VOTES DOWN TWO FURLOUGHS A resolution to furlough two guidance counselors and one el- ementary teacher died for lack of a 5-vole majority despite the pres- ence of all nine of Lake-ILehman's school directors at a special meet- ing Tuesday evening. The mea- sure had been considered neces- sary lo balance the district's $3.5 million budget. GRO PT ET ale] |] [oid PIZZA 550 Memorial Hwy. Dallas Corners Building Carry Out Special Large Cheese Pizza 675-1234 Expiration Date 8/31/96 Ee CS RE LE aE ab oF SEU i i i i I ! I i i I I I i l i ! I } ! i i 1 : l i i i 1 1 : 1 : i i. = = P= ‘. oh DE 5 - v - - Go » ~ hl EE CIE GND GRE GEN GUNN GES GIN GON GN OE ES SEND GOD GEN GHEY NANT SEND DEN ONS ODOM (OND DEE OE OIE EN GUND CINE GES GES AN GNED NEE GND GIS BE ES GEE NS OND SINE ON GANS GNuD GED DR NEON GEN SIDS EOE NS DM mm
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