. Wilkes-Barre: 826-6265 4- The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, July 30, 1997 | EDITORIALS | A step back, and one forward at Harveys Lake It's unfortunate that Harveys Lake borough council presi- dent Francis Kopko tabled a ban on use of phosphate fertiliz- ‘ers, which was expected to be adopted at the July 15 council meeting. Kopko said lawn care companies had questioned how the ban would be enforced and what penalties would be applied against violators, and he was reluctant to proceed until those details were ironed out. People who support the ban - including diehard environmentalists and others who love the lake - are questioning Kopko’s action. Let's hope he really means to present a clearer and more enforcable regulation at the next meeting of council. On the positive side, council voted unanimously to give the municipal authority power to enforce the sewer ordinance. It has been rumored for years that scores of homes are not hooked up to the sewers, having avoided the costly connection by being friends with or perhaps making a payment to the right ‘person. Rick Boice, who holds the title of mayor as well as being manager of the Authority, has taken the brunt of these accusations. Now he is in the best position to quiet them, by taking quick and decisive action against unconnected proper- ties. : The sewers and the fertilizer ban have in common their contribution to restoring Harveys Lake to at least a semblance of its former glory. They won't avert all pollution of the lake, at least not as long as hundreds of motorboats race around it, but ~ taken together can probably put an end to the algae blooms that have appeared in recent years. The borough must con- tinue to support these and other positive steps that can save ~ the lake from further degredation, or risk losing the town's most valuable asset. Publisher's notebook | Being a golfer, or at least trying to imitate one, I was interested in reaction to the passing of Ben Hogan, one of a handful of golfers universally placed at the top of the game. I never saw Hogan play, but his record speaks for itself: 63 tour victories including nine major tournaments; the only player to win the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open in the same year; one season in which he played six tournaments and won five of them. Makes Tiger Woods seem small by comparison, atleast so far. ‘But what I found curious was how commentators of all stripes seemed reluctant to say much about Hogan, the man, other than to overuse the word “mystique” trying to describe him. From what I've heard over the years, Hogan was a driven, dour, perhaps even mean guy who cared only about winning on the golf course, and practiced relentlessly to reach his goal. Nothing wrong with that, at least in the context of sport. Also a club designer, he was once asked for a tip by Gary Player, the great South African pro. Hogan asked Player what brand of clubs he used. “Dunlop,” Player replied, to which Hogan said, “Then call Mr. Dunlop.” “:Much was made of how he was referred to as “Mr. Hogan” by nearly everyone, even in death. I found it odd that a front-page story in the Hartford Courant used that construction through- at, while an article about U.S. Representative Nancy Johnson referred to her only as “Johnson” after the first mention of her fall title. That must say something about modern-day priori- ties, or at least about one large newspaper's willingness to allow Ben Hogan to determine its style, even from the grave. loom ure | EE LJ iB State Officials State Sen. Charles D. Lemmond (Republican) (717) 675-3931 22 Dallas Shopping Ctr., Memorial Hwy., Dallas PA 18612-1231 Lemmond’s district includes the Back Mountain. LEGISLATORS OinECTORY Federal Officials Representalive Paul E. Kanjorski (PA 11th District) (Democrat) Wilkes-Barre: 825- 2200 Washington: (202) 225-6511 10'E. South St., . (Republican) Wilkes-Barre PA 18701-2397 287-7505 0r 542-7345 0r 474-2276 or or 477-3752 2429 Rayburn Building 144 North Mountain Boulevard, Wgshington, DC 20515 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 Rep. Phyllis Mundy (Democrat) 283-9622 or 655-3375 Suite "107, 400 Third Avenue, Kingston PA 18704 Dallas Borough, Dallas Township except for the north voting district, and Kingston Township. The Dallas Post Published Weekly By Bartsen Media, Inc. P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612 717-675-5211 Charlotte E. Bartizek ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER State Rep. George Hasay Senator Arlen Specter (Republican) Washington: (202) 224-4254 116 S. Main S., Wilkes- Barre PA 18701 Senator Rick Santorum (Republican) 120 Russell Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 Washington: (202) 224-6324 Fax: (202) 228-4991 Ronald A. Bartizek PUBLISHER Jessica Appolo : Kylie Shafferkoetter ~~ ADVERTISING ACCT. EXEC REPORTER Ruth Proietto Olga Kostrobala PRODUCTION MANAGER CLASSIFIED/TYPESETTING oi Jill Gruver OFFICE MANAGER | [39% Trrinven with NINE : a Ls 1 SOY INK NATIONAL NEWSPAPER EINNSYLVANL VAN © ASSOCIATION A Case for conservation Alone I @F 11 I have been writing seriously for more than half a dozen years. Before that, I wrote and edited newsletters for various organiza- tions. My maxim throughout all of this has been that in order to write I absolutely must have time to read. Then came the summer of '97 - a summer in which [ have done just about everything except read. First, our yard and gardens have taken much of my time. The sweet peas that drape over the front wall and the splashes of color in the back yard may look like they got there by accident, but they require mulching and pruning and weeding occasion- ally. And, many of the vegetables that now are beginning to pro- duce were once tiny seedlings in my living room window. We feel the effort in the garden was well worth it each time we make borscht from our very own beets or season spaghetti sauce with fresh basil. And then, there are the berries! Our larder is beginning to fill with currant /red- raspberry jelly and quarts of fro- zen blueberries. My husband and I have enjoyed doing all sorts of things together this summer. Some of our togetherness has been strictly for fun - birding, hiking, exploring PA by car. Some has been for work (see details below) and some has been time spent on the ultimate of recycling projects - repainting and re-caulking the outside of our 12 (yes, that's TWELVE) large windows on our front porch. We figure if we do Pretty pond patterns. Photo by Charlotte Bartizek. A conservationist’s summer: No time to read this (and replace the furnace) this nearly century-old house will stand well into the next millen- nium. Just because my husband's official duties as a professor ended in mid-June does not mean that I can stop working. In fact, this year he has offered his assistance with many of the ecological and scientific endeavors in which Iam involved. I was teaching a two- day advanced water quality ses- sion for two of the staff members at ECOLOGIA (Harford PA). first day we concentrated on field work, discussing sampling tech- niques, differences between streams and lakes, nutrient prob- lems, etc. The second day, Mike lent his chemical expertise as we explored the complexities of in- terferences and metals analyses. And, a week later, we all worked together to prepare the portable testing equipment for its transit to Budapest, Hungary, where one ‘of the ECOLOGIA staff will help others with their environmental problems. We have also begun the sys- tematic completion of the scien- tific work begun by Dr. Charles B. Reif 30 years ago at the Nuangola Bog at the southern end of Lake Nuangola. Students and profes- sors have conducted a wide vari- ety of studies there, but no one has taken the time to assemble the data and to try to fill in some of the blanks. I think Nuangola Bog is one of the best studied and least pub- lished ecosystems in the north- eastern USA. Thanks to the sup- port of Dr. Reif (Professor Emeri- tus of Biology at Wilkes Univer- sity) and the hard work of Dr. William Tarutis, Mike and I are determined to change this situa- tion and to bring to public view The the historical and ecological im- portance of this special place. Another of Mike's colleagues at Wilkes, Dr. Sid Halsor, is the manager of the Ratchford Field Station near Hunlock Creek, PA. This is an old farm that was do- nated to the University by William Corbett and his late wife to be used for research and other pur- poses by students and faculty. Dr. Halsor is a geologist and needed some help from a couple of itinerant biologists (that's us) to identify trees and other plants along a proposed nature trail. I can truthfully say that I can’t remember ever having more fun “botanizing.” I can’t wait to go back! Many summers in the past my volunteer activities have slack- ened as people went on vacation. Not thisyear. The Back Mountain Regional Land Trust has been just as busy in the summer of ‘97 as it has ever been. There are commit- tee meetings (two per board mem- ber) once a month in addition to the monthly board meetings. We are reviewing documents of all kindsrelated to conservation ease- ments or to potential gifts of prop- erty. We have a large newsletter that is being put together for pub- lication before the county fairs at the end of the summer. And, my personal favorite activity of visit- ing properties whose owners are interested in working with us has continued all summer. What a wonderful way to meet good people who care for the land! And, what a wonderful way to stay in shape (?). Now you see why there has been precious little time for read- ing. Perhaps my new maxim will have to be the one our high school English teachers used to spout, “Write about what you know.” Letters, columns and editorials The Dallas Post attempts to publish opinions on a variety of topics in many forms. Editorials, which are the opinion of the managment of The Post, appear on the editorial page and are written by the editor unless otherwise indicated. Any artwork represents the opinion of the cartoonist, and columns are the opinion of the author. Letters to the editor are welcome and will be published, subject to the following guidelines: * Letters should not exceed 500 words. * No writer may have more than one letter published during a 30-day period, except as a reply to another letter. * Letters must be signed and include the writer's home town and a telephone number for verification. * Names will be withheld only if there exists a clear threat to the writer. * The Post retains the right to accept or reject any letter, and to edit letters for grammar and spelling, as well as to eliminate any libel, slander or objectionable wording. In addition to letters, we welcome longer pieces that may run as columns. The author or subject's relevance to the Back Mountain will be the prime consideration when selecting material for publication. ~ COAL CONTRACTS AWARDED "egg coal and William Cobleigh, - ~ Frederick Weiss, Monroe Towns-, !, the highest amount of fines turned ONLY YESTERDAY 60 Years Ago - Aug. 6, 1937 -... J AT BOARD MEETING Hundreds of dollars worth of supplies and coal contracts were OB, 4 awarded at a meeting of the Dal- , “~ ¢ las Borough School Board, Wednesday evening. Among suc- cessful bidders were B.N. Ander- son, Norman C. Hoyner, J.B. Holcomb Co., all for janitor sup- plies, Kurtz Bros., school sup-. plies, Dorracne DeWitt, 25 tons of 150 tons of buckwheat coal. Three new teachers were elected | 6) 4 at a meeting of Dallas Township = ; School Board, Monday evening. , Miss Evelyn Van Antwerp, , Montrose, music; Miss Nik > Lynn, Phillipsburg, mathematics; - William Banks, Wilkes-Barre, ge- | ography. The board appointed William Meiers as janitor for a, year at $90 and elected Atty. G.J, Clark as solicitor at a salary of $100 per year. : 50 Years Ago - Aug. 8,1947 3 | 4 DALLAS BORO TRAFFIC LIGHT RELOCATED In compliance with a State de- cree, Paul Shaver relocated Dal- las Borough traffic lights, Wednes- day. The light standard on corner’ near Kuehn'’s Drug Store was cut down by Dallas Portable Welding Co. and a double set of lights ' erected some time ago and closer - > 4 to the corner, put into operation.” This has the effect of shortening the intersection by approximately ~ 10 feet and eliminating confusion” on Church Street motorists who" will now be directed by a signal directly across the highway from . that street. ih 40 Years Ago - Aug. 9, 1957 1, MONROE TWP. JOINS iv TUNKHANNOCK DISTRICT 0 | The directors of Dallas Area. Schools freed Monroe Township , to join Tunkhannock at Wednes-, | day night's adjourned meeting. held in the library at Dallas; Franklin-Monroe Township High. School. Action on support of the ;, petition for a Union School Dis-;. trict was postponed until next , Tuesday's regular meeting... Ol ship brought out in discussion . that even if Monroe were released, at this time, there was no surety that it would be accepted by Tunkhannock. ; Increased police activity tends) ing toward better control of high« » way traffic was reflected Tuesday evening at the meeting of Dallas: ! Borough Council by the receipt of in this year. Police Chief Russell } | Honeywell asked Council to es: tablish a minimum fine for of* |, | fenders who drive the wrong way | on Mill Street between Memorial ! Highway and Main Street, now a | one way street. \ ~ 30 Years Ago - Aug. 3, 1967 FIRE DESTROYS ROAT'S i BARN IN LEHMAN Re) A large barn on the farm of Harry C. Roat, Dewey Hoover Road, Lehman, was completely destroyed by flames early Thurs- day morning. Farm equipment including a tractor were consumed in the blaze which was discovered’ by Lehman's new Police Chief Lionel Bulford shortly after mid- night. Jonathan R. Davis Fire Co.’ battled the inferno for over three = hours. It is not known what = triggered the blaze. Business was brisk at the offrice’ of Dallas Borough tax gatherer after a notice had been printed in the Dallas Post warning residents that their 2% discount was about to run out as of July 31. Tom’ Reese reports that 104 accounts were eligible for discounts includ- ing those sealed iri an evelope and 9, | postmarked July 31, received the ~~ following day. Next date to re- member Aug. 31, when school tax discounts meet their deadline. 20 Years Ago - Aug. 4, 1977 SCHOOL BOARD SEARCHES FOR SUPERINTENDENT Members of the personnel com- mittee of Dallas School Board have +, advanced 15 for further consider-;, | ation of the 35 applicants who | applied for the position of super-. | intendent of the school district left vacant by the recent resigna- | tion of Dr. Linford Werkheiser, - Three of the applicants are from |, Luzerne County and a fourth is. b James Brokenshire, former as- | sistant superintendent in the - | Dallas School District, Brokenshire is presently superin- tendent of Western Wayne" | | Schools. : 500 i
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