4 TheDallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, November 1, 2000 EDITORIALS Sheetz plan raises larger - development questions (0) 'RIRY YESTERDAY PD «& : © Many people are concerned about plans to build a new 70 Years Ago - Oct. 31, 1930 © Sheetz convenience store/gas station in Trucksville. Some of HUNTING PERMITTED WITH _ the worries — about noise, lighting and traffic — are under- RESTRICTIONS VQ ‘standable and expected when a new commercial development is considered. Added to the mix in this case appear to be fears about brutal competition and its potential effect on local businesses. 4 Sheetz has a reputation for selling gasoline at below-market » prices, and thus possibly taking enough trade from competi- I tors to harm them, perhaps fatally. Some of the people at a meeting of Sheetz opponents held last week tried to make this point by arguing that the company undercuts gas prices to attract customers, and makes up the lost revenue by over- . charging for other products. Since it is illegal to engage in . “predatory pricing,” it's unlikely Sheetz will sell gasoline for less . than their cost, but they may squeeze the profit margins of . every nearby station. However, if Sheetz jacks up other prices 1 in order to make up for lost gasoline revenue, they provide a + competitive opening. Unless Sheetz breaks the law, the | competitive arguments against their new store don’t hold ~ water. ! Other objections to the Sheetz plan center on esthetics and a perception the Back Mountain is going the way of too many former rural areas, with helter-skelter development spoiling once-peaceful vistas and quiet front yards. That argument would better have been made 20 or more years ago, before an explosion in residential and commercial development turned the Rt. 309 corridor into a congested “mini-expressway” which = more than 35,000 cars travel each day. That's not to say it’s too late to have an impact on this project, if not by statute then by 4 public pressure on the company to conform to reasonable I standards of taste and neighborliness under the threat of a Because of the dry weather, hunting in Pennsylvania was per- mitted only with restrictions. Any: hunter caught smoking or -build-. ing open camp fires within 200 yards of wild territory was subject toa minimum fine of $100. Thou- sands of acres of land had been posted by owners who feared the destruction of their timberland - by fire. The Dallas Post printshop ) & alone, had sold more than 3,000 "No Trespassing” and "No Hunt- ing" signs. ; 60 Years Ago - Nov. 1, 1940 WAR DEPARTMENT SURVEYS AIRPORT The Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport was one of 11 in Pennsylvania on the list to be surveyed by the War Department gy isn in connection with the $40 mil- ig lion airport defense program. The Army, Navy and Commerce De- partments had made a list of 300 fields to be surveyed. A man who had recently trav- eled the new Pennsylvania High- ‘'way from Harrisburg to Pitts- burgh, had stated "When I slowed PUBLISHER Ken Brocious ADVERTISING ACCT. EXEC Ruth Proietto PRODUCTION MANAGER SOV INK|_ ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER OFFICE MANAGER Elizabeth Skrapits REPORTER Joanna Cease OFFICE/TYPIST/CLASSIFIEDS are competitive with other states. * Encourage the involvement of the private sector, especially in solving regional problems in bet- ter marketing the region. e Consider existing businesses as customers to be kept. e Improve the image of the re- gion by starting to think region- skills in order to keep and attract Training to make marginal work- ers fully functional is the short- term solution, but companies re- ally need the public school sys- tem, and even our colleges and universities, to better prepare their students for employment.” Furthermore, the report noted that “to be sure, the full employ- worker with more care and inter- de % workforce development as being the number one priority within the context of the business and industry community of Northeast- ern Pennsylvania. There is a need to continuously examine ways to improve workforce functions and to use all available techniques to stimulate the economy of the re- petitive in the 21st ceniyzy. place in the school gym with the annual Halloween Parade on the athletic field to follow. The Dallas Cowboy Mini Foot- ball A Team closed out their sea- son with a 36-12 win over the Northeast Crusaders. Their record®) for the season was 5-2-1, which rd : ee placed them third in the league, 2 ally. : Si- - = TPRINTED WITH PEN TA 44 EE ment Sn has forced us gion if Northeastern Pennsylva the best {irish over for a Dallas A as NEWSPAPER ocus on high schools to bui nesses to look at every available nia is to be truly regionally com- Toant | customer revolt if it thumbs its nose at local sensibilities. The dn to 75 M.ph. 10/nty gaso- o fin ~ Orloski’s in Dallas and New Mart in Trucksville are two line, all the othion ars shot oy ue i IY oe ; 13 ith as though I were standing still. In examples of how this type of facility can fit with its surround- am dia : : : : y respects it is the greatest _ ings and still offer the service and convenience customers highway | have ever travelled.” expect. Since Sheetz hasn't yet submitted a formal plan to the The tunnels through the moun- township, there will be plenty of opportunity for interested tains and long stretches past farm | parties to comment on those aspects of the project. lands made the highway a marvel © The larger question is how to better manage the growth of engineering skill. | © pressures that continue to push on the Back Mountain. We Soon to be endangered species. Photo by Charlotte Bartizek. 50 Years Ago - Nov. 3, 1950 © don’t want to stifle reasonable development, but we should be HALLOWEEN PARADE A concerned that it fit with an overall concept of how our : : i ; community should look and feel. This is not a problem just for LETTERS SUCCESS | Q ! _ Trucksville or Dallas, it is important to all of us because our | The annual Halloween Parade : | ~ lives are not limited to our neighborhoods. Regardless of the . . : RAE a0 Spear § success or failure of the protest against Sheetz, this should be App [ da U d S Ri ce ( e m etery res [0 rd [1 on Artcipants aril 4.000 specs a wake-up call to concerned citizens and elected officials that tors. The Dr. Henry M. Loins Fire - we must work together if we are going to maintain control over Editor, : infants and small children died can be. Don't try to repair them, Company erected spotlights and - the future of our surroundings. I'm happy to know that the from various epidemics. that would be a desecration, it members of the organization as- historic Rice Cemetery is being Whole families, generations of was always a Holy placetousand sisted in marshalling the parade f repaired. I want you to know that them were buried togetherintheir should be to all who visit there. = and the spectators. Dallas Town- : ; : it's a much older cemetery than =~ family plot. Just make it easy to walk safely ship twirlers gave an exhibition 5 Needed help for volunteers 1800. There were primitive stone We always felt sorry that no through it, don't do any modern- when the band had completed the 9 : markers dating in the late 1600s, one ever visited their graves or ization of any sort, it would spoil = paraderoute. Penny Turn of Shav- It's good news that the state government has opened the two graves, and many dating in took care of them, there were liv- the cemetery and the peoplerest- ertown won the "most original" SDi : the 1700s, pre-revolutionary and ingrelatives around, butwenever ing there'wouldn't like it. costume award. Penny's costume, pigot on a grant program for local volunteer fire and ambu- ! 4 basid i that t ov bk th lance departments. The Shavertown Fire Co. was the site of revolutionary war dead, besides saw anyone in that ceme S1y, no made by her mother, was an i p es an Civil War veterans. The markers . flowers, only the ones we picked Anna Mae Estus Arthur Rackham tree with an owl i announcement about the release of more than $2 million to were home made, the oldest ones for them. : Bradford, RI perched in a cleft. The owl's eyes companies in this part of the state, with most fire departments were flat field stones with names Everyone should see that cem- Editor's Note:Anna Mae Estus were lit up .and blinked at the receiving nearly $10,000 and ambulance volunteers getting and dates chipped on them. Those etery as it was back in time, just writes a column about Dallas in crowds lining the parade route. nearly $8,000 to help with equipment purchases, maintenance markers have no doubt long since cleaned up and the graves filledin the time she grew up on "Hunts- 40 Years Ago - Nov. 3, 1960 or io reduce debt. a | fallen and buried in the neglect. and the stones set up as best they ville St.,"” now Huntsville Rd. JACKSON FIREMEN HOLD ost volunteer organizations struggle not only to fund their =~ Thoseold graves were in theback, : activities, but to attract volunteers. And the more effort is 'ight of the cemetery. . ' 3 ' TURKEY SUPPER © required to raise money rather than provide services, the We grow Up SD ends Siva : T hanks Gov. R idge fi or the donat On Jackson firemen held a Turkey harder it becomes to find volunteers. This program is a small son y i 4 Wiican 1 And Ee ; : hii Supper and Country Fair. 1.058 step in the direction of strengthening these vital community EE Be i Sy ae mead n> te pounds of turkey. 200 pied, # services and how old they would be if living My wife and I wish to publicly newly formed Luzerne County large quantity of potatoes, sweet : oe ; then. We learned a lot about the thank Gov. Tom Ridge and the Green Party where we expect it potatoes, corn, peas, cranberry people, besides their age, from Republican House Leaders forthe will do the most good. sauce, cole slaw, tea, milk and the epitaphs, and what caused political donation of $100 which John and Annabell Allen pread was consumed by the 1,127 their death. In most cases the came in the mail yesterday. To- Sweet Valley guestsand 75 helpers. The Coun- P bl : h ! b k 3 ; try Fair Booth sold over 50 bush- uplisner s note 00 : ; els of apples and 25 bushels of) The economic| Workforce developmenta top ~~ == : : . ; 30 Years Ago - Nov. 5, 1970 a ViewpoI, concern of regional buSINESSES YounG FARMERS ENCOUR- Now that the 2000 presidential election campaign is in its : AGED TO STAY IN SCHOOL final days — at last!! — we all need to get serious about what young people and their families. est.” Business is not asking state lever to pull Tuesday in the privacy of the voting booth. I and » Assure that there is adequate government to do its job training. Young men waning {c become many other column writers have had good fun tossing barbs at financial support for existingcom- Rather, it is asking state govern- successiul farm managers Se both major party candidates over the past few weeks, and I panies to grow and create jobs. ment to make sure the public Tne Fagen tn shoal hope succeeded in offending supporters of each side equally. * Identify and support compa-- high school graduates have the et ick Der, Cnn ; Hla : ’ : : HE : gement specialist at Penn Unfortunately the third, fourth and fifth party candidates, nies that can become regional basic skills required for training. Stile: stated that Ditters tow a while providing an even larger target for mischief, pass below leaders. Some employ ersarcactivelyseek- «0 UT tle to solve prob- : the radar of columnists except for an occasional aside. : Te report went onto ay tat ing potential employ seswhohave lems that were far more difficult So now it's time to get down to busin (or bidness). D business retention was “depen- their “GED” since to pass the thon thei Gith d dfs g : uSIMess |ornmness/. Uo you A recent report of the Team . dent on the ability to train and high school equivalency test, one alners and grangla want to vote for a Republican or Democrat son from an pennsylvania Foundation, anon- retrain skilled workers, and that has to have basic math and read- ~ 1'€rS had experienced. More established political family? Do you believe the candidate who profit corporation based in Har- those efforts need to begin in high ing skills. : people managing larger farmshad says he wants to work with the other party, or the one who says risburg to work in parallel func- schools. Training needs, they In addition to the Team Penn- training beyond high school and he invented the Internet? Is “compassionate conservatism” tion with the Team Pennsylvania agree, should be based on a sys- sylvania work, a number of inter- a1 of them had talten Hime off better than “controlled capitalism?” Would you prefer to elect program of the Pennsylvania De- tematic assessment of the needs mediate units in Northeastern 2 return to school and attend a Texan who struggled through Yale, or a Tennesseean who partment of Community and Eco- of local businesses...” Pennsylvania have completed la- © oh dct Jou linaiddet struggled through Harvard? nomic Development dealt with the In another report issued by the. bor market studies. Among these hig Con AE A pe More to the point, do you think it really matters which fesiny regional forums across Team Pennsylvania Foundation are Lackawanna, Wayne, and Sl o% HN oe athe eandidate we elect? 1 do. even though I'l be holding Hv Tese. ennsylvania. These forums in- in 1999, the top 10 concerns of Monroe counties. These studies I dbl Lothb tl 936: ? ; ; on y 5 cluded representatives of the busi- Pennsylvania business leaders have shown that most industries qm gach qt. bottle, xan keeping my fingers crossed and have a rabbit's foot stashed in oq and industry community in ' were noted. Top among these believe employee training to be detergent. 3 Ib. 1 oz. pkg., 89¢; ] my pocket when I pull that lever Nov. 7. 10 regions of the Commonwealth concerns was the opportunity to important to the success of their RATE including Northeastern Pennsyl- “develop the current workforce organization/business. Addition- é vania. Several recommendations and better prepare public school ally, the employee skill survey 20 Years Ago - Oct. 30, 1980 ] were made in the report which students for employment.” The results seem tosuggest that most DALLAS TWP. PTO PLANS The Dallas Post have impact on the Pocono North- report went on to say that “first needs fall in many of the “soft” HALLOWEEN PARTY east. Among them are the follow- and foremost, business leaders skill areas. Critical thinking, com- Th : : fires) : hs tia ; ; ; e Dallas Township PTO was Published Weekly By Bartsen Media, Inc. ing: recognize that Pennsylvania is at munication skills, customer skills, lAnbing aa. esciting Hallowee hia P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612 * Develop retention strategies a crossroads in terms of its avail- interpersonal skills, teamwork P th 8 tadent a the D la ¢ a 570-675-5211 to encourage existing firms to ex- able workforce now and into the and computer skills are the most or i Y LG 5 a i 4 pand, and assure that near future. Companies need ca- popular training needs. Towns ip, E ementary School. Ronald A. Bartizek Charlotte E. Bartizek Pennsylvania's incentive packages ~~ pable workers to continue to grow. 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