4 Dallas Post Dallas, PA May 2, 2001 EDITORIALS Lehman school board makes g00d choice on technology After some lively discussion, members of the Lake- Lehman school board made the wise decision to support a long-range technology plan for the district. But first, the ghosts of prior administrations had to be exorcised from the plan, specifically a reference to previous school boards' one-track emphasis on fiscal restraint even if it meant depriving students of necessary programs or equip- ment. No matter what endeavor today's high school students choose to pursue after graduation, they will need to pos- sess technological literacy in order to succeed. Computers and other forms of modern technology are spreading into every level of business and organization, and they are gen- erally making life and work more efficient and enjoyable. Slow, tedious, dirty and dangerous jobs are being handed over to mechanical and electronic marvels, and people who used to do them must learn to control their new as- sistants. At the same time, complex scientific and medical tasks are being performed by high-capacity computers, adding technological prowess to the skills required of pro- fessionals. Let's hope this school board never has to make a choice between reasonable tax rates and adequate equipment for students. But if it does, members have shown a welcome desire to keep students’ needs at the top of their priority list. Town cleanups a great service For all their growing sophistication, town governments in the Back Mountain maintain a firm grasp on their re- sponsibility to fulfill basic needs. The roads are repaired and cleaned as quickly and completely as possible, police protection is first-rate, and this time of year, we can look forward to spring cleanup. This might seem a quaint tradition to jaded residents of major cities, but spring cleanup is a sort of marking point for us, a re- minder that with the arrival of longer days and warmer temperatures (well, maybe soon), it's time to clean out our nests. In a way, spring cleanup is disheartening when we real- ize how much of throwaway society we have become. But, if we're going to run through all this stuff, we at least have the opportunity to dispose of it properly, and not let it pile up in our yards or basements, or drop it by the roadside in the dark of night. There is one other option for your good used items, though; you can bring them to the Back Mountain Memo- rial Library and donate them to the 55th annual auction, which takes place in July. Every penny paid for them will be used to operate this critical institution and you'll be free of throwaway guilt. Just drop by the library at 96 Huntsville Road in Dallas during daytime hours and someone will help take the items. Then be sure to come to the auction so you can buy someone else’s contributions. Publisher’s Notebook It's one of the great mysteries of life: Why do I, whose desk usually looks like the office collection point for paper recycling, so love to clean up and throw things out? Just the other day I was moving from a desk in one corner of the office to another, and took great delight in chucking scraps of paper, note pads with two pages left in them and other assorted junk into the trash can. Heaven knows it’s not the novelty that makes me enjoy cleaning up, since I'm perpetually trying to stay below three or four layers of unfinished work. I have an idea, though, thanks to modern educational theory, which pos- tulates there are different types of learners. If that’s the case, I'm surely a visual person, because I live in fear of losing contact with important or even trivial items, partic- ularly if they have to do with customers or my boss. I fig- ure if I lose sight of anything, it will drop forever from memory and I'll be in trouble with someone. Other people are blessed with the ability to place papers in file drawers, and actually remember where they put them. It must take the right genetic mix for that talent to surface, since I've never been able to do it no matter how hard I try. Still, I've decided it’s time to turn over a new leaf. Start- ing next week I'm swearing off my old life as a messy-desk person and becoming a poster boy for office neatness. I know this won't be easy, and backsliding is to be expect- ed, so I'm asking co-workers for support in this attempt to overcome a lifetime of sloppiness. As for anyone who is waiting for a return phone call, well, you may want to give me a reminder, since your note will be at the bottom of a file folder, which may mean out of mind as well as out of sight. # tay PS * ® satis Flutter by. Photo by Monica Marzani. | BJeYale) 2! Hillard E o I know it has been a while since my last column, and for that I apologize. So much has gone on recently, and while I know that is the common excuse for the shortcomings of humani- ty, this busy time bears a cer- tain significance. For the first time, I truly feel ready to move on. School, sadly enough, has lost its luster and excitement. There are upcoming events-the The Dallas Post TIMESeLEADER unity Newspaper Group P.O. BOX 366, DAL A 18612 » 570-675-5211 Julie D. Imel EDITOR - Ken Brocious ADVERTISING ACCT. EXEC. Ron and Charlotte Bartizek PUBLISHERS EMERITUS Stephen Peterson PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 1-800-427-8649 Heather B. Jones REPORTER Ruth Proietto Production Manager Book discussion group The Monday morning group reviewed "Keeping Faith", by Jodi Picoult, at its last meeting. The book ONLY YESTERDAY 70 Years Ago - May 1, 1931 IREM TEMPLE COUNTRY CLUB TO OPEN SEASON Formal opening of the season at Irem Temple Country Club, Shrine View, is scheduled. to open soon. Additional nine holes will be added to the regu- lar eighteen holes which will be used for the first time in match play. For this occasion Fred J. Wechesser, who donated the additional holes, has offered a special prize which will be com- peted for annually until one person has won it three times. Dallas now has a complete 5, 10 and 25¢ store. Mrs. John A. Williams has opened it at 48 Main.street, Dallas, and calls it The american Home Shop. In- that even though d Swe ha ome —" so far, there is still much to do Graduation Day is near: I'm ready ¢ prom, AP tests, the senior trip to Washington-all exciting in their own right but not really worth writing about. At this point, they seem like little fun-filled. speed bumps on the road to graduation. The coming weeks will fly by, I know, but it appears ‘We have’ come All of this can try one’s patience. Though jaded by any means, 1 am anxious now; anxious to spread my wings and see what else is out there. T.S. Eliot writes: “In a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will re- verse.” Truer words were never spoken. Now my greatest delib- bo MAL cisions I make now will affect me in the future. I do not want to look back on my high-school years with anything resembling regret. I am fearful of this be- cause now, even subconscious- ly, I can see myself pushing peo- ple away, friends whom I've known for years. I do not feel ‘badly about this yet-it is a nat- ural occurrence for people to be- gin distancing themselves in or- der to prepare for an impending transition. I see others doing the same, and this helps to re- deem my own behavior, but I cannot help but wonder if I am missing out on what is supposed to be my main source of happi- ness in these closing weeks. When it gets to be too much to eration is pondering how the de®" handle, I remember the words of Thanks, thanks for your luncheon publicity! deals with an unusual theme, to which representatives of differ- ent faiths reacted in the story, and in our discussion. There was general agreement that the main message was that everyone has the right to believe as she or he wishes. research done by the author was impressive, the characters well defined, and the book well writ- ten and absorbing. The final meeting of the sea- son will be held on May 21, when the group will discuss cluded in the line are novelties, hosiery, candy, party favors, of- fice supplies and many items in drugs. Three of the outstanding mo- tion pictures produced recently will be featured on Himmler’'s Theatre banner week program. They are “Follow the Leader,” starring Ed Wynn; “Hell's An- gels” was produced by young millionaire, Howard Hughes, and “Great Meadow” which is a tale of romance, Indian fights and frontier adventures in the Daniel Boone country. Also showing will be “Paid” starring Joan Crawford. : 60 Years Ago - May 2, 1941 BACK MOUNTAIN OSCAR AWARDED TO RALPH ROOD Ralph H. Rood, teacher in the public schools and public-spir- ited Dallas citizen of many years, -. received the "Back Mountain Oscar”, gift of Joseph MacVeigh, for the outstanding performance in this year’s fire company show at a dinner for the cast and friends in the Bor- ough High School Building. We found that the "The Sun Also Rises", by Ernest Heimingway. The group will lunch together at the Castle Inn after the meeting. Display for Antique Show The committee for the Prince of Peace Episcopal Church's annu- al Antique Show has put on dis- play at the library a selection of amber glass pieces. The show will be held May 8, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and May 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost of ad- mission is $2.50 per person and includes free parking. There will Trevor Griffiths, 21-year-old nephew of David Richards, Lehman avenue, Dallas, is one of twenty British seamen res- cued from an open boat and taken to Lisbon, Portugal, when the merchantman Western Chief was torpedoed and sunk some days ago in mid-Atlantic, according to letters reaching relatives in New York. Accord- ing to information available, Trevor with nineteen others of the crew managed to secure a place in an open boat which drifted for two days on the At- lantic before being picked up by a friendly ship and taken to Lis- bon. Students of Lehman Town- ship schools dedicated two pin oak trees to “Youth” and “Peace” at Arbor Day cere- monies held on the school grounds. Dedication was part of a larger program during which students, teachers and townsfolk joined in a communi- ‘ty beautification project. In all, five pin oak trees were named and planted along the highway in front of the school building. another wonderful poet, Alane Rollings: “For too much feeling, breathe deeply.” This is all I can do, for now. I have no way of knowing where I will be in a decade, or even where I will be tomorrow. The most I can guar- antee is that I have tried my og. over these last four years to be worthy student, daughter and friend, and will continue to do so for as long as the time is afford- ed me. For any students reading this, I will tell you what I constantly tell myself: hang in there. It has been a rough ride for all of us, but it will certainly be a joy to receive that diploma. With the clock running down, let m offer my congratulations on job well done. Let's keep it up. be food available. Library luncheon The 13th an- nual "Luncheon with a Special Author", sponsored by th Friends of the library and hel on April 26th, was well-attended and a very pleasant occasion. The speaker, Catherine Gourley, delighted the audience with her comments and readings from her books. The Friends wish to thank the Dallas Post for their extenvise advance publicity for the event. 50 Years Ago - May 4, 1951 MARION COMER, BLIND SINCE 18, FLIES TO DETROIT FOR GUIDE DOG Marion Comer, left for a four- week training course at the Pathfinder Guide dog Training School. This was the first air- plane trip of her life time. Mari! on, a graduate of Dallas Bor- ough High School and blind since eighteen, will spend four weeks in Detroit, where she will, become aquatinted and trained with the Pathfinder dog award- ed to her by Harveys Lake Lions club and Back Mountain Ken- nel Club. The dog she will re- ceive will be pure bred, proba- bly a Doberman Pinscher. Massive Chest X-Ray will tak place at Harveys Lake, under auspices of Harveys Lake Wom- en's Service Club. The mobile unit from Wyoming Valley Tu- berculosis Society will be at Lake Township School and Lehman-Jackson School. Mrs. Barbara Shriner is chairman of See YESTERDAY, page 5 4
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