6 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, August 1, 2001 EDITORIALS More care needed from ATV owners, riders A 14-year-old Huntsville girl's name has been added to the long and tragic list of people injured or killed in accidents in- volving all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). An 11-year-old boy who was riding with the girl Friday afternoon also was injured se- riously. Nearly all crashes of this type are preventable, either by more responsible driving or proper use of safety devices: Manufacturers of ATVs urge buyers to drive carefully and wear helmets, but that advice is routinely ignored, even by children and teenagers who aren't considered mature enough to drive a car. All-terrain vehicles were developed for use ov farmers and ranchers who needed transportation to remote stretches of their land so they could inspect livestock and repair fences. ATVs were quickly discovered by recreational users who found them to be an affordable outdoors thrill ride. A raft of negligence lawsuits resulted in the elimination of three- wheelers and the institution of minimal regulations on their use. But the law can only go so far, and the real control over these dangerous playthings lies with the people who own them. It is up to them to keep children out of the driver's seat and to insist that all riders wear safety gear and drive responsibly. Leigh Ann Morgan cannot be brought back to life, but it is to be hoped other lives may be saved because this tragic ac- cident made someone realize the potentially lethal conse- quences of reckless or careless ATV operation. Fire, ambulance volunteers shine Shiny fire trucks and ambulances may have drawn many visitors to last weekend's open house at Dallas Fire and Am- bulance, but the people who use them were the real attrac- tion. The Back Mountain depends on volunteers for emer- gency response, and we are very well cared for by the men and women who set aside their leisure time and safety to fight fires, comfort the injured and save lives. Every community in the region owes a debt of gratitude to these neighbors who devote countless hours to training and equipment maintenance, as well as the actual time spent at emergency scenes. Whether you live in Dallas or Trucksville, Franklin Township or Sweet Valley, count your lucky stars that we are able to place our health and safety in caring, ca- pable hands. And if you have the time and interest, look into joining the other volunteers who provide these critical ser- vices. Publisher’s Notebook ‘Tis the season for long-suffering fans of the Boston Red Sox to contemplate fitting celebrations to mark the end of yet anow...er frustrating "could have" season. That's "could have" in the sense that the Sox: * Could have been in first place by a mile if Nomar Garcia- parra hadn't been out due to injury until last Sunday. * Could have won the division if Pedro's arm hadn't gotten sore. * Could have won the World Series if the starting catcher and center fielder hadn't also been lost to injuries. There are those who say it will always be thus, and blame the "Curse of the Babe," a result of the Bosox trading the best player ever to don a uniform. "Ha!" I say to that super- stitious nonsense - wouldn't the Montreal Expos do the same today if they could get enough money to pay for a few weeks worth of hot dogs? I think so. Unfortunately for Boston fans, we can't take advantage of the "big market/small market" argument to explain away our failure. That's the notion that — unlike in pro football — because there's little sharing of revenue between teams, those consigned to cities outside the first tier can never af- ford to be competitive. The Red Sox have the second highest payroll in baseball, after the Yankees, and besides, Min- nesota and Seattle are proving that money and big-name stars aren't everything. Why, the Twins are from such small cities they have to use the name of the state! And how about those Yankees? How about them indeed; isn't about time those graybeards slowed down? They're leading pitcher, Roger Clemens, is nearly eligible for Social Security, and their lineup card reads like one from the 1980s with a few digits changed. Yet, they win and my Red Sox lose. I must confess, I was a Yankees fan in my youth, and since I lived halfway between New York and Boston I had plenty of friends who disagreed with the choice. But the Yanks had Mickey Mantle, Tony Kubec, Whitey Ford and Yogi Berra, just to name a few, and I liked my chances. Then, as now, Yankees fans were accused of rooting for them only because they won so much; not shabby justification in my book. So, how am I dealing with this late-season malaise? I fig- ure if I throw in the towel now, there's a good chance the Sox will rally and catch the Yankees to win the division, not at all illogical given their past propensity to crater when in the lead going into the last few weeks of the season. The Dallas Post TIMES®LEADER Cogmunity Newspaper Group P.O. BOX 366, DAL 612 570-675-5211 Ronald Bartizek GENERAL MANAGER Brenda McDonough Ruth Proietto ADVERTISING ACCT. EXEC. Production Manager Ron and Charlotte Bartizek PUBLISHERS EMERITUS Stephen Peterson PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 1-800-427-8649 Heather B. Jones REPORTER Ready for the pickin’. Photo by Heather B. Jones (0 Bl I 4 YESTERDAY 70 Years Ago - July 30, 1931 SHAVERTOWN FIRE CO. PLANS COMMUNITY DAY Members of the Shavertown Fire Company are planning for their first annual chicken sup- per and bazaar to be held at the Shavertown Methodist church and the school house grounds. A program of sport events will be held in the afternoon with a baseball game between the Shavertown and east Dallas teams of the Rural League. The Pringle ' Clubs baseball team of the American Legion, which defeated the Dallas Ju- niors by one run earlier in the season to represent the Kingston Post American Legion, now stands high toward. the championship of Pennsylvania. At your local A&P Stores some of the items you could get were: White House evaporated milk, 5 tall cans, 29¢; full 15 lb. peck of potatoes, 23¢; Pillsbury, Gold Medal, Ceresota flour, 24 1/2 Ib. bag, 79¢; red beans, 2 cans 9¢; Royal chocolate pudding, 3 pkgs., 25¢; tomatoes, 4 cans, 25¢. 60 Years Ago - August 1, 1941 SCHOOLS COLLECT $7000 FROM STATE AID Of the $42,190 distributed this week to Luzerne County schools as balance of the annu- al State-Aid payments, this re- gion’s share was $7,213.24, di- vided among seven school dis- Only Yesterday is taken from the files of The Dallas Post, which reach back as far as 1929. tricts. Largest sums went to Kingston township, which re- ceived $2,747.29, and Dallas township, with $1,537.02. Approximately 90 women are enrolled and have been enthusi- astically attending the Red Cross Nutrition Course established in the Back Mountain area under the direction of Mrs. Mae E. Townend during the past few weeks. Miss Mary Eleanor Parry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Parry, Trucksville, has been named on the Dean’s Honor List at Bucknell University for scholastic at Bucknell University for scholastic excellence during" the second semester. 50 Years Ago - August 3, 1951 - LOCAL POLIO PATIENTS MAKE GOOD PROGRESS Two cases of Infantile Paraly- sis reported in the Back Moun- tain area making good progress at Wilkes-Barre Contagious Hos- pital. They are Susie Lamore- aux, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Lamoreaux of Jackson Township, and Carol Sutton, 5 1/2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sutton of Carverton. Susie and Carol are expected to make good progress. Efforts to establish a thirty- five mile speed limit through Shavertown and adjoining com- munities were discussed at the meeting of Old Toll Gate Lions Club. It was decided that peti- tion should be prepared calling upon state and local authorities. to establish a thirty-five mile speed limit and place signs on the highways. | Winners of bonds totalling $1000 at the Trucksville Fire- men’s Fair were announced on the closing night. The $300 bond went to Gavy's Market, Trucksville; winner of the $200 bond was maggie Williams, Wilkes-Barre; Fred Shupp, East Dallas, got the $100 bond; $75 and $50 denominations went to Dot Reggie, Swoyerville, and Roberts Oil Company, Trucksville. "Dallas High School, 40 Years Ago - August 3, 1961 PICKETERS HALT HIGH SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION Picketers moved in on the new as fifty workmen = making = finishing touches on a school building which is within ten working days of completion, went on strike. Workmen struck against Boyd Kline Construction Company at Kline Construction Company of White Haven, stopping work on a school for retarded children. The strike spread to a Mountain Top school construction job, and to Dallas. One of the finest tented cir- cuses touring the Eastern Unit- ed States this season will make a one-day appearance at Idetown under Jonathan R. Davis Fire Department Idetown Auspices. Under a huge Big Top, Beers-Barnes Circus will exhibit at the lot across from the Fire House with one hour and half performances. Dr. L.E. Jordan, 1961 Library Auction Chairman, has been named as one of a ten-member Service for Youth Committee by Rotary International. Only one other member is from the United States. Members were selected on the basis of interest in a spe- cific field of youth activity. 30 Years Ago - August 5, 1971 CAMP ONAWANDAH IS SOLD; FAMILY RECREATION PLANNED The announcement that Camp Onawandah has been purchased by Harveys Lake resident Arnold Garinger and his partner, Bob Cumens, and that the camp will re-open Aug. 7 as a family campground, will come as wel- come news to former Girl Scouts-and to all campers who enjoy living out-of-doors. The 33 acres which comprise Onawan- dah include heavily wooded ar- eas and wide fields are what Mr. Garinger considers the key fea- tures of the campground. Back Mountain All-Stars lost to Plains 11-10 in 10 innings, Back Mountain had five home runs, led by Bruce Devine'’s grand slam; two run homes by Bruce Riefenstuhl and Bill Kleiner and solos by Dave W Thomas and Mark Kulish. Man- ager Mike Rudick and Coach Earl Lozier commended the team for their fine showing and coop- eration throughout the season. Richard Sheldon, Shavertown, appeared on the dean’s lost at Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute for the 1971 spring semester. Mr. Sheldon is majoring in the field of science. Renssalaer Poly- technic Institute is a private in- "4 stitution of higher learning in Troy, N.Y. 20 Years Ago - July 22, 1981 BACK MOUNTAIN TO SHARE $106,000 GRANTS Municipalities of the Back Mountain will share an estimat- @ ed $106,658 in state liquid fuel grants. next year if the recently enacted “Franchise Gas Levy Plan” (Senate Bill 161) works out as planned. The following is the estimated 1982 liquid fuels grants to Back Mountain munic- ipalities: Dallas Twp., $50,035; Jackson Twp., $39,968; Kingston Twp., $80,987; Lake Twp., $39,630; Lehman Twp., $56,211; Dallas Borough, @ $32,108, and Harveys Lake Bor- ough, $24,201. The Jonathan R. Davis Fire Company will hold its 16th an- nual horse show at the Lehman Show Grounds, Dallas. The judge for the show will be William Plush. The steward is Mary Hosey. The show will be run in accordance with the rules of the American Horse Show As- sociation. Joe Ball's Beaumont Bulldogs are the 1981 straight season champions in the Minors Divi- sion of the Bob Horlacher Memorial Little League. The Bulldogs finished the straight season with a record of 10 wins in 11 starts, and wound up with a three game lead over second place Orange Yankees. New books on shelves at Back Mountain Library The Back Mountain Memorial Library, 96 Huntsville road, Dal- las, announces the addition of the following books to their col- lection. FICTION “Fatal Voyage” by Kathleen J. Reichs “Suzanne's Diary” by James Patterson “Snow Mountain Passage” by James D. Houston “Entering Normal” by Anne D. LeClaire “John Henry Days” by Colson Whitehead “The Cold Six Thousand” by James Ellroy “Boy Still Missing” by John Searles “The Bronze Horseman” by Paulina Simons “Death in Rome” by Wolfgang Koeppen NONFICTION “Traveling With Your Pet: the AAA Pet Book “Australia” by Carl Robinson “A Treatise on Poetry” by Czes- law Milosz REFERENCE “The Reference Shelf: edited by Martha Hostetter “The Penguin International Dictionary of Contemporary Bi- ography from 1900 to the Pre- sent” by Edward Vernoff Cuba” LARGE PRINT FICTION Are you opinionated? The Dallas Post is always pleased to hear from good columnists. If you have what it takes, we guarantee you a regular forum to write whatever you choose. (Unless it’s libelous or tasteless, of course.) If you are the one person in 1,000 who can express ideas clearly and forcefully, send The Post a letter telling why you want to be a columnist. Mail it to : The Dallas Post, P.O. 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