The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Thursday, June 13, 2002 EDITORIAL Best vision comes from those who know the community The response to the first public meeting of the Dallas Com- munity Visioning group was more than heartening, it was in- spiring. Well over 100 people turned out to learn more about the visioning process and to express their opinions on where Dallas Borough - and the entire Back Mountain - should be heading. The suggestions were not surprising. People want their hometowns to be pleasant places to live, work and shop, with enough amenities to make life comfortable but not so many that the Back Mountain becomes another faceless strip of shopping plazas and parking lots. The fact that we've been hurtling in that direction adds necessary urgency to the vi- sioning effort if it is to have a chance to succeed. Most important is continued public input and support. To that end, another public meeting has already been planned, at which target areas for attention will be identified and task forces formed to address them. The result of that gathering will be even more important than the giant first step that was taken May 29, and we look forward to reporting its success. Graduates: Try to better your elders Every parent dreams of and dreads high school commence- ment day. Whether the graduate is going to Harvard or the school of hard knocks, this ceremony creates a line of demar- cation between years of dependency and a future filled with opportunity and obstacles, most of them self-created. Gradua- tion also presents editorial writers with the chance to wax po- etic and offer high-minded advice that probably doesn’t match their own experience, but sounds better than the unspoken truth. With that in mind, here are our words of wisdom for the class of 2002: * Try to make fewer mistakes than we did, and learn from them. We know you're going to mess up sometimes; just don't hurt yourself or someone else unnecessarily in the process. e Listen to your instincts. If we “grown-ups” have done: our jobs with any skill at all, you know right from wrong and smart from stupid. Like a coach who can’t shut up while his players are on the field, parents sometimes need to just let the kids play, secure in the knowledge they've been taught the rules. * Don't drink and drive, and don’t ride with someone who has had too much to drink. This applies on graduation night, and every moment after, for the rest of your life. * No one else can make you happy — not even Mom and Dad. (You probably already know that.) It's a do-it-yourself job, although the right person or persons can make it a whole lot easier, and it will amaze you how sharing with others can change your opinion of pleasure. Study hard, stay in school, don't do drugs? You've heard enough about that stuff, and it's all true, but it may not sink in until you have firsthand experience. We wish it was less painful — for you and your loved ones — but we have confi- dence you'll come through just fine. Publisher’s Notebook Ron Bartizek If you're trying to find me on a Sunday morning, the best place to look is in the aisles of a local grocery store. I'll be there along with several other men who limit as much as possible their exposure to rows of tuna fish cans and potato chips. You'll recognize us as supermarket naifs by the vacant look on our faces as we stumble from aisle to aisle in search of peanut butter, brownie mix or whatever else is on our list - provided, of course, we remembered to bring the list along. We mean well; I volunteered for Sunday morning breakfast duty in our household years ago, and the cooking part goes just fine. It’s getting the ingredients in the hour or so between the time I wake up and when the kids wander down that’s the tough part. My wife, by contrast, displays great pride in being able to swoop down on BiLo and complete her mission in less than an hour. Since her average take is about five times mine, I'm at a loss to explain how she does it. This experience has led me to ponder taking the invention route in an effort to become filthy rich. Supermarkets clearly need a communications system that will guide rookie shoppers on their journey. The big departments aren't an issue; I know where the produce, dairy and deli departments are, since they usually have two-foot tall signs demarcating their shelf space. After that, though, it's a struggle. Why, for example, are cookie mixes 37 aisles away from cookies? Or coffee about a half mile from cream? The store nearest my house has lists posted at completely random locations, but they are just a tease. Try finding Betty Crocker Double Fudge Nut Brownie Mix on them, or Ocean Spray Cranberry/Raspberry Drink Mix. Fat chance. Given the state of computer technology, I envision a hand- held device with a million item product list, so amateurs like me can punch in the most detailed item description and be giv- en exact directions to our quarry. An added feature would be bar code recognition, setting off a beeper when we pass by the family pack chicken legs we've been searching 10 minutes for. The only thing that could go wrong then is to forget the list. Maybe it can beep too. The Dallas Post TIMESeLEADER unity Newspaper Group P.O. BOX 366, DALLAWPA 18612 » 570-675-5211 Ronald Bartizek GENERAL MANAGER William J. Dunn Jr. ADVERTISING ACCT. EXEC. Timothy J. Raub REPORTER Ruth Proietto AD PRODUCTION MANAGER Darlene Sorber Terry Quinn OFFICE MANAGER PAGE DESIGN Where the wild things are. Along R Reservoi Road in Dallas. Photo by Ron Barrick From the bullpen Timothy J. Raub | When I was a senior at Dallas High School, I went through a period during which I just did not want to further my educa- tion. I was tired of the academics, and tired of the class work, and thought it would be easy to just graduate from high school and find a job somewhere making a lot of money. But there were a few individu- ONLY YESTERDAY 70 Years Ago - June 10, 1932 DALLAS POST COMPLETES SCHOOL YEARBOOK The Dallas Post completed printing and publishing of the Kingston high school yearbook, The Kingstonian. All printing on the 500 volumes was done at the Post plant. J.F. Besecker, local Ford deal- er, demonstrated to members of Dallas township school board one of the new model Ford school busses. Second commencement of Dallas township high school was held in Himmler theatre, Dallas, with H.C. Fetterolf, assistant di- rector of vocational agriculture, as principal speaker. 60 Years Ago -June 12, 1942 RESIDENTS TO REGISTER FOR SUGAR IN DALLAS Special registration for the canning sugar allotment will be held in Dallas. Local registration will take place in the Himmler Building and will be open to res- idents of Dallas and Kingston. One adult in each family is to apply and ration books must be Two great teachers who taught life lessons als outside of my parents who thought my ideas were just too idealistic. Dallas High School teachers Gary Mathers and Wayne Hugh- es, who taught Woodshop and Ecology respectively, helped me to see the reality of life in this day and age without a college education. They pushed me to enroll in colleges and look for a major that suited me best. Mr. Mathers and Mr. Hughes saved me from walking the tightrope of the so-called “real world” without a safety net, and were key in putting me where I am today. Last week the Dallas" School “ Board announced Mr. Mathers’ retirement after 22 years with the school district, one year af- brought to the registration cen- fer. Confronted with a government ruling which may entirely dis- rupt the street repair program for Dalals, borough Councilmen determined at a regular monthly meeeting, to seek toe of aid of State Highway officials in gain- ing the releas of a large supply of oil for road surfacing. Private Clarence E. LeBar, physical education teacher and athletic coach of Dallas Borough High School, set off for the Army.The entire Dalals band es- corted Private laBar down Hutnsville road to Main street, where he departed from Local Board No. 1 at Wyoming. 50 Years Ago - June 20, 1952 MAJOR PLACES THIRD AT STATE POULTRY JUDGING A Jackson Township boy placed third in the Poultry Judg- ing contest conducted as part of the anual State Furure Farmers of America convention hald at Pennsylvania State College. Dar- rel Major, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Major of Trucksville will participate in the national FFA Convention at Kansas City. East Dallas teen-agers won their second straight game in the Bi-County Junior league de- feating Carverton at Carverton. This puts East Dallas in a three- way tie with Westmoreland and turrell Motors of Tunkhannock for top position. Herbert Dreher, Dallas, has been promoted to sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Herb is a for- mer employee of the Dallas Post. ter the same was announced for Mr. Hughes. Both men made learning fun, and on a regular basis gave their time to help with extracurricular activities at the high school. I just hope that the school board can find replacements for these two men that are even half as good as they were. Future students of the school district need to get the same opportuni- ties I was lucky enough to get, and I can’t imagine walking into each of their classrooms and not seeing them behind the desk, or at the shop table talking to stu- dents. These men befriended the stu- dents, and did not just teach from a book. They taught from the heart, and could get anyone interested in what they had to 40 Years Ago - June 14, 1962 FIRST CLASS GRADUATES FROM NEW DALLAS HIGH | SCHOOL It was the first class to gradu- ate from the new Dallas Senior High Schoool. W. Frank Trimble, high school principal, who pre- sented the seniors to Charles Mannear, president of the school board, for their diplomas estimated a crowd of 1400. 141 seniors graduated. With a few minor adjustments within the budget, not affecting the total, Dallas school directors voted to adopt ther 1962-1963 budget. Flood-lights were installed at Dallas School parking lot autho- rized by Dallas School Authori- ties. The price of of the six flood- lights was $5,970. 30 Years Ago - June 22, 1972 FIVE DALLAS SCHOOLS RE- QUIRE INSTALLATION OF SEWER LINES Five schools of Dallas School District will require installation of sewer lines in order to be con- nected to the new sewer system of Dalals Area Municipal Au- thority. The schools are Dallas Intermediate, Dallas, Shaver- town, Westmoreland and Trucksville Elementary Schools. Kingston Township Board of Supervisors expressed its inten- tion at a meeting to meet with officials of other municipalities, and until such meetings, they will defer voting on a petition say. I am proud to say that I was a student in both of their classes, and the lessons they taught me outside of the classroom have aided me in just about every step of my life. My life would have never been the same without those twa men, and although I've never re ally had the chance to tell them in person, now I would like to say thank you to both of them. It is because of the two of you in particular that I can sit be- hind this computer today, and write the best possible tribute to two amazing individuals. ; The two of you will be missed; and I hope you realize the im- pact you've had on so many. lives — especially mine. SIRs Thank you sincerely. 4 So FAA which protests the formation of a water authority in the Backs Mountain Area.l Employees of Dallas Area Mud nicipal . Authority arrived at the treatment plant site only to dis= cover vandalism had been done to the control building and a seeded embankment of the back of the site. Chire Operator Tom Bagley reported that 12 panes of glasson the rear section of the control building had been bro ken by rocks, and hay, which had covered the newly- sow] bank had been burned. i 20 Years Ago - June 9, 1982 : LAKE RESIDENTS ASKED TO : CUT WEEDS, GRASS Harveys Lake residents are being asked to cooperate with local ordinances pertaining to appearance and safety in the community, or suffer the conse: quences. A Brush, Grass and weed Ordinance, recently passed by Council requires property owners to remove, tring or cut all grass, weeds or other vegetation at least twice a munth during May, June, July, August and September. i The Dallas Township Zoning Hearing Board is expected to render a decision on a Shaver- town contractor's plan to build condominiums in the very near future. Boaters at Harveys Lake will be unable to purchase fuel directly from the water's edge this summer as the last pump hasgone out of service. With in- flation and the high cost of gaso- line the number of pumps dwin- dled. New books on shelves at Back Mountain Memorial Library The Back Mountain Memorial Library, 96 Elin Hilderbrand “Dreaming Water” dar by “A Simple Helen Thomas Habana BIOGRAPHY R.A. Salavatore YOUNG ADULT Huntsvile Road, Dallas, announces the addition of the following books to their collection. FICTION “Mortal Prey” by John Sandford “Running scared” by Elizabeth Lowell “Dying to Please” Linda Howard ; “Nantucket Nights” by by Gail Tsukiyama “Walk through dark- ness” by David Anthony Durham “Critical Condition” by Peter Clement “Halfway Home” by Mary Sheldon “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel “The House of Blue Mangoes” by David Davi- Melody” by Oscar Hijue- los “Stay” by Nicola Griffith “The Stone Carvers” by Jane Urquhart “Man Walks into a Room” by Nicole Krauss “Cape Refuge” by Terri Blackstock NON-FICTION “Thanks for the Memo- ries, Mr. President” by Listening to Whales” by Alexander Morton SCIENCE FICTION “The Gates of Sleep” by Mercedes Lackey “Whole Wide World” by Paul J. McAuley “Chasm City” by Alas- tair Reynolds BOOKS ON CD “Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones” by A “Walt Whitman: a biog- raphy” by Milton Meltzer “The Handbook of the Middle East” by Michael G. Kort “This Land Was Made for You and Me: the life & songs of Woody Guthrie” by Elizabeth Partridge “The Death Penalty: justice or legalized mur- der” by Ted Gottfried. p_ arn _,_n. * ———— eo
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