{ ; The Post EDITORIAL Sunday, June 26, 2005 OUR OPINION Keep summer fun .. and safe ankfully, the summer season has so far been uneventful in terms of preventable tragedies. Everyone holds their collective breath at gradua- tion, fearing that youthful exuberance may outrun caution as high school and college graduates rightfully cele- brate rites of passage. We're not out of the woods yet. Graduation parties take place throughout the summer, so we'd like to remind parents and teens that responsible behav- ior is more than an antiquated concept — it can save lives. We can’t just ignore underage drinking, nor would we con- done it. But it is a fact of life, and it isn’t unusual for well- meaning parents to allow their children and guests to indulge in forbidden fruit, so to speak. Whether or not that is a viola- tion of the law is not as important as taking the next step — seeing to it that those who have had more than a safe level of alcohol are not allowed behind the wheel. That is usually less than in teenagers than adults, so pay close attention. Both the law and common sense agree on this point; if someone at your gathering is impaired, don’t let them drive. The transitory inconvenience of unexpected overnight guests will be far less trouble than a guilty conscience. The most responsible hosts commandeer all car keys at the beginning of a celebration. If you're dealing with teens, don’t underesti- mate their ability to circumvent your precautions, and act accordingly. Following hard upon graduation is the summer recreation season, which can be particularly dangerous on the water. Once again, excessive alcohol consumption is the usual cul- prit in accidental drownings or boating accidents. It is too easy to regard boating as less dangerous than driving a car on paved roads against oncoming traffic, but in truth boats pose at least as great a risk. That’s partly because they lack the safety gear of automobiles, such as seat belts and air bags, and also because they can go as fast, but can’t stop or swerve as quickly. And water, as we were taught in science class, is just as unforgiving a surface as asphalt. We want summer to be the carefree season of song and myth. But let’s all be realistic; there is no time when we can completely let down our guard against dangers both natural and manmade. MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel - ® On June 27, 1844, Joseph Smith, the founder and leader of the Mormon religion, is murdered along with his brother Hyrum when an anti-Mormon mob breaks into a jail where they are being held in Carthage, Ill. e On June 30, 1859, Jean-Francois Gravelet, a Frenchman known as “The Great Blondin,” becomes the first daredevil to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. He later did tightrope walks across the falls blindfolded, with his manager on his back, sitting down midway to cook-.an omelet, and pushing a wheelbarrow across while dressed as an ape. e On July 2, 1881, just months into his administration, President James Garfield is shot and mortally wounded by a dis- gruntled office-seeker as he walks through a railroad waiting room in Washington, D.C. Garfield died 80 days later of blood poisoning. ® On July 3, 1957, Nikita Khrushchev takes control in the Soviet Union by orchestrating the ouster of key opponents from positions of authority in the Soviet government. Khrushchev’s power began to wane after the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, and he was forced out in 1964. ® On June 28, 1975, television writer Rod Serling dies at age 50 after open-heart surgery. Born in Syracuse, N.Y., Serling became one of early television’s most successful writers, and was best known for the anthology series “The Twilight Zone,” which he cre- ated, wrote and hosted. ® On June 29, 1989, the U.S. House of Representatives unani- mously passes sanctions against the People’s Republic of China fol- lowing the brutal massacre of protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. American indignation, however, was relatively short-lived, and most of the sanctions died out after a brief period. ® On July 1, 1995, legendary radio disc jockey Wolfman Jack, born Robert Smith, dies. The Brooklyn-born Smith became famous in the 1960s while broadcasting nightly from powerful radio stations in Mexico, which could be heard in many parts of the U.S. (c) 2005 King Features Synd., Inc. ® #. k Sun and shade in Lehman. Photo by Charlotte Bartizek. LETTERS Thanks for support of art awards The 10th annual “Adrienne’s Garden” Art Awards presented on May 22 were a major suc- cess. Congratulations to all awardees for creating their magnificent works of art. It gives us great pleasure and joy to witness the excitement and pride of the award winners upon seeing their artwork dis- played with an award ribbon. Surely, Adrienne’s memory is kept alive by touching the lives of these children every year. Each year we feel her presence nesses the awards and joy of the children. We wish to extend our deep- est gratitude to: Mr. Robert Cooney of the Tyler Home Health for all of his able assistance and support; the art teachers (Judy Szychowski, Debra Donowski, Lance Montross, and Linda Hulslander) of Tunkhannock Area elementary and middle schools for collecting the art- work for us to judge; the staff of Tyler Memorial Hospital for all Post for its prominent publica- tion of the event; Shana Tesluk of the Tyler Health Foundation; and a special thank you to Mrs. Janet Chaffee, Meg Dobrosielski, Deborah Albert- Heise, Esquire, Ken Patton of Legal Blank Printery, MaryJo Paul, Debra Stover, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Poepperling, Roger and Michele Hardy and the Endless Mountains Council of the Arts for their generous donations. Art supplies comprise the “Adrienne’s Garden” Art Awards. No cash prizes are ever awarded. Funding to purchase the prizes is derived solely from donations. If you would like to bring joy to a child, and encour- age the growth and prosperity of our young artists, please con- sider making a donation to “Adrienne’s Garden” Art Awards, c/o Tyler Health Foundation, - 880 SR 6W, Tunkhannock, PA 18657. Jim, Lorraine and Jennifer Letters are welcome Letters to the editor are welcome and will be published, subject to the following guidelines: ¢ Letters should not exceed 500 words. ¢ Letters must be signed and include the writer's home town and a daytime telephone number for verification. e Names will be withheld only if there exists a clear and verifi- able threat to the writer. Letters can be sent many ways: By e-mail to: thepost@leader.net By mail to: The Post, 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre PA 18711. By using the drop box located in the Uni-Mart convenience store on Route 309 in Dallas, across from the Dallas Shopping Center. The POST TIMESeLEADER Community Newspaper Group 15 N. MAIN ST., WILKES-BARRE PA 18711 « 570-675-5211 thepost@leader.net Patrick McHugh Ronald Bartizek PUBLISHER EDITOR Erika Calvert ADVERTISING Pat O'Donnell PREPRESS MANAGER and joy as, from Above, she wit- of their able assistance; The prizes presented for the Maillet 70 Years Ago of electric aerial gunner was Brook Water Company by Atty. favorite color, red. Glen has June 28, 1935 Sgt. Clyde Veitch Jr, son of Mr. William McLean, Willard Garey lived over a half century at the and Mrs. Clyde Veitch, found a copy of The Dallas Post Hoover homestead, and can be FOUR HEADED TO Cemetery Street, Dallas. dated November 3, 1892. It was seen cycling in Lehman, SERVICE IN PANAMA addressed to JH. Pehman who Harveys Lake and Dallas for his Adding emphasis to a need formerly lived in the house groceries. Four Dallas young men left for higher teacher salaries in which was more recently occu- this week on the first leg of a Dallas Borough Schools, resig- pied by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Supervisors | of trip which will take them to the nation of three high school Frantz. Northmoreland Township, Panama teacher were among a flood of Wyoming County, recently Canal Zone resignations that greeted Dallas 40 Years Ago appropriated $3,327 from cur- where they Borough School Board at its June 24, 1965 rent revenue sharing funds fi will join the meeting last Friday night. Prof. the purchase of land for a 2 United TA. Williammes, supervising FIRE CONSUMES posed township building. 7 States Coast principal for the past seven BARN, LIVESTOCK ONLY Artillery years, presented his resigna- SAVED The Pinebrook Inn, Lower YESTERDAY forces. They tion. He will become head of Demunds Road, Dallas, adver- are Kenneth Falls-Overfield Vocational Firemen from Huntington tised a Sunday dinner with a Westover, William Disque, School in Wyoming County ata Mills and Sweet Valley were choice of ham, turkey or roast Richard Templin and Paul substantial increase in salary. able to save a small barn and beef, for $3.95. Children’s por- LaBarr. Mrs. J. Elmore Turrell enter- tained the nature committee of the Garden Club of Wyoming Valley at a picnic luncheon at her summer home at Noxen. Later, the guests visited the camp of the Children’s Home at Stull. Among those attending were Mrs. Harry C. Miller, Miss Anna Dennison and Mrs. Lillian Geddes. In an effort to stimulate sup- port for the local baseball team, the DAllas nine in the Rural League has designated this Sunday as “Booster Day.” Players enlisted so far are Robert Hislop, Thomas Reese, Addison Woolbert, Kenneth Oliver, William Griffith, Ty Carr, Ab Winters, Michael Stanley, Ted Wilson, Charles Malarky, George Schultz, Jimmy O’Boyle and Monroe Schultz. 60 Years Ago June 29, 1945 B-29 BOMBER BUZZES DALLAS Residents of Dallas and the Back Mountain Region were startled and thrilled Sunday afternoon when a giant B-29 cir- cled Dallas twice at low altitude and then flew away serenely in the direction of New York City. Aboard the ship in the capacity Two faithful executives of First National Bank of Dallas were advanced in rank in recog- nition of their loyal service to the institution. W.B. Jeter, cashier, was advanced to execu- tive vice-president in full charge of the administration of the bank and clerical force; and Frederick J. Eck, assistant cashier, was advanced to cashier. 50 Years Ago June 24, 1955 KEN WOOLBERT TWIRLS A NO-HITTER The calibre of Little League Baseball in the Back Mountain League this year is the best yet. So far this season only two games have been played in which their (sic) was a margin of more than three runs. Kenneth Woolbert pitched the first no hit game for Westmoreland against Trucksville Wednesday night. Harry Goeringer’s gift of seven lots on Demunds Road for future construction of a recreation center building, was announced at Tuesday night's annual dinner of Dallas Township Womans Civic Club. . While tearing down the plank house at Huntsville recently purchased from Spring livestock from disaster, but the main barn on the John Metcalf property, Harveyville-Broadway road was completely destroyed around 2, Tuesday afternoon, with damage at about $15,000 to $17,000. Consumed in the inferno, which was still smok- ing yesterday morning, were about 3000 bales of new hay, some 400 bales of straw, and all milking machinery. Marilyn Eck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eck, Shavertown and Nancy Elston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Elston, Shadyside, Kunkle, have been named to the spring semester dean’s list at Susquehanna University. Miss Eck was sone of 12 students at Susquehanna who had perfect 4.0 or “straight A” averages, out of an enroll- ment of 1,060. The movie lineup at the Sandy Beach Drive-In Theatre included “Goldfinger” with Sean Connery and “Ferry Cross The Mersey,” starring Gerry and the Pacemakers. 30 Years June 26, 1975 A NEW BIKE FOR GLEN HOOVER'S BIRTHDAY Friends and relatives sur- prised Glen Hoover, Outlet Road, with a new Schwinn bicy- cle on his birthday. It was his tion was $1.95. The restaurant was under the new manage- ment of Tony and Kathy Wisnewski. 20 Years Ago June 26, 1985 McCUTCHEON HONORED BY KIWANIS CLUB After six years of dedicated service to the Dallas Kiwanis All-Star softball game, and probably as many years coaxing him to accept it, Dallas resident George McCutcheon has received the Kiwanis Club’s award for meritorious serig involving women’s athletics} Crime Watch programs were on the agenda in Dallas Borough and Kingston Township. Borough officials voted to fund the purchase of Neighborhood Crime Watch kits. Kingston Township named four neighborhood “captains,” Frank Hirleman, Edward Carey, Jim Wisnieski and Janet Roberts. In Little League action, the Dodgers upped their record to 15-1 by beating the Reds behind the two-hit pitching of Hugo Selenski. Eric Pieczynski, Neil Keiser and Walt Fry each had two hits for the winners. Tom Ladamus and Dave Podehl had the Reds’ hits. 1 Q: Where do you find the most Back Mountain news each week? 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