PAGE4 THE POST EDITORIAL Sunday, August 28, 2005 LIBRARY NEWD Storytime registration taking place Sept. 7 Registration for the fall Story- time hours will begin at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7 at the Back Mountain Memorial Library, 96 Huntsville Road, Dallas. The pro- grams will start the week of Sept. 19. Toddlers, who must be at least 2 years old, will meet from 10-10:30 a.m. Mondays and the schedule for 3-5year-olds is as follows: 6:30- 7:30 p.m. Mondays; 9:4510:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. to noon Wednes- days; and 10-11 a.m. Thursdays. To register your child, call the li- brary at 675-1182. While the summer reading pro- gram ended with a party several weeks ago, children’s librarian Ja- net Bauman encourages all young readers who havent completed their eight books to do so within the next few weeks. Bring your list to the library and pick up your prize, a handsome bendable royal figure. * % * The next Word Horde will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16 at the library. Everyone is welcome to perform — singers, actors, readers of poetry, musicians. Call the Li- brary and ask for Brian. Entertainment Books 2005 are in the library. Martha Butler says the new book is focused more on our area than before. It is valid now and will be good until Nov. 1, 2006. The library has established a regular drop-off schedule for Odds and Ends and books for next year’s auction. They will be accepted from 3-5 p.m. each Saturday. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. The following new books, CDs and tapes have been added to the collection at the Back Mountain Memorial Library. EXPRESS (1 Week Loan) “Chill Factor” by Sandra Brown FICTION “No Country for Old Men” by Cormac McCarthy “Long Time Gone” by Judith A. Jance “Pirate” by Ted Bell “Chill Factor” by Sandra Brown “The Missing Person” by Alix Gingrich NONFICTION “The Devil's Teeth” by Susan Casey “Parkinson’s Disease and the Family” by Nutan Sharma “True Grace” by Jonathan S. Smith “True Story” by Michael Finkel MYSTERY “Dating is Murder” by Harley Jane Kozak “Not a Girl Detective” by Susan Kandel YOUNG ADULT “Invisible” by Pete Hautman LARGE PRINT FICTION “Looking for Peyton Place” by Barbara Delinsky “Lifeguard” by James Patterson “Case of Lies” by Perri O’Sh- aughnessy “The Truth About Love” by Ste- phanie Laurens “Me and Emma” by Elizabeth Flock “The Other Woman” by Jane Green “Babylon Sisters” by Cleage “Last Witness” by Jilliane Hoff- man “River Rising” by Dorothy Gar- lock “Exact Revenge” by Tim Green “March” by Geraldine Brooks “Challenge to Honor” by Jennif- er Blake “The Beauty Bride” by Claire Delacroix Pearl AUDIOTAPES “Eleven on Top” by Janet Eva- novich BOOKS ON CD “Lifeguard” by James Patterson “Harry Potter and the Half- Blood Prince” by JK. Rowling “Eleven on Top” by Janet Eva- novich “U.S.S. Seawolf” by Patrick Rob- inson “The Secret Man” by Bob Wood- ward “The Interruption of Every- thing” by Terry McMillan “1776” by David McCullough “Hunter Killer” by Patrick Rob- inson Soap FOR THE POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Humans aren't the only of God's creatures enjoying the last few weeks of summer. We don't have the heart to tell this little guy that cooler weather is right around the corner. 70 years ago Aug. 30, 1935 LOCAL RESIDENTS LOSE FAITH IN ROOSEVELT Voters in the Post’s straw vote, which ended last night, have sympathy with only a few of President Roosevelt's policies, would defeat his re-election, and would nominate Sen. William E. Borah of Boise, Idaho as the Re- publican candidate for Presi- dent in 1936. Nine hundred twenty-six per- sons, most of them from the Dal- las area but many from all parts of Northeastern Pennsylvania, voted. The majority of them voice opposition for many of President Roosevelt's policies. Eighty-nine men and women from Lake, Lehman, Kingston and Dallas ~ townships and Dallas Ohlin “Specimen Days” by Michael Borough “Never Call Retreat” by Newt Cunningham ONLY are seeking YESTERDAY nomina- tions for the MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel * On Aug. 29, 1533, Atahuallpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas, dies by strangulation at the hands of Spanish conquistadors. His execution marked the end of 300 years of Inca civilization. * On Aug. 31,1888, Mary Ann Nichols, the first victim of London serial killer “Jack the Ripper,” is found murdered and mutilated in Whitechapel's Buck's Row. The East End of London saw four more victims of the murderer during the next few months, but no suspect was ever found. * On Sept. 1,1928, Robert Pirsig, author of “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,” is born on this day in Minneapolis. More than 120 publishing houses rejected the book before it was published in 1974. It became a cult classic, selling more than 4 million copies in the next 30 years. ® On Sept. 3,1935, a new land-speed record is set by Britain's famed speed demon Sir Malcolm Campbell on the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah. Campbell and his 2,500-horsepower motorcar Bluebird made two runs over a I-mile course at speeds averaging more than 301 mph. * On Sept. 2,1969, science-fiction television series “Star Trek" airs its last episode. Although “Star Trek” ran for only three years and never placed better than No. 52 in the ratings, the show spawned four television series and nine movies. * On Sept. 4,1972, U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz wins his seventh gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Munich. When terrorists struck the Olympic village the next day, Spitz, who is Jewish, was put under armed guard and flown to London out of fear he might become a target. ® On Aug. 30, 1980, Willie Nelson's single “On the Road Again” entered the charts. The song would eventually reach No.1and be- come an American classic. Restless spirits everywhere lived by Nel- son's lyrics: “... | can't wait to get on the road again.” (c) 2005 King Features Synd., Inc. THE POST TIMES® LEADER Community Newspaper Group hd 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18711 ® 570-675-5211 thepost@leader.net Patrick McHugh Dave Konopki PUBLISHER EDITOR Erika Calvert ADVERTISING Pat O'Donnell PREPRESS MANAGER 26 office which will be at stake in the fall election. Lake Township has the most crowded field, with 23 candi- dates after five offices. Dallas Borough is next with 22 candi- dates, but there are seven offices to be filled and four men are to be elected to council alone. In Kingston Township, Lake Town- ship and Dallas Township, there are candidates seeking the Dem- ocratic nomination for nearly ev- ery office, assuring a spirited general election. One day a year, Harveys Lake Picnic Grounds, one of the most popular resorts in Northeastern Pennsylvania, turns itself into the kind of paradise youngsters dream about - where great stacks of ice cream, pretzels, soft drinks and popcorn can be had for the asking and a penny is the “open sesame” to every amuse- ment. This year, the third annual Children’s Day has been sched- uled for Sunday, Sept. 15 and in- dications are there will be taller mounds of goodies and a record- breaking crowd of kiddies to join in. There will be 2,000 dishes of ice cream, 1,000 bottles of choc- olate milk, 1,000 bottles of soft drinks, 1,000 bags of peanuts and 500 bags of pretzels. 60 years ago Aug. 31, 1945 WORST CROP IN 25 YEARS FACES LOCAL FARMERS Declaring that the current season has been the worst for agriculture since he has been as- sociated with the Luzerne Coun- ty Agricultural Association, James Hutchison expressed the opinion this week that local farmers and fruit growers will harvest their poorest crop in 25 years this fall. Mr. Hutchison attributes this failure to the extremely wet weather in July and to the unsea- sonably cool nights that have de- terred normal crop growth. In- sects and crop diseases have also been unusually bad. This has been due in part to wet weather and in part to last winter’s heavy snow blanket, which permitted insects to live over. The late freeze last spring killed practi- cally all of the fruit crop in Lu- zerne County. Two New Jersey institutions have made generous contribu- tions to the Back Mountain Me- morial Library. This week, Prin- ceton Public Library through li- brarian Miss Helen Wilmot, made a second gift of 136 vol- umes of young people’s books and Rutgers University Library presented volumes of American Men in Science and Who’s Who in America. Back Mountain communities will receive $8,000 of the $2,365,737.50 in liquor license refunds approved by G. Harold Wagner, Auditor General of Pennsylvania. Payments are al- locations from the liquor license fund of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, as authorized by law. Payments range from nothing in Monroe Township to $2,900 in Lake Township. Amounts re- ceived by other Back Mountain municipalities are Dallas Town- ship, $1,800; Hunlock Town- ship, $900; Lehman Township, $850; Kingston Township, $600; Dallas, $300; Jackson Township, $250; and Franklin Township, $150. 50 years ago Sept. 2, 1955 DALLAS WOMAN DIES AFTER RESCUE Miss Helen Steele, 70, alone in her home on Tunkhannock Highway, ill and helpless for days, died Wednesday night at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital. Neighbors and police discov- ered the situation Wednesday morning, alerted by 12-year-old newspaper carrier Ronald Cross. Miss Steele, on the verge of death, could give little expla- nation. Kingston Township police chief Jesse Coslett and assistant Herbert Updyke broke a pane of glass in a storm door to gain en- trance, and the patient was re- moved in the Kingston Town- ship ambulance. Five new elementary school teachers and one secondary teacher have signed contracts with Dallas Borough, Kingston Township joint school board. The teachers are Barbara Clark, Clinton Brobst, Mary Vanden Hout, Mary Jackson Shangraw, Janice Yozviak and Ethel Brace Williams. 40 years ago Sept. 2, 1965 LOCAL SAILORS HELP PICK UP ASTRONAUTS Two local boys — Seaman Bra- dley L. Rauch of Harveys Lake and Seaman Richard E. Smith of Noxen — were aboard the aircraft carrier USS Champlain when it picked up the two astronauts from the sea, via helicopter, Sun- day. Information was conveyed to the Dallas Post by Mrs. Joseph Rauch, who says the boys may have some interesting pictures of the historic event. The boys had the distinction of serving on the ship which recovered Amer- ican astronauts L. Gordon Coop- er Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. east of Florida after the men traveled an unprecedented 3,338,200 miles over the span of seven days, 22 hours and 53 minutes. They circled the Earth 120 times in space via the capsule Gemini V. A lengthy discussion was held regarding the new building pro- gram and overcrowded condi- tions at Dallas Schools at a spe- cial meeting of the school board Tuesday evening at the high school. Three new teachers were also appointed during the meeting. Jack Stanley, chairman of the school board, stated that enroll- ment has increased 50 percent since he came on the board six years ago. Detailed reports were given on the necessity for addi- tional classrooms to the junior high and senior high buildings by principal John Rosser and Thomas Jenkins. The board also signed a con- tract for 22 busses to cover school routes with Leon Ema- nuel at a daily rate of $530.88. A forced landing in a hayfield farmed by Joseph Cigarski of Chase Road cut short the glider trip of an upstate New York man Sunday afternoon. Pilot Ted Falk, 33, of Clarence, N.Y., was flying on course from Elmira to Colt’s Neck, N.J. in a contest. He decided he did not have enough altitude to finish the race, so he settled for a land- ing at the Wyoming Valley Air- port. Unfortunately, he did not have enough altitude to get to the airport, either. 30 years ago Aug. 28, 1975 NEW LEHMAN-JACKSON SCHOOL TO BE OPENED The Lake-Lehman School Dis- trict will open the new Lehman- Jackson Elementary School when district schools open Wednesday, Sept. 3. The newly- constructed building will house students in K-5, from Lehman and Jackson townships and all sixth grade students in the Lake- Lehman School District. The three other elementary centers, Ross, Lake and Noxen, will house students in K-5 from their respective neighborhood areas. Seventh and eighth grade students will be housed in the recently-refurbished Lehm: Jackson Elémentary School Lake-Lehman High School will ‘house students in grades 9-12. The Dallas Borough Council’s request for help in cleaning out Toby’s Creek was denied by the Department of Environmental Resources. A.W. Bartlett, direc- tor of DER, informed council that channelization and levy construction is not feasible. He also stated that waste ma- terials in the creek are a civic re- sponsibility. Schoolboy football is righ around the corner and optimis: is running high at Dallas an Lake-Lehman camps. Second-year coach Rich Gor- gone believes he’s got things headed in the right direction. He greeted the 43 players when drills started and 16 are return- ing lettermen. Lake-Lehman won just two games last year, but Gorgone feels his team can put some more “W’s” in the record book this season. Dallas and Scranton Prep knocked heads in a scrimmage and Mountaineer coach Jack Jones wasn’t too impressed with what he saw. Coach Jones has limited his offensive thinking this year and has stuck with a few basic formations and plays. 20 years ago Aug. 28, 1985 Environmental council Launches fund-drive The Harveys Lake Environ- mental Advisory Council h launched a fund-raising drive pay for water quality students of the lake. In a special session last week, the EVAC began prepar- ing more than 3,000 question and answer booklets it’s sending to Harveys Lake property own- ers. The EVAC is asking the land owners to help pay for a year- round study estimated to cost between $40,000 and $60,000. At a special meeting Thurs- day, the Lake-Lehman School Board approved a work program plan to halt severe erosion be- hind the Lake-Noxen Elemen- tary School before it causes ad- ditional damage. Heavy rains this summer caused the erosion, which is threatening damage to the basketball court and the school as well. New head coach Ted Jackson takes over the Dallas High School football program. oN oacy former Coughlin assistant ¢ will be assisted by Bill Silvi, Paul Brown and Gerry Rollman.
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