A C—O AAA pt tt PAGE 4 THE POST EDITORIAL Sunday, December 18, 2005 | HEATING ASSISTANCE Hot line helping people stay warm A new toll-free number will help needy Pennsylvanians stay warm this winter accord- ing to State Senator Charles Lemmond of Dallas. The toll-free number, 1-866- 550-4355, provides the state’s residents with immediate in- formation about restoring utility services, paying their heating bills, fixing residen- tial heating systems and locat- ing available shelters in the ar- ea. The hot line also offers ad- vice for those individuals wishing to help their neigh- bors get through the winter. “Some families are less for- tunate than our own, and they should not have to choose be- tween food and heat this win- ter,” said Lemmond, who has an office in the Dallas Shop- ping Center. “This toll-free number provides a single point-of-contact for families to get the assistance they need.” The Republican says pro- grams such as the Low-In- come Home Energy Assist- “Some families are less fortunate than our own, and they should not have to choose between food and heat this win- ter.” Charles Lemmond State Senator gy Fund assist struggling fam- ilies with heating costs. Last year the LIHEAP pro- gram assisted 350,000 house- holds statewide. Also, most heating compa- nies offer budget programs which balance energy bills by charging a fixed amount each month. For more information about heating assistance programs and energy saving tips, visit the Web site www.staywarm- ance Program and the $1 Ener- pa.com. FOR THE POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK A lone candle in the window of a church might not emit a lot of light. But for millions of people, that light - whether it comes from a candle or from a star in the sky - is the reason for the Christmas season. MOMENTS IN TIME e On Dec. 20,1820, Missouri puts a price on bachelorhood, in- stituting legislation that forced single men between the ages of 21 and 50 to hand over an annual tax of $1. ® On Dec. 24, 185], a devastating fire at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroys about two-thirds of its 55,000 volumes. Today the collection contains more than 17 million books. e On Dec. 19,1915, internationally renowned French singer Edith Piaf is born. At age 20, Piaf supported herself with street singing and prostitution until a nightclub owner discovered her, dubbing her “la mome piaf"” (“the waif sparrow"). e On Dec. 21,1937, actress Jane Fonda is born. The daughter of actor Henry Fonda, she was nominated for an Oscar for “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (1969), and won the Best Actress award in 1978 for “Coming Home." ® On Dec. 23,1944, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower endorses the finding of a court-martial in the case of draftee Eddie Slovik, who was tried for desertion. Eisenhower authorized Slovik's execution, the first such sentence against a U.S. Army soldier since the Civil War, and the only man so punished during World War II. e On Dec. 22,1964, comedian Lenny Bruce is sentenced to four months in a New York jail for violating obscenity laws during his nightclub act. After being convicted during the longest and costliest obscenity trial in history, Bruce died of an overdose in August 1966 whiie the case was on appeal. ® On Dec. 25,1985, David Turner and Tim Pickhard arrive in John O’ Groat's, Scotland, the northernmost point in Great Britain, to com- plete the longest battery-powered drive in history. They traveled 875 miles on a single battery charge after setting out four days earlier from Land's End, the southernmost point in Britain, in a battery- powered Freight Rover Leyland Sherpa driven by a Lucas electric motor. (c) 2005 King Features Synd., Inc. STRANGE BUT TRUE ¢ Bermuda has more golf courses per square mile than any coun- try in the world. ® |n an innovative -- though not particularly ethical -- attempt to earn some extra income, a Chinese peasant farmer decided that he would roll large rocks onto a nearby road. The aim of his scheme was to charge motorists to repair the cars that would be damaged by hitting the rocks. Unfortunately, five people were killed in an accident caused by the rocks. The peasant was charged with murder, found guilty and sentenced to death as a result. * The word “giraffe” comes from an Arabic word meaning “one that walks quickly.” * Much research has been done on death and dying; one of the results of this research is that we now have some idea of when a dying person's senses stop functioning. Sight is said to be the first one to go, followed by taste, then smell, then touch. People can usu- ally hear right up until the very end. | wonder, though: How did re- searchers determine the order? e Keep this in mind the next time you're heading to poker night with your buddies: The periodical Gambler's Digest once reported that there is more cheating in private, friendly games than in all other gambling games put together. ® “She's the kind who can marry anyone she pleases. Too bad she doesn’t please anyone.” It's still not known who made that statement. Or - perhaps more importantly - about whom. * The number-crunchers at General Motors say that it costs be- tween $3 billion and $9 billion to conduct the research and devel- opment necessary to design a new vehicle. And that's before the costs of producing the vehicle for the masses are figured in. sok k Thought for the Day: “Baloney is flattery so thick it cannot be true; blarney is flattery so thin we like it." - Fulton Sheen (c) 2005 King Features Synd., Inc. Tae POST TIMES©LEADER Community Newspaper Group ol 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18711 ® 570-675-5211 thepost@Ileader.net Patrick McHugh PUBLISHER David C. Konopki EDITOR Erika Calvert ADVERTISING lightly Read Book Shop going through renovations The Back Mountain Me- morial Library Open House will be held from 14 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21 and Thursday, Dec. 22 at the library on Huntsville Road in Dallas. Ev- eryone is invited to stop during those hours to share the Christ- mas spirit and refreshments. * % % We also want to remind you that the library will be closed on Saturday, Dec. 24 and Monday, Dec. 26. It will also be closed Sat- urday, Dec. 31 and Monday, Jan. 2. Fred Krohl, manager of the Slightly Read Book Shop, an- LIBRARY NEWS CAROL KING nounces that the shop is closed to undergo renovations. The pa- perback book room, however, re- mains open. It is expected that the Slightly Read Book Shop will reopen in February. Hours for the 2006 winter/ spring story hours have been an- nounced. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4. Call the library at 675-1182 or stop by the Children’s Room to register your child. The story hours begin the week of Feb. 6 and end the week of April 3. The story hours will be canceled on days that Dallas and/or Lake-Lehman schools are delayed or canceled. There will be two Toddler Cir- cle Times — each lasting a half- hour — Tuesdays at times to be announced. Children’s librarian Janet Bauman is in need of a sec- ond story lady for the toddler group. Please see her if you know someone who might be in- terested in reading to the tod- dlers. The schedule for the 3-5-year- old group, which lasts 45 min-- utes to an hour, is: 9:45-10:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. to noon Wednes- days; and 10-11 a.m. and 6:30- 7:30 p.m. Thursdays. The library has several items available for your gift-giving: 2006 Entertainment Book, $30; Peepers, those unique eyeglass- es, starting at $13; and library tote bags, $5 for children’s and $12 for the adult version. Once again this year, besc wishes for a holiday filled with the love of family and friends, and the warmth of happy memo- ries from all the staff, starting as always with the M’s — Martha, Millie and Margaret — and Anna, Brian, Cindy, Debbie, Edie and Janet. May the New Year bring health and happiness to you all! Carol King is a volunteer at the Back Mountain Memorial Library. Her library news column appears every other week. 70 years ago Dec. 20, 1935 HUNTERS PROVIDE DEER FOR BANQUET Eighty pounds of venison are being cooked today for the first annual Game Dinner of the Blue Ribbon Club of the Dallas MLE. Church in the new recreation rooms at the church tonight. The meat is from three deer shot by Robert Hislop Jr., James Besecker and William Lauder- baugh in Bradford County early in the hunting season when a hunting party made up of Blue Ribbon Club members went out to secure the meat for the sched- uled dinner. Judge W. Alfred Valentine of Luzerne County Common Pleas Court and Judge E. Foster Hell- er of Orphans Court will be the speakers. : ONLY YESTERDAY MUSICIANS, THESPIANS GOING TO CAPITOL Two local groups — one made up of amateur actors and the other of musicians — will repre- sent Luzerne and Columbia counties in the annual state wide play tournaments to be a feature of the Pennsylvania Farm Show at Harrisburg next month. They achieved the honor on Wednesday night in the elimina- tion finals at Bloomsburg, when they were selected by judges af- ter a competition. Six men and women from Leh- man, appearing under the spon- sorship of the Ladies Aid Society of Lehman Methodist Episcopal Church, presented Bessie C. Gray’s “Greener Grass” to defeat two Columbia County groups. The Pike s Creek Orchestra was the only entrant in the musi- cal competition and was select- ed to represent the bi-county district at the farm show. 60 Years ago Dec. 14, 1945 GAME PROTECTOR URGES TRAPPING Attributing the absence of small game this season to the in- crease of predatory animals in the woods, William Beisher, Dis- trict Game Protector, on Hun- tington Mills, gave a talk and demonstration on trapping to Lehman High School Sports Club this week. Mr. Beisher blamed the in- crease in foxes, weasels and skunks on the war and the ab- sence of trappers. There has been little trapping, he said, for several years. He urged students to take it up as a healthful sport and renumerative hobby. He showed the students how to set traps for different animals and drew many illustrations from his own experiences and those of professional trappers. L-L SENIORS PRESENT PLAY Students of the Senior Class of Lehman Township Schools will present a dramatic version of Booth Tarkington’s famous novel, “Seventeen,” in the school auditorium at 8 p.m. this evening Friday, December 14. William Johnson will portray the role of Willie Baxter, the love smitten adolescent, and Ann Husted will play Lola Pratt, the pretty girl from another town whose summer visit creates a va- riety of sensations among the circle of Willie's friends. ROOSTER AND SETTER ARE FAST FRIENDS Politics make strange bedfel- lows, but politics has nothing to do with the affection Claude Cooke ‘s 14-year-old Blue Belton setter, Donnie, has for a yearling Rhode Island Red Rooster. The two are inseparable com- panions and slept together every night in the old dog’s coop. Claude first discovered their friendship several months ago when he found that the rooster was never on the roost with the other chickens at night. In spite of considerable investigation, he could not locate the rooster, un- tii one evening when Mrs. Cooke went out to feed the dog. There she found the rooster snuggled up against Donnie in the back of the kennel. 50 Years Ago Dec. 16, 1955 CHORALE CONCERT IN MANHATTAN For the third consecutive year, Dallas Woman's Club Chorale, under the direction of Mrs. Nor- man Patton, presented a pro- gram of Christmas carols Mon- day evening at Grand Central Terminal, New York City. Forty four women made the trip in a chartered bus leaving Dallas at 6 a.m. arriving at Radio City Music Hall at 10:15 a.m. af- fording them sufficient time to see the Christmas Show at the Music Hall and to visit places of interest before giving their con- cert at 5 p.m. from the balcony of the thronged terminal. THREE COMPANIES BATTLE : BLAZE, SPECTATORS The Alan S. Wilkinson home on Bunker Hill was saved from destruction Wednesday night by the concerted efforts of three fire companies, Trucksville Sha- vertown and Dallas. A blaze, which started as a grease fire at the kitchen com- pletely wrecked the kitchen, and destroyed the breezeway and ga- rage, but was prevented from spreading to other portions of the new ranch-type house. Trucksville Fire Company ar- rived first at 10:10 Chief Vought Long immediately summoned Sahvertown and Dallas. Onlookers hurrying up Carv- erton road in their cars blocked access to the premises, hinder- ing the fire fighters and delaying action. STUDENTS WELCOME AT SANTA CLAUS HOP Dallas-Franklin-Monroe Township juniors and seniors will hold the annual Sy dance in the gymnasi Wednesday evening. There will be dancing to music furnished by the H-Tones from 8 until 11. Students from other high schools are cordially invited to attend the Santa Claus hop. 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 16, 1965 VANDALS DAMAGE L-L SCHOOL CAFETERIA Vandals left themselves out the front door after breaking in- to the School sometime after 8:30 p.m. Saturday, smashing their way in- to several rooms and emptying vending machines boxes of an undetermined amount. Evidence indicates there was more than one and since they did not eat ice cream out of one of the machines they smashed for money, it is presumed by some that they were not ve young. In the cafeteria, broke open milk and ice cream machines totally ruining the doors on the $1,000 machines. LJ Lake-Lehman High -
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