PAGE 4 EDITORIAL Sunday, August 17, 2008 New books added to the library The Back Mountain Memorial Library, 96 Huntsville Rd., Dal- las, announces the addition of the following books to its collection: AUGUST 2008 EXPRESS (1 WEEK) “Damage Control” by Judith A. Jance, “Made in the U.S.A.” by Billie Letts, “Moscow Rules” by Daniel Silva, “Killer View” by Ri- dley Pearson, “Perfect Family” by Pam Lewis, “Rules of Deception” by Christopher Reich, “Smoke Screen” by Sandra Brown, “Swan Peak” by James Lee Burke, “The Last Patriot” by Brad Thor, “Last Kiss” by Luanne Rice, “Just Too Good to Be True” by E. Lynn Har- ris and “Love the One You're With” by Emily Giffin. FICTION “Damage Control” by Judith A. Jance, “Made in the U.S.A.” by Billie Letts, “The Steel Wave” by Jeff Shaara, “Say Goodbye” by Li- sa Gardner, “The Rosetta Key” by William Dietrich, “Moscow Rules” by Daniel Silva, “Killer View” by Ridley Pearson, “Cost” by Roxana Robinson, “The House at Riverton” by Kate Mor- ton, “Rules of Deception” by Christopher Reich, “Riven” by Jerry B. Jenkins, “The Winding Ways Quilt” by Jennifer Chiaveri- ni, “Trading Dreams at Mid- night” by Diane McKinney-Whet- stone, “My Sister, My Love” by Joyce Carol Oates, “Brida” by Paulo Coelho, “The Painter from Shanghai” by Jennifer Cody Ep- stein, “Real World” by Natsuo Ki- rino, “Smoke Screen” by Sandra Brown, “Swan Peak” by James Lee Burke, “The Last Patriot” by Brad Thor, “The Likeness” by Ta- na French, “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle” by David Wroblewski, “Last Kiss” by Luanne Rice and “Just Too Good to Be True” by E. Lynn Harris. NON-FICTION “Love as a Way of Life” by Gary D. Chapman, “Fleeced” by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, “What the Gospels Meant” by Garry Wills, “Sex, Science, and Stem Cells” by Diana DeGette, “Grand New Party” by Ross Gre- gory Douthat, “A Few Seconds of Panic” by Stefan Fatsis, “The House on First Street” by Julia Reed, “Hiking the Allegheny Na- tional Forest” by Jeff Mitchell, “Down the Nile” by Rosemary Mahoney and “Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan” by Jim Milio and Melissa Jo Peltier. BIOGRAPHY “The River Queen: A Memoir” by Mary Morris, “Somewhere in Heaven” by Christopher Ander- son, “The Wishing Year” by No- elle Oxenhandler and “sTORI Telling” by Tori Spelling. SCIENCE FICTION “Fall with Honor” by E.E. Knight. LARGE PRINT FICTION “Swan Peak” by James Lee Burke and “Moscow Rules” by Daniel Silva. BOOKS ON CD “Moscow Rules” by Daniel Sil- va and “Killer View” by Ridley Pearson. DALLAS LIONS DONATE TO BACK MOUNTAIN LIBRARY The Dallas Lions Club presented a check for $500 to the Back Mountain Memorial Library to help purchase large-print books for the visually-impaired as well as audio tapes and CDs. The library also has pre-loaded MP-3 players which can be used in addition to the large-print books and periodicals. This is the 24th consecutive year the Lions have made a donation to the library. Presenting the check to Librarian Martha Butler are, from left, Lions Robert Shaffer, Jack Williams, Dave Fitch and Frank Roll- man. MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel * On Aug. 19,1909, the first automobile race is held at the Indi- anapolis Motor Speedway. The track's surface of crushed rock and tar proved dangerous and was soon replaced with 3.2 million paving bricks, laid in a bed of sand and fixed with mortar. Dubbed "The Brickyard," the speedway re-opened in December 1909. * On Aug. 18, 1941, Adolf Hitler orders that the systematic murder of the mentally ill and handicapped be brought to an end because of protests within Germany. But 50,000 people had already fallen vic- tim to it. The practice would be revived in occupied Poland. ® On Aug. 21,1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a procla- mation admitting Hawaii into the Union as the 50th state. The presi- dent also issued an order for an American flag featuring 50 stars. The new flag became official on July 4, 1960. ® On Aug. 23,1999, seven people in New York die from what turns out to be the first cases of West Nile virus in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the virus, spread by mosquitoes, had been contracted by birds throughout the area. In subsequent years, the West Nile virus moved steadily west- ward across the United States. Richard L. Connor PUBLISHER 829-7202 rconnor@timesleader.com The Dallas Post www.mydallaspost.com Community Newspaper Group THE TIMES LEADER 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18711 ® 570-675-521 news@mydallaspost.com Christie Delicati ADVERTISING 970-7111 cdelicati@timesleader.com Dotty Martin EDITOR 970-7440 dmartin@mydallaspost.com PE Snickers is one cool cat, isn't she? Snickers, who is a year and a half old, is shown here with 9-year-old Danny Burkhart, as they get ready for some fun in the sun. Snickers and Danny reside on Terrace Avenue in Trucksville. SHARE YOUR PET PICTURES WITH OUR READERS Who's your best friend? If your very best friend in the whole wide world is your pet, we want to know about it. Send us a picture of your pet - whether it be a lovable puppy, a slimy iguana or a parrot with an extensive vocabulary - and we'll share it with readers of The Dallas Post. Tell us your name and address, your pet's name, his or her age, his or her breed and anything else you'd like everyone to know about your pet. Be sure to include your telephone number in the event we have questions. Send everything to "Man and Beast," c/o The Dallas Post, 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 1871 or e-mail the picture to us at news@mydal- laspost.com. If you send a picture and would like to have it returned, be sure to include a self-addressed/stamped envelope. We'll publish the pictures in the order in which we receive them. 1938 — 70 YEARS AGO The annual field day of the Shavertown Fire Company will be held this Saturday at the fire house on Main Street. This home coming day is one of the outstanding events of the town- ship this summer and friends of the fire com- pany from far and near meet to Y\ make the ' day a great one finan- off the debt on the new fire com- pany’s home. Movies playing at the Shaver- town Theatre included “Heart of Arizona” starring William Boyd and Hopalong Cassidy; “You and Me” starring Sylvia Sydney and George Raft; and “Rage of Paris” starring Danielle Derrieux. At local American Stores Co. a pound of coffee sold for 18 cents; two boxes of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes sold for 13 cents; and 15 pounds of potatoes sold for 19 cents. 1948 - 60 YEARS AGO Daddow-Isaacs Post, Ameri- can Legion, has approved plans for a new home at the junction of Center Hill Road and Memorial Highway. The Quonset Hut type structure similar to the Naval Ar- mory in Kingston will be erected parallel to Memorial Highway and will have ample facilities to serve as a meeting place for civic and fraternal organizations as well as for the Legion. Local Acme Super Markets were featuring two pounds of to- matoes for 25 cents; 3 cucum- bers for 10 cents; and honeydew melons for 39 cents each. Movies playing at the Shaver Theatre, Shavertown, included “You Were Meant For Me” star- ring Jeanne Crain, Dan Dailey and Oscar Levant; “Daniel Boone” starring George O’Brien; “Second Chance” starring Kent Taylor and Louise Currie; and “That Hagen Girl” starring Shir- ley Temple and Ronald Reagan. 1958 — 50 YEARS AGO Twenty-five young women from Sayre to Nanticoke will compete for the title of “Lady of the Lake” Saturday and Sunday at Sunset Park, Harvey’s Lake. This, annual beauty contest is sponsored by Harvey's Lake Li- ons Club. Proceeds go toward service enterprises. A unique method of judging is used. Three judges select the fi- nalists on Saturday and three separate judges will select the winner and the two runners-up on Sunday. Norti Berti, Burgess of Dallas Borough, died suddenly Thurs- day morning at his home on Franklin Street, following a heart attack. He would have been forty-five on Sunday. His death is not only a profound shock to his family, but to the whole Back Mountain Country where he was known by practi- cally every man, woman and child. A ninety-mile-an-hour chase early Sunday morning resulted in the arrest of David Isaacs, a Wilkes-Barre and Harvey’s Lake teenager, who approached Dal- las in his 1955 Buick so fast that he was unable to stop for the red lights. Although several police offi- cers were standing at the Main Street intersection, Isaacs decid- ed not to stop at their whistles but sped away up Church Street and to Irem Temple Country Club where he left his car and ran into the building. Officers Dean Ide and Ray Ti- tus in one car and Alvin Shaffer and William Berti in another pursued him and apprehended him. 1968 — 40 YEARS AGO Thirty-two high school juniors and seniors visited the Wilkes- Barre Campus of the Pennsylva- nia State University at Hayfield recently as part of the Wyoming Valley’s Upward Bound Pro- gram. The program is intended to familiarize students with the operation and activities of col- leges and to spark their incentive to further their education. George Marstell, Jr., John Por- ter, Tom Wallace, Harry Swep- ston, Charles Roberts and Wil- liam Frederick, Jr. received Or- der of the Arrow Awards at Camp Acahela ceremonies when members of Boy Scout Troop 231, Shavertown, spent the week there. 1978 — 30 YEARS AGO Winner of the Homerun Derby at Harvey's Lake last Saturday were Mike Davidson, Jimmy Martin, Ricky Titus and Jason Cadwalader. The All-Star team of the Back Mountain American League re- cently concluded the 1978 base- ball season. The following boys were chosen for the All-Star squad: Bernie Reilly, Mark Wis- nieski and Darren Breining from the Shavertown Orioles; Jim Lord, Steve Thomas, John Dent, Matt Medura and Rich Thomas from the Shavertown Red Sox; Dave Kapral, Gene Perry and John Monka, Trucksville Tigers; Paul Lewis, Fernbrook Yankees; and Joe Cicero, Westmoreland Indians. Sixty-five year old Richard Morganm of Dallas, captured first place in a division of small- bore rifle competition at the N tional Rifle and Pistol Champion- ships at Camp Perry, Ohio last week. Morgan, a veteran sharp- shooter of 18 years, shot a re markable score of 400 out of a possible 400 in the 50-Meter Any Sight Match. Thirty-eight of the 40 shots were in the small center X ring of the target. A perfect score is 400 with 40 in the X ring. 1988 — 20 YEARS AGO The kitchen of the lower picnic pavilion at Konefal’s, Jackson Township, was completely de- molished by fire Monday after- noon. Jackson Township Fire Chief Roland Evans stated ‘that the fire was the result of an unat- tended garbage fire. a College Misericordia recently inducted 11 students into the Continuing Education Honor So- ciety, Alpha Sigma Lambda. The part-time adult students have a minimum grade point average of 3.2, have completed 30 credits at Misericordia and have also dem- onstrated leadership abilities within their major. The seven in- ductees are: Sue Pecukonis, busi- ness; Sandra Stefanowicz, busg ness; Judith Ellis, business; B: bara Gail Marshall, Nursing; Joe Stec, business; Thomas Niznik, business; Georgetta Potoski, lib- eral arts; Catherine Barry Suttie, accounting; Patricia Bogdan, lib- eral studies, William Rowan, business, and Michael Yalch, business. At local Acme Markets, Cali- fornia cantaloupes sold for 79 cents each; watermelon was 19 cents a pound; and London Broil was $1.99 a pound. Information for “Only Yester- day” 1s taken from past issues of The Dallas Post, which is 119 vears old. The information is printed here exactly as i ap- peared in the newspaper vears ago. WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT THE SUMMER OLYMPICS? “Gymnastics “The USA “Swimming, men’s gymnastics, and swimming, basketball soccer when but especially team. | they play, but | Michael watched the especially Phelps. It's first game Michael nice to see they won Phelps.” how his against Jilto'connent | Mother is so China.” Palas | proud of him.” Ryan Marascio Janice Russell Shavertown Dallas “If we helped | “My 86-year- | “Swimming every child old mother, and gymnas- like Michael Betty Hoover, | tics, but espe- Phelps who stayed up ‘til | cially the has ADD, 1:30 to watch. | opening & imagine all the | We're glued. ceremonies. It gifts that I'm looking looked like could be forward to the | synchronized utilized.” equestrian Legos. 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