PAGE 4 EDITORIAL Sunday, February 15, 2009 News books on library shelves The following new books have been added to the shelves of the Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary, 96 Huntsville Rd., Dallas, for the month of February 2009: EXPRESS (1 WEEK) “Run for Your Life” by James Patterson FICTION “Pagan Stone” by Nora Ro- berts, “The Fire” by Katherine Neville, “Run for Your Life” by James Patterson, “The Heretic’s Daughter” by Kathleen Kent, “The Scourge of God” by S.M. Stirling, “Delia’s Gift” by V.C. An- drews, “Eggs in Purgatory” by Laura Childs, “Dreamland Revo- lution” by Dale Brown, “Frac- tured” by Karin Slaughter, “Noth- ing is Quite Forgotten in Brook- lyn” by Alice Mattison, “The Pa- ris Enigma” by Pablo DeSantis, “Apothecary’s Daughter” by Julie Klassen and “Lethal Legacy” by Linda A. Fairstein NONFICTION “Trim Carpentry” by Clayton DeKorne, “Hot, Flat, and Crowd- ed” by Thomas L. Friedman, “Multiple Blessings” by Jon Gos- selin and “The Rise of the Fourth Reich” by Jim Marrs BIOGRAPHY “Mrs. Astor Regrets” by Meryl Gordon, “Letter to My Daughter” by Maya Angelou and “Arnie and Jack: Palmer, Nicklaus, and Golf’s Greatest Rivalry” by Ian O’Connor SCIENCE FICTION “Death’s Head: Maximum Of- fense” by David Gunn LARGE PRINT FICTION : “Faces of Fear” by John Saul and “Lulu in Marrakech” by Diane Johnson YOUNG ADULT “Nation” by Terry Pratchett, “After Tupac and D Foster” by Jacqueline Woodson, “The Story of Ford” by Nell Musolf and “The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks” by E. Lockhart PLAYAWAYS “Devil Bones” by Kathy Reichs, “Damage Control” by J.A. Jance, “Foreign Body” by Robin Cook, “The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday” by Alexander McCall Smith, “Smoke Screen” by Sand- ra Brown, “The Broken Window” by Jeffery Deaver, “Swan Peak” by James Lee Burke, “The Laugh- ter of Dead Kings” by Elizabeth Peters, “The Other Queen” by Philippa and “The Mercedes Cof- fin” by Faye Kellerman THIS WEEK I Yaga N THE BACK MOUNTAIN LW 0 ’ SUBMITTED PHOTO BMT STUDENTS ATTEND JUNIOR LEADERSHIP WILKES-BARRE LUNCHEON Junior Leadership Wilkes-Barre recently hosted a luncheon at King's College, allowing students to interact with community leaders and decision-makers. Junior Leadership Wilkes-Barre is a program designed for high school juniors that encourages stu- dents to develop their leadership skills and increase their aware- ness of their community. Students from the Dallas and Lake- Lehman School Districts who attended include, from left, first row, Mariah Raspen, Kate Williams, Leigh Hillman and Irina Ack- erman. Second row, Hillary Schaub, Andrew McCabe, Represen- tative Karen Boback, Senator Lisa Baker, Carson Baker and Kate- lyn Reinert. STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver * |t was Herb Caen, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, who made the following sage observation: . “Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything.” * The oldest man in the United States is George Francis, who was born on June 6, 1896, which means he was already nearly 50 years old when D-Day occurred. In an interesting coincidence, the United Kingdom's oldest man, Henry Allingham, is also 112 years old - and was born on the exact same day of the exact same year. * Do you suffer from metathesiophobia? That's the scientific ap- pellation given to the fear of change. * In 2007, one of the justices serving on the Virginia Supreme Court ordered a plaintiff to drop her pants in court. The purpose was to look at an injury on her leg that was relevant to the case at hand; however, the order was deemed inappropriate and the offending justice was removed from the bench. * Every single day, across the globe, there are more than 200 million Internet searches conducted on Google's search engine. * |f you are like the average American man, over the course of your lifetime you will spend a grand total of five years in the simple act of shaving. No word in the record at hand of how long women spend on the same chore, taking into account the fact that the real estate they cover in their shaving duties is, generally speaking, larger than that covered by men. * |f you take into account all the sales in the world, there are ap- proximately 50 Bibles sold every minute. oe Thought for the day: “Not every story has explosions and car chas- es. That's why they have nudity and espionage.” - Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum 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 SUBMITTED PHOTO Twelve-year-old Mackenzie Goldinez of Lancaster took this photo on Reservoir Road near Route 18 a few weeks ago while visiting her grandparents, Irvin and Jewel Jacobs, of Dallas. SHARE YOUR PICTURES WITH OUR READERS Do you have a photograph that is so awesome that you'd like to share it with others? Have you been on vacation and came back with not only unforgettable memories, but great photos? Do you have a great shot of your kids, of your pet, of your house? If you have a photograph you think is worth sharing with other Dallas Post readers, send it to us and we'll publish it in our “This Week in the Back Mountain” space. You can e-mail the photo, in JPEG format, to news@mydallaspost.com or mail it to us at: The Dallas Post, 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711. 1989- 20 YEARS AGO Borton’s Bears, from the Dal- las Middle School, recently be- came the sixth grade intramural volleyball champions. The vic- tors received a plaque recogniz- ing their achievement from Mrs. Ann Seitz, intramural director. Members of the team, which is named for teacher Mrs. Janice uate Borton, are: Jason Seward, Alyssa Rosentel, Jennifer Miers, Angela Gialanel- la, Greg Pokevitch, Jennifer Carr, Renee Zeglin, Nicole Pi- lecki, Scott Lewis, Jayson Brut- ko, Adam Hoover, Tami Palka, Maria Pitcavage, Sommer Fitch, Lois Koval, Richard Butcofski, Joy Holeman, Buddy Rhodes, Diane Sabulski, Robert Karasek, Brad Burnaford and Erik St. Clair. Commonwealth Telephone Company recently donated four modems, worth more than $12,000, to the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Center for Tech- nology. The modems will be used in the center when it opens for classes in the fall of 1989. Luzerne County Wildlife Con- servation Officer Edward R. Gdosky, of Dallas, was recently honored as “Conservation Offi- cer of the Year” by the Shikar Sa- fari Club International. Gdosky has been selected because of his dedication and concentrated ef- fort in the protection and conser- vation of Pennsylvania Wildlife resources. He has been singled out as top in his field because of attitude, knowledge, quality of work performance and fairness in dealing with others. YESTERDAY 1979 - 30 YEARS AGO Was Harvey’s Lake pornogra- phy king John Krasner really shot and killed by a holdup man looking for money? Or was it an assassination stemming from his involvement in pornography- ...similar to an earlier attack on Hustler publisher Larry Flynt or the “contract” allegedly secured by Krasner himself on a reputed “rival pornographer?” Krasner, operator of a reputed 75 to 100 pornography shops in at least four states, was shot to death in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Monday evening, Feb. 5 as he at- tempted to park his car near a motel: Police believe that Krasn- er was thewvictim of a holdup that simply went too far. Solomon Webb, of Fort Lauderdale, was arrested and charged with the killing. Dallas Women of Kiwanis re- cently held installation of offi- cers at Irem Temple Country Club. Newly installed officers were: Mrs. Adolph Grabenstet- ter, president; Mrs. Andre Bill- ings, first vice president; Mrs. Frank Carlson, second vice presi- dent; Mrs. Reese Pelton, treasur- er; Mrs. Leonard Harvey, secre- tary; and Mrs. Robert Lawhorn, corresponding secretary. Newly elected officers of Dal- las Fire and Ambulance are: Bob Richardson, president; Lynn Sheehan, secretary; Paul Labar, treasurer; Jim Davies, assistant fire chief; Larry Carson, assist- ant ambulance chief; and Bill Baker, Bill Ward, Tom Dough- ton, Bob Besecker and Don Bul- ford, directors. 1969 — 40 YEARS AGO Dallas Senior High School cheerleaders won the first place trophy at the first annual cheer- leading contest held in the West Side Armory on Saturday, com- peting against squads from fif- teen other high schools in Lu- zerne County. The girls were judged on precision, arm, leg and body movement, degree of difficulty in cheers, originality of cheers, poise, personal appear- ance, cleanliness and order of lines. Team captains Sally Har- ter and Patti Corbett accepted the trophy. Back Mountain Rotaract Club held a Charter Night at Irem Temple Country Club with a joint meeting with the Dallas Ro- tary Club as host last Thursday evening. The club is the only one in the state of Pennsylvania and is the 19th in the United States. Joseph Morton, Duncan White- head and John Ryan are advisors to the Rotaract. 1959 — 50 YEARS AGO Seventy-five homes were built in three townships and one Back Mountain borough between Feb. 1, 1958 and Feb. 1, 1959. These figures were obtained from a pre- liminary survey made by James Martin, supervising principal of Dallas Schools, and reveal one of the reasons why school directors are confronted with continuing problems. Two Back Mountain men won angling recognition last week in the 24th annual Metropolitan Miami, Florida, Fishing Tourna- ment. They were Elwood White- sell, Dallas, and his brother-in- law Earl Payne of Sweet Valley. Elwood caught a five foot six inch sailfish while fishing at Marathon in the Florida Keys in the all tackle division. Payne won recognition for good sports- manship when he caught and re- leased a four foot 10 inch sailfish. 1949 - 60 YEARS AGO Trucksville Volunteer Fire De- partment had an opportunity to view and test one of the latest de- velopments in fire fighting equipment last Friday when rep- resentatives of the Hahn Truck Co., of Hamburg brought a six- teen cylinder pumper here for demonstration. Reputed cost of the outfit is $16,500. Movies playing at the Shaver Theater, Shavertown, included “Southern Yankee” starring Red Skelton and Arlene Dahl; “Apart- ment For Peggy” starring Jeanne Crain and William Holden; and “Pardon My Sarong” starring Abbott and Costello. At the Himmler Theater, Dallas, Dan- ny Kaye was featured in “A Song Is Born.” 1939 — 70 YEARS AGO A group of persons represent- ing civic organizations and mu- nicipal divisions in Dallas and its vicinity met at Irem Temple Country Club Monday night at the invitation of Dallas Junior Woman's Club, and laid plans for construction of a community building. Mrs. Arthur Culver, chairman of the Woman’s Club Committee, opened the meeting by welcoming the representa- tives and explaining the club’s desire to investigate the possibil- ity of having a community center established for the Dallas sec- tion. A local dog made good in New York City Monday when the un- defeated Coolyn Northwind, pure-white bull terrier belong- ing to Mrs. Z.P. Bennett of Dal- las, won “Best of Breed” at the 63rd annual Westminster Dog Show in Madison Square Gar- den. Movies playing at the Himm- ler Theater in Dallas included “The Shining Hour” starring Joan Crawford and Margaret Sullivan; “That Mysterious Mr. Moto” starring Peter Lorre; “Hard To Get” starring Dick Po- well and Olivia DeHavilland; and “Out West With The Har- dys” starring Lewis Stone and Mickey Rooney. Information for “Only Yester- day” is taken from past issues of The Dallas Post, which is 120 vears old. The wformation is printed here exactly as i ap- peared in the newspaper vears ago. “WHY DO WE CELEBRATE PRESIDENTS DAY?” “ltrs a ‘thank “To honor our “Because they you’ for the forefathers have given so service and and teach kids | much to this time they put | about democ- | country.” in." racy.” Marion Kunigonis Christine Sapp Chris Ross Dalia Dallas Trucksville it combined “Two great “To celebrate George Wash- | presidents’ all the good ington's Day birthdays, the | our forefa- and Lincoln's first and the thers did.” Day into one 16th, into one Allison Spencer holiday.” celebration.” Sirverionh Dominic Roppa Angelica Newell Dallas Saylorsville ® | ( a
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