PAGE 6 EDITORIAL Sunday, November 15, 2009 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 Healthy Eating Lunch Program to be held Nov. In less than two weeks, most of us will be sitting down to Thanks- giving Day dinner, enjoying fam- ily favorite recipes and comment- ing later in the day that we ate too much! The Back Mountain Memorial Library is offering an alternative to avoid overeating - a Healthy Eating Lunch Program with Nat- ural Chef Toby Landon. This lunch/lesson will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21. The nutritious and tasty vegan lunch will include a calcium rich beverage, protein packed sand- wich and creamy autumnal pumpkin pie. Toby Landon, raw food chef and instructor, will demonstrate how to create the meal using the tools found in your kitchen. During this program, partici- pants will learn how to prepare great-tasting, easy-to-make healthy recipes (which require no cooking!) and, at the same time, discover some of the benefits of eating healthy foods. The cost of the lunch/program will be $10 and payment is re- quired at the time of registration. Call the library at 675-1182 for more information. Medicare program The library is also offering an- other program during the month 2 at library of November. An Overview of Medicare will be held at the li- brary at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19. A discussion of the changes to Medicare 2010 will be followed by a question and an- swer period. Handouts and free- bies will be available. Space is limited and registra- tion is required for both events. You may call the library at 675- 1182 to reserve your space. Amnesty Week Don’t forget to return any long overdue library books during our Amnesty Week from November 16 through November 21. During this week, we will waive accrued fines for any materials checked in during this week. Thanksgiving vacation The library will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 26, to celebrate Thanksgiving and will re-open on Friday, Nov. 27. Slightly Read Bookshop Also, the Slightly Read Book- shop will be closed on Wednes- day, Nov. 25, and on Saturday, Nov. 28. It will re-open on Mon- day, Nov. 30, by continuing its half-price sale on VHS movies, audio CDs and tapes throughout the month of November. STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver ow e Of particular interest in these troubled economic times, it was British humor columnist Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn who made the following sage observation: “The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any.” * The fish known as the electric ray can produce a current strong enough to kill an adult human. e |f you are the parent of a young daughter, you are prob- ably all too familiar with the Japanese export Hello Kitty. A new item has recently been added to the Hello Kitty line, but it is decidedly not for kids: The Super Hello Kitty Jewel doll is on the market for $150,000. To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the character, Sanrio (the maker of Hello Kitty), Swarovski (known for high-end crystals) and Japanese jewelry maker I.K. have created a 4-inch-tall Hello Kitty of platinum, and studded the doll with 1939 pieces of white topaz, 403 pink sapphires, eyes of black spinel and a nose of citrine. The whole thing is topped off with a one-carat diamond on its hair ribbon. ® The onion is actually a member of the lily family. * The next time you have a little bit of food stuck in your teeth, consider this: More Americans choke on toothpicks than on any other object. * In La Paz, Bolivia, you can find one of the most unusual prisons in the world. At San Pedro Prison, inmates have to purchase their cells. Those who are well off financially can buy private cells with bathrooms, television and kitchens. Those who are less lucky must share tiny rooms. o00 Thought for the day: “We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but seldom preach.” - Bertrand Russell SUBMITTED PHOTO Photographer Deno Pantelakos, of Idlewood Drive in Dallas, took this photo on the campus of Misericordia University. He has titled this "Under the Golden Canopy” and sees it as one last look at a very colorful autumn season. “YOUR SPACE" is reserved specifically for Dallas Post readers who have something they'd like to share with fellow readers. Submitted items may include photos or short stories and should be sent via e-mail at news@mydallaspost.com, by fax at 675-3650 or by mail to The Dallas Post, 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711. Information must include the submitting person's name, address and a telephone number in the event we have questions. Readers wishing to have their photos returned should include a self-address/stamped envelope. Items will be published in the order in which they are reserved. The editor of The Dallas Post reserves the right to reject any items submitted for publication. ¢ 1989 —- 20 YEARS AGO Two residents of the Back Mountain are in the cast in “1776,” the musical play being presented by Showcase Theater in November at its facility on Tunkhannock Ave., Exeter. They are: Donna Dickinson, Dallas, and Mark son, YESTERDAY Dallas Mountain- eers came away from Saturday’s Old Shoe game’with a slim 6-0 victory over a tough Lake-Leh- man team. The lone touchdown of the game was scored by Jay Straigis. Dallas Elementary teachers Shirley Breymeier and Barbara Reilly were named “Teachers of the Year” by College Misericor- dia last week. Gifts From Above, a new Christian Book Store, the only one of its kind in the Back Moun- tain, opened for business last week. The store is located off Route 415, Dallas, on Gerald Avenue. Owners are Albert and Roberta Klein. 1979 - 30 YEARS AGO Patrick Connolly, president of Kingston Township Lions Club, presented jackets to members of the Kingston bobcats teams and cheerleader graduating from the team. Receiving jackets were: Kim Morgan, Rob Coscia, David Schroeders, Sam Barbose, Ber- nie Riley, Jim Perkowski, Renee Schmid, Lisa Baker, Joe Cicero, Bob Shotwell, Darren Breining, John Schray, Tony Tucker, Rich Thomas, Phil Brown and Lisa Kerpovich. Three Dallas High School stu- dents have been selected as state chorus finalists to compete in National Chorus Competition during January in Pittsburgh. They are: Wendy Baird, Robert Robinson and Lisa Luksic. Next weekend students of Dal- las Senior High School will pre- sent Thornton Wilder’s comedy- farce, “The Matchmaker.” Audi- ences will be familiar with the hi- larious plot because The Match- maker is the basis for the popular musical, “Hello Dolly.” The two lead characters will be played by Leigh Ann Schoner and Rob Robinson. Student di- rector is Alice Baloga and stage manager is William Morgan. Staff director is Donald Hopkins. 1969 — 40 YEARS AGO Feminine and flattering are the keywords in women’s fash- ions for the coming year, or so it appeared Thursday evening at the annual Dallas Junior Wom- an’s Club Fashion Show. A near capacity crowd of 1000 women — and a few men - ooohed and aaawed at the collec- tion of international fashions presented by Hess Brothers de- partment store at the Irem Tem- ple, Wilkes-Barre. Invited by host Jerry Golden to voice their displeasure with any of the myr- iad assortment of gowns and ca- sual attire they did not like, the audience chose instead to com- pliment the models and the fash- ions they wore with generous ap- plause. Only one outfit — a Dior copy which features a below-the- knee hemline drew murmurs of protest from the mini-loving la- dies, and Mr. Golden conceded that the dress was indeed ma- tronly looking. Mrs. Robert Rebennack, Jack- son Township, and Mrs. Durland Daron, Dallas, are in charge of reservations for the annual din- ner dance of the Home Builders Auxiliary Saturday night at the Irem Temple Country Club, Dal- las. 1959 - 50 YEARS AGO Two Westmoreland High School seniors have been cited for outstanding performance on the National Scholarship Quali- fying Test given last spring ac- cording to an announcement made this week by W. Frank Trimble, Westmoreland princi- pal. The two seniors are Clinton G. Hess, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hess of Demunds Road, and Du- relle T. Scott III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Durelle T. Scott Jr., Hunts- ville Road. Girl Scout Troep#200 of Dal- las will participate in the United * Nation8 trip to NewYork on Sat- urday. They will take a three hour tour of Manhattan Island and have lunch on the yacht after which busses will meet them and transport them to the Unit- ed Nations. Mrs. Thelma Rood and her daughter Pat will accompany the following girls: Ruth Schenk, Ann Barnes, Nancy Gensel, Al- ice Reese, Peggy Rood, Janine Dierolf, Eva Kozemchak, Cyn- thia Konsavage and Jane Lay- aou. 1949 - 60 YEARS AGO “Off The Track,” a rollicking three-act comedy, will be pre- sented by members of the Senior Class of Dallas Borough High School Tuesday evening. Direc- tors are Shirley Allen and Pete Duda. Mrs. Murray Scureman is adviser. Members of the cast are: Char- les Calkins, William Pierce, John Brokenshire, Elizabeth Berretti- ni, Patricia Patsey, Maureen Kel- ly, Carol Monast, Bruce Roberts, Robert Monk, Robert Body- comb, Nancy Bowman, Eliza- beth McQuilken and Priscilla Cooper. Active behind the scenes are: George Schooley, Leonard Stoner, Donald Besecker, Frank Michael, Paul Duda and Burton Sickler. Music between acts will be furnished by Lois Wood, pianist, and Carl Hedden, accordianist. Mrs. Glen Case, Rice Street, Trucksville was hostess to her card club on Tuesday evening. Mrs. Cedric Griffith was highest scorer. Refreshments were served to Mrs. Dick Rees, Mrs. Griffith, Mrs. Fred Haughwout, Mrs. Vincent McGuire, Mrs. Jack Kennan, Mrs. Thomas Jen- kins, Mrs. Harry Post, and the hostess, Mrs. Case. ,1939 — 70 YEARS AGO Twenty-five new members were initiated into the Dallas Ju- nior Woman's Club at its seventh birthday dinner at the Irem Tem- ple Country Club Wednesday night. Sixty-one old members were present. New members: Irma Altick, Alice Borthwick, Charlotte Con- nors, Esther Donnelly, Martha Elston, Lillian Hinkle, Anastasia Kozemchak, Dorothy Land- messer, Marjorie Morrissey, Jane Morgan, Eva McGuire, Ge- nevieve Munley, Mary Alice Payne, Blanche Reese, Phyl Smith, Dorothy Starr, Hatti Schaffer, Betty Turner, Phyllis West and Ella Williams. Movies playing at the Himm- ler Theater, Dallas, included “These Glamour Girls” starring Lew Ayers; “The Chicken Wagon Family” starring Jane Withers; “The Frontier Marshall” starring Randolph Scott; and “The Old Maid” starring Bette Davis. Information for “Only Yester- day” is taken from past issues of The Dallas Post which is 120 vears old. The information is printed here exactly as it ap- peared in the newspaper vears ago. “SHOULD THE LAKE-LEHMAN SC AOA NANA satire “Of course they should but it depends on what it would cost and what was reason- able.” Ron Oliver Harveys Lake EE — “Which would be less expensive? Paying a police officer to come in and talk to the kids in school or treating them later in life?" Eric Pimm Harveys Lake HOO “Probably not. Our school is fine as it is. Not many do drugs, just some." David Oliver Harveys Lake L DISTRICT OFFER A DRUG ABUSE RES “Of course. Every school should. | didn't know that Lehman didn’t have one.” Brenda Kaiser Lehman “Don’t they already? | think the junior high has a DARE or STUN club you can belong to. Yes, it prevents drugs in our schools.” Austin Harry Lehman ISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM?" "We used to have one. | think it's important to teach awareness." Reagan Hynick Lehman
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