PAGE 6 EDITORIAL Sunday, December 13, 2009 Richard L. Connor PUBLISHER 829-7202 rconnor@timesleader.com The Dallas Post Community Newspaper Group THE TIMES LEADER 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18711 ® 570-970-7440 news@mydallaspost.com Dotty Martin EDITOR 970-7440 dmartin@mydallaspost.com Kristie Delicati ADVERTISING 970-7303 kdelicati@timesleader.com LETTER TO THE EDITOR Writer expresses thanks to Senator Baker and her staff Dear Editor: On behalf of the family and many friends of Anthony “Bruce “ Matus, we would like to thank Senator Lisa Baker and her staff, especially Mr. Thomas Yoniski of the Dallas office. In January 2009, Bruce suf- fered a debilitating stroke, re- sulting in severe paralysis of his upper and lower extremities. Since then Bruce had been a guest at the Manor Care Nurs- ing Home in Kingston and, al- though he was still in need of assistance with daily activities of living, he did not need to be in a nursing home. In August of this year, Bruce’s family began the proc- ess of trying to get him back in- to his own home with the help of a state program and the Cen- ter for Independent Living in Scranton. After three months of trying unsuccessfully to get Bruce home, the family finally Farhad to Senator Baker’s of- ce. Within days of contacting Senator Bakers office, visible signs of progress were being made. Throughout the proc- ess, Mr. Yoniski kept the fam- ily apprised of where the pa- perwork was, which agency was responsible for process- ing the various requests and acted as Bruce’s advocate. Happily, on December 1, 2009, Bruce was finally able to return to his own apart- ment and return to his life as an independent and viable member of our community. The positive outcome for Bruce is the direct result of the senator and her staff of dedicated professionals who worked so hard for him. Again, on behalf of Bruce, his family and friends, we all offer our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to everyone who contributed to Bruce's suc- cess. Justin Matus Harveys Lake Books added to library shelves The following new books have been added to the shelves of the Back Mountain Memo- rial Library, 96 Huntsville Rd., Dallas for December 2009: EXPRESS (1 WEEK) “The Wrecker” by Clive Cuss- ler, “Deadly Deals” by Fern Mi- chaels, “Breathless” by Dean Koontz, “I, Alex Cross” by James Patterson and “Pirate Latitudes” by Michael Crichton FICTION “The Wrecker” by Clive Cuss- ler, “Deadly Deals” by Fern Mi- chaels, “New York: the novel” by Edward Rutherfurd, “Breath- less” by Dean Koontz, “I, Alex Cross” by James Patterson, “Pi- rate Latitudes” by Michael Crichton, “Windfall” by Penny Vincenzi, “The Test” by Patricia Gussin, “Secrets of the Tudor Court” by Kate Emerson and “Hollywood Moon” by Joseph Wambaugh NONFICTION “What Happy Working Moth- ers Know” by Cathy Greenberg, “Becoming Americans: Four Centuries of Immigrant Writ- ing” edited by Ilan Stavans, “Pood, Inc.” edited by Karl Web- er, “The Audacity to Win” by David Plouffe and “You Were Born for This” by Bruce Wilkin- son MYSTERY “The Brutal Telling” by Louise Penny BIOGRAPHY “Going Rogue” by Sarah Pal- in, “Open: An Autobiography” by Andre Agassi and “The Time of My Life” by Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi LARGE PRINT FICTION “Kindred in Death” by J.D. Robb, “Snow Angels” by Fern Michaels, Marie Bostwick, Jan- na McMahan, and Rosalind Noonan, “Sacred Hearts” by Sa- rah Dunant and “The Hunger Games’ by Suzanne Collins LARGE PRINT NONFICTION “It’s Your Time” by Joel Os- teen BOOKS ON CD “Skeletons at the Feast” by Chris Bohjalian, “Under the Dome” by Stephen King, “Hol- lywood Moon” by Joseph Wam- baugh, “I, Alex Cross” by James Patterson, “Night and Day” by Robert B. Parker, “The Forgot- ten 500” by Gregory A. Freeman and “Schulz and Peanuts” by David Michaelis YOUNG ADULT “Candor” by Pam Bachorz, “Pop” by Gordon Korman and “The Bolshevik Revolution” by Joseph O'Neill SPECIAL DONATIONS “The Third Reich at War” by Richard Evans, presented by Daddow-Isaacs Post 672 Amer- ican Legion; “Fire” by Kristin Cashore, presented by Nedda and Mike Cashore in honor of their daughter who is the au- thor; “Thanks a Lot, Emily Post!” by Hennifer LaRue Hu- get, presented by Jill Evans Kryston, Defining Manners: A School of Contemporary Proto- col YOUR SPACE This photo was taken by Pat Giordano of Har- veys Lake. This little guy is one of a pair of chip- munks who reside at the lake. He found the bird feeder this fall and decided to begin storing up for the winter. Check out those cheeks! 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 SHARE YOUR PICTURES WITH OUR READERS “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-email to news@mydallaspost.com, by fax to 675-3650 or by wishing to have their photos returned should include a self-addressed/stamped envelope. Items will be published in the order in which they are received. The editor of The Dallas Post reserves the right to reject any items submitted for publication. 1989 - 20 YEARS AGO Third grade students at Dallas Elementary School recently col- lected food for the food bank in order to be certain the needy families in the Back Mountain have food for Christmas. Some of the participating students are: Fred Krispin, Amy Michaels, Marla Brown, Kathryn Palma- tier and Richard Samanas. Fourth grade students from Gate of Heaven School recently decorated the entrance of The Meadows Nursing Center with holiday posters they made. Par- ticipating in the project were James Simon, Stephen Bolin and Jennifer Bernick. Recently members of Dallas Boy Scout Troop 281 bicycled 25 miles of the Lehigh Gorge State Park from White Haven to Jim Thorpe. This effort was part of the boys’ work towards their cy- cling merit badge. Donald Hosey, Craig Bower- sox, Richard Sylvia, Randy Ho- zempa, Brian Achuff, David Pe- trikonis, James Urisko, Timothy Raub, Eric St. Clair, Greg Riley, John Tomedi, David Townsend, Chris Welch, David Ertley, Ben Sappe, Jared Dukas, Donald Ho- sey, Chad Williams, Charles Wasserott V and Dean Evans. 1979 - 30 YEARS AGO Michelle Thomas, Cindy Mil lington, Marisa Bo- linski, Laura Reese and Lorene Duran will be featured in the “March of the Toy Soldiers” in the annual Christmas Concert at Dallas High School this Sunday. Other students participating in the concert include Alice So- lisnky, Maralyn Nepp, Nancy Evans, Arlene Daily, Lori Law, Bonnie Vail and Dawn Camp- bell. The Madrigal Singers will pre- sent several selections in the Dallas Senior High School Christmas Concert. The singers are: Dave Orehutsky, Rob Robin- son, Linda Akers, Sue Williams, Cindy Millington, Arline Datly, YESTERDAY Terri Ross and Matt Hoidra. Residents and visitors at Har- vey’s Lake will find a new restau- rant and delicatessen as they come into the lake area by Sun- set. Drury’s Deli and restaurant opened in November and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Jim and Jack Drury, who live at the Lake, manage the new business venture owned by their father, who operates a food business in New Jersey. 1969 — 40 YEARS AGO Flames raged through Patter- son’s Grove for the third time in less than a month early Saturday morning and completely de- stroyed eight cottages and dam- aged five others on the 101-year old United Methodist Camp- ground. State and local fire offi- cials believe the Fairmont Town- ship fires to be the work of one or more arsonists. According to Sgt. Karl Guers of the State Police Substation at Shickshinny, Saturday’s blaze broke out a scant 10 to 15 min- utes after a police patrol had toured the area and shortly fol- lowing a two-man, cottage-own- er patrol of the campgrounds. A mobile van was presented to Fred Hennebaul, East Dallas, at a special ceremony during half- time of the Dallas-Lake-Lehman football game Thanksgiving Day. Fred, 24 year-old son of Mrs. Walter Hennebaul, Sr. and the late Walter Hennebaul, has been confined to a wheelchair since he sustained permanent in- jury in a wrestling accident in Ja- nuary 1962. He was a student of Lake-Lehman High School and a member of the varsity wrestling squad at the time. He is a gradu- ate of Dallas Senior High School. The van was a gift of several ar- ea organizations: Gate of Heaven Holy Name Society, Young Peo- ple of Gate of Heaven, Dallas Ki- wanis Club, Dallas American Le- gion, Dallas Lions Club, Dallas Senior Woman’s Club, Dallas Ju- nior Woman’s Club, Dallas Key Club, Dallas Vacation Bible School, Dallas Rotaract, Har- vey’s Lake Women’s Service Club and Eddie Day Orchestra. The Key Club “hotshots” from Dallas Senior High School and t he Dallas Junior Varsity basket- ball team met Tuesday after- noon in the Dallas auditorium for the “game of the year.” The two teams played for the benefit of the “Toys for Tots’ campaign sponsored by the Ma- rine Corps Reserves. Members of the “hotshot” team were Her- man Otto, James Wilson, George Messersmith, Robert Griffiths, Jeff Gruver, John Harowicz, John Fleming, Ernest Gelb, Steve Goode and Jack Willison. 1959 - 50 YEARS AGO Back Mountain Girl Scout Troop 183, under the leadership of Mrs. Lewis Dixon, began the fall and winter with a trip to New York City in November. The troop made a tour of the United Nations building and took a boat ride around Manhattan Island. Members of the troop are: Elaine Dixon, Anne Marie Gable, Linda Brague, Cynthia Galletly, Daisy McClelland, Susan Smith, Ran- dy Wright and Patsy Block. Eleven senior members of Westmoreland’s 1959 football squad, their senior manager and coaches were honored by the Booster Club at a dinner Thurs- day night. The are: George Dom- bek, assistant coach, Thomas Jenkins, James Morgan, William Perrego, senior manager, David Ell, Arthur Zimmerman, Victor Widmann, Albert Dendler, Gor- don Lorentz, Fred Houlihan, Larry Newhart, John Chapple, Joseph Mollahan, and Edward Brominski, coach. Cubs of Den 2, Pack 255 toured Harter’s Dairy recently. Mr. Harter was their guide, ex- plaining different steps by which dairy products are prepared. Cubs taking part were Steve Doyne, Ricky Bombick, Ronnie Ray, Jimmy Yascur, Bobby Kit- tle, Gary Sponseller, Larry Kono- pha. Accompanying the cubs were den chief Eddie Doyne, den mother Mrs. L. Yascur and moth- ers, Mrs. R. Slimak and Mrs. E. Doyne. 1949 - 60 YEARS AGO Richard Reese was elected president of Kingston Township Veterans Association at a meet- ing Tuesday evening, and Con rad Orchard, vice president. ) § sell Parsons is secretary and Henry Kahn, treasurer. Putting male companions to shame, Madge Space Johns, wife of Richard Johns, shot a fine, six- point, 165-pund buck shortly af- ter noon Tuesday while hunting on the hill behind Parrish Heights with her husband, Wil- liam Jeter, Ed Keller and Bob Johns. Last year Mrs. Johns also shot a buck; but it got away, ran some distance, fell down and was claimed by two boys who loaded it in a jeep and carried it off. Madge made sure of this year’s kill with a well-placed shot. All of her companions have been hunt- ing daily since the season start- ed. Her expedition Tuesday was her first of the year. Movies playing at the Himm- ler Theater, Dallas, included “I Was A Male War Bride” starring Ann Sheridan and Cary Grant; “Annie Oakley” starring Barbara Stanwyck and Preston Foster; and “That Midnight Kiss” star- ring Kathryn Grayson and Ethel Barrymore. 1939 - 70 YEARS AGO What would happen to your every-day routine of life if your dreams came true? A group of talented youn thespians from the Junior C of Dallas Borough High School will attempt to answer the ques- tion when they present their play, “Let’s Pretend” at the high school this weekend. Members of the cast include Alma Nelson, Robert Niemeyer, Nancy Ayre, Eloise Hunt, John Jewell, Rita Cummings, Bill Sut- ton, Claire Ralston and Bob Price. Mrs. Mildred Ford, the only feminine professional photogra- pher in Pennsylvania, spoke be- fore the new camera club at Col- lege Misericordia on Tuesday, discussing artistic photography. 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. “I don't need any- thing. | have my hus- band and children.” Elizabeth Chrzanowsky Shavertown “WHAT WOULD “Mostly money to buy presents for my kids." Julie Frederick Sweet Valley YOU LI “Ice skates so | can skate on my pond.” Kate Williams Lehman KE SANTA CLAUS TO BRING YOU THIS YEAR?" “Health and happi- ness. It sounds a little formal but it works." Brian Gorski Shavertown “A kitten. A nice little black kitten with white paws.” Raven Moore Dallas “A pair of UGG boots and my mother wants peace from bickering in the family.” Michelle Lipski Lehman
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