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EDITORIAL
Sunday, March 27, 2011
The Dallas Post
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LETTERTO THE EDITOR
Reader thinks WVSA's
plant plan is absurd
Wyoming Valley Sanitary Au-
thority’s (WVSA) plan to allow
the building of a frackwater treat-
ment plant along the Susquehan-
na River must be stopped.
It’s absurd for the Wyoming
Valley Sanitary Authority
(WVSA) board members to even
consider, let alone pick, someone
to design, build and operate a nat-
ural gas wastewater treatment fa-
cility along the Susquehanna Riv-
er, as was voted upon at a recent
meeting.
Even though they say they
aren’t making a commitment, un-
til they do more homework, it
sure sounds like they already
made up their minds.
The company chosen by the
board says that water dumped in-
to the Susquehanna will be treat-
ed to drinking water standards.
While it is quite possible that
frackwater can be turned into
drinking water, the costs would
be prohibitive.
Furthermore, if the water is
treated to drinking water stan-
dards, then why does it need to
be dumped into the Susquehanna
at all?
It appears to me that what they
want to do is to dilute their con-
taminated water with the treated
sewage until it just barely meets
the requirements of an NPDES
(National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System) permit and
then dump it into the Susquehan-
na River.
This is just one more attempt
to discharge contaminated water
into the streams and rivers in our
area. It was tried in Wyoming
County at Lemon Twp. and Eat-
on Twp. Both were refused by
DEP.
Isn't it interesting that the
WVSA already has a sewage
treatment plant and NPDES per-
mit in place?
What these people want is ac-
cess to the Susquehanna River, so
they can dump contaminated wa-
ter into it. The rest is all smoke
and mirrors. ,
When I was a boy growing up
in Harding, I spent my summers
in, and on, the Susquehanna Riv-
er.
At that time there were no envi-
ronmental laws and everyone
who lived along the Susquehanna
threw their garbage over the river
bank.
The river was one long dump
used for the disposal of anything
that was unwanted, from daily
household garbage to old boats,
furniture and, sometimes, even
whole cars.
The bottoms of my feet are cov-
ered with scars from stepping on
cans and broken bottles.
During the late 1950s and early
1960s, the cleanup of the area be-
gan. The undaunting effort to re-
move the junk that was tossed in-
to the river paid off.
In 2009, I took my scuba gear
and drifted down the river for ap-
proximately a mile and I found
only two pieces of construction
debris that looked like aluminum
siding. I found no cans, no bottles
and no garbage of any kind.
To avoid the mistakes of the
past, we need to be very vocal and
very active in protecting not only
our precious water resources, but
our environment as well.
I don’t want to see us moving
backward!
George E. Turner, P.G.
Eaton Township
STRANGE BUT TRUE
By Samantha Weaver
¢ |t was venerable American newscaster David Brinkley who made
the following sage observation: “The one function TV news performs
very well is that when there is no news, we give it to you with the
same emphasis as if there were.”
e According to Guinness World Records, the oldest cat in the world
was named Crme Puff and lived to the ripe old age of 38 years and
three days.
e |f you do much printing, you might not be surprised to learn that
if you figure out the cost by volume, the average ink cartridge for a
printer costs seven times more than Dom Perignon champagne.
* On an average day in the United States, 90 million cans of beer
will be consumed.
* |t was United Airlines that hired the first stewardesses for its
flights, back in 1930. In addition to being attractive and charming,
stewardesses had to be registered nurses.
* Those who study such things say that in ancient Mesopotamia, it
was not unusual for those of the wealthy classes to crush semipre-
cious stones and adhere the powder to their lips.
YOUR SPACE
The waterfall at Ricketts Glen State Park offered up some icy water this winter as seen through the camera lens of Deno Pantelakos, of
Idlewood Drive in Dallas.
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20 YEARS AGO
The children of the 4/5 year
old class, Small Wonders Day
Care School, Shavertown,
were visited recently by the
staff from Blue Ribbon Dog
Grooming, Shavertown, and
the S.P.C.A. The children
learned about proper pet care
and what to do when confront-
ed by a strange animal. The
program was highlighted by
. the presence of “Libra” and
“Murphy” AKC, obedience and
therapy trained pets. Class
members
ONLY
YESTERDAY
liams, Jen-
nifer Ko-
nopki,
Johnathan Frania, Heather
Smith, Joelle Dunbar, Steven
Cardillo, Anthony Forte, Erin
O’Boyle, Jenne Rembecki,
Christopher Walsh, Chelsey
Coslett, Megan Williamson,
Kristie Taylor.
Cub Pack #155 recently held
its Pinewood derby at the Edu-
cational Building in Trucks-
ville. Winners were: Brian Gie-
da, 1st place; Tim Banks, 2nd
place; Mike Ferko, 3rd place;
and Jonathan Schneider, 4th
place.
30 YEARS AGO
Brownie Troop 627 recently
held a field trip to Mercy Hos-
pital. The troop visited the cast
room, x-ray department and
lab. Brownies that attended
the tour were: Denise Wysocki,
Tammy Wortman, Andrea Bri-
nola, Tina Lapallo, Carolynn
Metz, Brenda Misson, Audrey
Wylie, Katie Conologue and
Valerie Myers.
Dallas Area Federated Wom-
an’s Club will present, “What's
New For You,” a spring and
summer fashion show, tonight
at Dallas Junior High School.
Planning committee members
include Nancy Rowlands,
Sandy Richardson, Sheila Bo-
nawitz, Rita Cutter, Mary Alice
Lukasavage, Theresa Thomp-
son, Mary Ann Davies, Jane
Gritman, Wally Maniskas and
Marlene Rollman.
40 YEARS AGO
Four members of Girl Scout
troop 649 and one scout from
troop 219 received the First
Class Girl Scout Award at
church services this past Sun-
day. Those honored were:
Elaine L. Ward, Sherry Jo
Harding, Julia Elizabeth Swep-
ston, and Jenni Marie Rodda,
all members of Troop 649; and
Fern May Egliskis, Troop 219.
The rank of First Class Scout is
the highest honor a Girl Scout
can achieve and requires dili-
gence and hard work on the
part of the scout and scout
leader.
Kim Davis, Dallas, took first
place honors in the 100-yard
breast stroke for girls age 14
and under Saturday at the Mid-
dle Atlantic District A.A.U. Ju-
nior Olympics. Kim, a student
in the Dallas School District,
was representing the Wyoming
Seminary Swim Club.
50 YEARS AGO
There is a possibility that the
new Dallas High School will be
near enough to completion
that the Class of 1961 can hold
its commencement in the audi-
torium of the new building, but
nobody is certain. After many
delays — some of them attribut-
able to severe weather — others
to miscalculation on materials
such as glass for the many win-
dows and a subsequent delay
in getting heat into the build-
ing, work is now moving ahead
at a faster pace. At the least the
School District hopes to occu-
py the building in July.
At local Giant Markets, sno-
white California Cauliflower
sold for 19 cents a head; grape-
fruits were 5 cents each; fresh
eggs were 55 cents a dozen;
fresh haddock fillets were 49
cents a pound; and 48-pack of
Lipton tea bags was 67 cents.
60 YEARS AGO
James Besecker has opened
an insurance agency and real
estate office on the second
floor of the Gregory Building
on Main Street. Mr. Besecker
expects shortly to give up his
lease on Dallas Service Station
and devote all his energies to
the new business and his work
as Justice of the Peace and
Sixth district republican Com-
mittee chairman. :
“Dixie Rhythm,” an all-
school minstrel, will be pre-
sented Friday evening in Dal-
las Township High School au-
ditorium. The cast of eighty
students, representing grades
six through twelve, is under
the direction of Daniel Wil-
liams, Reese Pelton, and Edgar
Hughes. The six end-men who
will entertain with comic dia-
logues and songs are Jim
Smith, Jimmy Broomfield, Nel-
son Ashburner, Carl Vavrek,
Delmar Shupp and Lance
‘Walker. Ronald Schlittler will
serve as interlocutor.
70 YEARS AGO
Mrs. John Nicholson was
chosen president of Women of
Rotary at a dinner meeting at
Irem Temple country Club last
Thursday evening. Mrs. Fre-
dericka Breslin will be vice
president, Mrs. Claire Warrin-
er, treasurer and Mrs. Mary
Dick, secretary.
A meeting at which old
members of Alderson Girl
Scouts welcomes new eS,
was held at the home of @ js.
Raymond Garinger Wednes-
day evening. A skit, “You Can
Eat your Cake and Keep It” was
given by the following: Lois Av-
ery, Elaine Avery, Mary Dela-
ney, Claire Stevenson, Mildred
Turoski, Faye smith, Eleanor
Hunsinger, Arnold Garinger
and Herbert Davis.
Information for “Only Yes-
terday” 1s taken from past is-
sues of The Dallas Post which
is 122 years old. The informa-
tion is printed here exactly as it
appeared in the newspaper
years ago. :
Ryan Zagata
Dallas
“WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO MISS MOST ABOUT WINTER?"
“Christmas and the
holidays."
Sherlene Long
Sugar Notch
“Plowing snow be-
cause my friends can
make some money."
Gerard Geiss
Dallas
uj hate winter, | can't
think of one thing.”
Duane Dicker
Dallas
“I don't like the win-
ter at all. It was a bad
one and | hope it's
finished."
~ Carol Gilpin
Center Moreland
“Not a thing.”
Chris Porasky
Shavertown