PAGE 6 EDITORIAL Sunday, July 17, 2011 Richard L. Connor 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 PUBLISHER EDITOR 829-7202 970-7440 rconnor@timesleader.com dmartin@mydallaspost.com Diane McGee ADVERTISING 970-7153 dmcgee@timesleader.com Dotty Martin LETTER TO THE EDITOR Reader wants officials to be prepared for gas disaster Dear Editor: I have questions for first re- sponders, school administrators and board members and parents of children attending the Dallas Schools: Do you believe regular fire drills are necessary prepara- tion for any kind of fire emergen- cy in our schools? Do you be- lieve in being prepared for other emergencies? For instance, do you read the emergency card when you are seated in an air- plane? If your answer is “yes” to any of these — do you think our schools and community should be prepared for any kind of gas emergency? We are certainly not prepared for such at the present time. Look in your phone book. There are instructions for where to go, what to take and which route to travel for an emergency at the Berwick Nuclear Plant. If you look for anything similar for our schools, you will soon real- ize that for three of the four schools on the Dallas campus, there is one two-lane road in and out of the campus. Can you picture the chaos that would ensue if parents were frightened for their children and rushed to school to get them? There is a Girl Scout rule that tells us to be prepared. What would that mean for such an unimaginable emergen- cy? It would mean first building a one-way loop road out of the campus. The second step would be to plan an evacuation proce- dure of where to meet children to remove them from danger as expeditiously as possible with-- out hindering emergency vehi- cles. The third step would be to have regular evacuation drills so that the children and their par- ents would not be panicked, but would know where to go and what to do. Everyone is quick to say that nothing like that will ever hap- pen — but not so quick to say “this is what you do if it should happen.” That sort of planning would show true leadership and foresight. There should be no cost except for building that exit road, and that could be part of what gets done when those com- panies start building their me- tering stations. A lot of people might be a lit- tle less nervous about what is proposed within a third of a mile of the Dallas School Campus if we knew that the children could be evacuated safely in the event of the emergency they assure us won’t happen. Eleanor Kandler Rodda Shavertown ART WORKS DISPLAYED The July exhibit at the Back Mountain Memorial Library's Art Display Wall is a collection of artwork by Joseph Stager lll, of Dallas. A life-long resident of Dallas, Stager has always had an inter- est in art, painting during his entire life. He earned an Associ- ate's Degree in Commercial Art from Luzerne County Communi- ty College and recently graduated from Misericordia University with a Bachelor's Degree in Professional Studies. : Stager receives his inspiration from gardening and Eastern Philosophy. He enjoys painting exotic plants, landscapes and snow leopards. His favorite piece in this exhibit is the painting of water lotuses because of their large size and vibrant colors. YOUR SPACE "Casey" is shown here among the miniature Irises at his home. He loves to hide in the greenery and he loves to help pull weeds. A yellow Lab who will celebrate his 1ith birthday on July 27, Casey lives with Katherine and Francis Fertal on East Meadow Street in Shavertown. "YOUR SPACE" is reserved specifically for Dallas Post readers who have something they'd like to share with fellow readers. Submitted items may include photo- graphs or short stories and should be sent via e-mail to news@mydallaspost.com, by fax to 675-3650 or by mail to The Dallas Post, 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 1871. Information must include the submitting person's name, address and telephone num- ber in the event we have questions. Readers wishing to have their photos returned cation. should include a self-addressed/stamped envelope. Items will be published in the or- der in which they are received. The editor of The Dallas Post reserves) right to reject any items submitted for pub: 20 YEARS AGO Daddow-Isaacs American Le- gion Post 672 recently presented their American Legion Award to the outstanding eighth grade boy and girl from Dallas Middle School. This year’s award recip- ients were Laura Seidel, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Seidel and J. Michael Vozniak, son of ~ Mr. and Mrs. John Vozniak. End of An Era — The popular wooden rol- lercoaster stood proud- ly for nearly ~ 50 years at ) Hanson's Amuse- ONLY ment Park YESTERDAY at Harvey's Lake. But it took demolition crews only a couple of minutes to bring the venera- ble ride to the ground on the af- ternoon of July 10. The coaster, which had been shut down since 1981, was finally demolished last week as the remains of the for- mer amusement park continue to disappear. 30 YEARS AGO The following were elected to serve as officers of the Lake-Leh- man Band Sponsors Association for the 1981-1982 season: Alice Hudak, president; Dan Hudzik, vice-president; Marlene Ko- nopke, corresponding secretary; Mary Davis, treasurer; Marion Kasko, recording secretary; and Carol Snyder, assistant treasur- er. The Bob Horlacher Girls Lit- tle League All Stars are slated to play the Back Mountain All Stars Tuesday on the Back Mountain team’s diamond. Members of the Horlacher Girls softball team in- clude Heidi Schulz, Cindi King, Amy Urbanas, Heidi Newell, Blanche Michael, Denise Cris- pell, Bobbie Jo Zacharias, Judy Hopfer, dara Crispell, Peggy Si- glin, Michelle Evans, Bev Shel- ley, Pat Sudol and Debbie Paltri- nieri. 40 YEARS AGO Seven 4-H members, who were judged winners of the coun- ty 4-H Demonstration and Pub- lic Speaking contest, will move on to higher levels of competi- tion next week when they pre- sent their topics at the regional contest at Northwest Area High School. Among those participa- ting in the Regional 4-H Demon- stration Contest from Luzerne County are Alan Beard, Mary Beard, Brenda and Eva James, Michael Gentilesco, Nathan drum and Monica Rusnock. Sugar and spice and every- thing nice — that’s what Girl Scouts and Rainbow Girls of the Dallas and Shavertown area are using to make the best tasting lollipops ever sold at the Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction. Some of the girls mak- ing the homemade treats in- clude Lynn Cleaver, Wendy Da- vidson, Kim Davidson, Susan Dreher and Linda Dreher. 50 YEAS AGO The Back Mountain Chess Club was formed and organized last Thursday night. Members present were Edgar Holladay, Phil Cheney, Wilbur Niehols, Al Bellas, Vince Civilletti, Doc Rutherford and Ken Williams. The following officers were elected at a meeting of the 4H Club of Lehman held at the home of Mrs. John Sedler. They are: President, Carol Ann Lamo- reaux; Vice-President, Shirley Roskoski; Secretary and Trea- surer, Bernadine Rusiloski. 60 YEARS AGO Men’s Club of Prince of Peace Church will hold the second an- nual wiener roast in the Ralph Davis yard on Pioneer Avenue, Tuesday evening at 8. Men will cook and serve for their wives and guests, with the women re- sponsible only for the dessert. Refreshment committee in- cludes Clarence A. Woodruff, Ralph Postorive, Ralph Davis. Chefs are Charles Lee, Robert Weaver, Tommy Andrews and Al Gibbs. Highlights of the Trucksville Firemen’s Fair next week will be the Pet and Doll Parade on Wednesday and the 4-H Club show on Saturday afternoon, the first time the 4-H has exhibited in this area. Don Finney is gener- al chairman of the fair; Mrs. Ge- orge Flack is chairman of the Pet Parade; Samuel and Ruth Miller, refreshments. 70 YEARS AGO With huge excavating ma- chines biting into the stony land and thick woods north of Dallas along the old traction right-of- way, work on the new $400,000 Dallas-Harvey’s Lake Highway gained momentum this week, presaging the development of a Greater Back Mountain region. The highway, begun last month when the Central Pennsylvania Quarry, Stripping and Construc- tion Company of Hazleton moved into town with a large complement of dump trucks, scrapers and steam shovels, will be a continuation of the just- completed Trucksville-Dallas three-lane road. Winners in the dog show held at the boat house of G. Howard Lewis at Harvey’s Lake Thurs- day afternoon were: “Buster,” a French bull owned by Diane Le- wis; “Skippy,” an English spaniel by Ina Smith; “Scamp,” a bull ter- rier owned by Eleanor Dennis; and “Laddie,” a cocker spaniel owned by William Lewis. The show was directed by Diane wis, Gordon Roberts and ry Lenahan. 7 STRANGE BUT TRUE ¢ It was Danish author, phi- losopher and theologian Soren Kierkegaard who made the fol- lowing sage observation: “Peo- ple demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the free- dom of thought which they sel- dom use.” e After the release of Alfred Hitchcock’s iconic film “The Birds,” pet stores all over the country saw a sharp decline in the sales of pet birds. ¢ You might be surprised to learn that during the first airing of the original “Star Trek” se- ries, no episode ranked higher than No. 52 in the ratings. ¢ According to the Guinness Book of Records, it was poor Donna Griffiths who suffered the longest sneezing fit ever re- corded. On Jan. 13, 1981, the 12- year-old girl started sneezing, and she continued sneezing ev- ery day for more than two and a half years. e If you're like the average American, you eat 20 quarts of ice cream every year. ¢ A man named Patrick Hoo- ligan lived in London in the mid-1800s. He was such a noto- rious troublemaker that his name is still used today to refer to ruffians and hoodlums. io , : it “No. | help around the house and do every- thing.” George Pfeiffer Dallas “Yes. | work at Irem Golf Course in the pro shop." Chris Ehret Dallas “No. mostly volun- teer for the summer.” Autumn Gallagher Mountain Top “DO YOU HAVE A JOB THIS SUMMER?" “I was offered a job to work babysitting but | turned it down.” Casidhe Menig Dallas “I'm a camp counselor at Dallas Recreation Park for Dallas Bor- ough.” Jess English Dallas “Well, sort of. | volun- teer as a candy strip- er at the General Hos- pital in Wilkes-Barre." Marlene Ostrowski Dallas I ioe,
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