PAGE 6 EDITORIAL Sunday, August 14, 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 Fatal accident shows dangers of fracking’ Dear Editor: The recent and tragic death of former Dallas High School foot- ball player John Jones III who was killed in a collision by a nat- ural gas drilling vehicle from Ari- zona, driven by a man from Tex- as serves to highlight the ex- treme dangers of “fracking” vehi- cles and winding, country roads. Increased traffic brought about by the natural gas drilling indus- try will inevitably result in more traffic collisions and passenger cars are no match for heavy trucks in a crash. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Mr. Jones and we wish his daughter, who was also in the collision, a complete and speedy recovery. We urge those of you traveling in “Gasland” - Bradford, Susque- hanna and Wyoming counties lo- cally - to use extreme care. Notify local police if you should witness dangerous driving. Encourage authorities to participate in a “Prack Net” operation where Pennsylvania State Police cite gas industry vehicles not up to code. The roads in those counties are not interstate and the drivers or the gas companies should not treat them as such. We also plead with those work- ing for the natural gas industry to slow down and remember that the roads of Northeastern Penn- sylvania can be treacherous. The life you save may be your own. Greg Fellerman, Esq. Ed Ciarimboli, Esq. Many new books added to shelves at BMT library The following new books have been added to the shelves at the Back Mountain Memo- rial Library, 96 Huntsville Rd., Dallas, for the month of August 2011: EXPRESS “Maine: A Novel” by J. Court- ney Sullivan, “Dick Francis’s Gamble” by Felix Francis, “Ban- non Brothers Trust” by Janet Dailey, “The Ideal Man” by Ju- lie Garwood, “Cold Vengeance” by Douglas Preston and Lin- coln Child, “Victory and Hon- or” by W.E.B. Griffin FICTION “Dick Francis’s Gamble” by Felix Francis, “Bannon Broth- ers Trust” by Janet Dailey, “The Ideal Man” by Julie Garwood, “Folly Beach” by Dorothea Ben- ton Frank, “Cold Vengeance” by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, “Victory and Honor” by W.E.B. Griffin, “Eighteen Acres” by Nicolle Wallace, “A Small Hotel” by Robert Olen Butler, “The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb” by Melanie Benjamin NONFICTION “Growing Up in Heaven” by James Van Praagh, “The Devil's Rooming House” by William M. Phelps, “Area 51” by Annie Ja- cobsen, “Bridal Shower Themes” by Pat Nekola, “Wil- liam and Catherine: A Royal Wedding” by Andrew Morton BIOGRAPHY “Stories I Only Tell My Friends” by Rob Lowe REFERENCE “Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2011,” “Current Biography Yearbook 2010,” “Dwight David Eisenhower” by Jessica Ziparo and Louis Ga- lambros LARGE PRINT FICTION “Monument to Murder” by Margaret Truman, “Betrayal” by Fern Michaels, “Always Something There to Remind Me” by Elizabeth M. Harbison YOUNG ADULT “Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy” by Bil Wright, “Addie on the Inside” by James Howe, “The Berlin Boxing Club” by Robert Sharenow SPECIAL DONATIONS The following books are pre- sented by Adventures in Learn- ing:, “Meet Carrie Flower” by Cynthia W. Post “Carrie Flower Goes to Camp” by Cynthia W. Post, “Carrie Flower Goes to the Hospital” by Cynthia W. Post, “Aisling, Book 1: Guardian” by Carole Cummings, presented by Carole Cummings, 1983 Graduate of Lake-Lehman School District YOUR SPACE Drew Harding, who lives at Harveys Lake during the summer months, found this duck swimming peacefully in front of his dock. Harding's permanent address is Upper Demunds Road, Dallas. "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 18711. 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 the right to reject any items submitted for pub 20 YEARS AGO Members of the Back Mountain bloomers garden club are working with the Wyoming Historical and Ge- ological Society to re-plant and refurbish the garden of the Society’s Bishop Memo- rial Library, 49 South Fran- klin Street, Wilkes-Barre. The bloomers have adopted the yard for their annual gar- den project and have spent many hours planting a wide variety of flowers, some of which were sas transplant- & ed from their own gardens. Members the yd WwW. = 3 > ® 7)" ONLY YESTERDAY of club are: Nancy Mayer, Beth Harkins, Mike DelKanic, Christian Luscian, Claudette Banks, Nancy Ca- rey, Nancy Brown, Hope Chollock, Jean Karmiel and Polly Wielage. Lehman Daisy Troop #639 recently crossed the bridge to become Brownies. Mem- bers advancing to the Brow- nie level are: Amy Hartman, Meredith Edwards, Diane Folmer, Patricia Manzoni, Lauren Scott, Megan Weaver, Renee Crane, Leah Vanuk, Karen Davis, Casey Horvath and Danielle White. 30 YEARS AGO Chris Shouldice, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shouldice, of Huntsville, was honored by member of the Huntsville UM. Church on Thursday evening, for having served many years as an acolyte. A covered dish dinner was held. The Santos family gave a musical program. For some Back Mountain elder citizens, the promise of a “modern, comfortable and affordable” place to live is close at hand. At the regular monthly meeting of the Dal- las Township Board of Super- visors, Ray Condo, represent- ing Ecumenical Enterprises Inc., announced that in late September and early Octo- ber, letters will be sent to those who applied for a for- mal application to The Mead- ows, a county, State and fed- erally-assisted project for housing the senior citizens of the area. 40 YEARS AGO Cliff Kozemchak, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kozem- chak, Overbrook Avenue, Dallas, has been selected as one of six Boy Scouts of Dis- trict 2, Penn Mountains Council, Boy Scouts of Amer- ica, who will attend the Ju- nior Leadership Instructor Training Camp at Schiff Scout Reservation, Mend- ham, N.J. Two Back Mountain girls won championships Thurs- day at the Luzerne County 4-H Dairy Club Roundup at Hillside Farms in Trucks- ville. Marianne Stefanowicz, Harvey’s Lake, won the Guernsey prize, while Bon- nie Sutton, Trucksville, took the Holstein title. 50 YEARS AGO A Shavertown woman saw what looked like an electrical cord on her living room rug early Monday morning. She looked again. The cord was alive and slithering. Mrs. Ed- ward Carey, Sunset Avenue, alone in the house, was on her way upstairs when she noticed the 16 inch copper- head. She cornered the snake with two card tables and called the Shavertown Fire Company. When she return- ed to the living room the snake had disappeared. She jumped on a chair in time to see it move behind the couch. Twenty minutes later, Chief Jesse Coslett arrived and killed the snake. A Dallas man cutting long grass with a scathe on the Hale Coughlin place at Apple Hill, was stung last week by a copperhead, and spent sever- al agonizing hours before the anti-venom administered by Dr. Groblewski counteracted the poison. Charles Snyder, Claude Street, saw the tip of the snake’s tail disappear as he realized he had been bit- ten. He ran to the house for ammonia, then drove to Dr. Groblewski’s office in Leh- man. Four hours and four an- ti-venom shots later, he called his wife to say that he could now come home. 60 YEARS AGO Irwin Coolbaugh received painful injuries to the eyes and nose Friday night when he was struck by a thrown ball while umpiring third base during the Carverton- Dallas Little League Game at Shavertown Field. Irwin was intent on watching a fast play at third when the ball thrown by the catcher hit him be- tween the eyes, fracturing his nose and rupturing a blood vessel and nerve in his left eye. Joey Monko, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Monko, Sha- vertown, had his first experi- ence of deep-sea fishing at Hampton Beach during July. He caught a cod and a silver hake, good big fish for a five- year-old to land by himself. 70 YEARS AGO. Mrs. Charles Jones was hostess to members of her card club at her home on Claude Street Tuesday eve- ning. Prizes were won by Mrs. Sally Haucke, Mrs. Ed- na McCarty, Mrs. Marion Lee and Mrs. Bernice Lundy. Jean Schooley and Virginia Starr passed their swimming badge tests Monday and Tuesday of this week when Dallas Girl Scouts vacationed at Wildwood Camp at Hag, vey’s Lake. Others on the 4 were: Pauline Ide, Elizabet Parrish, Lois Warriner, Geor- gia Ayre, Kathleen Wiegland, Thelma Cundiff, jean Monk, Phyllis Williamee, Beryl Col- well, Janet Miers, Claire West, Beverly Cundiff, Diana Llewellyn, Elaine Culvin Ruth Prudhioe, Ethel Culp, Louise Moss, Marjorie El- ston, Marian Powell and Nan- cy Schooley. Information for “Only Yes- terday” is taken from past is- sues of The Dallas Post which 1s 122 years old. The mformation is printed here exactly as it appeared in the newspaper years ago. “Well, my mom did it all for me." Eric Fritzges Shavertown “DO “Yeah, shorts and some shirts. I'm a se- nior this year.” Mike Gross Trucksville YOU DO BACK TO SCHOOL SHOPPING?” “No, | already gradu- : ated. I'm shopping for a new job." Matt Duffy Shavertown “Yeah, mainly for bed- room furniture and stuff for my house at college.” Rebecca Loefflad Shavertown E “I'll go shopping soon for my grandchildren at Bon-Ton, Kohl's and Babies ‘R Us.” Linda King Harveys Lake “No, not yet. | usually go with my sister to Tannersville.” Debbie Straley Harding
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