PAGE 10 THE DALLAS POST Sunday, February 12, 2012 | FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY OST Daftas. PA Wednesday, February 20, 1991 35 4 Business people all around Dal | Mystery Valentines please Dallas businesse Hy CHARLOT 4 DENMON of the dora Sometime during the late hoursief the alg and the wee hours apaunionm Mie caused ty ne brovight Hess Hess gas station 50 the > of Route 309 as far north as Payne ; in —r id was the question. “Who placed the Valentines of otf adorned ids Certainly was just the right touch had white ones. § think thy ait in the open were placed to save them from getty Whoever did )t, was a Pred From place 6 place. said Fran Othman of Dallas. “it their and most business people spen the trying to figure out ad & out such a warming project. “1 don't know who did i but it 10 make you rea partof Dallas. Tat hank the : personal CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST In 1991, The Dallas Post wrote about a Phantom Valentiner who posted red Valentine hearts on doors of Back Mountain businesses. Twenty-one years later, the secret Valentiner has confessed. PHANTOM Continued from Page 1 Maine was noticed in 1976. Ever since then, the city has been adorned in pink paper hearts on Valentines Day. Similar efforts have been made in Montpelier, Vt.; Boulder, Colo.; and in Rhode Island. Hand told her family about the Valentine Phantom, and touched on bringing the idea back home. “My husband thought I was crazy, which was kind of the usu- al,” she laughed. “...But Tim, his eyes lit up when I told him. He was really excited about it.” The foursome decided to go through with the plan, and from 1991 through 1993, they also suc- cessfully kept it a secret. “I turn into a pumpkin at 10 p.m.,” Hand said. “So it was excit- ing for me to get out that late at night.” The act was even worthy of The Dallas Post’s front page in 1991. Many business owners spent the day after Valentine's Day wondering who the Phan- tom was, though many just en- joyed the message. “I love Dallas, I really do,” Hand said. “There are a lot of good people here. Sometimes, in the winter you get into doldrums .. it brought a smile to people’s faces.” The sneaky adventures were not without mishaps, though. One year Hand and her husband were pulled over by a Dallas Bor- ough police officer in the wee hours of the morning as they were spreading the love. “It was embarrassing for me,” she said. “I said, ‘Call Jack Fow- ler; this is all legal!” Exhaustion after distributing more than 100 hearts all night al- so landed her in the emergency room one year. “One year I was so sleepy the next day, and it was so snowy and icy, that I slipped and broke my foot,” she said. “As I'm going down to the hospital, it was really cool to see all the pink hearts on all the businesses.” Not long after, the group decid- ed to go into hiding and the Val- entine Phantom hasn't resur- faced since. Though Hand ad- mits she wouldn’t be able to do it again now, she would like to see the tradition continued by some- one else. “This year, the Valentines will not be from me, but if anybody out there is interested, call me and I can give you some tips,” she said. * SSN & Fig CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Current and former members of the Dallas High School football team protested to the Dallas School Board after it did not renew the contract of coach Ted Jackson. ERA Continued from Page 1 about wins and losses but about the man. “I have talked to many of you who said this is about the stu- dents; we are here for the kids,” he said. “They are the students and it is falling on deaf ears. I have a hard time understanding why.” Coach Jackson was suspend- ed for the 2010 season due to an incident when some Dallas High School football players urinated on the Tunkhannock High School tennis courts. He was al- so under probation in 2008 for a fight between Dallas football players and members of the op- posing team. Zaruta, 54, of Shavertown, has been the freshman and varsi- ty coach at GAR, coached Dallas freshmen for one year and at the varsity level for four years, end- ing in 2007. After the meeting, Zaruta said he understands emotions are running high and knows it will take a while for the team to get used to him. He does, however, think when Dallas gridders see his plans, they will be excited for the next season. In other news ... e High School Principal Jef- fery Shafer unveiled a new five- period block schedule he hopes to implement for the 2012-2013 school year. The tentative schedule will of- fer one 76-minute first-period class and four 73-minute class- es, running in a 90-day format. The morning homeroom period will be eliminated with the ex- ception of the first and last day of school, report card distribu- Robert Zaruta, of Shavertown, has been named the new head football at Dallas High School. Shown here with Zaruta at Mon- day's school board work session are his wife, Debbie, and their sons. After the meeting, Zaruta said he understands emotions are running high and knows it will take a while for the team to get used to him. He does, however, think when Dallas gridders see his plans, they will be excited for the next season. tion and standardized testing days. The schedule will allow stu- dents to earn 10 credits annually as opposed to the eight they re- ceive now. New course selection will in- clude subjects such as electron- ics and robotics, broadcasting, a full-year music program and business computer information technology. A foreign language program is still being reviewed. “We are thinking along the lines of offering Chinese and Russian, whether it is through blended schools or online learn- ing or in house,” Shafer said. “We are not sure yet.” Shafer estimates the new schedule will be revealed to stu- dents in mid-March and to the public at the end of March. * Bob Nesbit of Crabtree and Rohrbach addressed issues with the new high school building, in- cluding leaks in the heating and plumbing systems, which will be addressed during the Presi- dent’s Day weekend. He said R.J. Reynolds will re- pair the plumbing leaks which are connected to the fire sprin- klers and A.J. Demor will fix leaks within the heating system. Decals on the gymnasium floor have been scuffed up and the finish is dull, Nesbitt said. He would like to have the entire gym floor redone and decals re- applied during the summer. Better insulation in the art room’s west facing wall should correct draft issues in that area, he said. e The next school board meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13 in the adminis- trative building. DMS STUDENTS ENTERTAIN AT MERCY CENTER Dallas Middle School French and Spanish Club students, under the direction of Mrs. Susan Davis and Mrs. Farouzeh Razavi, recently entertained residents of the Mercy Center in Dallas. The students performed traditional Christmas carols but also sang carols in French and Span- ish. PLAN Continued from Page 3 coming season. The board also opened eight bids for the Toby Creek Emer- gency Streambank Stabilization Project. The grant-funded pro- ject, made possible through a partnership with the Luzerne County Conservation District, is to place stabilizing materials along 135 feet of the stream- bank. The township received the following bids: Brdaric Excavat- ing of Swoyersville in the amount of $61,424; Stell Enter- prises of Plains Township in the amount of $117,845; Phillips & Jordan Inc. of Williamsport in the amount of $116,865; Wexco- nlnc. of Mobhrsville amount of $100,940; Inc. of Wilkes-Barre in the amount of $41,260; Latona Trucking Co. of Pittston in the amount of $105,145; Meadville Land Service Inc. of Cochranton in the amount of $61,599; and Stark Enterprises/Wince Con- struction Inc. of Scranton in the amount of $68,000. A bid will be awarded at a spe- cial meeting to be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27 in the mu- nicipal building. In other news, the board... e Approved the Pennsylvania Department of General Services 2012-13 salt contract participa- tion agreement. e Approved Borton-Lawson’s request for a notice to proceed with construction services in ac- cordance with the engineering agreement with the state De- in the Napcon partment of Transportation for the East Center Street Bridge Project. e Approved the electronic ex- ecution of the contract with Fab- cor Inc. in the East Center Street Bridge Project. e Appointed the following residents to official boards: Ray- mond Stephens to the zoning hearing board, Joan Ruscavage as an alternate to the zoning hearing board, Bridget Costello as alternate to the zoning hear- ing board, Chris Wargo to tire recreation commission, Wargo to the recreation coil? mission and Nicole White as an alternate to the recreation com- mission. The Kingston Township Board of Supervisors will hold a regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14 in the mu- nicipal building. LIFE Continued from Page 3 bers to inspire them as much as she was inspired by her youthful trip to Ireland. “Hopefully, my little cousins will be inspired,” she said. “...And I want to do this for my grandmother, who died in 2009.” Davis said it will be hard to spend the time with her family during the hectic celebration. “During the 10 days of the fes- tival, those who run the pageant basically own our lives and ev- ery minute is planned,” she'8aid. “We're not able to see families at all, and they take us all over the county.” Davis hopes to travel to Da: blin with her family a few iQ before the festival begins so she can spend some quality time with loved ones in the place that inspired her career. GAS Continued from Page 1 dressing issues regarding cleanup on Sedlar Lane. Grant relayed that Hum- phreys ‘said though work on the pipeline was completed Jan. 6, work is not yet com- plete in remedying right-of- way areas. She said the right-of-way, including Sedlar Lane, has been seeded and mulched in preparation for winter weath- er. Humphreys wrote the com- pany must still comply with erosion and sedimentation controls as outlined in a state permit and in an agreement with the township, and the company will continue to monitor the area throughout the winter. She also said the company will plant vegetation in the springtime in compliance with state and township re- quirements. The board approved an up- date to the Emergency Oper- ations Plan of Dallas Town- ship and agreed to update the plan every two years to ensure it conforms with county oper- ations. Martin said the plan had not been updated in “a num- ber of years,” and the oper- ations plan includes contact information that would act as “a Bible” in any emergency situation. The board also agreed to change its monthly meeting schedule starting in March. The dates and times will re- main the same, but instead of two meetings during which official votes can be taken, the first Tuesday of the month will act as a work session in which all parties of the town- ship and residents can discuss certain issues before action is taken on those issues. The second meeting of the month, on the third Tuesday, will be a formal meeting dur- ing which the board will take action on issues discussed at the work session. Martin said many munici- palities in the area have simi- lar schedules, such as Dallas Borough and Kingston Town- ship. The board also announced that Grant will not accept the $2,500 a year stipend he would receive for being a su- pervisor. Grant said he did not know there was a stipend when he applied, and decided to forgo the payment because he feels being a supervisor is more about “community in- volvement.” The board also announced the creation of an investment committee comprised of su- pervisors and representatives of the uniformed and non-uni- formed pension plan. The su- pervisors adopted an official policy about how the pension group members can invest monies. The next Dallas Township Board of Supervisors meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. on Tues- day, Feb. 21 in the municipal building. © PUZZLE ANSWERS Puzzles, Page 2 . ———————— - — King Crossword —| ——— Go Figure! Super Crossword nswers answers Answers R[o[B]S Bill oli [oflclAls]o] : 3 " i ev I [AINBMAEIR] [Ef [Oo BME(L]1 |Z] Solution time: 21 mins. 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