EDITORIAL Sunday, March 11, 2012 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 Dotty Martin EDITOR 970-7440 dmartin@mydallaspost.com Joe Butkiewicz EXECUTIVE EDITOR 829-7249 jbutkiewicz@timesleader.com Diane McGee ADVERTISING . 970-1153 dmcgee@timesleader.com SCOUTS DISPLAY AT LIBRARY ic A AR EC One hundred years ago, in 1912, Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts in the United States in order to involve girls in community service and to experience the outdoors. Since then, Girl Scouts has evolved into one of the nation’s premier lead- ership development organization for girls. During the month of March at the Back Mountain Memorial Library, the Girl Scouts in the Heart of PA Service Unit 319 of the Back Mountain will be displaying Girl Scout memorabilia. The display will showcase how things have changed over the years. Above are pictured two Brownies, Breanna Wesley and Madi- son Lasinski and two Juniors, Mackenzie Lasinski and Tiffany Lasinski. The girls all enjoy being Girl Scouts and said their fa- vorite activities are spending time with friends and camping. They are also involved with service projects, field trips, outdoor training, crafts, singing, selling cookies and earning patches. Breanna is the daughter of Mindy and Brian Wesley of Dallas, Mackenzie is the daughter of Cherie and Dan Lasinski of Jack- son Twp. and Madison and Tiffany are the daughters of Jason Lasinski of Dallas. MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel * On March 23,1836, in hopes of keeping pace with the furious march of technology, the U.S. Mint unveils its first steam-powered press. The new-fangled contraption helped crank out coins more efficiently. ® On March 25, 191, at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New. York's Lower East Side, a fire quickly engulfs the factory and claims 146 lives, mostly young women. Because management had locked the exit doors, many of the garment workers either expired from asphyx- iation or leapt from windows -- a fatal, 10-story fall. The factory's owners were eventually found guilty on charges of manslaughter. ® On March 21,1971, "The Andromeda Strain," the first movie to use computer animation, opens. The sci-fi thriller, featuring scientists racing against time and an alien virus, was the first of many films to be made from a Michael Crichton book. ® On March 24,1989, the worst oil spill in U.S. territory begins when the supertanker Exxon Valdez runs aground on a reef in Prince William Sound in Alaska. An estimated 1l million gallons of oil eventu- ally spilled into the water, polluting more than 700 miles of coastline. STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver e It's still not known who made this sage observation: “Wisdom is divided into two parts: a) having a great deal to say, and b) not saying it." * In 1931, the Newspaper Enterprise Association predicted that crime would be nearly gone in 20 years. * Do you subscribe to the adage "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"? Consider this: Would that teen heartthrob of an earlier day, Bobby Darin, have become so popular if he had been known by his given name, Walden Cassotto? * At one time, Canada’s CBC network banned the children’s car- toon "Rocky and Bullwinkle" because of its sometimes unflattering portrayal of the Mounties. * The Goodrich company, known primarily for its tires, also in- vented the first modern golf ball. * Sometimes scientists get to express their creativity when they have the opportunity to name things. Take deep-sea sites, for exam- ple: in the North Atlantic is the Porcupine Abysmal Plain, Clam Acres is off the west coast of Mexico, and there's a site near the Galapagos Islands called Hole-to-Hell. * Those who study such things have found that a sneeze leaves your mouth at more than 100 m.p.h. * A Rochester, Mich., law states that anyone who is bathing in public must be wearing a bathing suit that has been inspected by a police officer. e000 Thought for the day: “You may do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.” - Colette YOUR SPACE Harveys Lake resident Pat Giordano feels fortunate that she was recently able to capture a shot of this juvenile Bald Eagle taking flight in the middle of his fish feast on Harveys Lake. "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 reserve the right toreject any items submitted for publi- Back Mountain Memorial Library The Back Mountain Library is busy get- ting ready for spring! With spring, comes gar- dening and with gardening comes.... ques- tions! Master Gardeners Jean Kolojejchick and Roseann Nardone will present “Gardening Tips and Tricks for the Spring/Summer Sea- sons” which will be held at the library on Sat- urday, March 24 at 11 a.m. Topics at this free program will include pruning trees and shrubs, spring garden chores, dividing pe- rennials, summer bulbs and unwanted gar- den critters and bugs. Space is limited so be sure to call the library at 675-1182 to reserve your place. When planning your spring garden, check out the library’s “Flower Power” Spring bulb fundraiser. Placing a bulb order now is a fun way to help the library. (We receive a 50% profit from each order!) Ordering is easy- ...just log on to the library’s website at Kolojejchick and Nardone tions for planting will be shipped directly to your home. Deadline to order is April 27. While you are waiting for your bulbs to ar- rive, stop by the library’s Slightly Read Book- shop to see their selection of gardening and home improvement books, which are cur- rently on sale for half price. What better way to “study” for all of those upcoming projects! In other Slightly Read Bookshop news, the www.backmoun- tainlibrary.org and click on the link for the Flower Power fundraiser. Browse through the online catalog of bulbs, in- cluding lilies, cone- flowers, peonies and more. After placing your order online, the bulbs and direc- preps for spring bookshop has recently inherited a complete 85 volume set of Agatha Christie mysteries plus the author’s biography. The set will be kept intact and offered for a special sale price of only $150.00 until March 31. After April 1, the books can be purchased separately. The Children’s Section has been expanded with many types of children’s literature avail- able, including books for toddlers, chapter books and classics. \ Reminder: Don’t forget about the BXg§l' Mountain Memorial Library’s night out with the Penguins to celebrate Tux’s birthday. The library will receive a profit from any ticket purchased for the Sunday March 18th Pen- guins vs. Binghamton hockey game at 3:05 pm. Please call Emily Kain at 570-208-5415 and mention the Back Mountain Memorial Library when ordering your tickets! A free autograph book will be given away to the first 1,500 fans age 14 and younger. 20 YEARS AGO -1992 More than 85 students at Lake-Noxen Elementary School recently participated in the school’s 10th annual Arm Wres- tling Tournament. School win- ners in the girls’ competition in- cluded Amy Gabner, fifth grade, Division I; Erica Fugate, sixth grade, Division, I; and Mandy Kehler, sixth grade, Division II. For the second time in four years Judy Fitch of Dal- las crowned Miss Wilkes- Barre/ Scranton. She will next com- pete in June for the title of Miss Pennsylvania. ONLY YESTERDAY 30 YEARS AGO -1982 After 11 years in Girl Scouts, Kelly Freeman of Dallas will soon realize a dream — achiev- ing the Gold Award, Girl Scout- ing’s highest honor. In helping to commemorate Girl Scouting’s 70th Birthday, Junior Troop 624 and Brownie Troop 652 of Shavertown held an “International Day.” The girls who participated honored nations around the world by wearing Girl Scout uniforms of other countries. Participants in- cluded Stacy McCuen, Kunkle, Amy Shelley, Dallas, Ellen Sma- ka, Dallas, Jennifer Harring- ston, Dallas, Jennifer Besecker, Dallas, Megan Kozemchak, Dal- las, Dodie Dodson, Dallas, Lisa Vozniak, Dallas, Tracy Hunter, Dallas, and Michelle Pollick, Dallas. 40 YEARS AGO -1972 Connie Lanning, Sweet Val- ley, won first place in Women’s Class A in the snowmobile races at Kutztown Sunday. Miss Lan- ning was racing on a 335 Polaris TX. She also placed second in Women’s Class B while riding a 400 TNT SkiDoo. The Eagle Award, the highest award in scouting, will be pre- sented to nine members of Troop 281, Dallas United Meth- odist Church, at the Eagle Court of Honor and Award Din- ner to be held at Dallas Senior High School. The awardees are: Jack B. Cobleigh, Glen Kozem- chak, David Shelby III, Earl W. Phillips Jr., Jeff McDonald, Da- vid Casselberry, David Dierolf, Bill Dierolf and Brett B. Slocum. 50 YEARS AGO -1962 At local Acme Stores, three five pound bags of grapefruit sold for $1.00; a one pound pack- age of bacon was 49 cents; a box of 24 assorted Hershey candy bars was 89 cents; and cooked hams were 69 cents a pound. Two Back Mountain girls were among the ten contestants selected to represent Glamour Magazine's Best Dressed Coeds on the Wilkes College campus last Sunday evening. They were Nancy Tinklepaugh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tinkle- paugh, Church Street, Dallas and Elaine Kozemchak, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Ko- zemchak, Huntsville. Both girls modeled frocks which they de- signed and made themselves. 60 YEARS AGO -1952 Students from Westmoreland who will compete in Luzerne County Forensic Contests in- clude Barbara Dana, Rosemary Bukeavich, David Vann, Nancy Dymond, Louise Kann and Shir- ley Drake. Arthur Garinger and his brother-in-law John Beagle of Bloomsburg are erecting a new Tastee-Freeze soft ice cream store on Mr. Garinger’s proper- ty along Memorial Drive at Fernbrook. Completion is ex- pected shortly after April 1. 70 YEARS AGO -1942 To eight students of Lehman High School will go the honor of playing with the Northeast Dis- trict Band at its annual concert the last of this month, it was an- nounced this week by Joseph Clouser, director of the Le High School band. The 1 players, largest of any group 117° vited to play in the concert, will join students from 18 counties and 35 schools in this section of the state to make up the 150 piece band, and are the only stu- dents to r3epresent the Dallas area. They are: Lenora Parks and Carol Crosby, solo corne- tists; Betty Naugle, solo clarin- et; Ted Parks, first trombone; Dorothy Cornell, first horn; Al- bert Agnew, first baritone; Ro- land Masters, bass; and Stewart Ehret, snare drum. New officers will be installed at the dinner meeting of Dallas Woman’s Club held in the Sha- vertown Hose House Thursday evening, New officers: presi- * dent, Mrs. Fred Eck; first vice president, Mrs. Harold Shiber; second vice president, Mrs. Kenneth Oliver; secretary, Mrs. George Stolarick; correspond- ing secretary, Mrs. Clarence Adams; treasurer, Mrs. W.H. Derolf. Information for “Only Yester- day” is taken from past issues of The Dallas Post which is 122 vears old. The information is printed here exactly as it ap- peared in the newspaper vears ago. BE N “He was from Ireland, and he's famous be- cause he discovered the end of the rain- bow.” Austin Sowga Shavertown “We remember him because he's famous for being in all the Dr. Seuss books." Samantha Gonzalez Shavertown “WHY DO WE CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK'S DAY?" “I'm pretty sure he was Irish but I'm not sure which country he was from." i Carly Kappler Dallas “He found something that looks like a clo- ver and thought it must be a very power- ful thing.” Alie Jones Shavertown i “| only know that his favorite color was green.” Amanda Bedony Dallas “It's a elebration be- cause he got rid of all the snakes in Ireland.” las Sommer @ Dal