EDITORIAL
Sunday, March 11, 2012
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SCOUTS DISPLAY AT LIBRARY
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.”
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