PAGE 6 EDITORIAL Sunday, March 25, 2012 Joe Butkiewicz EXECUTIVE EDITOR 829-7249 jbutkiewicz@timesleader.com 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 Diane McGee ADVERTISING 970-7153 dmcgee@timesleader.com Dotty Martin. EDITOR 970-7440 dmartin@mydallaspost.com ew books The following new books have been added to the shelves of the Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary, 96 Huntsville Rd., Dallas, for the month of March: EXPRESS \ “The Thief” by Clive Cussler FICTION “The Thief” by Clive Cussler, “Oath of Office” by Michael Palmer, “Witch and Wizard: The Fire” by James Patterson, “Be- fore She Dies” by Mary Burton, “Copper Beach” by Jayne Ann Krentz, “All Necessary Force” by Brad Taylor, “The Devil's Elixir” by Raymond Khoury, “Targets of Opportunity” by Jeffrey S. Ste- phens, “Black Site” by Dalton Fu- ry and “The Spy Who Jumped Off the Screen” by Thomas Ca- plan MYSTERY “Threadbare” by Monica Fer- ris, “The Alpine Winter” by Mary Daheim, “The Chocolate Castle” by Joanna Carl and “Chocolate Covered Murder” by Leslie Meier at library BIOGRAPHY “Hemingway’s Boat: Every- thing He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961” by Paul Hendrickson YOUNG ADULT “Why We Broke Up” by Daniel Handler, “Issues from Cyber- space: From Privacy to Piracy” edited by Robert Curly, “Archi- tects of the Information Age” ed- ited by Robert Curly, “Under- standing the Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy” by Corona Bre- zina, “The Returning” by Chris- tine Hinwood, “Where Things Come Back” by John Corey Whaley, “Under the Mesquite” by Guadalupe Garcia McCall and “Desert Angel” by Charlie Price SPECIAL DONATIONS “Rediscover Catholicism: A Spiritual Guide to Living With Passion and Purpose” by Mat- thew Kelly, presented by Rever- end Daniel A. Toomey, Pastor of Our Lady of Victory Parish and “Fancy Nancy: Stellar Stargazer” by Jane O’Connor, presented by Juliet Beatrice Price Remembering loved ones The following memorial books have been added to the shelves of the Back Mountain Memorial Library, 96 Huntsville Rd., Dallas for the month of March: In memory of Bernadine Or- loski, “The Village Baker” by Joe Ortiz, presented by Karen Belli In memory of my mother, Glo- ria K. Hill, “Taken” by Robert Crais, presented by Karen Lyons In memory of Harold Fritzges, “The Lion and the Journalist” by Chip Bishop, presented by Newell Fuel Service In memory of Crystal Joy Rus- sell, “Treasure Buddies” (DVD), presented by Cheryl Newberry MOMENTS IN TIME By Samantha Weaver * |t was Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw who made the following sage observation: “A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.” * We're all familiar with the act of CPR - we often see a film or television character come to the rescue and save a life using the technique. And on TV, according to a recent study, CPR is shown as being successful 75 percent of the time. The reality is not quite so rosy, though. A study conducted in 2010 found that when CPR is used in real life, only about 8 percent of the patients were still alive after one month. Of those who did survive that long, 97 percent couldn't live a normal life. ® Do you suffer from astraphobia? If so, | hope you don't live in Florida. Those who are afraid of lightning would be terrified in the Sunshine State, especially in Tampa, known as the lightning capital of the world. ® Researchers in the United Kingdom have invented a robot that eats slugs and is powered by the gas from the decaying creatures. They have dubbed their creation the SlugBot. ® For six generations, many members of the Fugate family of the Appalachian region of Kentucky have suffered from a rare blood disorder called methemoglobinemia. The disorder seems to have no adverse health effects, but it's not at all difficult to diagnose it at a glance: Sufferers have blue skin. Not just a slight tinge, either; vari- ous family members have been described as “blue as Lake Louise,” “the bluest woman | ever saw” and “almost purple.” "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 YOUR SPACE Pat Giordano, of Harveys Lake, captured this magnificent view from a float plane while flying over a glacier in Juneau, Alaska. 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- berin 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 publi- 20 YEARS AGO - 1992 The Lake-Lehman Football Club is sponsored a fashion show in the High School Au- ditorium. Thirty-five football players and cheerleaders modeled sportswear from the Field House in Dallas, ca- sual wear from Fash- ion Bug, and prom dresses YESTERDAY and tuxe- dos from U.S. Tuxedo and Kathy’s Bri- dal Boutique. Amongst the models were sophomores Larry Lucarino, Bob Sayre and Bobby Lamo- reaux. Colton Lee Spencer, 2 year old son of Samuel and Saman- tha Spencer of Dallas, recent- ly received a trophy and a medal as prizes for the title of first runner up in the 1992 Re- gional Hemisphere Pageant held at the West Side Mall. Colton is the grandson of Thomas and Sally Walter, Dallas, Howard Naparsteck, Wilkes-Barre, and John Spen- cer, Dallas. 30 YEARS AGO - 1982 First Woman Postmaster at Harvey’s Lake is Marilda Rak- lewicz, who, with husband Charles, lives at Pole 86. The new Postmistress has been employed as a clerk at Harvey's Lake Post Office the past 17 years. Harvey’s Lake Woman's Service Club presented “The Girls of the Year” recently at their monthly meeting held at the Lake Noxen School. Each year eight senior high girls are selected because of their overall scholastic, civic and out of school activities. This year’s winners are: Kathy Bernick, Maria Drob- nicki, Debbie Lansberry, Kim Edwards, Susan Hobbs, Mar- garet Hall, Pamela Janiczek and Melinda Muller. 40 YEARS AGO - 1972 Linda Tough, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Tough, Lehman, won first prize in the 10th annual sewing con- test sponsored by the Har- vey’s Lake Women’s Service Club recently. Second place winner was Terry Lienthall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walbridge Lien- thall, Harveys Lake. Debbie Muessig, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Meussig, RD Nox- en, won third place. Dallas majorettes will per- form a routine at the band concert Friday night. Members of the squad are: Patti Parrish, Nan Phieffer, Debbie Ostrum, Jane Dom- nick, Mary Lou Roman, Bon- nie Porter, Carol Muscavage, Patti Turpak, Nancy Young, Karen Earl, Cathy Skammer, Cathy Stella and Rosalie Dan- na. 50 YEARS AGO - 1962 Dallas Varsity Cheerleaders won the Class A competition at the Bloomsburg State Col- lege Tournament. The girls are noted for their enthusi- asm and peppy cheers and for their colorful halftime rou- tine, a new addition to Dallas basketball games. Squad members include Su- sie Dorrance, Georgia McCutcheon, Sandy Am- brose, Nancy. Elston, Judy Woolbert, Carol Dungey, Car- ol Spare, Margie Walp and Peggy Jordan. Janet Cleasby, 13, seventh grade student at Dallas Ju- nior High School, received one of the awards for an out- standing poster in the Na- tional Safety Poster Contest sponsored by Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis and American Auto- mobile Association at a lun- cheon in Hotel Sterling. One of the judges stated that Miss Cleasby’s entry was the finest piece of graphic art he had seen in this area. 60 YEARS AGO - 1952 Shirley MacMillan, Alice Epply and Sue Haron, Lake- Noxen High School, are at- tending the annual conven- tion of The Future Homemak- ers of America in Pittsburgh. The girls left on Thursday and will return in Sunday. They are being chaperoned by the Lake-Noxen Chapter’s adviser, Miss Helen Sileski, who is also the Home Eco- nomics teacher. Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday of this week, Shirley Ann Drake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Drake, Center Hill Road, Dallas, is competing in the State con- test held at Meyers High School in Wilkes-Barre, and in the chorus in Philadelphia on Sunday. Shirley, a so- prano, qualified at Montrose for Northeastern District. 70 YEARS AGO - 194 A shooting eye made keen by years of hunting in the deep woods back of Harvey's Lake won high honors last week for Private Elwood W. Davis, son of Squire and Mrs. Ralph Davis of Alderson. The 25-year-old Marine recruit, who has gone out af- ter deer and other game with his father since he was old enough to hold a gun straight, was high man in ri- fle and pistol last week among 500 other trainees on the range at Paris Island, Ig rine Corps training base. y For a woman who used to think nothing of entertaining a thousand people at a time, the affairs of a country club ought to be a fairly simple proposition. At least that’s what officials of the Irem figured week be- fore last when they appointed Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, for- mer chief home economist for the Pennsylvania Power and Light Corporation, to re- place Carl Schlingman as manager of the palatial Irem temple Country Club here in Dallas. Information for “Only Yes- terday” is taken from past 1is- sues of The Dallas Post which is 122 years old. The informa- tion is printed here exactly as it appeared in the newspaper vears ago. “I miss having snow days because I'd rath- er be at home.” Michael Recinos Hunlock Creek “I don't like the snow. It's too cold and my face and hands get cold.” Kaitlyn Schwartz Sweet Valley “No, because some- times | don't like snow. It's too cold and gets inside my boots and feels like ice.” Aidan Kukosky Sweet Valley “DID YOU MISS SNOW THIS WINTER?" “Yes, because | like sleigh riding and mak- ing snowmen with hats and scarves." Lyndsey Sayre Sweet Valley “Yes, because | like snow boarding and sledding down my hill at my house with my brother, Tyler." Hunter Burke Sweet Valley “Yes, | like to make snowmen and then kick them down withggx my feet and a shovel. Sophia Tattersall Sweet Valley