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EDITORIAL
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Joe Butkiewicz
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
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Auction block
heats up at the
Back Mt. library
The auction block area of the
Back Mountain Memorial Li-
brary is a favorite gathering
place during the library’s annual
auction and even during the
Farmer’s Market, but did you
know that it’s also an outdoor
theater?
The library is pleased to an-
nounce that it will once again
host the popular theater group
“Take the Stage Players” as they
begin their second season of
community plays.
“Take the Stage” will present
“The Commedia Voyages of Sin-
bad the Sailor” at 6 p.m. on
May 18 and 19 with lawn seat-
ing.
These summer shows are per-
fect entertainment for the fam-
ily that wants a fun, inexpensive
night out and enjoys helping the
library at the same time! Tick-
ets are available the night of the
show at the door and are $3 for
children (10 and under) and $5
for adults.
This first performance tells
the story of Sinbad’s adventures
and is narrated by four “poor
travelers.” The young actors will
delight the audience with their
witty portrayal of characters
they meet during Sinbad’s voy-
ages, adding in some additional
antics, including awakening a
giant fish and floating away to
the Land of Horses. The story is
family friendly and told in the
popular form of improvisational
theatre.
During the 2011 summer sea-
son, the “Take the Stage Play-
ers” donated over $1,000 to the
library from four shows held be-
tween May and August.
Anyone interested in partici-
pating in the shows for July and
August can contact Christina
Metz at 690-5439 or visit
www.takethestagepac.com for
more information.
Auction planning begins
Auction planning time is here
and also the first call for volun-
teers! Students ages 12 and up
in need of community service
hours are reminded to call the
library at 675-1182 to volunteer.
They will be needed during
the auction set-up on Sunday,
July 1; Monday, July 2; and
Tuesday, July 3.
Adults...don’t feel left out. We
want you, too! Call the library,
tell us what you like to do and
we’ll introduce you to some auc-
tion fun. Volunteers are also
used each night of the actual
auction. Gather your neighbors
and sign up as a group...the
more the merrier.
Raffle tickets available
The various raffles are a favor-
ite part of the auction and,
though we have to keep some
secrets and surprises, the quilt
raffle tickets are ready to pur-
chase. This year’s beautiful
“Thimbleberries” quilt, hand-
made by Leslie Horoshko, is
sure to be a great addition to
anyone’s home. Tickets are
available at the front desk of the
library for $1 each or six for $5.
Donations needed
Donations for the auction, in-
cluding antiques, vintage jewel-
ry, collectibles, household items
and books are currently being
accepted at the library.
Old jewelry wanted
Spring is filled with social
events, and girls...while youre
out shopping for some new
“bling” for your spring outfits,
keep in mind that the library
would love to have any old jew-
elry you're replacing. Remember
“out with the old, in with the
new” is a great way to justify
any new jewelry purchases. You
may drop off any jewelry dona-
tions in the special Jewelry Box
located at the front desk of the
library.
Bookshop likes books
Remember that the Bookshop
always appreciates receiving
your clean, slightly-used books,
puzzles and DVDs. The earlier
these items are received, the
easier it will be to process them
in time for the auction. The
Bookshop’s present sale is on
cookbooks, classics and puzzles,
which are being sold at half-
price. We are still asking you to
“steal our Steeles” at almost
giveaway prices.
No electronics, please
Reminder: Please do not do-
nate any television sets or elec-
tronics for the library’s auction.
Disposal of these items is very
costly to the library.
Holiday hours
The library will be closed on
Monday, May 28 to observe Me-
morial Day.
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Deno Pantelakos, of Idlewood Drive in Dallas, calls this scene shot at Frances Slocum Sate Park “Looking Up.” Pantelakos says it was a fine
spring day in the park with blue s
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20 YEARS AGO
The Dallas Area Federated
Women’s Club welcomed two
new members at its meeting last
month. They are Kathy Werner
of Dallas and Carol Murdock of
Shavertown.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre New-
ton Math Society recently host-
ed a competition for area high
school math students. More
than 70 participants took part in
two hour individual testing and
group competition held in the
Wilkes-Barre campus’s Center
for Technol-
ogy. Mem-
bers of the
Dallas High
School team
2d Eo . R
YESTERDAY
man, Eric Spear, Rebecca Yurko,
Joseph Lanunziata, Marc Bar-
bose, Jeff Polacher, Paul Hopa,
Adam Jatkowski, Jessica Wal-
lace, Amy Merrill and Keith
McDonald. Members Lake-Leh-
man High School team are Ben-
jamin Fiore, Rick Matysic, Jason
Toluba, Karen Stefanowicz, Su-
san Niezgoda and Jeff Gold.
30 YEARS AGO
The Dallas Women of Kiwanis
who shared some of their favor-
ite recipes with Post readers this
week included Mrs. Reese Pel-
ton, Mrs. Robert Dolbear, Mrs.
Robert Maturi, Mrs. David Mill-
er, Mrs. Paul Selingo, Mrs. Fred
Anderson, Mrs. Clifford Parker
and Mrs. Walter Roberts.
Janice Taylor is the general
chairman of the 30th Annual An-
tique Show and Sale sponsored
by the women of Prince of Peace
Episcopal Church.
40 YEARS AGO
A spring flower sale spon-
sored by the newly-organized
women’s auxiliary of Boy Scout
Troop 155 of Trucksyille will be
held next weekend at Weis Mar-
ket, Dallas, Acme Market, Sha-
vertown, and at the Trucksville
Elementary School garage sale.
Committee members of the “Pet-
al-Power” campaign are Betty
Laver, chairman; Betty Richards,
publicity; Marcella Hiller, trea-
surer; Mary Weir, work sched-
ule; Ruth Ann Neyard, transpor-
tation; Sophie Sodrosky, Dallas
area; Ann Walsh, Shavertown Ar-
ea; and Ann Morgan, Trucks-
ville.
Reigning as queen at the ele-
gant Dallas Senior High School
Junior-Senior Prom last Friday
night was Patricia Brennan,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Brennan, Dallas. She was escort-
ed by Jack Willison.
50 YEARS AGO
Elected officers of Luzerne
Country Federation of Women’s
Clubs at the annual spring meet-
ing Tuesday were three women
of the Back Mountain area, each
a key figure in her own club: Mrs.
Robert Brown, Dallas Woman's
Club, and Mrs. John Chesno-
vitch, Lehman Club, vice presi-
dents; Mrs. Harvey Kitchen, past
president of Harveys Lake Ser-
vice Club, treasurer.
Although Charlene Makar
was the only Back Mountain res-
ident to win at the Scranton Sci-
ence Fair, there were two other
Back Mountain winners at
King’s College Regional Science
Fair held on the previous day.
Awarded beautiful trophies at
King’s were Donald Miller and
Mary Demko.
60 YEARS AGO
Sweet Valley 4-H Club met at
the home of the leader, Mrs. Jo-
seph T. Battisson, Friday night.
Election of officers was held.
President will be Bonnie Piper;
vice president, Margaret Maran-
sky; secretary and treasurer,
June Wesley; song leader, Dixie
Piper; game leader, Janice Bron-
son.
Competing with swimming
teams from six other high
schools of Wyoming Valley area
on Saturday April 19 in the YW-
CA pool, Westmoreland took
second place with 35 points
Team members are Barbara
na, Nancy Schooley, Diane B
man, Roseann Pavlick, Barbara
Davis, Diane Jenkins, Patty Farr
and Judy Greener.
70 YEARS AGO
Friday, May 8, the junior class
of Lehman Township High
School will present in the high
school auditorium its annual
play, “Professor, How Could
You?” Cast includes George La-
moreaux, Shirley Howell, Verna
Dobson, Steve Skopic, Leslie Ag-
new, Doris Ide, Edna Drabick,
Dennis Bonning, Carol ®
and John Klansek.
Miss Helen Galey won distinc-
tion and a silver medal when she
came out first in an oratorical
contest in Rochester, N.Y. last
week.
Information for “Only Yester-
day” 1s taken from past issues of
The Dallas Post which is 122
vears old. The information is
printed here exactly as # ap-
peared in the newspaper years
ago.
STRANGE BUT
By Samantha Weaver
|t was British doctor and
author Alec Bourne who made
the following sage observation:
“It is possible to store the mind
with a million facts and still be
entirely uneducated.”
® In 2007, a world record
was set off the coast of Brazil
when a single wave was caught
by 84 surfers.
* Have you ever heard of a
book called “Never Again” by
Doug Nufer? Probably not - it's
not on any bestseller lists and
hasn't been reviewed by any
TRUE
notable critics. It's quite possibly
unique in literary history, howev-
er; in its entire 192 pages, not a
single word - even basic words
such as a, an, the, of and for - is
used twice.
e |f you were to stack up a
million $1 bills, they would weigh
about one ton.
* The Twist dance craze in the
1960s changed the culture in
America and spread around the
world. Most people don't realize,
though, that the song “The
Twist,” which started the fad,
wasn't originally sung by Chubby
Checker, though he was the one
who sent the single up the
charts and has since been irrev-
ocably associated with the
dance. The song was originally
written and performed by an
R&B singer named Hank Ballard.
A deejay in Baltimore saw teen-
agers dancing to Ballard’'s song
and called Dick Clark, host of
“American Bandstand.” Clark
loved it and invited Ballard to
perform the song on the show,
but it didn’t work out. Instead,
Clark found someone else to
perform the song: Ernest Evans,
who changed his name to Chub-
by Checker. It made his career.
* Colonel Sanders started
selling chicken when he was 65
years old, and his only goal was
to make $1,000 a month.
Thought for the day: “It takes
only one drink to get me drunk.
The trouble is, | can’t remember
if it's the 13th or the 14th.” - Ge-
orge Burns
“I have two dogs, Hun-
ter and Kiko and some
chickens that | take
care of with my Dad.
So I'd like to be a vet-
erinarian.”
Grace Rushmer
Shavertown
"WHAT
“A teacher because |
like really tiny babies
and could teach them
to roll over and walk.
You can pick them up,
too.”
Francesca Ginochetti
Dallas
DO YOU WANT T0
La
“A super hero like Spi-
der Man because he's
blue and red and his
power is the webs that
come out of his
hands.”
Max Jackson
Wilkes-Barre
BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
“A doctor because he
fixes people and gives
them needles. | would
like to give the nee-
dles.
McKenna Heffron
Dallas
“A firefighter because
| get to wear helmets,
carry heavy hoses,
spray water and drive
fast in trucks.”
Mason Green
Noxen
aR
“A doctor because my
sister told me they
have more play dates.
Dr. Harris is my favors
ite doctor. He check
my throat.”
Riley Dewey
Dallas