PAGE 6 EDITORIAL Sunday, July 8, 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 Shown at the Irregulars Think Tank Breakfast are, from left, Lynn Banta, The Twin Stacks Center; Kevin Blaum, Pennsylvania State Representative, Ret.; Cholly Hayes, TV NewsWatchers; Craig Har- ley, Chief Development Officer of American Red Cross Northeast PA Region ; Amy Gabriel, Senior Associate Client Casework Disas- ter Services, American Red Cross National Headquarters, Wil Conyngham, Back Mountain businessman; Kitch Mussari, Mussa- ri-Loftus Associates, Ltd; Harry Haas, Luzerne County council- man; Dr. Anthony Mussari, producer, “What is America Series: The Shanksville Episodes.” Community resilience discussed at breakfast American Red Cross Senior Associate of Individual Assist- ance Amy Gabriel, of Kingston, recently gave the presentation “Community Resilience in Times of Disaster” at the Irregulars Think Tank Breakfast, marking the 40th anniversary of Hurri- cane Agnes. The Irregulars is a collection of independent entrepreneurs from Wyoming Valley who meet monthly to collaborate and share their life’s experience with the in- tent of continued personal growth. Gabriel is a lifelong resident of Wyoming Valley presently work- ing for the American Red Cross National Headquarters in Wash- ington, DC. She was not yet born when Agnes occurred, but grew up hearing about it from her par- ents, grandparents, friends and neighbors. Gabriel served as Emergency Services Director for the Wyom- ing Valley Chapter of American Red Cross for 14 years prior to her new position where she now serves people in communities na- tionwide affected by disasters. She served the local chapter of the American Red Cross, leading recovery efforts for two major flood evacuations, tornadoes, a plane crash and numerous resi- dential and commercial structure fires. Gabriel enforced the idea that floods don’t hit individuals, they destroy communities. The Irregulars Think Tank Breakfast meets the second Sat- urday of every month at the his- toric Castle Inn in Dallas. MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel ® On July 14,1798, Congress passes the Sedition Act, which permitted the prosecution of individuals who voiced or printed what the government deemed to be malicious remarks about the president or government of the United States. e On July 1, 1804, Vice Presi- dent Aaron Burr fatally shoots his long-time political antagonist, Alexander Hamilton, in a duel. Burr shot Hamilton in the stom- ach, and the bullet lodged next to his spine. Hamilton, a Founding Father and first U.S. treasury secretary, died the next day. e On July 9,1877, the All En- gland Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club begins its first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon, then an outer suburb of London. Twenty-one amateurs showed up to compete in the Gentlemen's Singles tournament, the only event. * On July 10,1925, in Dayton, Tenn., the so-called Monkey Trial begins with John Thomas Scopes, a young high-school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law. The law made it a misdemeanor to teach any theory that denied the story of the Divine Creation of man. YOUR SPACE | Pat Giordano, of Harveys Lake, took this calm and peaceful picture of the lake early one morning. Pat says the reflection added to the pristine setting reminds her of how calm and peaceful the Harveys Lake community is. ; "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 reserves the right to reject any items submitted for publi- 20 YEARS AGO -1992 A Grandmother, Mother, Daughter Tea was held by Leh- man Brownie Troop 658. Cook- books were given to the grand- mothers and mothers in memo- ry of the special occasion. Troop members are Janine Brody, Co- rin Smith, Jill Sands, Erica Rol- dan, Maret Smolow, Melissa Rossick, Melissa Sut- ton, Amy Zamerow- ski, Laura Yankowski and Jessica Milbrodt. As part of its recent gradua- tion exercise, Wyoming Semina- ry chose to honor Mrs. Carol Turner, Shavertown, with the Frances and Louis Maslow Award. The award is presented annually to a member of the fac- ulty or administration for their contributions to the life of the school and support of its pro- grams. Mrs. Turner is chairman of the lower school’s science de- partment. YESTERDAY 30 YEARS AGO -1982 Three members of the coach- ing staff at Lake Lehman High School have earned the distinc- tion of “Coach of the Year.” Floyd “Shorty” Hitchcock was selected by the Sunday Independent as Coach of the Year when his team garnered the AA state cham- pionship in wrestling. Joseph Martini was selected as the AA Coach of the Year in the girls di- vision of the Wyoming Valley Basketball Conference for his work with the Lady Knights, and Mrs. Flossie Finn was also cho- sen for her work with the Lady Knights softball team. 40 YEARS AGO -1972. Three good cooks from the Back Mountain area won acco- lades for recipes they submitted to the annual June Dairy Month Recipe Contest recently. The winners are: Marin Katacinski, Grace Fries and Bridgette Cor- reale. The many friends and custom- ers who visited the recent art show at the Back Mountain Of- fice of The Wyoming National Bank and cast a vote for their fa- vorite painting will be interested to know that those receiving the most votes were Helen Harabini and Dawn Morgan. 50 YEARS AGO -1962 Fellow member of the “Teen- Agers” league looked on as Tony Bonomo, proprietor of Crown Imperial Lanes, presented John Bolton with a beautiful trophy for winning the championship. The league, composed of men 55 years or over, was originally called The Seniors, but was re- cently dubbed Teen-Agers when spectators noticed how spry the men were and how eagerly they looked forward to each Tuesday afternoon when they got togeth- er to bowl. Members of the group are: Bill (Tiger) Jones, Ho- ward Cosgrove, Jess Day, John Bolton, Charles Phillips, Nick Buynak, Jack Cortright, Jim Traver, Lee Wentzel, Al Boysen, Bert West, Pete Brussock, Ge- orge Shupp and Randy Wright. Gloria Jean Gensel,~a 1960 graduate of Lake Lehman, was runner up in the Miss Milkmaid contest that saw a Stillwater girl winning top place for the Scran- ton-Wilkes-Barre area at Scran- ton Chamber of Commerce. 60 YEARS AGO -1952 The 35th Annual Alumni Ban- quet was held at Lehman-Jack- son High School last Saturday evening. About 130 alumni, from classes all the way back to 1910, attended the dinner. Gilbert Tough was toastmaster, and Mi- chael Skopic, president of the Alumni Association, was in charge. Dallas Woman's Club Chorale celebrated conclusion of its 1952 season at a picnic supper at the home of Mrs. Charles Mahler, Shavertown. Two prospective members, Mrs. Dorothy Crosby and Katherine Stringhan, were welcomed. ll 70 YEARS AGO -1942 © Cards from Wildwood, N.J. have been received from John Griffith, Frank Shappelle and Donald Malkemes, Shavertown and Trucksville youths who set out two weeks ago to find jobs and excitement at the Jersey coast. All are now gainfully em- ployed as bell hops in Wild- wood’s Arlington and Sheldon Hotels. And though the season is not yet underway, all expect to roll up a fortune as the tips start coming in. 3 Alderson Girl Scouts sp. last week at Wildwood Mrs. Florence Hausch is cap and Viola Rossman, lieutenant. Girls attending were: Clare Ste- venson, Mary Delaney, Lois Av- ery, Eleanor Humphrey, Barbara Biery, Elaine Avery, Doris Ross- man, Naomi Harrison, Marie Zosh, Joyce Hoover and Lillian Lerch. vi 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. : STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver e |t was ancient Chinese phi- losopher Confucius who made the following sage observation: “It is only the very wisest and the very stupidest who cannot change.” ® The 1,000 most common words in English make up ap- proximately 90 percent of all writing in the language. e |f you're planning a trip Down Under, be sure you save some time for the Australian state of Tasmania. In the capital, Derwent, is the critically ac- claimed Museum of Old and New Art, or MONA. One of the unusu- al - | would even venture to say unique in the world - offerings is the after-hours “naturist tour.” Yes, that means naked. A naked tour guide leads naked tourists through the museum. Even the security guards are naked. * You may be surprised to learn that hot and cold running water has been around for thou- sands of years. Members of the upper class in ancient Egypt used copper tubing to pipe it into their homes. * The oldest goldfish on record lived 41 years. His name’ was Fred. f e According to the U.S. Cen- sus, the Pacific states (including Hawaii) are home to the men with the longest life expectancy, while women tend to live longer in the South. 1 “Swimming at my friend Katie's pool. | like to do handstands under water.” Alana Eveland-Daily Dallas “WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SUMMER TIME ACTIVITY?" “Playing world cup soccer with my friends. Each person is a country and you try to score against the goalie.” Kyle Greenwood Dallas “Swimming in my neighbor's pool. | like to dive, flip in the wa- ter and play Marco Polo.” Hannah Schultz Dallas “Go to the beach. At Bethany Beach we made sand castles for the contest and | swam out to the dol- phins. You could al- most touch them.” Nick Farrell Dallas "Playing soccer and lacrosse with my brother in the back- yard. He's 13.” Alexy Metz Dallas “Go swimming at New- berry. | jump off the diving board and meet new friends there.” Anna Br Dalas
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