PAGE 6 EDITORIAL Sunday, July 22, 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 LETTERTO THE EDITOR Reader says voter ID Idea is not fair to all Dear Editor: Investigations into voter fraud in the past 10 years turned up only some 86 fraudulent votes out of 300 million votes cast. So to use voter fraud as the ratio- nale for the voter ID law passed in Pennsylvania last spring is it- self fraudulent. Almost 800,000 Pennsylvania voters will be stripped of their right to vote by this new law. These are primarily elderly, poor and college students. They rep- resent many Democratic voters. One of our Republican leaders, Mr. Kurzai, has said that this is just what they want so that Mr. Romney can carry Pennsylvania. They cover their tracks to- ward that end by saying that any of these voters can go to the Mo- tor Vehicle Bureau to get a non- driver license photo ID, the pho- to ID that they need. First — can people get to those DMV centers by bus? In our ar- ea, probably not. Are the centers prepared to handle crowds of voters who need these IDs? Li- censed drivers have all seen the lines created by normal license renewals. Has anyone figured out how to verify absentee ballots? Or will they decide that those who re- quest them will also be disen- franchised? Or can those who don’t have the photo IDs just use absentee ballots? This is an ethical and constitu- tional failure on the part of our Republican leaders who want to take away our right to vote. It is a back door version of a poll tax. Over the 237 years of our country, we have worked to give everyone that right. We must all exercise our right to vote. Don’t let anyone take away your right! Eleanor K. Rodda Shavertown Library displays teddy bears During the month of August, the Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary will be alittle warmer with a display of a teddy bear collection owned by Todd Eugene Price. A fifth-grade student who at- tends Cyber School, Todd has been collecting teddy bears for nine years, receiving most of them as gifts. His favorite is “Spar- kley Teddy” which was given to him when he had his tonsils out at 1% years old. There are 54 bears in Todd’s col- lection but he only takes two with him when he goes away to camp. When asked if he shares them with his brothers and sister, he an- swered with a smile, that he al- lows his sister, Juliet, to play with them. Todd lives in Sweet Valley with Todd Eugene Price his parents, Terry and Beatrice Price; his brothers, Kevin, Tim and Sam; and his sister, Juliet. MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel * On July 29,1967, a fire on the USS Forrestal stationed off the coast of Vietnam kills 134 service members, injures hundreds and destroys 20 planes. The deadly fire on the U.S. Navy carrier began with the accidental launch of a F-4 Phantom jet rocket, which hit a parked A-4 Skyhawk jet. ® On July 23,1976, members of the American Legion arrive in Philadelphia to celebrate the bicentennial of U.S. independence. Soon after returning home, many began suffering from a mysterious form of pneumonia, which would become known as Legionnaires’ disease. The final tally was 221 cases, including 34 deaths. * On July 25,1985, Rock Hudson announces through a press re- lease that he is suffering from acquired immune deficiency syn- drome (AIDS). Hudson was the first major celebrity to go public with such a diagnosis. makeup of this bloom. "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 Deno Pantelakos, of Idlewood Drive, Dallas, photographed this scene from his garden where the day lilies are beautiful this year. Deno says his focus this summer is to learn about Macro photography which requires patience and practice. In this photo, he wanted to show the inner 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 Burndale Park in Dallas has begun the summer recreation season in excellent shape, thanks to Matt Gearhart, an Ea- gle Scout candidate from Ide- town. The son of Jean and Larry Gearhart, Matt is a member of Troop 242 in Idetown and School in September. Matt, his brother Ja- son, his parents and a dozen friends spent five days and a to- tal of 118 man hours cutting brush, cleaning the sandbox, picking up litter and sanding, priming and painting nearly ev- erything in sight. Several Dallas High School students were recently com- mended by the National Merit Scholarship Program. Those re- ceiving the honors are: Keith McDonald, Heather Mead, Geof- frey Spear and Eric Lehman. YESTERDAY 30 YEARS AGO -1982 Sixteen area Boy Scouts mem- bers of Boy Scout Troop 336, which meets in the social rooms of Centermoreland United Methodist Church, recently en- joyed a week of camping at the Boy Scout Camp Acahela in Monroe County. Participants in- cluded Brad Wall, Gregory Faux, Jeff Montross, Michael Faux, Kenny Shirts, Lenny Dymond, Billy Montross, Steven Dymond, John Kuderka, Shaun Fortney, Jeff Deutsch, Allan Deutsch, Shawn Considine, Tim Consid- ine, Robert Sheridan and Robert DelLeo. 40 YEARS AGO -1972 There have been some kind words of praise for the volun- teers of Lehman Fire Company from administrators and eva- cuees at the Lake-Lehman evac- uation center. Singled out for praise have been the men who have staffed the 24-hour security watch at the high school, includ- ing Bill Ehret, Harold Cool- baugh, Doug Ehret, Bob Marge- lina, Bill Dawe and Joe Johns. The 1971 annual report of Commonwealth Telephone Company has been selected as the winner of a Meade Award in the latest nationwide competi- tion for the graphic arts spon- sored by Meade Papers of this city. 50 YEARS AGO -1962 American Legion School Award presented by Daddow- Isaacs Post 667 for outstanding boy and girl in the 8th grade of Dallas Junior High School was awarded to Jeris Jordan and Scott Alexander. The American Legion School Award is de- signed to give recognition through the award of American Legion medals to the boy and girl most worthy in high quali- ties of leadership, scholarship, honor, courage and service. Volunteer leaders in the Back Mountain section of the West Metropolitan Division met. re- cently in the home of Mrs. Frank Townend, Shavertown, to make plans for the 1963 United Cam- paign Fund. Participants were: Mrs. Stanford L. Weiss, Division Chairman; Mrs. Mitchell Jen- kins, Division Vice chairman; Mrs. Frank Townend, Area Chairman; Mrs. Marvin D. Judd, Division Vice Chairman; Miss Patricia Reynolds, District Co- Chairman, East Dallas; Miss Ma- ry Weir, District Chairman, Dal- las Township; and Mrs. Dana Crump, District Co-Chairman, Huntsville. 60 YEARS AGO -1952 Mrs. Frank Kovaletz, Trucks- ville, chairman of the Candy Booth for Back Mountain Li- brary Auction, reports that al- most two hundred pounds of candy are in sight, with much more expected, but that supply is never equal to demand. The booth, manned by members of Dallas Junior Woman's Club, can sell all the candy it can get. Mrs. Charles Mahler, Shavertown, is co-chairman. Mills Brothers Three Ring Cir- cus will arrive at the show grounds on Route 415 northwest of Dallas early on the morning of July 26 to present two shows, one at 2 and one at 8 p.m. 70 YEARS AGO -1942 Mrs. Harold Ash entertained members of the Dorcas Bible Class at a porch party at her home on Shag Bark Drive on Tuesday evening. The class pur- chased four new hymnals and presented them to the church. Present were: Mrs. John A. tey, teacher of the class, William H. Thomas, Mrs. 4 Franklin, Mrs. Harry Ell, Mrs. Jo- seph Schrey, Mrs. Richard Rudy, Mrs. Lester Hoover and Mrs. Fred Eck. Ladies of Dr. Laing Fire Auxil- iary enjoyed a picnic party at the grove of Mrs. Lena McNeal, Fernbrook, on Tuesday after- noon. Among those attending were: Mrs. EB. Schooley, Mrs. Nelson Shaver, Mrs. Grant Shan- er, Mrs. Charles Stookey, Mrs. Russell Case, Mrs. Arthur New- man, Mrs. Claude Cooke, Mrs. Lewis Stritzinger, Mrs. Marcus Ide, Mrs. Steven Sedler, Guy Dunham, Mrs. Tho) Kingston, Mrs. Edward Campen, Mrs. John Girvan, Mrs. Oscar Roth, Mrs. Earl Monk, Mrs. Thomas Keppner, Mrs, John Hildebrant, Mrs. Ralph Eipper, Shirley Goss and Betty Kepner. 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 i ap- peared in the newspaper years ago. STRANGE BUT By Samantha Weaver TRUE e |t was double Nobel Prize-winning chemist and peace activist Linus Pauling who made the following sage observation: “The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.” e The acre as a unit of measurement has been with us for quite some time. Originally, an acre was consid- ered to be the amount of land that could be tilled in a single day by one man behind one ox. e |f you spent some part of the 1980s trying to puz- zle out a solution to a Rubik's Cube, you may be sur- prised to learn that the world record, held by French- man Edouard Chambon, is just 918 seconds. And it was set in 2008. “I'd be scared. But that's our luck with global warming. So I'd spend more quality time with my family.” Teddy Tsioles Kingston “Just spend more time with family or go to Ireland. It's been a dream trip of mine.” Patricia Landau Dallas “1 think you would do things differently. | would. Like maybe skydiving.” Jess Robinson Dallas “I would do things dif- ferently. | would try to help more people than | do now.” Anthony Goncalves Kingston “I don't think | would change anything. I've done a lot in my life and my bucket list is short.” Steve Skammer Dallas IF YOU KNEW THE WORLD WAS ENDING SOON, WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY? "Life has been good, I changes to be made. have a happy wife and a good life.” Dave Katyl Dallas have no complaints, ® ER ——————————————————————
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