PAGE 6 EDITORIAL Sunday, August 26, 2012 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 Joe Butkiewicz Dotty Martin EXECUTIVE EDITOR EDITOR 829-7249 970-7440 jbutkiewicz@timesleader.com dmartin@mydallaspost.com Diane McGee ADVERTISING 970-7153 dmcgee@timesleader.com LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Friedman Committee oreateful for publicity Dear Editor: On behalf of Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley’s Pauly Friedman 5K Family Walk/ Run Committee, I would like to thank The Dallas Post so very much for its wonderful support of this year’s walk / run. This was another very successful event with 200 people attending, thanks in part to your help in publicizing the event. Diminished funding for Help Line was the reason this event was established four years ago and we look forward to ensuring that Help Line will continue for years to come. We are committed to keeping this vital program available to the community as a 24/7 operation. Again, thank you for your fantastic support of this year’s walk /run. Your attention to getting the word out on the particulars of the event was very much appreciated. We look forward to working with you in the future. Pauline Carmody Pauly Friedman 5K Family Walk/Run Committee Families appreciate help with ‘Cruise for the Cure Dear Editor: We wish to express our sincere appreciation to The Dallas Post for helping to publicize the Cruise for the Cure Benefit For Joe “Butch” Long of Falls that was held at the Lake Winola Firehouse. The publicity you gave to the event went a long way in encourag- ing many to come out and participate. Also, words cannot express the gratitude and thanks that are felt by the kindness and support shown to our family by friends, commu- nity and all involved, including those who donated and attended the event. We are very humbled by this experience and wish to express our most wholehearted thanks to all. May God continue to keep you and bless you all. Joe and Barb Long and Family Carmen and Jack Karp and Family Tammy and Mike Patton and Family Michelle and Scott Kinney and Family John and Diane Sneed and Family MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel * On Aug. 29,1942, the Red Cross reveals that Japan has refused free passage of ships carrying food, medicine and other necessities for American POWs held by Japan. Japan allowed just one-tenth of what POWs elsewhere received to reach prisoners in their territories. * On Aug. 31,1959, Brooklyn Dodgers left-hander Sandy Koufax strikes out 18 batters, setting a new National League record for most strikeouts in a single game. Koufax retired after the 1966 season at just 30 years old because of arthritis in his elbow. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1972. * On Aug. 30,1967, Thurgood Marshall becomes the first black American to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. He would remain on the Supreme Court for 24 years before retiring for health reasons, leaving a legacy of upholding the rights of the individual. ® On Sept. 2,1987, the trial of Mathias Rust, the 19-year-old Ger- man pilot who flew his Cessna plane into Red Square in May 1987, begins in Moscow. Rust had become an international celebrity after he flew completely undetected through Soviet airspace. At his trial, Rust claimed he was merely trying to promote world peace. YOUR SPACE & Jane Brennan, of Dallas, took this photo of her daughter, Anna, jumping off a sand mound into the water in Ocean City, Maryland. "YOUR SPACE" is reserved specifically for Dallas Post readers who have something they'd like to share with fellow readers. Submitted items may include photographs 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 number in the event we have questions. Readers wishing to have their photos returned should include a self-ad- dressed/stamped envelope. Items will be published in the order in which they are received. The editor of The Dallas Post reserves the right to reject any items submitted for publication. 1992 - 20 YEARS AGO Dallas Middle School physi- cal education classes, under the direction of Mrs. Ann Steltz, P.E. instructor, partici- pated in the Run For The Gold Program which is run by Spe- cial Olym- pics. The students were re- . quired to obtain sponsors and run thirty 80- yard laps in 20 minutes. All proceeds raised will benefit fu- ture Special Olympics activ- ities. Participants included Ta- ra Oatridge, Rebecca Bush, Ni- cole Hooper, Robyn Weber, Su- san Smith, Krystyne Krasavage, Annie Bishop, Kel- ly Seman, Sara Kuzma, Amy Samuels, Jeannette Hum- phrey, Tracy Patton and Bon- nie Biggs. Several Dallas boys recently attended the ProShot Basket- ball Mini-Camp in Thornhurst which specializes in basketball shooting and offensive skills. Local boys who participated in- cluded Dan Laurenzi, Jason race, Dan Fetko, Jared Karalu- nas, Chris Wilt, Mike Bayer, Mike Domzalski, Tripp Gra- ham, Chris Habrack and Jo- nathan Habrack. YESTERDAY 1982 - 30 YEARS AGO Debbie Atherholt won the Blue Ribbon for first place in the walking, trotting event dur- ing last weekend’s Jonathan R. Davis Fire Company’s horse show at Lehman Horse Show Grounds. Lisa Loke, Trucksville, was awarded a red merit ribbon for her consumer education pre- sentation in the 1982 4-H State Achievement Days held recent- ly. 1972- 40 YEARS AGO Mame Dymond, a long time resident of Trucksville, now re- siding at Valley Crest Nursing Home, was the guest of honor at a party held Sunday in ob- servance of her 95th birthday anniversary. Attending the par- ty were: Jane and Rusty Cool- baugh, Rachael Dymond, Ha- zle Lohman, Elmer Loubach and Elda Coolbaugh. Officials of schools in the Back Mountain area an- nounced early this week that the previously scheduled date for reopening has postponed. The Dallas School District, Lake-Lehman School District and Gate of Heaven School, Dallas, will start on Sept. 16, two weeks later than the Sept. 6 date which had been planned. The changes have been made to provide school officials throughout Luzerne County to accomplish more of the planning necessary to over- come those difficulties created by the effect of Hurricane Agnes. 1962 — 50 YEARS AGO On the strong right arms of pitchers Don Martin and Mike Bell, coupled with a flock of stolen bases, the East Dallas Teener’s team surged to victo- ry in the long, 15-games season to win their first pennant in many years. Members of the ti- tle-winning team are: Robert Scholl, Tom Harris, Robert Stanton, David Caffrey, Mike Bell, Jim Steinhauer, Bill Rob- ert, Roy Supulski, Al Harris, Sumner Bachman, Don Mar- tin, Fred Gosart and Gene Shel- ly. Last week, one of Back Mountain’s biggest industries — green tomatoes — rumbled quietly into action. It happens the middle of every August. The big semi-trailer trucks lined up beside Orchard Farm Restaurant on Route 309, mostly bearing Florida licens- es, are waiting to carry the Back Mountain tomatoes to buyers’ houses and supermar- ket packing plants all over the east. 1952 —- 60 YEARS AGO For the second successive year, Jackson Township Little League walked off with the honors, this year with a straight score of winning both halves, and a phenomenal re- cord of nineteen games won out of twenty played. Team members are: Victor Salanski, Ronald Davis, Samuel Wagner, Rickard Malak, Richard Cum- mings, Thomas Williams, Lar- ry Stash, Charles Cigarski, Robert Radonovitch, Paul Ma- lak, Ronald Stark, Bertram Bal- liet and Allen Lamoreaux. Albert Creamer, Goss Ma- nor, won the 1952 Plymouth on the last night of the three-night Lake Festival held at Twin Lakes. 1942 —- 70 YEARS AGO Members of the Ladies’ Aux- iliary of the Lutheran Church, Shavertown, were entertained at a party at the home of Mrs. Byron Kitchen, Main Street, on Friday afternoon. Games were played and prizes awarded to Mrs. Herbert Frankfort, Mrs. John Eck, Mrs. R.JW. Templin and Mrs. Chester Hartman. A special prize was given to Mrs. John Garrahan. A number of young people held a wiener roast at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Freder- ick in Shavertown Saturday evening. Present were Flo- rence Smith, Robert Ashbur- ner, Robert Hess, Helen El- ston, Eleanor Elston, Lena El- ston, Ruth Hackling, Donald Smith, Mildred Kitchen and. host, Charles Kunkle. ) Information for “Only Yes- terday” 1s taken from past is- sues of The Dallas Post which 1s 122 years old. The informa- tion is printed here exactly as i appeared in the newspaper vears ago. By Samantha Weaver basketball. feet. country is vegetarian. known as an octothorpe. STRANGE BUT TRUE e |t was British-American poet T.S. Eliot who made the following sage observation: “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.” e Fach fingernail on the Statue of Liberty is nearly a foot long. * Filmmaker George Lucas is arguably best known for his fs ] Wars" franchise, but he also directed "American Graffiti.” During Gg the making of that earlier film, he designated each reel of film with an R before the reel’s number, and each instance of dialog was prefixed with a D. At one point during the sound mixing, the sound designer needed to use Reel 2, Dialog 2, and so asked for "R2D2.” Lucas liked the sound of it so much that he used it for the name of a robot character in his later work. ® You can tell a cranberry is ripe when it can be dribbled like a ® Those who study such things (and seemingly have too much time on their hands) say that a quarter has 19 grooves around the outside edge, while dimes have 18. ® Have you ever heard of a woman named Thelma Pickles? Unless you're a somewhat obsessive fan of the Beatles, probably not. She was John Lennon's first girlfriend. e Among those who play basketball professionally, the men average 6 feet, 7 inches tall, while the women average an even 6 e |f you're a vegetarian, you're part of the 3 percent of Amer- ican adults who shun meat. In India, though, you'd be part of a much larger minority; nearly a third of the population of that e You may be surprised to learn that the pound sign is officially Thought for the day: “A pessimist is a person who has listened to too many optimists.” - Don Marquis “WHEN YOU HAVE 30 MINUTES OF FREE TIME, WHAT DO YOU DO?" Read whatever. | al- ways have a book go- ing and you need a back-up one in case you finish the first one." “Bike ride through Dallas on my cross- trainer up and down Lower and Upper De- munds Road. Bill Grant Dallas Ann Davies Dallas “Play sports or play with my cat and dog.” Brielle Brace Dallas “Take the time to re- lax, chill out and watch TV.” Bobby Saba Dallas “Play baseball with friends or now I'm in a softball league.” Josh Dymond Dallas “Take my kids to their games. They play sports.” Charles Ukattabs, -@ a Cl LS, ,;