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EDITORIAL
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Joe Butkiewicz
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ennDOT encourages
~ young student artists
Young Pennsylvania stu-
dents are invited to learn
about aviation and express
their creativity through the
PennDOT Bureau of Aviation’s
annual art contest.
This year’s contest theme,
“50 Years of American Space
Flight,” encourages students
to learn more about aviation,
from airplane development to
flights into space. Entries will
be judged in two divisions:
first through third grades and
fourth and fifth grades. Entries
must be postmarked by Nov.
29.
There will be 22 statewide
winners, with one winner from
each division selected from
each of PennDOT’s 11 district
offices. Winners will receive a
certificate signed by Schoch
and an enlarged copy of their
entry. The students’ schools
will also receive an enlarged
copy of the artwork for display.
Artwork should be submit-
ted on 8.5-by-11-inch or 9-
by-12-inch paper, unframed,
unmatted and unlaminated.
All work must be done by hand
‘tion’s
(there is an exception for chil-
dren with physical challeng-
es).
Permitted formats are acryl-
ic, oil paint, felt-tip pens, in-
delible ink, soft ballpoint pens,
watercolor or crayons. For-
mats that are not permitted in-
clude non-permanent media
such as pencil or charcoal,
computer-generated artwork
and collage work using photo-
copies.
The back of each submission
should include the student’s
name, teacher’s name, grade
level, county and school ad-
dress and phone number. En-
tries will not be returned. Win-
ners’ schools will be notified
by telephone.
Send entries to Bureau of
Aviation, c/o William Sieg,
400 North St., Harrisburg, PA
17120 or P.O. Box 3457, Harris-
burg, PA 17120-0064.
Last year’s winners are view-
able under the Bureau of Avia-
“Education & Career
Center” section at www.dot-
.state.pa.us. For more informa-
tion, call 717-783-8800.
MOMENTS IN TIME
The History Channel
® On Dec. 1,1830, French novelist Victor Hugo is due to turnin a
draft of his book “Notre Dame de Paris” (“The Hunchback of Notre
Dame"). Despite his contract, he instead wrote two plays, “Marion de
Lorme"” and""Hernani,” and the book is not published until 1831.
* On Nov. 26,1862, Oxford mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodg-
son sends a handwritten manuscript called “Alice's Adventures Under
Ground” to 10-year-old Alice Liddell. Dodgson made up the story one
day on a picnic, and Alice insisted he write it down. He published it
under his nom de plume, Lewis Carroll, in 1865.
* On Nov. 28,1914, the New York Stock Exchange reopens for bond
trading after nearly four months, the longest stoppage in the ex-
change’s history. The outbreak of World War | in Europe forced the
NYSE to shut its doors on July 31,1914.
* On Dec. 2, 1942, Enrico Fermi, Italian-born Nobel Prize-winning
physicist, directs and controls the first nuclear chain reaction. He
created a jury-rigged laboratory under the bleachers in Stagg Field
at the University of Chicago.
® On Nov. 30, 1954, the first modern instance of a meteorite strik-
ing a human being occurs at Sylacauga, Ala., when an 81/2 pound
meteorite crashes through the roof of a house and into the living
room, bounces off a radio, and strikes a woman on the hip. The victim
suffered a nasty bruise.
® On Nov. 29,1963, one week after President John F. Kennedy was
fatally shot while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, President Lyndon
Johnson establishes a special commission to investigate the assassi-
nation. After 10 months the Warren Commission report was released,
concluding that there was no conspiracy.
® On Nov. 27,1978, former Board of Supervisors member Dan
White murders Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk
at City Hall in San Francisco. When White pleaded a "diminished
capacity” defense and claimed that copious amounts of junk food
caused him to suffer mental problems, the so-called Twinkie Defense
was born.
"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
This row of wine battles on a recent wine trip to the Finger Lakes in Seneca Lake, N.Y. caught the eye of Jane Tomkinson, of Dallas.
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
Dallas High School students
are preparing for their produc-
tion of “Sherlock Holmes’ First
Case.” The mystery comedy in-
troduces us to a young Sherlock
just starting out on his first real
case. Se-
niors in-
volved in the
production
include
stage man-
ager, Trina
Huynh; ac-
tors, Aman-
da Mar-
shall, Andy Schwartz, Matthew
Mahoney, Casey Kernag and
Theresa Fagan; and crew chief
Bill Camp.
YESTERDAY
30 YEARS AGO -1982
Robin Pawling was crowned
1982 Homecoming Queen at
Dallas Area during the halftime
activities at the Dallas-Meyers
grid game last Saturday. Robin
was chosen by popular vote from
a field of seven candidates. She
was escorted by Bob Richard-
son.
The Dallas Borough Elemen-
tary PTO, Huntsville Road, re-
cently held a magazine cam-
paign. Top salesmen of the
school are Melissa Tyira, kinder-
garten, Amy Yanalunas, 4th
grade; Lauren Schultz, 2nd
grade; and Scott Cox, 3rd grade.
40 YEARS AGO -1972
Young Joseph Minichowski Jr.
has loved fire trucks for as long
as he and his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Minichowski of Dal-
las, can remember. It seemed a
perfect fourth birthday gift,
then, to take the youngster —
with his eyes tightly closed to en-
hance the surprise — to the fire
house in Dallas for a firsthand
glimpse of firefighting equip-
ment and a turn behind the
wheel of Engine No. 1.
50 YEARS AGO -1962
Dallas Borough and Kingston
Township were prey to five Me-
morial Highway service-station
burglaries Sunday and Monday
nights, as such thievery contin-
ued ‘into its third night in the
Back Mountain. More than $100
in small change and merchan-
dise was stolen from Gorda’s Ser-
vice Station, Trucksville, Sun-
day night, the evening after
some $4,000 in cash and bonds,
and three watches, were cracked
out of two safes at Devens Mill,
Dallas.
Joseph Niezgoda will be presi-
dent of Idetown Church Couples
Club and Henry Bergstrasser,
vice president. Other officers:
treasurer, Willis Ide; secretary,
Mrs. Joseph Niezgoda.
60 YEARS AGO -1952
Mrs. John Garringer was cho-
sen president and Mrs. Leslie
Agnew, vice president at the
meeting of Idetown Confidence
Class held at the home of Mrs.
Robert Crosby last Tuesday
night. Other officers: secretary,
Mrs. Robert Crosby; assistant
secretary, Mrs. Claire McKenna;
and treasurer, Mrs. Albert Ag-
new.
Today members of the Altar
and Rosary Society of Gate of
Heaven Church will go to Tunk-
hannock and can 200 plum pud-
dings weighing from one and‘a
fourth to one and a half pounds
each. Orders can be phoned to
Mrs. Frank Ferry, Mrs. Frank
McGarry, Mrs. George Keller or
Mrs. Tillie Loveland.
70 YEARS AGO - 1942
Shades of King Kong and Fran-
kenstein, too, settled over Sha-
vertown this week as women
scurried to their homes before:
darkness and little children ho-
vered close to their firesides.
The gorilla man was abroad
again, haunting secluded paths
and lonely lanes as he has for 20
years past in Shavertown — on
Toby’s Creek. But Kingston P
lice said it was all a EY )
“Just a figment of a roving
porter’s imagination after he
overheard a couple of old crones
jabbering away on a Wilkes-
Barre bound bus.”
Information for “Only Yester-
day” is taken from back copies of
The Dallas Post which is 121
years ago. The information here
is printed exactly as it originally
appeared.
By Samantha Weaver
acquire skills."
years.
court case.
when they wake up.
STRANGE BUT TRUE
* |t was American bridge expert Phillip Alder who made wy
following sage observation: "We are born with talents, but we “®
* The inventor of Life Savers was Clarence Crane (incidentally,
he was also the father of poet Hart Crane). In 1913, a year after
coming up with the recipe for the candy, Crane sold the patent for
his sweet treat for $2,900. Seems like a paltry recompense for
creating a pop culture icon that is still. going strong after 100
* Do you suffer from arachibutyrophobia? If so, you probably
refuse to eat PB&J sandwiches, for fear that the peanut butter
will stick to the roof of your mouth.
» There are 120 drops of water in a single teaspoon.
® In1976, John Moore, a California man, had his spleen re-
moved at the UCLA Medical Center in order to treat his cancer.
The operation was successful -- in more ways than anyone antici-
pated. It seems that the doctors, upon studying the removed
organ, found certain cells that had unique cancer-fighting proper-
ties. The discovery led to a new -- and profitable -- treatment.
When Moore found out that his spleen had led to this discovery,
he sued the Regents of the University of California for a share of
the profits. In 1990, 14 years after his cancer was cured, he lost his
* Those who study such things say that ants stretch and yawn
e |f you're like 43 percent of the American population, you
refuse to ever try eating snails, regardless of the fact that they're
regarded as a delicacy in other parts of the world.
“No, not at $3.55 a
gallon; but we did put
our daughter on the
school bus recently to
save s.™e gas mon-
ey.”
Mike Nastasiak
Harveys Lake
“No, not really - got
to drive to work every
day anyway."
Joe Probasco
Dallas
“No, still driving the
same. I've got to go to
work and that's the
biggest part of it.”
Joan Rovinsky
Dallas
“Doesn't make any
difference. But maybe
if we had a local shut-
tle bus, it might help.”
Candice Fike
Dallas
YOU TO USE YOUR CAR LESS?”
“| use the Weis bonus
points to save money
on gas.”
Theresa Stec
Dallas
“I try to drive as little
as possible. | drive
with friends and my
dad drives me to
work." ®
Jesse Mc [
Pittston’