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EDITORIAL
Sunday, December 30, 2012
The Dallas Post
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HARRY POTTER
MEMORABILIA DISPLAYED
AT LIBRARY
Jessica Martin, a seventh-grade student at Lake Lehman, will
display her Harry Potter collection at the Back Mountain Memo-
rial Library during the month of January. When asked how she
got started collecting this favorite character's memorabilia, Jes-
sica said she, “read the books with my aunt and loved them so
much | started to collect Harry Potter things.” It all began in
2007 at Christmas when she received a collector's trunk of the
series hardcovers and a Hogwarts’ robe. Now, Jessica also pur-
chases items for her collection while still receiving some as gifts.
Her collection includes the wands and a Lego replica of the Hog-
warts castle. Jessica and her family vacationed in Florida and
visited the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios.
While there, the seventh movie was released at the studios and
they viewed it in the studio on a huge screen. Jessica said she
likes both the movies and the books but prefers the books even
more because there is more detail and a story to them. Jessica
lives in Lake Township with her parents, Terry and Jennifer Mar-
tin.
STRANGE BUT TRUE
By Samantha Weaver
» |t was Albert Einstein who offered the following explanation of
relativity: “Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems
like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour and it seems like a min-
ute. That's relativity.”
® In Singapore, one of the colorful customs is training birds for
singing competitions. It's not always just a hobby, though; for some,
it's a serious - and costly - business. A single well-trained bird might
sell for as much as $60,000.
¢ |f you're an oenophile - that's an aficionado of wine - you prob-
ably won't be surprised to learn that as the cost of a wine goes up, so
does a drinker’s appreciation of that wine. It seems that it's not all
about the quality of the vintage, though: In a recent study, tasters
were offered two samples of the same wine, but each sample was
labeled with a different price. The tasters overwhelmingly preferred
the more expensive vintage.
* Only one-fifth of homes in America are not air-conditioned. In
the sweltering South, a mere 5 percent lack that vital amenity.
* Those who study such things say that the wind power in an
average hurricane is equivalent to 1.5 trillion watts. That's the same
amount of power that is generated by fully half of the entire world's
generating capacity.
* The works of Agatha Christie have been translated more times
into other languages than those of any other author in history.
* Many people see dogs as doing heroic work in tandem with law
enforcement and the military, but they're not the only animals put to
such use. In Mozambique, sniffer rats are being used to find unex-
ploded land mines so experts can disarm them. They're known as
HeroRATSs.
is an egret.
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for Dallas Post readers who have something
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YOUR SPACE
Camille Fioti, of Woodbine Road in Shavertown, snapped this picture of a breathtaking sunrise over a lake in Stuart, Florida recently. The bird
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right to reject any items submitted for publi-
20 YEARS AGO -1992
Members of the “Riders of the
Lost Ark” 4-H Club of Dallas en-
tertained residents of Dallas
Borough’s conservation area
with Christmas carols last week.
Members included “Snow
White” the
pony, Jean
Lori, Kristi-
na Lori, An-
na Lloyd,
Emily Bost,
Rachael Pu-
gliese, Mike
Keating,
Jocelyn
Kozick, “Fritz” the pony, Missy
Dymond, Kelly Harris, Angela
Pugliese, Veronica McRipley,
Lindsey Dymond, Abbrey Bud-
zyn, Alisa Harris, Nettie Ginoc-
chetti, Erin Loughney, Carrie
Cololin, Lori Bonomo, and Liz
Keating.
YESTERDAY
30 YEARS AGO -1982
Tracy Karuza, 11, of Trucks-
ville received an extra special
Christmas gift this year from
Coscia’s Restaurant. Tracy was
the winner of Coscia’s 15 foot
stocking filled with toys and sur-
prises.
When Penn State goes to the
Sugar Bowl in New Orleans,
New Year’s Day to play Georgia
for the National Championship,
two local people will be traveling
with them as members of the
Penn State Blue Band. Karen
Williams and John Milauskas III
are second year students at Penn
State Main Campus and have
been members of the Blue Band
for as many years.
40 YEARS AGO -1972
The Chansonairs, a talented
group of high school students
from the Back Mountain area,
presented a seasonal concert at
the Main Office of the First Na-
tional Bank of Eastern Pennsyl-
vania in Wilkes-Barre. Group
members are: Julie Evans, Bill
Cutter, David Schooley, Wayne
Long, Gerry Brague, Edward
Johnson Jr., Eric Manfin, Barba-
ra Berti, Maureen Muessig, Bar-
bara Pichert, Julie Swepston, Ka-
ren Murray, Jack Kloeber Jr,
Phillip Miller, Dave Morgan, Ga-
ry Cutter, Walter Roberts, Steve
Hartman, Marilyn Miller, Pam
Porter, Dagmar Moravec, Diane
Leapline, Bonnie Baird and
Kathleen Johnson.
50 YEARS AGO -1962
Alana Matter, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Frey of Oak
Hill, was chosen as Girl of the
Month by Lehman Woman’s
Club. Mrs. Mark Grimm, chair-
man of education, introduced
Miss Matter to the club mem-
bers and presented her with a sil-
ver bracelet, inscribed.
The death of Howard Risely
early Wednesday morning
struck the Back Mountain a
crushing blow. He was the one
man in the community who
could not be spared, the focus of
life in the Back Mountain. For
over thirty years, ever since he
acquired the Dallas Post in 1930,
his every thought had centered
about his chosen community.
Risely died at Nesbitt Hospital
after having a sudden heart at-
tack while enjoying Christmas
dinner at the home of his sister.
60 YEARS AGO -1952
Lucy and Marion Courtright,
Harris Hill Road, Trucksville, en-
tertained members of the Major
Circle of Shavertown Methodist
Church at their home recently.
Present were Mrs. Howard Ap-
pleton, Mrs. Horton Averett,
Pearl Averett, Mrs. Oscar Dy-
mond, Mrs. William Dodson,
Mrs. Paul Eckert, Mrs. Carol
Hontz, Mrs. Henry Isaacs, Mrs.
Francis Dougherty, Mrs. Ste-
phen Johnson, Mrs. Harry Ma-
jor, Mrs. W. Martin Porter, Ethel
Vivian, Alice Vivian, Mrs. Ross
Williams and Mrs. Blanche Kell-
er.
Daddow Isaacs American Le-
gion Post 672 played host to 93
children of the community on
Saturday night, when it staged
its annual Christmas party at the
home on Huntsville Road. A
door-prize, Lionel Electric train,
was won by Carol Ann “@®
Dallas.
70 YEARS AGO -1942
“The Case of the Laughing
Dwarf,” a mystery in three acts,
was presented by the Dallas
Township senior last week. The
cast included Shirley Goss, Ed-
ith Spencer, Isabelle Veitch, Jim
Harfman, Marion Jackson, Law-
rence Smith, William Colvin, Be-
tty Kriedler, Robert Patrick, Ha-
rold Dymond, Irene Stofila and
Chuck McManus.
Information for “Only Yester-
day” is taken from back
The Dallas Post which is X88
vears ago. The information here
1s printed exactly as i originally
appeared.
The History Channel
® On Jan. 4, 1965, in his State of the Union address, President
Lyndon Johnson lays out for Congress a list of legislation needed
to achieve his plan for a Great Society. His list included the cre-
ation of Medicare/Medicaid, Head Start, the Voting Rights Act
and the Civil Rights Act.
® On Dec. 31,1972, Roberto Clemente, future Hall of Fame base-
ball player, is killed along with four others when the cargo plane in
which he is traveling crashes off the coast of Puerto Rico. At the
end of September, Clemente had gotten his 3,000th hit in the final
game of the season for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
¢ On Jan. 2, 1980, in response to the December 1979 Soviet in-
vasion of Afghanistan, President Jimmy Carter asks the Senate to
postpone action on the SALT II nuclear weapons treaty. Carter
feared that the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan could lead to the
USSR gaining control over much of the world’s oil supplies.
“DO YOU GO OUT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE?
“No, because I've got
two small children at
home and I'm in bed
by 9:30."
“I visit with my family.
My mom bangs pots
and pans outside after
midnight.”
Christine Somers
Dallas
Jeff Passetti
Nanticoke
“| celebrate with
friends at a friend's
house. We hang out
and watch the ball
drop.”
Whitney Ellenberg
Dallas
“Oh, yeah. | go down-
town to drink and go
to the clubs.”
Sal Saraniti
Dallas
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“I go bowling at
Chacko's. For one
price, you get a lane
for the whole night
and free pizza."
Anna Nole
Tunkhannock
“I actually might be
going to my room-
mate's for New Year's
Eve. He lives some-
where south on the
Susquehanna River.”
Matt Botta
Dallas
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