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EDITORIAL
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Joe Butkiewicz
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
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New books
on shelves
at Back Mtn. Library
The following books have been
added to the shelves at the Back
Mountain Memorial Library, 96
Huntsville Road, Dallas for the
month of January 2013:
EXPRESS
“Collateral Damage” by Stuart
Woods, “The Husband List” by
Janet Evanovich, “Stakeout” by
Parnell Hall, “Kinsey and Me:
Stories” by Sue Grafton, “The
Fifth Assassin” by Brad Meltzer,
“The Bughouse Affair” by Marcia
Muller, “Live By Night” by Den-
nis Lehane, “The Third Bullet”
by Stephen Hunter, “Standing in
Another Man’s Grave” by Ian
Rankin
FICTION
“Collateral Damage” by Stuart
Woods, “The Husband List” by
Janet Evanovich, “The Twelve”
by Justin Cronin, “Iced” by Karen
Marie Moning, “The Last Run-
away” by Tracy Chevalier, “Dad-
dy Love” by Joyce Carol Oates,
“Sweet Tooth” by Ian McEwan,
“Cross Roads” by Wm. Paul
Young, “The Fifth Assassin” by
Brad Meltzer, “1356” by Bernard
Cornwell, “Mrs. Lincoln’s Dress-
maker” by Jennifer Chiaverini,
“The Third Bullet” by Stephen
Hunter, “Standing in Another
Man’s Grave” by Ian Rankin
NONFICTION
“Iron Curtain: The Crushing of
Eastern Europe, 1945-1956” by
Anne Appelbaum, “Eagle Scouts:
A Centennial History” by Robert
Birkby, “Japanese Quilting: Piece
by Piece” by Yoko Saito, “Far
from the Tree” Andrew Solomon,
“Cycles of Poverty and Crime in
America’s Inner Cities” by Lewis
D. Solomon, “Contemporary
Sculptors” by Danijela Kracun
and Charles McFadden, “Short
Nights of the Shadow Catcher”
by Timothy Egan, “The Antidote:
Happiness for People Who Can't
Stand Positive Thinking” by Ol-
iver Burkeman
MYSTERY
“Stakeout” by Parnell Hall,
“Kinsey and Me: Stories” by Sue
Grafton, “The Bughouse Affair”
by Marcia Muller
LARGE PRINT
FICTION
“Poseidon’s Arrow” by Clive
Cussler, “On the Island” by Tra-
cey Garvis Graves
BOOKS ON CD
“Dream More” by Dolly Par-
ton, “Nano” by Robin Cook, “Two
Graves” by Douglas Preston and
Lincoln Child, “Argo” by Antonio
Mendez and Matt Baglio. “A
Dog’s Journey” by Bruce W.
Cameron
YOUNG ADULT
“Jepp, Who Defied the Stars”
by Katherine Marsh
SPECIAL DONATIONS
“Bedtime Tails” by Susan E.
Master, presented by Kay Si-
mons, for the enjoyment of the
children of the Back Mountain
Memorial Library
MOMENTS IN TIME
By Samantha Weaver
¢ |[t was Simon Cameron, who served as secretary of war under
President Abraham Lincoln, who made the following sage observa-
tion: “An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay
bought.”
* You might not be surprised to learn that some people who play
video games can become rather obsessed. In 2007, one such person,
a 45-year-old gamer, used a Japanese sword to rob a lingerie shop.
He was apprehended, and when he was put on trial, he told the judge
that at the time of the robbery he believed he was a female elf.
* [t's common knowledge that methane, a greenhouse gas, con-
tributes to the rise in global temperatures. It's less well-known, how-
ever, that 20 percent of the world’s methane emissions comes from
livestock and their, well ... emissions.
* Many professional matchmakers say that one should never date
a person who is younger than half one's age, plus seven years.
® The average human walks approximately 100,000 miles in the
course of a lifetime. If that walking were done in a straight line on the
equator, you would circle the Earth four times.
® In the early 1990s, a couple in Milwaukee was curious about the
value of a painting they had displayed in their home, so they invited
an art expert to evaluate the piece. The painting in question turned
out to be of little relative value, but the expert noticed another work,
a still life with flowers, that the owners believed to be a reproduction
of a Van Gogh. Imagine this couple's surprise when the work turned
out to be an original 1886 painting, which later sold at auction for
$1.4 million.
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20 YEARS AGO -1993
The Lake Silkworth Area Li-
ons Club at a recent meeting pre-
sented a certificate of apprecia-
tion to Barbara Campbell, a se-
nior at Lake Lehman High
School, for being outstanding
student of the recently complet-
ed semester.
Barbara is
the daugh-
ter of Mr
and Mrs.
James
Campbell.
The eight
Sem stu-
dents par-
ticipating in the National Geo-
graphic Geography Bee had to
know more than location; they
had to know details about poli-
tics, economy and religion in or-
der to answer questions put to
them as part of the fifth annual
National Geography Bee, spon-
sored by National Geographic
World and Amtrak. Last week,
these fifth- and sixth-grade stu-
dents were participants in the
bee: Thomas Byron, Dallas; Raj
Dedhia, Laflin; Sudha Gollapu-
di, Wilkes-Barre; Missy Howell,
Dallas; Randy Lawrence, West
Pittston; Michael Orlando, Pitt-
ston; Sapan Talati, Dallas; and
Taylor Wielage, Dallas. Thomas
Byron emerged as the first round
victor and moved one step closer
to winning the $25,000 scholar-
ship.
30 YEARS AGO -1983
Dallas Senior High School stu-
dents are participating in a new
project directed by Pam Hargas,
high school guidance counselor.
The project directed at assisting
students with employment skills
is title INCOMES or I Now Can
Organize My Employment
YESTERDAY
Skills. Some of the students in-
volved in the program are Fritz
Anderson, Robyn Hanson and
Kim Lenko.
Residents of the Meadows
Apartments, Lake Street, Dallas,
honored two nonagenarians at
their recent holiday party which
was catered by The Regency.
Mrs. Stella Tinsley and Mrs.
Catherine Levandosky were
honored guests and presented
with a special cake.
Three Lake-Noxen elemen-
tary students recently received
physical fitness awards for their
achievements in the program di-
rected by Physical Education
teacher, Dwight Barbacci. Recip-
ients were Jack Davenport, sixth
grade student; David Davis,
sixth grade student; and Bill Vig-
orito, fourth grade student.
40 YEARS AGO -1973
Four Lake-Lehman High
School students have been se-
lected to participate in the
Northeastern District Chorus
Festival at Bloomsburg. They
are: Mark Wallo, Calvin Gensel,
Arthur Carichner and Denise
Sherwood.
Several patrons at Elby’s Res-
taurant last Wednesday after-
noon were startled to see a burly,
mustachioed young man facing
the First National Bank of East-
ern Pennsylvania with a shotgun
in the crook of his arm. Unbek-
nownst to the flustered diners,
the young man was J.R. Sper], a
Dallas resident who had been
deputized a few minutes earlier
by Dallas Borough Police Chief
Ray Titus to assist in checking
out a bank alarm. The call turn-
ed out to be a false alarm.
The Dr. Henry M. Lang Fire
Company, Dallas, held its annual
election meeting recently at the
Brothers Four restaurant. The
following officers were elected
for 1973: President, Bob Ri-
chardson; vice president, Henry
Peterson; secretary, William
Baker; treasurer, Paul LaBar; fire
chief, Don Shafer; assistant
chief, Jim Davies; trustee for five
years, Wes Cave; and trustee for
one year, Dick Disque.
50 YEARS AGO -1963
Mrs. Norman FE. Patton, Over-
brook Road, was elected presi-
dent of Wilkes-Barre YWCA at
the sixtieth anniversary celebra-
tion held at Irem Temple Tues-
day night. She has been active on
the board of directors since 1949,
serving as chairman of the 59th
annual meeting and the recent
dedication, treasurer for the past
year, and delegate to the 1952
National Convention, Chicago.
Mrs. Stefan Hellersperk, West
Dallas, conducted a fashion clin-
ic, with sketches and demonstra-
tion, before members of the Ju-
nior Century Club in Scranton
Monday night. She explains why
some colors are good on some
women, bad on others; what pit-
falls of form and line to avoid;
and what styles are suitable for
various figures and ages.
60 YEARS AGO -1953
Mrs. Mary J. Parkhurst, chair-
man, Mrs. Dorothy Sicher and
Mrs. Robert Botsford, co-chair-
man of the Back Mountain Area
met with their Captains to plan
the 1963 March of Dimes Cam-
paign for the Wyoming Valley
Chapter of The National Foun-
dation. Captains are: Mrs. T.
Budd, West Dallas; Mrs. Edwin
T. Roth and Mrs. Joseph EF
Schneider, Dallas; Miss Pamela
Calkins, Oak Hill; Miss Marilon
Hunt, Lehman and Franklin
Twp.; Miss Elaine Hunt, Leh-
man; Mrs. George H. Thomas,
Dallas; Mrs. Harold Schooley,
Dallas; Mrs. Malcolm Nelson,
Harveys Lake; Mrs. Stuart P.
Marks, Lehman; Mrs. William
Calkins, Idetown; Mrs. Robert
Tippett, Trucksville; Mrs. Ri-
chard Stauffer, Shavertown;
Mrs. Carl Goeringer, East Dal-
las; and Mrs. Joseph Hughes Jr.,
Huntsville. :
Girl Scout Troop 92, Noxen,
held an ice skating party and
wiener roast at Sandy Bottom,
Harveys Lake, Saturday after-
noon. The following attended:
Linda Weaver, Linda Evans, Ro-
berta Steele, Nancy Scouten,
Mildred Case, Sharon Brody,
Clare Clark, Yvonne and Paula
Smith, Gayle Luketic, Linda and
Peggy Crossman, Gayle Ritten-
house, Barbara Bates, Dorothy
Lyons, Sheila Kopcha, Nancy
Thompson, Pamela Jacobs,
Ricky, Loren and Roger Case,
and Dale Clark.
70 YEARS AGO -1943
Joseph MacVeigh was elected
to the board of directors, and F.
Gordon Mathers of Trucksville
was made a life member at the
annual meeting of Wyoming Val-
ley Motor Club held last Thurs-
day in Hotel Sterling.
Movies playing at the Sh
Theater, Shavertown, inclu
“The Forest Rangers” starring
Fred MacMurray, Paulette God-
dard and Susan Hayward and
“Tales of Manhattan” starring
Ginger Rogers, Rita Hayworth
and Henry Fonda.
Information for “Only Yester-
day” is taken from back copies of
the Dallas Post which is 121
vears old. The information here
1s printed exactly as it originally
appeared.
"THE BALTIMORE RAVE
“Who cares? It's not
the Eagles.”
Lynn Sheehan
Dallas
NS
IN TODA
“The Ravens will win.
But my team, the Pa-
triots, is not in it.”
Holly Jacobs
Dallas
AND
¥'S
THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS ARE PLAY
SUPER BOWL? WHO DO YOU THI
“The 49ers have been
playing well and they
have Colin Kaepernick
who is a double threat
because he can also
run.”
Robert Audia
Kingston
“The Ravens because
it's Ray Lewis’ last
year."
Whitney Ellenberg
Dallas
ILL
NG
Al
wi ;
¥
AG
N?
“The Ravens because
they are the closest
team to Pennsylvania
and | don't like West
Coast teams.”
Paul Murphy
Dallas
ST EACH OTHER
“The Ravens because |
like Michael Orr after |
saw the movie they
made of his life.”
Betty Ann Duffy
Shavertown