PAGE 6 EDITORIAL 3 Sunday, September 8, 2013 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 - 570-675-5211 news@mydallaspost.com Diane McGee Advertising 970-7153 dmcgee@timesleader.com Dotty Martin EDITOR 970-7440 dmartin@mydallaspost.com to library shelves The following new books have been added to the shelves of the Back Mountain Memorial Library, 96 Huntsville Road, Dallas, for the month of September 2013: EXPRESS “Bad Monkey” Hiaasen, “Death ~~ Angel” by Linda Fairstein, “Rose Harbor in Bloom” by Debbie Macomber, “Compound Fractures” by Stephen White, “The Silver Star” by Jeannette Walls, “Bone of the Lost” by Kathy Reichs, “Blind Justice” by Anne Perry, “The Eye of Moloch” by Glenn Beck, “The Whole Enchilada” by Diane Mott Davidson by Carl FICTION “Bad Monkey” by Carl Hiaasen, “Rose Harbor in Bloom” by Debbie Macomber, “Sisterland” by Curtis Sittenfeld, “Entwined with You” by Sylvia Day, “Justice for Sara” by Erica Spindler, “The Perfume Collector” by Kathleen Tessaro, “Compound Fractures” by Stephen White, “Bones of the Lost” by Kathy Reichs, “Blind Justice” by Anne Perry, “The Whole Enchilada” by Diane Mott Davidson, “Tigers in Red Weather” by Liza Klaussman, “Hidden Order” "by Brad Thor, “The Glass Ocean” by Lori Baker, “The~Last ‘Original Wife” by Dorothea Benton Frank, “The Widow's Strike” by Brad Taylor, “The .River of No Return” by Bee Ridgway, “Eye for an Eye” by Ben Coe, “The Highway” by C.J. Box, “The Illusion of Separateness” by Simon Van Booy, “The Eye of Moloch” by Glenn Beck, “Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish” by David Rakoff, “The Ocean at the End of the Lane” by Neil Gaiman, “All the Summer Girls” by Meg Donohue, “The Ghost Bride” by Yangsze Choo, “Ask Bob” by Peter Gethers, “The Eye of God” by James Rollins, “Time to Kill” by Jack Coughlin, “Terror Red” by David Hunt NONFICTION “Keep It Pithy” by Bill O'Reilly, “Waking Up in Heaven” by Crystal McVea and Alex Tresniowski, “This Town” by Mark Leibovich, “Dad is Fat” by Jim Gaffigan, “101 Excel. 2013 Tips, Tricks and Timesavers” by John Walkenbach, “Fodor’s Germany”, “Zealot: The Life & Times of Jesus of Nazareth” by Reza Aslan, “Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success” by Phil Jackson, “The Complete Guide to Potty Training Children” by Melanie Williamson BIOGRAPHY “A Street Cat Named Bob” by James Bowen, “Shocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me” by Patricia Volk, “Rose Kennedy: The Life & Times of a Political Matriarch” by Barbara A. Perry, “American Warrior” by Gary O’Neal SCIENCE FICTION “The Third Kingdom” by Terry Goodkind, “The Companions” by R.A. Salvatore LARGE PRINT FICTION “The Highway” by C.J. Box, “Three Little Words” by Susan Mallery, “Light of the World” by James Lee Burke BOOKS ON CD “Bad Monkey” by Carl Hiaasen, “Choke Point” by Ridley Pearson, “Beautiful Ruins” by Jess Walter, “Her Last Breath” by Linda Castillo, “Killer Ambition” by Marcia Clark, “Keep It Pithy” by Bill O'Reilly, “Kissinger: A Biography” by Walter Isaacson, “The Ocean at the End of the Lane” by Neil Gaiman, “First Sight” by Danielle Steel, “Mistress” by James Patterson, “Light of the World” by James Lee Burke, “The English Girl” by Daniel Silva, “The White Princess” by Philippa Gregory Farmers’ market at library is the place to be on Saturdays In case you haven’t heard, the farmers’ market at the Back Mountain Library is the place to be on Saturday mornings. Join your neighbors and friends as they shop amongst 10 farmers and artisans offer- ing a variety of fresh produce, baked goods, honey, breads and soup. The Farmers’ Market runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on each Saturday until Oct. 5. Shop early and often...as the food offered varies depending on the weekly harvest. The library is located at 96 Huntsville Road, Dallas. You may call the library for more detailed directions. The library is also seeking volunteers to assist with park- ing from 9 a.m. to noon on these Saturday mornings due to the high traffic volume at the farmers’ market. Interested adults may call the library at 675-1182 to schedule a few hours for a Saturday. As always, the library greatly appreciates the help and recognizes that volunteers are a vital aspect of the Market’s continued suc- cess. In the interest of safety and consideration of others, the public is asked to please refrain from bringing dogs to the farm- ers’ market. YOUR SPACE Dallas Post photographer Bill Tarutis took this photo of a waxing crescent moon that appears to sit next to the flag over the Back Mountain Little League field. “YOUR SPACE" is reserved specifically for Dallas Post readers who have something they'd like to share with fellow readers. Submitted items may include pho tographs 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 Barre, PA 18711. : Post, 15 N. Main St., Wilkes- 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-addressed/stamped envelope. Items will be published in the order in which they are received. The editor of The Dallas Post reserve the right to reject any items submitted for publication. STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver * It was beloved American novelist Pearl S. Buck who made the following sage observation: “Nothing is less reliable than a machine. It is difficult not to wonder whether that combination of elements which produces a machine for labor does not create also a soul of sorts, a dull resentful metallic will, which can rebel at times.” * You might be surprised to learn that Spanish moss is not actually a moss; it’s a cousin of the pineapple. * The last country in the world to get telephones was the South Asian nation of Bhutan, and both televi- sion and the Internet were banned there until 1999. Incidentally, Bhutan also is the only nation in the world in which the well-being of the citizens is so important that the government mea- sures the country’s Gross National Happiness. * Those who study such things say that whale songs rhyme. * This is probably the -of didaskaleinophobia time of year when you're most likely to see examples in action — that’s a fear of going to school. * If you're like 98 percent of Americans, you think you're a better driver than everyone else on the road. * The next time you make a family trip to Yellowstone National Park, keep in mind that as you walk through the seemingly peaceful scenery and view the iconic geysers, you're actually walking on top of a supervolcano. Just 5 miles beneath the surface is a giant magma chamber, 37 miles long and 25 miles wide. * It’s traditional in Germany to shatter lots of dishes before a couple gets married. The couple, of course, has to work together to clean up the mess. *%*%* Thought for the day: “For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.” — Henry Louis Mencken ONLY YESTERDAY 20 YEARS AGO - 1993 Competing for the first time in the 13-15 age division, Amy Samuels was awarded a 2nd place trophy in the solo tap category at Hazleton Funfest Performing Arts Competition. She is also a member of the line “sugar” which received a 1st place award in line tap and the group “Showstoppers” which received a 2nd place award in group tap. She is the daughter of Gary and Kathy Samuels of Dallas. Dr. Mark Stair and Mr. Scott Brown are featured as trombon- ists performing with ONLY the City Lights Big YESTERDAY Band Variety Show and Dinner Dance at Genetti’s Best Western in Wilkes-Barre. Dr. Stair is a prominent Trucksville veterinarian and Scott Brown is pursuing his music degree at Wilkes University. They will be part of a 16-piece Big Band Orchestra, in an evening which includes dinner, and a variety show followed by dancing to the music of the City Lights Combo. 30 YEARS AGO - 1983 Jean Johnson Lipski, Lake- Lehman High School’s new girls’ field hockey coach, appears to be well qualified for the position.. The Lehman native is a gradu- ate of Lake-Lehman High School where she played filed hockey for five years under Coach Jane Morris. He also lettered in field hockey at Wilkes College where she played for four years under Coach Gay Meyers. Fifteen-year-old Ian Tattersall of Harveys Lake was the top man in the recent Youth game Fish Derby held by the Harveys Lake Bassmasters. Tattersall’s total catch weight was 9 pounds, 6 ounces. 40 YEARS AGO - 1973 Edward R. Maier of Dallas has been named to the Board of Directors of the Stegmaier Brewing Company. He is also the assistant to the president, J. Fred Maier. Maier attended Gate of Heaven School, Dallas, and was graduated from Dallas High School. He received his degree in Business Administration from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. Charles A. Hardwick, division chairman of the Back Mountain area, has announced the appointment of six women and two men as area leaders for the 1973-74 United Way of Wyoming Valley Campaign. They are: Mrs. James Veras, Trucksville-Shavertown; Mrs. Albert Schiowitz and Mrs. Martin Samuels, Dallas; Mrs. Andrew Kirmse, Kunkle and Lehman; Samuel Bannon, Harveys Lake; Ralph Weggel, Jackson Township and Mrs. A. Dewitt Smith and Mrs. Edward J. Boltz Jr., special gifts. 50 YEARS AGO - 1963 Debbie Rogers, Trucksville Cloverleaf 4H Club member and daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Rogers III, Harris Hill Road, won first place at the District Demonstration held at Northwest High School. She later entered state competition at Pennsylvania State University with her vegetable garden proj- ect. She tied in third place. Cub Pack 444, Sweet Valley, held their August outing at DeLuca’s Park, Lake Silkworth, in the form of a hobo picnic. Boys and their parents schol in tattered, torn and unmatche@ll attire and cooked theirts" supper over an open fire. Prizes wrapped in red bandannas and tied to a stick were awarded to Mervin Updyke and David Haines. 60 YEARS AGO 1953 Chairmen for Back Mountain Chest X-Ray program for adults have been announced by Mrs. Ornan Lamb and Mrs. Harry Ohlman, chairman and co-chairman. Women’s Clubs of the area are sponsors. Area chairmen are: Mrs. Joseph Purcell, Trucksville, Mrs. Alger Antanaitis, Shavertown, Mrs. Robert Bodycomb, Dallas Borough, Mrs. Ben Edwards, Dallas Township, Myra Carlin, East Dallas, Mrs. David Pugh, Lehman-Jackson, Mrs. Jonathan Valentine, Huntsville, Mrs. Robert Hale, Kunkle, and Mrs. “Harvey Kitchen, Harveys Lake. George Major and Billy Lamoreaux; both showi Holsteins raised under dire 4 tion of Blue Ridge:Chapter, FFA, Lehman-Jackson-Ross.Towaetip schools, won blue ribbons at the FFA show in Tunkhannock last month. 70 YEARS AGO - 1943 Many patriotic citizens took part in the flag raising ceremo- ny conducted by Trucksville Service Mothers’ Club at the “Y” in Trucksville, on Sunday afternoon. Lloyd Purcell, Jr., Eagle Scout and bugler, sounded assembly as patriotic organiza- tions, headed by the Kingston American Legion Color Guard, marched across the stone bridge to the speakers’ stand. Mrs. Russell Case and Mrs. Willard Vivian entertained the Girl Scouts of Fernbrook Troop 16 this week. Luncheon was served to the following: Daisy Bellas, Peggy Martin, Cecilia Oglen, Leona Roberts, Jerry Sebolka, LaBerta Schultz and Jean Wesley. Mrs. Frances Culp was host ess to members of the Young Woman's Class of Huntsville Christian Church at a wiener roast Monday evening. Present were: Arline Covert, Gertrude Eckert, Irma Culp, Esther Mauro, Marion Stroud, Phyllis Elston, Jean Elston, Elma Major, Elva Warmouth, Ruth Culp, Hannah Culp, Ella Schmoll, Addie Elston, Frances Culp, Bertha Jenkins, Walter Covert, Robert Culp and William Eckert. The Dallas Post has been in existence for 122 years. Information for “Only Yesterday” is taken from back issues of the newspaper and is reprinted here exactly as it first appeared. ) MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel * On Sept. 22, 1554, Span Coronado, his health badly de toll of his strenuous travels, dies. Coronado explored much of ish explorer Francisco Vasquez teriorated from injuries and the the southwestern United States, but never found the fabled Seven Cities of Gold he had sought for decades, and died believ- ing that he had been a shameful failure. * On Sept. 21, 1780, during the American Revolution, American Gen. Benedict Arnold meets with British Major John Andre to discuss handing over West Point to the British, in return for money and a high position in the British army. The plot was foiled, and Arnold, a former American hero, became synonymous with the word “traitor.” * On Sept. 19, 1827, after a Jim Bowie kills a banker in Al sion of his famous Bowie kn duel turns into an all-out brawl, exandria, La., with an early ver- ife. The actual inventor of the Bowie knife, however, was probably not Jim Bowie, but rather his equally belligerent brother, Rezin Bowie. * On Sept. 16, 1893, the largest land run in history begins with more than 100,000 people pouring into the Cherokee Strip of Oklahoma to claim valuable land that had once belonged to Native Americans. With a single shot from a pistol, the mad dash began. * On Sept. 20, 1960, California hot rodder Mickey Thompson takes another shot at the world land-speed record. Although he only managed to coax his streamlined Challenger up to about 378 mph on his first run and 368 mph on the second, his speedy trips across the Bonneville Salt Flats won worldwide fame for the car and its driver. * On Sept. 18, 1974, actress Doris Day, one of the biggest box office draws of the 1950s and ’60s, wins a $22.8 million malpractice suit against her former lawyer. After the death of her third husband, Martin Melcher, in 1968, she discovered that her $20 million in life savings had disappeared. * On Sept. 17, 1983, 20-year-old Vanessa Williams becomes the first black to win the Miss America crown. Williams later launched a successful singing and acting career, including a fea- tured role on the hit television sitcom “Ugly Betty.” "PEPPERONI. THE RED COLORAND TS KIND OF SPICY’ Makenzie Musselman Dallas pe “PEPPERONI BECAUSE IT'S HOT AND SPICY’ Jordyn Dutko Shavertown “MUSHROOMS - FRESH FROM THE FARMERS MARKET’ Jerry Mancinelli Orange “WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PIZZA TOPPING?” “MUSHROOMS, FRESH OR CANNED. IT DOESN'T MATTER” Pat Sweetz Shavertown “PEPPERONI, SMALLER PIECES, PLEASE. Mark Romanowski Shavertown “ONIONS, MUSHROOMS, PEPPERS. DONT GO FOR THEMEAT Anna Korey Shavertown
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