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COLUMNS: HOP BOTTOM: Prof. Bull, of the Hop Bottom High School, surprised his friends last week by taking unto himself a bride, the lady being a native of Wilkes-Barre. The honeymoon is being spent in Mansfield. The boys met the train at Foster and gave the bride and groom a quick, but warn reception. ALSO, the roads between here and Brooklyn are not only bad, but they are thoroughly depraved. The Brooklyn Express was obliged to go around by the Lindaville road during the last few days. ALSO, commencement exercises of the high school were held April 3 in the Universalist church. The graduates were Mildred Carpenter, Helen Jeffers and Lillian Ross. SOUTH AUBURN: After six months almost of continuous cold weather, all are anxious for warm weather, which seems rather slow in coming. The roads are in very bad condition, which makes it especially hard for our R. F. D. carriers. We certainly appreciate having our mail brought to our door. HERRICK TWP.: On March 28, at the home of Mrs. Julia Walker, there was a notable gathering the like of which very few persons will ever have the privilege to enjoy. On that day the many friends and relatives of Mrs. Walker gave her a surprise party in honor of her 90th birthday. It is now more than 62 years since she came as a bride, the wife of Seth Walker, to a rude cabin in the primeval forest. The cabin burned in a few years destroying nearly everything the industrious young couple had gathered. But they soon built the house in which they lived together over 50 years, and where Mrs. Walker expects to live the remainder of her days. Her husband died July 1, 1910, and she has one daughter living, 9 grandchildren and 20 or more great-grandchildren. JACKSON: Myron French Post No. 572, G.A.R., will celebrate their 25th anniversary at Roberts Hall on Saturday, April 15. ARARAT SUMMIT: Joseph Zaverl, prop. Of the Ararat Hotel, is ill at this writing. ALSO, the M. E. Ladies Aid will meet with Mrs. Emmerson Stone for dinner on Wednesday, April 12, 1911. Bring needle and thimble. FLYNN: Our expectations of the two joyful events which were to take place after Easter, have certainly fell through, because the young ladies have declared that it’s all off. MONTROSE: The many thieving depredations around our village during the last two or three weeks had greatly incensed the residents, particularly the business people, and when the report became current Sunday morning, that the perpetrator of these amateurish thieving pranks had been apprehended by Chief Warren Tingley, a feeling of relief was evident. The eye of suspicion had been for some time quite pointedly in the direction of Frank Tallon. He was detected, last Saturday night, peering into the windows of different business places and when he reached the alley at the rear of the Democrat building, he was nabbed by Chief Tingley and on his person were found two chisels, which it is presumed he used in his expeditions. Tallon pleaded guilty and was given 60 days in jail. SUSQUEHANNA: On the farm of M. M. Benson at Susquehanna next Wednesday afternoon, commencing at 1 o’clock, will be given a public demonstration in tree trimming, spraying for injurious pests and fungus diseases and general horticultural work. The State is furnishing some well trained men to give this instruction. HALLSTEAD: The Herbeck-Demmer Cutglass Co., is moving its plant from Honesdale to Hallstead, where there has been built a new concrete factory building. This will make a fine industry for Hallstead and will employ in the neighborhood of 100 men. The firm manufactures a fine quality of glassware and does a large business, labor troubles in Honesdale causing their removal. The concrete work on the Hallstead building was done by Gordon DePue, of Montrose. GREAT BEND: Albert Bolt has purchased the Carlisle block on Main Street. He will repair it and move in about May 1. TUNKHANNOCK/LENOX: A bottle picked up by Fred Rought, of Nicholson, on an island in Tunkhannock creek just below the Bacontown mill, contained a note with the address of Miss Gertrude Cameron, of Lenox. By a mere coincidence, the note was found on the 5th anniversary of the date the bottle was thrown into the stream, the note bearing the date of March 27, 1906. It had traveled but ten miles in all that time. As Rought is a married man, there was nothing in the way of romance about the incident (Tunkhannock Republican). The blamed chump! Now if Mr. Rought had any “sporting blood” he would have immediately consigned the bottle again to the deep, and allowed some old bachelor or forlorn single man to have discovered it. Fred ain’t no assistant of Dan Cupid’s. [Gertrude Cameron never married]. FAIR HILL: The funeral of F. P. Shelp was held Wednesday afternoon at his late home, the services being conducted by Rev. Unangst. Mr. Shelp was a man of sterling qualities and will be greatly missed in this place. QUAKER LAKE: The stork paid a visit to our community, leaving a little baby girl with Mr. and Mrs. Leo Walsh. LAWSVILLE: Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Northrop have moved to Binghamton, where he has a position as motorman. FOREST CITY: Michael Salajda’s fate will rest with jury. Prisoner charged with murder of John Polica in Forest City on the night of October 26 last. It seemed that Polica was paying too much attention to Salajda’s wife. Attorneys made brilliant arguments before jury. Closing pleas expected today. FRANKLIN FORKS/LAWSVILLE: Thomas Jefferson Depue, aged 80 years, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. L. Bailey, at Franklin Forks, on Tuesday, April 11, from heart failure. Deceased was for many years a resident of Fairdale and the funeral will be held from the Fairdale church this afternoon at 1 o’clock and interment made in the cemetery at that place.
From the Desk of the D.A. I received a note this week asking me if bath salts were a problem in Susquehanna County. This note was received after a telephone call from a reporter earlier in the week asking similar questions. If you have been following the news over the last few weeks, bath salts have played a prominent role in the local news. The Lackawanna County District Attorney successfully obtained an injunction from a three-judge panel that bars any business in Lackawanna County from selling bath salts. But what are bath salts? Bath salts have nothing to do with spas or baths. Bath salts are powerful synthetic stimulants chemically designed to be comparable to cocaine or methamphetamine - and bath salts pose the same health risks associated with those dangerous controlled substances. When a person uses bath salts, the side effects can include agitation, paranoia, hallucinations, and possible violent behavior. Dauphin County District Attorney Edward Marsico, the President of the Pennsylvania District Attorney’s Association, has described bath salts as follows: “Bath salts may represent the most dangerous drug crisis we face since methamphetamine labs found their way into Pennsylvania several years ago. Banning bath salts and other dangerous synthetic drugs is among the top legislative priorities for Pennsylvania’s district attorneys because they pose a serious threat to the health and well-being of anyone who uses them and even the people around them.” Across the Commonwealth, there have been numerous incidents outlining the dangers of bath salt usage. In the Allegheny National Forest, two men were found dead from an overdose. In Blair County, two friends stabbed each other in a fight over a bath salt container. In Carbon County, a hallucinating 46-year old man held police at bay for hours with an assault rifle before finally surrendering. In Easton, police received frantic calls from a hallucinating man claiming that his house was surrounded by armed intruders, and, when the police arrived, the man was armed with a sword and his wife appeared in an upstairs window holding a small child and threatened to jump. In Scranton, a man broke into a monastery and stabbed a priest. In Wilkes-Barre, a man was arrested on three successive days as he was high on bath salts, chasing cars and forcing his way into occupied cars, and the police had to use stun guns on the man. These examples demonstrate the strange, bizarre and dangerous behavior that can be induced by the use of bath salts. Three states have already banned the use of bath salts, as well as the European Union, Australia, Canada and Israel. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives just unanimously (195-0) passed legislation to ban the possession, use and sale of bath salts (and other synthetic controlled substances such as synthetic marijuana, which is also known as K2 or spice). Hopefully, the Pennsylvania Senate will act with equal speed in addressing this legislation and get it to the Governor for his signature as soon as possible. At that point, law enforcement will have the tools to deal with this problem. But do we have a problem with bath salts in Susquehanna County? We have definitely begun to see people using these substances. A few weeks ago, we had a young man violate his probation as a result of the use of bath salts - and he looked very unhealthy when he was apprehended. This young man had struggled with different controlled substances his entire life - but he told his probation officer he had never encountered anything as bad as bath salts. Yet, he could not stop using them - and they consumed his life. While we are not yet seeing an epidemic of bath salt usage, the potential for such widespread use and abuse of these substances exists. Please submit any questions, concerns, or comments to Susquehanna County District Attorney’s Office, P.O. Box 218, Montrose, Pennsylvania 18801 or at our website www.SusquehannaCounty-DA.org or discuss this and all articles at http://dadesk.blogspot.com/.
The Healthy Geezer In our last column, we discussed emotional intelligence (EI or EQ). Today's column is about research that shows seniors have higher emotional intelligence than younger people. Emotional intelligence is a relatively new concept. It was popularized by Daniel Goleman, a psychologist who was a science journalist for The New York Times. His 1995 book, “Emotional Intelligence,” was a bestseller. According to psychologists, EI improves social relations because the emotionally intelligent person perceives emotions, uses them in thought, understands their meanings, and manages them better than others can. A team of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, support the theory that emotional intelligence can improve as we enter our 60s. Psychologist Robert Levenson and his team are tracking how our emotional strategies and responses change as we age. “Increasingly, it appears that the meaning of late life centers on social relationships and caring for and being cared for by others,” Levenson said. “Evolution seems to have tuned our nervous systems in ways that are optimal for these kinds of interpersonal and compassionate activities as we age.” In one study, researchers looked at how 144 healthy adults in their 20s, 40s and 60s reacted to neutral, sad and disgusting film clips. In particular, they examined how participants used techniques known as “detached appraisal,” “positive reappraisal” and “behavior suppression.” For detached appraisal, participants were asked to adopt an objective, unemotional attitude. For positive reappraisal, they were told to focus on the positive aspects of what they were seeing. And for behavior suppression, they were instructed not to show any emotion. Older people were the best at reinterpreting negative scenes in positive ways using positive reappraisal, a coping mechanism that draws heavily on life experience and lessons learned. By contrast, the study’s younger and middle-aged participants were better at using “detached appraisal” to tune out and divert attention away from the unpleasant films. This approach draws heavily on the prefrontal brain’s “executive function,” a mechanism responsible for memory, planning and impulse control and that diminishes as we age. Meanwhile, all three age groups were equally skilled at using behavior suppression to clamp down on their emotional responses. “Earlier research has shown that behavior suppression is not a very healthy way to control emotions,” Levenson said. The study concludes that, “older adults may be better served by staying socially engaged and using positive reappraisal to deal with stressful challenging situations rather than disconnecting from situations that offer opportunities to enhance quality of life.” In another study, researchers tested how our sensitivity to sadness changes as we age. In that experiment, 222 healthy adults in their 20s, 40s and 60s were tested. The older adults showed more sadness in reaction to emotionally charged scenes, compared to their younger counterparts. “In late life, individuals often adopt different perspectives and goals that focus more on close interpersonal relationships,” said UC Berkeley psychologist Benjamin Seider, lead author of the study. “By doing so, they become increasingly sensitized to sadness because the shared experience of sadness leads to greater intimacy in interpersonal relationships.” Contrary to popular belief, heightened sensitivity to sadness does not indicate a higher risk for depression in the context of Seider’s study, but is actually a healthy sign, Levenson pointed out. “Sadness can be a particularly meaningful and helpful emotion in late life, as we are inevitably confronted with and need to deal with the losses we experience in our own life and with the need to give comfort to others,” Levenson said. If you have a question, please write to fred@healthygeezer.com.
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