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Wednesday, July B', 1989
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The big boys are piaying soccer, too
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Academy thesplans stage summer musical
Edgeworth burglary
Approximately $4,000 worth of jewelry wsss stolen from residence of Murray Trau, 315 Maple Lane, Edgeworth, on May 24.
James Creese, Edgeworth police chief,'said entrance was gained through a side door while the Traus were working in their garden; Some coins and credit cards also kept in the ransacked bureau were not taken.
Creese dqpied rumors that a rash of burglaries are taking place andstated that this was the first of the.yearinthearea.
. Although'there are no.sus^cts at this tlme^ Chief Creese vfajms local residents thatseveral person
soIi6ili^“ifa" the ^area have,been. fouT ■
criming backgrounds. Residents y;thestati(
checked and fWhd to, have
Center of attention
all' eyes were on Elizabeth Maze as she marked her 97th She is the jindisputed oldest member of St. James,. CathoUc	sK^iM
birthday-T-.with a little help from her friends. The .Centennial Church. To join the birthday party, turn jto pagfe 31.	Mjfersif thej^doaotwisbsolicjtors
Avenm woman is one of the oldest residests of the feoroa^i	(Rhoto by James Addison)	in their n^^horhoods,
Lyme bosnls^: New disease concerns Sewickley area
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By Greg Hohman
A potential danger has eirierged from the woods near Walker Park on the back of a cat,
Rebecca Abate of Little Sewickley Greed Road, the owner of the cat, believes the animal brought back witti it a deer tick — and she hopes the tick wasn’t carrying Lyme disease.
She picked up the cat, which had just come from the woods, and afterwards saw the deer tick on her skin. “But it was not embedded iti pie,” Mrs, Abate explains. “I tried to smash it, and nothing happeiigd;” She adds, “It’s not unusual to have deer ticks in the iarea. What is unusual is a deer tick carrying the bacteria.”
But she says she cannot be certain whether the tick was actually carrying Lyme disease. “After it was smashed, I realized I should have brought il to the Allegheny County Department of Health for inspection."	^	•
Guillermp Cole, spokesman for the Allegheny County Department of Health, advises otherwise. He suggests persons bitten by ia tick to see their doctor. If a blood
:t^t reads positive for lyme <Msease, the doctor v?iir report it ta the health department,:’ :	• ’
■	Cole's dffice has had two reported cases of Lyme disease this year and five last year. However, all of them, were contracted outside Allegheny coiinty. Cole reports.
Although Lyme cases have been verified in New England and parts of eastern Penn-sylvania, Cole says its possible spread into western parts of the state cannot be predicted,
However, a man in nearby Beaver County, who was diagnosed as having Lyme-disease, insists he contracted it in ttie area. According to the report, the state Department of Health, which lists only .cases where victims develop a rash, has documented no incidents of Lyme disease in Beaver County. .
Hikers, campers, hunters are susceptible to it during outmgs in grasslands and wooded areas. The l)ite frequently is not be felt by the victim.'Ticks pick up the “bug” from deer and field mice.
The disease can be treated early with antibiotics, say,both Cole and Mrs, Abate, But
Tick... tick...tick...
TICKS: the tiny arachnids, have been magnified many times for this drawing.
if not treated soon, the condition of sitf-ferers may worsen, and can result in sej;idus neurological and cardiac problems.
“If AIDS wasn’t around,” she observes, “they would consider Lyme disease one of the wp and coming, more difficult
The first sign of Lyme disease is lesion that looks like a bull’s eye. It is approximately the size of a pinhead,.
After a period of from 2-36 days, other symptoms develop. They can be
misleading, because they vary so much and resemble other iUnesses.
Fatigue, headache, fever, chills, nialaise, secondary lesions: Victims of Lyme disease might experience all of these symptoms. Lyme also has been mistaken for arthritis :0r multiple sclerosis.
Mrs. Abate, a member of Little Sewickley Greek fl^aUs Association, was-able to identify the tick by its flat body and hard exterior.
'The creature was very small,'-less than one^i^th of an' inch, and two-toned, she says. The front was black, the back and abdomen light brown,
“We live in the woods,” Mrs. Abate cautions. “It’s important for us as a family to know what we expose ourselves to.”
Mrs. Abate is more outspoken than Cole on the fcourse of the tick and the harmful bacteria it carries With it. “It is slowly working its way westward,” she says.
She relates how a year ago her son received something that “looked a lot like a deer tick Wound.” When she Informed the county’s Department of Health, she said she was told not to worry.
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