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Wednesday, January 17, 1990
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Bell Acres to investigate police chief's acrlion
By Tciffiy Soltis
Bell Acr^ council plans to hold an executive session within the next week to investigate a resident’s charge that Police .	_________________________
CMef Ponald B. Martin^^^	case after she called this county following a
over to Allegheny County police.
More than $8,000 worfe of property was reported missing from the Tans^ home.
But Mrs. Tansky says she discovered county detective have no record of her
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Patricia Tansky, of Big Sewickley Creek Road, appeared before council in ■Decembsr complaining that after her home was burglarized on Oct. 21, igpsj Martiia told her the case had been turned
• “This is a serioUs matter.;. If we haven’t done everything: properly, then we’ll-
disciplme whoever' is at; fault,” s^ys ' piarles Kulbacldi 'coimcil president. ''' V -Asked if he was cohcemed about ther
case, Kulbacki added, ^il wouldn’t^ll the meeting if I wasn't concerned.''
He told Mra, Tansky she would have a full report after he and the rest of council held an executive session with Mayor jloyd McKelyy and Martin;	_
after Mrs. Tansky, ridiculed the file McKelvy presented her : a single letter
Police Officer JacIt'Delach addressed--to. ciJMcil, Tlie,	that I)etective
contacted on Dec, 14,1989. However, Bell Acres police claim no record of the communication can be found.	■
liie letter went on to say that the Tansky case was not closed, and that everything possible was being done.v Mr s. Tanslfy says sBe isTiSoi: sa'tisH^Af' the December council meeting, she had beeh told a full report from both the mayor and the police department would be provid-.ed for her.' :■ v' ■
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In Leetsdale
Coiincilnleli piiiihi} border bridge safety
By Greg Hohman
A cut above the rest
GO\nEEN0I( KOBjpRT CASEY'was dojmg'the snipping last week as a new liOOO fdot special bridge over Ohio River Boulevard wa$;4edicatM. iThis spanvheralded as ^‘tl^e l^ridge to bppprt**^^
-vides access between the PorifAmbridge Industrial Park and the main line! of Coiirail;The $4 iiiiUion project, c6iripleted in nine mOtothSj is expected to help the economic recovery of tije area with easiy passage t» the newly created industrial park. Assisting the governor with the rajbQil cutting arp Gerald LaVaUe, left, chairman of the Beaver County commissioners, and Walter Panek. rlghti, mayor of Ambridge.	*’	(Photo	by	Greg	iHohman)
. A potentially troubled bridge over Big Sewicldey Greek water worries Leetsdale officials. Wiiat’s more, council isn’t even
Nevertheless, despife questions about its ownership, coUn- ' cil decided last week to loave
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Shoup conduct an inspection of '^the'Tieaver Street span^to avert ’anypotentiai-lawsuit." '
' The 163-year-old stone span shows signs of age — a buckled Sidewalk, the most visible one, Th,e'plag^ue affixed to VAllegheriy-Beaver' County Bridge No. 1” would appear to assign responsibility to one or the o.ther county — or.both.
Councilman Pete Poninsky raised ilie issue. No sooner than his , concerns were raised than ^^fflci®^Jiitoes' Amato adyiSed completing the inspwtion as soon as possibile, because council was on record as being aware of a potentially dangerous $iiiiation. teetsdale officials believe
Allegheny County owns the bridge, but neither county will officially own up to ownership. Ambridge Mayor Walter Panek also thinks the bridge is a county, rather than a municipal >es|wiisiliilit5r.;	•■'.■	r''	"
Although he won’t vouch for the ^ safety o£ the structure, Panek is confident the concrete taking Ohio River Boulevard have saved it some wear and tear, .-he "contends.
Leefcsdale’s bill for cirecking the .^‘integrity”/of the span .is estimated at $500. A look-see for ^Allegheny County, with ‘obligatory paperworic, would amount to $1,500.
. Leetsdale has reason to hope ■for ' reimbuK'emeat .froxh.' the county, iShoup says, although he could not estimate how much.
The span Was er^ted in 1827.
It was^^ilMjEtnd Iiried^iirl9i9.
Michael Porihisky has retu-ed as Leetsitole po^ chief, a job' he has4ield since June 1970.
Ed Kuj^esld was ajppointed acting police chief.
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Be viriikli^ Acadetity^
Inside
counterparts wiU be returmng the favOT^^ ^uiely Studente in grades five through 12 • will dep^t on March 19 for Iieningraji,:along v with 13 faculty members and 15 |>arent- • diaperohes. .The American contingent ^ stay for two weeks in the Soviet Union at the Leningrad l^chodl for the Performing Arts, .
The Academy studettts plan to perfoi^ up to sbr mM^l and
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^ The .invitation was jointly , extended by the Leningrad School and tli© Leningrad Music ‘ Society to, SA’s fine-arta. department.
with others in a shririking-UhiV^se,” says Headmaster Hamilton C|ark, “This eicciting exchange is an oiatstanding example,of: the, crbss-cliltural experiences that (1 hope)
perform “Godspell,” which is akeady in Tflhfiarsal. The musical Written by Pittsburgh pla;:^pt John Michael TiS)lak, has never
been performed in the Soviet Union.
‘‘In addition to the Wstorical importance of urwsa-uumaai cApcjucimca uiai. vji	this, exchaj^e, it is a great honor for
future generations will have. World p^ce and . Sewicldey Academy’s fine arte program to be harmony can only be btiilt Upon a base of	selected as the first to go to theUS$R for such
mut^ respect and Jinderstanding among	an experience,” Says Win Farin, the schcol’s
p^ple.’'	'	public-relations	director.	The	chance	to	be	a
After the trip, Sewickley AcadeMy wiU have	part of history in the making has excitement
/flieoppprtiim^ to iretira the favor ag tests, ^	high, at the,: Academy, she
approximately 5tl"^oviet^lidents^6m ths~~^Mi^iame3r"	.. ..
Leningrad School will journey to Sev^icfiey in	“Itis hopedthat this will be just the beginn-
Septenjber 1990.	:	ing of a long-term relationship between the
, SA Middle and Senior School students will '“ schools, half a world apart.” ,	.
It's Newest Lc»cation^
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