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Deseit Storm vet to lead Loyalty Day Parade
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Get out the yellow ribbons.
Saturday’s Iioyalty Day Parade will feature a veteran of Operation Desert Storm as this yearns ^and marshal.
Lt. Cbl, Johii E. Hockenberger of Aleppo servedasihe mission coinmander and lead pilot duriig the deployment of the 758 TAS to the Persian Gulf during the war with Iraq.
Hockenberger, a member of Post 5756, is the operations officer of the Air Force It^rye’s 911 Tactical Airlift Group, sta-tifined at Greater Pittsburgh Airport.
Heis a feareer officer in the Air Force and
has been highly decorated during his quarter century in the service. Hockenberger flew 380 combat bombing missions in Southeast Asia. He was qualified as wave l^der and airborne commander, accumulating more than 2,100 combat hours.
This year’s event — Saturday, May 4, at 6:30 p.m. — is dedicated to the men and women of America’s armed services who served during Operation Desert Storm.
Donald T. CampbeU Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5756 and its Ladies Auxiliary are Sponsors of the 26th Annual Loyally Day
Parade
All local residents who served in Desert Storm as well as veterans of other conflicts are invited to march as guests of Post 5756.
Small American flags will be distributed to children along the Beaver Street business area before the parade begins. The parade will originate at the intersection of Broad and Thorn streets, turn down Grant Street to Beaver, and continue toward the reviewing stand at the corner of Beaver and Broad streets.
Parade co-chairpersons James Yant and Edith Davis.
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SHE'S A big girl now and has done a lot for her community. Give up? Turn to page 9 to un-cover her identity. .____________________________________________
Don't cry for me, Quaker Valley.
By Nicole E. Peffer
SUtff writer
Sewickley Planning Commission will review and discuss new plans for the apartments on Thorn Street and Academy Avenue at 8 tonight at the borough building.
Plans to convert the existing 16 low-income apartments into 10 luxury condominiums were sent back to the drawing board in February because they did not conform to borough zoning codes. The units are located in an R-1 residential area that permits single family dwellings oniy. The current structure is unaffected by the restriction because it was built before the ordinance becaiiiiei active,
A 26-foot roadway is included in the plan,
displeasing local residents of Thorn Street and Academy Avenue. But members of the planning commission are more concerned about the buildings.
Planners want architects to come up with a creative way to develop^ the property and adhere to zoning ordinances, said Eliza Nevin of the planning commission.
Although she has not seen the new plans, she mentioned that developers might suggest they make the property a conditional use, allowing the conversion to take place.
The road and its impact on-local residents is one issue Sewickely planners are concerned about, she said, but there are greater issues to be considered,
"We don’t want it to seem as if they lost because of local opposition," she said.
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Dr. Leroy Kite wili bid adieu to district
By Rich Bottles Jr.
Staff writer
This leading man has no understudy.
Quaker Valley School District will begin a search for a new? superintendent after receiving a letter of resignation from Dr. Leroy Kite last week.
Kite has worked in local education for 36 years — even predating the Quaker Valley School District, for which he has been superintendent for 15 years.
His letter of resignation, which cites a Dec. 31 date for retirement, was unanimously accepted by the Quaker Valley School Board.
“I feel I am leaving the district in excellent condition,” Kite’s letter states. “Throughout my tenure as superintendent, my goal has been to make Quaker Valley a good school district and I feel I have done that.... It is my sincere hope it will be even better in the future.”
Board President Michael Zahorchak said the personnel committee is expected to immediately start studying the aspect of advertising for a new superintendent. He expects the committee to have a report on its progress at the board’s May 28 meeting.
Kite, who resides in
Edgeworth with his wife, Mary Lou, is a graduate of Waynesburg College. He earned a master’s degree and doctorate at the University of Pittsbiu-gh.
He began his career in the old Sewickley School District as an elementary-school teacher in 1955. The district was later merged with several other local school districts to form Quaker Valley.
Kite later progressed to the positions of elementary principal and assistant superintendent. He became superintendent in 1967.
Kite also served as superintendent for Parkway West Vocational Technical School from 1985-87. Before entering the field of education, he served in the U.S. Army Security Agency from 1952-55.
Ainbassador to Kuwait to speak at Sewickley Academy on May 2
The United States ambassador to Kuwait will be at Sewickley Academy on Thursday, morning May 2, for a special lecture between 9:30 and 10:30.
The Hon. Nathaniel Howell will speak to SA students in Rea Auditorium before leaving for Pittsburgh, where he will address the World Affairs Council at the Westin William Penii Hotel.
Howell was at the American embassy in Kuwait City when the country was invaded by Iraq. Despite having water and electricity shut off by toe forces of. Saddam Hussein, Howell and his staff were able to survive on canned goods and by drinking the water in the embassy swimming pool.
Howell escaped in December 1990. He had served at the embassy since August of 1987.