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Wednesday, April 24, 1991
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forth begins search to find new mayor
Edgeworth Solicitor Robert Kopf is researching procedures to decide how council should act to fill the vacancy left by the death of Mayor Peter Denby last week.
. B: 0 r 0 u ,g h M a n a g e r B e 1 y n d a Slaughenhaupt said she could offer no idea how long it would take to find a replacement.
Denby, 61, died April 17, following a lengthy battle with cancer.
He was appointed to the mayor’s position in January 1989, following the resignation of the late John C. Oliver Jr., who had held the office for more than 30 years. Subsequently, Denby stood for election and ran unopposed.
Denby was a senior partner in the law firm of Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, specializing in securities and corporate and banking law. He was a 1954 graduate of, Harvard Law Schcwl and a 1951 graduate of Princeton University.
He served as a trustee of the Sarah Scaife
Foundation and Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind and was president of Pittsburgh Regional Planning Association.
Survivors include his wife, Peggy; two sons, Dr. Charles Denby of Providence, R.I., and Peter Denby Jr. of Fryeburg, Me.; a daughter, Mrs. John R. (Lee) Marshall of Chicago; seven grandchildren; and a brother, D, Re^ Denby of New Hope, Pa.
A service was held Monday at The Presbyterian Church, Sewickley. Burial was private.
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Blood buddies
WAYNE MURPHY and his wife, Mary^ weren’t the least bit “vein” about havingtheir photo taken ias part of Saturday’s blood drive at The Presbyterian Church, Sewickley. That’s nurse Colleen Kwalik assisting the duo from Edgeworth. The drive benefitted Central Blood Bank of Pittsburgh.
Edgeworth finds compromise for boulevard-widening plans
By Nicole E. Peffer
Staff Writer
After months of nbdng plans for the proposed widening of Ohio River Boulevard, Edgeworth Council appears to have found a solution both residentis and PennDOT can live with.
“PennDOT has determined to go ahead with ttie project,” said Councihnan Bill Logsdon, sbreet-committee chairman. “This latest revision is the best available to council because Pen-nDOT’s safety improvement goals are reached with niinimtim impact on r^idents,”
Logdson siud he believed the borough “got the best possible design” and agre^ with PeniiDOT tihat the lanes are too narrow.
“Constniction will allow left turns without en-^ couraging traffic into the borough,” he said. Edgeworth does not permit trucks atid allows only passenger cars on borough streets.
^ximum widening will take place on the Cmiunercial side of the road, Logsdon explained. The street will be 57 feet wide from a pOint near
Hazel Lane to d^point beyond Quaker Road, and 53 feet wide from Edgeworth Lane to Burger King.
Left turns will be permitted into the commercial district. Five lanes will run from Quaker Road to Edgeworth Lane. A maximum of 19 feet will be taken from the residential side, and seven feet from the commercial side.
Right-of-way problems will affect the date construction bids are advertised. PennDOT expects to put the project up for bid in late spring or the early sunimer of 1992.
PennDOT decided construction should take place during a single construction season, instead of beginning later in the year and holding it unto winter passes.
Traffic flow will be maintained for the major ftart of the boulevard^ although it will be slowed down, Logsdon said. The borough could decide to guide or detoUr traffic if it goes along too slowly. Council panted Logsdon permission to advise PennDOT in writing that it has no objection to non-r^lacement of sidewalks on the commercial side to the extent necessary.
Loyalty Day Parade to be Desert Storm salute
,This year’s Loyalty Day Parade in Sewickley is dedicated to the men and women of America’s armed services who served during Operation Desert Storm.
Donald T. Campbell Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5756 and its Ladies Auxiliary are sponsors of the 26th Annual Loyalty Day Parade on Saturday, May 4, at 6:30 p.m.
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.
The schedule of marching units is incomplete at this time, pending the replies from marching organizations. However, the parade committee plans to announce the schedule as soon as possible.
Lt. Col. John E. HOckenberger of Aleppo will
be the parade marshal. Hockenberger, a member of Post 5756, is the operations officer of the Air Force Reserve’s 911 Tactical Airlift Group, which is stationed at the Greater Pittsburgh Airport.
Parade co-chairpersons James Yant and Edith Davis, along with the officers of the Donald T. Campbell Post and its Ladies Auxiliary, have expressed theu" appreciation to the local citizens for their continued support of the annual Loyalty Day Program.
Loyalty Day was initiated by the Veterans of Foreign Wars as a counter-response to the Communist May Day celebration in Moscow. In 1965, the David T. Campbell Post held its first parade and has continued the tradition each year since.
Local police receive heroes' honors
Two local police officers have been recognized by Quaker Valley Police Association for “outstanding service” as part of a lifesaving attempt.
Officers Bruce Poninsky, of Leet Township, and Vernon Krayneski, of Leetsdale officer, answered a call last December involving a Bell Acres infant in trouble.
They were summoned by Bell Acres Police Chief Jack
Delach, who asked for assistance in helping with the child while he cal ed for an ambulance. The officers used cardiopulmonary resuscitation to keep the infant alive until the ambulance arrived, said Bill Wanto, Leet Township police chief.
Quaker Valley Police Association instituted the awards program last month.
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3	Giant Eagle workers strike in Leetsdale
4	Letter writer rains on Loyalty Day Parade 9 Profile: Florence Forsythe, Citizen of Year 18 Sports: SA men are pedal pushers
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