Sewickley Herald

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Vot. 97 No. 26
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Serving Aleppo, Bell Acres, Edgeworth, Glenfield, Haysville, Leet, Leetsdale, Osborne, Sewickley, Sewickley Heights, Sewickley Hills
Wednesday, June 28, 2000
It ts a great big world of colors, ' sights, sounds and grand natural wondars. This young man went West this year, Hfs mother tells their story on Page 11.
INSIDE
News
■ A grand opening celebration was held for HealthSoufh Rehabilitation Hospital on Camp Meeting Road on Friday,
Pages 5
Sports
■ While she practices here at home in easy waters, Rebecca Pro-venzano swam the Chesapeake Bay. See
Page B1
Real Estate
■ The market never tires here in Sewickley and in the surrounding communities. To see who's offering what at what price, turn to the special section on
Page 15
T SUMMER & SAFETY
TYKES,
BIKES
AND
TRIKES:
Leetsdale’s • Police Chief Jeff Besong offered neighborhood children the fundamentals of bicycle (and tricycle) safety. The event took place in Henle Park. For more, see Page B6.
Photo by Tim Edmonson
▼ SEWICKLEY
Comments rankle
By Robert Wtiblc
______________Staff writer__________
. Accusations flew last week at the Sewickley Borough Council meeting, as Planning Commission President Jim Wiltman asked Council for G,B. Hays’ resignation.
Wiltman accused Hays of making a threat after the planning commission meeting earlier this month. The meeting, about the controversial boathouse proposal, drew nearly 60 people, mostly in opposition to the plan.
The boathouse proposal, a heated issue since it was introduced to council in May, has since been withdrawn by the Three Rivers Rowing Association. But in that time, it drew a lot of fervent resident response, including a petition signed by nearly 300 people After the hearing, Hays, in response to a fairness question by Wiltman, told him that although the commission listened to the residents, the way the commission treated the hear-
borough officials
ing could create future problems.
“Some day some crazy is going to come up and put a bullet between someone’s eyes,” Hays said.
Wiltman took the comment as a threat and asked council for an immediate investigation into the comment’s meaning. He also asked council for an armed policeman to attend upcoming meetings. And he asked for Hays’ resignation.
“This type of threat is not ours to investigate,” said Council President Mike Glenn, “It’s up to the police.”
The issue was referred to the police the next day and an investigation is ongoing. Council decided to follow up on the armed policeman proposal, but the other issues would follow after the investigation is completed.
“I don’t deny we had a discussion,” Hays said, “but it was not a threat to him, and I have no .................... Continued on Fag* 2
T SCHOOLS
Board adjusts policy for	j
internet use	r
By Bono S,Dmtatd	i
Editor	!
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Technology Was the topic in | three separate areas of consid-	j
eration for Quaker Valley	I
School Bpard last week.	f
Members of. the .board fine	j
tuned the language in its poli- | cy for school related use of the	|
internet,. (The. policy bad been I adopted on Sept. 28,1999.)	|
“We’ve emphasized.privacy I a little more,” said Dr. Joseph	*
Man-one, director of technolo- ■ J gy for the district. “We’ve i made the language a little ■? t plainer.”	.|
Bold statements in the per-	]
sonal safety section require	y
students to report any request\ for contact, from an on-line , i party to a school administra-1 - J tor. In-appropriate messages*' also must be reported immedi-	1
ately.	’	. v • |
Emphasized in the system^'.. '; security section is a rule|;.'.V against the passing of .pass^t’t ^i words.	V *’ i
All material on the internet	i
is not available to students, v Some deemed “inappropriate” T	j
— that which is profane or i	j
obscene, or which advocates"1	' <
illegal acts, violence or dis-	j
crimination — may be viewed via exception with both	?
teacher and parental approval	*
when the information is a part	1
of research.	’
JBoints of privacy, due	j
process and penalties also are	i
included in the policy.	I
Students will receive a review of the guidelines when	;
classes begin. Parent-student handbooks will contain the new rules.	;
• The board authorized the - payment of $18,487.64 from the 1997 capital projects account for technology —14 iMacs for the high school technology lab.
» Erik Edwards was hired as a Level B Technician at $35,oo0/year effective July 1.
He will join Marrone; Karlton Chapman, systems engineer; Douglas Cogley,
Level A Technician; and Margie Skrabut, secretary,
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