Sewickley Herald

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Sports
• This man is Sewickley Academy's head beys' soccer coach. He's preparing to fake the SA team to WP1AL championships this year.
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Commentary
• Happiness in birthdays is rou
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a fresh new year. Cake
round in planning
and candles celebrate what is hopeful about the passageorfime. Formore reflections:
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Around town
• Sewickley revs up for its annual antique car show, which benefits Valley Care Nursing Home.
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Suspects charged in two robberies of PNC
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Although the double robbery of SewickJey’s PNC Bank on Beaver Street made a few residents shake their heads, spirits are still high and trust is steadfast at other local banks.
PNC .was robbed again last Wednesday, Jidyl9,ontheheels of a robbeiy that occurred the previous week.
Bill Eiler, a spokespersonfor Integra Bank, said the Sewick-ley branch is not taking anynew precautions to prevent a rob-! bery. •
'Nothing special has been added to odr security program, but we are very current in our procedures,” Eiler said. "Each month,werequireupdatesfrom our branches on how their systems are working andhow they can be improved. We are very aware how important top-level security at banks is.”
Tilda Walsh, speaking for Mellon, indicated that although the bank has a guard stationed atthe branch InSewickley, he is there indefinitely.
As for PNC itself, vice presi-dentHarryKuncasaidthebank isnot taking any additional precautions. A guard is stationed oh the banking floor, but Kunca indicated it has always bear bankproceduretostationguards periodically for a few weeks.
•It’s a shame that this had to happen,” said Kunca. 'It’s a shame when it happens anywhere, but wefeel that it was an
ROBBERY SUSPECT Anthony Giallorenzo is held in custody by SeWiCkiey POlICe.	Photo 6y Ed Galidejr.’
isolated incident”
Residents of Sewickley And customers of the bank do not seem to be alarmed or very dismayed by the incidents.
*I’m not afraid,” said customer James Husak of Sewickley. *I’m here, aren’t I?”
He indicated that the robbers did not have weapons, and if they did, he would have been more afraid for the tellers than for himself.
A customer who did not give her namesaidtherobbery could, have happened anywhere.
Another woman said she felt it Was an isolated incident.
“You take a chance no matter where yougo and what you do.”.
Anthony GiaBorenzo, 3ls of 1472Oakridge Drive, Ambridge, has been Charged with both robberies, and Danny Bates,30, of 200EdgewoodBrive, Sewickley, lias been charged for toe July 13 robbery.
In the first incident, Giallorenso and Bates are charged with entering the bank and threatened a teller with a club, and making off with what isnow known to be thousands of dollars, They e scaped unharmed and unknown. \
When the bank was robbed for a second time on July 19, it did not go quite so well.
According to police reports, Giallorenzo arrived at the bank alone in a cab and attempted to rob it again. Be approached a teller with a shoebox and demanded it be filled.
The teller, however, called for help, sending Giallorenzo on a rush for the door.
Barbara McMann - a housewife, mother and nurse as well as a customer at the bank -intervened, throwing him to the ground. Bank personnel joined tin to keep the suspect at bay until Sewickley police arrived.
Bothmen arcchargedlocally With robbery, theft, criminal, eonspiracy/attempt and making terroristic threats.
Theyarescheduledtoappear before District Justice James Russoin Sewickley on Aug. 27.
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Council /ejects bylaws for QV Recreation Board
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Sewickley Council last week rejected the bylaws that would have formed the new group.
•Wears not rejecting the by laws outright, but we just have
problems with the bylaws,” said Councilman Rich Brandt,
Rejectingthebylawsbeeause they were toovague,council also questioned the cost of board membership, Theamountin the document submitted to council has been left blank.
The lack of municipalities
attending meetings about the group also concerns council.
Onlyfiveefthellmunitipali-tiesmQuskerValleySchoolBis-tricthave attendedmeetings on
the proposed group. With such a ek of participation, council
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thinks funding for the board could be a big hea dache ,
Quaker Valley Recreation Board was formed this year to maintain athletic fields in Quaker Valley School District.
The board distributed copies of its by laws to keal municipalities for review. They are to be returned with comments and suggestions by Aug. M.

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