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Wednesday, November 5, 2003.
Volume 100, Issue 45
TEMPO
She's loved beads and the creativity they can enhance since she was young. She's bringing the Bead Mine to Sewickley. See Page 11.
NEWS
"Citizens for Soldiers" has launched a new fund-raising campaign to replace the statue of Fame at Sewickley Cemetery. See Page 9.
SPORTS
A Lemieux- autographed hockey stick is just one of the many items to be auctioned off online by the YMCA. See Page 27.
Local News..............2
Opinion.................6
Tempo..................—H
People & Events........18
School.................20
Obituaries.............26
Sports.................27
CELEBRATING OUR VETERANS
THESE VETERANS took some time to tell the tales of war to Edgeworth Elementary students last week. They are (from left) Ted Bamonte, Andy Sabol and Bill Fluharty.	Si,	Photos by Rachael Weaver
Veterans bring history to classrooms
By Rachel Weaver___________________________
Staff writer_______________________________
“What was D-Day?”
The Edgeworth Elementary fifth grader who posed the question last week received an expert answer.
“It was the day the invasion in France started. June 6,1944,” answered Russ Richert.
He would know. He was there.
As part of Adopt-a-Vet Day, Richert and nearly 50 other veterans came to Edgeworth classrooms to talk to kids about their experiences serving the country,
In Jeff Anderchak’s third grade classroom, John Piccolo, who served from 1940 to 1945 in the Army Signal Corp, brought kids an example of an old communication device. His homemade version was a peanut canister holding a battery and several wires.
Students were eager to know about everyday life in the army. One student asked Piccolo if he
was allowed to celebrate his birthday while serving.
“Nobody cared about your birthday,” he answered, laughing.
Richert, a lifelong Sewickley resident and member of the 1st Infantry Division from 1942 to 1945, told a captive fifth grade audience about the time his friend was hit with mortar remnants in the throat during battle.
As his carotid artery spurted blood, Richert applied pressure helping the wound to , seal itself. The man survived and Richert still visits his family.
“I like to talk this way,” says Richert, “Schools don’t cover history like they used to. Since 9-11, it’s been more prominent. Children are thinking more about soldiers.
“I hope they learn to respect veterans and give them credit for what they did. They made sacrifices for your benefit."
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QUAKER VALLEY
Board moves ahead with new projects
By Dona S. Dreeland_________
Editor_______________
There will be a public hearing Tuesday, Dec. 9, to explain the three projects that are up next on the district’s master plan.
But in the month ahead, Eckles Architects has been authorized to prepare specifications and to seek advisory bids for the renovation/buildiiig at the two elementary schools and the site Work at McNamara Park.
This is in keeping with the board’s established timeline to have all plans submitted to the state for evaluation and approval as the project progresses.
But it was that same timeline and a few of the initial plans that sparked debate from some board members.
Dr. Florence Iwler disagreed with the charge to the architects before the public had a chance to view and to discuss the plans.
Marianne Wagner could not vote for turfing the football field, and Gianni Floro and Iwler were concerned about the possible exclusion of the softball field at the high school site.
In die first plan drawn by the architects, the softball field was to be moved closer to the hillside below the high school to open up more parking near the driveway.
However, that placement would subject students on the track or tennis courts to errant foul balls, as Greg Smith, board president explained.
Jerry Veshio, QV’s athletic director, said screens and netting could eliminate the safety concerns if the field were moved as • the board first voted,
But Tbm Patton, finance committee chair, asked: “Should we invest dollars in moving the soft-
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