Sewickley Herald

              
Sewickley
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Vol. 92 No 12
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■ Serving .Aleppo, Bo!! Acres, Edgeworth, Genffietd, Haysvjlle, Loot ; Leetsdale, Osborne, Sewickley, Sewickley Heights, Sewickley Hills
Wednesday, April 5, 1995
♦	Sherri Scalercio is a loco! artist who never forgets her roots. In fact, jsven'her family figures' into what she does when she begins a canvas.
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Health
♦	Valley Care Nursing Home is celebrating an anniversary - actually a slew of anniversaries. Loyal employees are honored for their years of service.
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Sports
♦ Should high-school atheltes be subject to random drug testing? Frank Tiboni has some thoughts.
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Katie Gordon and Nancy Freyvoge! look back (n time at a catastrophe that
happened ISO years ago.
Their ancestors were survivors. See page 11.
50 Cents
SOUPER WOMAN. Every Friday, Leetsdale residentJoyce Smith joins several other volunteers in the kitchen at the Christy House of iSt. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Sewickley, and they cook up a storm, If you haven't sampled their lunch-time fare or been there in a while, cheek out the update on page 20.	„ Photo by Ea Galicia
QUAKER VALLEY
Get tough on drugs, residents tell School board
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Nearly 40 Quaker Valley residents made it clear to the school board last week that they want administrators to take a more active role against student drug use - even if it means locker searches, random drug testing and tougher rides regarding suspension and expulsion.
Ironically, tho meeting was held the nightbeforoonsQV student wa3 arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and trafficking in the junior high. (For that story, see page 5.)
The topic was introduced by Kathy
Van Dusen, whonoted thather junior-high-
age son is now receiving help for his drug use. ■.
“It is a half-truth,” she announced, “that drug use may be at a minimum in the schools, but drug trafficking is at a maximum.’’ Mrs. Van Dusen was referring to a comment made by QV Senior High Principal Jeanne Johnsop.
She bolstered her statement with two petitions, one signed by residents and the other by junior- and senior-high students, asking for “stricter deterrents to drug use and trafficking." She suggested random locker searches'attdrandom drug testing of athletes.
“Schools, parents, police, churches and community should move beyond the atti-
tude of tolerance, which has been enabling
our children to use drugs,” she said.
“If we’re a community in denial, we need to wake up.”
Mrs. Van Dusen was joined by other parents, who also had heard about the drugavailability atbothschoolsfrom their children. “Drugs are availableanywhere, anytime,” she noted.
Board President Chester Fossae assured the parents of the board's support, saying that the district would do “whatever isneeessaryandlcgally responsible.” He cited the Supreme Court’s current deliberations on tho Fourth Amendment and cautioned, “Wemustwork within tholaw.”
Continued on page 4.
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