Sewickley Herald

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A Gateway Publications Newspaper
Vd. 89 No. 24
_ Wednesday, Jammy 8, 1992
Glenfield, Haysvflle. Leal Uattttote. Osborne.^ Sewickiey^ S^lciciay Haights. Sewiclclev Mills
Sewickley Heights ready to switch on to cable television
By Frank Tibani'
Staff writer
She's .Number One
HER MdfitfiR,.A0ae HayaMMl, Ss a feetaieiati In flte eestfal-servlee departeaeif; at' fiewiekley Valley Hospital. Bh4 tiaero’c another reason why this baby berm at Sswiekfley' • ElespiaS last week Is spedal. f© find cat, see page M_, .	(Photo by Deng Ka'ip)
• For AudUtioifKoad resident' Ann Williams, it was like an-/ episode from that'old show “Fantasy. Eland.”
. Cable television is scheduled to premiere in gewiekiey.. Heigiits. “I am very happy it’s finally coming,” said Mrs.
-	Williams. “I®«@?&ta!ate Bicfe Spatz for pulling it off.”
On Monday evening, Sewickley Heights Council gave contingent approval and issued a franchise bid to TCI-Northbridge for cable televi-
-	sion, .pending; a financial in-' quest fey Councilman Fitzhugh Brown and Mebard Spatz.
Spatz has'been working on ■ this project on behalf of the : borough for the last l% months . and sayb he fe pleased with the' outcome, “lam convinced that' itis a fab* deal It is the best . that we can do.”'.:' :
7 The cable lines are ejected : 1® cover most of the' major, wads M tbs feorou#ninetading" 0eaife,; Blackburn, Glea-r Mitchell, Waterworks,' At-duboa,.' Persspfflon, Barberry and parts of ' Backbone. ./ ■
Sewickley : Heights has -granted a non-esdusive tab-■ .cldss tofCI-Nor tlibfidge for 15, years, with a premium of $0.68 higher than tosstugto that star-ramd it. The premiiiii will he imposed for five years, then the' borough' wilt be charged
the same rates as its neighbors.
,The higher premium is: necessitated by the higher cost "of construction, the number of residents, and space? in, between die borpugfo and houses imthe
■>. -The initial charge-for cable /is $25; per month, arid a sales tax/ will be, imposed- - on - .premlumchamiels. .
■/. .TCI -salespeople/will- visit residents of the borough to find out whether they want cable. However, Sewickley Heights residents are not required to order cable,
. Discussion- about- the wording of the agreement arose over tlie timetable of the installation of cable television.
;ftfo expected that cable wiBlhe installed within .l2-inontf& to
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- Sewickley Heights- borough wffl-fee remunerated 8 percent ■ -of ■ the gross- sales, with, the ■■ borough building receiving .-free cable. Allegheny Country -Club will have topy for cable..
■ “In general, anybody who wants cable should be able to get it,”' said Spate, although he cautioned that problems- might arise over geography. ■
- “If you are on a private-wad' and the owner doe# not want: cable line on his property, people -that are so far removed ' from a public road may run into trouble,”
Leetsdale borough secretary retires after a quarter century
By Meefe ®, Peffer
writer
retirement teseiged the ILsefeSate native. In bat-ween, she rushed around tine office in an .attempt ■ to prepare reports and eucla for the Jan, e council
“Hey, Gloria, before you leave today you - - -.meeting. Site greeted everyone with an almost ■should do something erasy,” Lsstsdale Mayor " triumphant manner. . . fiSko filamea Mi borough secretary Gloria Her-; '. “I won’t get myfoing, done today,” she said*
- eiavaJIeon Friday. “Break something,” .- . sitting amidst stacks of papers. -'
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Friday,'Jan.	S3, was iio last day SSfO*. Her-
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{Mo would lave .thought by her gleoMJc-Ec:«L0r that site couldn’t wait to get out of fee effiso.	■ ■■	.
After m years of service, fife. Herdavalle dida’tMds the feiet that she was felled to begin., her retire-meat. Ska didn’t hcsMto -to tell those whs passed tteugh he? office that day about it, either.
“This is my last day, ay last day,” she said- en-eEcaly te-oue wfiaaEs,	, „ .
eTf4 cclfegytri of here, and I’M happy,” she fej* 1 feta?*] a Is/n-dtetosEO colli to her (T-rTiiiteriG fftefer- In hw in Oan ifeca, Calf, il hoilPj crt})'V	//te/T/i Hife'ig !\Cy a 1*5)1)/;/
. Califfixaia, she saM. fa - April', fife -Per davalle . toil moye from her home In Hestsdale.
'' ’ She opke lapply afesif her plans to move to " Hitteburgla, near West Fenn Hospital, with her cousin.
"Eobsrt EfecGr, former mayor of Ifetsdale,' worked with fife. PeMavalfe for 23 of fine 25-ypars she served Ilia borough. -	. f -
’ “She was always good fo work with," ho said. “Apparently, cho did her job.”
fife. Pereiavalla’s cfioecssor fo Bltenbsli Petaline, ferracr Hsensmy fesreufjh cssretary.
■Ca her fesal day od Irsctcdalo berouah secretary, fife. Pereiavalo wfcl/teffer-F rci’^sc-, rm/ fp&l fefh. 0? CS fey f/w 5^ t/linxi/
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