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Vol. 87 No. 34®
The Sewickley
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Wednesday, August 22, 1990
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School bells ring in QVon Aug. 27
St. James, Eden also Monday Sewickley Academy, Sept. 5

By Greg Hohman
• For 1,790 students in the Quaker Valley School District, hummer unofficially ends on Monday, Aug. 27, as the 1990-91 I school year officially begins.
School bells also will ring on i that day for boys and girls, atten-! ding St. James Catholic School and Eden Christian Academy, j both in Sewickley.
Sewickley Academy opens its v doors on Wednesday, Sept. 5.
The population at Quaker Valley shows a slight increase ", this year, up from the 1,766 who attended during 1989-90.
Some new teachers are on . board at QV: Ernest Pontiere, of Crafton, choral director; Phyllis Comer, of Aliquippa,.sixth grade at Edgeworth Elementary ' School; and Susan McCauley, of Pittsburgh, high-school social studies.
> In addition, QV has an added local touch. Edgeworth resident Rita Hoepp will teach English at * the senior high.
Students returning to the junior high school will find renovations from the damage caused by the fire last spring complete.
An exception might be that new chairs in the auditorium won’t be in place. The chairs are being installed right now, and - are expected to be screwed down tight by the first week of school.
A new computer lab will be housed at the high school. Grades 8-11 will use new health books.
Students in grades K-8 will be part of a new reading program,
“World of Reading.” Reading consultant Mary Joy Carr will discuss the program Thursday, Sept. 6, at 7 p.m. during a meeting for parents at Edgeworth School.
All teachers will continue to use,' and train with, Apple 2E and MAC computers. Administration and staff will expand their use of computers during the course of • the year.
Under study review for the new,,year are a pupil-services program, library and music programs (K-12) and secondary English.
This week, every QV student should have received instruct tions on bus schedules, pick-upt. location, bus number and' homeroom number, according to Glenn Prady Jr., maintenance and transportation supervisor.
High-school, students should be in their seats by 7:50 a.m. The junior high starts at the same time.	'
The academic grind begins somewhat later at Edgeworth and Osborne schools: 8:45 a.m.
The QV fleet this year totals 40, which provide transportation for as many as 50 other private and public schools, Prady said.
Sewickley Academy students will be treated to an international flair this fall. A week after their return, the students will play host to 60 students and 10 chaperones from Leningrad,who will stay for two weeks.
. ,.A. contingent from the Academy visited Russia last spring. The Soviet group is paying a return, visit.
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Dead ringer
THE BELL from the old Sewickley School no longer calls local children back to school, but the memory of its deep, resonant voice remains. This year, Robbie Hague starts kindergarten at Osborne School, on whose lawn-the bell now rests. But his grandmother, mother and teacher all attended the old yellow-brick Sewickley School, r.ctured are Mary Jane Littlecott Williams (Sewihi ’44), Susie Williams Hague (QV ’75), Robbie, and kingergarten teacher Mary Guy Leonard (QV ’69). Robbie’s father, Robert Hague, is a history teacher at Quaker Valley Junior High School, the former Sewickley High School building. The elementary school in Sewickley was razed in 1976.
Bell Acres police chief to vacate post
Heated discussion at council meeting centers on Martin's contract
By Jerry Pelley
From the day he was hired in 1982, attacks against Bell Acres. Police Chief Don Martin have never let up.
As late as last week’s council meeting, residents of the borough used public discussion time to express their displeasure with Martin's continued existence on the force.
But the source of their complaints may soon be gone.
Although no official resignation has been tendered, Councilman Larry Pryor read a letter from Martin's doctor, which informed council that Martin has heart and lung disease and cannot perform his functions as chief.
The letter, dated July 30 and signed by Dr. Stephen Tunick, advised council that Martin should be released from his responsibilities as chief of police.
Bell Acres Mayor Floyd McKelvy told council that the chief intends to apply for permanent disability. But until his application is approved, he must remain on the force and cannot quit, according to McKelvy.
The Herald could not reach Martin for comment.
The news of Martin’s status was revealed by
Pryor in his budget and finance report, well after a heated exchange on the matter at the meeting’s opening public discussion.
Chief agitator against Martin was Bell Acres resident James Flevaris,-who opened the discussion by questioning council on points of Martin’s contract. At the borough’s previous meeting, Flevaris had requested a copy of the contract.
Flevaris, a former Bell Acres police chief (1957-62), charged that council was fully aware Martin had an illness when they hired him in 1982.
“You’re paying a man for an illness he had before you hired him,” Flevaris stormed. “I want to know who’s going to pay back to the taxpayers of this borough the money you paid him.”
Flevaris became so animate^ in his diatribe that he repeatedly pointed his finger at council as he spoke.
Councilmen Jack Armstrong and Larry Pryor insisted that Flevaris stop pointing, at which Flevaris made an attempt to contain himself.
But Flevaris, in his excitement, addressed Armstrong as “Armstrong."
The councilman shot back, “Don’t call me
Armstrong. Address me as Mr. Armstrong, just as I address you as Mr. Flevaris."
But it got worse than that.
“Armstrong” soon degenerated into “Big boy."
“Don’t call me ‘Big boy!”’ thundered the councilman.
“Come on outside! ” was Flevaris’s response.
The’ hubbub died down momentarily, and council took the next question from the public.
“I think you fellows are trying to make a fool out of Mr. Flevaris,” opined Philip Ewanko, another resident of the borough. Then Ewanko further questioned Council about Martin’s contract.
“Do you people have a vendetta against Chief Martin?” asked Council President Charles Kulbacki,
As public discussion came to a close, Kulbacki expressed his displeasure with members of the public who continually question council on the police chief's conduct.
“I don’t appreciate the fact that you people are always attacking the chief. It seems month after month Martin is attacked. Whatever you’re trying to get at, you're not going to get it in this way."
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