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Vol. 87 No. 37®
Wednesday, September 12, 1990
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Submarine off Starboard
LOCAL NAVIGATION history was made last week when a submarine came up the Ohio River headed for Pittsburgh^ Spectators jammed the Sewickley Bridge to get a look at the black, mysterious leviathan. \The USS Requin, as the World War II sub is called, was being taken to Pittsburgh, where it will become a permanent feature at the new Carnegie Science Center, being completed near Three Rivers Stadium. (Photo by Anthony Folino)
Arts festival, Sewickley Race both scheduled for Saturday
By Jerry Pelley
Staff writer
Look for a busy Saturday in Sewickley.
Not only will 800 to 900 Sewickley Race runners and walkers be snaking through the village from 9:15 to 11:30 a m., but a throng of sightseers will be strolling along, taking in the sights, sounds and smells of another exhibition — the Sewickley Celebrates the Arts festival.
Predictably, the streets of Sewickley will be the scene of mass, organized chaos, and will, within its limitations, cast a similarity to New Orleans during Mardi Gras.
Motorists venturing in or out of this maelstrom would be well-advised to consider their routes before they end up in a logjam with no way forward or back.
Of course, the streets along which the Sewickley Race is set to run are closed to motor vehicle traffic for the duration. That means motorists won’t be able to enter onto Beaver Street between Broad Street and Academy Avenue.
Academy as well as Centennial Avenue also will be off limits for cars, as will be Woodland and Little Sewickley Creek roads.
To spare motorists unforseen difficulties, the Sewickley Valley YMCA, one of the sponsors of the race, has suggested some alternate routes for drivers to take.
Sewickley Heights: Motorists coming down from the Heights to Woodland via Way Hollow or Chestnut Road can take he following alternate route from 9:20-11:15 a.m. Go up toward Heights to Backbone Road to Quaker Hollow — right onto Country Club — right onto Blackburn, and down the hill.
Alternate route from Edgeworth to Sewickley ; Motorists travelling through Edgeworth on Beaver to Sewickley; 9:30-11:15 a.m. Go Beaver Street — right on Academy — left onto Thorn Street.
Osborne to Edgeworth: Motorists travelling from Osborne into Sewickley or through to
Edgeworth: 9:15-11:15 a.m. Go to Route 65N via Chestnut Street and turn right onto Walnut Street to get to Sewickley, Those travelling to Edgeworth on Route 65 turn right on Chestnut Road or Edgeworth Lane.
Motorists travelling Route 65 to get to1 the race are advised to turn up Chestnut Street (by the Stop N Go) and NOT Broad Street. Sewickley Celebrates the Arts will be setting up for the festival event on Broad Street.
Once on Chestnut Street from Route 65, turn left onto Beaver Street, right onto Broad Street to the Sewickley Valley Hospital parking garage. Participants may park in the garage and walk to the start of the race at the Sewickley Valley YMCA.
Sweetwater Art Center has sectioned off Broad Street between Beaver and Frederick streets to hold its festivities on Saturday, which includes exhibits of arts and crafts, paintings, prints, sculpture, pottery, woodwork, jewelry, photographs, and textiles. More than 80 juried artists Will be on hand to display their wares.
Children can enjoy trying their hands at various crafts, and can get their pictures taken and their faces painted. They also can meet KD’s Bear or take in a live puppet show.
A new feature this year of the festival is the performing arts. Mainstage attractions, just off Frederick Street, include Billy Price’s rhythm & blues band, Mark Eddie’s acoustic guitar, and Salsamba’s Latin Jazz.
At the '‘performing arts porch,” in front of the Sewickley Library, a number of regional writers reading poetry and prose, as well as an improvisa-tional theater, Sewickley’s string ensemble, and several other local musicians will provide continuous entertainment.
Along with the featured attractions, Sewickley Celebrates the Arts have taken care to See visitors’ comfort and satisfaction, An information booth will be at the corner of Thorn and Broad streets, and restrooms and refreshment stands will be indicated on the handout given to each visitor.
Census results: up & down in QV
Preliminary figures show loss in Sewickley, gains in other areas
By Mike May
Herald editor
Western Pennsylvania is down. Allegheny County is down. Pittsburgh is down.
Preliminary figures for the 1990 U.S. Census show a. drop in many places since 1980 — in-cluding Sewickley, Edgeworth, Glenfield, Haysville, Leet and Leetsdale.
On the other hand, the census shows that . Aleppo, Bell Acres, Osborne, Sewickley Heights and Sewickley Hills have added people over the past 10 years.
Early reports indicate that many municipalities are unhappy with the results. They say someone didn’t add right. They’re demanding a recount. , The census is big business; congressional representation and funding are two important items determined by the national head count.
Sewickley Borough Manager Keith Stewart says he is “not satisfied” with the figures for Sewickley. Preliminary figures show a 13.58 percent loss between 1980 and 1990 — a drop from 4,778 to 4,129 persons.
However, Stewart says he has no plans at present to take any action on the count. He admits that Sewickley has lost population. “It’s pretty evi-
dent the population has changed. I don’t know how we can get a better account.”
Asked for reasons why the borough’s population has decreased, Stewart did not offer specifics: He did say that the drop in Western Pennsylvania as a whole shows a “population shift out of the region.”
Stewart says he does not feel Sewickley’* loss can be attributed to expansion of tax-exempt properties.
He did emphasize that the borough’s wage taxes are on the increase — and that’s a good sign, he feels, regardless of census’figures.
Census tallies for other Quaker Valley municipalities are as follows. Figures show 1980 and 1990 figures respectively and percent of change.
Aleppo: 1,134/1,235 '(A8.91%)
Bell Acres: 1,307/1,412 (18.03%)
Edgeworth: 1,738/1,646 (25.29%)
Glenfield: 246/197 (*19.92%)
Haysville: 117/100 (*14.53%)
Leet: 1,854/1,715 (*7.50%)
Leetsdale: 1,604/1,385 (*1,3.65%)
Osborne: 529/565 06.81%)
Sewickley Hgts: 899/1,064 (*18.35%)
Sewickley Hills: 419/613 (*46.30%)
No word yet on status of satellite dish ordinance
By Greg Hohman
Staff writer
The finer points of Sewickley’s proposed ordinance governing satellite dishes and other electronic devices are still being hammered out.
The borough’s planning commission, urged by Hugh McMaster III, president of council, appeared agreeable to a few alterations last week. But the changes won’t be inserted in time for the Sept. 17 meeting of council.
The ordinance as it stands is vulnerable, in McMaster’s view. Of most concern was the wording of a passage defining a front yard.
In tailoring specifications at their July meeting, planning-commission members chose to forbid satellite dishes in side and front yards. Back yards were ruled acceptable.
McMaster suggested rewor-
ding so that a person whose home sits in the rear of a lot (away from the street) cannot put up a dish behind the area customarily designated a front yard.
The minimum setback requirement for a front yard in an R-l district is 35 feet. “A good many” homes in R-l sit toward the back of their lots, according to McMaster. In R-2 and R-3, the distance is 25 feet.
Further adjustments were considered. The original plan called for screening — preferably evergreen — halfway up ground-mounted dishes and antennae visible from the street. The wish to require still higher screening was deemed too impractical.
McMaster, who admitted he isn’t an admirer of satellite dishes, nevertheless wanted to know why more limits were placed on them than on other accessory structures. “Other ---------------Cont’d on p.10

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