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Vol. 7TNo. 37-
Wednesday, September 10,1980
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/artdals slash tires on QV buses
saker Valley School ^maintenance truck. All 'of ents got an unexpected- the damaged vehicles were a day of summer , parked in the lot between ition when vandals . Chuck Knox Stadium'and
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ponement .of the first , sf,school on Sept. 2..	...
le vandalism - also ed postponement of-the day- of class at St. les School; whose ents a.re transported on ker Valley buses, ickley ’ Academy' is also ed by Quaker Valley, is, but the first day •e proceeded •, as.
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ariley Kuny, Quaker ley School- District sportation supervisor,
- a district mechanic overed the vandalism n he reported for work :30 a.m„ the morning of .. 2, All Of the buses had i left in. good operating iition at 3 p,m. the -rom .urn.;1' dous.afterhpo.n,,^;,^ iscovery of the van-sm was reportedly too ;■
■for the district to hold ses with schedule ad-ments.
all, 30 tires on 15 buses e punctured,' as: was a it tire on a. district
area through, .the Graham er.tr	tn-rhH
the junior high school.
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school officials speculate' stadium, thdn climbed over that the vandals entered the'. the fence into ther pus
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ON ABOIJT HALF of the Valley- School District’s bus
fleet were slashed, forcing postponement of the first day of' classes on Sept. 2.,	.
parking area. That gatehad
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and early-morning joggers to.use the -stadium track. However, because uf the vandalisifi, district .superintendent Dr; * Leroy Kite said the gate will be closed each night at 8,p.m. and reopened in the ning by'a school custodian.
- District maintenance personnel and commercial tire repairmen replaced all Of the punctfired tires by 4-p.m. Sepf. 2 -so the .buses were ready roll as-scheduled on Wednesday. "
Kuny estimated costs of - the damage to be between $3-4,000, all covered by insurance with the ex:i ception of $750. The tires cost approximately $120 apiece.
“I was ready to cry^I was so depressed,” Kuny said about learning of the vandalism. “You work" all summer and spend about ; $15;OOQ; jto'get the Buses in shape, then this happens on the first day of school.”
, Dr; Kite said his feelings were a mixture of anger, disgust and frustration upon ■learning of the damage. “I told the faculty this is a
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Dr, Kite said the day will probably be handled as a
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Reward offered for dm culprits
'A $1,000 reward has been put up by the Quaker Valley School,.. District for information' leading to thearrestand,' , conviction of those .responsible for slashing 30- tires onr half of the .district’s bus fleet, Sept: 2-s: v\-
Anyone with such information is asked to contact the Sewickley Police of the Quaker Valley District Office..
X) run in first swickley race
ie First Annual 'ickley 10,000 Meter-e and Two Mile Run For on Saturday, Sept., 6 a htige success, hi all, 8 tiers'were crowned in 18 igories.. <
lere were six separate categories. for both e and female runners, overall , best male and ale,, and top finishers a Sewickley and the top runners in the two rriile n for fun”.
lie best run of the day . turned in by Jay O’Neil i a time of 32:30. Laura gnano was the top ale at 41:03.
l the men’s categories: 6-13 Jason Ebsworth, . >7; 14-17 Darren Jarvis, 56; 18-29 Barry Mit-neier, 33:42; - 30-39 red Mimsworth, 33:20;, 9 Robert Blassey, 37:46 i over.50 Regis,Costello, 48; Joe Berry of /ickley placed second in 14-17 group with 37:50. i the women’s egories: 6-13 Heidi Kopp, 55; 14-17 Mary. Mullen, 92; ‘ 18-29 Mary Bender, 10; 30-39 JordiRitZ 46:08; 19 Vicki Moyle, 47 :15 and sr 50 Dorothy Smith,
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he top Sewickley male sher for the entire day i Anthony Burry, 34:59 the top female from /ickley was Nan Boyd,
15.	In the two mile “run.
for fun”; Rick Matlick and Susan Morford were the victors.
MAKING STRIDES towards the finish line in -the first Sewickley 10,000 Meter Race is overall winner Jay O’Neil* O’Neil was one of over 600 runners .‘who participated in the 6,2 mile race and two-mile Run .For Fun., ... ,v*y#v**a
QUAKER VALLEY AMBULANCE paramedics accident on Ohio River Boulevard in Leetsdale on attend to one of three motorists injured in a three-car Sept. 2.
(Photo by DRW News Service)
Three motorists hurt in Leetsdale accident
Three motorists were injured when their cars collided on a rain-slicked stretch of Ohio River Boulevard in Leetsdale, the afternoon of Sept. 2, Injured were Bruce
Geisler, 20, Keiners Lane, Pittsburgh; Barry Spencer, 40, 1630 Alverado St., Pittsburgh, and Charlotte Belcher, 52, of Cleveland Avenue, Hopewell Township. All three were treated
at Sewickley Valley Hospital.
According to Leetsdale Police, Geisler’s car struck the rear of Spencer’s car, pushing the Spencer car into the path of Ms Belcher’s
car, traveling in the op-, posite direction.
Police said Geisler had his vision obstructed when a passing car Sprayed his windshield with water.