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Gypsy moths fly In face of local opposition
Defense experts implement battle plan
By Greg Hohman
State and' local officals have declared war on gypsy moths; Yet, the elusiyeness of the target has made the choice of weapons a difficult one.
“It’s like fighting little forest fires,” laments Ed Schroth, president of Little Sewickley Creek Watershed Association. Last week, Schroth and members of the Up the Creek Gang, a group of Schroth’s students at Quaker Valley High School, set up eight gypsy-mpSj traps in parts of Sewickley Heights, Edgeworth and Leetsdale.
Schroth is working lopally to implement the state’s integrated Pest Management program (IPM).
Gypsy moths can survive all weathers, but they have moi;e than one weakness in their defense, one being lack of camouflage. -Three: infestations have been identified in Sewickley Heights, accorduig to G. Robert Surls, Heights borough manager. - They are located on ScaiJe; BMckburn' and Oak Knoll roads. Allegheny Countylists' four locations, iaiesays- -	--
The accompanymg photographs show the pest in its pupa stage. One mature caiterpillar can con-
sume several leaves per day.
“We can do very little now,” explains N. Grainger Browne, Osborne’s gypsy moth coordinator. “Either let them eat or spray.".
Browne, working with other coordinators from area communities on county defense strategms, already has been through'one gypsy-moth infestation. He says he doesn’t want to see the same thing happen again: Browne had oaks on his property in Connecticutthat were relatively young, 30-50 years old. But g^Sy moths destroyed them in a single season (1979).	,
- “Gypsy moths completely defoliated our four acres,”' Browne recalls.. '
However; spraying isn’t ttie only weapon in the anti-gypsy moth arsenal, say others.
A 600-acre tract being monitored by theiPM people near . Camp Meeting Road was sprayed both this spring and last. But Schroth says the program’s purpose is hot tp.spray,.“When it was set up* (local IPlil-designated site),” he explains,. ‘‘it; was
hotspots.’
. Biological methods also are be-———	eoht’d	on p. 2
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QV SGhool Poard puts senior prom on new footing
By Greg Hohman
- There are only so many hours in the day and days in a weekend.
Rather than attempt to juggle the senior prom and the annual track meet on a single weekend. Memorial Day weekend to boot, Quaker Valley School Board voted last week to divide the spoils by shifting the date of the senior prom.
The 1989-90 calendar called for a May 25 senior prom date, a Friday. Next year’s Memorial Dayjalls on Monday, June 28.
The school board voted to move up the date of the prom from May 25 to Friday, May 4.
Board members and parents had expressed misgiving about the clash of activities when the calendar was made public during the May board meeting.
The board’? most pressing concern was holiday traffic. Board member Joyce Cortese said the number of prom activities was “escalating”. Memorial Day, with the general public likevidse on the go, would not be ’safe date for the event, Mrs. Cortese continued.
Board member Genevia Mozolak expressed similar concerns over the proposed change.
Superintendent Dr. Leroy Kite explained -last month that the proposed move wasi presented to the board only after a meeting was held to discuss the matter. He said administration, parenfe and students gave ten-
tative approval at the time.
Although the shift to May 4 has resolved the clash wi& Memorial Day, pai’ents who have, children in both the junior and senior highs won’t be entirely satisfied. The new prom date clahes with the junior high school’s trip to Washington D.C.
Driver's ed
QV students preparing themselves for the challenges of Pittsburgh’s streets and potholes will no longer take the wheel beside driving instructor employed by the district.
D.L:A. Inc., known as Kaufmann’s Driver Training, will provide behind-the-wheel training next year. The cost will be $132 per student for six hours of training.	‘ .
The deal was approved unanimously by the board.
School officials say there will be no negative effect on the program and that the new one will save $25-30,000. Four companies were interviewed and other school districts checked,
, Kite reported.
“It*s more flexible,” said Dr. George Appel, assistant superintendent. “They are available when the students are.” He stressed how the district also will save money, because it won’t need to pay for a car, insurance or upkeep.
In-class lectures will be given as before by district teachers. The position once filled by^ newly retired driving uistructor John Raso
wiU be discontinued. Raso, who provided in-class and . on-the-road instruction, was employed by the district for 26 years.
New faces -
After nearly two years without a full-time leader, the QV band is now in full swing.
The new band director is Todd Fox, 26, who held the same post at Brook High School in Wellsburg, W.Va., for the past five years. Fox is an Erie native.	'
The director’s podium has been filled by substitutes since 1987, when former band leader Michael Panza became high school vice principal.
Fox’s salary will be $24,116
David Noyes of Sewickley was hired to replace Martha Ridgway, who retired in May as physical education teacher at Osborne School. Noyes currently works as youlh director for Sewickley Valley YMCA,
Other business
• The library is looking for funds for an air-conditioning system.
•Repair and maintenance work at all four school liuilding is under way. Safety padding has been installed around the play equipment at Edgeworth Elementary. It is designed for equipment 8 feet high. The existing equipment is lower than 8 feet.
Sewickley trees: something to savor
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Men's softball; three-game wrap-up
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Ambridge 'miracle' diocese issues report
Village voices: abortion decision
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