Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review back issues from June 2006:
Church celebrates 50th anniversary
Jun 01, 2006; ... The airport terminal that spawned the parish is gone, but St.Margaret Mary remains. St. Margaret Mary was founded June 8, 1956, after PittsburghCatholic Diocese Bishop John F. Dearden realized the opening ofGreater Pittsburgh International Airport three years earlier in Moonhad ...
Family Festival brings the arts to the children
Jun 01, 2006; ... During the next two and a half weeks, young visitors to the ThreeRivers Arts Festival will have their own place to go and enjoythemselves. This year's Family Festival -- which organizers call a festivalwithin a festival -- is the largest yet, organizers say, and featuresnumerous ...
Will's elitism
Jun 01, 2006 ... George Will's recent column attacks Attorney General AlbertoGonzales for his support of the Voting Rights Act and claims thatproviding language assistance to Native American, Asian-American andLatino voters creates a disincentive to learn English ("Why mustCongress turn 'citizenship' ...
The Kids list
Jun 01, 2006 ... Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania: Wednesday Walks, 9 a.m.Wed. Free. 614 Dorseyville Road, Fox Chapel. 412-963-6100. Barnes & Noble at The Waterfront: Story time, 11 a.m. Sat. Storytime, 11 a.m. Tues. 100 W. Bridge St., Homestead. 412-462-5743. Borders: Silly Saturday ...
North Young Achiever
Jun 01, 2006; ... Mike Dergance Jr. Residence: Ross Age: 18 Family: Parents, Lorraine and Michael Dergance; a sister, Lauren,21 School: He is a senior at North Hills Senior High School. Noteworthy: Dergance earned a life-saving award through the CivilAir Patrol, a search ...
Couple may sue over sewer problem
Jun 01, 2006; ... When Dave and Kathy Sullivan bought their house along Janie Drivein Baldwin Borough in five years ago, their dream home quickly turnedinto a nightmare. Just months after they moved in, a sewer line break dumped rawsewage into their neighbors' yards. The borough moved to fix ...
Belittling Big Transit
Jun 01, 2006 ... I can't tell you how happy I was to read Bill Steigerwald's columnconcerning the $2 million regional transportation study by theSouthwestern Pennsylvania Commission, Port Authority and HeinzFoundation ("Big Transit rides again," May 28 and TribLIVE.com). His analysis -- that ...
Briefs: Elementary students invited to summer program
Jun 01, 2006 ... The Wilkinsburg School District is enrolling a limited number ofelementary school students on a first-come, first-serve basis for the21st Century Wilkinsburg Elementary Community Learning Center summerprogram. The five-week program starts June 19, with classes running from12:30 ...
Raul Malo keeps up his love affair with songcraft
Jun 01, 2006; ... Raul Malo isn't your typical sex symbol. He's not going to walkinto a room and make hearts melt on his looks alone. But singing onstage -- as he will be Friday at the Three RiversArts Festival -- is a different matter. Women of all ages don't justlove the guy, they adore the ...
The friendly skies
Jun 01, 2006 ... "Wings of the World," the National Aviary's outdoor show featuringfree-flying birds, opens for the summer on Saturday. During the show,the birds -- including a West African Crowned Crane, a Tawny Eagleand a Eurasian Eagle Owl, trained by Natural Encounters Inc. inFlorida -- fly over ...
Boys band together for autism research
Jun 01, 2006; ... Combining musical talent with a knack for creating lyrics aboutthe trials and tribulations of being a pre-teen, JEZ -- a band ofrockers who still are in elementary school -- is selling compactdiscs of their songs to raise money for Autism Speaks, anorganization that funds research on the ...
Residents petition against Progressive
Jun 01, 2006; ... Forest Hills Council has received a petition with 800 signaturesof residents opposed to Progressive Auto Insurance Co.'s plan tobuild a $5 million service center on Digital Drive. Council is pondering whether to grant a conditional-use permit tothe facility, which residents have ...
Davis settling into Pittsburgh role
Jun 01, 2006; ... Sir Andrew Davis is back in town this week for the final set ofPittsburgh Symphony Mellon Grand Classics concerts, increasinglycomfortable in his role as artistic adviser. He's looking forward to working again with pianist Lang Lang,calling him "absolutely terrific," and ...
Soulive's work grows with members' tastes
Jun 01, 2006; ... Drummer Alan Evans says he and the other two members of Souliveare not afraid of changing the band's sound even if it is puzzling tosome. The Boston-based band started in 1999 with a distinctly retro-'60s sound featuring funky rhythms and the Hammond B-3 organ of NealEvans, the ...
North Police Blotter
Jun 01, 2006 ... Millvale • Dion Patrick Evans, 29, of Mt. Vernon Drive, Shaler, waiveda preliminary hearing May 25 before Shaler District Judge RobertDzvonick on charges of theft and receiving stolen property. Millvalepolice allege that Evans stole DVDs, video games and an Ipod personalmusic ...
Municipalities consider mutual aid pact
Jun 01, 2006; ... When Etna was swamped by flooding from the remnants of HurricaneIvan in 2004, Bradford Woods sent its only truck and an employee fora week to help clean up. But when Bradford Woods asked the federal government for $1,900 torecoup its costs, it was rejected because a mutual aid ...
Board looks for ways to pare tax hike
Jun 01, 2006; ... Plum School Board members have vowed to continue to find ways topare a 1.95-mill tax increase proposed in the preliminary budget forthe next school year. Competing interests are lobbying the board, some asking forreversal of a plan to eliminate 19 teaching positions and ...
Pianist Lang Lang looking nowhere but up
Jun 01, 2006; ... Rockets aspire to pianist Lang Lang's rate of ascent. In justseven years, he has attained the popularity it took legendarypianists of the past -- such as Vladimir Horowitz and ArthurRubinstein -- many decades to achieve. Although Lang's picture adorns the covers of the season ...
Gay marriage & TR
Jun 01, 2006; ... Teddy Roosevelt is everywhere. President Bush has been reading TRbiographies. Conservative pundits hail Roosevelt for his two-fisted"national greatness" conservatism in stark contrast to the limited-government ideas of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan. And now Republicans want a ...
Clothing drive organized for Darfur victims
Jun 01, 2006; ... Experiencing loss isn't necessarily a bad thing at North HillsSenior High School. German teacher Joseph Deible and two of his students, juniorsMolly Byrtus and Christina Straight, have started a project to helpthe people of the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan and are ...
Fire company gets needed pump truck
Jun 01, 2006; ... For nearly two years, members of the small Oakdale Hose Companyhave struggled over what to do with their damaged pump truck. The cost of a new truck, they were told, is between $300,000 to$450,000. Repairing the damaged electrical system would have cost$20,000. "We could ...
Most valuable player
Jun 01, 2006; ... One of the Pittsburgh Pirates' most valuable players -- and one ofthe team's most valuable photographers -- star in a new exhibit atthe Sen. John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center. The exhibit, "Roberto Clemente -- Photographs by Les Banos," opensSaturday and includes more ...
Installation projects have different takes on Downtown green spaces
Jun 01, 2006; ... They herald the coming of the Three Rivers Arts Festival likenothing else. They are the installation of those large-scale art projects thathave filled Point State Park, and sometimes places beyond, like lastyear's "River Eyelash" by Pennsylvania artist Stacy Levy. It reachedout ...
Charge 'minor' on Steelers' Holmes
Jun 01, 2006; ... As a talented wide receiver, Santonio Holmes knows the importanceof timing. But the Steelers' first-round draft pick found himself in thewrong place at the wrong time early Saturday morning in Miami Beach,Fla., during Urban Beach Week, a 17-block annual extravaganzacelebrating ...
Ross Elementary teacher up for state award
Jun 01, 2006; ... It's no surprise to Lauren Barry, 17, that her sixth-gradeteacher, Lois Rebich, is one of the 12 finalists in the PennsylvaniaTeacher of the Year program. "She deserves it. She's helped a lot of kids," said Barry, ajunior at North Hills Senior High School. "She puts her heart ...
Trust fund to benefit taxpayers
Jun 01, 2006; ... The main beneficiaries of a new public employee benefit trust fundshould be Monroeville's taxpayers, a municipal official said. Monroeville has $6 million to cover an estimated $28 million inmedical and life insurance benefits the municipality eventually willpay out during the ...
Fresh perspective rejuvenates Brooks & Dunn
Jun 01, 2006; ... Kix Brooks says it gets harder to be Brooks & Dunn with everyalbum. That simple realization cuts to the core in explaining what drivesBrooks and Ronnie Dunn to keep pushing on when they've accomplishedvirtually everything a country act could hope to achieve. This is, after ...
Betting against Big Oil
Jun 01, 2006; ... LOS ANGELES It is hard to find positive attributes in a proposition imposing anew tax on oil produced in California that will go before the state'svoters in November. Yet, Phil Angelides, his long political career atstake in next Tuesday's Democrat primary for governor, chose ...
Selling the Rock
Jun 01, 2006 ... I, too, am dismayed about the potential demise of the Rolling Rockbrewery in Latrobe. But in response to the letter by Bud Hundenski ("On the rocks,"May 30 and TribLIVE.com), who wrote that corporate greed was themotivation for Anheuser-Busch to acquire the Rolling Rock brand ...
The golden standard
Jun 01, 2006; ... Adelaide Ehrhardt says she reached 105 by eating her dessertsfirst. Nellie Green credits going to church every Sunday for why she'sstill kicking at 109. June Austin says he's lived 104 years by never smoking, drinkingalcohol or running around with women. They are ...
Man turns French-Indian war play into movie
Jun 01, 2006; ... The play about the French and Indian War was performed inPerryopolis, Fayette County, more than 30 years ago. Ron Potter, of Moon, kept the script, planning to film the playwhenever it was next performed. That never happened. Last year, the Moon man decided to begin filming the ...
Blowing $$$ in the wind
Jun 01, 2006 ... The Trib's article on the popularity of using wind farms togenerate electrical power ("Plugged in: Solar panels, windmillsoffset energy costs," May 25 and TribLIVE.com) left out importantinformation and was thus highly misleading. Readers should be reminded that spending $32,000 of ...
East Police Blotter
Jun 01, 2006 ... McKeesport • Scott S. Burich, 35, of Lincoln Way, McKeesport, waived hispreliminary hearing May 15 before the presiding McKeesport districtjudge on a charge of theft by deception. McKeesport police arrestedBurich April 1. • Dawn Marie Johnson, 24, of Packer Street, ...
Suspended student can return in September
Jun 01, 2006; ... The parents of a Dible Elementary School fifth-grader expelled forhaving a toy paintball gun in his backpack didn't get what theywanted from the Penn Hills School Board, but what they got was goodenough. The school board last week voted to modify its May 9 decision thatwould ...
Group wants to preserve historic farm
Jun 01, 2006; ... The Young Preservationists Association of Pittsburgh has planted aseed to help keep the 71-acre Denton Powell dairy farm on GoehringRoad in Cranberry from being plowed over by commercial andresidential development. The 135-year old historic family farm, which includes the ...
Charlie Hunter marches to the beat of a new drum
Jun 01, 2006; ... Guitarist Charlie Hunter promises his new band will have a "funky,low-fi kind of sound" when he brings it here Wednesday, but he isn'tsure of anything beyond that. "But that's half the fun," he says. Hunter, who has strong elements of blues, rock and jazz in hisguitar, is a ...
This is 'failure'?
Jun 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON "Why should we bother to reply to Kautsky?" Lenin asked. "He wouldreply to us, and we would have to reply to his reply. There is no endto that. It will be quite enough for us to announce that Kautsky is atraitor to the working class, and everyone will ...
Nursing home renovation to begin soon
Jun 01, 2006; ... Work on a $6 million renovation at Sunnyview Home in ButlerTownship is expected to begin in June. The project at the county-run nursing home will create a 20-private bed rehabilitation unit aimed at transient residents, aremodeled 36-bed Alzheimer's unit with a new elevator, ...
East Young Achiever
Jun 01, 2006; ... Colton Crevar Residence: Jefferson Hills Age: 16 School: Crevar is sophomore at Thomas Jefferson High School. Family: Parents, Diane and Dale Crevar; a brother Brandon, 19 Noteworthy: Crevar created a rest area with a picnic table andmulch and stepping ...
Ed Blank's DVD reviews
Jun 01, 2006; ... Tribune-Review film critic Ed Blank looks at a few recent popularand/or critically acclaimed films available on DVD: 'Bette Davis Collection (Volume 2)' No one doubted the star quality of Bette Davis (1908-89), nor hervast ability nor her willingness to subsume herself into ...
Bucs win third consecutive
Jun 01, 2006; ... In another man-bites-dog day at PNC Park, the Pirates won inconvincing fashion yet again, extending their winning streak to aseason-high three games Wednesday night with a 6-1 victory over theMilwaukee Brewers. Jose Castillo hit a home run for a fifth consecutive game, JasonBay ...
Barrier worries businesses
Jun 01, 2006; ... As Jerry Marchese sees it, small businesses such as his will getsmaller if a Jersey barrier is used along Route 22 in Murrysville. "If you've got a 4-foot wall, (motorists) can't see over here andit's a detriment to the businesses," Marchese said. That deeply concerns Marchese, ...
AL All-Star balloting through Tuesday
Jun 01, 2006 ... AL All-Star balloting Through Tuesday First Base 1. David Ortiz, Red Sox, 451,431 2. Jason Giambi, Yankees, 321,653 3. Paul Konerko, White Sox, 206,472 4. Travis Hafner, Indians, 154,878 5. Chris Shelton, Tigers, 153,197 Second ...
Briefs: Police dispatcher arrested on multiple child porn charges
Jun 01, 2006 ... An Edgeworth police dispatcher and former borough councilman inAmbridge, Beaver County, was arrested Wednesday on multiple childpornography and stalking charges, police said. Robert Panek, 40, was arrested by state troopers at his parents'Ambridge home and faces 50 counts of ...
Council sets new rules on use of 'slush' fund
Jun 01, 2006; ... City Council agreed to tweak its discretionary spending rulesWednesday, but refused to make wholesale changes some members say areneeded to eliminate unlimited access to taxpayer-fed slush funds. In a 6-3 preliminary vote, council approved a resolution thatwould require the council ...
Inmate in mix-up released from solitary
Jun 01, 2006; ... Westmoreland County Prison officials have released a Derry womanfrom solitary confinement, saying the incident that led to thediscipline was partly the jail's fault. Krista McManamy, 20, was given 90 days in solitary as punishmentfor what initially was treated as an escape from the ...
7-year-old injured after crossing road in front of car
Jun 01, 2006 ... A 7-year-old Uniontown girl was injured when she was struck by acar Wednesday night near her home. Uniontown police Det. Donald Gmitter said China Jones, of MurrayAvenue, was at a friend's house and was crossing the street to returnhome when she ran ...
It's mediation time in Hempfield
Jun 01, 2006; ... Contract negotiations between teachers and administrators in theHempfield Area School District will enter nonbinding mediation aftereight months of talks failed to produce an agreement. A state mediator has been assigned to work with both sides,according to Christopher Manlove, ...
Notebook: Steelers to receive rings Sunday
Jun 01, 2006; ... The Steelers will receive their Super Bowl rings at a banquetSunday at Heinz Field. Players such as Super Bowl MVP Hines Ward saidthe event will officially close the team's Super Bowl ride. "After that, it's all about next season," Ward said. "We startover from there. So, let's get ...
Pirates farm report
Jun 01, 2006 ... How the Pirates' farm teams fared in games played Wednesday: INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 30-21) had the day off. ALTOONA (Double-A, 33-20) lost, 12-4, at Akron (Indians). 2B CraigStansberry and RF Ray Sadler each hit solo home runs. Stansberry went2 for 3 with two runs scored. RHP ...
Route 30 restrictions begin in N. Huntingdon
Jun 01, 2006 ... Single-lane restrictions begin today on Route 30 in NorthHuntingdon Township between Clay Pike and Barnes Lake Road. The restrictions will include closing the westbound lanes andfunneling both eastbound and ...
Silence far from golden at Two Mellon Center
Jun 01, 2006; ... Paulo Costa doesn't want to move his tailor shop from its first-floor location in the Union Trust building, Downtown. Not only has the store been his livelihood for 15 years, Costasaid, the ornate building -- designed in Flemish Gothic style bynoted Pittsburgh architect F.J ....
Smooth going for Renew 22
Jun 01, 2006; ... The Penn View Summit Project on Route 22 in Indiana County mayfinish ahead of schedule. Meanwhile, in Derry Township, survey crews have been doingpreparatory work for the B08 portion of the Route 22 reconstructionproject. Signs at the scene call for the work to start ...
Police believe ATM heists linked
Jun 01, 2006; ... Police believe thieves who smashed through a glass front door at aSomerset County convenience store and yanked out an automated tellermachine Wednesday are the same burglars who hit three stores inWashington County and another in Westmoreland County during the lasttwo ...
Search unsuccessful
Jun 01, 2006; ... Rescue crews combed the Ohio River without success Wednesday for alocal restaurateur who fell from his boat after crossing a riverwake. Joe Costanzo, 38, of the Westwood neighborhood, tumbled out of his18-foot vessel Tuesday near the Emsworth Lock and Dam. Witnesses saidhe fell ...
Compliance and ethics programs crucial to investigators
Jun 01, 2006; ... Employees have a responsibility to their employer to come forwardand report wrongdoing, U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan saidWednesday. "They (employees) ought to want to do the right thing; they aren'tfoes of the company," Buchanan said, speaking at DuquesneUniversity's Ethics ...
Man pleads guilty in crash that killed unborn child
Jun 01, 2006 ... A Fayette County man pleaded guilty Wednesday to an involuntarymanslaughter charge related to an August head-on crash that killed aSmithfield woman's unborn child. Michael B. Diehl, 26, of 22 Broadway St., Point Marion, will spend1 to 2 years in prison, according to the negotiated ...
Notebook: Randa anticipating rehab assignment soon
Jun 01, 2006; ... Third baseman Joe Randa, whose last game was one month ago today,could be nearing a return to the field. Randa, on the disabled listwith a bone contusion in his right foot, thinks he could begin aninjury rehab assignment as early as this weekend. He has spent thepast two days taking ...
Sophomore attacker leads Central Catholic
Jun 01, 2006 ... Sophomore attackman Jimmy Murton scored the 11th goal for CentralCatholic after picking up a loose ball with 6:40 left in the fourthquarter of an 11-10 WPSLA Division 1 semifinal win over NorthAllegheny on Wednesday. Murton scored three goals and had two assistsin the game ....
Habitat for Humanity courts prisoners
Jun 01, 2006; ... Low-risk inmates at the Fayette County Prison might have thechance to complete a community-service requirement through Habitatfor Humanity. Representatives of the local Habitat affiliate asked county prisonboard members Wednesday to consider the nonprofit building program asa way ...
History lands on auction block
Jun 01, 2006; ... After years of collecting, an Upper St. Clair couple are sellingtheir nationally known collection of rare, historical documents. The collection, numbering about 800 pieces, includes the firstpublic printing of the U.S. Constitution and one of two known proofsof the wet-ink ...
Romping through retirement
Jun 01, 2006; ... The ringing cell phone has no prayer of stopping Johnny Majors. Hetalks over it the way he used to tear through defenses as a whiz-kidhalfback for the University of Tennessee. Nobody interrupts a Majors story except Majors himself, and hedoes it often, because, see, a story's no ...
Whistleblower claims PennDOT case on hold
Jun 01, 2006; ... August "Bill" Arnold is waiting for state Auditor General'sinvestigators to interview him and thinks the office is no longerinterested in investigating overbilling by consultants at PennDOT'sCollier office. Arnold, a former PennDOT construction manager who revealedoverbilling ...
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank marks silver anniversary
Jun 01, 2006; ... Georgiana Wilson said she would go to whatever lengths necessaryto feed her 11-year-old son, but, thanks to the Rainbow KitchenCommunity Services in Homestead, she doesn't have to. Wilson, 56, of Whitaker, is one of thousands of people in WesternPennsylvania who benefit from the ...
Pirates often snubbed in All-Star voting
Jun 01, 2006; ... As the Pirates have rediscovered this week, the gap that existsbetween large-market and small-market teams isn't just confined toteam payroll and club revenue. It's also evident at the ballot box. In All-Star voting released the past two days, the ballot weighedheavily in ...