Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review back issues from August 2007:
Stolen pickup stolen again -- from police
Aug 01, 2007; ... Someone stole a pickup truck from a building used by thePittsburgh police unit that investigates vehicle thefts. Whoever stole the 1991 GMC Sierra from the auto squad's garageused another vehicle to crash through the door of the Strip Districtbuilding, where vehicles are processed ...
Steelers tickets available through exchange
Aug 01, 2007 ... Steelers season ticket holders are now able to forward or selltickets through the team to games they can't attend. The Steelers TicketExchange service also will give fans anopportunity to buy tickets to games. Steelers TicketExchange is ...
Young coach leads Duquesne women's soccer
Aug 01, 2007; ... Duquesne University has turned to youthful Tim Zundel to lead itswomen's soccer team. Next up for the 29-year-old is his honeymoon this weekend, whichcontinues a hectic run that began Friday, when Zundel was namedinterim women's soccer coach of the Dukes. On Saturday, he was ...
Street Jam celebrates Bessemer's 5th
Aug 01, 2007; ... On Friday night, Station Square will host a special Station SquareStreet Jam to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Bessemer Court. Seven live bands will perform, starting at 5 p.m., on two stagesduring the free event. On the outdoor state on Station Square Drive, the band ...
Summer thirst quenchers
Aug 01, 2007; ... Got plenty of ice? Summer is all about cool drinks, but water is too plain Jane whenyou could have blueberry-flavored iced tea instead. Or premium whiskey sweetened with a fresh rosemary simple syrupinfusion. Or a decadent chocolate ice cream milkshake with an ...
City Theatre presents 'The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?'
Aug 01, 2007 ... Cultural events in the city today include: * City Theatre presents "The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?" at 8p.m. Performances continue through Aug. 25 at City Theatre, 1300Bingham St., South Side. $35-$45 ....
Equitable could bolt to Butler County
Aug 01, 2007; ... Two years after moving into its $35 million headquarters on theNorth Shore, Equitable Resources Inc. might move to Butler County. The company says the headquarters on North Shore Drive will not bebig enough if it completes a deal to acquire Dominion Peoples Gas.About 400 people ...
Monroeville swim club fined for health violations
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Allegheny County Health Department has fined the GatewayHeights Swim Club on Ramsey Road, Monroeville, $1,760 for failing tokeep its main and wading pools properly chlorinated and for failingto have a registered pool manager, a agency spokesman said. Guillermo Cole said the ...
Pa. gambling chairman expected to resign
Aug 01, 2007; ... The state's top gambling regulator plans to announce today thathe's stepping down, officials said Tuesday. State Gaming Control Board Chairman Tad Decker called boardmembers in recent days to let them know he would not seek a secondterm, said member Sanford Rivers, of Churchill ....
3 arrested, 4th sought in attack on Pittsburgh official's niece
Aug 01, 2007; ... Pittsburgh police are seeking a fourth suspect in the beating androbbery of a city councilwoman's relative. Tashayla Payne, niece of Councilwoman Tonya Payne, was beaten androbbed by a group of four female teens June 23 after a verbalaltercation on a Port Authority of Allegheny ...
Pitt safety Fields suspended for season
Aug 01, 2007; ... After showing flashes of potential stardom in the secondary thispast spring, Pitt sophomore safety Elijah Fields will instead beconfined to the sidelines this season. Fields has been suspended for the football season for violatingteam policy, Panthers coach Dave Wannstedt announced ...
'Little Prince' entertains kids, has adult message
Aug 01, 2007; ... "The Little Prince," the last production of the season at JohnnyAppleseed Children's Theater at Apple Hill Playhouse, isn'tnecessarily for all kids -- especially young ones and those lackingstrong parental support. It hardly can be considered typical summer theater fare. Or, ...
Court discards suit disputing state bonuses
Aug 01, 2007; ... HARRISBURG -- Commonwealth Court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuitfiled by Harrisburg activist Gene Stilp that claimed $3.65 million instaff bonuses given by state legislative leaders during the 2005-06session were illegal. Stilp said he "definitely" plans to appeal the ruling to the ...
Steelers' Parker takes mystery break
Aug 01, 2007; ... The Steelers and Willie Parker weren't exactly forthcoming aboutwhy the Pro Bowl running back didn't practice Tuesday afternoon.Parker said, "Sometimes you need to take a break," but he added thathe won't practice again today. When asked if he had hurt his knee, hereferred reporters to ...
Pirates acquire pitcher Morris from Giants
Aug 01, 2007; ... The Pirates made another trade deadline deal involving a high-priced veteran for a cheaper prospect. But this time they weren't on the business end of a salary dump. The Pirates carried out the rare trade deadline move of taking ona costly veteran when they acquired pitcher ...
Book sheds light on southern Portugal's wine industry
Aug 01, 2007; ... In southern Portugal's Alentejo region, the starkly beautifullandscape of cork trees, gnarly grape vines, silvery olive groves,and sleepy, sun-baked villages provides the canvas for British authorMonica Ali's supremely entertaining novel "Alentejo Blue" (Scribner,2006). Vividly ...
Munhall artist known for Steelers-related paintings, gets presidential commission
Aug 01, 2007; ... It's not easy making a living as an artist, even in a relativelyinexpensive place like Pittsburgh. But South Side-based artist Johno Prascak simply does it by thenumbers -- like 12, 36 and 88, the jersey digits of the Pittsburghsporting legends covering the walls of his South Side ...
Plan for college costs
Aug 01, 2007 ... Regarding the July 25 article "Degree of Debt: Pa. ranks 5th inhighest tuition for public colleges," I must disagree with theimplication that rising school costs are to blame for increasedstudent debt. Instead, I question the responsibility of students inplanning for higher ...
Pa. cyber schools balk at flat-rate tuition
Aug 01, 2007; ... Pennsylvania Education Secretary Gerald L. Zahorchak is proposinga single tuition rate for the state's 11 cyber charter schools thatwould save taxpayers more than $25 million. Cyber school operators say the move, which would pay each school$5,800 per student, would put them out of ...
Steelers trainers stress hydration to beat the heat
Aug 01, 2007; ... Position battles won't begin sorting themselves out until theSteelers start playing exhibition games. That means the battle coach Mike Tomlin will perhaps monitorclosest this week -- until the team's first preseason game Sunday --is one that is familiar and constant at training ...
Crews go over cliff in Etna to fix water line break
Aug 01, 2007 ... Contractors had to rappel down a cliff over Pine Creek in Etna onTuesday to repair a water main break. A 6-inch crack was discovered in the 12-inch borough-owned lineseveral hundred feet over the creek and off Maplewood Street, boroughManager ...
W&J picked to repeat in PAC
Aug 01, 2007; ... Seated at a table adjacent to the podium, Bob Colbert, his armsfolded and his legs crossed, witnessed a clear view of his youngerbrother, Kevin, the personable director of football operations forthe Steelers. During a brief address Tuesday to the sizeable contingentattending the ...
The SWFs are coming!
Aug 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON -- The Iraq war has probably killed the idea of usingU.S. troops to intervene in the name of Mr. Bush's "world democraticrevolution." The Middle American revolt that killed amnesty for the12 million illegal aliens has buried the idea of open-bordersimmigration. Come ...
URA's general counsel tapped as acting director
Aug 01, 2007; ... Donald Kortlandt will serve as the Urban Redevelopment Authority'sacting executive director in place of outgoing chief Jerry Dettore,the URA announced Tuesday. Kortlandt, 55, of Mt. Washington, has worked as the URA's generalcounsel since January 2006. The URA's five-member board ...
Union Switch & Signal CEO Kenneth Burk resigns
Aug 01, 2007 ... Union Switch & Signal Co. in South Oakland is searching for a newleader in the wake of Tuesday's resignation of Kenneth R. Burk aspresident and chief executive. The company would say only that Burk"will be pursuing opportunities in the engineering and constructionindustry." Burk had ...
Peach crisp makes use of summer flavors
Aug 01, 2007; ... Summer desserts are meant to celebrate the season. Fruit pies,cobblers, buckles and crisps are made from the glorious sweet fruitsof summer. These casual, yet intensely satisfying, fruit dessertsdepend upon the best seasonal fruits, usually topped with a cake,streusel or ...
The Hazleton ruling: When illegals flood a city
Aug 01, 2007; ... A telling irony shines through last week's ruling by a federaljudge that found only Congress can set immigration law. The judgeknew full well that half the plaintiffs in the case were in theUnited States illegally. But he let them challenge a city ordinanceon immigration anyway -- and ...
Steelers' Reed makes pressure kick
Aug 01, 2007; ... Jeff Reed proved he could keep a secret and make a money kickTuesday afternoon, connecting from 42 yards out and earning histeammates an early exit from practice. Head coach Mike Tomlin had informed Reed on Monday night of hisplan to attempt a make-it-or-keep-practicing field ...
Workshops to aid Allegheny County job hunters
Aug 01, 2007 ... Eleven community workshops are planned in Allegheny County to helppeople pursue job opportunities in industries such as construction,trades, health care, information technology, manufacturing andhospitality. The first one-hour workshop will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.today at ...
Prosser was pure Pittsburgh
Aug 01, 2007; ... The way Dr. Robert Cross remembers it - and how could he forget? -he and his fellow fifth-graders were invited to stay after school onOct. 13, 1960, on the chance they would witness history. Or at least hear it. Breathlessly, they gathered around a radio and listened to ...
Bengals look to rebound from mediocre season
Aug 01, 2007; ... A closer look at the 2007 Bengals: Head coach Marvin Lewis, 48, is 35-29 in his first four seasons and has thesecond-best regular-season winning percentage (.547) in franchisehistory. He's also the only Bengals head coach to never have a losingseason. However, he's only had ...
Religious supremacy
Aug 01, 2007; ... After 2,000 years of scientific advances, the recent RomanCatholic pope's endorsed return to masses spoken in Latin symbolizesa resistance to the adoption of enlightened human progress, such asfostering stem-cell research. Remember St. Paul's words: "When I was a child I spoke as a ...
Downtown business wins $85M in lawsuit
Aug 01, 2007; ... The world of online bond auctions once again can call Pittsburghhome after a federal judge on Tuesday doubled penalties against aWall Street company to nearly $85 million and ordered it to stopinfringing on the software patent rights of a Downtown firm. The Grant Street Group, a ...
2 residents foil robbery of pizza deliveryman in Highland Park
Aug 01, 2007 ... City police are crediting two Highland Park residents withthwarting the robbery of a pizza delivery driver. The residents -- who were not identified by officers -- spottedthree male teenagers between the ages of 14 and 16 lying on theirstomachs Monday evening in the driveway of a ...
State Rep. Preston charged with simple assault in Pittsburgh
Aug 01, 2007; ... State Rep. Joseph Preston Jr. was released on his own recognizanceafter being charged with simple assault this week, Pittsburgh policesaid. Preston, 60, a Democrat who chairs the city's Water and SewerAuthority board, is accused of assaulting his girlfriend in his EastLiberty ...
Valley Players hope audience has appetite for 'Little Shop'
Aug 01, 2007; ... In the language of flowers, forget-me-nots speak of true love,yellow roses translate to friendship, and daisies mean innocence. Butwhen a blood-sucking, flesh-eating plant called Audrey II says "Feedme," its message is loud and clear. The Valley Players of Ligonier will cultivate a ...
Roasted wild salmon shows off flavorful fish
Aug 01, 2007; ... Roasted wild salmon with a hint of curry shows off this flavorfulfish, which is only available fresh from mid-May until mid-September. King Salmon (also called Chinook), coho and sockeye aresome of the varieties to look for. Farmed salmon can also be used in this recipe. A ...
PSU's Paterno likes press box view
Aug 01, 2007; ... CHICAGO - Joe Paterno raised eyebrows Tuesday at the Big Ten'sfootball media days when he extolled the virtues of coaching -- fromthe press box. "I'm not so sure that's not the better way to do it," saidPaterno, who got the chance to try it during last year's regular-season ...
Pa. court blocks company's high-fee loans
Aug 01, 2007; ... Advance America's 101 storefront loan centers in Pennsylvania nolonger can offer the company's high-fee Choice Line of Creditproduct, under a Commonwealth Court ruling Tuesday. The decision could affect tens of thousands of customers whoborrowed small amounts from the Spartanburg, ...
Presidential candidate Paul to speak at Marshall rally
Aug 01, 2007 ... Ron Paul, a Green Tree native seeking the Republican nominationfor president, will speak at a public rally at 8 p.m. Friday at theFour Points by Sheraton Pittsburgh North, 910 Sheraton Drive,Marshall. Paul, a congressman representing Texas' Gulf Coast, is a graduateof the former ...
Pittsburgh clears officer of intimidation charges
Aug 01, 2007; ... A Pittsburgh police officer has been cleared of intimidationcharges stemming from a traffic stop in Shadyside last year. The city's Office of Municipal Investigations -- which looks intoclaims of wrongdoing by all city employees -- found no evidence tosubstantiate the charges ...
Street-cleaning in Philly
Aug 01, 2007; ... More than 15 years after long-struggling Philadelphia electedsometime reformer Ed Rendell mayor, the City of Brotherly Love hasmore murders per year than New York City, with just one-sixth thepopulation. But now it looks as if Philly may at last be ready to embracechange ....
Big Ten expansion not a priority
Aug 01, 2007; ... CHICAGO - Big Ten conference commissioner Jim Delany characterizedthe topic of expansion as "not a front-burner issue" on Tuesday atthe preseason media days. It had been reported recently that Delany had discussed expansionin a newspaper interview, and a story stemming from report ...
Cookies bear similarity to Archways
Aug 01, 2007; ... Archway Chocolate Cake Cookies For Janice Tokarsky of Lowber, Westmoreland County, from CarolRichardson, who sends a recipe from a cookbook by Meta Given. Forhealth reasons, Richardson has changed the recipe over the years tosuit her family's likes. Instead of using unsweet ...
Grocery to open Downtown
Aug 01, 2007; ... Downtown's new grocery store, Vidalia Fine Foods Market, isexpected to open on the ground floor of the Encore on 7th Streetapartment building at Seventh Street and Fort Duquesne Boulevard inOctober. Fresh and frozen seafood from Robert Wholey Co. in the StripDistrict, locally ...
Trib 30 dips 3.3 percent in July
Aug 01, 2007; ... Just as July sent folks to amusement parks, the month sent theTrib 30 on a roller coaster ride. A dizzying 12 local stocks shot up to 52-week highs during themonth. Four others plunged to new lows. By the end of tradingTuesday, the index of local stocks had fallen 3.3 percent for ...
Dynamite was for tree stumps, Brookline driver says
Aug 01, 2007; ... A man caught driving with explosives in his car told Mt. Lebanonpolice he got the devices from a friend and was using them to blow uptree stumps, investigators said Tuesday. "The devices appear to be homemade," said Mt. Lebanon police Lt.Ken Truver. "They certainly could be ...
Ganging up on Ralph Nader
Aug 01, 2007 ... In the July 15 editorial "Pay up, Mr. Nader," the Trib accusesRalph Nader of fraud, deceit and lacking principle. Nader's audacity -- how dare he challenge an order to pay $81,102.19 to Reed Smith, thelaw firm that sued to remove his name from Pennsylvania's 2004presidential ballot -- ...
QB Palmer declares Bengals the best
Aug 01, 2007; ... GEORGETOWN, Ky. - The pain gnawed away at Cincinnati Bengalsquarterback Carson Palmer throughout the offseason. No, not his surgically repaired left knee damaged on a hit byformer Steelers defensive lineman Kimo von Oelhoffen in the 2006 AFCWild Card playoff game. Palmer's ...
Greater Erie YMCA members lose free swimming lessons
Aug 01, 2007 ... The YMCA of Greater Erie no longer will offer free swimminglessons to members starting this fall, and officials blamed thedecision on the new minimum wage and higher energy costs. Members still will be able to use the YMCA's pool for free, butindividuals will pay $20 per session ...
Detractors were once I-80 toll backers
Aug 01, 2007; ... HARRISBURG -- Two Pennsylvania congressmen trying to block thestate's attempt to toll Interstate 80 voted for federal legislationin 1998 that authorized pilot programs to toll interstate highways --and specifically referenced I-80 as a potential project. Republican U.S. Reps. John ...
Paulino's gaffes costs Pirates
Aug 01, 2007; ... Manager Jim Tracy isn't sure how many throws to home Piratescatchers have dropped this season. "It's a bunch," he said. Ronny Paulino added to the total - whatever it might be - and thereeling Pirates fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-4, on Tuesdaynight. The Pirates ...
It's about the corn
Aug 01, 2007 ... Consumers are getting a raw deal to be certain, but ethanol is notthe root cause ("The ethanol ruse: Corny energy," July 30). Ournation's growing demand for gasoline is going unmet by the nation'spetrochemical complex. While our nation's oil refiners continue to struggle with ...
Briefs: Health-conscious dairy drinkers have milk version
Aug 01, 2007 ... UltraPure milk makes local debut Health-conscious dairy drinkers in Pittsburgh can now have themilk version of bottled spring water. UltraPure milk, which debuted last week at more than 100 GiantEagle stores in the tri-state area, is further clarified beyondconventional and ...
Newsmaker: Alex Kindler
Aug 01, 2007; ... Residence: Mt. Lebanon Age: 53 Family: Wife, Debbie; sons, Elliot, 18, and Kevin, 16; daughter,Natalie, 13. Education: Bachelor's degree in economics from Knox College,Galesburg, Ill., master's degree in business administration from theUniversity of ...
Fox Chapel residents told to watch for van in probe of thefts
Aug 01, 2007 ... Fox Chapel police are asking residents to be on the lookout for awhite panel van that might be involved in a series of daylight homeburglaries in the borough. "We're asking residents to be extremely diligent, and if they seea vehicle matching this description, that of a white work ...
Like father, WWII seaman from West View wanted to serve
Aug 01, 2007; ... Like their father who volunteered to fight for his newly adoptedcountry during World War I, Bob Klimko and his five brothers reportedfor duty during the next great war. Robert M. Klimko, of West View, a retired career Duquesne LightCo. employee, died Monday, July 30, 2007, at the ...
Bicyclist suspected in IUP campus damage
Aug 01, 2007 ... Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus police are searching fora bicyclist who may be responsible for causing as much as $5,000 indamage to concrete decorations outside a student housing unit underconstruction. According to police, nine decorative concrete blocks set along ...
Guilty plea entered in antiques dealer killing in Washington County
Aug 01, 2007 ... An Allegheny County man will serve 17 1/2 to 35 years in prisonfor murdering an antiques dealer in November in his home in New Eaglein Washington County. Orville L. Trail, 39, of Elizabeth, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder Monday, when his trial was scheduled to ...
Elizabeth Twp. teen's fate may hang on '89 ruling in abuse case
Aug 01, 2007; ... The fate of an Elizabeth Township girl accused of fatally shootingher father, claiming he sexually abused her, could hinge on a 1989ruling by the state Supreme Court. Prosecutors and the defense attorney for Rachel Booth, 13, saythey are examining the court's ruling, which involved ...
Ex-restaurateur might be force-fed more prison time
Aug 01, 2007; ... The former owner of a popular McKees Rocks eatery might get asecond serving of jail time for stiffing the Internal Revenue Serviceon a tax tab in excess of $400,000. Joseph Costanzo Jr., 53, who sold The Primadonna Restaurant fiveyears ago after learning he was under federal ...
Celtics complete trade for Garnett
Aug 01, 2007 ... All-Star Kevin Garnett was traded from the Minnesota Timberwolvesto Boston on Tuesday for five players and two draft picks, a dealthat transforms the Celtics into an instant contender. The Celtics -- who have 16 championships but none in more thantwo decades -- obtained the former ...
LifeFlight chopper to base in Canonsburg
Aug 01, 2007; ... The LifeFlight emergency medical helicopter based at AlleghenyGeneral Hospital will move to Canonsburg General Hospital by the endof August, officials announced Tuesday. The move from the North Side mirrors several others made in thepast year to improve services at Canonsburg ...
Districts file suit challenging Duquesne plan
Aug 01, 2007; ... As the last families trickled into the former Duquesne High Schoolon Tuesday to pick their children's new schools, the districts thatpromised to welcome those students filed a lawsuit challenging thetransfer. The West Mifflin Area and East Allegheny school districts ...
Westmoreland County bridge closing today for improvement project
Aug 01, 2007 ... The bridge that carries Saltsburg Road over Beaver Run Reservoirin Bell will be closed to traffic beginning today, the state said. According to PennDOT District 12, the closure is part of the$827,090 project that will include the rehabilitation of the single-span bridge with a deck ...