Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review back issues from January 2009:
Young Achiever: Ling-Ling Lee
Jan 01, 2009; ... Ling-Ling Lee Age: 17 Residence: Moon Family: Mother, Bih-Shiuan; father, Bin; brother Ji, 22. School: Moon Area High School, 12th grade Activities/interests: Captain of the girls' swim team at MoonArea High, where she has earned three varsity letters; ...
Plum in-school store keeps yearbook cost down
Jan 01, 2009; ... When Plum High School students leave their gym clothes at home,they don't have to panic. The Mustang Store, on the lower level of the high school, has gymuniforms. The store, which looks just like any storefront in a mall, ispacked with school supplies, though most students ...
'Fences' continues museum's look at community
Jan 01, 2009; ... Conceptualization usually is a solitary activity, but BenSchachter's new exhibit about community that he calls "Fences" willbe defined substantially by visitors to the show. Schachter's project is "one of three exhibitions in a series,'Love/Fences/Nests,' which sounds kind of ...
Gemini Theater steps back to Middle Ages
Jan 01, 2009; ... A children's play opening this weekend will bring a familiarstory from Arthurian legends to life onstage, and let kids in theaudience become part of the action. "Sword in the Stone," a Gemini Theater production that opensSaturday and plays for a month on weekends, tells the story ...
Seinfeld keeps going to stay at top of his game
Jan 01, 2009; ... In the 10 years since "Seinfeld" went off the air, its star couldhave retired to a world of private jets and island real estate. Yet, Jerry Seinfeld continues to tour. He performs two showsSaturday at the Benedum Center. These appearances aren't the act of a slumming ...
KEYS unlocks potential for neglected Braddock homes
Jan 01, 2009; ... Braddock Mayor John Fetterman knew the routine: Without occupantsand care, it was only a matter of time before the three WashingtonAvenue homes went from barren to blighted. "We have so many homes -- literally over 200 homes -- that areabandoned and slated for demolition, and ...
Sebak continues drawing viewers into story of Pittsburgh
Jan 01, 2009; ... With a voice as familiar to Pittsburghers as the clickety-clackof Kennywood's Jack Rabbit roller coaster, Rick Sebak has documentedthe region's unique history for 21 years. But before that, when Sebak first left his hometown of BethelPark, he had few intentions of ever coming ...
Municipal managers juggle mammoth workload
Jan 01, 2009; ... Richard Charnovich survived budget season in Robinson, not thatone can tell from the appearance of his office. Paperwork is stacked on the township manager's desk, littered onshelves and piled on the floor behind his chair. "It looks like a tornado in Kansas," said Charnovich, ...
Pitcairn youth to become part of political process
Jan 01, 2009; ... Pitcairn may get another council member, though not an electedone. Council is considering seeking out a high school studentinterested in serving as a junior member. The idea: to help council better connect with area youth and getfeedback on how best to serve the town, ...
Personality test: Pianist Tom Glovier
Jan 01, 2009 ... Pianist Tom Glovier has a history of not letting things getboring. The Observatory Hill resident has a bachelor's in classical pianoperformance from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, but topped thatof with a jazz piano master's from Florida State University. In a similar ...
Uncle takes nephew's vacated Sharpsburg council seat
Jan 01, 2009; ... Maybe it will become a Sacco family tradition to serve onSharpsburg borough council. Anthony Sacco Sr., 65, has been appointed to fill the seatvacated by his nephew, Vince Sacco, who resigned because he movedout of the borough. Sacco's term will end on Dec. 31, ...
Sewickley Council overcomes Duquesne Light line concerns
Jan 01, 2009; ... Sewickley council members have approved Duquesne Light's right-of-way access for a high-voltage power line connecting thesubstation near Riverfront Park to an access point across the OhioRiver in Moon. The line will cross the river twice at 195 feet in the air. Itwill connect to ...
Bellevue sets five-year plan into motion
Jan 01, 2009; ... The sign along Route 65 boasts Bellevue as a place to live,worship and shop. Within five years, officials are determined tomake the tiny borough live up to the sign. Borough officials met with residents last month to devise a five-year plan. Public safety, the business district and ...
Concession stand mess in Monroeville prompts contracts
Jan 01, 2009; ... After years of relying on verbal agreements with youth sportsprograms that use its facilities, Monroeville is taking steps toprotect the millions of dollars taxpayers have invested in a newcommunity park. Parks and Recreation Director John Balicki said he has advocatedwritten ...
New grading scale affects honors, advanced students in Baldwin
Jan 01, 2009; ... Honors and Advanced Placement students at Baldwin High Schoolwill notice more changes to the new grading scale for this schoolyear. The weight of grades will return from a 4.5 to a 5.0 scale, as itwas in previous years, and quality-point average, not percentages,will determine ...
Hot picks: MessFest, Icycle Bicycle, Kagero
Jan 01, 2009 ... Kids: A messy New Year to you The Carnegie Science Center in the North Side will kick off 2009today with the messiest, sloppiest and grossest activities for a NewYear's Day celebration. MessFest 2009, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,features hands-on activities for visitors, including ...
Westmoreland open records responses list
Jan 01, 2009 ... The list includes all 65 municipalities in Westmoreland Countycontacted by the Tribune-Review to determine whether they haveappointed an open records officer as required by state law. Itincludes the officers' names and phone numbers as well asmunicipalities that have not appointed an ...
Hampton life skills students bond in special 'supper club'
Jan 01, 2009; ... The connections made between students and teachers in HamptonHigh School's life skills classes last long after graduation. Each month, alumni from the classes for students with specialneeds meet in a North Hills restaurant to laugh, joke, eat and catchup on one another's ...
Swissvale youth 2nd generation to witness historic inauguration
Jan 01, 2009; ... Birl McCord was a teenager when he trekked from Pittsburgh toWashington to see the inauguration of President Lyndon B. Johnson in1965. President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated 14 monthsearlier, but though JFK's memory lingered, the mood in the capitalthat January ...
Cinematic hockey legend from Peters recalls 'Slap Shot'
Jan 01, 2009; ... Working behind the scenes at Robert Morris University's IslandSports Center is a cinematic hockey legend. Dave Hanson, 54, a mild-mannered father of three, makes his homein Peters. Since RMU's ice skating, softball and golf facilityopened on Neville Island a decade ago, he has ...
Health care ruin
Jan 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON Health care, says the man most concerned with that 17 percent ofAmerica's economy, can be "a nation-ruining issue." As MichaelLeavitt ends four years as secretary of Health and Human Services,he offers this attention-arresting arithmetic: Absent fundamentalreforms, ...
Investing in global warming
Jan 01, 2009 ... Let me state at the outset that I believe in global warming andthat man is a major contributing factor. Certainly, the weather changes and disasters over the past decadewould indicate a reason to be concerned. Yet, the right-wing,conservative talking heads continue to try to ...
Ticket with J
Jan 01, 2009; ... The Trib's JoAnne Harrop tells ...
Upper St. Clair businessman excelled at Rotary fundraising
Jan 01, 2009; ... Although Howard Jessup was known to be a respected businessmanwho could be firm when needed, he was also easy to let into yourheart. As a past president and board member of the Duquesne-West MifflinRotary Club, Mr. Jessup was recently named its Fundraiser of ...
Newsmakers: Joy Tojours
Jan 01, 2009; ... Age: 28 Residence: Polish Hill Family: Daughter, Lucha, 4 Education: A graduate of Butler Area High School, Tojours studiedhumanities at the University of Pittsburgh. Background: After leaving college, Tojours helped start theFreerides project, which makes and ...
Could 2009 bring a tingle?
Jan 01, 2009; ... "Did you ever see such a big crowd?" "And enthusiastic!" "They can't wait to get the old guy out of office and the new kidin, that's why?" "But you can't begrudge the incumbent some credit. Iraq iswinding down and we've had no terrorist attacks in America. Also ...
Female athlete of the week
Jan 01, 2009; ... Lindsay Primyon :School: Vincentian Class: Senior Sport: Basketball Notable: Primyon, a 5-foot-7 guard, has made 43 3-pointers thisseason, including eight at the Seton-La Salle Tournament on Mondayand Tuesday. She had five for Vincentian (8-2), the No. 3 team ...
Fire forces evacuation of Hostetter group home
Jan 01, 2009; ... A fire swept through a group home in Hostetter Wednesday morning,sending 11 people outside in frigid weather. Fire authorities said no one was injured in the blaze at thePassavant Memorial Homes facility on American Legion Road in theUnity Township village. Eight residents ...
Questions abound for PSU, USC in Rose Bowl
Jan 01, 2009; ... LOS ANGELES -- USC came cross-town and Penn State came cross-country for today's Rose Bowl, each looking for answers to questionsthat have lingered since the matchup was finalized. Will 11-1 Pac-10 champion USC, snubbed for the BCS championshipgame, be disinterested and play like ...
Mother, son share a healing bond
Jan 01, 2009; ... More than 35 years after Joyce Zezza gave birth to her onlychild, she gave him life again. On Dec. 19, 2007, her son, Chris Bartman, received a kidney fromhis mother. Within months, the two had resumed the athleticactivities they long had enjoyed, even competing in the ...
The Rose Bowl
Jan 01, 2009; ... NO. 6 PENN STATE (11-1) vs. NO. 5 USC (11-1) 5:10 p.m. today Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, Calif. TV/radio: ABC/Penn State Radio Network; XM Radio 140 SERIES: The series, which began in the 1923 Rose Bowl with a 14-3 USC win, is tied at 4-4. USC won the most recent ...
Shuman Juvenile Detention Center regains full license
Jan 01, 2009; ... Shuman Juvenile Detention Center has its full license again aftersix months of operating with a provisional one, Allegheny Countyofficials announced Wednesday. "We took immediate action to address the issues that arose duringthe June inspection and were confident that our full ...
Community leader brings in suspected bank robber
Jan 01, 2009; ... An ex-gang member-turned-community leader persuaded a 36-year-old North Side man to turn himself in for two bank robberiesTuesday, police said. Richard Garland, executive director of the One Vision One Lifeanti-violence program, escorted Anthony Humphries to policeheadquarters, ...
Male athlete of the week
Jan 01, 2009 ... Moziah Harris School: Jeannette Year: Senior Sport: Basketball Notable: Harris scored a career-high 31 points in Jeannette's 75-44 win over Wilkinsburg last Tuesday. Harris' hot streak continuedon Monday night as he scored a game-high 17 in a 58-47 win ...
Female athlete of the week
Jan 01, 2009 ... Danielle Murphy School: Hempfield Year: Sophomore Sport: Basketball Notable: Murphy scored a game-high 15 points to lead Hempfield toa 71-31 victory over Greensburg Salem in the opening round of theHempfield Tournament on Monday night. Only a sophomore, Murphy ...
Hempfield wrestler tackles heavier weight class
Jan 01, 2009; ... After a second-place finish in last season's WPIAL Class AAAindividual wrestling championships, Hempfield's Jack Bachman couldhave been the top-ranked 135-pounder in the region. Instead of standing pat, however, he bulked up and is nowcompeting at 140 pounds. "He put in a ...
Duquesne rallies to top Bowling Green
Jan 01, 2009; ... Not that Damian Saunders and Bill Clark have wanted to upstagetheir senior leader, Aaron Jackson, but the sophomore forwards, whoare roommates on the Duquesne University campus, figured it was timeto come to Jackson's aid. They did it in a big way Wednesday, combining for 37 points ...
Rescue puts animals in holiday spirit
Jan 01, 2009; ... Amid dozens of barking dogs, Flats realized she doesn't likewater on her face -- but loves Jif peanut butter. The friendly shepherd mix got a bed, a filled food bowl and spatreatment for probably the first time Wednesday. "None of these dogs should have to suffer like they ...
Pitt shows it's in the zone
Jan 01, 2009; ... PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Pitt works on its zone defense at everypractice, just in case. But with its man-to-man defense so good, the Panthers never seemto need it. That all changed on the final day of the year. No. 3 Pitt went into a zone defense for the first time ...
Child Watch offers kit for new moms
Jan 01, 2009; ... When Amy Raslevich gave birth to Laura six years ago, shereceived a large bin of papers and instructions on caring for herdaughter. She pitched them all. "You get so much information now, you get overwhelmed. You don'tknow what to believe on the Internet," said Raslevich, ...
Drink-tax delinquents headed to court
Jan 01, 2009; ... Allegheny County is going to court to collect more than $450,000from bar owners yet to pay the drink tax. The county Treasurer's Office last month began suing 18 bars andrestaurants with some of the longest outstanding debts. They couldbe in court within weeks for not paying the 10 ...
Conneaut Lake Park tax liens sold
Jan 01, 2009; ... The board of trustees of struggling Conneaut Lake Park isconsidering legal action to stop possible foreclosure on theCrawford County recreational facility. Jack Moyers, chairman of the trustees operating the historicpark, said Wednesday the board was surprised and disappointed ...
Pitt sets mark at RAC
Jan 01, 2009; ... With the victory, Pitt became the first team in nearly 20 yearsto win five consecutive games at the RAC. West Virginia won fivegames in a row at the 8,000-seat arena from 1985-89, before theScarlet Knights were in the Big East. Temple posted a six-gamewinning streak at the RAC, built in ...
Advanced breathing device has roots in Pittsburgh
Jan 01, 2009; ... FRANKLIN -- Midway between Pittsburgh and Morgantown, W.Va., someof the country's most sophisticated energy-related research anddevelopment is under way. Housed in a long-abandoned nursing home outside Waynesburg,Greene County, off the R&D path trod by the likes of Carnegie ...
Man hurt fleeing from Route 30 crash, police say
Jan 01, 2009; ... A 57-year-old Hempfield man was airlifted Wednesday to aPittsburgh hospital after he was seriously injured when his carstruck a Jersey barrier head-on going the wrong way on Route 30. State police at Greensburg said Anthony DiSaia of Luxor wasinvolved in two separate accidents ...
Burn doctors leave UPMC for West Penn
Jan 01, 2009; ... Two burn-treatment specialists have left UPMC Mercy to join itscrosstown competitor at West Penn Hospital. "I'm very positive about physicians owning their practices," saidDr. Larry M. Jones, who started at West Penn in Bloomfield onThursday after leading the Mercy burn unit since ...
Baghdad subway puts ours to shame
Jan 01, 2009; ... When it comes to subway system construction, Baghdad surprisinglyappears to be getting more bang for its buck than Pittsburgh. One is being built in a war-torn nation, the other in the saferconfines of Steelers country. Yet Iraq's subway system will costconsiderably less per mile ...
Polar Bear Club greets new year with a dip in Mon
Jan 01, 2009; ... Shrieks and profanity pierced the 15-degree chill that envelopedDowntown's Mon Wharf on Thursday morning. Dozens of shivering and soaked people scrambled to reach landafter plunging into the Monongahela River in the Pittsburgh PolarBear Club's annual New Year's Day ritual ....
Streaking Bruins drop Pens
Jan 01, 2009; ... BOSTON -- A strong third period in which they held a 15-10 shotsadvantage could not push the Penguins past the Boston Bruins tonightat TD Banknorth Garden, as they lost 4-2. Rookie center Dustin Jeffrey and left wing ...
Polar Bear Clubs greet new year with river plunges
Jan 01, 2009; ... The snow on the ground and the chill in the air Thursday did notstop hardy souls from running, diving and plunging into some of theregion's rivers. Dozens of shivering and soaked people scrambled to reach landafter plunging into the Monongahela, Allegheny and Youghioghenyrivers ...
National City acquisition finalized
Jan 01, 2009; ... PNC Financial Services Group on Wednesday completed its $5.6billion, government-assisted acquisition of National City Corp.,uniting the largest banks in Pennsylvania and Ohio. "PNC now turns its full attention to integrating the NationalCity branches," said PNC spokesman Brian ...
Trib 30 falls nearly a third for 2008
Jan 01, 2009; ... Trib 30 stocks ended the month in relative calm Wednesday, but along way down -- nearly a third -- from where they began 2008. The local stock index finished December at 173.7 yesterday, asmidgeon off the 174 mark at the end of November. Last month alsofailed to pull away much from ...
Natural gas companies drop 3-month price
Jan 01, 2009; ... Heating bills will drop by roughly 7 to 10 percent today forcustomers of the region's three largest natural gas utilities. "We have seen a decline in natural gas prices in the market, andthis is a national trend," Elmore Lockley of Dominion Peoples Gassaid. Natural gas ...
Westmoreland man to wed on MTV reality show today
Jan 01, 2009; ... A local man will marry his sweetheart in New York City's TimesSquare before a national television audience today. Brad Fenell, 20, a 2007 graduate of Mt. Pleasant, and AmandaKhera, 19, of Maryland, are scheduled to marry on MTV's "Engaged &Underage: The Bridal Bowl" in the final ...
Teenage buggy driver charged with DUI in Mercer
Jan 01, 2009; ... State police charged a Mercer County man with drunken drivingafter the horse and buggy he was driving were struck by a car andflipped over, killing the horse. Joseph W. Byler, 19, of New Wilmington faces charges of drivingunder the influence, underage drinking and a stop sign ...
Butler property taxes to rise by legal maximum of 5%
Jan 01, 2009; ... Butler County property taxes will increase by 5 percent in 2009,the most that state law allows. Even with a property tax increase of more than one mill to 23.6,Commissioner Dale Pinkerton said, "I believe it's probably the bestbudget this county has had in many years." ...
Ex-URA chief mum on $425,000 contract
Jan 01, 2009; ... Pittsburgh's former development chief has refused to cooperatewith an audit that could shed light on how a politically connectedfirm won a $425,000 city contract. The city controller's audit seeks to explain why the UrbanRedevelopment Authority awarded the contract to engineering ...
Federal Building protest targets air strikes on Gaza
Jan 01, 2009; ... A pro-Palestinian crowd of about 100 people gathered Wednesdayafternoon outside the William S. Moorhead Federal Building,Downtown, to protest Israeli military actions in the Gaza Strip. Several Palestinian flags flapped in frigid winds whileprotesters called for Israel to end ...
Monroeville blaze damage estimated at $1 million
Jan 01, 2009; ... The Allegheny County Fire Marshal's Office along with Monroevillefire and police sifted through charred debris Wednesday trying todetermine the cause of a fire that destroyed two businesses anddamaged several others. Monroeville police also are investigating how a firefighter ...
Arians discounts running game theory
Jan 01, 2009; ... The Steelers have become so associated with a dominant runninggame, it has created the perception that they cannot succeedoffensively without one. That is not reality, said offensive coordinator Bruce Arians, whopointed to the Super Bowl run the Steelers made during the ...
Allegheny homicides fall just shy of record
Jan 01, 2009; ... Will Thompkins doesn't know what else he could have said. A week before North Side shopkeeper Michael Ross was killedduring a robbery, Thompkins sat down with one of the men accused ofRoss' killing. Twelve hours before the shooting, he sat down withthe other one. Thompkins, ...
Brief glitch double-bills some Macy's customers
Jan 01, 2009 ... Customers who used debit cards on the afternoon of Dec. 20 atlocal Macy's stores may have been charged twice for purchases, butthe company said Wednesday the problem was caught, and fixedquickly, and there have been few complaints. Ellen Fructman, spokeswoman for the department ...
Race for 39th District Senate seat smashes spending mark
Jan 01, 2009; ... Republican Kim Ward and Democrat Tony Bompiani spent $2.3 millionin their fall campaigns for the 39th District Senate seat,shattering the record-setting $1.7 million spent in the 2004campaign for the seat. Ward, a former Westmoreland County commissioner, spent more than$1.4 ...
Somerset teenager's recovery nothing shy of 'miracle'
Jan 01, 2009; ... Jake Rodgers doesn't have a New Year's resolution. Instead, he hopes 2009 will bring a new start to the life henearly lost in 2008. "You don't know what you've got until it's gone," said Rodgers,18, of Windber in Somerset County. "I never thought I liked school,but I guess I ...
PGA Tour suspends Daly for 6 months
Jan 01, 2009 ... John Daly smashed one tee shot off the top of a beer can during apro-am. At another tournament, he returned from a rain delay withTampa Bay Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden as his caddie. And his mostmemorable photo this year came in an orange jail suit, eyes half-closed. Daly said ...