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SEPTEMBER 2006
Community Days 2006 featured all the old favorites – the 5k Race, theparade, the Edgewood FireDepartment chicken and ribs dinners,food and entertainment on the fieldall day Saturday. Then the booths,although slightly soggy, were openedfor new and different activities onSunday. Unfortunately, the EdgewoodSymphony got rained out for thesecond year in a row, but the Sundayschedule allowed for an automaticrain night for the fireworks display.Borough manager Kurt Ferguson keptthe hotdogs and hamburgers cookingall day Sunday. The bubbles keptfloating (1), and the Children’sMuseum self-portraits decorated thefence (2). Scooby-Doo greeted guests,including Angel Lehrian and daughterAbigail (3). New Recreation DirectorAmber Barrante’s motto, “Have DuctTape, will Travel” (4).
Community Day EventsBubble Over Into Weekend-
Long Fun at the Field
Community Day EventsBubble Over Into Weekend-
Long Fun at the Field
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Story TimeWednesday afternoon story times
begin September 6 at 1:30 p.m.
Grandparents Are SpecialBring your special folks to the
library on Saturday, September 9 at11:30 a.m. for a story/craft time.Register by Thursday, September 7.
Baby Lapsit with AmyBring your baby up to 18 months of
age for a lap sit program. Learn songs,rhymes, books and more ways to inter-act with your baby. Register for the fall
session which begins Monday, Sep-tember 18 at 10:15-10:45 a.m. The ses-sion ends Monday, October 30.
Discovery ClubChildren in second through fifth
grade are invited to participate in anafter school program that includesgames, stories and activities on a vari-ety of topics. Register for the Wed-nesday after school activity today. Thefirst class starts Wednesday, September13 at 4 p.m. and runs throughNovember 15.
Fall Toddler Time“Fall Leaves Fall” is the them for
Toddler time on Saturday, September16 at 10:30 a.m. Spend an enjoyablemorning with your child 2-5 years ofage engaging in stories, songs, and acraft project. Register by Thursday,September 14.
Calling all PuppeteersAspiring puppeteers age seven and
up are invited to a special event at thelibrary on Saturday, September 23 at12:30 p.m. Participants will choose thestory and begin constructing the set.Members will perform their play forour younger patrons. Register byThursday, September 21.
Parent/Child Book Club ReturnsThe Parent/Child Book Club returns
from its summer vacation on Saturday,September 30 at 1 p.m. Pick up a copyof Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff.Parent/Child Book Club is for childreneight and up and a parent. Books willbe available in the children’s room toborrow.
We Two ReadThe We Two Read Book Club for
children ages four through seven and aparent will meet on Saturday, October7 at 1 p.m. We will review Mabela theClever by Margaret Read MacDonald.
By Andrea McNeillLibrarian
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EDGEWOOD is published ten times per year by theBorough of Edgewood, Two Race Street, Pittsburgh, PA.15218. Marjie Stewart, Editor; Jan McDowell, Advertising Manager; Mercury Printing, Inc., Printer.
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Deadline for the October issue is Friday, September 15.Please send all articles or correspondence to the attentionof the editor, e-mail [email protected].
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EDGEWOOD COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
Community DaysThanks to the many volunteers who
did double-duty at the new two-dayCommunity Days events. Unfor-tunately, not everyone who signed upto help was able to make it, so thosewho were there at Koenig Field reallyworked double time to make thingshappen. We appreciate everyone whohelped out.
Double Your Anti-OxidantsAt the Wine & Chocolate event
planned for November, which continuesto gain momentum. This will be youropportunity to see the newest edition ofthe Edgewood Symphony’s quartet per-form for the first time. It’s bound to bea unique experience for all. You canstill volunteer your time and expertiseby contacting Angel Lehrian at (412)241-3623 or [email protected]; or NikiAugustine at (412) 317-1711 [email protected].
Community Day Edgewood Environment would like
to thank you for stopping by our boothduring community days. We believethat the preservation of nature must bea community-wide effort, and withyour willingness to help, our commu-nity can have a substantive, positiveeffect on the local environment.
September MeetingOur next meeting will be held on
Wednesday, September 27 at 7:30 p.m.at 415 Locust Street. During this meet-ing Rachel Martin from Sierra Club willbe present to speak with us aboutSierra Club’s Cool Cities campaign, aninitiative that aims to reduce globalwarming.
Edgewood Environment is a groupof Edgewood residents working onenvironmental issues. If you wouldlike to be involved, you can attend the next meeting, sign up athttp://groups. google.com/group/Edgewoodenvironment or send anemail to [email protected], and connect withus as we strive to raise environmentalawareness in Edgewood.
ThanksA special thanks from the member-
ship of the First Presbyterian Church ofEdgewood to all those who came tosupport the unofficial kick-off event tothis year’s Community Days weekend,the spaghetti dinner. The plan is to dothis every year, so plan to attend againnext year.
FPCE also took part in Saturday’sactivities by passing out free cookies,doing face painting, and offering infor-mation about upcoming events. If youdidn’t get to stop by, call the churchoffice at (412) 241-4613 to get yourFPCE “Fall 2006 Upcoming EventsBookmark.”
Rally Day = New BeginningsThe new church year at the First
Presbyterian Church of Edgewood
begins on what members know asRally Day, to be held this year onSeptember 10. This day is when all ofthe regular groups that go on summerbreak resume. At 12:15, there will be afree cookout on the side lawn that isopen to anyone who would like tocheck out the church. Bring a sidedish if you choose, or just join in thefellowship with this friendly group.
Fall FROGS Hop Into ActionFriends, Reading, and Other Great
Stuff – that is what FROGS stands for.Now in its fourth year, this after-schoolprogram runs Tuesday and Thursdayfrom 3:15-5:30 p.m. and is open to stu-dents grades K through six. The stu-dents arrive for a snack, games, home-work help, educational activities, and ameal provided by the WilkinsburgCommunity Ministry.
Volunteers to assist in homeworkhelp, activity leadership, and snacksupervision are always welcome.Snack food and drink donations arewelcome as well. The fall sessionbegins on Tuesday, September 12. Formore information on how volunteer orto enroll your child, please contactYouth Activities Director Kathy Hart atthe church, (412) 241-4613, ext. 101.
Harvest Happening Coming Soon
The annual Harvest Happening fallfestival is back for the fifth year run-ning Sunday, October 1 from 2-5 p.m.in the church parking lot (social roomif rain). Activities include pumpkindecorating, scarecrow dressing, a pieeating contest, and possibly a silentauction of merchandise and servicesfrom local stores and church members.
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Borough Directory Borough Office InformationMonday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (412) 242-4824Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (412) 242-4027Website: www.edgewood.pgh.pa.usMailing address: Two Race Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
Borough ManagerKurt Ferguson . . . . . . . . . .(412) 242-4824E-mail: [email protected]
Code EnforcementKeith Coll . . . . . . . . . . . . (412) 242-4824E-mail: [email protected]., Wed. and Fri. . . .12:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Tax OfficeMaureen Smith . . . . . . . .(412) 731-0200Mon., Wed. and Thurs. . . . .9 a.m. - noon
Wage TaxesPennsylvania Municipal Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(412) 829-0567
Recreation OfficeAmber Barrante . . . . . . . (412) 243-9790E-mail: [email protected]
Police and FireEmergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .911
Police Chief Paul Wood . . . . . . . .(412) 242-4824, ext. 612Crime Watch . . . .(412) 242-4824, ext. 700E-mail: [email protected]
Fire ChiefDavid Andrews . . . . . . . .(412) 242-4824E-mail: [email protected]
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weekends . . . . . . . . . .(412) 242-9994
Garbage CollectionWaste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc. . . . . . .(800) 458-4090
Recycling CollectionEdgewood Borough Public Works . . . . . . . . . . .(412) 242-2410
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Leaf SeasonLeaf pick-up will officially begin on
Friday, October 13. We decided tokeep the street schedule in place,albeit with a few minor changes. Theschedule appears on page 10 of thisnewsletter.
First, please remember that if it rainswe will not pick up leaves that partic-ular day. In all likelihood those leaveson those streets would not be doneuntil the following week on your regu-larly scheduled pick up day. We havebeen questioned a great deal abouttaking that approach. If we backtrackand do streets that were missed wethrow the entire schedule off. If weget done early in a day or on non-recycling Thursdays we will try to pickup those streets that were bypassed.There may be times when pick-up isparticularly heavy and we cannot getto all the streets. We will do every-thing we can to backtrack when it isnot weather related. Please be patient.The Public Works staff works very hardduring this time of year and we will dothe best we can.
Leaves OnlyPlease remember that the leaf pick-
up is reserved for leaves. Please donot place sticks, old plants, bushes, orany non-leaf material into the leafpiles. This clogs our leaf machine andhas even on occasion has broken itdown.
Do Landscapers Leave Leaves?Finally, if you have landscapers that
manage your lawn care, make sureyou are getting what you pay for. Wehave found landscapers that are charg-ing residents for leaf removal, when, infact, they are just blowing them outonto the street for the Borough to pickup. We certainly will pick them up,but you may be overpaying for a serv-ice that the landscaping company isnot actually providing you.
Just in Time for Snow RemovalThe last pick-up day will be on
Wednesday, December 6. After thatday your leaves must be bagged andput out with your regular garbage. Ifthere are any questions please call thePublic Works Department at (412) 242-2410.
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Police Open HouseOn July 29, the Edgewood Police
Department held its third annual OpenHouse at the borough building in con-junction with National Night Out.Attendees enjoyed a variety of compli-mentary food including the usualcookout favorites, hamburgers and hotdogs. The WISH treat patrol was alsohanding out ice cream, which came inhandy on a very hot day. TheEdgewood Police and FireDepartments, and Eastern Area medicsperformed various demonstrations oftheir respective equipment.
Several prizes were raffled off to kidsthis year. Andrew Klabnik, ofEdgewood, won a bike and many otherchildren won gift certificates to Eat ’nPark and Applebee’s Restaurants. ThePolice Department fingerprinted andphotographed about 30 children whoattended this year, so their parents cannow have this invaluable information onfile. Games for the kids were hosted byEdgewood Recreation Department andC.C. Mellor Memorial Library.
We would like to thank everyone thatparticipated in this event including the
Edgewood Recreation Department, C.C.Mellor Memorial Library, EdgewoodVolunteer Fire Department, EdgewoodDepartment of Public Works, andEastern Area E.M.S. We would like tothank Eat ’n Park and Applebee’sRestaurants for their donations. Wewould particularly like to thankEdgewood Towne Centre Giant Eagleand Sweetie Sweetie Bakery in RegentSquare for their generous donations.Giant Eagle donated great tasting foodand beverages and Sweetie Sweetie sup-plied delicious cookies for the event.
This year’s Open House seemed toset an attendance record for this event,and we would also like to thank allthat attended. It was great seeingsome old friends and meeting somenew ones. We hope you’ll keep us inmind for next year.
New VehicleEdgewood Police now have a new
2006 Ford Crown Victoria marked policevehicle. This vehicle was put into use inthe beginning of August. It completes
our fleet of five police vehicles. We cur-rently have four Ford Crown Victoriavehicles. Three of these are standardstriped patrol units, and one is anunmarked vehicle. We also have a stan-dard striped Ford Explorer to help us getaround in the winter months.
July Activity ReportThe Edgewood Police Department
responded to and handled 1,679 callsfor service in July 2006. There were 452incidents reported, 212 complaintsreceived and 11 accidents investigated,of which one resulted in personal injury,and 10 resulted in property damage.
Part I Crimes are the more seriouscrimes of homicide, rape, robbery,aggravated assault, burglary, larceny,motor vehicle theft and arson. Of the 30Part I crimes committed in the borough,one was robbery, one was motor vehi-cle theft, one was burglary, 16 wereshoplifting and 11 were other crimes.
There were 16 adult and six juve-nile arrests made for felony and misde-meanor violations.
Edgewood officers wrote a total of60 traffic citations, 410 parking cita-tions and made two arrests for drivingunder the influence. There were threevandalism/criminal mischief com-plaints and two narcotics offenses.
Officers also responded to 16 falsealarm calls, took 212 reports, respondedto 29 public nuisance complaints, wrotesix non-traffic citations and respondedto 11 calls for medical assistance.
By Paul WoodChief of Police
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Community DaysThe Edgewood 2006 Community
Day was, once again, a hit throughoutthe borough. The community gath-ered together to share in the days’ funevents. An abundance of activitiesfrom good food to good entertainmentwas found to stimulate kids of all ages.
I would like to thank all the volun-teers and organizations for helping puttogether this joyous event. Specialthanks to the Horner family, Lisa Bushand family, the Hooks family, theEdgewood Fire and Police Departments,Giant Eagle, the Wilkinsburg WaterAuthority, and to all the volunteers thatmade the day come together. I couldn’thave done it without you. Thank you.See everyone next year.
Fall SoccerCome one, Come all! Fall soccer
begins September 9, 2006. Soccer regis-tration forms are now available at theEdgewood Borough Building, Edge-wood Borough website, and C.C. MellorLibrary. Pick one up before it’s too late.
Golf OpenThe 2006 Edgewood Golf Open is an
event not to be missed. This year it willbe held on Saturday September 23 atMeadowlink Golf Course in Murrysville.This event is designed to better the pro-grams within the Recreation Depart-ment. The cost of $70 includes greenfees, cart, fairway lunch, beer andsoda’s, a buffet dinner and prizes!Registration forms can be found at theEdgewood Borough Building, Edge-wood Borough website, and CC MellorLibrary. Come support the EdgewoodRecreation Department and enjoy thecompany of friends for the day.
By Amber BarranteRecreation Director
Training Pays OffOn August 15 the Edgewood VFD
had a call that was later described as aonce in a lifetime call by all emergencypersonnel on scene. That was the tourbus accident on the Parkway. We trainregularly for vehicle accidents but noth-ing to this scale was ever imagined, butthe crew we had that night handled itlike it was an everyday occurrence.Captain Halle was inside with a DeputyChief from Swissvale FD, an EMT from
EAPS and an EMT from the City ofPittsburgh. In less than 45 minutes theyremoved seats from the passenger sideof the bus and those that entangled thepatient to free her from the wreckage.Firefighters Doug Greer, Ben Reynoldsand Teddy Bowman made countlesstrips up the embankment carryingequipment needed by those insidewhile Firefighter Steve Kromholz pro-tected them with a hose line on thediesel that was leaking from the bus.Assistant Chief Kevin Laird was han-dling the operational level while I waskept busy managing multiple agencies.A total of five fire departments and fourmedical agencies made the operationrun effortlessly. I thank all the agenciesthat assisted us that night.
This weekend I received a complimenton behalf of the department by two topAllegheny County Emergency Manage-ment Official that the EVFD did an out-standing job on this incident. I have neverbeen prouder of the department. Over thelast year we have grown by leaps andbounds, but it’s not just the number ofmembers that we have but the dedicationand determination the members of thedepartment have in going above andbeyond the call of duty.
Ribs and ChickenThank you for once again making
the ribs and chicken dinner a success.This year we beat the rain and weresold out before Mother Nature rearedthe annual Community Day monsoon.I hate to say it but it actually felt goodafter spending the day in the heat.
Join Us!And as always if you are interested in
becoming a member of the EVFD e-mailme at [email protected],stop in the station on a Thursday nightat 7 p.m. or visit www.station137.com.
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Edgewood Stars in New NovelFormer Edgewoodian Kim Edwards,
who now teaches at the University ofKentucky, has set her latest book, TheMemory Keeper’s Daughter, in andaround Edgewood. Featured settingsinclude Koenig Field and the RegentSquare Theater.
Kim lived on West Hutchinson from1992 to 1996, so, of course, the book isavailable at the C.C. Mellor MemorialLibrary. It was recently released inpaperback as well. The PittsburghPost-Gazette called it “masterfully writ-ten…a compelling story” which “takeson the cadence of poetry.”
Edgewood Court Wins 8th AwardFor an apartment complex that
doesn’t actually reach the curb,Edgewood Court has won an astonish-ing number of “curb appeal” awards –eight consecutive honors from theApartment Excellence Awards, spon-sored annually by the ApartmentAssociation of Metropolitan Pittsburgh.The awards are decided by a commit-
tee of apartment managers, leasingagents and builders.
The man behind the plaques atEdgewood Court Apartments is NormFarrish, who calls himself “chief cookand bottle washer – one minute I’mleasing an apartment and the next I’mfixing a toilet.” Officially the ResidentManager, Norm has worked at the 70-unit Edgewood Court apartments fornine years now.
Norm took the job three years afterretiring from the truck equipment busi-ness, where he sold equipment to theBorough of Edgewood and theWilkinsburg-Penn Joint WaterAuthority, among his many clients in30 states. “I always liked Edgewood,even before I came here,” he says.
Retirement wasn’t for Norm. “I trav-eled 30 states, and then all of a sud-den, I just stopped. I couldn’t do it.”The polished grounds at EdgewoodCourt prove that out. Norm maintainsthe plantings, parking lots, and picnicground, where he also sponsors anannual pig roast for residents.
Residents, who “come from all over”according to Norm, stay an average ofeight to ten years at Edgewood Court,although there are two tenants whohave lived there more than 25 years,another testimony to the appeal of theplace.
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YOU’VE GOTTA HAVE HEART: NormFarrish shows off his heart of geraniumsthat he believes helped him win the CurbAppeal honors for Edgewood CourtApartments for the eighth year in a row.
The annual Edgewood CommunityDay 5K Race and Walk followed its tra-ditional hilly course on the Saturdaymorning of Community Day Weekend.
First place overall was Dan Holland,with a time of 17:44. The first-placefemale was Sarah Eldridge, for the sec-ond year in a row, with a time of 20:55.Jim Hayes was the first-placeEdgewood male, with a time of 21:40;and Carol Ide was the first-placeEdgewood female at 27:14. First-placemasters (over 40) male was RichSandala, 19:44; and first-place mastersfemale was Mimi Passarello in 28:04.
First walkers were ConnieReismeyer and Chris Kefalos.
First place overall, Edgewood run-ners, and masters runners receivedbeautiful hand-made pottery bowls byPaul Raith. Runners placing secondthrough fifth overall won potterymugs. Paul Raith is also the artist whodrew the Edgewood 5K shoe logo.
Other winners were the Borough ofEdgewood Public Works Department,Volunteer Fire Department and PoliceDepartment, and Eastern Area EMS,who saw to it that the course was
marked, barricaded and safe. AmberBarrante and the RecreationDepartment were a tremendous helpduring the planning and the race itself.
Thanks to race sponsors Kefalos &Associates, Giant Eagle, WesternPennsylvania School for the Deaf,Murphy’s Tap Room, Katerbean,Dunning’s Grill, Exquisite Smiles byDavid J. Sultanov, DMD, Eyes onRegent Square, Edgewood FamilyChiropractic, Kramer Construction, LamiGrubb Architects, and Fleet Feet Sports.
Raffle prizes were donated byExquisite Smiles by David J. Sultanov,DMD, Borough of Edgewood PublicWorks Department, EdgewoodVolunteer Fire Department, Katerbean,Murphy’s Tap Room, Dunning’s Grill,Square Café, D’s Six Paks and Dogs,Applebee’s, The Map Room, KeystoneHealth Club, Race for Pace, RunShadyside!, The Run Around the Square,Stonebraker’s, and Paws-itively Pets.
And, of course, the race would neverhave happened without volunteers: for-mer race director Mark Cohen, PatSchaefer, Frank Cornell, Angel Lehrian,Kathy Egan, Kathy Clevenger, Carol
Bittner, Amy Andrews, Michael Hooks,Lisa and Rick Belloli, Jim Rietz, DanaKline, Donna Lewis, Julie Busch, Loisand Harry Winslow, and Steve Josowitz.Other volunteers include the recreationsummer workers and volunteers whomanned the corners, and Eleanor andDave Magyar and their helpers who ranthe water stop. Vaughn Busch wasindispensable as usual. If I’ve forgottenanyone, I apologize – the volunteersmake the race what it is.
By Marjie Stewart, Race Director
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Volunteers Run Marathon Effort to Create Successful Edgewood 5K Race
DAVID J. SULTANOV, D.M.D.
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NUMBER ONE (ONE ONE ONE) IN OURBOOK: Edgewoodian Chris Kefalos was thefirst-place male walker at the EdgewoodCommunity Day 5K Race and Walk.
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