Volume 114 No. 182 HURSDAY ULY 21, 2016 Newsstand Sunny and mostly clear with a 20 percent chance of rain showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Lows in the mid 60s. Partly sunny, then mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the upper 80s. Today Tomorrow Political Cartoons; Off the Wall; Guest Editorials; Letters to the Editor. See Page 4 Inside Classified 16-17 Comics 15 Crossword 15 Entertainment 9 Editorial 4 Lifestyles 6 Local News 1,3,5 Lottery Results 3 Obituaries 2 Sports 11-14 Sudoku 15 TV 9 Weather 5 ter on the will visit Latrobe Memorial Stadium during the Pittsburgh annual Night training camp practice, Friday, Aug. 5. Gee captures West Penn Open golf champi- onship.
New Derry sweeps Apollo in Indiana County League quarterfinals, advances to semifinal round. See Pages 11-14. Latrobe Bulletin CLUTTER! NOW ONLINE at: LatrobeBulletinNews.com CLEAR THE Advertise your Garage Sale in the Latrobe Bulletin! Call 724-537-3351 UTMA tables new policy for billing while water not in use DBMA plans to renew goose permit BY NICK CAMMUSO Bulletin Staff Writer Derry Borough Municipal Authority (DBMA) plans to renew its Pennsylvania Federal Migratory Bird Depredation Permit, which is required to kill Canada geese at Ethel Springs Lake. DBMA manager Amy Forsha said at meeting that the permit is set to expire. The authority, Forsha said, is able to shoot 50 geese per year with the permit.
She said previously that shots would be fired by an authority employee who is fully trained and certified, adding that it would be done out of sight from public view. The large amount of geese at the lake Pennsylvania Game Com- mission state biologists discovered more than 300 geese at the lake when it drew blood samples from the birds last summer have led to many problems over the years. Some of the birds have been removed in the past year, authority engineer Mark Gera said, but he provide a total. Also on Wednesday, solicitor Nate Boring said the owners of Dog- wood Acres Mobile Home Park have a sales agreement in place to sell the Derry Township mobile home park. Last month, he told the author- ity board that an agreement is pending with Las Vegas-based Patriot Parks Management LLC for $2.1 million.
The closing date for the sale is Sept. 30, he said, adding that the sale amount will satisfy the liens on the property. Mile in My Shoes runner stops at SVC Relationship between Steelers, SVC sustained because of friendship Adding some beauty to the entrance at Fraser Purchase Road, this garden replaced the jersey barriers on the old road. The Rev. Fred Byrne, OSB, got approval, and with the assistance of Unity Township moved the barriers.
St. Vincent College junior Marshall Dietz waters the new garden. Fort Ligonier recently announced the appointment of Julie Donovan as the new director of marketing and public relations. Donovan, a Ligonier Town- ship resident, joins the Fort team after a notable career, most recently having served as the vice president of public relations for the Laurel High- lands Visitors Bureau. professional back- ground and expertise in mar- keting and media relations along with the relationships that she has cultivated through- out the community and with key stakeholders will be a tremendous asset to our organi- said Annie Urban, Fort executive director.
are many new and exciting projects and programs currently being developed at the Fort and enthusiasm and passion will enhance our Donovan will lead the mar- keting and public relations efforts for the project for expansion, renovation and restoration, including the open- ing of the new Center for His- tory Education, gallery exhibits and museum store. New guidelines for prescribing opioids okayed HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) State regulators are giving their OK to new parameters for distributing and prescribing opi- oids in Pennsylvania. vote saw the Board of Pharmacy and the Board of Medicine approve two sets of voluntary guidelines for prescribing opioids following a closed-door executive session. Pennsylvania Physician General Rachel Levine said at the meeting that an overempha- sis on pain reduction coupled with the development of more powerful opioids and the influx of cheap heroin has caused the current overdose crisis.
Officials say a record 3,383 Pennsylvanians suffered fatal overdoses in 2015. Levine said that figures for the first quarter of this year suggest that 2016 will be even worse. Gov. Tom Wolf said Wednesday that proud of his administration for approving the guidelines. BY DAN SCIFO Assistant Sports Editor Brother Norman W.
Hipps, OSB, president of St. Vincent College, believes the unique 50-year part- nership between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the col- lege has sustained because of the deep-rooted rela- tionships between the two organizations. The Steelers will report to training camp in one week as St. Vincent College does its part by extend- ing campus hospitality to the players, coaches, staff and thousands of fans for a 51st consecutive year this summer. a genuine human Hipps said.
there are business elements, there is a basic human friendship that is meaningful and something that we celebrate. It has been a wonderful, personal Hipps referenced the 2008 commencement address given by head coach Mike Tomlin, which was named by NPR as one of the best 300 commencement speeches ever. It helped emphasize similarities between the beginning of a NFL season and a new school year. always a kind of eagerness to begin again, whether seeing veterans or upperclassmen coming back or the rookies or the freshmen Hipps said. Pittsburgh Steelers are engaged in preparing professional football players for the season as St.
Vincent College is engaged in educating young men and women for Peter King of Sports Illustrated once called Pitts- burgh Steeler training camp at St. Vincent College the most picturesque and fan-friendly in the Nation- al Football League. a commonality between the Steelers and St. Vincent founded on Hipps said. most important for this longstanding rela- tionship are people, beginning with Art Rooney who walked these grounds with a cigar in his Hipps said.
of the Rooney fami- ly are such good friends. those personal relation- ships that were part of the beginning and will contin- ue throughout the Larry Hendrick, director of facility management, helps put it all together. putting up more than a mile-and-a-half of fence as we continue to work through the Hen- drick said. fields this year look Hendrick said the Steelers begin preparation on the fields in May and replaced the third practice field. BY CHRIS ULICNE Assistant Editor Revisiting an issue raised earlier this year, the Unity Township Municipal Authority (UTMA) Board of Directors on Wednesday decid- ed to table a vote on new rules governing billing practices for residents and developers during periods when they are not using water service.
The board decided to table the matter until next month so more vot- ing members can be present, as only three of the five board members were present Wednesday. The proposed policy would require all customers, including both residents and developers, to pay sewage bills for properties where the water service is in use. Even if the water is turned off and there is no charge for sewage treatment, the customer would still have to pay the debt service and administration fees that are part of every sewage bill issued in service area. Meanwhile, regarding the issuance of sewer taps also known as Equivalent Dwelling Units (EDUs) any customer who purchases a sewer tap would be required to start paying the debt service and admin- istration fees either as soon as the property in question is connected to the UTMA system or after a period of two years has passed, even if it is not connected. Under the terms of the proposal, the only way for a customer to avoid paying a sewage bill once a property is connected to the system would be for the customer to terminate or void the sewer permit asso- ciated with the property in question, essentially giving back any related sewer taps to UTMA.
The key focus of the proposal, according to assistant urer Paul Upson, should be to try to ensure that all customers are treat- ed fairly. are no special carve-outs for anybody. We all get treated he said. Michael J. Gibino of St.
Paul, Minnesota, who formerly studied at St. Vincent College (SVC), stopped at the Unity Township campus on Monday as part of a run from his home to Philadelphia to raise funds for Mile in My Shoes, a nonprofit organization that supports the homeless. goal is to raise Gibino, 34, said. would go toward my expenses for the trip and $4,000 will be donated to the The former theology, philoso- phy and psychology student left St. Paul on June 25 and runs about 40 miles a day.
He hopes to arrive in Philadelphia on July 25 in time for the Democratic National Con- vention. Gibino has been politi- cally active and is a national dele- gate committed to Bernie Sanders. Employed as a manager at Trader he is on a one-month leave but expects to return there in August. He has a number of long- term goals. want to live a healthy lifestyle and have a plan for per- sonal he commented.
also want to be involved in serv- ice to the homeless and to those less He has been supported in his travels by his mother, Christine, and father, Peter, who have taken turns accompanying him and transporting food and supplies. Gibino attends the Cathedral of St. Paul Roman Catholic Church in St. Paul. Photos by Ernie Sistek St.
Vincent College visitors tour the campus before the crowds descend to see the Pitts- burgh Steelers at the annual training camp, which begins Thursday, July 28. MICHAEL GIBINO JULIE DONOVAN Julie Donovan to head Fort Ligonier Feds order Spectra to conduct tests on pipelines after blast GREENSBURG, Pa (AP) A federal agency has ordered a nat- ural gas pipeline company to conduct additional assessments on three lines buried in western Pennsylvania, including one that has corrosion similar to a fourth line that blew up in April, scorching some 40 acres. The Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration says the other lines in Salem Township, Westmoreland County tially have been damaged or adversely by the April 29 blast. The new assessments could lead to pipeline upgrades. Spectra Energy Corp.
of Houston is cooperating with the inves- tigation. Spokesman Creighton Welch says order is with plans to improve its Penn-Jersey pipeline system and that many items recommended in the report have been completed or begun. Preliminary findings indicate a pipeline weld coated with tape failed, causing the explosion which leveled a nearby home in the rural township and badly burned its owner. (See UTMA on Page 3) (See Relationship on Page 3) (See DBMA on Page 3) (See Julie on Page 3).
