North Hills News Record (Newspaper) - August 12, 1988, Warrendale, Pennsylvania Expressions NH humor mag makes debut Page 13 North Hills News Record Aug 1988 A Gannett Newspaper serving North Suburban Pittsburgh Copyright 1988 News Record Co Inc All rights reserved Hampton loses round one in suit By Virginia Miller Preliminary objections filed by Hampton and its sanitary authority to a builders lawsuit were dis- missed Monday by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge ert Horgos Lawyers for the defendants have 20 days in which to file an answer to the original complaint The builders are challenging as unreasonable a total fee for tapping into township's sewer system The authority and township were named in the suit The township charges a fee and the authority raised its plant capacity fee to in December 1987 The total charge is higher than any other municipality in Allegheny according to Jay Glasser attorney for the builders Now new home owners will have to pay up front and if they leave in six months tough luck Glasser is representing North Suburban Builders Association Builders Association of itan Pittsburgh Vernon G Prey Daniel R Sosso Builder Inc and Minnock Construction Co They want to know what's being done with the funds Why is the suddenly changing the tern of charging a select group for the plant We want to see if their actions are reasonable and justified he said Glasser will begin taking tions from township employees and expects to file his first request for records within 10 days he said A building boom in the township and a mandate by the state ment of Environmental Resources DER have made expansion of the township's sewage treatment tem a necessity The authority is authorized by state law to collect fees under the heading of rates tapping and other according to the sanitary ty's attorney Alvin E Dillman Jr Ross sends letter to theater owners By Eric Heyl ROSS The prevailing tude among township seems to be Let he who is without cinema cast the first stone The cinema is a controversial new movie The Last tion of which has yet to open in the Pittsburgh area The stone comes in the form of a ter to theater operators asking them not to show the it finally opens Commissioners voted day to make the request Com- missioner Mark Purcell did not attend the melting The film based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis portrays Christ as an individual wrought with self-doubt In one of the more controversial scenes Related stories Film review Page Christ is tempted by Satan with a fantasy of what his life could be like if he abandoned the cross The reportedly contains an image and Mary The movie has come under strong criticism from several fundamentalist groups who have labeled the project blasphemy Universal Pictures which is dis- tributing the movie had planned to release the film in September but has rushed the release date Commissioner J Robert fee said the letter was not meant to be perceived as a threat to ater owners but rather a sage that commissioners believe Turn to MOVIE 3 25 cents tuition goes up By Eric Heyl by ALEKS Scaffolding surrounds the home of the Sisters of Divine Motherhouse steeple gets facelift By Eric Heyl Ross native stays in jail during appeal A New Jersey Court has ruled that convicted sex criminal ret Kelly Michaels a Ross native may not go free on bail while her sentence is appealed A appellate panel Wednesday rejected the release re- quest by Michaels attorney Meltzer saying there was not justification Michaels was not a threat to society Michaels was sentenced last week to 47 years in prison for engaging in sexual activity with preschool dren at the Wee Care Day Nursery She must serve at least 14 years before becoming gible for pa role Michaels 26 was convicted of 34 counts of aggravated assault 39 counts of aggravated sexual assault 39 counts of gree endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of third-degree terroristic threats She also was fined One of the more prominent landmarks in the North Hills the motherhouse of the Sisters of Divine on the La Roche College campus is getting a facelift Workers currently are replacing and painting bricks that make up the steeple The work is a of a project begun about five years ago to place most of the bricks in the structure The front of the building was renovated last year this year workers turned their attention to the steeple It's been an problem The bricks that we'd had were cracking very said Sister Myra Rodgers who has been affiliated with the order for the past 35 years The steeple was not built merely for cosmetic poses Large supplying the building are housed there We draw the water from wells The tanks that were put there when the building was built are still up Sister Myra explained The building once served as a school for high school girls entering the order which was founded in Germany in 1851 Currently the site serves as the Heights Alpha School a private school for about 150 students in grades and a retirement center for nuns It's an excellent building They don't make them like this anymore The roof we have wasn't made of wood it was made of said Sister Myra The building also serves as the central house About 350 nuns belong to the order and are scattered in Western Pennsylvania West Virginia Michigan and Puerto Rico The order in collaboration with other institutions helped found the college in the A cost estimate of the project was unavailable but Sister Myra said the renovations are being paid out of a common fund to which each member of the order con- tributes The money that we receive from teaching or ministering is used to keep up the building and provide for the sisters particularly for hospital care Students preparing for classes on the collegiate level will learn at least one lesson this tion is expensive Locally colleges are increasing tuition by an average of 11 percent for full-time students and 13 percent for part timers Tuition will in- crease nationally by about 7 percent for the academic year Those increases correspond roughly with the national average according to a survey by the College Board a national non-profit tional association based in New York City Some examples of increases at cal La Roche College will increase tuition by 6.9 percent from to per full-time semester Community College of County tuition will rise by 9 percent from to per mester Community College of Butler County will hike its tuition from to per semester an increase of 6 percent Educational costs at the college are split evenly by the state a sponsor of the college and dents raise tuition from to each semester a 10 percent in- crease Indiana University of vania will increase tuition by 16 cent from to each mester RIP is one of 14 state-owned universities which have their standard rates approved by a state board The increases aren't going to go away according to Molly Stuart executive vice president at La Roche College It's a national problem and a dilemma for us as a society she said Colleges are becoming more con- scious of cost management and will continue to explore innovative niques for saving money La Roche has been able to keep the annual increases to a minimum level in part because of the support from the Sisters of Divine who helped found the college in the We're also aware that we serve a large population of tion college students and we are committed to removing as many barriers to education as we Stuart said The College annual vey of colleges shows students at four-year colleges will pay an aver- age of a year a 5 percent in- crease from figures Stu dents at four-year private colleges will an increase of The survey said the average cost of living on campus runs from to with additional expenses running about Students ing at home can expect to pay about in other expenses the survey noted Millvale radio station to change format to contemporary sound By Beth Pollock Index After Two sections Pages 44 The staff of a Millvale radio tion is keeping mum about its for- mat plans since the station was chased Sale arrangements between nature Broadcasting and former owner Elton Spitzer of New York for 100.7 FM were finalized July 30 The new general ager Chris Wegmann would only say the music format would change to contemporary The previous format featured new sic and a dare to be different gan was under tremendous financial stress Wegmann said when the sale was made The station currently is off the air while technical improvements are being made Power levels are being upgraded from watts to watts and construction of a micro- wave link to a new transmitter is under way A new antenna arrived at the station Tuesday said The offices and studios also are being remodeled Wegmann 36 said he hopes the station resumes broadcasting by late August Meanwhile the number of time staff is being doubled to be- tween 20 and 23 people and the tion is close to hiring a new gram director Wegmann said All but three staff were fired Aug 3 Disc jockeys Dave Reedy Paul Kramer and Bob debaker were retained Wegmann said the others were let go because of their close association to the old format Studebaker who worked at FM before the station be- came probably will work as production manager Wegmann said and may get added lities Originally from New Orleans Wegmann previously was general manager for in Austin Texas I'm ecstatic to be in Wegmann said The ple have been incredible He said Pittsburghers have treated him with southern hospitality Wegmann with wife Eva 36 and children Beau 8 Joey 10 and Ka- tie 12 now resides along Mount Royal Boulevard in Allison Park Northgate continue contract talks By Dawn Marie Toth Record No settlements of teacher con- tracts have been reached in the and Northgate school districts according to tors A meeting was held Tuesday night in the district but there are still issues to be settled according to James H Fabian field representative for the Pennsylvania State tion Association v It was another long said Harold Deiss tor for the Education Association but we're still ing to each other Both economic and nomic issues remain to be tled Fabian said though most items have been agreed upon The differences are ing but I'd be lying if I said there wasn't a long way to go in the said School District solicitor William An- drews The district made a pro posal at the meeting that didn't fly with the education tion he added will continue until Aug 30 the day before the district is scheduled to begin school Fabian said As far as the district is con- cerned school will begin as scheduled said Andrews There has never been a strike in Turn to TALKS 2 FOR HOME DELIVERY OF THE NEWS RECORD CALL
