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EW-2 PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 1996 MURRYSVILLE 'No thru way' MONROEVILLE Staples, Kohl's proposed for site Holiday Park Drive closure still debated By Cheryl Meyer An attempt by Murrysville offi-. cials to curb speeding and traffic along Holiday Park Drive has created tension in the Settlers Ridge plan between residents for and against closing a portion of the road. After hearing from a group of 15 to 20 residents at a council meeting two weeks ago, council members and municipal officials agreed to erect "no thru way" signs along the Murrysville portion of Holiday Park Drive to keep motorists from using it as a shortcut from Route 286 in Plum to Logans Ferry Road. Council voted two weeks ago to close off Holiday Park at Logans Ferry temporarily. Municipal engineer Joe Dietrich said the signs, erected are a first step.

It's hoped the signs alone will solve the problem, He added. 'The fact is, it's a public street," he said, "and we can't prohibit motorists from using a public street." At Wednesday's council meeting, a petition signed by 35 residents who oppose closing Holiday Park Drive was presented. Resident Congregation moves to Monroeville swat Jl .) Vx, vt 'i '11 'm John Brinker "of Pioneer Court told council members they all have a common goal, a safe community, but there were disagreements on how to make it so. On Monday, Plum Council also heard from residents on both sides of the closure issue. Dietrich said the municipality had been receiving a handful of complaints of speeding on Holiday Park Drive for approximately two years, and a traffic study was done in May and June.

Two seven-day, 24-hour-a-day studies, along with intermediate studies, found most traffic was coming from residents within the Settlers Ridge plan, where the road is located. Dietrich told residents and council then that the average speed of motorists along the area in question was 33 miles an hour, a speed he did not consider excessive. He did concede that between 4 percent and 5 percent of motorists were clocked at 40 mph or greater, with an occasional vehicles traveling faster than 50 mph. The road is marked with a 25 mph speed limit At the meeting, several options for curbing speeders were offered, including closing the road completely, posting it as a one-way street, constructing a cul de sac, and posting "no thru way" signs. "There was a time when we had 55 children in our beginners' Hebrew School class," Landes said.

"Our Hebrew School program was so strong that many of our members went straight into the seminary. We had a membership of 550 (families) and at one time seated people in the main sanctuary during the High Holidays, while also holding services in our small sanctuary." Goppman said the congregation expects to worship in the new synagogue on a limited basis by late summer. Members plan to sponsor an open house for the community in early September. That will be followed by services for Rosh Ha-shana, Sept. 13-15, and for Yom Kippur, Sept 22-23.

Congregation Adath Jeshurun is the second synagogue to relocate from East Liberty to the suburbs this year. B'nai Israel, located around the corner from Adath Jeshurun on Negley Avenue, merged with a New Kensington synagogue. The consolidated congregation relocated to Indiana Township. Stephen Karlinchak is a freelance writer. Limited Warranty Lake FongPost-Gazette From left, Franklin Regional High School students Hayley Harrison, Chad Hazlett and Rachel Binger, authors of the musical "To Love and Lqse." Three Franklin Regional students spent the summer writing "To Love and Lose, "planning and rehearsing.

Curtain about to go up on juniors' original musical MOVE FROM PAGE EW-1 and Sunday school programs. Its kitchen meets Jewish dietary requirements. Other featureof the new build- ing will include a Bride's Room for weddings, a study for the rabbi and administrative offices. The single-floor building will be made accessible to handicapped people. Goppman estimated that property and renovations will run approximately $400,000.

From the old place of worship, the congregation will take its memorial tablets and its Tree of Life, which commemorates the important dates in the lives of its members. The congregation has already transferred its Torah scroll and the Elatform on which the five Books of loses are placed. Adath Jeshurun was organized in 1916 in a private house on what was then Margaretta Street in East Liberty. Six years later, the congregation built its existing edifice on what became East Liberty Boulevard. The congregation also purchased property in the Wildwood section of the North Hills for a cemetery.

The congregation has placed its East Liberty site up for sale. 5 Yr. Polyurethane Insulation for Excellent New Flue Bottle Design Keeps Heat Low Incut Pilot to Save Enerav (RICH By Eleanor Chute Post-Gazette Staff Writer Two national chain stores an office superstore and a moderate-price department store may become the final pieces 'hi development using the traffic signal at the Sam's Club driveway on Route 22 in Monroeville. A Staples office supply store and a Kohl's Department Store have been proposed for the vacant land on the southern side of the Route 22 intersection. On the northern side of Route 22, other businesses that use that light are Sears HomeLife, Food for Less, Thrift Drug and Sam's Club.

Mattress Discounters has received permission to build. Architect Ralph Murovich, who is working for developer MBDB Trust, said Kohl's and Staples would fit In with the traffic load planned for the signal. He said a principal in the trust is Macy T. Block, a former chairman of Sun Television and Appliances. Murovich expects the proposal to be considered by the Zoning Hearing Board and the Planning Commission next month and by council in October.

Staples, which considers itself the first office superstore, was founded 10 years ago in MassachjK setts. It now has more than 500 stores, including one in Greensburg: and one under construction at Washington Mall in South Strabane. This is the first for Allegheny County. Its competitors are nearby, OfficeMax in the Monroeville Mall Annex and Office Depot in the Jonnet Plaza. iV Jean Papagni, public relations manager, said Staples often is located near its competitors.

"Competi-' tion is always beneficial for customers, and it keeps everybody on their toes. "There's so much market potential out there that there's a need for what we have. We're all able to exist," said Papagni. She said the Monroeville location was selected because "it's a very strong market for small businesses. Our No.

1 criteria for going into any market is it has to have a pretty large small-business contingency' in need of the items we carry." A Staples store typically has 35 to 40 full- and part-time employees. Kohl's, which is based in suburban Milwaukee, also is a growing company with 138 stores. It opened 22 stores in 1995. Its sales grew from $288 million in 1986 to $1.5 billion in 1994. About 80 percent of its business is clothing.

Gary Vasques, senior vice president of marketing for Kohl's, described the chain as a "family-focused specialty department store featuring name-brand merchandise at exceptional values." He wouldn't say whether the store plans to enter the Pittsburgh market, but a developer announced last year, that Kohl's would bea tenant in a strip shopping center adjacent to Century III Mall. Documents also were submitted recently to the Bethel Park Planning Commission for a Kohl's in Village Square. J-tr Kohl's was expected to be ra tenant in a development at the former Sorry Charlie's restaurant site in Wilkins, but that deal fell through. Plans call for a two-story Kohl's with 93,000 square feet and a one-story Staples with 24,000 square feet. Kohl's will have 530 parking places, and Staples will have 96.

The buildings will be owned by the developer. Murovich said the site once was designed for a Sun Television and Appliances store, but when Holiday Centre was built, that store located there instead The developer helped to pay for the traffic signal on Route 22 with future business in mind. AHEAD FROM PAGE EW-1 -r Shelby told the board that the pre sent interest rate of 5.7 percent one of the lowest in the past 15 years. The issue doesn't have the board's full support. The board meets at 7:30 p.m.

at the administration building. Penn Hills Now is not a good time to joke' about having a bomb aboard an airplane, a Penn Hills man learned. Thomas V. Przybysz, 36, will face a hearing after he was charged with public drunkenness and disorderly-conduct Sunday. No date has been set yet.

County police said he casually mentioned that he had a bomb in his carry-on luggage at the USAir check-in counter. Przybysz was allowed to board the flight, then was apprehended. The plane's passengers were taken off the plane, and it was searched' before it took off for Houston. 1139.88 JilSB fjPIIB 3B mHI Wis mm nior-high production, and competed in poetry and monologue competition. She plans to major in English and theater arts, and is hoping to continue writing and directing in addition to teaching high-school English.

The three agreed they are fortunate to have a talented cast and hard-working production staff for the musical. "Most of the cast has had theater experience, and are very knowledgeable about staging a production," Hazlett said. Amanda Gordon and Shonket Chakrabarti of Franklin Regional, and Irwin Banks and Michael Kaczurak of Penn Hills will perform in the play's lead roles. Franklin Regional's Jenna Williams and Harrison are responsible for the choreography, Courtney Bulger is the stage manager, Christy Gressman is the set designer, Amanda Shafer will handle the publicity, Adrianne Doering is responsible for costuming and Lauren Toth is in charge of makeup and hair styling. Hazlett said the opportunity to compose a musical is an important project to him.

"I've heard that Andrew Lloyd Weber wrote his first musical while he was in high school, so I'm glad I'm not behind," he said with a grin. Harrison said producing "To Love and Lose" is a dream come true. "We thought this idea was a long shot and the musical would never be performed. The encouragement of our teachers and parents spurred us on to go for it," she said. Sandy in "Grease," and Harrison directed it.

Scandinaro is pleased the students have undertaken the endeavor. He said the script is several hundred pages with complex plots, woven together to arrive at an artistic conclusion. "I think it is a wonderfully educational endeavor," Scandinaro said. "They are not only growing artistically, but learning now to organize and coordinate all the logistics necessary for a complicated production. They must use life and people skills to direct, motivate and criticize people of their own age." Hazlett said at first he was disappointed when he learned Harrison and Binger were working on the musical, but he wasn't part of it.

"So when they asked for my help, I was honored," he said. Relying on eight years of piano lessons, two years in the marching band and experience playing accompaniment for chorus, choir and play presentations, Hazlett said he composed the music for "To Love and Lose" mostly between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. on a keyboard in his bedroom. "I sit and stare at the words while playing until I hear something I really like," he said.

"It's like doodling." Ringer's goal is to become a music teacher, and she has plenty of experience: eight year playing the piano, six years of dancing school and many voice lessons. "All these experiences helped me write the songs for this production," she said. "I love music and I love Hayley's story. I've really enjoyed working on this wonderful project." Harrison's dance training began six years ago. She is attending dancing classes at Larry Cervi's School of Performing Arts in Monroeville and taking acting, voice and dance lesson at the Civic Light Opera Academy each Saturday.

Harrison appeared as Gretel in "Hansel and Gretel" in a ju By Marilyn K. Wempa Hayley Harrison, Rachel Binger and Chad Hazlett spent the summer working, but not at the car wash or in a fast-food restaurant. Instead, the Franklin Regional High School juniors toiled the past few months writing an original musical, "To Love and Lose." Now, it's time to see their labor of love bear fruit. The curtain goes up on their production at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in Franklin Regional Senior High School's auditorium.

All told, 26 students from six school districts Gateway, Plum, Penn Hills, Norwin, Penn-Trafford and Franklin Regional are involved in the musical. The group practiced 12 hours a week this summer, working around schedules that include part-time jobs and family vacation. "To Love and Lose" is set in a fictitious city based on London, and takes place between 1850 and 1852. Harrison began writing the script early this year, and com- Eleted it after 23 drafts. She said er goal in writing the play is addressing contemporary problems such as divorce, child abuse, lost love and death.

"Most of the characters face a loss, and the story centers on how they deal with their problems," she said. The trio wrote the words to the songs, and Hazlett and Binger composed the music. Moreover, they accomplished these tasks without adult supervision. "I view the show as a way to prove what we can do all by ourselves," Harrison said. "We don't need adults hovering over us to accomplish this.

It's our dream and we would like to inspire others to realize and act upon their dreams." The students' interest in tackling such a project was born more than a year ago when Har- 1 rison and Binger took Rick Scan-dinaro's acting and directing class. Binger played the lead as Monday in the Post-Gazette Personal Business Jane Bryant Quinn Science and Health Gene Collier Heat Retention Dispersion to s- installation Mailable mm. ei4 MMG Diaino lmtn Cmlm Your family doctor or primary care physician has written a prescription for a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) test to help in the diagnosis of your condition. The Doctor may have suggested which MRI facility you should go to for this test or made an appointment for you. But, you have the option to choose the facility in which the testing will be done.

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