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Pajfe 2 June 10, 1982 iW Kernick sued in crash The family of a 9-year-old boy struck by Penn Hills Mayor Phyllis Kernick's car filed suit against the mayor in Common Pleas Court last week. Robert Cook of 131 Key Drive was struck near his home on Aug. 3, 1981, by Kernick's 1980 Mustang. Cook broke his leg and foot and underwent an operation and skin grafts. The boy's parents, Robert G.

and Audrey Cook, blamed the accident on Kernick. In their suit, they said she was traveling at high speed and failed to use due caution. At the time of the accident, police estimated that the mayor was traveling 20 mph in a 25-mph zone. They said the child ran out from behind a dump truck. The Cooks are demanding more than $10,000 in damages.

i mi 0 i- If 5 i "i mvsm ft FATHER'S DAY IT'S HIS TIME i Joyce Mendelsohn Post-Gazette Customers at the Wilkinsbnrg Farmers Market can examine goods that range from pickles to preserves. Farmers Market: a summer tradition Two-tone $225 Two-tone i Farmers and city dwellers are holding a reunion each Thursday night at the Wilkinsburg Farmers Market. 1 Though smaller than other farmers markets in the district, the Wilkinsburg market does not go Wanting for fresh produce, baked goods, homemade cheese, dried fruits and nuts, and home canned goods for sale. Many farmers and customers are on a first-name basis, having dealt with one another for years. "I haven't seen most of these folks since we closed down last fall," said Jim Bridge, a Plum Borough truck farmer.

"It's good to renew old acquaintances." Bridge is secretary-treasurer of the Farmers Market Association, which operates the market in the Ross Street parking lot in cooperation with Wilkinsburg Chamber of Commerce. Members police their own ranks. Customers will find no Strip District hucksters with out-of-state produce brought in by truck or train. "Hucksters have ruined a lot of markets, selling stuff reported as home-grown locally while in fact it came straight from a freight car in the Strip District," Bridge said. Bridge said every seller at the market must be a member of the association.

"Everything on sale here is fresh from local farms," he said. "These strawberries I'm selling were picked by my wife, Kay, and I at 2 o'clock this afternoon." The market is a family outing for farmers and customers alike. The Bridges brought along their 8-month-old daughter, Karen, who appeared delighted by the throngs and activity around her. First-time market visitor Beth Larotonda had her danghter, Heather, 8, and a squirming, hopping son, Michael, 2. "Mike's staying home with a sitter next time," said the somewhat harried mother.

"I want to enjoy as well as fresh bunches of crispy swiss chard (SO cents a bunch) and green onions (three bunches for Jl). The Gearhards' apple butter was going for $1.25 a half-pint and $2 a pint. Fresh strawberries were selling for $1.50 a quart. Early crops also on sale included asparagas, leaf and buttercrunch head lettuce, rhubarb and beets. Bridge said that beets, usually a later crop, can be forced into early muturity by growing them under plastic.

Other booths had honey and bees wax. Becky Kretschmann, who with her husband, Don, operate an organic truck farm in Rochester, Beaver County, summed up the Wilkinsburg Farmers Market with down-home simpicity: "It's good for us and good for the customers. That's the beauty of it." By Thomas J. Porter Jr. this.

It's great, and so are the prices. And I'm bringing more money, too." Larotonda was carrying a potted New Guinea Impatient plant she had purchased for $5 from the Bridges, along with a pocket full of advice, thrown in for good measure, on how to care for it. "I'd have paid $8 or $10 for this same plant in a supermarket," she said, "and most of them look sick." Bridge said giving advice on plant care and gardening is all part of the sale and makes for good customer relations. "You must remember that about half of the people that visit the market garden themselves," he said. "They come here to buy fresh produce to supplement what they can't grow themseleves because of space.

"Giving them advice doesn't cost us anything." Jane Gearhard, a farm wife from Murrysville in Westmoreland County, and her three grown daughters were selling pickles and preserves, Daydate $165 Give him a new, ultra-slim dress model or the sporty new daydate. Both: water resistant, step motion, sweep second hand. Battery life, 8 years, with Citizen Quartz accuracy. CITIZEN WE'RE MAKING THE MOST Or TIML New Westmoreland rail service unveiled GRADUATE CEMOLOCIST FREE GIFT WRAP ENGRAVING 4075 Wm. Penn Hwy.

(Gee Bee Plaza) Monroeville 372-0727 or 243-5425 10-9 Sat. All Major Charges Accepted Gov. Thornburgh was in Export yesterday for the inauguration of a new rail freight service that will preserve more than 700 jobs in the Export-Murrysville area of Westmoreland County. Thornburgh also announced that the state will chip in $313,240 toward the $593,000 project to establish the Turtle Creek Industrial Railroad which went into operation yesterday along a 10-mile corridor from Export to Trafford. Dura-Bond Protective Coating Co.

of Export purchased the rail line from Conrail. Ten companies will use the line to move their products to the main line in Trafford. Thornburgh commended the partnership between the state and the private sector in such enterprises, saying that when jobs are threatened, the state "will provide the bucks." He added that the Export project is a showcase and will be used to promote similar programs Norris said that if Dura-Bond had not purchased the line, his firm would have been forced to relocate along the main line or scale down its operations in Export. His firm began negotiations for the branchline acquisition in February. The financial package is backed in part by the Westmoreland County Industrial Development Authority through low interest revenue bonds.

Besides Dura-Bond, these companies also will benefit from the new freight line in the Export-Murrysville area: Beckwith Machinery, National Aluminum, Weyerhaeuser, Long Mill Rubber, Export Tire, Building Components, 84 Lumber, Delmont Builders, Machinery, and Gateway Packaging. Export Mayor Mark Manovich said the project "is one of the biggest boosts" his borough has ever received. "The way things are going with the economy, it's a breath of fresh air when something like this happens." in the state. Thornburgh, calling the Dura-Bond project the "most dramatic" of its kind, said it marks the fourth time the state has cooperated to revive abandoned Conrail lines. "We need a strong transportation system," Thornburgh told employees, community leaders, and business people attending the ceremonies.

He said that a study by the state Department of Transportation shows that unless 150 miles of Con-rail's 725 miles of abandoned track in the state is acquired, the state's economy may be hurt. He said that companies along the Conrail abandoned spurs would be unable to ship their products and would be faced with shutting down or relocating. Wayne Norris, president of the new rail service, and secretary-treasurer of Dura-Bond, said the line was purchased for $125,000. More than $155,000 will also be spent for track rehabilitation and other expenses. on Winter Clothing Let us clean and store your winter clothing.

You pay nothing until fall pick-up. Every garment is cleaned, moth-proofed, pressed, and of course fully insured. (Suede, leather, fur-trimmed garments not included) 5-Garments minimum aikfc tf lWiliffci'i llll I lordBunom CLEANERS Small group protests abortion bill in Export CrMaskarg Grngot fait 834-9940 Sqalrrel Hill 3850 Forward Ava. 422-2000 AlliM Park 1701 Duncan Ave. 367-9770 Ml.

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He said that he has 10 days to make up his mind, and that decision will depend on a review of the legislation. During a press conference, he said, "This is not an administration bill" and he said he had not decided if he will sign it. Jerry Ann Rahe of Murrysville, who is the political coordinator for Citizens for Choice, urged the governor to veto the measure, labeling it "A colossal waste of taxpayers' money." "Abortion is a free choice," she said, calling the legislation "an insult to women who are told by the state they're too evil and too stupid to make this personal decision for themselves." EvaGabor INTRODUCTORY OFFER (New Patients Only) WIG BOUTIQUES EYEGLASSES $5)99 2 SINGLE VISION Take one Eva Gabor Wig for only $8.99 with every one you buy at regular price! Style! 6 Top Prices on Use Eastern Neighbor to Neighbor want ads to sell extras 263-1201 HIGH FASHION FRAMES, LENSES, AND EYEGLASS EXAM lowest COMPLETE! price IN 2nd PAIR SELECTED FRAMES 1 CALL NOW FOR A NO OBLIGATION APPOINTMENT 261-9800 856-7600 Rock Turtle Creek Fire Dept. No. 1 STREET faih Boro Bldg.

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