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Buhl Foundation honors Stedeford’s keeping vinyl, One Northside initiative music alive in Northside By Justin Criado The Buhl Foundation hosted the One Northside celebration Tuesday, Dec. 2 at Heinz Field to recognize the initiative’s progress over the past 18 months, and announce future strategies and programs. “This has really been about working with residents on the Northside to shape what we want to do,” foundation vice president Diana Bucco said during the program. The initiative started with a general census asking Northside residents what areas they feel needs most improved throughout Northside neighborhoods. From the census information, three key areas were defined; education, employment and quality of place. “When we began this journey about 18 months ago a lot of people thought we were crazy because it was impossible to get the Northside to work together,” foundation president Fred Thieman said. “The last 18 months and in particular the last eight months have proven that the investment we made so far and the investment we’re going to make has worked so far.” Strategy and action teams comprised of community leaders and members started holding open discussions with the foundation and other community outreach programs to form missions and goals regarding the three areas of interest. “We learned that Northsiders were passionate,” Thie-
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man said. “Diversity on the Northside is embraced and celebrated. It’s considered an asset.” Steelers chairman and lifelong Northsider Dan Rooney and his wife, Patricia, attended the celebration and spoke of their affinity for the area they’ve called home for all their lives. “I’m certainly honored and we both are to be part of the celebration,” Patricia said. “I remember growing up and Lake Elizabeth was a swimming pool. We went to school at St. Peter’s school...Thank you for all the work you’re doing in your neighborhood and I want to thank all the people who I’ve had the privilege of working with.” Dan added: “It’s great and I just want to say that we really love the Northside. Trisha and I grew up here and it was fun all the time.” Chief Executive Rich Fitzgerald recalled a tour the Rooneys gave him of Manchester and surrounding areas. “He actually took me on a tour one day and I don’t know if he has more pride in the Northside than that other thing he does (with the Steelers),” Fitzgerald said. “It’s really great to see the energy. I know what’s talked about are the challenges, but what overwhelms them are the opportunities. There’s so many opportunities and so many great things that are happening on the Northside.” See One Northside, Page 6
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Stedeford’s owner Lon Leist holds up an old newspaper article that highlighted the history of the store and his grandmother, Dolores. By Justin Criado East Ohio Street in Northside’s Historic Deutschtown is as unique as any street in the city. The turn-of-the-century architecture mixed with modern businesses gives it a one-of-akind presentation, and thanks to Stedeford’s Discount Records & Tapes, the street has a signature sound as the shop has been providing free tunes and grooves, within reasonable volume, of course, since they’ve been allowed to. “We used to have a giant subwoofer out there,” current owner Lon Leist said. “You could hear it up by the hospital.”
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Lon, 34, is the third-generation owner of what is now Pittsburgh’s oldest record store. The business originally opened as a jewelry store in 1948, and began selling records exclusively in the mid-1950s. “Eventually they grew gradually into selling all music when 78s and 45s became popular,” Ron Leist said. After 35 years of working in the store, Ron retired as owner three years ago when he passed it along to his son, Lon, but what he’s most proud of is his mother’s, Dolores, legacy. See Stedeford’s, Page 16
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North Shore companies celebreate holiday season with toy donation and support other NCM initiatives. “Our goal was to find and support a charity in our business community and that’s how we picked the Northside Common Ministries,” Berrick said. “Since they have so many activities that benefit so many people in so many ways we chose them. We help with the food pantry and we help with the toy drive. We help with their fundraising events in the summer and do the best that we can.” NCM director Jay Poliziani said the company’s donations make up about half of its total donations for the year. “This is a significant bulk of it Photo by Justin Criado every year,” Poliziani said. “We try By Justin Criado for NCM’s Dec. 20 toy drive. to connect as much as possible with “This is a total employee do- companies and organizations and The Northside Common Ministries (NCM) received its first nation,” Judi Berrick of SMS Sie- churches here on the Northside.” Nearby churches, St Paul’s in toy donations of the holiday sea- mag said of the boxes full of toys. Sewickley and Verona’s St. GeThe North Shore sister comson Friday, Dec. 5 when SMS Siemag and SMS Millcraft LLC panies have been donating toys rard Majella, also donated toys. employees dropped off 300 toys for the drive for the past six years, The annual toy drive gives gifts
to nearly 300 families who are served by the NCM Food Pantry each year, according to Poliziani. Toy distribution was Saturday, Dec. 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the NCM third floor at 1601 Brighton Road in California-Kirkbride. “We’ve done this for as long as the organization has been here,” Poliziani said. “The toys are unwrapped and people can select which toys their kids will like.” Photo caption: SMS Siemag and SMS Millcraft LLC employees (from left to right) Christoph Haustein, Chris Szczypinsky, Judi Berrick and Dave Rigby with NCM resident, Ann.
For more information about NCM and its initiatives visit the official website at www.ncmin.org.
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While January brings us the new year it also features some of shortest, darkest days of winter. The Northside Public Safety Council wants to remind residents to keep their exterior house lights on, including porch and sidewalk lights. The lights can help deter suspiscious, and possible, criminal activity. In addition to keeping exterior lights on, the council would also like to remind people to make sure their walkways and sidewalks are clear of debris. “Some of the darkest days of the year are in January,” Northside Public Safety President David Stacy said. “It helps keep things safe if people
keep their lights on longer.” The Northside Public Safety Council is a nonprofit corporation composed of community leaders, businesses, government officials the Housing Authority, property owners and the Zone 1 Pittsburgh Police. The Northside Public Safety Committee meets the first Thursday of each month at 5:30 p.m. on the mezzanine level of The Northside Leadership Conference’s offices, which are located at 4 Allegheny Center. All are welcome. As always, a useful resource for the community is the Zone 1 website (www.communitysafety. pittsburghpa.gov.) There you’ll find useful info. and resources The council said goodbye to longtime public relations officer Forrest Hodges last month at the annual holiday party, and would like to welcome new relations offier Larry Crawford. For questions or concerns contact Crawford at larry. crawford@pittsburghpa.gov.
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AGH Auxiliary supports community through donations By Justin Criado The Allegheny General Hospital Auxiliary presented four nonprofits with donations Wednesday, Dec. 17, recognizing the community in which it serves. The St. Michael’s Food Bank, YMCA Allegheny and Boy Scout Troop 348 and Boy Scout Pack 281 all received checks for various expenditures. The donations totaled $2,000. “We’re a not-for-profit institution and we like to also help other not-for-profit institutions,” AGH president and CEO Michael Harlovic said. “We appreciate your continued support.” The auxiliary has been around for over 100 years and has annually donated to other community non-profits throughout the years. “One of the missions of the auxiliary is to support the hospital and the community that it serves,” auxiliary president Andrea Jou-
bert said. “With us supporting you folks we are in essence supporting the community. We appreciate everything you do for the Northside.” YMCA executive director Bill Pricener explained that the donation helped with this year’s Christmas meal preparations. “We’re one of the last two YMCAs in the city of Pittsburgh that has a housing component,” Pricener said. “We have 105 men that live in our facilities. This check is going to help provide a really nice Christmas meal for these guys. We cannot thank you enough for everything the hospital has done for us and what the auxiliary does.” Membership for the scouts was recently increased to $25, and Troop 281 Scoutmaster Alan Perry said the donations will help counteract the membership rate as well as help more scouts participate in more activities. “We do a lot of activities
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and they may not have the resources to pay for them,” Perry said. “It’s good to know that Allegheny General Hospital and the auxiliary thought about us.” For more informationa about the Auxiliary and its goals visit the official webpage on the AGH site.
Photo caption: From L to R: Bob Herbert, Alan Perry, Bill Pricener, Anita Perry, Becky Coger (behind Anita Perry), Bill Kunz, Janet Kunz, Lindsey Blocki, Karen Miller, Kelly Finnegan, Susan Liebert (behind Finnegan), Debbie Caplan, Michael Harlovic (behind Caplan), Cathy Kraus, An-
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One Northside initiative brings communities together, inspires change
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Buhl Foundation president Diana Bucco (left) with Manchester native Lisa Freeman at the One Northside event Dec. 2 at Heinz Field. From One Northside, Page 1 Thieman announced the next phase of the initiative at the celebration. Three separate pockets of money will be made available to help communities fund and implement programs, including $50,000 for each action team, $10,000 for each of the 18 Northside neighborhoods, and $70,000 in individual grants, which will range from $250-1,000.
“We want to thank you for showing us what it is to be a Northsider,� Thieman said to the over 650 audience members. The Sprout Fund and GTECH strategies will help the foundation with the grants and implementation of community programs. And for more information about One Northside initiative visit the official websites.
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Lifelong Northsiders Dan (left) and Patricia Rooney explained what the neighborhood has meant to them at the One Northside event Dec. 2
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Saturday Light Brigade radio showcases program at Children’s Museum
By Justin Criado The Saturday Light Brigade (SLB) radio held a city wide celebration Wednesday, Dec. 17 at the Children’s Museum for its Crossing Fences program, which is part of the African American Oral History Project. For the past three years, SLB has selected several Pittsburgh neighborhoods for the project, including the Northside in 2013. This year’s neighborhoods were nearby StoRox, East Liberty and Wilkinsburg. “The project is pretty huge overall,” SLB multimedia specialist Chanessa Schuler said. The radio station, which is housed in the Children’s Museum, selects upwards of 50 youth and elder community members to conduct intergenerational interviews which are then turned in to audio books and booklets. Part of the process is teaching the
youths interview and editing skills. “We teach the boys how to conduct interviews. They develop the questions and we critique them together,” Schuler said. “They love the experience. We teach them how to edit on a program called Adobe Audition. It’s a professional program. They get those skills.” The project also brings communities together in a way that may not have happened otherwise. “I think for me it was how the young men who interviewed us felt inspired by what we do and what we gave back,” Melvin Hubbard El of East Liberty said. Hubbard serves as the district office chief of staff for PA State Rep. Ed Gainey. Like Hubbard, Kirk Holbrook of Wilkinsburg works in politics, and participating in this year’s program caused him to look back on where he’s come from and what he’s done. “It caused me to be real reflec-
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Kirk Holbrook (seated, right) listens to the latest Crossing Fences audio booklet at the Children’s Museum citywide celebration Dec. 17. tive. I never thought to myself that I made, but looking back on my story I see how far I did come,” Holbrook said. “It gave me a sense of pride.” For more on this year’s neighborhoods and about the program overall visit the official website or article on the Northside Chronicle website for links to the Northside edition.
The SLB program airs for six hours each week and can be heard on several area radio stations, including 88.3 WRCT Pittsburgh/ Carnegie Mellon University and PCTV Comcast 21 Pittsburgh and Verizon 47 Greater Pittsburgh. For more information on SLB and its programs visit the official website at slbradio.org.
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Sarah Heinz House builds robots
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The Sarah Heinz House hosted the VEX Robotics Competition qualifier Friday, Dec. 19, one of two tournaments the program hosts. By Justin Criado The Sarah Heinz House hosted the VEX Robotics Competition qualifier Friday, Dec. 19 as 48 middle school and high school teams from the tri-state area competed in a day-long tournament. “This year we had 18 middle school teams and 30 high school teams come and compete,” Christine Nguyen said. When Nguyen came to the Sarah Heinz House eight years ago as the robotics director the program was limited to one middle school team in one division. Now, the Sarah Heinz House Advanced Robotics Program (SHARP) features four different teams across four different divisions, including two high school teams, one of which competes in the highest division; First Robotics Challenge (FRC). “I would say we do have one of the only programs that offers all the different levels and we can take everybody,” Nguyen said. “We’re one of the only ones that do different classes.” Nearly 100 kids from Northside
and surrounding schools participate in the after-school program. “The robotics is a really good field to get in to in my opinion,” Luke Melcher, 16, of Ross Township said. “I want to go in to building drones for military use.” Melcher has been a part of the Sarah Heinz House program since third grade, and was on the FRC team that won the 2014 Greater Pittsburgh Regional championship. The Heinz House hosts two large competitions a year, the next one being an FRC competition in May, which shows the growth in popularity within the field. For high school competitions, students must develop a remotecontrolled robot to complete specific functions and tasks. In order to prepare, VEX and FRC release games at the beginning of each year. This year’s game was Skyrise. “We’re trying to grow the region,” Nguyen said. “That’s what we’re trying to be a part of at Sarah Heinz House is growing the area.” Visit the official website at www.sarahheinzhouse.com/ sharp/ for more information.
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Local companies commit to Northside development plan
life and image of Pittsburgh’s Northside,” NSLC executive president Gloria Rayman said. Highmark, Inc., Northwest Savings Bank and the Pittsburgh Steelers all announced commitments and presented the conference with $300,000 checks. “Everyone here knows today that effecting change is not an easy task and certainly we know that it can’t be done alone,” said Evan Frazier, who is Highmark Health’s Photo by Justin Criado senior vice president of community From L to R: Gloria Rayman of NSLC, Evan Frazier of Highmark, Inc., Patricia Rooney, Matt Rhenish of HM Insurance Group, and Amy Schafer & Chris Martin of Northwest Savings Bank. affairs. “That’s why it’s so inspiring to look and around and look mitment is $50,000 a year over at the partners that we’re working By Justin Criado the next six years through the with on initiatives like this neighThe Northside Leadership Neighborhood Partnership Pro- borhood partnership program.” Conference (NSLC) received gram of the Pennsylvania DepartHighmark, along with HM an early holiday gift Friday, ment of Community and Eco- Insurance Group, will supDec. 19 as three local compa- nomic Development (DCED). port general health and well“We’re committed to address ness initiatives with its pledge. nies pledged a total of $900,000 to support community develop- the mutual concerns through a “For us commitment is a verb,” ment efforts in the Northside. united approach in order to en- Chris Martin, president, southwest Each company’s funding com- hance the vitality, quality of region, Northwest Savings Bank
said. “We really apply action behind that. We apply energy behind that.” The announcement was held at 502 E Ohio St., which is the site of a new tea shop that the conference helped fund. “This space is actually a very good example of how we at the Northside Leadership Conference use this money,” Rayman said. “It’s just one of many examples of how these funds are put to really good use for our communities.” Patricia Rooney was on hand as the Steelers organization renewed its six-year commitment. Rooney’s passion has been the restoration of Allegheny Commons park. “My passion of course is the park. Green space is becoming very, very short and there’s not enough of it,” Rooney said. “We’re very, very fortunate in this area to have this marvelous park. I’m very happy to have the Steelers to be a part of this.”
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First ever Mattress Factory art market unlike any other
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Shop manager Sam Ditch in front of some of the pieces at the market ing in all different artistic styles. By Justin Criado “This is the first time we curated The Mattress Factory’s holiday a selection of them and had it in a art market was the perfect place to bigger setting,” shop manager Sam find a one-of-a-kind present this Ditch said. “A lot of the artists that holiday season. In its first year, the we have in this are folks that we market featured 45 artists, vary- have a relationship with, whether
they had an installation here or past staff member or volunteer.” Ditch came up with the idea over the summer and organized the collection of pieces. The market, which was in the museum’s main lobby, opened Dec. 13 and ran until Sunday, Dec. 21. “We had a pretty good turnout on Saturday (Dec. 13). It looks really nice to have something out here. We don’t typically have anything out here in the lobby like this. It’s usually a big empty space,” Ditch said. “It feels nice to have it filled with artwork and beautiful things to look at.” Some artists brought in more pieces throughout the week, keeping things fresh, and even though this year was only the first, Ditch believes the market will be back. “I would love to do it again,” Ditch said of the display and market. “It definitely takes a lot of elbow grease.”
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Stedeford’s still a family business
Local artists display unique pieces at annual curated craft show, promote Northside arts By Justin Criado
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Stedeford’s Discount Records & Tapes on 425 E Ohio Street in Historic Deutschtown features a variety of rap and R&B albums, then some. From Stedeford’s, Page 1
from Joe Greene to Lynn Swann. Jerome Bettis. Hines Ward. They were all steady customers.” Of course, when CDs became popular the store adjusted and began carrying them, but Lon says vinyls are making a comeback, especially with younger crowds. “The vinyls are getting popular again,” said Lon, who gave his 4-year-old son a record player. Through the past 50 years, which included the moves and changes in the music industry, the Leists have persevered, and have become a staple in the Northside community as well as a destination for vinyl collectors citywide. “The people down here are like our family,” Ron said. “We’re dealing with third generation people since we’ve been doing it since ‘64.” Lon added: “I’ve worked here since I was 16. I’m just try-
“Everybody loved her on the Northside,” Ron said. “You talked to anybody and they loved her. She was like their second mother. She’d always give them advice.” The Leists bought the store in 1964, and since moved storefronts a couple times, most recently to 425 East Ohio Street, but that hasn’t deterred the clientele. The store’s inventory is mostly rap and R&B, but a special order can be put in if you’re looking for something obscure. The height of the store’s fame came during the “disco era,” according to Ron. “That’s when we started making a lot of money in the disco era,” Ron remembered. “We were the disco store.” Ron recalls the 1970’s when clients included the likes of Franco Harris and Joe Greene of the Pittsburgh Steelers. “We’ve had people like Fran- ing to keep the tradition alive.” The shop is open Mondayco Harris walking by and he’d Friday from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. come in and ask which jazz album was playing and he came and Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. in and bought something,” Ron The best way to make sure its said. “Franco’s a hard sale.” open is by listening for the music. Ron added: “We had every Steeler come in here everybody .
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Forget all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday chaos. The city’s largest and most popular indie craft show, Handmade Arcade, was Saturday, Dec. 6 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, and with over 8,000 attendees annually and 150 independent vendors from around the nation it was the place to go to find that one of a kind holiday gift. In its 14th year, the show is a curated event and this year three Northside artists were selected. As former education coordinator at the Mattress Factory, coorganizer Jennifer Baron loves the artistic sensibilities of the Northside, whether it’s the area museums or local artist spaces. “Every year we have a number of artists from the Northside,” Baron said. “The Northside in and of itself is made up of many diverse neighborhoods. It’s nice to celebrate that.” Jeff Brunner of Brighton Heights was a Handmade Arcade rookie last year and returned this year with his collection of original prints, which focus primarily on animals and other areas of interest that Brunner recalls from his childhood. “It’s one of my favorites to do because there’s a terrific turnout and I love chatting with attendees to get their feedback and see how they respond to the work,” Brunner said. “The bulk of my creative time is spent alone in the studio, so those conversations are essential and are probably the best thing about showing publicly.” Brunner was recognized as an “emerging artist” at the 2013 Three Rivers Art Festival and has seen his work displayed in several exhibits, including Craft Fair: SXSW Edition in Austin, Texas and the Westmoreland Museum of American Art’s @rt 30. He also partici-
pated in the Mattress Factory’s Winter Art Market Dec. 13-21. “They’re good at what they do and I’m forever grateful to live in a city with folks who use their talents and time to make something like Handmade Arcade a reality,” Brunner said. “They’re kind and quick and on point. Rock stars all around.” Unlike Brunner, this year was Dave Pohl’s first Handmade Arcade experience, but the Spring Hill native was looking forward to working with so many talented artists. “I’m excited to be a part of this fantastic event with such a diverse pool of talented Pittsburgh crafters, designers and artisans,” Pohl said. Primarily a freelance illustrator, Pohl’s work was featured on prints, cards and clothing that were sold by House of Pingting. His latest release was a portrait of Andy Warhol that was done with metallic silver inks. The design was featured on black t-shirts and infant onesies. Other than supporting local artist, the show also focuses on upcycled or repurposed item. Deborah Allen and her partner, Doug Schafer, of Central Northside take old Starbuck’s gift cards and vinyl records to create coasters. “I can tell you how it got started and how we moved from gift cards to records... honestly, I’m running out of gift cards to work with,” Allen said. “I once had thousands.” Currently, Allen and Schafer have an Etsy store featuring the Starbuck’s coasters. Historic Deutschtown’s Artist Image Resource (AIR) has partnered with Handmade Arcade in the past, helping with the show’s Hands-on Arcade feature, which is free to everyone in attendance. This year participants learned how to screen-print using pennants. For links to each of the artist’s work see the Dec. 4 article on the Northside Chronicle website.
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Allegheny West Adam Randall to Jenna Lesker and Nicholas Lloyd at 846 Beech Ave. for $330,000. Brighton Heights Brent Watson to Jonathan Dalbey at 3661 Harbison Ave. for $110,000. JBC Holdings LLC to BACS LLC at 1709 1713 Termon Ave. for $215,000. PHH Mortgage Corp. to David Myers at 1001 Benton Ave. for $21,500. Robert Faett Jr. to Y & Q Management Inc. at 3434 Fleming Ave. for $18,000. Karl Shultz to Richard and Rosa Speziale at 3431 Gass Ave. for $57,500. Dolores A Ward Revocable Trust to Michael and Meghan Gruber at 3648 Harbison Ave. for $105,000. Thomas Rhall to Michael Grguras at 3955 Oakdale Drive for $32,000. Millicent Griffith to Jada and Philip Lahita at 1806 Cottage Place for $12,000. Aldrich Estates LLC to Timber Holdings LLC at 3438 Fleming St. for $48,500. Judith Mackenzie to PHH Mortgage Corp.
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at 3819 Hiawatha St. for $1,942 by sheriff’s deed. Margaret Klubert to Behrouz Famili at 1432 Cooper Ave. for $40,000. Federal National Mortgage Assn. to Quality Homes Investments LLC at 1105 Davis Ave. for $71,150. Brightwood Jacquelin Adzima to Christiana Trust at 1152 Ridgeland Drive for $1,881 by sheriff’s deed. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Leila Gallagher at 1210 Ingham St. for $74,000. Clifford Foster to Gustavo Vazquez at 2611 Brighton Road for $11,000. Phillip Woods to Andrew Jackson at 1205 Hodgkiss St. for $71,000. Estate of Thomas Shanley to Y&Q Management Inc. at 3101 Wadlow St. for $19,000. Adriane Alampi to David and Thelma Koloskee at 1106 Langtry St. for $12,000. Jason Durler to Oakglade Realty Capital
Partn. L.P. at 1303 Woodland Ave. for $105,000. California-Kirkbride Sharon Sterrett to Wiley Properties LLC at 1229 Island Ave. for $2,000. Central Northside Federal National Mortgage Assn. to Jake David Bier at 409 Eloise St. for $45,000. Ameriserv Financial Bank to Northside Real Estate L.P. at 1516 Brighton Road for $370,000. John Wimer to Douglas Paul Heckman at 1209 Boyle St. for $94,150. Gabriel Price to EZG Ltd. LLC at 1409 Arch St. for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $27,500). Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority to GO Realty LLC at Carrington St. (23-F227) for $3,500. Angela Ford to Philip Dougherty and Stacy Ruger at 1227 Sherman Ave. for $208,000. Robert Harkey to Brittany Conkle at 404 Alpine Ave. for $140,000. Shawndella Clark to Cartus Financial Corp.
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at 1502 Federal St. for $300,000. Cartus Financial Corp. to Kathleen Melvin at 1502 Federal St. for $300,000. East Deutschtown Michael Gestrich to PinRE Holdings L.P. at 820 Spring Garden Ave. for $130,000. Fineview Jeffrey Schmigel to KGMA Development LLC at 522 Knoll St. for $130,000. Historic Deutschtown ARC House to Fifty One Forty Nine LLC at 800 Ohio St. E and Madison Ave. for $278,600 by sheriff’s deed. Mehrenbek Inc. to Primal Properties L.P. at 506-508 Suismon St. for $288,000. Manchester Aaron Moore to Nivlem Properties L.P. at 1310 W. North Ave. for $70,000. Observatory Hill Matthew Radeck to Timber Holdings LLC at 550 Dornestic St. for $39,000. Wells Fargo Bank NA trustee to David Myers at 4067 Franklin Road for $21,000. Richard Nicholas to Amy Henschel and
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Adam Bard at 731 Glenside St. for $94,000. Richard Liptak to Oakglade Realty Capital Partn. L.P. at 3101 Perrysville Ave. for $95,000. Steven Wertheim to Emily Klosterman at 241 Waldorf St. for $196,500. Thomas Rhall to Michael Grguras at 3955 Oakdale Street for $32,000. Marianne Kosky Chotta to Tyler Hofer at 4114 Fairbanks Ave. for $47,500. Richard Nicholas to Duaine Berger at 709 Spice St. for $9,000. W. Scott Windisch to Ebony Marcelle Rudlolph at 113 Watson Blvd. for $6,700. Carmelita Bronder to JLJW Real Estate LLC at Ivory Ave. (Lot/Block #0162-M00325-0000-00) for $5,000. Dennis Inklovich to Federal National Mortgage Assn. at 4054 Vinceton St. for $2,004 by sheriff’s deed. Perry Hilltop Federal National Mortgage Assn. to Kaja Holdings 2 LLC at 2618 Leland St. for $3,850.
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Pennymac Holdings LLC to Brin and Katie Moser at 2341 Osgood St. for $16,900. Melissa Coleman to Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. trustee at 617 Suffolk St. for $2,680 by sheriff’s deed. Union Commonwealth LLC to Genafie McKnight and Nathan Jones at 2814 Sherlock St. for $15,000. Mack Williams estate et al. to Federal National Mortgage Assn. at 2329 Perrysville Ave. for $1,842 by sheriff’s deed. Joseph Deemer to Christy Lust at 2941 Perrysville Ave. for $141,000. Union Commonwealth LLC to B Wiles Property Resources Group LLC at 2705 Sherlock St. for $8,500. Spring Garden William Danik to Thomas Danik at Spring Garden Ave. (78-K-1) for $26,290. Estate of Alan Wayne Parrott to Gary Cirlingione at 1620 Spring Garden Ave. for $30,000. Federal National Mortgage Assn. to Kaja Holdings 2 LLC at 2418 Spring Garden
Ave. for $4,850. Spring Hill Jeffrey Clayton Carlino to Neil Pegues at 221 Essen St. for $20,000. Theresa Powers to Andrew Kaib at 2116 Varley St. for $57,000. Allison Plutt Jr. to Timothy Kimbel at 2120 Rockledge St. for $60,000. Thomas Dumrauf to Robert and Thomas Gerst at 1357 Diana St. for $3,500. Marie Stickle to Jeffrey Bailey at 1420 Firth St. for $35,000. Summer Hill Robert Fritz to David Harvey Jr. at 602 Ivory Ave. for $104,000. Elissa Thomas to Andrew Wantland at 129 Van Buren St. for $119,000. Troy Hill Michael Simpson to Christine Lynne LLC at 1107 Brabec St. for $44,000. Adolfo Matos Jr. to Pittsburgh Landmark Group LLC at 1940 Ley St. for $23,000. Federal National Mortgage Assn. to Juan Wysong and Michelle Hickey at 2037
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Straubs Lane for $5,800. Oscar Huber to Michael Moore at 2009 Veronica St. for $67,000. George Cundieff to Holly Cundieff at 36 Waterfront Drive for $76,500. Larry Weir to Valerie and Darius Allman at Eggers St. (48-F-197) for $9,000. Leslie Nocleg to Colin King at 1711 Harpster St. for $95,000. Robert George Koch to Christine Lynne LLC at 1376 Herman St. for $56,000 Mark Miller to Wells Fargo Bank NA trustee at 1810 Niggel St. for $1,832 by sheriff’s deed. We got ya covered... To fulfill all of your real estate transaction needs be sure to check out our weekly Property Transfers every Monday on www.thenorthsidechronicle.com. Don’t forget to like us on Facebook (The Northside Chronicle) and follow us on Twitter (@NSideChronicle) for up-tothe-minute Northside news, too.
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Education on the Northside
Pittsburgh Schiller collects 1,000 items for food drive
Photo courtesy of Merecedes J. Howze
Three Schiller Classical Academy students stand in front of a bus during the annual “Fill-A-Bus Campaign” in November. able food items to benefit NorthBy Merecedes J. Howze side Common Ministries and St. Pittsburgh Schiller Classi- Vincent De Paul’s Food Pantry. cal Academy partnered with W.L. Each homeroom, draped Roenigk for their annual “Fill- with boxes to accept donaA-Bus Campaign.” In total, the tions, actively participated school collected 1,101 non-perish- in this community initiative.
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The goal was to fill a school bus with canned food and although other schools were involved, Pittsburgh Schiller filled half of a bus. The other schools involved were Pittsburgh South Brook, Pittsburgh Classical, and Pittsburgh Arsenal. This is the school’s second year participating in the food drive, and collected approximately 100 more cans this year than last. “It was very important for our children to realize the importance of giving back. They were very passionate about the work, and it was reflective in the amount of donations we received. Our children were committed to helping others,“ school counselor Lana Shaftic said. Pittsburgh Schiller won a friendly school competition with Pittsburgh Arsenal to see which would acquire the most donations. Even though the winning school received a school-wide pizza party, Pittsburgh Schiller decided to donate the pizza party money to the Original Church of God’s Toy Drive.
In addition to the school-toschool competition with local middle schools, Pittsburgh Schiller also competed amongst homerooms. The classroom with the most items donated celebrated with a pizza party on Dec. 22. The winning homeroom was Mr. Juran’s class, while Ms. Spano’s class came in a close second place. In the school newspaper, reporter and eighth grader Alyza Foster wrote, “our school was not just collecting cans just to do it. The cans go towards helping the less fortunate at Northside Common Ministries and St. Vincent De Paul’s Food Pantry. The cans are going to help bring Thanksgiving to those who can’t have one.” Merecedes Howze is the Project Assistant for Pittsburgh Public Schools as well as the secretary for the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation.
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The Game Page Last Month’s Puzzle Solutions First published in a U.S. puzzle magazine in 1979, Sudoku caught on in Japan in 1986, and became internationally famous in 2005. The aim of Sudoku is to enter a number from 1 through 9 in each space on a 9×9 grid made up of 3×3 subgrids (called “regions”). Some of the numbers have already been given. You may not use the same number twice in a single row, column, or region of the grid. Completing the puzzle requires patience and logical ability.
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