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awful Truth
North Belle Vernon
Skateboard site
request refused
Tribune-Review News Service
Councilman Ed Layona said he
BELLE VERNON-A doubted council will canvass
NORTH the borough to find public or
borough boards
rds failed private property for skateboard-
ry to convince Nerth ers
Belle Vernon officials to set In other business, Lyons told
aside a site for skateboarders council a comprehensive plan
Kevin Smith, owner of for sewage line improvements
Extreme Attitude on Broad in the community is necessary
Avenue, asked council to desig- if the borough hopes to secure
nate a site for skateboarders funds froen PENNVEST, a state
where they could enjoy their agency that provides low-inter-
sport without endangering eat loans for infrastructure im-
themselves or anyone else.
Council had banned riding
skateboards on public property
because of safety and liability
Councilman Lou Fiorino told
Smith the borough gave skate-
boarders a chance by permit
ting the sport on back streets,
but some abused the privilege
by building ramps on Arch
Street near National City Bank.
While agreeing with a prohibi-
tion on riding skateboards on
streets or sidewalks, Smith said
the acts of a few should not ruin
concerna
it for and a place where we
can get them (three
of the way rather than put
them away in a closet?" Smith
Lyons said the borough will
seek $100,000 in state money
and an additional $100,000 or
$200,000 through the county's
Community Development Block
Grant program to fand other
improvements, Including street
resurfacing
In other matters, council di
rected the mayor to have the po
Hice elte Michael Smarachock of
328 Graham St. for alleged
building code violations.
Council complained about the
condition of garage on the
property, as well as the house.
Council also decided to move
Nov. 11, Veteran's Day, to Nov. 6
at 7:30 p.m.
Mephisto
predicts
DEAR ABBY: I read your let.
from Lake, the teenage skateboaro
er who fi
no feels skateboarders get a bad
rap from adults. I'm a television
news anchor and thought you and
Lake would appreciate this story,
which led our newscast recently.
teenagers were skate-
boarding in downtown Abilene
when they heard screaming. They
found an elderly woman who had
been attacked. A thief had knocked
her down and stolen her purse.
The skaters split up. Some took
off after the thief. Some stayed to
help the woman. Others skateboard-
ed off to summon the police. When
the teens found the thief hiding in a
parking garage, he took off again-
and they chased him on their boards
until police arrived and arrested
him. The elderly woman got her
purse back, along with the contents.
Let's hear it for today's teens.
With or without skateboards, most
of them are on the right track
LOREN HALIFAX, KTAB-TV,
- ABILENE, TEXAS
DEAR LOREN: Thanks for an up-
per of a letter. It's the first time I've
heard that the wheels of justice
were attached to a sateboard.
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+Nocturnal skating hits hard.
+ Cops still bite.
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Height: 6' 4"
Eyes: Hazel
Present Location: Kitchen
First axe: Roller Derby Red Ply with steel wheels
Favorite painting: There's so many
Last food eaten: Pomegranates and cucumbers.
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Poet's Corner
Perseverance
Beaten down with blood on the ground,
I get up to master this trick I have found.
Pick up my board, climb back up the stairs,
No need to look around, nobody cares.
I start kicking toward this rock-hard death,
Then ollie up, grind and take a deep breath,
I made it down, one more trick I have gained,
The relief and excitement is worth the pain..
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You wear whatever's on MTV,
You rollerblade in trendy clothes,
You try to smoke pot in a bowl,
You drive a trendy Jeep,
Your so-called friends think you're neat,
You push us out of your way
'Cause you think you're better than us,
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