Category: News
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Obituary – John D Kaselonis
KASELONIS, JOHN D. Age 26, on Friday, July 15, 2005, of West Mifflin. Beloved son of John and Pat “Trish”; beloved brother of Nathan and Christopher; beloved grandson of Walter and the late Catherine Kaselonis; Jacqueline Mitchell and the late Frank Gasparovic; beloved nephew of Billy and Scott Mitchell of McKeesport, Margaret and Tom McDonough,…
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AAWPSD Reunion Gallery 2005 is HERE!
Alumni Association of the WPSD 32nd Triennial Reunion on June 17-18, 2005 gallery album are finally here! We had 128 items in album, our biggest number of pictures in our WPSD Alumni gallery! Our alumnus would like to say biggest thanks to Lee Ethridge to share the pictures with us and post theirs on Gallery…
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Preparing for life in a hearing world – School for the Deaf students graduate
By Gabrielle Banks and Darrell Sapp, Post-Gazette Emily Jo Noschese, wearing her crown as the May queen, sits with fellow senior Marisa Mills to watch the May Day event last month at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. The aroma in the school cafeteria and the banter around its tables two weeks before graduation…
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Fund set up for slain couple's kids
BY LINDA JUMP, FLORIDA TODAY May 7, 2005 PALM BAY – A memorial fund has been established for the four hearing-impaired children of a deaf Palm Bay couple slain in Pennsylvania earlier this week. Steven and Marilyn Bergman were shot and killed, and Marilyn’s brother Thomas Simich Jr., who also is deaf, is accused of…
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Motive for shootings baffles cops
Bill Vidonic and Robyn Russo, Times Staff 05/04/2005 FREEDOM – Tom Simich Sr. watched in horror Monday as his son raised a 20-gauge shotgun inside their Freedom home and in quick succession shot his brother-in-law once in the back and then his sister in the chest, according to Rochester police. The frail, elder Simich, 80,…
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Neighbors didn't know Simiches
May 4, 2005 Robyn Russo , Times Staff They lined the sidewalks, waiting for news. And as they heard reports that Thomas Simich Jr. had shot and killed his sister and brother-in-law, curious neighbors tried to piece together information about the family. Was it that quiet, older couple? They were deaf, weren’t they? They always…
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Beaver County shooting shreds deaf family
Wednesday, May 04, 2005 By Gabrielle Banks and Joe Fahy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Thomas Simich 1979 senior picture For some who have known the Simich family of Freedom, the saddest part of Monday’s double slaying was that the man who is charged with fatally shooting his sister and brother-in-law was so close to them for most…
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Two dead in Freedom shooting
Tuesday, May 03, 2005 By Gabrielle Banks, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rochester police officers escort Thomas Simich Jr. to his arraignment yesterday. After a brief standoff, police yesterday afternoon arrested a 46-year-old man who cannot hear or speak in the shooting deaths of his sister and brother-in-law at the family’s home in Freedom. The shooting occurred in…
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Alumni Basketball Gallery
Finally, we posted a new Alumni Basketball Gallery in Gallery page! As you wonder who won the game.. WPSD boys and girls killed us. However, we had blast time to watch and play in the WPSD big gym.