Category: News
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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.
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2004 National Soccer Team of the Year
WPSD’s Soccer Team Selected the FRAT’s National Team of the Year By Val Wojton III, Soccer Coach Sports Editor of DeafSportZine and Editor of DeafDigest Barry Strassler from the FRAT (National Fraternal Society of the Deaf) announced that the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf soccer team is the Soccer National Team of the Year!…
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David Clinger's new kid
David Clinger (Class of 1988) and his wife, Nicole Yohe Clinger had a baby girl at Magee Woman Hospital on Thursday, December 16, 2004 at 4:19 p.m. Her name is Olivia Ann Clinger. She weight 8lbs 3oz and was 20 inches long. She was born 5 days late. Everything went very smooth and the labor…
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Nostalgic Reunion for Class of ’74
By Vicki Danco ’74 The Class of ’74 had its 30th Class Reunion on August 28 at the Hyatt Hotel in Pittsburgh. It was a huge success with 16 of 27 classmates attending. Mary Lou Novitsky and Vicki Danco co-chaired the event. On Saturday, the alumni toured WPSD. Everyone was very impressed with the renovations.…
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WPSD Alumna Teaches Abroad
by Mary Agnes Connor ’01 This summer, I had the opportunity to spend eight weeks in Mexico and do an internship there. I wanted to do an internship in a Spanish-speaking country because I thought it would help me improve my Spanish, and help me decide which field to pursue. For the first six weeks,…
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Hello from Gally!
WPSD Alumnus Gather for a Group Picture to Say Hi! (L to R) Neil Macgill, Jr. ’03, Jessica Demme ’03, Jessica Fields ’03, Nellie Noschese ’03, Oyamo Caracci ’03, Mary Agnes Connor ’01, Bobbie Jo Kite (graduate student), Christine Kitchen ’01, Erin Myers ’03, Kirstin Macgill ’03, Danielle Graybill ’03, and Zack Porter ’03.