Security alert at the Heinz estate

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Sunday, October 31, 2004 | Bill Steigerwald

[Willie Green]

Dear Teresa and John,

So sorry I missed you. I know you're busy trying to kick George W. Bush out the White House, the one mansion even Teresa can't buy. Just kidding, guys!

Seriously. I know security is not one of John's strong points. But you should probably have one of your hands ride out and fix the hole in the black cyclone fence that separates your farm from the steep hillside of Trillium Trail Park.

Don't get excited, Teresa. From what I saw during my hike in the public woods above Squaw Run Road, your fencing at Rosemont Farm is in better shape than California's. Especially down by the pond where John practices his windsurfing, where it's topped by that nasty barbed wire imported from East Germany.

But at the bottom of a narrow ravine by a creek there's an opening where a terrorist or a Republican dirty trickster could easily sneak in and trample your winter wheat crop or something.

[Willie Green]

Heck, that hole has been there at LEAST 40 years.
Snuck through it myself when I was maybe 12~13 years old.
It's about time that somebody tell 'em to fix it.
It's not actually an eyesore, but dilapidated property pulls down the value for EVERYBODY in the neighborhood.

[Willie Green]

ping

[donnab]

LOL cant secure their own borders but sKerry will secure ours. what a joke!!!!

[Tribune7]

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[elli1]

...waiting....waiting....waiting....for the catfight that breaks out when teRAYsa finds this dropping in her litter box...

[martin_fierro]

But you should probably have one of your hands ride out and fix the hole in the black cyclone fence that separates your farm from the steep hillside of Trillium Trail Park.

That's the service entrance, silly.

Kinda like the Texas-California border with Mexico.

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[AmishDude]

The sports guy?

[beyond the sea]

that nasty barbed wire imported from East Germany

I thought that barbed wire was illegal, against code in Fox Chapel.

[Willie Green]

I thought that barbed wire was illegal, against code in Fox Chapel.

Grandfather clause in the zoning code.
The area used to be farmland before the upper crust began building their rural estates, country clubs and hunting lodges there. Lotsa old barbed wire around. My old neighborhood (a more typical middle-class development of homes) was once an old apple orchard. Getting scratched by some old barbed wire was a routine hazard for kids tromping through the woods. So was having Mom drag your butt to the doctor to get a tetanus booster. No big deal, but I still don't like needles poking into me.

[Willie Green]

The sports guy?

Who? Steigerwald?
I don't know, for sure.
I suppose he's reported sports along with other assignments during his career.

[AmishDude]

I thought Steigerwald was a sports guy in Pittsburgh. Maybe I'm thinking of somebody with a similar name.

[Willie Green]

Could be. But a quick Google for his bio says " He grew up in the South Hills, graduated from South Hills Catholic in 1965 and is the oldest of the Steigerwald media family that includes broadcasters John and Paul and rock guitarist Dan Steigerwald."

So maybe you're thinking about one of his siblings.

[AmishDude]

It's John I was thinking of. What a family!

[Willie Green]

It seems odd to me that 3 out of 4 would choose such similar careers.
I also have 3 brothers, and we all headed in more different directions.

[Willie Green]

Kinda like the Texas-California border with Mexico.

Nah. The speed limit along Squaw Run Road through Trillium Trail is only 25 mph.
The Borough Police like to hang out there to hand out tickets.
And they're pretty strict about closing the park an hour after sunset.
NOT a good place to go "parking" with a date.
(I found THAT out the hard way when I was 17. Ordinance #47 ~ "loitering in a motor vehicle".)