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IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE:

04 LITERARY ARTS // Unread Gems

05 LITERARY ARTS // Indie Bookseller Spotlight

06 NEWS // Grassroots vs. Deep Pockets

12 EVENTS // Seven Days in Pittsburgh

14 Crossword and Classifieds

FEB. 1-8, 2023 // VOL. 32 ISSUE 5

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LITERARY ARTS

GEMS

Bottom Feeder Books sells rare finds at the right price

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attention, she lays back down on a bed on the floor and falls right to sleep: a perfect bookstore dog.

She suits the atmosphere of the store, which is precise and well-curated without

“I built all the shelves, all the counters.”

Bottom Feeder Books opened its doors around six months ago at the end of July. Before then, McLennan lived and worked all over the country, including

at Chop Suey Books, a used bookstore in Richmond, Va. once profiled by The New York Times for its wide-ranging selection. “I just learned so much more there,” he says of the experience. “You get a lot of students coming in and seeing things they’re reading, one thing leads to another … You read interviews with all these painters and they talk about writers, you read interviews with these filmmakers and they talk about painters and poets,” he says.

After leaving Richmond, he moved to Brooklyn to paint, showing in galleries

in the city. Eventually, he took a job at Stumptown Coffee – one that brought him to Portland, Ore., which he left in 2020 for Pittsburgh. He knew at once when he got here that he wanted to open a bookstore, but it took a while.

“I had thousands of books already, but I kept buying, and saving money, and trying to find the right spot.”

McLennan sources Bottom Feeder’s stock from all over: trips to Ohio, Maryland, and West Virginia, library sales, and even a few unnamed spots in Pittsburgh. “Since I’ve been open, I’ll

CP PHOTOS: JARED WICKERHAM Ryan McLennan, owner of Bottom Feeder Books

INDIE BOOKSELLER SPOTLIGHT

New releases at City Books

CITY BOOKS

908 Galveston Ave., North Side. citybookspgh.com

Wildblood

by Lauren Blackwood (Macmillan)

Macmillan describes this story of a young woman, whose magical powers are exploited to protect travelers in a fictional, monster-filled version of Jamaica, as a “fierce, lush fantasy.”

Code Name Sapphire

by Pam Jenoff (HarperCollins)

make house calls to go look at stuff if they know what I’m looking for or interested in.”

He’s most interested in finding early original printings, with a heavy emphasis on literature (especially modernist texts, I notice), art, and film.

“What I feel confident I know about kind of fizzles out in the ‘80s. But I find things all the time.” He emphasizes affordability as an important metric, too. “I price things based on what I could find them being sold online for, but I’m trying to go below that. I’m always looking for things that are cheap ... There are a lot of things on the shelves that are $5, because I don’t want people to feel like they can’t buy something.”

BOTTOM FEEDER BOOKS

415 Gettysburg St., Point Breeze. bottomfeederbooks.com

“There’s a lot of stuff that’s going to be very particular for the right person,” McLennan remarks.

He has a point. I think about the list of the books I’ve picked up at Bottom Feeder over the past few months, something that — like perusing someone’s playlist — reveals more about me than about the books themselves: P. Adams Sitney’s avant-garde film Bible Visionary Film, an art book focusing on pioneering feminist artist Carolee Schneeman, a beat-up old copy of an early Henry James novel I’d never even heard of. Later, I’m thrilled

when he pulls out a gorgeous old coffee table book about the films of Pier Paolo Pasolini, which he tells me is “one of my favorite books in here … I’ve never seen another one before.”

McLennan has also started branching out into hosting events with local independent publishers, such as Todd Sanders of Air and Nothingness Press and Emma Honcharski of local food publication Dinner Bell Magazine. “I want to do more events because it does bring people into the store.”

McLennan shows me a small room in the back under construction. “I’m still working on the ceiling, I need to paint it … but this is essentially a gallery space.” He’s hoping to host art shows in the space, in addition to expanding the shop’s events lineup with more signings and readings ,or maybe even film screenings.

Towards the end of our conversation, I mention that I’ve been haunted by the copy of filmmaker Eric Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales that’s been on display for the past few months. McLennan lights up immediately, telling me that he can’t believe no one’s bought it yet. “It’s super hard to find,” he says, and tapping the counter for emphasis continues, “and I have it priced cheaper than anywhere I’ve ever seen it!”

Reader, I bought the book on my way out. After all, if the books at Bottom Feeder are just lying in wait for the right person to find them, why delay the inevitable once they’ve been found? •

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Set in World War II Europe, this novel finds its protagonist, Hannah Martel, escaping Nazi Germany and joining a resistance movement in Brussels, Belgium.

The House of Eve

Sadeqa

Johnson (Simon & Schuster)

The respective dreams of a teen girl in Chicago and an ambitious woman in Washington, D.C. are affected by love, class and racial divides, and familial expectations in this 1950s-set story.

Someone Else’s Shoes

by Jojo Moyes (Penguin Random House) Moyes delivers a feel-good narrative about two women — one struggling to support her family, another cut off from her glamorous life by a sudden divorce — brought together by a lost gym bag.

Victory City

by Salman Rushdie (Penguin Random House)

The latest release from one of the most influential authors of his time follows a girl who becomes a vessel for the divine, tracing her epic story over 250 years from its origins in 14th-century India. •

GRASSROOTS VS. DEEP POCKETS

Will big money or grassroots support make a bigger splash in the Allegheny County executive race?

BY JAMIE WIGGAN AND CHARLIE WOLFSON // JAMIE@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

WITH A LARGE FIELD OF candidates, a rare opportunity to shape county governance, and a lack of contribution limits, the upcoming campaign for Allegheny County executive is shaping up to test the influence of money on local elections.

The role of money in politics has shifted in the social media age, and having the biggest pile of campaign cash does not always outweigh grassroots

organizing and online momentum. Elections are not sold to the highest bidder — the region’s last two primary elections offer ample proof of that. But even the most grassroots candidates say money — and the ability to broadcast TV and digital ads — is still important.

Allegheny County Treasurer John Weinstein’s entrance into the race for executive this month made a splash and not only because of Weinstein’s considerable name recognition (taxpayers have

made out checks to him since 1999). But he is also expected to bring a significant amount of campaign cash into the crowded race.

Weinstein will compete with state Rep. Sara Innamorato, who has earned support of progressive PACs and smalldollar contributors; city Controller Michael Lamb, who has built deep relationships over decades in city government; and three fundraising wild cards in Dave Fawcett, Erin McClelland, and

Olivia Bennett.

Major labor unions are expected to take different sides and provide money to candidates, and the race could reveal how much small-dollar donors will engage in county-level elections.

Campaign finance filings revealing candidates’ positions entering 2023 are likely to be available in the coming days.

Weinstein’s record of raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund his past campaigns for treasurer, and a handful

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of large checks written to his campaign account at the end of 2022 loom large over the race. Last time he entered an election year (2019), he had more than $425,000 in his campaign account — several times more than what any of his 2023 rivals have ever raised for an election.

“Given the choice between having a powerful fundraising machine and not having a powerful fundraising machine, always go with the fundraising,” said Jennie Sweet-Cushman, an assistant professor of political science at Chatham University. “There are inherent advantages there but those advantages don’t necessarily translate into wins maybe like we might assume they would.”

Also changing the contours of the race, a slate of progressive officeholders have recently gained ground in Allegheny County, and donors are adjusting accordingly.

“The progressive train has left the station, and we’re in this transitionary period,” Sweet-Cushman said. “And you may see things split a little along the predictable, kind of more conservative lines and the more progressive ones.”

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Who's running for Allegheny County executive?

The incumbent, Rich Fitzgerald, cannot run due to a term limit. Party voters will choose nominees in primary elections May 16.

John Weinstein and the strong arm of labor

Last election: 2019

Years of fundraising reviewed: 2018-21

Average contribution: $1,313

Top three contributors: Laborers District Council of Western PA PAC, First National Bank PAC, Friends of Randy Martini

“Labor needs a partner” in the executive’s office, Weinstein said at his Jan. 12 campaign launch. “And they’re going to have a partner.”

Campaign finance reports show that Weinstein and organized labor have been partnering for years. Locals associated with electrical workers, steamfitters, laborers, operating engineers, and others helped him raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for his campaigns for treasurer.

Weinstein reiterated in a January interview that he thinks labor should have an “advocate” in the executive’s office. “And when companies come to Western Pennsylvania they understand that we have talented people here, and give them

a chance,” he said.

In the final days of 2022, before he announced his county executive run, the Western Pennsylvania Laborers PAC gave $50,000 to Weinstein’s campaign. The political action committee for Steamfitters Local 449 wrote a $102,000 check around the same time.

“People believe in me,” Weinstein said. “No one’s writing a check if they don’t believe in you, if they don’t think that you have the ability to do what you say.”

The full extent of Weinstein’s recent fundraising is not yet known, but building trade union leaders say they are squarely behind Weinstein.

“We all realize we need a good, strong county executive, not only someone who is labor friendly but someone who is business friendly,” said Kenneth Broadbent, business manager of the Steamfitters Local 449. “On this election, we’re all supporting John Weinstein.”

Broadbent keyed on the controversial subject of fracking, calling it a

he will represent more than “a select few neighborhoods.”

“I don’t think people in the South Hills are interested in affordable housing,” Ameris said.

Unlike city and federal elections, there are no limits on contributions in county elections. Weinstein is likely to enjoy a significant, but not necessarily decisive financial advantage over five other announced candidates.

“You are going to be seeing a lot of commercials,” Weinstein told his audience on Jan. 12.

could counteract their wave of money. Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare and 32BJ, the latter representing property service workers, poured big money into the 2021 race for Pittsburgh mayor. Both have endorsed Innamorato.

Leaders of the unions are hoping an Innamorato triumph — extending the progressive movement’s electoral winning streak — sends a message about the region’s priorities.

“We are standing with candidates who are on the front lines with workers,”

CP PHOTO: JARED WICKERHAM Sara Innamorato in Friendship Park

PHOTO: JAMAYA LOBATO-RIVAS/PUBLICSOURCE.

Weinstein at the Omni William Penn Hotel

“Money is going to be very important in this race, and fundraising will be vital.”

“No one’s writing a check if they don’t believe in you ...”

said Silas Russell, political director of SEIU Healthcare. “And voters agree with healthcare workers that we need to hold powerful institutions accountable.”

The union backed Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, in his 2021 campaign, promised to hold UPMC to account and make the large, tax-exempt hospital system pay its “fair share” to the public sector. Innamorato has launched her campaign making similar pledges about the healthcare giant.

Russell said he hopes the next executive uses the county’s taxing authority to “hold institutions accountable, and make sure that purely public charities are living up to that status.”

More than any other candidate, Innamorato has raised big money from small-dollar donations. From 2020 through 2022, she received 1,003

campaign contributions, just 43 of which were of more than $500. The average contribution to her campaigns was $139, well below that of Weinstein or Lamb.

Innamorato said in a January interview that her campaign had attracted contributions from 400 individual contributors.

“Money is going to be very important in this race, and fundraising will be vital,” Innamorato said. “Our campaign, we do have to be competitive and continue to raise dollars to run a countywide campaign that really speaks to people and brings them into the fold.”

She noted, though, that recent elections in the region have not always gone to the biggest spender: Gainey and Congresswoman Summer Lee each won competitive primaries despite being outspent.

Michael Lamb, looking for new sources

Last election: 2019

Years of fundraising reviewed: 2018-20

Average contribution: $542.98

Top three contributors: PACs associated with Laborers District Council of Western PA, Plumbers Local Union No. 27, Steamfitters Local 449

Lamb finds himself in uncharted waters. Some groups that were his biggest backers in city elections have already lined up behind Weinstein.

Lamb raised about $70,000 in 2019, the year of his most recent election, while running unopposed. But at least $25,000 of that came from PACs that have already pledged support for other executive candidates.

The Western PA Laborers PAC, for example, gave Lamb’s campaign $10,000 during his last election cycle, but the group is supporting Weinstein

in 2023. The same goes for the Steamfitters, who gave his campaign $7,000 last election.

Broadbent said the building trade unions are fond of Lamb, but their support will go solely to Weinstein in 2023.

“The building trades all like Mike but figure John Weinstein is the candidate who can win,” he said, citing the need to avoid electing an executive who is “too far left or too far right.”

Lamb is undeterred, though, and said his fundraising efforts are going as planned.

“We are talking to people every day who are contributing to us,” he said in an interview. “Some of them have given to past races that I have been in, some of them who have given in past races that [Weinstein] has been in.”

PHOTO: KAT PROCYK/PUBLICSOURCE

Michael Lamb in his City-County Building office

“We are talking to people every day who are contributing to us."

Bennett raised less than $10,000 for her successful county council race in 2019. Fawcett last ran for elected office 19 years ago. And McClelland raised a tidy $239,000 in a 2016 run for Congress, but in a starkly different context: She ran in a district that included vast swaths of three other counties that was overwhelmingly likely to be won by a Republican candidate.

Bennett said she’s avoiding larger corporate donors as part of a deliberate grassroots strategy.

“My campaign always has been and will always continue to be very peoplecentered,” she said. “We don’t go after big corporations.”

Bennett, whose progressive branding puts her in competition with Innamorato,

willing to back him.

“I’m putting in the work to build a broad base of financial support and I’m not counting on any one entity to fund my campaign,” Fawcett said. “And at the same time, I expect that I will raise as much as the others in the race.”

Fawcett once argued a U.S. Supreme Court appeal on the grounds a West Virginia judge had been helped into office by more than $3 million of the defendant’s money. Since then, he said he’s remained suspicious of large singlesource campaign contributions.

“I think everyone knows that anyone — a person or organization — who really helps out a candidate in a big way probably expects something in return,” Fawcett said. •

Charlie Wolfson is PublicSource’s local government reporter and a Report for America corps member. He can be reached at charlie@publicsource.org or on Twitter @chwolfson.

Jamie Wiggan is City Paper’s news editor. He can be reached at jamie@pghcitypaper.com or on Twitter at @JamieWiggan This

was fact-checked by Dakota Castro-Jarrett.

THU., FEB. 2

TALK • LAWRENCEVILLE

Embrace the embarrassment when Spirit hosts the Pittsburgh Fuckup Night Volume

V: Groundhog Day Special. The evening opens with a mingling session complete with food and drink, followed by a panel of local leaders sharing their most humiliating business failures. Contribute to the bit by revealing your own cringe saga. The event comes courtesy of Fuckup Nights, described as a global movement to change the narrative around failure by highlighting entrepreneurs, CEOs, and others who had their own stumbles on the road to success.

6:30 p.m. Doors at 6 p.m. 242 51st St., Lawrencenceville. $25. spiritpgh.com

TALK • SOUTH SIDE

We Are The Weirdos: Live Stories, Told By Women. 8 p.m. Doors at 7 p.m. Club Cafe. 56-58 S. 12th St., South Side. $10. wearetheweirdospgh.com

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FRI., FEB.

MUSIC • MIDLAND

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Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School presents Hollywood Nights

7 p.m. Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center. One Lincoln Park, Midland. $15. lincolnparkarts.org/events

MUSIC • LAWRENCEVILLE

Con Alma & Thunderbird Music Hall

Present Pittsburgh Jazz Contributions.

8 p.m. Doors at 7 p.m. Thunderbird Music Hall. 4053 Butler St., Lawrenceville. $20-25. 21 and over. thunderbirdmusichall.com

SAT., FEB. 4

OUTDOOR • SQUIRREL HILL

Hike with a Naturalist: Lichen Exploration

10 a.m.-12 p.m. Frick Environmental Center. 2005 Beechwood Blvd., Squirrel Hill. Free. Registration required. pittsburghparks.org

MARKET • GARFIELD

Punk Rock Flea Market 12-5 p.m.

Mr. Roboto Project. 5106 Penn Ave., Garfield. $10. therobotoproject.com/calendar

FILM • DOWNTOWN

Ikiru. 2 p.m. Continues through Sun., Feb. 5. Harris Theater. 809 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $11. trustarts.org

MUSIC • DOWNTOWN

Taylor Tomlinson: The Have It All Tour

7 p.m. Continues through Sun., Feb. 5. Benedum Center. Seventh St. and Penn Ave., Downtown. $61. trustarts.org

OUTDOOR • OAKLAND

Strap on your skates and boogie down during Disco Night at the Schenley Park Skating Rink. Presented by CitiParks and City of Pittsburgh Office of Special Events, the 90-minute session welcomes adult skaters to hit the ice and show off their best moves to music from the days of Studio 54. 8-9:30 p.m. 10341 Overlook Drive, Oakland. $4-5, $3 for skate rentals. 18 and over. pittsburghpa.gov/schenley/rink

SUN., FEB. 5

MARKET • LARIMER

Show your hometown pride during Crafts and Drafts: Local Love at East End Brewing. The brewpub will be filled with Pittsburgh vendors, including Collarbone Jewelry and Meshwork Press. The event will also have floral arrangements from The Bearded Iris Floral Design, music from Flipping Records and Tapes, and a set by DJ MB from Alternate Histories. And, of course, beer will be available all day, along with non-alcoholic seltzers and sodas, and East End’s signature thick-crust pizza. 12-4 p.m. East End Brewing. 147 Julius St., Larimer. Free. eastendbrewing.com

TALK • NORTH SIDE

Is This Finished? In Conversation with Mo Willems. 5 p.m. New Hazlett Theater. 6 Allegheny Square East, North Side. $19. newhazletttheater.org

MUSIC • STRIP DISTRICT

Voice of Drums featuring Hugo Cruz and Caminos 6-9 p.m. Kingfly Spirits. 2613 Smallman St., Strip District. Free. 21 and over. kingflyspirits.com/events

MUSIC • NORTH SIDE

VYLTS, Cult of Chunk, ASH BELiAL. 7:45 p.m. Government Center. 715 East St., North Side. $10. thegovernmentcenter.com/events

PHOTO: HUGO CRUZ/COURTESY OF PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST

Voice of Drums featuring Hugo Cruz and Caminos at Kingfly Spirits

PHOTO: COURTESY OF JANUS FILMS Ikiru at Harris Theater

SUN., FEB. 5

MON., FEB. 6

EXHIBIT • DOWNTOWN

The Pittsburgh City-County Building kicks off February with an opening reception for its Black History Month Exhibit celebrating the works of August Wilson. Through the end of the month, a display in the main lobby will feature a variety of archival materials, interactive activities, and first-hand accounts from people who knew the playwright. Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and friends of Wilson will give remarks at the reception. There will also be entertainment and refreshments. 6-8 p.m. Continues through Tue., Feb. 28. 414 Grant St., Downtown. Free. pittsburghpa.gov/events/black-history

MUSIC • DOWNTOWN

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Cabaret Series presents LaChanze. 7:30 p.m. O’Reilly Theater. 621 Penn Ave., Downtown. $60-70. trustarts.org

TUE., FEB. 7

MUSIC • DOWNTOWN

JazzLive presents James Johnson III. 5 p.m. Liberty Magic. 811 Liberty Ave., Downtown. Free. trustarts.org

FILM • ALLENTOWN

Movie Party: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. 7 p.m. Bottlerocket Social Hall. 1226 Arlington Ave., Allentown. $5. bottlerocketpgh.com

SPORTS • UPTOWN

Friends and Pens for a Cause 7 p.m. PPG Paints Arena. 1001 Fifth Ave., Downtown. $42-200. ppgpaintsarena.com/events

WED., FEB. 8

CONVENTION • DOWNTOWN

2023 NACAC College Fair. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 6-8:30 p.m. Continues through Thu., Feb. 9. David L. Lawrence Convention Center. 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd., Downtown. Free. pittsburghcc.com

DRAG • DOWNTOWN

Drag Bingo at Il Tetto 6 p.m. Sienna Mercato. 942 Penn Ave., Downtown. $20. facebook.com/siennamercato

PUPPETS • NORTH SIDE

Puppets aren’t just for kids. Exploring Storytelling Through Puppetry at Alphabet City welcomes Koryū Nishikawa V and Tom Lee, the creators of AKUTAGAWA, a puppet show about Japanese short novelist Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. The show uses a technique called cart puppetry, in which the puppeteer works from a wheeled box on stage. They will be joined by Pittsburgh-based puppeteer David English to examine the rich culture behind and potential of this artform. 7-8:30 p.m. 40 West North Ave., North Side. Free. cityofasylum.org/programs

PHOTO: COURTESY OF ALTERNATE HISTORIES Crafts and Drafts: Local Love at East End Brewing

MARKET PLACE

PUBLIC AUCTION

Extra Space Storage will hold a public Auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy the lien at 3200 Park Manor Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 on February 8th at 1:15pm.

2245 Shawyhane Crawford and 3245 Michael Miller. The auction will be listed as advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

PUBLIC AUCTION

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at the location indicated: 902 Brinton Rd Pittsburgh, Pa 15221.

February 8th 2023, at 1:30p.

Lolita Chrisler 1165, Noranne Yarbough 3027, Shaquana Grant 3049, Chimere Moore 3164, Bijani Davis 3189, Shelly Nowlin 3200, Tammy Casteel 3203, James Poole 3083. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com.

Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

PUBLIC AUCTION

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at the location indicated: 1005 E Entry Drive Pittsburgh PA 15216, February 8, 2023 at 11:30 AM. Jeffrey Unger 4124. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com.

Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

PUBLIC AUCTION

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at the location indicated: 880 Saw Mill Run Blvd, Pittsburgh PA 15226

February 8, 2023, at 1:15 PM.

1070 Melissa Lucente, 1091 Henry Reid, 1127 Amy Vicario, 2126 Robert Pruett, 2155 Clayton Holloway, 2163 Shaquay Lowry, 2185 Bessiejay Taylor, 3052

Montrey Rasin, 3074 Soel Pineda, 3085 Breanna Venable, 3121

Eduardo Rodriguez-Santana, 3158 Bethany Vega, 3261 Denise Williams, 4038 Christopher Green, 4186 Johnathan Etienne, 4189 Chris Zimmerman, 4236 Aesha Jones. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com.

Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

PUBLIC AUCTION

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at the location indicated: 7535 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15208, 11:00am February 08, 2023. 2099 Dinisha Smith; 6038 Carletta Byford and 6084 Umoja Shaw. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com.

Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

PUBLIC AUCTION

PUBLIC AUCTION

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at 110 Kisow Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 on February 8th, 2023 at 11:15 am. Stephanie Padilla 413, Sheraden Wright 462. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

PUBLIC AUCTION

PUBLIC AUCTION

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at 110 Kisow Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 on February 15th, 2023 at 11:15 am. Daimeon Mitchell 329. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction.

Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

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• Electrical Primes ONLY

Project Manual and Drawings will be available for purchase on January 16, 2022, at Modern Reproductions (412-488-7700), 127 McKean Street, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15219 between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. The cost of the Project Manual Documents is non-refundable. Project details and dates are described in each project manual.

We are an equal rights and opportunity school district.

OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENT

THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION of the SCHOOL

DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at the location indicated: 6400 Hamilton Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15206

February 8, 2023 at

1:45 PM. 2020 Thomas Apitsch

, 2056 Jenn Bakal, 3009 Robert Parham, 3052 Moses Marquis Nelson, 3060 Cetia Carter, 3066 Ashley Rivers, 3074 Robert Parham, 4052 Jazmine Jones.

The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com.

Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at the location indicated: 700 E Carson St, Pittsburgh PA 15203 on February 8, 2023 at 12:15 PM. Unit 2005 Michael Martin, Unit 2018 Sage Velasquez, Unit 2143 Lolesha Clark, Unit 3011 Chavonne Tigney, and Unit 4056 Justin Bock. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

IN The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: No. GD-22-14880, In re petition of Rajen Siwa parent and legal guardian of Jeenisha Darjee for change of name to Jay Siwa. To all persons interested: Notice is hereby given that an order of said Court authorized the filing of said petition and fixed the 2nd day of February 2023, at 9:30 a.m., as the time and the Motions Room, City-County Building, Pittsburgh, PA, as the place for a hearing, when and where all persons may show cause, if any they have, why said name should not be changed as prayed for.

IN The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: No. GD-22-14523.

In re petition of Nathan Alexander Riopelle and Alicia Christine DeVos for change of name to Nathan Alexander DeVrio and Alicia Christine DeVrio. To all persons interested: Notice is hereby given that an order of said Court authorized the filing of said petition and fixed the 22nd day of February, 2023, at 9:30 a.m., as the time and the Motions Room, City-County Building, Pittsburgh, PA, as the place for a hearing, when and where all persons may show cause, if any they have, why said name should not be changed as prayed for.

Sealed proposals shall be deposited at the Administration Building, Bellefield Entrance Lobby, 341 South Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15213, on February 14, 2023, until 2:00 P.M., local prevailing time for:

PGH STERRETT CLASSICAL ACADEMY, PGH FULTON PREK-5, PGH. LINCOLN PREK-5, PGH. DILWORTH K-5 AND PGH LINDEN K-5

• Whiteboard Installations

• General Primes

PGH. PERRY HIGH SCHOOL

• PA System Upgrades

• Electrical Primes

Project Manual and Drawings will be available for purchase on January 23, 2022, at Modern Reproductions (412-488-7700), 127 McKean Street, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15219 between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. The cost of the Project Manual Documents is non-refundable. Project details and dates are described in each project manual.

We are an equal rights and opportunity school district.

HAND TO MOUTH

BY BRENDAN EMMETT QUIGLEY // BRENDANEMMETTQUIGLEY.COM

ACROSS

1. Rock on a ring

6. Goddess of marriage

10. With crow’s feet, say

14. Florida city with over 400 thoroughbred farms

15. Wide-eyed

16. Street off the main street

17. Words accompanying a 38-Across

20. Wrap things up

21. Puts a name to a face, briefly

22. Covers in a glossy coat

23. ___ Arbor

24. “I must, no doubt ‘bout it”

25. Words accompanying a 38-Across

29. Steal

33. Ibuprofen targets

34. NFL broadcaster Greg

36. Drink with a fruity taste

37. Storage units of the first memory sticks

38. Gesture associated in the theme answers

39. Complete devastation

40. Cultural Revolution initiator

41. Saltines rival 42. It might be one with everything

43. Actress

Riseborough

45. Words accompanying a 38-Across

47. Machu Picchu resident

49. “Get out of here,” at the Ren Faire

50. Take advantage of

53. Financial ___

54. Ronna McDaniel is its chair

57. Word accompanying a 38-Across

60. Org. whose logo has prominent antlers

61. Easily-fooled sap

62. Expensive violin

63. Strong urges

64. Spice applications: Abbr.

65. Mexican hairless dogs

DOWN

1. ___ Raúl Capablanca (chess titan)

2. International Trade and Policy subj.

3. It works for a spell

4. High priest of Shiloh

5. Thrashings

6. Bald spot coverings

7. Vanity item?

8. Loverboy

9. Cost of moving real estate

10. Gosford Park director

11. “Ain’t That

Peculiar” singer

12. Carbon compound found in crosswords

13. Latin deity

18. Author Ferber

19. Order some DoorDash

23. Fruit-flavored drinks

24. Ingredient in Jell-O

25. Certain sorority gal

26. Singersongwriter Frank

27. [eye roll]

28. Hardness scale eponym

30. Dressing material

31. Pride and Prejudice heroine Bennet

32. Pertaining to the kidneys

35. Trick-taking

card game 38. Prime real estate location

It gets fair use

___ Cards (ESP-testing equipment)

42. Gave to the IRS, say

Ruffles feature

Branch of Islam

Whatever it is, they’re against it

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