Sewickley Herald

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Golf will take center stage at the end of May when Sewickley Heights Golf Club hosts the Senior Classic, The national spotlight will be on us. See Page 21.
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In passing
■ Dr. Irwin S. Terner, M.D., Sewickley opthalmologist, died or cancer on Thursday af his home. For more on his life, see
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Lifestyles
B Three Quaker Valley teachers were nominated for a special award. Find out what teaching means to them on
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Reminder
TRADITION: To enhance Quaker Valley School District's Open House, planned for the end of April, the committees are searching for memorabilia and tales of traditions from old Sewickley and Leetsdale High schools. For more information about the event, see Page 3.	Photo courtesy or Ed Perry
■ Daylight Savings Time will begin Saturday. Remember to "spring" ahead one hour when you set your clocks before Jtime.
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It’s a difficult equation in Sewickley politics, one that is pushing and pulling on the local public’s wants and needs as financial priorities conflict with the civic good.
More and more distressingly, the word non-profit equals non-revenue for the borough’s tax base.
• And as the geographically cramped borough continues to field property requests from tax-exempt institutions, its council must make more and more urgent requests for contributions from those same institutions to help pay borough bills.
First in a series
“This is a borough of a square mile with nowhere to grow,” said Mike Glenn, Sewickley councilman, as the borough raised concerns about losing the Dorgan property from the tax rolls for the library expansion. “We have operating costs.”
Not to mention what was an $80,000 budget shortfall.
The borough is hoping to raise some mohey from a somewhat unpopular raise in its parking meter fines and hour limits — a revenue stream many say Was never
intended to augment tax collections.
Meanwhile, council can’t help but notice the growing amount of land and buildings in the borough it can’t legally tax due to owners’ non-profit status. Far from being freeloaders, these owners often represent the very best the community has to offer — the hospital, library, churches, youth homes and day care centers, arts center, just to name a few.
“Let’s assume we’re moving towards one-third tax except real estate value,” says Jonathan Showe, council president, of the borough’s growing percentage of
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