Sewickley Herald

              Sewickley
A Gateway Publications Newspaper
Vol. 95 No. 23
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Serving Aleppo, Bell Acres, Edgeworth, Glenfield, Haysville, Leet, Leetsdale, Osborne, Sewickley, Sewickley Heights, Sewickley Hills
Wednesday, June 10,1998
The checks In hand as Sewickley Valley Hospital Auxiliary tallies up funds raised from this year’s “Showboat Ball." See Page 4.
ON THESR WAY:	Members of Sewickley Academy's Class of 1998
processed through the archway on their journey to commencement exercises held on campus in Rea Auditorium. For more onSA’s graduation, see Page 14.

▼ WEATHER-WATCH
Winds roar but cause little damage
Sports
■ They gathered under a big tent to celebrate the life of Mrs. Whitney Snyder and the tennis pavilion named in her honor.
Page 29
Lifestyles
■ A new nature center in Sewickley Heights Park is taking shape. It promises tours and lectures in Fern Hollow. See
Page 11
Letters
■ Residents are still interested in taking part in the school board debate, Learn what they have to say on this topic and others on
Pages 7-10
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Sewickley Heights Golf Club may have a few shamrocks growing in its grass.
The tornadoes that appeared in Western Pennsylvania on Tuesday night had little to no effect on the course.
More importantly was the timing of the storms.
Had the tornadoes arrived a week earlier, they would have disrupted the 1998 Pittsburgh Senior Classic, which was held at the Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
“We saw >a funnel cloud forming around hole 10, and
the lightening was everywhere, It looked like fireworks," said Joe Farrell, chairman for Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
The downpour drenched the course for about 30 minutes, but that hardly distracted the golfers on the course that day.
“There were players Who Wanted to get back out there the second it cleared up. We’re thrilled that there was no serious damage,” said Farrell.
A slightly damaged tree and a brief power loss was the extent of the inconvenience caused by the storm in Sewickley Heights.
The village of Sewickley also shared, relatively speaking, little damage, but there
was a lot of clean-up work to do.
Trees were knocked down on Academy Avenue, Grant Street, Linden Place, Locust Place, Maple Lane and Walnut Street,
There was flooding on Chadwick Street.
A tree branch knocked down a street sign on Beaver and Walnut streets.
Wiring was knocked down on Cochran Street, Frederick Avenue and at the intersection of Centennial Avenue and Blackburn Road.
Wind gusts whipped through the area and hail covered the lawns, the big weather moved up the river.
▼ SEWICKLEY
Police handle fine change with courtesy
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Village shoppers, beware.
The fines for expired meters has increased, and if left unpaid, they can cost you more than you expected.
As of May 14, parking tickets for expired meters are $3, up 50 percent from the previous $2 charge.
The tickets must be paid within 72 hours or the fine is increased to $8.
As a courtesy, the borough is mailing reminders to offender’s homes if a ticket goes unpaid for 10 days.
"Sewickley Borough is the only borough that sends out courtesy notices,” says James Russo, district magistrate.
If the ticket is still ignored, and remains so for 30 days after it was issued, it will then go into citation*
If this happens, the fine goes up to $38.50.
“At that point, the person can either pay the fine or ask for a hearing," says Tammy Casto, Sewickley Borough’s chief secretary and dispatcher.
If the offender chooses a hearing, it would be before Russo, who sees four or five of these cases every Thursday morning.
“One of the favorite arguments is that the meter was broken. ‘I put my money in and the meter didn’t work.’
“Another one is that the timer on the meter was broken. ‘I put my money in and it said I had 30 minutes, and when I came back in twenty, it had expired'. I hear all kinds,” says Russo.
Even though he's probably heard every explanation imaginable, Russo says each case is indeed tried on an individual basis with outcomes usually 50/50.
At present, the borough has so many unpaid parking tickets that no clear number could be given,
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