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INSIDE
TEMPO
The spirit of the holiday was olive and well on the streets of Sewickley this Memorial Day. See Page 13.
GRADUATION
The Classes of 2004 at Quoker Volley ond Sewickley Acodemy hove been celebrated in ceremonies held last week.
See Poges 8-11.
SPORTS
Sewickley Area Soccer ployers leorn the fundamentals of the game. See Page 27.
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Wednesday, June 9, 2004
mMR THE RAINBOW
SPRING RAIIMS last week offered a pretty picture in tfie sky over Beaver Street.
Photo by Jon Paul Creese
REGION
Discussion group studies water use
By Rachel Weaver
staff writer
In efforts to increase local land use efficiency, the Steering Committee last week reviewed a water use analysis draft as Phase H of the Sewickley Valley Visioning and Economic Impact Study.
The study, by done by Environmental Planning and Design (EPD) and Lennon, Smith, Souleret Engineering Inc., is being used to review infrastructure of the Quaker Valley School District municipalities to determine if certain services can be shared.
The committee is made up of local municipal representatives including council members, borough managers and members of the 741+ Discussion Group.
The preliminary study, based on information from 2002, showed all local authorities with a surplus capacity.
"You have sbc authorities. You have to ask,
‘Are we being the most efficient in managing that?’" said Andrew J.G. Schwartz of the EPD. "Moon Tbwnship has the same population and has one authority."
However, costs of maintenance and distribution complicate the issue of serving the area’s
16,000	customers.
Local producers are the Borough of Sewickley Water Authority, the Ambridge Water Authority and the Municipal Authority of the Borough ,of West View.
The Aleppo Township Authority purchases bulk water from Sewickley and West View and sells to the Glenfield Borough Water Department. The Municipal Authority of the Borough of Edgeworth purchases from Ambridge.
Though the study shows the area could reach 100 percent buildout growth and still have capacity water resources, future growth is unpredictable.
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Volume 101, Issue 24
HEALTHCARE
HVHS board presents care update
By Jon Paul Creese__________
staff writer________________
This is a time of challenge and progress for Heritage Valley Health System held its annual public meeting at the Sewickley Valley Hospital Thursday.
The board met at Sewickley Valley Hospital last week to discuss the many challenges facing the medical field today and to outline the growth and progress Heritaige Valley has made over the last few years.
Members of the board and senior management addressed “strategic unperatives” such as human resources, market expansion and growth, quality and customer service, information technology and fiscal responsibility.
“What is so important about the imperatives,” said Norm Mi^, CEO of Heritage Valley, “...is how we function from day to day. Everything is structured around the imperatives."
Addressing the first imperative, Human Resources Vice President Bruce Edwards explained part of the system’s employee relations philosophy is, “[to be] committed to maintaining a supportive work environment which supports the mission, values and goals of the organization. “
^ Edwards and his team focus on ensuring the staff understand the organization’s direction and objectives and how progress is measured. They also focus on relationship building. A policy of “continual communications” encourages staff feedback,
New Heritage VaUey services, such as the Women's Health Center in Center Ibwnship and Bariatric Surgery at SVH are part --------- Conltnuad on Pog.3