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Serving Aleppo, Bell Acres, Edgeworth, Glenfield, Haysville, Leet, Leetsdale, Osborne, Sewicldey, Sewickley Heights, Sewickley Hills __________________;
* SO cents-	r *	.V ■ Wednesday, January 3, 2000_____________ • ’ .	_____ Vol. 98, Issue 1
SPORTS
Take a look back at the year in area sports. There were championships, titles and school records. The review begins on Page 26.
LOCAL NEWS
The money is in-hand and the course of the study can be determined. The area's 741+ group is ready to see its regional thinking in a study farm. For more on the group and its grant, See Page 9.
TEMPO
We couldn't let this opportunity pass without a photo page of some of the faces that brought smiles to us. See Page 13.
NEWS
The calendar page has been turned. And even as we review the year that was, current news can be found in this first of the 2001 editions beginning on Page 9.
News.....................2
Opinion..................6
Tempo...................13
School..................16
Church..................23
0hituaries,.,.....,...,.24 Sports..................25
YEAR IH REVIEW. PART TWO
Sewickley Herald makes summertime news
Compiled by Robert Weible_____________
Staff writer__________________________
The second half of the year began with big changes at the Sewickley Herald. Gateway Publications, parent company of the Herald, combined all north/westem-area papers into one office site in Robinson Tbwnship in June.
Even more noticeable was the major format change of the paper. Along with the paper’s more compact size, “Star” was added to the title of the Herald and all 15 of the Gateway papers. (The renaming was to provide a solid company identity.)
Despite the changes, our commitment to the communities we serve remains the same
July
■	Quaker Valley residents celebrated the 4th of July at Leetsdale’s annual parade, carnival and fireworks celebration.
■	Allegheny- County Executive Jim Roddey hosted the regional summit at Pittsburgh international Airport. At issue was the proposed merger of. United Airlines and US Airways and its effect on the airport’s 11,700 area employees.
■	Leetsdale officials were frustrated by vandalism in Henle Park. Council Vice President Pete Poninsky offered an out-of-pocket reward for information leading to the prosecution of the perpetrators.
■	Sewickley officials got the cold-shoulder at a conference with Bell Atlantic. The two parties had been ordered by Administrative Law Judge John Corbett to negotiate a solution to toe ongoing phone book omission dispute.
■	A public input meeting was held for the Leetsdale overpass. In a 51 to 9 vote, residents chose Alternative II, which routes truck traffic away from Washington Street. The choice allowed for final design of the project.
■	Sewickley council considered a formal filming procedure in toe borough after a Herehey’s commercial had been filmed in toe business district in June.
■	Residents along Chadwick Street received some help from the borough when curbs and streets were painted to
GATEWAY PUBLICATIONS, the Sewickley Herald’s parent company, initiated a format and name change in July to establish a solid company identity.	Phofos by Tim Edmonson
organize parking.
■	A $250,464 roof project began at Edgeworth Elementary to replace toe original layers and toe 1980s addition. .
■	Osborne Borough opened memorial donations to all Quaker Valley residents.
Quaker Valley School District earned a SchoolMatch “What Parents Want" award for the ninth consecutive year.
■	Sewickley officials met with Waste Management representatives to iron out trash collection problems.
■	The premiere edition of the newly renamed Sewickley Herald Star debuted.
■	Although detours were expected to tie up traffic across the Sewickley Bridge, actual results were not as bad as anticipated. Traffic from the Ambndge/Ali-quippa Bridge, which was closed for three months of rehabilitation, was routed through Sewickley.
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SEWICKLEY SERGEANT Tom Tuite retired from the Sewickley Police Department in July after 20 years* service.
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