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50 cents •	Thursday, February 28,2008	An edition of Trib Total Media
Wedding anniversaries don't come mound often enough for Judy and Sam Spanos, a leap year couple. See Page 13.
ON STAGE
it's time for spring musicals next week at Quaker Valley and Se-wickley Academy. See who's on stage in what role. Page 15.
SPORTS
PIHL hockey season ends tomorrow and both area schools are preparing for the playoffs. See Page 25.
Local News ..................2
Opinion..........................6
Tempo........,...............13
Obituaries....................24
Sports.........................25
Real Estate...................29
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THIS INTERSECTION at Beaver Street and Academy Avenue shows the range of signs from practical to inviting from one municipal border to the next.
Photo by Kristina Serafini
Better signs mean more business
By Bobby Cherry________________________________
Staff writer___________________________________
With nearly 17,000 motorists using Route 65 daily, according to PennDOT, some would have to stop in Sewickley, right?
That’s not entirely the case, according to Raymond Bishop of Wilbur Smith Associates, an infrastructure consulting firm.
It’s not that drivers may not want to stop, it’s that they don’t know Sewickley’s here.
“The chief problem with Sewickley is that it’s not visible from the primary arterial, which is Route 65,” Bishop told members of Sewickley’s Business District Advisory Committee.
“How do we make that happen?”
Bishop, an Ohio Township resident who leads Wilbur Smith Associate’s wayfinding and signage division, believes more can be done to —— ------------------- ConiinuMl on Pag* 2
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Water Park: starts small, plans big
By Kritfina Serafini______
Staff writer______________
Summer is only a few months away with 80- and 90-degree days right around the comer.
Other than private pools, there has been nowhere for residents to cool off during the summer without driving to other community facilities or water parks such as Sandcas-tle and Idlewild’s Soak Zone.
Leetsdale, however, plans to change that this year with the installation of a new water park at Henle Park in the borough.
“What happened was Leetsdale looked around at the different municipalities and saw the need,” Dan Slagle, borough engineer, said of plans for the water park.
“Given the scenic beauty of Henle Park, it was the perfect fit.” '
Through cooperation with the Quaker Valley Community of Governments, the borough was able to secure a $74,500 grant through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for a 20-feet diameter water park facility, Slagle said about phase one of the two-phase project.
The community also was able to re-channel a $15,000 grant they received to enlarge the facility to 50 feet.
When phase one is completed, the water park will feature fountains, dumping pans and an activation pedestal preprogrammed by borough officials for hours of operation.
The facility will be eom-„------ Continued on Pag* 4
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