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50 cents	Wednesday, February 13, 2002	Volume 99, Issue 7
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' SPORTS
The Winter Olympic in Soil Loke Gty were in reads for Lynn Ott in Sewickley. She finished in the top-4 in qualifying races. See Page 23.
TEMPO
The season holds a wealth of opportunities for quiet and active pursuits. See the Tempo section for a listing of community happenings. See Page 11.
FUND-RAISER
Children of Holy Family Institute are sharing their visions of peace through an art exhibit and auction at Eclectic Gallery. For their story, see Page 3.
News...,.............  2
Opinion.................6
School.................9
Tempo.................11
Real Estate ........  14
Obituaries...........21,22
Sports..............*.,.*.....
SCHOOL PROJECT
PUTTING ON the finishing touches, Meghan Wilcox pipes on the colored stripes while Sarah Tobias stirs the chocolate.	Photos by Tim Edmonson
Some Serious Sweets
Student mixes patriotism, pretzels
By Debora R. Donovan_______________________
Staff writer ______________________________
Making pretzels for peace. It has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?
While it sounds simple enough, it took some effort to get this small enterprise off to a good
start. Lots of thought and planning went into making Meghan Wilcox’s sweet idea into her 10th grade International Baccalaureate project.
She came up with the idea at Christmas time when she was helping her mom, Nancy, make toffee for family and friends.
“I came across a recipe for chocolate-dipped pretzels, decorated with red and green icing or tinted white chocolate,” Meghan said. “I thought, ‘Gee, we could do these for any occasion,’ and then it hit me to do them for my project.”
She calls the project “Pretzels for Peace” (the ‘o’ in ‘for’ is a peace sign).
Once the idea formed in her head, she had to put it on paper and submit her strategy, marketing and production plans to her high school counselor in charge of the baccalaureate program at Quaker Valley.
She enlisted the help of her friend Sarah Ibbias, who is in the ninth grade.
Meghan learned by trial and error until she finally found a pretzel stick that had the right ---------------------- Continued on Pn8o 4
EDGEWORTH
Recycling site gears up for saving seasons
Rebecca L. Farabaugh
Staff writer______________
In the year 2000, residents of Edgeworth and surrounding areas recycled more than four tons of cans, nine tons of glass, about two and one- half tons of plastic, 68 tons of paper, and 5,200 tons of yard and leaf waste.
For a town of 1,670 citizens, that could make a very positive impact on future generations.
For several years, the borough has provided drop-off recycling for its residents. 1116 drop-off site is located on Route 65 and is open every other Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. (The site will be open this Saturday.)
Materials that are accepted at the site include glass, tin and aluminum cans, plastic and paper. In addition, the borough offers curbside pick-up for yard and leaf waste.
JThe service is provided through a contract with Waste Management.
“In the past, people paid you to recycle,” said Marty McDaniel,. Edgeworth borough manager. “Now we have to pay for someone to take it.”
Providing a successful recycling program is an integral part of taking responsibility for human activity and the future
Larry Schweiger, president of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, can attest to the necessity of recycling in preserving global resources and the overall health of the Earth.
“Our natural resources are finite,” said Schweiger. “We must reuse materials and find new sources. Globally, these resources are running down and we are competing with other countries for access to them. Recycling allows us to be'less -------r Continued on Pag* 2


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