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50 cents	w	Wednesday, June 12, 2002	Volume 99, Issue 24
GRADUATION
if was a proud day (or many a parent at Sewickley Academy's and Quaker Valley's commencement ceremonies. See Pages 9 & 11.
SPORTS
The week was one of champions and championship play for amateur and professional athletes alike. This week's sports pages notes the records in all sports. See Page 35.
TEMPO
You can Ry with the eagles, but when you're looking to relax and be sodal, Sweetwater's penguins have a few ideas of their own. See Page] 6.
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REP, WHITE AMP TRUE BLUE
PRINCIPAL ROBERT Del Greco of Edgeworth Elementary accepts the students’ flag from Chief Norbert Micklos.	photo by Kate White
Student flag returns from Ground Zero
Kate White____________________________________
Staff writer____
Unity can manifest from tragedy, hope can be bom from despair and a nation’s connectedness can be made apparent in the eyes of children.
Since Sept. 11, children from Edgeworth Elementary have helped to raise nearly $7,000 and have created a paper flag prepared with hopes and prayers for the firefighters in New York City.
Norbert Micklos, chief of Ohio Township Police, made the journey to New York City to meet with firefighters and law enforcement officials. There, he presented the children’s flag and more than $17,000 in funds to be allocated to widows and family members of those who died in the tragedy.
Diane Thomas, eouncilwoman from Sewickley Hills, had arranged the trip.
“I was honored to do this on your behalf,” the chief told the roomful of rapt third-fifth graders
at Edgeworth Elementary. “I, personally, went to New York City to see the money get to the source of the people who needed it.”
He returned with photos of New York rescue workers and the student-created flag at Ground Zero. Micklos presented the flag to Dr. Robert Del Greco, principal, who vowed to have a display case for it and the New York City photos ready in time for next school year.
“We now feel an even more personal connection to Ground Zero and the tragedy that happened there,” said Del Greco, upon receiving the students’ flag.
The children had begun fund-raising right after Sept. 11, and the large paper flag was created and signed by the students and members of the community. Their well-wishes for the firefighters covered every star and stripe.
The firefighters were deeply touched, Micklos said, because the sentiment came from those who mean no harm and have not yet -------------------------------- So* Pag* 2
HOSPITALITY
Country Inn keeps mission to travellers
By Kate White______________
Staff writer_______________
As the time tested saying goes: “The more things change, die more they stay the same” is the relevant story behind the recent resale of the Sewickley Country Inn.
The inn, at 801 Ohio River Boulevard, went bankrupt under the management team of Sewickley Hospitality UP, who purchased the site in 1996, due to a serious illness of one of the five owners. A sheriff sale was ordered to arrange payments, which could not be made
Cody Mueller, resident of West Virginia and one of the silent partners of Sewickley Hospitality LP, stepped up and bought out the other partners in the valiant attempt to bring Sewickley Country Inn back to its old days of prosperity.
Mueller purchased the almost 2-acre property with a hefty price tag in excess of $3 million dollars, including The River Room Restaurant and Lounge, a 7,000 square foot building for banquet facilities, five hotel structures and pool this past February.
Positive changes have already begun to manifest for the community’s benefit and dining pleasure.
“We will not make any radical changes, but we will continue to enhance the property with new landscaping, improvements to the pool area. We are unveiling our new menu next week,” said Greg Efdale, two-month general manager of the inn. “We want to continue to provide a service to Sewickley residents and surrounding localities.”
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