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Sewicldey Herald
Serving Aleppo, Bell Acres, Edgeworth, Glenfield, Haysville, Leet, Leetsdale, Osborne, Sewicldey, Sewicldey Heights, Sevv| kley Hills
Wednesday; Februadry: 12, 2003
Volume 10b, Issue 7
February's Focus for local schools is Black History. A full spectrum of accomplishment will be described at QV and SA. See Page 13.
NEWS
Sewidde/s Cochran Hose Company has a new fire chief. He follows in a long lino of dedicated volunteers. Meet him on Page 3.
SPORTS
Slippery Rock will be the new home for the athletic talents of QV"s James Rockymaco this fall. He signed his let-,ter of intent. See Page 33.
News..................2
Opinion...............6
More News.............8
Tempo..............  13
School...............29
Obituaries...........32
Sports.................33
SAVING If WITH FLOWERS
JIM PRICE of Cuttings on Beaver Street is just one of our local florists getting ready for the bouquet-buying rush of Valentine’s Day.	Photo by tm Edmonson
NEWSMAKER
CapL John Pippy begins tour of duty
By Dona S. Dreeland________________________
Editor_____________________________________
The weekend wasn’t long enough for all of the good-byes.
But that’s all the time State Rep. John Pippy had for hearing good wishes and getting his life and campaign in order before answering the call to active duty.
As a 32-year-old captain in the U.S. Army Reserves and member of the 332nd Engineer Company, Pippy set off Monday morning for Kittanning as the first step in joining Operation Noble Eagle/Enduring Freedom.
"I’ve always known there was an opportunity to be called Up," he said, "like the 100,000 other reservists who play a crucial role in any major operation. We’ve been training for this moment." Ihe call came Friday morning through his unit’s official alert. Pippy then phoned his wife Kathy,
who was in N.Y. squiring his young daughter through audition appointments.
His staffs in the Sewickley, Moon Township and the new campaign office in Bethel Park were next to receive the news via conference call.
"They rallied around ma It’s great knowing you have friends around you."
These supportive friends — four legislative aides and two campaign coordinators — will be in charge of continuing Pippy’s work as state representative in the 44th district and of keeping his run for the 37th State Senate seat (formerly held by Tim Murphy) in focus.
"They’ll get the message out, keep issues moving forward," he said. "I've got a good group of volunteers, staff and supporters."
The special election is set for March U, and he
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SEWICKLEY
Zoning board says yes to columbarium
By Michael Love______ .
' Staff writer___________
In a unanimous vote at its monthly meeting last Tuesday, the Sewickley Zoning Hearing ' .Board overruled a decision by , the Code Enforcement Officer that a proposed columbarium couldn’t be built onto St. Stephen’s Church.
The CEO denied St. Stephen’s original application for the ..columbarium submitted, in October, stating that it didn’t meet the definition Of an “accessory use” in section 104 of the Sewickley Zoning Ordinance and it would violate the conditions for non-conforming uses,
St. Stephen’s appealed the decision of the CFO to the Board of Application in late November A hearing was held on Jan. 7 before toe Zoning Hearing Board.
At that hearing, a representative from St. Stephen’s provided testimony and evidence while a group of concerned citizens opposed to the columbarium countered with testimony and comments of their own.
At last Tuesday’s meeting board chairman Michael Lyons, in a prepared statement, said toe boat’s decision was based on the fact that the columbarium would be a permitted “accessory "use” to toe principal use -of toe church as a place of worship.
The decision also stated toe columbarium, wouldn’t violate section 500 because it would expand any of toe existing non-conforming uses.
Under section 204, Lyons said, both “places of worship and ' “cemetery* are pemitted uses in institutional zoning districts ---------Cratlmml m Pag* 2
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