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SO cents	'	Wednesday, February 26, 2003_______,•___'_______Volume 100, Issue 8j

TEMPO
Tame’ has watched the decades come end ga from her perch on the hill at Sewickley Cemetery. For her story, see Page 13.
SCHOOL
Lots of reading will be going on in local schools beginning Martff3. Dr. Suess will be celebrated. See who's reading what on Page 19.
SPORTS
QV swimmer John Heagy made waves, and states, in the 100 breaststroke at the WPIAL floss AA championships last Friday. See Page 23.
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Opinion.................S
More News...............8
Tempo..................11
Church.................17
Obituaries--------18, 32
Sports	23
CONNECTING THROUGH THE ARTS
Safarace, African Drum and Dance Ensemble
SA celebrates African art, culture
By Dona S. Dreeland
Editor
The drums of Safarace brought the rhythms of Africa to Sewickley Academy’s campus on Saturday night to close the school’s celebration of Black History Month.
’Caking its name from the Senegal word for fire, the Pittsburgh-based dance and theater company seeks to preserve and cultivate an awareness of the rich traditions of Africa with each performance
Created by a husband and wife, one an African, the other an African American, the performers hope to provide healing to both groups and their multi-cultural audiences through music and dance
Education is their goal through entertainment. Education and connection.
African artists Saihou Njie, Charles Kyobe and Ibou N’Diaye from Makitaara Studios also hope to educate by touching the deepest levels of the viewing public through their fabric art and sculptures.
Theirs is the work of home.
Through symbols and imagery of life on their
THE PALMER family, Dawn, Matt and Win, review the Rea Auditorium exhibit.
Photos by Tim Edmonson
native continent, the art, according to Njie, is designed to inspire and to accentuate the positive in people,
OSBORNE
Sycamore Road project causes council concern
By Chuck Gibson __________
Staff writer _____________
For the past four months, the Sewickley Water Authority has been working to repair a broken line on Sycamore Road in Osborne.
At the Feb. 18 council meeting, Osborne Borough Council members expressed their concerns for citizen safety on the street-.
Barbara Carrier, council member, described the work and how it affected traffic.
“There was a break in the line along the road, and they tore up the road to fix it,” she said. “Water kept coming out of their hole and ran down the side of the street for about another month.”
Water runoff is causing the stone wall along Beaver Boad to weaken, and the wall is current ly in danger of collapse
“Then they tore up one side of the road and put loose gravel and a board over the hole,” she said “Sycamore is a very narrow road to begin with, and this has made it downright dangerous.”
According to Carrier, loose • gravel and boards are covering some of the holes, posing a risk to drivers. A pipe also was reported still protruding from the road.
Ray Wolfgang, superintendent of the Sewickley Water Authority, acknowledges there have been problems completing construction, but said the final touches to the project will be completed as soon as possible;
“We put a small booster pump in a few years ago," he said. “Between Beaver Road and the pump, there was an old galvanized line. We replaced it with a new plastic line.”
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