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MESAMI	PA&ES23&B
Students at the Watson institute are spending time gardeningand learning this summer.

BASEBALL '	PAGE29
A doubleheader at Ed! Acres brought Sewick-le/s Legion baseball season to a close.
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THURSDAY July 17,2008	TRIB TOTAL MEDIA
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AFTER HIGH SCHOOL
Another Quaker Valley graduate is in the spotlight on Broadway. Meet Matt Hydzik on 14.
STREET MUSIC
You've heard the chimes. Read the story about how and why the music plays on 8.
SPORTS
High school boys lacrosse is growing in Western Pennsylvania. For a look at its local progress, see 30.
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Opinion.......................  6
Tempo..........................17
Obituaries.....................28
Sports.........................29
Real Estate....................35
Crossword......................38
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PHOTO/KRISTINA SERAFINI
1 AT OLD Economy's special event last weekend, Joys of Toys, Michael Ceccarelli, 7, of Mar-! shall Township rolls a wooden ball in an attempt to knock over all nine pins in a game of the j same name. For more photos, turn to Page 26. •
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i Metal workers take tower to ground
: By Kristina Serafini
i STAFF WRITER
‘ The families who live at ; Water Tower Farm will have to I think up a new name soon.
The usual peaceful surround-! ings of the Sewickley Heights j property was anything but ear-! lier this week as pieces of an old, j . out-of-use water tower came
IN THE HEIGHTS
crashing to the ground.
Workers from Belich General Contracting in Aliquippa, started cutting down the rusted tower almost two weeks ago in sections. Frank Simons, owner of the property where the tower is situated, said one of the sec-
tions came down with such force that his wife thought an airplane crashed near her properly by the way the house shook.
The water tower has stood at the site since the late 1920s.
"It's pretty well rusted," Simons said.
"Its a liability"
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Splash pad project to begin soon
By Joanne Braun
STAFF WRITER
A community group that won an apparent victory to get a proposed splash pad moved in Henle Park now is concerned about a skate park on Washington Street.
Following an informal meeting on Saturday, the Friends of Henle Park and council President Roger Nanni were of the same mind when it came to relocating the splash pad from one part of the park to another. They also agreed to a town meeting this fall to unveil the other aspects of a development plan, which includes a skate park.
The Friends asked council to rescind its vote on the planned location of the splash pad because they argued it would ruin the atmosphere around the war memorial in the park. The new site—labeled “site
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