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50 cents	______• Wednesday, November 20, 2002	Volume 99, Issue 47
SEWICKLEY
Council keeps budget at last year’s railage
Michael Love______________
Staff writer______________
At its monthly Committee of the Whole meeting, Sewickley Borough Council voted unanimously to adopt and advertise the 2003 General Fund Budget and the Sewer Fund Budget.
(A public hearing and final budget adoption is scheduled for Dec. 10. The tentative budget is available for public viewing at the borough building until that meeting.)
- While there have been increases in spending in certain areas, council kept the millage at 5.4, unchanged from 2002. The 2001 millage rate was 5.8.
“We encourage the citizens to look at the budget,” said Kevin Flannery, Sewickley Borough manager. “It’s their money.”
Flannery also encourages the public to voice any concerns at the public hearing.
“Last year, Allegheny County issued the new valuation numbers,” said Flannery. “We were all shocked because they had a lot of the tax-exempted properties as taxable, i.e. parts of the hospital and parts of the YMCA."
According to Flannery, the borough was forced to do some recalculations. Going over all 1,626 parcels of land, property value totaled $327,000,000.
The borough has been subtracting all the appeal cases. Thirty-four percent of the borough’s real estate tax appeal cases have been heard by Alleghe ,y County.
“We then did an algebraic calculation, 34 is to 100 as $7,293,000 is to x,' nowiiig that 34 percent of the cases were heard,” said Flannery.
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TEMPO
Quaker Valley students and residents honored our local veterans with special meals and programs. For photos, see Page 13.
LOCAL NEWS
Route 65 brings more than vehicles into the Sewiddey Valley. It's also the highway for trafficking in drugs.
See Page 3.
SPORTS
ed in the PIM floss M championship. See Page 31.
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Opinion...............6
Tempo................13
Health...............24
School...............27
Obituaries...........30
Sports...............31
SEWICKIEY ACADEMY
NINTH GRADERS from the Ethics Class volunteered a morning at World Vision. They are (from left) Ashton Kenney, Ben Mantica, Andrew Rumin, Richard Thornburgh and Brandon McGinley.	Photos courtesy of Sewickley Academy
Students practice art of giving
By Chuck Gibson	....... -
Staff writer______________
At Sewickley Academy, giving back isn’t limited to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Throughout the year, students volunteer with a variety of groups to help make some people’s day or year just a little brighter.
All three schools at the academy have different activities planned for this holiday season.
Romi Lewis, director of community services, helps to organize the different events throughout the year.
“The Middle School has an annual food driva They deliver the food to Good Samaritan Parish in Ambridge.” she said. “This year they’re doing a book and video drive for Holy Family Institute.”
For the book and video drive, students will deliver the donated materials to the institute and spend part of the day reading with the children.
The Lower School pitches in with an annual toy driva Each year, students choose a different organization to receive the toys,
“They also perform plays throughout the year for the elderly,” Lewis said. “They’ve been to the
LAST YEAR'S ninth grade class visited Hill House in Pittsburgh before Christmas. Students Mark Rafalko and Austin Abraham played games and read to the children.
Masonic Village and travel to other places as well.”
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