Modern Café rejoices in taking the Sandwich Week crown for a second year. The restaurant won by one vote, with Chateau Café & Cakery coming in second place. Photo by Alyse Horn By Abbey Reighard See Fountain, page 10 See ARDE, page 21 By Cristina Holtzer Volume 30 No. 7 July 2014 4 -NSLC Awards Dinner 8 -Event flyers and photos -Weekly real estate transfers -Urban Garden Party 7 -Public Safety WWW.THENORTHSIDE CHRONICLE.COM ONLINE INSIDE STORIES, COLUMNS, FEATURES & MORE Fountain prepares to be restored ARDE set to open in fall 2014 Long Live the Sandwich Queen By Alyse Horn The restoration of the Gar- den Theater and Masonic Temple Building is set to be complete this fall – and local business owners are eager to move in. According to Tom Hardy, development consultant for the Allegheny City Central Associa- tion and association executive di- rector, construction on the Garden Theater and Masonic Tem- ple Building should be complete by September. Hardy said the ACCA has been working on the “shell” of the Garden Theater Building. Hardy added that the ACCA will turn construction over to Domenic Branduzzi in the next 30 days so Branduzzi can begin working on his new ARDE restaurant. Hardy said that many ele- ments of the original Garden Theater lobby will be reused and developers will try to incorporate some fixtures and elements from the original inte- rior of the theater into the new layout, but Hardy added that the inside of the theater will be completely renovated and the layout and design will be A Northside project that dates back to 1966 may finally initiate the beginning stages for one of Pittsburgh city parks. Though it is not yet in the construction phase, Allegheny Commons Park has plans un- derway to rebuild the northeast fountain to be located at the cor- ner of Cedar and North Avenues. The project was originally pro- posed in the 1966 Allegheny Commons Initiative master plan, and reexamined again in 2002. According to Allegheny Commons Initiative spokes- woman Erin Tobin the foun- tain renovations have been in the ACI master plan for the last few years, but there were some problems with the project due to lack of funding in the past. “The construction is not happening any time soon,” To- bin said. “Right now we’re still in the planning stages.” Pashek Associates, a local landscaping firm, drafted de- signs for the roughly $2.8 million project, and Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy spokesman Chris Fletcher said that the first phase af- ter design will be site preparation. See Modern, page 12 On Thursday, June 26 at the Priory Grand Hall, Modern Café re- claimed the Northside Leadership Conference Sandwich Week crown for a second consecutive year. Modern Café’s Irene Zotis said she is “very honored that people have been supporting us and that people like out sandwiches.” Zotis said that one of her employees came up with the sandwich on his own a while ago, but it wasn’t for Sand- wich Week or on the menu. When trying out different sand- wiches to submit for Sandwich Week, she “thought [his] was the only one that was different, that peo- ple [would] know and something that nobody else would have.” Up against 13 other restau- rants, Modern Café won with its Gyro Melt that consisted of grilled American cheese, onions, toma- toes, hot pepper rings and gyro meat on French white bread. Zotis said the sandwich is not yet on the menu, but will be
Transcript
Modern Café rejoices in taking the Sandwich Week crown for a second year. The restaurant won by one vote, with Chateau Café & Cakery coming in second place.
Photo by Alyse Horn
By Abbey Reighard
See Fountain, page 10 See ARDE, page 21
By Cristina Holtzer
Volume 30 No. 7July2014
4
-NSLC Awards Dinner 8-Event flyers and photos-Weekly real estate transfers
-Urban Garden Party 7-Public Safety
WWW.THENORTHSIDE CHRONICLE.COM
ONLINEINSIDESTORIES, COLUMNS,FEATURES & MORE
F o u n t a i n prepares to be restored
ARDE set to open in fall 2014
Long Live the Sandwich QueenBy Alyse Horn
The restoration of the Gar-den Theater and Masonic Temple Building is set to be complete this fall – and local business owners are eager to move in.
According to Tom Hardy, development consultant for the Allegheny City Central Associa-tion and association executive di-rector, construction on the Garden Theater and Masonic Tem-ple Building should be complete by September.
Hardy said the ACCA has been working on the “shell” of the Garden Theater Building.
Hardy added that the ACCA will turn construction over to Domenic Branduzzi in the next 30 days so Branduzzi can begin working on his new ARDE restaurant.
Hardy said that many ele-ments of the original Garden Theater lobby will be reused and developers will try to incorporate some fixtures and elements from the original inte-rior of the theater into the new layout, but Hardy added that the inside of the theater will be completely renovated and the layout and design will be
A Northside project that dates back to 1966 may finally initiate the beginning stages for one of Pittsburgh city parks.
Though it is not yet in the construction phase, Allegheny Commons Park has plans un-derway to rebuild the northeast fountain to be located at the cor-ner of Cedar and North Avenues. The project was originally pro-posed in the 1966 Allegheny Commons Initiative master plan, and reexamined again in 2002.
According to Allegheny Commons Initiative spokes-woman Erin Tobin the foun-tain renovations have been in the ACI master plan for the last few years, but there were some problems with the project due to lack of funding in the past.
“The construction is not happening any time soon,” To-bin said. “Right now we’re still in the planning stages.”
Pashek Associates, a local landscaping firm, drafted de-signs for the roughly $2.8 million project, and Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy spokesman Chris Fletcher said that the first phase af-ter design will be site preparation.
See Modern, page 12
On Thursday, June 26 at the Priory Grand Hall, Modern Café re-claimed the Northside Leadership Conference Sandwich Week crown for a second consecutive year.
Modern Café’s Irene Zotis said she is “very honored that people have been supporting us and that people like out sandwiches.”
Zotis said that one of her employees came up with the sandwich on his own a while ago, but it wasn’t for Sand-wich Week or on the menu.
When trying out different sand-wiches to submit for Sandwich Week, she “thought [his] was the only one that was different, that peo-ple [would] know and something that nobody else would have.”
Up against 13 other restau-rants, Modern Café won with its Gyro Melt that consisted of grilled American cheese, onions, toma-toes, hot pepper rings and gyro meat on French white bread.
Zotis said the sandwich is not yet on the menu, but will be
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Northside Public SafetyYou’re invited to join your
neighbors in a focused discussion on what you are looking for in Pittsburgh’s next Police Chief. This is not a town hall meeting, but a deliberate discussion on what you would like in your next Police Chief.
This public discussion, is being hosted by the Zone 1 Public Safety Council, will be held on Thursday, July 24, 2014 at 6 PM at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, 907 Middle Street, in the East Allegheny neighborhood of the North Side.
N o r t h s i d e Public Safety President David Stacey said he is looking for 75-100 Northsider’s to attend the event.
From May 1-31 there were approximately 521 incidents were reported throughout the Northside, which led to approximately 187 arrests.
The Northside Public Safety
Council is a nonprofit corporation composed of community leaders, businesses, government officials the Housing Authority, property owners and the Zone 1 Pittsburgh Police.
The Northside Public Safety Committee meets the first Thursday
of each month at 5:30 p.m. on the mezzanine level of The Northside L e a d e r s h i p C o n f e r e n c e ’ s offices at 4 Allegheny Center. All are welcome.
A useful resource for the community is the Zone 1 website at www.communitysafety.
p i t t s b u r g h p a . g o v .For questions or concerns
regarding crime or police presence, contact the Zone 1 Community Relations Officer, Forrest Hodges at [email protected].
For questions directed to David Stacey, email z o n e 1 P S C @ g m a i l . c o m .
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By Cristina Holtzer
On the first Tuesday of Au-gust, Pittsburgh residents won’t be turning their lights off– they’re leaving them on for a reason.
Pittsburgh’s Northside com-munities, along with more than 16,000 other communities na-tionwide will host “America’s night out against crime,” more recently known as National Night Out on Tuesday August 5, 2014.
On National Night Out, Pittsburgh residents may at-tend any of several neighbor-hood events going on throughout the city from 5 to 8 p.m. Events usually include symbolic front porch vigils and candles left in front windows when residents are home.
Last year Pittsburgh held 42 separate events, and Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety rep-resentative John Tokarski said the city hopes for more this year.
Tokarski said the events usu-ally include lighthearted games of kickball or cookouts from residents’ porches as well as visits from safety or secu-rity personnel and demonstra-tions of safety equipment.
“In effort to heighten aware-ness, forge relationships with neighbors and enhance community relations between communities and public safety personnel, law en-forcement have grown to become the standard for this nationally celebrated event,” Tokarski said.
Forrest Hodges, Pittsburgh Police Department zone one spokesman, said he has partici-pated in National Night Out in the Northside for the last decade and has attended events everywhere from Spring Hill, Deutschtown, East Allegheny and the Manor Care Home on Brighton Road.
“I think that any kind of func-tion that shows that the com-munities are geared toward the safety of a particular commu-nity and that they are showing their force, is definitely a posi-tive safety feature,” Hodges said.
A game of kickball will not do much to stop crime, though.
“One night is certainly not an answer to crime, drugs and vio-lence,” Tokarski said, “[but] Na-tional Night Out represents the kind of spirit, energy and deter-mination to help make neighbor-hoods a safer place year round.”
Interested residents can check out the National Night Out website to locate an event nearest to their neighborhoods. Hodges said there are sure to be several in the Northside.
“The Northside is a pioneering community,” Hodges said. “Ev-ery community [there] has shown throughout the year and years that they are proactive in watching their commu-nity and helping police.”
Northside Public Safety Presi-dent David Stacy said he’s at-tended night out events in East Allegheny for the last eight years. He recalled a block party on East Ohio Street last year–each side of the street offered informa-tional tables with volunteers from the fire department, paramedics and other safety organizations.
“The public safety council is very apt as far as doing differ-ent events, not necessarily just in East Allegheny,” Stacy said. “We have several events through-out the year. The more folks get to know each other the more crime we can work on together.”
Last year, nearly 38 million people in the U.S. participated in National Night Out, including more than 3,000 Pittsburghers.
National Night Out unites neighbors against crime
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By Abbey Reighard
What do a furniture store owner, a retired judge and an art-ist have in common? – A vision to make Pittsburgh a better place for kids interested in the arts.
Paul Martin, John Ross and Robert Skwaryk are currently working to open a school that would focus on art and filmmaking. The three men collaborate on the proj-ect at their current store and studio space location, 3135 Brighton Rd.
Ross, a local artist who has been working on the school project for over a year, said he wants the school to be a space where kids can express themselves through art.
“The school will be a place where kids can get their hands dirty,” Ross said.
According to Ross, the school will be reconstructed from the old Thaddeus Stevens Elemen-tary school, 822 Crucible Street. The new art school will be called the Meter Room Project.
Ross said the name for the art school, which is the third of its kind, is appropriate because “just like how a meter room disperses utili-ties, The Meter Room will disperse art projects into the community.”
Ross opened the original Me-ter Room in New York City. He then opened another one in Sher-aden and now wants to bring a Meter Room to the West End.
Ross said he was approached by Councilwoman Theresa Kail-Smith, from District 2, when the elementary school went up for sale. Kail-Smith said she asked Ross and his team to use the building to establish another Me-ter Room because of his previ-ous success and experience.
“I thought John would be per-fect for the job,” Kail-Smith said.
Ross said he is concerned with the decline of art included in pub-lic school curriculum’s. He added
that the school will help to fill the artistic void left in public schools.
The school will include 19 art studios, 250 seats and a gymnasium that will be con-structed into a film studio.
Ross said there is no fee for enrollment or age requirement for the art school and adults will be welcome to participate in projects at the school as well.
Ross collaborates with his friend and neighbor, Paul Mar-
tin, who owns the used furniture store next door to Ross’ studio.
Martin, a retired construction worker, opened Martin’s Used Furniture store last May. Martin said his sister and brother-in-law previously owned a furniture store and after a hand injury forced him to retire after 33 years, he decid-ed he wanted to open his own.
“I figured ‘what the heck, I’ll give it a shot,’” Martin said.
Martin’s Used Furniture is open daily, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Martin said he usually purchases the fur-niture pieces he sells in his store, but also accepts donated furniture.
Martin said a few weeks af-ter he opened the store, Ross set up an art studio next door and the two soon became friends.
Ross described Martin as a “pop-ular person” who helps to spread the word about the Meter Room Project to his friends and custom-ers who stop by the furniture store.
“He has a million friends,” Ross said. “Not many cars go by that don’t honk hel-lo when they pass the store.”
Ross creates furniture pieces and then sells the finished works in Martin’s store. Some pieces Ross has created include fish tanks
TVs, made out of old television sets, and chairs made out of old shopping carts, styled to suit the buyers taste with cushions featur-ing icons such as Marilyn Mon-roe and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Ross is currently working on an abstract paint piece made en-tirely from recycled car paint and old plywood. Ross said he wants to incorporate similar pieces into the curriculum when the Meter Room Project opens.
Skywark, who Ross and Martin affectionately refer to as “Judge Bob” and “the mov-ie guy,” has a studio next door to the furniture store, which is downstairs from Ross’ studio.
Skywaryk is a screen writer and movie producer. He has worked
on several films, including “Last Call” – a war murder mystery which Skywaryk won a fellowship for the script he wrote from the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts.
Skywaryk is also a founding member of the Carnegie Screen-writers and has been involved in over 20 film productions.
Ross and Skywark met while the two were working on a film set for the film “Corpsing” – a modern-day romantic twist on the Frankenstein story, involv-ing a female character who cre-ates a Frankenstein-type monster, who she then falls in love with.
Skwaryk is veteran marine who served in Vietnam, Lebanon during the Civil War and Israeli invasion, and Kuwait as part of Operation Desert Storm. Skwaryk retired from the Marine Corps in 2002.
Skywark also served as a state administrative judge until he retired in 2013. Skywark still works as an attorney, but added that he spends most of his time working on films.
Skywaryk will have a stu-dio at the new art school where he can continue to work on his film ideas while teaching students about the art of movie-making.
“I’d like to have a bigger space for local filmmakers to write, shoot and produce their original short films, music videos, con-tinuing education videos for pro-fessionals, industrial and com-mercial videos,” Skywaryk said.
Ross said idealistically, he would like to see the school open within a year, but said the timeline is dependent on the developers.
Ross said he hopes the school will help kids see their own ar-tistic potential and to see that they can continue working in the arts in their adult lives.
“It’s hard to get kids involved in the arts and see it as a career,” Ross said. “I want to get kids interested in the arts while they’re still young.”
Local men work together to support the arts
Photo by Abbey Reighard
Paul Martin, John Ross and Robert Skwaryk are working together to open a free art and filmmaking school for children and adults.
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By Alyse Horn
Clad in decorations wor-thy of a John Wayne movie, the Mattress Factory transformed into the Wild West for its an-nual Urban Garden Party that raised $250,000 for the museum.
Mitchell Schwartz, who is a reg-ular attendee of the garden parties, said he was initially skeptical of the western theme, but in the end “Bar-bara [Luderowski] and Michael [Olijnyk] have done it again.”
“Once again, Mattress Factory has put on an unri-valed party,” Schwartz said.
The evening was filled with hor d’oeuvres and drinks provided by over 40 food and beverage ven-dors, such as Penn Brewery, Mon-terey Pub and Wigle Whiskey.
Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash impersonators were seen on stage and mingling with guests,
while the band Stampede kept the country vibe alive throughout the night. There was also a mechani-cal bull set loose for the hundreds of partygoers to ride and a booth available for attendees to receive
nications and marketing manager for MF, said this year’s fund-raiser was “wildly successful.”
“We’re grateful to have had
an eclectic mix of more than 1,300 guests who truly embraced the theme and had a wonder-ful evening while helping to raise vital operating funds for the museum,” Strahota said.
Mattress Factory throws an ‘unrivaled’ party
Photos by Laine Kaminski
The band Stampede (above), kept the party dancing into the night, while Penn Brewery (bottom right) wet attendees whistles.
ShawTroy Hill Citizens Incor-porated- Don Donaghey
Life time achievement awards
Bob and Jean HerbertDoris SchwartzGloria Sheffield
Gus and Stella Kalaris
Service Provider Awardee
North Side Common Ministries Food Pantry
2014 Awardees
Photo by Alyse Horn
Each student receiving a scholarship was also given an electronic tablet provided by the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh’s Northside.
The Northside Leadership Conference’s 31st Annual Awards dinner took place on Thursday, June 5 at the Northside Institu-tional Church of God in Christ.
Master of Ceremonies was Jack “Johnny Angel” Hunt, who opened the night by making sure attendees knew how the divisions of Pittsburgh are categorized.
“There’s the Northside and the outside,” Hunt said, and was greet-ed with chuckles from the crowd.
The evening was catered by Northside eatery Bistro-to-Go and Penn Brewery supplied the beer.
After dinner, 16 Northside high school students were awarded
for their academic achievements and volunteer hours. Through the support of corporate sponsors, The Northside Leadership Confer-ence awarded the scholarships.
The Rotary Club of Pitts-burgh’s Northside awarded elec-tronic tablets to the 16 students who received scholarships.
Numerous community and business volunteers were also awarded for their hard work in the community. Individuals pre-sented with neighborhood awards were selected by members of their respective neighborhood orga-nizations. Service Provider and Lifetime awards are nominated by and voted on by the Northside Leadership Board of Directors.
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By Abbey Reighard
Residents on the Northside can purchase used goods and make a dif-ference in the lives of the elderly.
Little Sisters of the Poor will be holding a rummage sale from Thursday, July 17 through Saturday, July 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The sale will be held at the Little Sisters of the Poor home located in Brigh-ton Heights, 1028 Benton Ave.
The rummage sale will con-sist of clothing, furniture, house-hold items, jewelry, books and other assorted items. The Little Sisters of the Poor will also be selling baked goods.
On the last day of the sale, the Little Sisters will hold a bag sale. Rummage sale goers can purchase a bag for between $5 and $10, de-pending on the size of the bag, and fill the bag with goods, accord-ing to volunteer Heather Saftner.
All proceeds from the sales will benefit the elderly residents at Little Sisters of the Poor Home, the James P. Wall Home for the Aged.
Saftner said the Little Sis-ters typically host three rummage sales a year to raise money for the elderly living at the James P.
Wall Home. This past April, the Little Sisters raised more than $17,000. Saftner added that the amount of money raised at each sale has increased every year.
Little Sisters of the Poor, founded by Saint Jeanne Jugan in 1839, was established in Pitts-burgh in 1872. The organization now serves the elderly in over 30 locations around the world.
According to the Little Sisters of the Poor website, the organi-zation strives to “serve the needs of the elderly poor,” regardless of applicants’ religion or race.
Little Sisters of the Poor accept applicants who meet the primary requirements of being over 65 and financial neediness. According to Saftner, the James P. Wall Home has 48 independent living apartments and 48 nursing care beds, for a total of 96 spots available at the home.
Saftner said the Little Sis-ters have “an amazing sup-port system of volunteers” that helps to organize and sort the goods for the rummage sale.
For more information on Little Sisters of the Poor visit their website, www.littlesist-ersof thepoorpi t tsburgh.org.
Organization holds rum-mage sale to help elderly
Church to hold rummage sale The St. Peter Parish rummage
sale will take place on Friday, Au-gust 1 and Saturday, August 2 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m., and Sunday, August 3 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. The sale will be held in the Church
Hall. which is in the basement of the church.
St. Peter Parish is located at 720 Arch Street, at the intersection of Ridge Avenue. For more infor-mation, call (412) 321-0711.
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“We anticipate this will be a multiyear project,” Fletcher said in an email. “Work will include rehabilitation of the geometric paths, replacement of path lights, new tree plantings and installa-tion of signage. All of that, com-bined with the fountain should create a dramatic improvement in the park and surrounding area.”
To continue the momentum of the project, Tobin and Fletcher both said that community sup-port will be an important factor to garner more funding. Fletcher said soliciting community in-put is “central to any of the projects the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy undertakes.”
So far the project received funding from government, corpo-rate, foundation and private do-nors, Fletcher said, and fundraising
is still not finished. A set timeline has yet been de-termined for the project.
Allegheny Commons is lo-cated near attractions including the Children’s Museum, the Na-tional Aviary and the New Ha-
zlett Theater, and Fletcher said its location is “a critical space for the overall health of the Northside’s neighborhoods.”
As parks can be one of the only places that remain open to the pub-lic without an entry fee or mem-
bership charge, Fletcher said it is important to make these areas as updated as possible to allow ev-eryone to enjoy nice public areas.
“The parks are also key in encouraging people to be active,” Fletcher said.
“They’re also indicators of the health of the surrounding neigh-borhoods. When parks are clean, safe and beautiful, property val-ues increase. Conversely, when the parks are in a state of disre-pair, property values decrease.”
Anyone interested in vol-unteering with Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy or donating to the fountain project can visit w w w . p i t t s b u r g h p a r k s .o r g / v o l u n t e e r d a y .
“If we want to have the best and brightest here in Pittsburgh, having a strong parks system is a big part of our city’s val-ue proposition,” Fletcher said.
From Fountain, page 1
Allegheny Commons plans to rebuild park fountain
Courtesy of Allegheny Commons Initiative
Although it is in the beginning stages, the ball is rolling on the plan to restore the northeast fountain in Allegheny Commons.
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By Alyse Horn
Meeting discusses how to improve public schools
In the pursuit of connecting the Northside community and its pub-lic schools, the Northside Leader-ship Conference Education Com-mittee held an outreach meeting on Wednesday, June 11 for educators and administrators, among others.
The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., generously hosted the event where over 40 people attended to discuss how to address long and short term goals of improving the North-side’s public schools and what the community can do to help.
Larry Ehrlich, education com-mittee chair for NSLC, led the event and said he believes the Northside can make a difference in bettering its public schools by making its resources and facili-ties readily available to children.
Others who spoke during the two hour meeting were John Canning, Kelly Day and Ani-ta Perry. Each expressed their ideas and concerns on what it will take to make Northside pub-lic schools run at top efficiency.
Canning explained how the NSLC created the education
committee after the organization became concerned with public schools closing on the Northside.
“We are committed to work-ing together to improve schools for youngsters because they are our future,” Canning said.
Day and Perry spoke after Canning, both outlining specific concepts that will build a stron-ger community and in turn its schools. One of the most com-mon initiatives talked about during the meeting was to im-prove networking between the schools and community.
After the presentation, at-tendees split into small groups to brainstorm and set future goals on how to intertwine schools and community resources.
Ehrlich said the meeting was “beyond my expectations.”
“It shows the commit-ment from Pittsburgh Public Schools and the community for what is possible,” Ehrlich said. “It’s an exciting start.”
Ehrlich said he is aim-ing to hold another meeting in early September to check up on the progress of the goals ad-dressed during the meeting.
Photo by Alyse Horn
NSLC Education Committee Chair Larry Ehrlich shares valuable options for improving Northside public schools with attendees.
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Sandwich queen will reign for a second year
Emily Leone Honhart, Business Development Director for the Northside Leadership Conference, crowns the Northside Sandwich Queen for the third annual Northside Sandwich Week. Modern Café will reign for a second consecutive year.
From Modern, page 1
Photos by Alyse Horn
First placeThe Modern Café’s Gyro Melt
Runner-up & People’s ChoiceChateau Café & Cakery Iron City Beef
Chateau Café & Cakery pose with the celebrity judges.
The sold out 2014 Sandwich Sampler had over 400 attendees on Thursday, June 26. Music was provided by The Jazz Conspiracy and ROX Perfor-
mance Academy.
soon and can be ordered at the restaurant.Originally there were 15 participating res-taurants, but BZ Bar & Grill had to cancel.
The first runner up was Chateau Café & Cakery, who lost by one vote to Modern Café, but won the People’s Choice Award.
Zotis said she felt like Modern Café had won for a third year in a way, because the restaurant won the People’s Choice during the first Sandwich Week.
Each sandwich was voted on with consid-eration to overall taste, quality of ingredients, uniqueness and creativity, and presentation.
Sandwich Sampler attendees were able to try all 14 sandwiches and then text in their vote. Modern Café won by being the sandwich with the highest to-tal score based on 50 percent participa-tion vote and 50 percent judges points.
This year’s celebrity judges were WQED-FM’s Artistic Director Jim Cun-ningham, “The Gyro Queens” Irene Karavolos and Fanny Kostos, and former Pi-rates pitcher Grant Jackson. WQED’s Rick Se-bak was also an honorary judge for the night.
Beano’s Sauce and Condiments, Wigle Whiskey and Rita’s Italian Ice
each had its own stand and gave out free samples to attendees. Penn Brew-ery also provided the beer for the event.
The NSLC Sandwich Week recent-ly won the Best New Program or Idea Promoting the Northside at the North-side Northshore Chamber of Com-merce 2014 Business Awards Luncheon.
Laura Smith handed out special Sand-wich Sampler trays as attendees came in the door. The plate had a cup holder on the side, so sandwiches and drink could be held with one hand.
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The Western PA Humane Society has come a long way since it was founded in 1874.
As the oldest animal char-ity in Pittsburgh, it is an open-door shelter meaning that every animal is accepted regardless of age, health, breed or personality.
Meeting the needs of all the animals brought into the shel-ter can be a challenge, but it has adapted and provides the best medical care and services that the organization can offer.
Kristen Lane, Humane So-ciety director of marketing and public relations, said the shel-ter obtains dogs, cats and small animals in two ways – when an owner surrenders an ani-mal or a stray is brought in.
Lane said when an animal is surrendered by an owner it can be an emotional time, because one of the most common rea-sons for surrendering is when an owner loses his or her job and cannot support the animal.
“Individuals who surrender [animals] are provided with a counselor who can give the own-er different options, and some-times people do not have to sur-render their animal,” Lane said.
If an owner meets certain qualifications, the Humane So-ciety can help the individual keep their pet by providing as-sistance “until that person gets back on their feet,” Lane said.
When an animal is taken in by the organization, the Humane Society’s first step is to give the animal a complete medical over-view and insert a microchip.
If it is a stray animal, Lane said it is held for 48 hours so the possible owner can find his
or her pet and the pet is put on the Humane Society’s Lost and Found page on its website.
The animal is also scanned to see if a microchip has already been inserted.
Lane said implanting a mi-crochip into a pet is something that all owners should do, as it is the best possible way to be re-united with a pet if it is lost.
After 48 hours, the animal undergoes a 45 minute behav-ioral protocol to better under-stand the personality of the ani-mal. Lane said dogs first undergo a leash test and then another dog and a cat are brought in to see how it reacts around other ani-mals. Then there is a food test, where an artificial arm is used to see how the dog reacts when its food is taken away while eating.
After the Humane Society has completed and record-ed the health and personal-ity tests, the animal is then put on the adoption floor.
There is a store located on the adoption floor where people can pick up food and oth-er necessities for their newly adopted animals.
“Our food and treats are su-per high quality,” Lane said. “There are no grains found in the food, and all of the prod-ucts are made in the USA.”
There are classes that the Human Society offers for train-ing a new pet, and the organi-zation is also certified to train and license therapy dogs.
Lane said the Humane Society takes every precaution to ensure that the animals are in a healthy and comfortable environment.
For more information on volunteering at the Hu-mane Society, visit www.wpahumane .o rg /vo lun tee r.
Humane Society improves animal safety over the years By Alyse Horn
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Parents of children eligible for kindergarten in Pittsburgh Public Schools the 2014-2015 school year are invited to participate in Ready Freddy Kindergarten Clubs.
Ready Freddy, a transition pro-gram designed to ease the move into kindergarten, offers free “Kindergarten Club” sessions for parents and children eligible for kindergarten (child is 5 years old by September 30). The first day of Kindergarten for Pittsburgh Public Schools this year is August 28th. Ready Freddy currently part-ners with seven Pittsburgh Public Schools, working with principals, teachers and other staff to make the transition to kindergarten easier for children and parents. The seven partnering schools are: Martin Luther King PreK-8, Ar-lington PreK-8, Langley K-8, Faison K-5, Weil PreK-5, Spring Hill K-5, and Miller PreK-5.
National studies highlight the fact that nearly half of chil-dren struggle with the transi-tion into Kindergarten. Involv-ing parents in the transition process is one of the most prom-ising practices to ensure a child’s smooth transition into school.
Kindergarten and PreK teach-ers, social workers, and other early childhood educators will facilitate the six 2-hour Kindergarten Club sessions hosted at: Pittsburgh Al-legheny on the Northside, and Arlington PreK-2 School on the Southside. (While place of resi-dence will not exclude families, parents whose children will be at-tending King and Spring Hill are especially encouraged to attend the Northside club, and parents whose children will be attending
Arlington are encouraged to attend the Southside club.) Sessions will run from 12:00 to 2:00 each day.
Ready Freddy’s free Kinder-garten Club (K-Club) workshops are designed for children and their parents and include fun learning activities that also help connect families to their child’s school. A full lunch will be provided for families at every session. As a highlight, this year’s closing club sessions will include a S.T.E.A.M. activity presented by staff from ASSEMBLE. The activity was made possible through a grant from the Sprout Fund. Parents interested in enrolling in a neigh-borhood K-Club should contact Medina Jackson, Ready Freddy Outreach Coordinator, at 412-383-7019 or [email protected].
Parents inquiring about Kin-dergarten Clubs are also encour-aged to enroll their children in kindergarten before the start of the new school year. Parents need 2 proofs of address, child’s birth certificate and up to date immuni-zation records to register. Parents who plan to enroll their children in Pittsburgh Public Schools kinder-garten during the summer should call the Pittsburgh Public Schools Parent Hotline at: 412-622-7920.
Kindergarten club this summer at Allegheny K-5By Aisha White
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Movie buffs can watch their favorite films in the grass un-der the stars, free of charge.
Riverview Park is one of the seven parks in Pittsburgh that will be showing films as part of the Cinema in the Parks nights hosted by Citiparks.
The films shown are fam-ily friendly, rated G, PG or PG-13. The movies will range from
older classics to newer re-leases and start at dusk, be-tween 8:30 and 9 p.m.
The other five parks holding Cinema in the Parks nights include Arsenal Park, Brookline Memo-rial Park, Flagstaff Hill in Schen-ley Park and West End-Elliot Overlook and Grandview Park.
For more information on Cin-ema in the Parks, call 412-255-2493 or visit www.pittsburghpa.gov/citiparks/cinema-in-park.
June 28 – Gravity (PG-13)
July 5 – Last Vegas (PG-13)
July 12 – Thor: The Dark World (PG-13)
July 19 – Saving Mr. Banks (PG-13)
July 26 – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-13)
August 2 – 42 (PG-13)
August 9 – The Great Gatsby (PG-13)
August 16 – The Hobbit: The Des-olation of Smaug (PG-13)
August 23 – All Is Lost (PG-13)
August 30 – Oblivion (PG-13)
Cinema in the Park: Riverview Park scheduleBy Abbey Reighard
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By Ed SkirtichManchester will be holding
a Community Block Party for its residents on Saturday, July 19th at the Manchester Playground.
Complete with food, entertain-ment, games and raffle prizes, this event is one that you won’t want to miss! Suggestions and donations are appreciated and welcome.
If you’ve ever spent time at the sports stadiums on the North Shore, think of pen and ink sketches from Pitts-burgh artist Nevin Robinson.
Three Rivers Stadium, Heinz Field and PNC Park are staple prints in Robinson’s col-lection, and he even sold pen and ink sketches directly to the two existing stadiums.
Robinson, from Lawrencev-ille, remarked on the dedicated fan base that is found throughout the city.
“People love Pittsburgh sports,” Robinson said.
One of his pen and ink sketch-es depicts a game at PNC Park, where baseball players can be seen with awesome detail. For example, it is noticeable that the pitcher
is slightly bent on the pitcher’s mound and each outfielder stand-ing in position ready for a fly ball.
When Robinson was 8-years-old he began drawing faces and images from magazines like “National Geographic.” He also drew pictures of neighborhood houses and buildings while rid-
ing the bus through Pittsburgh.Robinson attended the Art In-
stitute of Pittsburgh and gradu-ated in 1971. In 1973 he said he traveled to Italy, Switzerland and Germany for a month cre-ating artwork along his jour-ney and sold them at art shows, but did not make any prints.
Profile of Pittsbrugh artist Nevin Robinson
Courtesy of Nevin RobinsonNevin Robinson’s pen and ink sketch on PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
As well as the North Shore stadiums, Robinson draws a handful of different pen and ink sketches of buildings and scenery throughout the Pittsburgh area.
You can visit his kiosk any time at Station Square Shops or visit his website at w w w. n e v i n r o b i n s o n . c o m .
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Garden Theater building turned over to ARDE
From ARDE, page 1
very different from the the-ater’s original internal structure.
“We’re going to basically retrofit the inside to accommo-date the restaurant,” Hardy said.
The ARDE restaurant will feature “Rustic Italian” cuisine and the entrées will be cooked with seasonal and local ingredi-ents, according to Branduzzi.
Branduzzi said he decid-ed to open ARDE in the old Garden Theater building because of the “historic charm” of the building and so he can create more din-ing options for locals.
“The location is ripe for change,” Branduzzi said. “I feel like I can bring something new to the neighborhood.”
Branduzzi also owns and runs another restaurant in Lawrenceville, Picco-lo Forno, 3801 Butler St.
Branduzzi said he will serve wood-fired pizza and home-made pastas at ARDE, similar to the dishes currently served at Piccolo Forno, but also said he wants to add more fish and meat entrees added to the menu.
Branduzzi said he picked the name ARDE for the new restaurant so the old Garden Theater marquee could still be used. The four middle letters of the marquee will be lit, to spell out “ARDE” in-stead of “GARDEN.”
The word “ARDE” in Ital-ian means “burning wood” or “to burn with passion,” according to Branduzzi.
Branduzzi said the name and translations are appropri-ate because of “the wood we burn for our pizza and the pas-
sion we have for our food.”He said he plans to keep
the restaurant space “as open as possible” so patrons can view some of the kitchen ac-tivity while they’re dining.
The restaurant will include a dining area, bar, outdoor pa-tio, a wood-fired pizza oven and can seat up to 150 people.
Hardy discussed the idea of outdoor tables on the side-walk in front of ARDE so pa-trons could enjoy the view of Al-legheny Commons Park while they dine, at the ACCA monthly meeting on Monday June 9.
“That would be a nice addition to the res-taurant,” Hardy said.
Branduzzi said ARDE will have seating on the outdoor patio behind the restaurant, but added that he will con-sider sidewalk seating if people inquire about it.
Branduzzi said he is hopeful that ARDE will be open by this fall.
“I really don’t want [con-struction] to drag into the winter,” Branduzzi said.
As for the Masonic Tem-ple Building, it will become the new location for City of Asylum’s Alpha-bet City Literary Center.
According to the City of Asylum’s official website, Al-phabet City will be a “cultur-al complex intended to serve as a hub for the community.”
Hardy said after a devel-oper purchases the Masonic Temple Building in the coming weeks, the building will then be turned over to the developer and construction will contin-ue for the next few months and should be complete this fall.
Henry Reese, co-founder of
City of Asylum, said the Liter-ary Center will be located on the first floor and basement level of the Masonic Temple Building.
Reese said the center is designed to be a “flexible space” so that the area can be used for different activities.
The bookshelves will be placed on tracks so that seat-ing can be organized to accommodate anywhere
from ten to 200 people.The center will include a
bookstore, café, performance space for readings and mu-sic, conference room and space for educational programming.
For more information on the City of Asylum and the Alphabet City Literary Center, visit the City of Asy-lum website, www.cityo-f a s y l u m p i t t s b u r g h . o r g .
Photo by Kristin DoutyThe Garden Theater in March 2014.
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Allegheny WestAllegheny West Civic Council Inc. to Alissa Martin and Jeb Jungwirth at 808 Western Ave. for $145,000.
Brighton HeightsTony Louis Mieglitz to Clarence Watkins at 3306 Brighton Road for $3,000.Carol Fiffas to Regis Paul McManus Jr. at 1133 Davis Ave. for $189,300.Michael Joyner to Jennifer Lash at 3829 Wilksboro St. for $105,500.WOT Investments LLC to Joseph Barnes at 3327-3329 Rigel Ave. for $4,300.Sarah Farren to Tracy Johnston at 3405 Gass Ave. for $87,000.David Fenoglietto to Tyler Hunter at 935 Sagwa St. for $73,000.Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Kathleen Dutzik at 3951 Brandon Road for $40,000.Brett Probert to Matthew Palmelee at 3970 Brandon Road for $132,980.Bank New York Trust Co. NA trustee to Metro Developers LLC at 1010 Cornell St. for $1 (state deed transfer
stamps indicate a value of $20,200).PNC Bank NA to Neil and Kelly Okeefe at 3545 Massachusetts Ave. for $34,001.Michelle Dannenmueller to Robert Irr III at 958 Stanford Road for $92,783.Elizabeth Brovey to Rachel DiPietro and Matthew Caputo at 965 Stanford Road for $80,000.
BrightwoodBlue Mountain Homes LLC to SCAR Investments LLC at 6 Boston St. for $15,750.Francine Gooden et al. to Northside Community Development Fund at Courtright St. for $1,974 by sheriff’s deed.Baylon Sloan to Bear Brick Properties LLC at 1602 Forsythe St. for $23,750.Federal National Mortgage Assn. to Landry Jr. & Assoc. LLC at 3048 Frederick St. for $8,000.Housing & Urban Development to Michael Bollinger at 1333 Gifford St. for $33,000.
Federal National Mortgage Assn. to Jennifer Morrow at 1246 Ingham St. for $50,000.Frank Halloran to Phong Mai and Thuy Phung at 2808 California Ave. for $24,000.Bethann Galaska Burzuk to Colin James and Abby Cook at 1145 New Hampshire Drive for $74,000.California-KirkbrideJ. Thomas Seabrooke to SRG Holdings L.P. at 1111 Morrison St. for $6,000.
Central NorthsideFanny Kostos et al. to Richard Fest at 1110 Federal St. for $165,000.Christopher Wright to Andrae Eccles and Marie Louissaint at 402 Jacksonia St. for $315,000.Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Benjamin Friedman at 408 W. North Ave. for $101,000.Drew Thodeson et al. to Rachel Wojdowski at 608 Sampsonia Way for $242,500.
East AlleghenyEast Allegheny Community Council Inc. to 742 B&L Inc. at 1102 Linden Place for $33,000.East DeutschtownDarlene Thornton to Briggs Fowley LLC at 846 Peralta St. for $1,600.
FineviewJean Byrne to Devon and Sara Zimnox at 218 Belleau St. for $115,000.Edward Early to Oakglade Realty Capital Partn. L.P. at 2124 Peekskill St. for $40,000.Frank Hoffman to Fineview CCI Trust #1901 at 1901 Meadville St. for $6,000.Harry Smith Jr. to Harco Properties LLC at 1528 Warren St. for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $64,200).Fineview CCI Trust #1901 to David Jack at 1901 Meadville St. for $16,000.James Williams Jr. to Federal National Mortgage Assn. at 9 Carrie St. for $1,840 by sheriff’s deed.
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Historic DeutschtownPittsburgh View Real Estate LLC to JEC Properties LLC at 609 E. Ohio St. for $145,000.Ronald Purvis to Northside Worldwide Inc. at 1200 James St. for $300,000.Youcef Djedid to Ye Liang and Roy Frye at 615 Tripoli St. for $144,000.Supra Private RE Fund 1 LLC to Terry Raymond at 835 Tripoli St. for $49,000.Jeffrey C. Baumbach/Robert W. Baumbach/Charlie Town Capital LLC to Kara Tirimacco at 913 Middle St. for $232,500.
ManchesterTheodore Prengaman to Celeste Kostelnik and Shawn Treece at 1315 W. North Ave. for $387,500.
Observatory HillJabez Recovery LLC to Patrick and Caitlin Price at 4046 Vinceton St. for $32,640.Federal National Mortgage Assn. to
Oakglade Realty Capital Partn. at 431 Dunlap St. for $30,500.Kathie Salamacha to Roderick Mason Jr. and Danitra Mason at 4047 Grizella St. for $149,000.Timothy Tuinstra to Sharon Lynn and Timothy John Fuller at 131 Montana St. for $99,500.Michael Lankes to Rearden Properties L.P. at 3338-3340 Portola St. for $32,500.Cynthia Goggin to Bank America NA at 36 Watson Blvd. for $1,713 by sheriff’s deed.Harry Smith Jr. to Harco Properties LLC at 17 Bonvue St. for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $49,600).Gregory Jorgenson to Pittsburgh Landmark Group LLC at 349 Gould Ave. for $15,000.Collin Davy to Daniel Fitzpatrick and Kara Arnold at 3721 Perrysville Ave. for $174,500.Jason Pollock to Timber Holdings LLC at 3112 Tretow St. for $57,900.Terry Mertz to Caitlin and Colby Howe at 3843 Perrysville Ave. for
$109,000.Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. trustee to Jason Alan Bowman at 33 Watson Blvd. for $92,500.David McCarthy to Wesley Chastain at 4114 Grizella St. for $90,000.Scott Shaw to Marc David Felman Jr. and Kristen Felman at 3017 Mt. Allister Road for $159,900.Bonnie DeLuca to Michael and Sarah Peduzzi at 111 Perryview Ave. for $137,000.
Perry HilltopEstate of Ralph Stotts to Federal National Mortgage Assn. at 2618 Leland St. for $1,800 by sheriff’s deed.American Eagle Properties LLC to Louis Carter LLC at 833 Marshall Ave. for $40,000.Darlene Ragin to Christiana Trust at 2532 N. Charles St. for $1,815 by sheriff’s deed.Triple Helix LLC to Barron Greenwalt at 420 Marshall Ave. for $74,227.Bell Industries Inc. to Flyspace
Productions LLC at 2709 N. Charles St. for $200,000.
Spring HillTimothy Kelly to Maurice Garland Makay and Christina Marie Deasy at 43 Noster St. for $1,300.Regis Pavlik to Joseph Valorie at 24 Schnittgen St. for $20,000.
Summer HillEstate of Mark Joseph Zelkovic to Charles and Renee Merlino at 4431 Cherryland St. for $96,000.John Trubic to Brandon Trecki at 4450 Evergreen Road for $93,000.
Troy HillFederal National Mortgage Assn. to New Hope Now Solutions LLC at 1413 Troy Hill Road for $1,400.Estate of Esther Matscherz to Terry Ann Raymond at 1505 Fleck St. for $42,000.Naomi Auth to Melissa Catanese at 1721 Lowrie St. for $69,585.
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At the April, 2014 legislative meeting, the School Board of Pitts-burgh approved the appointments of three new leaders for North Side schools. Pittsburgh Public Schools is committed to obtaining its four District goals: 1) Accelerating Stu-dent Achievement, 2) Eliminating Racial Disparities, 3) Becoming a District of First Choice, and 4) Creating a Student-Focused Or-ganizational Culture for students and families. Dennis Chakey, Yarra Howze, and Leah McCord have adopted the same model and plan to help the District work to-wards achieving these goals at their respective assignments.
Three new principals will lead Northside schoolsBy Merecedes J. Howze, PPS Mrs. Leah McCord has been selected as the Principal of
Pittsburgh King PreK-8. McCord’s most recent role was serving as Principal of Jeffery and Rogers Primary located in the Shaler Area School District. While serving as the as instructional leader of two K-3 schools, McCord created a comprehensive review of student data with a school-wide focus on areas of improvement. McCord ad-ditionally implemented a comprehensive attendance review proto-col as well as professional learning community meetings for all staff members. From 2003-2011, she served as Principal of Rogers El-ementary School where she designed a K-3 model for data report-ing, assisted in the creation of a Kindergarten Jump Start program for
“at-risk” students, and implemented a response to intervention emphasis on data usage and planning.McCord has already met with Pittsburgh King staff, some parents, and members of the North Side
Leadership Conference to help prepare for her new position. “I am hoping to build relationships with stu-dents, staff, family, and community, where we are able to learn from each other,” said McCord. She also hopes to increase academic achievement at Pittsburgh King K-8 by “maintaining the work the for-mer principal established with equity and strong leadership roles amongst deeply invested teachers.”
Mrs. Yarra Howze, who joined the District in 1999 as a teacher, will leave her role as Instructional Teacher Leader 2 (ITL2) at Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 to become Principal of Pitts-burgh Allegheny 6-8. Her teaching experience encompasses both elementary and mid-dle school levels at various schools throughout the district.
In the spring of 2014, How-
Dr. Dennis Chakey is the newest principal at Pittsburgh Perry High School after leaving his leadership post at Pittsburgh Carrick High School. Chakey is very familiar with the North Side and its students. He served as the principal of Pittsburgh Oliver High School from 2008 -2012.
This upcoming school year, Chakey plans to create systems that hold all members of the school com-
munity accountable for success and structures to increase and monitor student attendance, GPA, graduation rate, and Promise Readiness. “We want to rely on the great tradition that has been established at Perry High School, while continuing to push our entire school community to new levels of success. This year is the beginning of our journey together to make Pittsburgh Perry High School better than ever,” said Dr. Chakey.
Do you have great things going on at your school? Tell us about it by emailing Mere-cedes J. Howze at [email protected].
Follow PPS on Twitter @PPSNews.
ze was selected by the Gates Foundation as one of only seven teachers from across the United States to travel to Helsinki, Fin-land to study the Finnish Edu-cation system. During her stay, she attended the Oppi Learning Festival and networked with edu-cators from around the world.
“In alignment with the school district’s goals for the 2014-2015 school year, I intend to support the school community of Pittsburgh-Allegheny 6-8 in its efforts to accel-erate student achievement, through R.I.S.E., to ensure the implemen-tation of high quality instruction in every content area,” said Howze.
In addition to continuing the legacy of excellence set by retir-ing principal, Ms. Toni Kendrick, Howze reassured, “Our staff will continue to be trained to provide equitable instruction to all stu-dents and eliminate racial dis-parities in student achievement.”
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The Game Page SudokuLast Month’s Puzzle Solutions
First published in a U.S. puzzle magazine in 1979, Sudoku caught on in Japan in 1986, and became internationally famous in 2005.
The aim of Sudoku is to enter a number from 1 through 9 in each space on a 9×9 grid made up of 3×3 subgrids (called “regions”). Some of the numbers have already been given. You may not use the same number twice in a single row, column, or region of the grid. Completing the puzzle requires patience and logical ability.
Chronicle CrosswordAcross1- Lays down the lawn; 5- Hog fat; 9- Domingo, for one; 14- Journey; 15- Bones found in the hip; 16- Hoist; 17- Horizontal flow of air; 19- Violinist Mischa; 20- Sound again, again; 21- Layers; 23- College letter earners; 25- Clean air org.; 26- Hawaiian food; 29- Golfer Ernie; 30- Embroidery upon canvas; 33- Moisten while cooking; 34- Grommet; 35- Record with a VCR; 38- Big Blue; 40- Now ___ me down...; 41- Ancient Palestinian; 44- Otic; 47- Bladder worm; 49- Genetic mes-senger; 52- Riled (up); 53- Against a proposition; 54- Impediments; 56- Gannet; 58- Sea god; 59- Wise ones; 62- Girl who leads a marching band; 64- Fine fiddle; 65- Biblical birthright seller; 66- Digits of the foot; 67- Chip dip; 68- Rules; 69- Goes astray; Down1- Go hungry; 2- Severe experience; 3- Sundry; 4- Glasses, briefly; 5- Understate-ment; 6- Boxer Laila; 7- Civil disturbance; 8- Hebrew prophet; 9- Treatment of disease; 10- Electric fish; 11- Where some vets served; 12- Eggs; 13- Cartoon dog; 18- Porcelain tableware; 22- Blunted blade; 24- Abominable snowman; 26- Tablet; 27- Draft classification; 28- ___-bitty; 31- Prohibit; 32- Trompe l’___; 33- Sugar source; 35- PC expert; 36- ___ sow, so shall...; 37- Attention-getter; 39- Great in quantity; 42- Capital of Cyprus; 43- Earth Day subj.; 45- Destructive; 46- Fall bloomer; 48- Tooth covering; 49- Daniel Webster, e.g.; 50- Asexual; 51- Evaluate; 55- Minotaur’s home; 56- Goes down; 57- American space agency; 59- Airline to Oslo; 60- Doc bloc; 61- Guy’s partner; 63- Tooth-bearing bone;
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5. Understatement6. Boxer Laila7. Civil disturbance8. Hebrew prophet9. Treatment of disease10. Electric fish11. Where some vets served12. Eggs13. Cartoon dog18. Porcelain tableware22. Blunted blade24. Abominable snowman26. Tablet27. Draft classification28. ___-bitty31. Prohibit32. Trompe l'___33. Sugar source35. PC expert36. ___ sow, so shall...37. Attention-getter39. Great in quantity42. Capital of Cyprus
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Down1. Some docs2. Actor Stephen3. "You've got mail" co.4. Upsetting team5. Cheap wine6. E-mail command7. Decrees8. Tough9. Scent10. Goober11. Up12. Minotaur's home13. Conger catcher21. Stableman22. Sea off Greece23. Fine fur24. Leg joints25. Excessive29. Singer John30. Mountain nymph32. Uncouth
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