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I siiUkUM FOST-GAZL I II. SUNDAY, MAY 1 8, 2uu3 ome Sales TIP OF THE WEEK "Fix-up-for-sale decorators can bring in flowers and rearrange furniture to show oft' your home to better advantage. If the house is vacant, you may want to rent furniture. Most buyers have difficulty visualizing living in an empty house." Yahoo! Real Estate hoSI 8 A property's assessed market value Is listed in parentheses) after the sale price. For Allegheny County, the figure is the board of assessment's estimated market value.

In Butler County, where assessments do not match estimated market values, the county's common level ratio, set by the commonwealth, has been used to calculate its assessed market value. The letters "NA" Indicate that a current assessment was not available. Beau Jacob Builders Designers Inc. to Matthew Vossler, 603 Beech $177,085 (NA). Charles Croskey to Charles and Dianna Croskey, 5520 Grubbs Road, $50,000 Richland Properties Inc.

to Christopher and Amy Snyder, 405 Jenny Drive, $228,515 (NA). Cleveland Richland Partners LP to Jack and Eve Paton, 1017 Plymouth Court, $117,084 (NA). Albert Franceschi-na to Donald and Robin Kalpakis, 1220 Woodhill Drive, $180,000 1 FEATURED HOUSE OF THE WEEK Butler County Adams Adams Pointe 2 LP to Todd Kaminski, 242 Adams Pointe Blvd. 9, $1 14,250 (NA). Gregory Johnson to Frank and Lisa Klukaszewski, 660 Blue Spruce Drive, $297,000 Daniel Renzaglia to John and Jennifer Fetsko, 203 Chesapeake Drive, $419,000 Monterey Development Associates LP to TD Kelly property, Maxwell Lane, $85,750 (NA).

M-v r- In I tit 4 I 4' 4--M -w i Butler Township Allegheny County Bradford Woods John Conti Jr. to Jason Koss, 34 Walnut Road, $159,500 Franklin Park Robert Karpoff to Ingomar United Methodist Church, commercial property, 2384 Brandt School Road, $45,000 Franklin Park Properties LLC to Matthew Hughey and Autumn McDermott, 1606 Settlers Drive, $254,275 (NA). Ruth Steffan to James Protulipac, 1505 Squire Ridge Drive, $250,000 Richard Beck to Michael and Jane Hopey, property, White Oak Court, $59,000 Marshall Estate of James Herbert to Lawrence A Cunningham 424B Bayne Wexford Road, $28,000 McCandless Joerg Eiermann to David and Lisa Et-tore, 9271 N. Florence Road, $143,000 Pine M. Randall Dalbow to Francis Freda, 307 Cloverdale Drive, $214,000 William Hospodor Inc.

to Constantine Kralios and Cornelia Savopoulou, 436 Cloverdale Drive, $233,000 (NA). Rosemary Kruss to John and Deborah Stayduhar, 330 McKinney Road, $160,000 Trees Development Co. to Hawthorne Homes property, Tree Line Drive, $52,000 Trees Development Co. to Hawthorne Homes property, Tree Line Drive, $58,900 Daniel Nardozzi to National City Bank Pennsylvania, 434 Wallace Road, by sheriff's deed $1,417 Mary Galbreith Klingensmith to Robert Sarver, 203 Warrendale Road, $75,000 Michael Kennedy to National Residential Nominee Services 3039 White Pine Drive, $315,000 National Residential Nominee Services Inc. to Robert and Joyce Goertler, 3039 White Pine Drive, $315,000 Michael Richey to Edward Gage, property, Wildcherry Court, $99,900 Richland Gary Jackson to Herbert and Mary Chavanne, mobile home site, 3799 Baker-stown Road, $39,500 Estate of Samuel Carmichael to St.

Barnabas 3913 Bakerstown Road, $90,000 NUMBER OF BATHS: 3 full, one half NUMBER OF BEDROOMS: 4 LOT SIZE: 100 feet 220 feet Pinehurst Drive, Cranberry PRICE: $364,900 STYLE: Colonial SQUARE FOOTAGE: About 3,000 REAL ESTATE TAXES: About $3,900 SCHOOL DISTRICT: Seneca Valley Federal Home Loan Mortgage to Sheri Wood and Pamela Stevenson, 208 Carl $30,000 Nicholas Kaschik Jr. to George Bristen, 101 Daum Lane, $10,000 Scott Miller to Teresa Phillips, 102 Dutchtown Road, $103,000 Ronald liebler to Robert Wol-ford Jr. and Katie Anne Walsh, 907 E. Pearl $125,500 Clark Harvey Builders to William and Mary Kivett, 21 1 Magnolia Drive, $307,400 John Heberling to John and Lucy Dollar, 145 Remil Drive, $110,000 Sarah Smith to Steven Christy, 135 Roe $115,000 Butler Ethan Eberle to Ethan Eberle, 222 First $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $39,027) Dale McCoy to Citibank, 120 Fourth by sheriffs deed $5,853 Michael Musick to Bankers Trust California, 220 Cleveland by sheriffs deed $2,000 Donald Hilliard to National City Bank Pennsylvania, 237 Cottage Hill by sheriffs deed $2,414 TCI Properties Inc. to David and Anna Marie McKivigan, property, 8 Pittsburgh Road, $8,000 (NA).

Donald Gall to Joanne Fortunato, 212 South $26,000 Center Charles Schmitzer III to Sunset Meadows Homeowners Association, property, Holyoke Road T496, $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $5,406) (NA). Bessie Higgins to Diana Harvey, 354 N. Duffy Road, $118,000 Dale Swidzinski to Joseph and Colleen Brown Urish, 218 Willow Run Drive, $252,000 INTERESTED? CONTACT For sale by owner. Call 724-538- 8 1 6 1 Clinton Estate of Matthew Ban III to John and Mary Ann Carmen, mobile home site, 459 Lardintown Road, $58,000 (S82.833). Mars Grant Colton Jr.

to Lascher Enterprises, 402 Beaver $300,000 Seven Fields Scot Fodi to Thomas and Linda Stetz, 100 Mosside Loop, $91,000 Darren Policella to Michelle and David Ellery, 916 Northridge Drive, $305,000 Summit Louis Hortert to Bercury Homes property, Bricker $91 ,000 (NA). Bruce Henderson, 9531 Goehring Road, $65,000 Joseph Pistorius to Robert and Amanda Rechter, 332 Halde-man Drive, $185,000 Housing Urban Development to Melinda Mann, 415 Lincolnshire Drive, $109,000 Robert Kress to Bryan and Kris-ten Gratton, 420 Lincolnshire Drive, $149,900 Jerry Gerasimou to Hans and Paula Van Order, 714 Magnolia Court, $363,000 Maronda Homes Inc. to Richard Bingham, 9231 Marshall Road, $279,900 Jene-va Schwab to Charles Wayne Schwab, 8670 Peters Road, $5,000 Estate of Mary Katherine Harigan to John and Cheryl DeGraaf, property, Powell Road, $61,000 Cornell Ward to Prudential Relocation 386 Steeplechase Drive, $385,000 Prudential Relocation Inc. to William Waish, 386 Steeplechase Drive, $385,000 Estate of Alice McGahan to Jason Kamer- er and Nicole Marie Miller Kamerer, 409 Sussex Drive, $103,000 Janet Antoszyk to Citifinancial Services 411 Sussex Drive, by sheriffs deed $7,633 Hopeview Partners to George and Eleanor Myrter, property, 105 Wind-wood Heights Drive, $92,000 Evans City Edward Arnold to Angela Simpson, 121 Elizabeth $75,000 Forward Eugene Ratay to Joseph and Marcie Thomas, property, 288 Rader School Road, $22,080 Jefferson Douglas McGinley to Daniel and Tami Leda, 119 Headland Road, $106,300 Connoquenessing Township Dino Horwitz to William and Sheri Dumas, 284 Boy Scout Road, $176,000 Cranberry Gigliotti Holdings LP to CJ Custom Homes property, Alex Court, $60,000 (NA). Michael Cigna to James and Dana Hinchman, 102 Bellwood Court, $88,000 Timothy Gates to Henry Fonzi III, 205 Bellwood Court, $73,000 Kevin Smutko to John and Christine Parkomaki, 108 Buttercup Drive, $144,000 Wayne Hefren to Chicora Viola Hunsberger to First Union Bank Delaware, 217 Central by sheriffs deed $3,916 Source: RealSTATS Blffi intara served.

Call 724-444-5521 SPECIAL INTEREST Lyndora Butler County Philatelic Society will hold its ButlerPlex Exhibition from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, Tanglewood Senior Center, Hanson Avenue. Dealers and the post office will sell stamps. Free admission.

Call 724-285-5692. SPORTS Areawide North Allegheny Football Boosters will hold a youth football clinic for ages 6 to 1 3 this summer at North Allegheny High School Newman Stadium. The noncontact, no pads clinic will consist of three sessions: 9 to 1 1 :30 a.m. July 22-23 and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 24.

Cost: $50 for all three sessions. Registration is limited to the first 250 players. Call ART Pine St. Alphonsus School, 201 Church Road, will hold 'An Evening with the Arts" at 7 p.m. Thursday to celebrate the opening of a new wing in the building.

The all-student art show will include a spring musical in the cafeteria. Call 724-935-1152. AUDITIONS Butler The Blazing Star Choral Society of Butler County will hold open auditions for all voice parts for its Sept. 1 1 concert during rehearsals at 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, St.

Paul Church, 128 N. McKean St. High school students welcome. DINING OUT Cabot An Election Day spaghetti dinner will be held at Cabot United Methodist Church, 707 Winfield Road, from 1 1 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Tuesday. Dinners include meat sauce, salad, bread, dessert and beverage and are $5 for adults, $3 for children ages 6 through 1 1 and free for children 5 and younger. Takeout available. DONATIONS Mars Mars Area Public Library, 107 Grand is accepting donations for a used book sale in June. No textbooks, magazines or Readers Digest condensed books will be accepted.

Call Roup is a nonprofit, outdoor education organization that offers family activities and trips in boating, hiking, kayaking and more throughout the year. For more information, call 724-230-0237 or visit www.outsideadventures.org. Pine The township's farmers market is open from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursdays in Pine Community Park, 230 Pearce Mill Road. Call 724-625-1636.

Saxonburg Saxonburg Historic Main Street Committee will hold a wildflower walk at 9 a.m. Saturday, Armstrong Farms, 1020 Ekastown Road. Cost: $5, benefits the revitalization fund. Wear hiking clothes and shoes. Call 724-352-2858.

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES Cranberry Cornerstone Church will present "Chuck Colson Calls On the Church to Impact Culture Live Via Satellite" from 6 to 8 p.m. today, United Methodist Conference Center, 1204 Freedom Road. Pizza party begins at 5:30 p.m. Free. Call 1-877-528-6738 for more information.

SEMINARS Richland J. Victor Conrad will speak on the risks of owning certificates of deposit during a St. Barnabas Health System Money Talks at 1 :30 p.m. Wednesday, Hilltop Hall in The Village at St. Barnabas, 5850 Meridian Road.

Free. Refreshments 412-367-5200. LIBRARIES McCandless Genealogical record specialist Elissa Powell will talk about how to search through censuses to find family history at 7 p.m. tomorrow, Northland Public Library, 300 Cumberland Road. Register: 412-366-8100.

MEETINGS McCandless John Canning of the Allegheny City Society will speak on historic congregations of Allegheny City at a meeting of North Hills Genealogists at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Northland Public Library, 300 Cumberland Road. Call Tom at 412-486-3679. OPEN HOUSES Areawide The Lutheran Service Society of Western Pennsylvania will hold an open house for SeniorNet Learning Centers, computer education facilities designed for older adults. Locations and dates are: 10 a.m.

to 2 p.m. Thursday, Pine-Richland Youth Center, 5554 Community Center Drive, Pine; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Franklin Park Municipal Building, 2344 W. Ingomar Road.

Call 412-734-9330. OUTDOORS Areawide Outside Adventures, 524 ENTERTAINMENT Winfield Cooper Cabin Pioneer Homestead, 199 Cooper Road, off Route 356, Cabot, continues Native American Weekend noon to 5 p.m. today. Activities include native dancing, crafts for sale and more. Admission: adults $4, youth ages 5-17 $1 Children 4 and younger admitted free.

Areawide Advanced tickets are available for the Three Rivers Storytelling Festival Aug. 8-9 at North Park Ice Rink. The festival features concerts, storytellers, activities and more. Tickets: adults $9, children $4.50. Children ages 5 and younger admitted free.

Call 412-366-8100 or visit www.3rstf.org. FOR WOMEN Areawide Women's Week Spring Session will be held May 27-30 at Deer Valley YMCA Camp and Conference Center, Somerset County. Yoga, aerobics, cross-country skiing, massages and more will focus on body, mind and spirit. Call 1-800-962-2386 or visit www.deervalleyy-maca.com. HEALTH Cranberry UPMC Cancer Center will offer free skin cancer screenings from 9 a.m.

to 4 p.m. Friday at UPMC Passavant Cranberry Medical Office Building, St. Francis Way. Registration required; call Compiled by Alyson Rodriguez 7b include your event in the Bulletin Board, send details description of activity, time(s), date(s), location, cost and registration details, plus a contact person's name and daytime telephone number to Alyson Rodriguez, PG North, 34 Blvd. of the Allies, Pittsburgh 15222.

Fax items to 412-2634877 or email to Information must be received two to three weeks before publication. Butler councilmen plan to pay visit to Main Street parking scofflaws The Parking Authority of the City of Butler plans to put new signs on Main Street directing drivers to off-street parking. Nancy Welsh is a freelance writer. "When the budget was prepared we did not have the $34,000 to pay the monitors even if they were bringing in $134,000," Bratkovich said. "I was told the police department could write the tickets." He said any extra revenue should be used to repair police vehicles, so monitors cannot be hired.

He suggested volunteer senior citizens could walk Main Street if the unions would agree. "Is it possible that the court system could assign people with community service to patrolling Main Street?" Bratkovich asked three should visit. Mayor Leonard Pintell said council should make a decision on meters at its June 26 meeting. He estimated meters would yield about $90,000 a year. "We are stretched to the limit as to what revenue we have," Pintell said.

And it's worse since the city laid off its two meter monitors, who enforced the time limit. "The police are doing as well as they can," Pintell said, but they have other duties. Association President Bob Moore said he doesn't believe meters will help the parking situation: People who want to park along the street all day "will feed the meter, and it will not rotate the cars," he said. Moore offered the city a $16,000 zero-interest loan from the association to hire a meter monitor. The loan would be paid back out of revenue from parking fines.

"A $16,000 zero-interest loan would still represent an expenditure to the city of $16,000," Pintell said. City Finance Director Joe Bratkovich said the budget is too tight to consider the association's offer. worried about the impact on business. Research done by association members shows that about 24 business owners or employees regularly park on Main Street, cusregarding the two-hour time limit. Members said they've talked to these people, to no avail.

Councilman Charles Savannah said he thinks it is time for council to challenge the violators. Council-men Joe Bratkovich and Tom Burkley said they would join him. Savannah asked the association members for a list of people the By Nancy Welsh Butler business owners who park on Main Street may soon be explaining themselves to a trio of city councilmen. Pour members of the Downtown Butler Association met with city council Monday to offer alternatives to parking meters on Main Street. Meters were removed from Main 20 years ago to encourage downtown shopping.

The city has been discussing putting in new ones to help address a budget crunch. The business association is opposed, ySlP womt NnK Personal Business Xyj Eyery Monday.