PUBLISHER'S PAGE - It's Indian Summer

Last month, most of us witnessed via television, newsprint, and the media, the worst catastrophe and natural disaster ever to hit America. While Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, the worst memories will be of New Orleans.

This is a country full of many great cities—from New York to San Francisco and Dallas to Chicago—New Orleans is one of the great Cities in America. Like the Crescent City this year, Pittsburgh in the past has felt the wrath of flood waters. Just last year, the local communities of Carnegie and Etna were flooded by just the remnants of Hurricane Ivan.

With the receding flood waters, hope and optimism return. It’s the American way. It’s part of the American psyche.

With their football team misplaced and playing all of their games, home and away, on the road, many other fans are pulling for the New Orleans Saints.

“I don’t know how you can’t pull for the New Orleans Saints,” said Steelers coach Bill Cowher. Added Cowher, “I’m glad we’re not playing them.”

After natural disasters, we continue on. Chicago rose from the ashes of the 1871 fire and San Francisco rebuilt after the devastating earthquake and fire of 1906. Meanwhile, life goes on.

The summer has ended; family vacations and travel is done; it’s Indian Summer, the break before the winter holidays. Soon enough we’ll be celebrating Thanksgivingand Christmas and the snow will be falling.

The fall colors and the turning of the leaves are not any more spectacular than right here in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania.

The weather is pleasant; Indian Summer is most enjoyable, with warm afternoons and cool evenings with frost oft times in the mornings; football is king with high school stadiums full on Friday nights, college games on Saturday, and the Steelers on Sunday afternoons (Monday Night Football notwithstanding).

This issue is the second of two back-toback issues that focus on the Airport Area and adjacent communities, such as Robinson Township, which continue to explode with growth. The airport focus begins on page 20 and continues through page 27.

In that section is a dining review on the Red Bull Inn. After reading that, I’m sure you’ll want to stop in for a visit.

Enjoy the season, enjoy the fall foliage, and enjoy your visit to Pittsburgh and to Western Pennsylvania.

A. Robert Scott
Publisher/Owner

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