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Tuesday - December 18, 2012

<div style='float:right;width:100%;' align='right'><em> Philip G. Pavely | Tribune-Review</em></div>With the North Side providing a backdrop, Derek Graf (top) and Zeb Greenawalt disassemble scaffolding Tuesday, December 18, 2012. Universal Scaffold was taking down the scaffolding to the 106-year-old historic Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Polish Hill.

<div style='float:right;width:100%;' align='right'><em> Jasmine Goldband | Tribune-Review</em></div>Connor Michalek, 7, of Hampton Township puts his favorite WWE wrestler Daniel Bryan in his signature 'No Lock' during a private meeting at CONSOL Energy Center before the WWE: Raw event Tuesday, December 18, 2012. Michalek, who has terminal cancer, made a youtube video with the help of his mother expressing his desire to meet Bryan.

<div style='float:right;width:100%;' align='right'><em> Justin Merriman | Tribune-Review</em></div>Eric Shaffer, 15, of Adrian looks over.22 caliber semi-automatic rifles at Sportsman's Supply in Butler on December 18, 2012.

<div style='float:right;width:100%;' align='right'><em> Jason Bridge | Valley News Dispatch</em></div>Dan Mele of Tarentum looks over items available during the Allegheny Valley Association of Churches toy distribution for those in need at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Brackenridge on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012.

<div style='float:right;width:100%;' align='right'><em>” James Knox | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review</em></div>Humane Society building supervisor Roy Miller opens up the garage filled with half of the 88 bags of dog food donated to the Humane Society December 18, 2012 from Purina. The Safety Sling Co. donated the storage space the second half of the almost $50,000 donation to the North Side animal shelter. Human Society spokeswoman Gretchen Fieser said the donation would feed shelter dogs for six to 12 months, depending on the number of surrenders. “It’s a huge, huge donation,” she said. “And it’s a great Christmas gift.

<div style='float:right;width:100%;' align='right'><em>” James Knox | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review</em></div>Bob Ellek from Safety Sling Co. on the North Side uses a fork lift to unload a truck with half of the 88 bags of dog food donated to the Humane Society December 18, 2012 from Purina. The Safety Sling Co. donated the storage space the second half of the almost $50,000 donation to the North Side animal shelter. Human Society spokeswoman Gretchen Fieser said the donation would feed shelter dogs for six to 12 months, depending on the number of surrenders. “It’s a huge, huge donation,” she said. “And it’s a great Christmas gift.

<div style='float:right;width:100%;' align='right'><em> Keith Hodan | Tribune-Review</em></div>Anthony Liberati, Chuck Greenberg, and Mario Lemieux from left,) chat on the outdoor terrace of the new Mario Lemieux Center for Blood Cancers at UPMC's Hillman Cancer Center, Tuesday, December 18th, 2012. A dedication ceremony was held for the new facility, which will provide new patient and long term follow-up evaluations for persons with blood cancers, complex outpatient treatments for blood cancers and offer a multidisciplinary approach to care.

<div style='float:right;width:100%;' align='right'><em> Jason Bridge | Valley News Dispatch</em></div>Harrison police Officer Ken Hanzlik stands guard outside the Dollar Bank branch on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, after a fire tore through Heights Plaza Shopping Center in Harrison the previous evening.

<div style='float:right;width:100%;' align='right'><em> Jason Bridge | Valley News Dispatch</em></div>Crews from Ron Gillette Inc. remove the fire-damaged facade of Heights Plaza Shopping Center in Harrison on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012.

<div style='float:right;width:100%;' align='right'><em> Jason Bridge | Valley News Dispatch</em></div>Lisa Wailand, an employee at Cash for Gold in the fire-damaged Heights Plaza Shopping Center in Harrison, removes items on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012.

<div style='float:right;width:100%;' align='right'><em> Erica Hilliard | Valley News Dispatch</em></div>Firefighters work the scene of a massive structure fire at the Heights Plaza Shopping Center in Harrison on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012.

<div style='float:right;width:100%;' align='right'><em> Erica Hilliard | Valley News Dispatch</em></div>Firefighters struggled on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, well past midnight at Heights Plaza Shopping Center to contain the blaze, which stretched from Harrison’s Bar & Grill on one side to the UPMC facility in the former Macy's storefront on the other.

<div style='float:right;width:100%;' align='right'><em> Erica Hilliard | Valley News Dispatch</em></div>Firefighters battle flames at the Heights Plaza Shopping Center in Harrison on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012.

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Published: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 12:01 a.m.
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