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It just wouldn't be International Village without at least one night of rain, and for the 50th annual event, the weather didn't disappoint.
Mikey Dee and the Internationals were about 30 minutes into their set on Wednesday when the traditional International Village deluge began, drenching the audience and knocking LightningFM.org's webcast off the net for about an hour.
The good news is that once the skies cleared, the temperature and humidity dropped and a nice breeze dried things out. And the crowds seemed to return pretty quickly.
At 5:30, city officials and representatives of McKeesport Heritage Center went across Eden Park Boulevard to Helen Richey Field to rededicate a monument to the field's namesake. Pioneering aviatrix Helen Richey was the world's first female commercial airline pilot.
Thursday night, several longtime Village volunteers --- including city Councilman Darryl Segina, who is retiring as Village chairman --- will be honored, along with police, fire and emergency medical services personnel. And then --- boom! --- there's going to be fireworks.
Our traveling microphone caught up with city Mayor Jim Brewster after the Richey monument dedication:
Interview: McKeesport Mayor Jim Brewster, Aug. 19, 2009 (2.3 MB, MP3)*
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