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A Legacy of Inspiration Gala

June 9th, 2003

By Patricia Sheridan, Post-Gazette Staff Writer
It wasn’t just orchids that were blooming all around the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild and Bidwell Training Center Saturday night.

Irony found fertile ground, too. Laughing, Helen Mathieson told guests that her late husband, Drew, “hated gardening, he despised it.” That was just before the ribbon was cut and the curtain pulled back on the Drew Mathieson Center for Horticultural & Agricultural Technology, which will offer programs in plant science to prepare students for positions in related fields.

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http://www.post-gazette.com/seen/20030609event0609fnp1.asp