Lead Stories
Alle-Kiski High School Graduating Classes
Alle-Kiski High School Graduating Classes.

Our Kids
One Remarkable Achiever
Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Alexander Graham Bell, and Benjamin Franklin. They’ve all helped shape the world as we know it today and improved the quality of life for us all. Where do these geniuses and innovators come from? Well, they come from every part of the world; every walk of life. They can be found right in our own neighborhood attending our own local high schools. They can be found in many of our own children.

Our Kids
Building a Bright Future
At age 12, most boys are climbing trees, playing sports, or finding ways to antagonize their siblings. Jeremy McIntyre, on the other hand, started work.

The Dedicated
Born Into It
After hearing her tell about her family history, it was easy to understand how Virginia Clarke became commissioned as the current captain in charge of the Vandergrift Salvation Army. As Virginia said, “I was born into the Salvation Army.”

The Dedicated
Thirty-Five Years of Serving Her Community
She loves to work with people and be very involved in her community. Janice Demharter of Brackenridge Heights is great example of this.

AK Educators
Sparking a Love for Science
What do you remember about your high school biology class? Does the smell of formaldehyde and the picture of dissecting frogs come to mind? What about dissecting a pig or a cat? "That's college level," you say. This is not the case at Burrell High School.

AK Educators
Not Quite as Planned
Life often does not go where we plan for it to go, an almost never in the way we expect it to get there. Michael Rowe, currently the principal of the North Washington and Washington Elementary schools, has come to where he had always known he would be, but it came about in a different way than he thought.

from The Editor
Alle-Kiski Today Summer 2004 Issue
Welcome to the Summer 2004 issue of Alle-Kiski Today. We are combining our usual production of the June, July and August issues this year in order to gear up for a grand new, more dynamically combined, version of Alle-Kiski Today Magazine and the Alle-Kiski Today website.

Gloria's Kitchen
Breakfast For Dinner
For a different meal that is sure to please, I’m sure your family will enjoy this dish. It’s simple to prepare and tastes g-r-r-r-eat!

Our Local Heritage
Survives, Thrives, and Dives of the AK Mineral Industry
Survives, Thrives, and Dives of the AK Mineral Industry

Alle-Kiski Online
American Home Handyman
It’s almost that time of year again, the time when home repair needs surface and remodeling ideas start popping into our heads. Well, if you are like me, you really would rather enjoy the weather and not have to worry about fixing that leaky sink in the kitchen.

AK Sports
Alle-Kiski High School Coach's Honors: Track, Baseball & Softball
Alle-Kiski High School Coach's Honors: Track, Baseball & Softball.

AK Sports
Sports Focus: Strong Finish
Call them the Triumvirate of Track, 2004 Edition. The Alle-Kiski version of the Triple Crown--almost.

Veterans of Freedom
Drafted While Senior in High School
It was February 1945 and the Allies just reached the Rhine River, we invaded Iwo Jima and the Yalta Conference was held. Walter R. Altfather of Fawn Township was a senior high school student in Berlin-Brothers Valley High School in Somerset County when his draft notice arrived. Still at war with Germany and Japan, men were being drafted to keep our forces at full strength.

Healthy Eating
Summer Melon Treats
I love going to summer picnics and seeing all the variety of dishes that arrive. The watermelon carved into a basket was one of my favorites.

Alle-Kiski Home Life
Celebrating 25 Years: Dine Out Against Domestic Violence
Join the Alle-Kiski Hope Center as they celebrate 25 years of Hope at the sixth annual Dine-Out Against Domestic Violence this October 1, 2004 at the Clarion Hotel in New Kensington.

Alle-Kiski Businesses
Turning What You Love to Do Into a Business
When you have been practicing Martial Arts for 35 years, it is hard not to take your talent, skills, and love for the art and teach others about it for a living. This is what Philip Ameris, owner, of Chow’s Taekwondo has done.

Alle-Kiski Businesses
General Dentistry Done With Pride and Care
Dr. Mark Stein always wanted a career in the health profession, wanted to work with his hands and interact with people. Dentistry just seemed to be the perfect vocation for him.

Alle-Kiski Businesses
Tunes-N-Tables
Less than two years ago Tunes-N-Tables moved from it's location near the new Apollo Bridge and took up residence at 163 Washington Avenue in Vandergrift. This unique business deals in the resell, repair and consignment of juke boxes, pool tables, dart machines, pinball machines and arcade machines.

Parting Shots
Carpenter Log House
Carpenter Log House

Parting Shots
Optimist Boy of the Year
Optimist Boy of the Year

Parting Shots
Davis Field
Davis Field in Vandergrift.

Alle-Kiski Health & Fitness
Families Feel the Pain of Migraines
Like many of the 28 million Americans who experience migraines, Angie has struggled for years to find relief from her pain.

Alle-Kiski Health & Fitness
Top 10 Precautions for Running in the Heat
Top 10 Precautions for Running in the Heat

A-K Dining
Neapolitan Cooking At
Anna’s Cucina Rustica restaurant, located just off Route 56 in West Vandergrift, is another hidden gem well known to locals in the area. Featuring classic Neapolitan cooking, the menu states it “is unpretentious and earthy, yet wonderfully nourishing and satisfying”.

A-K Valley Outdoors
Summer Skiing
Now that you have had a chance to get your feet wet at roller blading, I want to introduce you to a summer activity that will get your whole body wet. Pleasure boating. Since we can no longer go skiing in the mountains, at least not the local ones, we will just have to go skiing on the river.

AK Seniors
Finding A New Family
Gayle Sigler used to spend a lot of time caring for her elderly mother so when she passed away it left a void in her life. During that time she also worked at the Dollar General store in Apollo. Many of her mother’s friends would stop in and talk to her, urging her to come and work at the Apollo Area Senior Center. When she did finally make the decision to come to the center, she found that it was the best decision that she had ever made. They all welcomed her there with open arms “I felt like I had my family again!”

Environment
Six Ways To Keep From Losing Your Cool This Summer
Gargantuan heating bills leftover from winter. $2-a-gallon gas at the pumps. Temperatures in the ninety-degree range already, and the Alle-Kiski's summer hasn't yet even begun!

Drug Prevention
Summer Boredom Doesn't Have To Hurt
Summer vacation is only a few days away. What are you doing all summer? Many teenagers in the Alle-Kiski region will find they don't have a minute to breath--good thing, too. When teenagers are busy with baseball, summer camp, work, church or other things, they are wayyyy too busy to get bored. That fast-paced life in the summer is an "anti-dote" to boredom, and is just the "anti-drug" that will help keep them out of drugs.