Newsletter March 15, 2004

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       1.   WHAT’S NEW ON ALLE-KISKI TODAY ONLINE
       2.   READ THESE INTERESTING STORIES
       3.   COOL WEB SITES FOR KIDS
           * Two good sites on writing book reports
       4.   WEATHER FORECAST
       5.   OUR LOCAL HERITAGE
           * Part of today's Rt. 56 may have followed its course
       6.   TODAY’S FEATURED CLASSIFIED
           * Environmental Learning Center Fund-Raising Auction
       7.   PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO
       8.   COOLS SITES FOR TODAY
           * Elections 2004
           * Changing Face of Medicine
           * Old Time Radio Shows
            
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     WHAT’S NEW ON ALLE-KISKI TODAY ONLINE
     
        ·    ALLE-KISKI STORIES:
          
          => Valley Junior ROTC Participate In Annual Competition
          
          =>  Our  Kids: Get your tickets and climb aboard  because
          the  Reading Railroad is about to leave the station.  Its
          destination,  an elementary school in Lower Burrell.  Its
          purpose,  to  educate  and encourage  grade  school  aged
          children to read. Megan Witucki, ninth grader at  Burrell
          High  School, acts as one if its conductors as she guides
          the  children towards discovering great adventure  hidden
          beneath the cover of a book.
          
          =>  Alle-Kiski  Christian Education: The children  church
          program at Grace Community Cathedral has been active  for
          a  little over two years. A husband and wife team, Nathan
          and  Bridget Laero, teaches the group. The entire  senior
          youth group also assists this couple.
          
                      Read the latest stories at:
                        www.alle-kiskitoday.com
     
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     COOL WEB SITES FOR KIDS
     
     School Book Reports
     http://www.my-book-report.com/
     
     A resource for writing good book reports and term papers.
     
     Kids Online Magazine ~ Writing Tips
     http://www.kidsonlinemagazine.com/writingtips.html
     
     Need  to write a book report? A paper? Book report? Here is  a
     great  site  to  get  tips  on how to  write.  Lot's  of  good
     information,  tips, Seven formulas for writing  articles  that
     get read and much more.
     
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     WEATHER FORECAST
     www.alle-kiskitoday.com/weather
     
     Tonight:  Mostly  cloudy  with a 50  percent  chance  of  rain
     showers  this  evening, then partly cloudy  late  this  night.
     Windy  with lows near 30. West winds 20 to 30 mph, with  gusts
     to  40 mph possible. Monday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower
     40s.  Northwest  winds  10  to 15 mph.  Monday  Night:  Partly
     cloudy...Then mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance  of  snow
     after  midnight.  Lows in the mid 20s. North winds  around  10
     mph.  Tuesday: Cloudy. Rain and snow likely. Highs in the  mid
     30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation  70
     percent.  Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy with a chance  of  rain
     and  snow  in  the  evening. Lows in the mid 20s.  East  winds
     around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
     
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     OUR LOCAL HERITAGE
     www.kiskivalley.com/features/features.shtml?feature=heritage
     
     Old  Road  1: The Kiskiminetas Path forked off the  Frankstown
     Path (that led to Kittanning) possibly near Shelocta (and part
     of  today's  Rt.  56  may  have  followed  its  course  for  a
     distance).  The  Kiskiminetas Path cut  across  through  Parks
     Township  and  crossed the Kiski River where Lee's  Lanes  (on
     River  Road)  stands today. A memorial marker there  tells  it
     all.  Read  more interesting history at Our Local Heritage  at
     above site. Click on “Archives” for a list of history tidbits.
     
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     TODAY’S FEATURED CLASSIFIED
     www.alle-kiskitoday.com/classifieds/index.shtml
     
     Environmental Learning Center Fund-Raising Auction
     The Environmental Learning Center is sponsoring an auction at
     the  Bethel  Township Fire hall this spring.  If  anyone  has
     items they would like to donate please contact Dennis at 724-
     763-6316.
     
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     PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO
     www.alle-kiskitoday.com/frontpage/announcements.shtml
     
     Family Fun GALA
     The  GALA  provides  a "Growing Awareness of  Local  Agencies"
     showcasing over sixty non-profit and for-profit businesses. To
     be  held  on  March 17 & 18 from noon to 8pm  at  the  Clarion
     Hotel, 300 Tarentum Bridge Road, New Kensington.
     
     Fashion Show
     To  be  held  at  the Apollo Ridge High School  on  March  20,
     beginning  at  11am (vendor and Chinese auction)  luncheon  at
     noon,  and  1pm  the  fashion show  begins.  Tupperware,  Home
     Interiors,  Usborne  Books,  and much  more.  For  tickets  or
     information call 724-478-1400. Tickets are $5 each.
     
     Contemporary Christian Music Event
     Experience  Greater Wind live on Sunday, March  21st  at  4:00
     p.m.  at the Alle-Kiski HomeExpo. Free concert at AK HomeExpo,
     former  Montgomery Building, Lower Burrell. Contact Judy  West
     at   724-681-1580   for  further  information   or   to   book
     appearances. www.greaterwind.com
     
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     COOL SITES FOR TODAY
     
     Elections 2004
     http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/elec2004.html
     
     Every presidential election in the United States gives rise to
     greater  legions of so-called "spin doctors," and a number  of
     pundits  offering  their  opinions  on  the  chances  of  each
     candidate  who has thrown their hat in the ring.  Fortunately,
     the University of Michigan Documents Center has developed this
     helpful  and informative website that culls together  hundreds
     of useful websites about the upcoming presidential election of
     2004. From the homepage visitors can look through a number  of
     helpful  sections devoted to listing sites dedicated  to  such
     topics as Policy Issues, Candidates, and Campaign. Within each
     of  these  broad  thematic areas are contained  more  specific
     areas  dedicated  to  links  on important  subtopics  such  as
     campaign  finances, media coverage, terrorism, economics,  and
     many others. Scholars will want to take a look at the Academic
     Research  section,  which contains links to online  periodical
     databases  and some links to sites with recent working  papers
     on the subject.
     
     Changing Face of Medicine
     http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/
     
     This  National Institute of Health site celebrates our  finest
     female  physicians and their impact on medicine over the  last
     200  years.  Discover the many ways that women have influenced
     and   enhanced  the  practice  of  medicine.  The  individuals
     featured   provide  an  intriguing  glimpse  of  the   broader
     community of women doctors who are making a difference.
     
     Old Time Radio Shows
     http://www.radiolovers.com/
     
     This  site offers hundreds of vintage radio shows for  you  to
     listen to online in mp3 format, all for free. Before the  days
     of  video  games,  shopping  malls,  MTV,  and  the  Internet,
     families used to sit in their living room each night to listen
     to  radio shows such as Abbott and Costello, Superman, Groucho
     Marx, The Avenger, Gunsmoke, Sherlock Homes, and many others.
     
     
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