Newsletter March 07, 2005

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                         Tuesday March 8, 2005
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             ___ TODAY IN RIVERS, RAILS AND BACKROADS ___
     
       1.   TODAY IN ALLE-KISKI TODAY ONLINE
           * Local Fashion Show Promotes Local Businesses
           * JROTC Program Motivates Youth
       2.   WEATHER FORECAST
       3.   TODAY’S FEATURED CLASSIFIED
           * Evening Dresses
       4.   COMPUTER~INTERNET TOOLS AND TIPS
           * XNotesPlus
       5.   OUR LOCAL HERITAGE
           * What Were Blockhouses Anyway?
       6.   OUR HEALTH WEB SITE THIS WEEK
           * State Health Facts
       7.   TODAY’S SPORTS SITE
           * Pro Football Hall of Fame
       8.   TODAY’S FEATURED WEB SITE
           * Earth as art, African Folk Music and LibraryPOP!
                                   
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     TODAY IN ALLE-KISKI TODAY
     
     Local Fashion Show Promotes Local Businesses
     http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/news/1908
     
     Hillcrest  Country Club was filled with color and  flair  this
     past  Saturday.  Young ladies dazzled the  audience  with  new
     bridal  fashions, prom gowns, and clothing all for the Country
     Club’s first annual Bridal, Prom & Spring Fashion Show.
     
     JROTC Program Motivates Youth
     http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/news/1907
     
     A  local  drill competition between seven area Junior  Reserve
     Officer's   Training   Corps   (JROTC)   High   School   Units
     demonstrated the training, discipline and pride of the cadets.
     Host Valley High School placed second in overall competition.
     
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     WEATHER FORECAST
     http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/weather.html
     
     ============== Snow and blowing snow advisory ===============
              In effect from 3 am EST to 5 pm EST Tuesday
                                   
     Monday  night:  Rain showers this evening. Then  snow  showers
     likely after midnight. Snow accumulation around an inch.  Lows
     in the lower 20s. West winds around 15 mph with gusts up to 25
     mph.   Tuesday.   Snow   showers   likely.   Additional   snow
     accumulation of 1 to 3 inches. Highs in the mid 20s. Northwest
     winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of snow  60
     percent.  Tuesday  night.  Mostly cloudy.  A  chance  of  snow
     showers in the evening. Low around 13. Northwest winds  10  to
     15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of snow 40 percent.
     Wednesday.  Partly cloudy. Highs around 30. West winds  around
     10  mph.  Wednesday night. Partly cloudy. Low around 14.  West
     winds 5 to 10 mph.
     
               Alle-Kiski Today weather is a direct feed
              From the National Weather Service. Be sure
          To check it online for your latest weather report.
     
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     Gloria’s  Kitchen  and Healthy Eating bring  you  hundreds  of
     recipes  to  help  you prepare meals for your  family.  Gloria
     Myers  and  Amy Myers are busy bringing you new recipes  every
     month. Check their recipes out today at:
                           Gloria’s Kitchen
          http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/articles/archives/7
                            Healthy Eating
          http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/articles/archives/13
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     TODAY’S FEATURED CLASSIFIED
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     Evening Dresses
     Two Beautiful dinner dresses used once on a cruise. One Black
     chiffon with heavenly beaded bodice and one ecru with chiffon
     coat and sheath dress. Size 22W and 24W. $25.00 each
     Sharon Perla, Phone: 724-639-0002
     
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     COMPUTER~INTERNET TOOLS AND TIPS
     
     XNotesPlus 3.7.0
     http://www.ximba.org/xnotes/xnotesplus.html
     
     XNotesPlus   3.7.0  is  a  full-feature  personal  information
     manager  that  deploys  a sophisticated  notes  facility  that
     allows  users to enter complete contact information,  "to  do"
     lists, and memos. The program also includes features such as a
     note  manager, a note-emailing interface, and the  ability  to
     transport these notes to PDA devices. Additionally, users  may
     configure  the  program to their own desires,  and  import  or
     export  various  text files. This version of  XNotes  Plus  is
     compatible with all operating systems.
     
        “Computer~Internet Tools And Tips” is at your Own Risk.
     
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     OUR LOCAL HERITAGE
     http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/articles/archives/8
     
     What  Were  Blockhouses Anyway? A blockhouse as found  in  the
     Kiski  Valley and the American frontier in the late 1700s  was
     basically  a  solid log cabin with no windows as  such  and  a
     solid  wood door. Sometimes the walls of the cabin were double
     stacked  with  logs,  giving  a  two-layered  barrier  against
     bullets. Small openings were usually placed around the top  of
     the  blockhouse, just beneath the roof, to provide for air and
     for a place from which to shoot. A well-built blockhouse could
     keep  settlers  safe and able to withstand 2 or  3  times  the
     number  of  attackers. Read more interesting  history  at  Our
     Local  Heritage at above site. Click on “Archives” for a  list
     of history tidbits.
     
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     OUR HEALTH WEB SITES THIS WEEK
     
     State Health Facts
     http://www.statehealthfacts.org/
     
     This  Kaiser  Family Foundation site provides  more  than  400
     different health topics for all 50 states, accessible  via  an
     interactive  map,  by  category or  by  keyword  search.  Data
     presented  are  a  selection of key health and  health  policy
     issues collected from a variety of public and private sources,
     including:  original  Kaiser Family Foundation  reports,  data
     from  public websites, and information purchased from  private
     organizations. New material is added as it becomes  available,
     and a scrolling ticker on the top page displays live links  to
     the most recent stuff.
     
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     TODAY’S SPORTS SITES
     
     Pro Football Hall of Fame
     http://www.profootballhof.com/
     
     This  site for the National Football League (NFL) Hall of Fame
     (located  in  Canton, Ohio) provides information each  of  the
     inductees,  including  detailed biographies,  statistics,  and
     photos.  Also features information about NFL history,  visitor
     and  enshrinement information, videos, and features on  topics
     such as football's wartime heroes. Searchable; browse Hall  of
     Famers  by name, year, team, college, high school, birthplace,
     or position.
     
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     TODAY’S FEATURED WEB SITES
     
     EARTH AS ART
     http://earthasart.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.htm
     
     View  our  planet through the beautiful images taken  by  the
     Landsat-7   satellite   -  and  most  recently,   the   Terra
     Satellite's   Advanced   Spaceborne  Thermal   Emission   and
     Reflection Radiometer (ASTER).
     
     AFRICAN FOLK MUSIC SITE: CORA CONNECTION
     http://www.coraconnection.com/
     
     Information   on   new  recordings,  artist   profiles,   and
     documentation  on traditional West African instruments,  like
     the kora, balaophone and ngoni. Ft. Worth resident, composer,
     &  kora player David Gilden maintains the Cora Connection web
     site.  This  site  is devoted to the West African  harp-lute,
     kora and related music and culture.
     
     LIBRARYPOP.ORG
     http://librarypop.org/
     
     Public  library  book  selection specialists  have  Booklist,
     Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews. Academic book specialists
     have  Choice. School librarians have School Library  Journal.
     However,  the library community has never produced a library-
     specific collection development tool specifically for popular
     music and film...until now.
     
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