Newsletter January 06, 2004

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                        Tuesday January 6, 2004
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       1.   COOL WEB SITES FOR KIDS
           *    High School Environmental Center
       2.   WEATHER FORECAST
       3.   OUR LOCAL HERITAGE
           *  Great Great Grandparents
       4.   TODAY’S FEATURED CLASSIFIED
           *    Rat Terrier Puppy
       5.   PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO
       6.   COOL SITES FOR TODAY
            *     NASA: Mars Exploration Rover Mission
            *     Online Medical Symptom Checker
            *     How Hybrid Cars Work
            
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                 HIGHVISION’S COMPUTER REPAIR SERVICES
                     Low Prices – Fast Turnaround
        Computer Cleaning – Set Up – Installations – Upgrading
              274 Franklin Avenue, Vandergrift, PA 15690
                       Call 724-567-23023 today
       Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Saturday by appointment
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     COOL WEB SITES FOR KIDS
     
     High School Environmental Center
     http://www.epa.gov/highschool
     
     Is a portal to environmental resources:  It organizes sites by
     topics:    air  pollution,  climate  change,  global  warming;
     conservation of energy, soil, and water; coral reefs, forests,
     watersheds, and other ecosystems; drinking water, waste water,
     ground  water;  asthma, lead, pesticides, sun protection,  and
     other  health issues; waste and recycling; and local data  and
     maps.
     
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     WEATHER FORECAST
     www.alle-kiskitoday.com/weather
                                   
     Tuesday:  Mostly cloudy with possible flurries. Highs  in  the
     mid 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy
     with  a  chance  of  snow showers. An inch  or  less  of  snow
     accumulation.  Lows near 10 above. West winds 10  to  15  mph.
     Chance  of  snow 30 percent. Wednesday: Mostly cloudy  with  a
     chance of snow showers. Highs in the lower 20s. West winds  10
     to  15 mph. Chance of snow 30 percent. Wednesday Night: Partly
     cloudy. Lows near 10 above. West winds around 10 mph.
     
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     OUR LOCAL HERITAGE
     www.alle-kiskitoday.com
     
     Great  Great Grandparents: Some early residents of  Lower  and
     Upper  Burrell  arrived as early as 1780. James  Johnston  was
     among the first. The Crooks family came in 1791, John Bales in
     1805,  and William Ross soon followed, as did John and William
     Stewart.   Other  early  families  included  the  McLaughlins,
     Georges,  Swanks, Rowans, Crawfords, Kunkles and  McCutcheons.
     Read  more interesting history at Our Local Heritage at  above
     site.
     
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     TODAY’S FEATURED CLASSIFIED
     www.alle-kiskitoday.com/classifieds/index.shtml
     
     Rat Terrier Puppy
     I  have one male Toy Rat Terrier puppy for sale. He was  born
     on Oct. 18th and has his first set of shots and wormed. He is
     ACA registered and can be UKC registered. Both parents are on
     the premises. He will be between 6-10 pounds. Asking $450.00.
     Stacy John, 724-478-5019 or ak27@penguinsfan.com
     
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     PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO
     www.alle-kiskitoday.com/frontpage/announcements.shtml
                                   
     KIDS  COMMUNITY BIBLE CLUB:  For all children in  Kindergarten
     through  5th grade. Saturday nights from 6:30pm to  8:30pm  at
     the  CPAC building located at 305 Emerson Street, Vandergrift.
     Night includes games, music, prizes, videos on a giant screen,
     snacks,   Bible  stories,  and  live  appearances   by   Bible
     characters and other special guests. Parents are welcome  too!
     Transportation will be provided! Call Sandy Shuster at 724-568-
     1692 or Lara Laero at 724-567-7107.
     
     
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     COOL SITES FOR TODAY
     
     NASA: Mars Exploration Rover Mission
     http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html
     
     NASA's  twin  robot geologists, the Mars Exploration  Rovers,
     launched toward Mars on June 10 and July 7, 2003, in 2003  in
     search  of  answers about the history of water on Mars.   The
     first  robotic geologist landed on Mars at 11:35 p.m. EST  on
     January 3, 2004, and is returning stunning images of the area
     around its landing site in Gusev Crater.
     
     Online Medical Symptom Checker
     http://my.webmd.com/content/pages/13/79972
     
     Need  information  as you determine what  to  do  about  your
     symptoms? Get help figuring them out by answering a series of
     questions.   To  get  started,  click  on  male  or   female,
     regardless  of  age,  then  the part  of  the  body  that  is
     troubling you.
     
     How Hybrid Cars Work
     http://auto.howstuffworks.com/hybrid-car.htm
     
     How  does a hybrid car work? What goes on under the  hood  to
     give  you  20  or 30 more miles per gallon than the  standard
     automobile?  And  does it pollute less just because  it  gets
     better  gas mileage? In this edition of HowStuffWorks,  we'll
     help  you understand how this amazing technology works. We'll
     show  you  what is going on in the Toyota and Honda  hybrids,
     and  even  give  you some advice about how to drive  one  for
     maximum efficiency!
     
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