Newsletter January 07, 2004

                      RIVERS, RAILS and BACKROADS
                  Your Daily Neighborhood Newsletter
           The Very Best of Everything in Alle-Kiski Valley
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                       Wednesday January 7, 2004
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             ___ TODAY IN RIVERS, RAILS AND BACKROADS ___
     
       1.   COOL WEB SITES FOR KIDS
           * Quiz Buddy
       2.   WEATHER FORECAST
       3.   OUR LOCAL HERITAGE
           * The Rest Of The Story
       4.   TODAY’S FEATURED CLASSIFIED
           * Very Nice Banquet Hall
       5.   PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO
       6.   COOLS SITES FOR TODAY
           * Walking With The Cave Men
           * Free DVD: Up From Zero
           * State and County Quick Facts
            
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        WE CAN UPGRADE YOUR COMPUTER FOR A FRACTION OF THE COST
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        Computer Cleaning – Set Up – Installations – Upgrading
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                             724-567-2302
              274 Franklin Avenue, Vandergrift, PA 15690
       Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Saturday by appointment
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     COOL WEB SITES FOR KIDS
                                   
     QUIZ BUDDY
     http://www.quiz-buddy.com/
     
     According to Barbara Feldman, Quiz Buddy software can be  used
     to  "improve your vocabulary. To learn a foreign language.  To
     memorize  state capitals. For SAT preparation.  To  learn  the
     multiplication  tables.  In short, to  help  you  to  memorize
     anything you need to learn." It's a Windows program and has  a
     free trial download.
     
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                  Call Today Toll Free 1-877-468-9001
                           www.yourdoors.com
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     WEATHER FORECAST
     www.alle-kiskitoday.com/weather
                                   
     Wednesday: Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s. West winds 10
     to 20 mph. Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows near 10 above.
     West winds 10 to 15 mph. Thursday: Mostly cloudy with a chance
     of  snow showers. Highs in the lower 20s. South winds 5 to  10
     mph.  Chance of snow 50 percent. Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy
     with  a  chance  of  snow showers. Lows in  the  lower  teens.
     Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent
     
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     OUR LOCAL HERITAGE
     www.alle-kiskitoday.com
     
     The  Rest  Of  The Story: Many know of Massey  Harbison,  the
     Freeport  settler  kidnapped  by  Indians  who  watched   her
     children die. But many don't know what happened later.  Years
     afterwards,  she  stayed with women and children  at  Craig's
     Station (Freeport) while the men were away. They had "neither
     man,  nor  gun"  when  they  saw  Indians  in  the  distance.
     Convinced they would die, the women fell apart, according  to
     Massey. They made her their leader. She then rigged a boat on
     the river, sneaking them past several Indians. All arrived to
     safety.  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
     
     Very Nice Banquet Hall
     Need  a  great  place  for a banquet, reception,  dance,  etc.
     Please check out the VFW in Vandergrift. Very Reasonable rate.
     Contact  the  Quartermaster @ 568-1427 or stop  by  the  post.
     William Ruane, 724-568-1427 or warsixty1@aol.com
     
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        Association Foundation Newspaper in Education Program.
         Sponsor a classroom or school in your district today.
          Your charitable gift is tax deductible and you will
            Be recognized in public service announcements.
                Call Kim Humphrey today at 724-567-2302
                For further information or to sign up.
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     PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO
     www.alle-kiskitoday.com/frontpage/announcements.shtml
                                   
     SATURDAY NIGHT BINGO:  Every Saturday night at the Vandergrift
     #1  Fire  Department  at 7:30pm. The firehall  is  located  on
     Franklin  Avenue  next to St. Gertrude  Church.  The  hall  is
     handicapped accessible. No smoking room available.
     
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     COOL SITES FOR TODAY
     
     Walking with Cavemen
     http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/cavemen/cavemen.html
     
     Discovery Channel takes you on a virtual journey through  time
     where  you can meet our ancestors and explore the traits  that
     set  humans apart from other animals. Enter a Neanderthal cave
     to   see  how  early  humans  lived  and  see  an  illustrated
     demonstration about how humans evolved.
     
     Free DVD: Up From Zero
     http://www.dol.gov/opa/dvd/index.htm
     
     The Department of Labor is offering a free DVD documentary  on
     the  men  and women who worked so very hard to pull  New  York
     literally  out  of the rubble of 9/11. “Up  From  Zero”  is  a
     documentary film that pays tribute to the brave men and  women
     of the New York City building trades who put themselves on the
     line  on September 11, 2001 ­ and for nine months afterward  ­
     to reclaim Ground Zero.
     
     State & County QuickFacts
     http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/
     
     Quick,  easy  access  to  facts about  people,  business,  and
     geography from the U.S. Census Bureau.
     
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