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                      RIVERS, RAILS and BACKROADS
                  Your Daily Neighborhood Newsletter
           The Very Best of Everything in Alle-Kiski Valley
                        www.alle-kiskitoday.com
                                   
                       Thursday January 8, 2004
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             ___ TODAY IN RIVERS, RAILS AND BACKROADS ___
                                   
       1.   COOL WEB SITES FOR KIDS
           * Making Stapleless Books
       2.   WEATHER FORECAST
       3.   OUR LOCAL HERITAGE
           * Butler County was the scene of many disputes
       4.   TODAY’S FEATURED CLASSIFIED
           * Service Technician Needed
       5.   PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO
       6.   COOL SITES FOR TODAY
           * Currency Converter
           * Consumer Tools
           * History Detectives
     
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     Call  724-567-2302 and talk with our friendly  tech  personnel
     about  upgrading today. HighVision Outfitters, where  we  take
     care of you, 274 Franklin Avenue, Vandergrift, PA 15690.
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     COOL WEB SITES FOR KIDS
                                   
     STAPLELESS BOOK
     http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/stapleless/index.html
     
     Students  follow the prompts to produce their  own  eight-page
     books  by  cutting  and folding. Use for  taking  notes  while
     reading,  making picture books, collecting facts, or  creating
     vocabulary booklets. Endless possibilities.
     
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     WEATHER FORECAST
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     Thursday:  Partly sunny. A chance of snow late  afternoon.  No
     snow  accumulation. Highs in the mid 20s. West winds 5  to  10
     mph.  Chance  of  snow 40 percent. Thursday Night:  Chance  of
     snow. Lows 15 to 20. Light and variable winds. Chance of  snow
     40 percent. Friday: Cloudy with a chance of snow. Highs in the
     mid  20s.  Southeast winds around 10 mph. Chance  of  snow  30
     percent. Friday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid teens.
     
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     OUR LOCAL HERITAGE
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     Made  up of Donation and Depreciation lands that were intended
     to  compensate Revolutionary War veterans, Butler  County  was
     the  scene  of  many disputes over land titles  in  its  early
     years.  Detmar  Basse’s  Zelienople  and  John  A.  Roebling’s
     Saxonburg   were  early  manufacturing  centers.   Read   more
     interesting history at Our Local Heritage online.
     
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     TODAY’S FEATURED CLASSIFIED
     www.alle-kiskitoday.com/classifieds/index.shtml
                                   
     Service Technician Needed
     I  am seeking a service technician with a state inspection and
     emission license. Must have experience in diagnostics. Call or
     email resume to ronshow2003@msn.com. Call Ronald Sturgill, 412-
     621-0211, or ronshow2003@msn.com. Visit our web site at:
     http://www.qualityautomotiveservice.com
     
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     PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO
     www.alle-kiskitoday.com/frontpage/announcements.shtml
     
     INFORMATIONAL  TALKS:   The  Plum  Senior  Center  will   be
     hosting  Medicare  & PACE Changes talks on  January  12,  at
     12:30.   The center is located at 499 Center New-Texas  Road
     in Plum.  For additional information, call 412-795-2330.
     
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     COOL SITES FOR TODAY
     
     Currency Converter
     http://www.xe.com/ucc/
     
     This  site allows you to perform interactive foreign  exchange
     rate  calculations  on  the Internet, using  live,  up-to-the-
     minute  currency  rates. There is support for  more  than  180
     currencies from over 250 geographical locations.
     
     Consumer Tools
     http://www.financenter.com/consumertools/
     
     Wouldn't it be nice if you knew whether it was cheaper to  buy
     a  used  or new car, or to lease one? Should you pay off  your
     credit  card debt or keep that money in your savings  account?
     Improve  your financial knowledge and make confident decisions
     with  the  Internet's most awarded financial  calculators  and
     tools. Topics range from Auto to Credit Line to Stocks.
     
     History Detectives
     http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/
     
     This  is  the  Companion Web site to the PBS  series  'History
     Detectives'. Site is devoted to solving historical  mysteries,
     searching  out  the  true  facts and falsehoods  behind  local
     folklore,  family  legends  and  interesting  objects.   Using
     traditional investigative techniques, modern technologies, and
     plenty  of  legwork, the History Detectives  team  of  experts
     discovers  that artifacts, buildings and stories can  give  us
     new and sometimes shocking insights into our national history.
     
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                      RIVERS, RAILS AND BACKROADS
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