Newsletter February 13, 2004

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             ___ TODAY IN RIVERS, RAILS AND BACKROADS ___
     
       1.   WHAT’S NEW ON ALLE-KISKI TODAY ONLINE
            * It’s all for you: local news, webcasts and more
       2.   COOL WEB SITES FOR KIDS
            * Enchanted Learning
            * Kids Hub
       3.   WEATHER FORECAST
       4.   OUR LOCAL HERITAGE
            * First Woman Pastor
       5.   TODAY’S FEATURED CLASSIFIED
            * Organist/Pianist Needed
       6.   PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO
       9. COOL SITES FOR TODAY
            * Epicurious: The World's Greatest Recipe Collection
            * Reconstruction: The Second Civil War
            * Mensa Workout
            
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     WHAT’S NEW ON ALLE-KISKI TODAY ONLINE
     
     => ALLE-KISKI HEADLINES:
          * Library Offers Tax Assistance & Advice Program
                                   
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     COOL WEB SITES FOR KIDS
     
     www.enchantedLearning.com
     Information  for  younger children on  a  variety  of  science
     subjects  such  as dinosaurs, planets, rainforest,  etc.  with
     excellent graphics, printouts and even crafts.
     
     www.Kidshub.org
     Educational  site  for elementary and middle  school  students
     featuring interactive learning games, puzzles and quizzes
     
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     WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST
     www.alle-kiskitoday.com/weather
                                   
     Friday:  Partly sunny and brisk. Highs in the upper 30s.  West
     winds  15 to 25 mph. Friday Night: Mostly clear. Lows  in  the
     lower  20s.  West winds 10 to 15 mph. Saturday: Partly  sunny.
     Highs near 40. West winds 10 to 20 mph. Saturday Night: Mostly
     cloudy  with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Lows in  the
     mid  teens.  North winds around 15 mph. Sunday: Partly  sunny.
     Highs near 20. Sunday Night: Mostly clear. Low 5 to 10.
     
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     OUR LOCAL HERITAGE
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     FIRST  WOMAN PASTOR: Former Alle-Kiski Valley resident Judith
     Hird was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Freeport.  In
     1972, she became ordained, and then became the first woman to
     be  the  chief  pastor  of  a  Lutheran  church,  Holy  Cross
     Lutheran,  in  the  U.S. The church was in  Toms  River,  New
     Jersey.  Read  more interesting history by clicking  on  “Our
     Local Heritage” online.
     
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     Organist/Pianist Needed
     Hebron Evangelical Lutheran Church in Avonmore is looking  for
     an  organist/pianist for our 10:00 AM Sunday  morning  worship
     services.  Please  call  (724)  697-5298  for  details.  Keith
     McCutcheon, (724) 697-5298 or kmccutch@kiski.net
     
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     PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO
     www.alle-kiskitoday.com/frontpage/announcements.shtml
     
     WHERE KIDS HAVE SUNDAY FUN
     Where kids can learn through skits, games, and music and bible
     stories at Children’s Church Sundays 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.  at
     Grace  Community  Cathedral, 305 Emerson Street,  Vandergrift,
     PA. Call 724-568-1566. Van transportation available.
     
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     COOL SITES FOR TODAY
     
     Epicurious: The World's Greatest Recipe Collection
     http://eat.epicurious.com/
     
     This collection of culinary delights contains an archive  of
     over  16,000  recipes. The database may be searched  through
     the  use  of keywords, or through a number of more elaborate
     specifications, such as looking for recipes  that  are  kid-
     friendly,  low fat, or meatless. Visitors can  create  their
     own  customized online recipe box, view a list of  the  most
     popular recipes (as noted by visitors to the site), and look
     through  a  list of the newest recipes added  to  the  site.
     Perhaps  one  of the most helpful parts of  the  site  is  a
     collection of technique videos provided for the novice cook.
     Here   visitors  can  view  demonstration  videos  of   such
     important culinary skills as how to poach eggs properly, how
     to  baste a turkey, and how to boil a lobster. Overall, this
     site  is  a good resource for both experienced and beginning
     cooks looking for both new and traditional recipes.
     
     Reconstruction: The Second Civil War
     http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/
     
     This  website  explores many of the complex themes  of  this
     period.  The  materials on the site  are  divided  into  ten
     thematic  areas, each concerned with compelling topics  that
     include  explorations of the lives of  Southern  women,  the
     transformation of former slaves into sharecroppers, and  the
     emergence  of  the  Ku Klux Klan. Each one  of  these  self-
     contained  sections features a mini-documentary  for  viewer
     consideration, a selection of primary sources (such as  eye-
     witness testimonies and legislative documents), and question
     and  answer  sessions with prominent historians  about  each
     respective  topic.  Along  with a number  of  resources  for
     teachers, the site also contains an interactive map  of  the
     United  States  in 1870, from which visitors can  learn  how
     each state was affected by both the effects of the Civil War
     and Reconstruction.
     
     Mensa Workout
     http://www.mensa.org/workout.html
     
     This quiz is provided for entertainment purposes only; it is
     not  an  IQ test. This score will not qualify you for Mensa.
     The  questions  on  the "Mensa Workout" are  biased  towards
     people  whose primary language is English. You have half  an
     hour  to  answer 30 questions. Answers to the questions  and
     discussion  of  the answers are provided  at  the  time  you
     submit  your answers. While there is a 30-minute time  limit
     to take the test, the amount of time you actually take in no
     way affects your final score.
     
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