Newsletter March 18, 2004

                      RIVERS, RAILS and BACKROADS
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             ___ TODAY IN RIVERS, RAILS AND BACKROADS ___
     
       1.   WHAT’S NEW ON ALLE-KISKI TODAY ONLINE
       2.   COOL WEB SITES FOR KIDS
           * Turtle Trails
       3.   WEATHER FORECAST
       4.   OUR LOCAL HERITAGE
           * The Loyalhanna Path, a major Indian path
       5.   TODAY’S FEATURED CLASSIFIED
           * Dillen Construction
       6.   PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO
       7.   COOLS SITES FOR TODAY
           * Internet Archive
           * NASA: Earth Observatory
           * Thesaurus.com
     
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     THURSDAY STORIES ON ALLE-KISKI TODAY ONLINE
     
          => * Second Annual Chocolate Festival
          => * Out  and About: Fresh Homemade Pizza When you  order
               pizza  from  Duddy's of Vandergrift, you don't  just
               get   an  everyday  pizza.  Duddy's  is  well  known
               throughout the area for fresh homemade pizza.
          => * Featured  Articles: Secrets to Saving Money  at  the
               Pump  and  Clean, With fuel prices on the  rise  and
               concerns  about future availability, you're probably
               searching  for  ways  to conserve  as  much  gas  as
               possible.  Get  more  mileage for  your  money  with
               these easy tips, courtesy of Amsoil, Inc.
          => * Your  Home  Without  Hurting the  Environment:  It's
               never  too late to make New Year's resolutions.  Why
               not  strive  to  make  it a  green  and  clean  one,
               starting   with   your  home?  Poisons   and   harsh
               chemicals  are  in  the  products  in  the   cabinet
               beneath  your kitchen sink. There's no  better  time
               than now to detoxify your home.
          
       Go to: http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/ for above stories.
                                   
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     COOL WEB SITES FOR KIDS
                                   
     TURTLE TRAILS
     http://www.ncaquariums.com/turtletrails/
     
     Sponsored  by the North Carolina Aquariums, this  site  allows
     students  and  teachers  to  follow  the  movements  of  after
     rehabilitation and release from the North Carolina  Aquariums,
     using GPS.
     
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     WEATHER FORECAST
     http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/weather
     
     Thursday: Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers in
     the  afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s. South winds around  10
     mph. Thursday Night: Cloudy. Rain showers likely...Then chance
     of  snow  showers after midnight. Lows around 30.  East  winds
     around  10  mph,  becoming  north after  midnight.  Chance  of
     precipitation  60 percent. Friday: Becoming partly  cloudy  in
     the  afternoon. Highs near 45. Northwest winds 15 to  20  mph.
     Friday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows around 30. West winds around
     10 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
     
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     OUR LOCAL HERITAGE
     http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/
                                   
     Old  Road  2:  The Loyalhanna Path, a major Indian  path  thru
     parts  of the Kiski Valley in the 1700s, ran from the  Latrobe
     area  along  Loyalhanna Creek to what is today  the  Saltsburg
     area,  in the vicinity of an Indian village. It followed  part
     of  the Kiski River until it joined with the Kiskiminetas Path
     somewhere  outside the Vandergrift area. Read more interesting
     history at Our Local Heritage online. Click on “Archives”  for
     a list of history tidbits.
     
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     TODAY’S FEATURED CLASSIFIED
     http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/classifieds/index.shtml
     
     Dillen Construction
     Dillen  Construction  where we do New Construction,  Remodels,
     Additions,  Siding, Roofing, Soffit & Fascia, and more.  Fully
     insured and free estimates. Phone, 724-639-3699, Darren Chicka
     at dillens@highvision.net
     
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     PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO
     http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/frontpage/announcements.shtml
     
     Fashion Show
     To  be  held  at  the Apollo Ridge High School  on  March  20,
     beginning  at  11am (vendor and Chinese auction)  luncheon  at
     noon,  and  1pm  the  fashion show  begins.  Tupperware,  Home
     Interiors,  Usborne  Books,  and much  more.  For  tickets  or
     information call 724-478-1400. Tickets are $5 each.
     
     Contemporary Christian Music Event
     Experience  Greater Wind live on Sunday, March  21st  at  4:00
     p.m.  at the Alle-Kiski HomeExpo. Free concert at AK HomeExpo,
     former  Montgomery Building, Lower Burrell. Contact Judy  West
     at   724-681-1580   for  further  information   or   to   book
     appearances. http://www.greaterwind.com/
     
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     COOL SITES FOR TODAY
     
     Internet Archive
     http://www.archive.org/
     
     The  Internet  Archive, a comprehensive  library  of  Internet
     sites  and other cultural artifacts in digital form.  Includes
     the  "Wayback  Machine",  a free service  allowing  people  to
     access and use archived versions of past web pages. Members of
     the public can search and view the Internet Archive's enormous
     collection  of  web sites, dating back to 1996 and  comprising
     over 10 billion web pages.
     
     NASA: Earth Observatory
     http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images_ind
     ex.php3
     
     Using a collection of satellite-based observations, scientists
     and  visualizers  stitched together months of observations  of
     the land surface, oceans, sea ice, and clouds into a seamless,
     true-color mosaic of every square kilometer (.386 square mile)
     of our planet. These images are freely available to educators,
     scientists, museums, and the public.
     
     Thesaurus.com
     http://thesaurus.reference.com/
     
     This  site  is an online version of the thesaurus  of  English
     words and phrases. To use the thesaurus, simply type a word in
     the  gold search box and click the 'Look it up' button. A list
     of synonyms and antonyms will be returned.
     
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