Newsletter January 06, 2005

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             ___ TODAY IN RIVERS, RAILS AND BACKROADS ___
                                   
       1.   WHAT’S NEW IN ALLE_KISKI TODAY ONLINE
           * Community Health Clinic Helps Residents
       2.   WEATHER FORECAST
       3.   TODAY’S FEATURED CLASSIFIED
           * 2001 Kia Sophia
       4.   COMPUTER~INTERNET TOOLS AND TIPS
           * Mouserobics
       5.   OUR LOCAL HERITAGE
           * "Bug Iron” – a great story
       6.   COOL WEB SITES FOR KIDS
           * North American Mammals
       7.   TODAY’S SPORTS WEB SITE
           * Cavalier Wrestlers Steamroll Gators
       8.   TODAY’S FEATURED WEB SITE
           * A Customer's Guide to Mailing
     
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     WHAT’S NEW IN ALLE_KISKI TODAY ONLINE
     
     COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC HELPS RESIDENTS
     http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/news/1735
     
     It is great to know that there is a Health Clinic in town that
     can  help out in a time of need. The Community Health  Clinic,
     Inc. has been around since 1971 for those in need. This clinic
     was originally founded by a group of concerned citizens. Click
     on the link above and read the story.
     
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     WEATHER FORECAST
     http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/weather.html
     
     Thursday: Rain showers likely early this afternoon.  A  chance
     of  rain  showers late. Breezy with highs in  the  upper  40s.
     Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Thursday
     night: Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow showers
     in  the  evening. Then a slight chance of snow  showers  after
     midnight. Breezy. Colder with lows in the mid 20s. West  winds
     15  to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance of precipitation
     20  percent. Friday. Partly cloudy. Cooler with highs  in  the
     mid 30s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30-mph.
     Becoming  south  5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.  Friday  night.
     Mostly  cloudy. A chance of rain showers after  midnight.  Low
     around 30. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
     Saturday.  Mostly  cloudy. A chance of  rain  showers  in  the
     morning.  Then  a  chance  of rain and  snow  showers  in  the
     afternoon.  Highs  around 40. Northwest winds  5  to  10  mph.
     Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
     
               Alle-Kiski Today weather is a direct feed
              From the National Weather Service. Be sure
          To check it online for your latest weather report.
     
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     TODAY’S FEATURED CLASSIFIED
     http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/classifieds/
     
     2001 Kia Sophia
     2001  Kia  Sophia Sedan 4 door,4-cyl.(Good on  gas)  Automatic
     transmission, Front wheel drive, air conditioning, dual  front
     airbags, AM-FM stereo cassette, overdrive and has only  44,000
     miles,  garage kept and in excellent condition (asking 5000.00
     or  best  offer). Vehicle also has new tires. Call Carl  Grimm
     Phone: 724-697-5167 or tiger19@highvision.net
     
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     COMPUTER~INTERNET TOOLS AND TIPS
     
     Mouserobics
     http://www.ckls.org/~crippel/computerlab/tutorials/mouse/page1
     .html
     
     This  site  provides  a  simple  yet  effective  exercise  for
     practicing  mouse  skills for beginning computer  users.  Also
     includes links to the site in other languages.
     
        “Computer~Internet Tools and Tips” is at your Own Risk.
     
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     OUR LOCAL HERITAGE
     http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/articles/archives/8
     
     BUG IRON: Many steel mills in the Alle-Kiski Valley for over a
     century have sent steel products all over the world. AK Valley
     resident  historian Ken Blose relates one such  instance  from
     the  1930s: Almost everyone has heard of wrought iron  or  pig
     iron, but who has ever heard of bug iron?  If you had been  an
     employee  of  the  American Sheet and  Tin  Plate  Company  of
     Vandergrift in 1932, you would be aware of bug iron. This info
     from  a  November  14,  1932 Vandergrift  News:  "The  company
     recently completed a large order of "bug iron" for use in  the
     Argentine  district of South America.  "Bug iron",  as  it  is
     familiarly  know to the mill workmen, is finished  sheet-iron,
     cut  in  strips  18 inches wide and five feet long,  with  two
     slotted  holes in each end. These sheets are used for erecting
     "bug  fences"  in the countries in which they  go,  to  combat
     grasshoppers, locusts and other insect pests, which sweep that
     territory  from time to time.  First, a ditch many miles  long
     in  length is dug in the district to be protected.  Short iron
     posts  are placed very five feet along the side of the  ditch.
     The  posts are fitted with projection on which the "bug  iron"
     sheets  are  hung,  making a continuous sheet-iron  fence,  18
     inches  high,  with a smooth surface along  one  side  of  the
     ditch.  When hordes of locusts or other insect pests invade  a
     territory,  the  "bug fences" are erected.  The  insects  move
     forward like an army, topple into the ditch and are unable  to
     climb  up  the  smooth surface of the "bug fence".   When  the
     insect  storm  has  subsided, the pests  in  the  ditches  are
     killed,  their bodies crushed and a valuable oil is  extracted
     from them.  The remainder is used for fertilizer.  In the past
     ten  years, the Vandergrift mills have filled orders for  "bug
     iron" amounting to several million dollars.  Nearly all of  it
     goes  to South America." Read more interesting history at  Our
     Local  Heritage at above site. Click on “Archives” for a  list
     of history tidbits.
     
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     COOL WEB SITES FOR KIDS
     
     North American Mammals
     http://web4.si.edu/mna/
     
     This  website  includes  detailed  descriptions,  images,  and
     distribution  ranges for more than 400 mammals native  to  the
     North  American continent. The primary resources for the  site
     have  been based in the continental United States, but as  the
     opportunity occurs, the site will be expanded to complete  the
     species found in Canada and Mexico.
     
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     TODAY’S SPORT’S WEB SITES
     
     Cavalier Wrestlers Steamroll Gators
     http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/news/1743
     
     Kiski Area Cavaliers vs. Gateway Gators The Kiski Area
     wrestlers went alligator hunting Wednesday night and easily
     bagged their prey, winning their match over Gateway,66-15.
     
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     TODAY’S FEATURED WEB SITE
     
     A Customer's Guide to Mailing
     http://www.usps.com/customersguide/
     
     This  United States Postal Service (USPS) guide "will explain
     your  options  for mailing and help you choose  the  services
     that  are  best  for  you." It covers addressing,  packaging,
     vacation  holds,  buying  stamps,  postage  rates,  and  USPS
     products  and  services. Includes a post office  locator  and
     tips for business customers.
     
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