The GOP campaign announced that Palin will appear in Beaver Falls, PA, Thursday evening.  She is scheduled to speak at Beaver Area High School at 4:15 p.m.  Tickets for the event are available at Republican campaign offices in the area.
    McCain made an appearance at Robert Morris University in Moon Township, Tuesday night.  The latest Franklin and Marshall and Hearst-Argyle polls show the Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama leading McCain by five points nationally.  Senator Hillary Clinton will campaign for Obama in the area on Friday.
    Clinton will stop at the Westin Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh at 11:30 a.m.  The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and the United Steelworkers Union sponsor the event.  Clinton's appearance is not open to the public.