EMTA has fired bus driver David Justka. Justka has been involved in several accidents over the past few years, one of which was fatal. Justka was previously fired by EMTA, though an arbitrator awarded him his position back.
City of Erie police are searching for a male who used a BB gun to rob two women. The perpetrator in this case is 10 years old.
Senator Bob Casey (D) has endorsed Kathy Dahlkemper in the congressional race. Casey is on a bus tour of the state.
Erie Brewing Company’s Railbender Ale has been awarded a bronze medal at the 2008 Great American Beer Festival in the Scottish-Style Ale category. We’ve downed our share of Railbender and it certainly packs a punch. Good stuff – congrats to Erie Brewing Company.
Another “Vote Right, Vote White” sign has appeared locally- this time on Peach Street in Summit Township. Passers-by removed the sign. A previous sign was in Warren county.
Mary Knight-Strong has been named the new coordinator of Veterans’ Affairs for Erie County. She is a veteral of the U.S. Marine Corps. She starts work on Monday.
McDowell Intermediate High School teacher Mr. Robert Henninger’s Social Studies classes have made a working prairie schooner made with authentic rough sawn lumber, metal rimmed oak wheels from an Amish craftsman, canvas covered, filled with items the pioneers would have taken on the 6 month treacherous trip. Items such as an oak barrel, trunks, sacks of grain and flower, old pots, lanterns, and feather beds. The class will take this wagon up and down hills, across a stream on campus, simulating the Oregon Trail dressed in long dresses, bonnets, flannel shirts and appropriate western hats. They will stop and pan for gold, wash clothes with a washboard, sing around a campfire and saw wood with a two handled saw.
Sports
High School Football:
General McLane 42 Fort LeBoeuf 7
Strong Vincent 51 East 0
Cathedral Prep 41 Buffalo St. Francis 34
McDowell 45 Penn-Trafford 8
Girard 44 Maplewood 0
Fairview 35 Harborcreek 7
Grove City 17 Meadville 0
Corry 15 Warren 14
North East 14 Bradford 0
Cambridge Springs 66 Harborcreek Youth Services 8
Seneca 21, Northwestern 15
Saegertown 14 Mercyhurst Prep 0
Union City 45 Youngsville 0
Mercer 38, Conneaut Lake 8
Linesville 34 West Middlesex 19
NFL on local TV this weekend:
1 p.m. – San Diego at Buffalo (WSEE)
1 p.m. – San Francisco at NY Giants (Fox 66)
4 p.m. – Cleveland at Washington (WSEE)
8:15 p.m. – Seattle at Tampa Bay (WICU)
Monday, 8:30 p.m. – Denver at New England (ESPN)
Sorry, Steeler fans. No TV game for you this week. Try a bar or The Movies at Meadville. As you’ll see on this map, a large part of the east coast of the US will see the Pittsburgh-Cincinatti matchup. Then notice that little bit of red in the top corner of PA. That, according to the NFL, is Bills country. Steely McBeam = stunned. H/T = Press and Tower.
Jaroslav Janus made 41 saves to lead the Erie Otters to a 4-1 win over the Guelph Storm in an Ontario Hockey League game played tonight in front of 3,577 at the Sleeman Centre. The Otters play in Owen Sound tonight.
The Allegheny College women’s volleyball team won its fourth consecutive match with a 3-1 decision over visiting Denison. The Gators dropped the opening match 23-25 but rebounded to win the next three sets, 25-14, 25-16, 28-26.
Events
The Erie Otters will read Halloween stories to the 3rd Graders at Chestnut Hill Elementary School on Tuesday, October 21. The students will be able to ask the hockey team players questions the last 15 minutes.
View this past Sunday’s comprehensive events list to see a list of events for the week and months ahead. If you would like your event posted here, please contact us via our online form. Tomorrow we will publish a new list of events for the week and months ahead.
