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Congrats to Michael Tellers of Erie who completed yesterday’s Pittsburgh Marathon in 3 hours, 7 minutes and 14 seconds, good enough to earn him 109th place. On the women’s side, Marykaye Pazder finished 16th amongst the women with a time of 3 hours, 9 minutes and 50 seconds.

Other people we could find from Erie include Paul Brady, Michael Bane, John Smith, Trevor Nash, Robert Bemis, Mark Dombrowski, Christopher Comer, Michael Tellers, Christine Caserta, Emily Frankhouser, Dana Keck, Lisa Celeski, Julie Vanwinkle, Diane Hoove, Cindy Macko, Amy Cronk, and Allison Keenan. Half-marathon participants from Erie included Kevin Louis, Jack Daneri, John Clement, Scott Quezada, Tim Althof, William Gehrlein, Lucas McAuley, David Clement, Greg Wigham, Dan Thompson, Thomas Matta, Jamie Schroter, Megan Macko, Amanda Giewont, Amy Felman, Cassandra Garrison, Kimberly Smith, Carly Davis, Alison Cooper, Teresa Wigham, Kelly Dombrowski, Samantha Pochatko, Amanda Scully, and Anne Styn. Great job, everyone!

The new Mega Disk-O ride opened this past weekend at Waldameer. Like they did with the Ravine Flyer II last year, they opened the ride a weekend before the rest of the part opens with proceeds from the rides going to the John Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation. Seriously, we can’t wait to ride the RFII again. The new Disk-o ride looks cool, but we would seriously puke on it.

The Manufacturer & Business Association has announced that its 104th Annual Event, featuring the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush, is officially sold out. The event is scheduled for Wednesday evening, June 17, at the Bayfront Convention Center. The Association also has announced that it plans to provide Twitter coverage of this year’s Annual Event throughout the night on the Association’s Twitter feed.

Speaking of Twitter, we’ve added a few more local businesses to our Erie Twitter Directory, including Raven Sound, Bensur Creative Marketing Group and Gannon University. Thanks to everyone who follows @ErieBlogs.

Howlabaloo Dog Park, located between Erie and Edinboro has been named in the June 2009 issue of Dog Fancy magazine as one of America’s Ten Best Dogs Parks. The magazine rated the dog parks from across the country on numerous categories including safety, cleanliness, customer service, beauty and overall physical characteristics of the dog park.

Sports

The SeaWolves completed a three-game sweep of the Altoona Curve with a come from behind victory on Sunday afternoon at Blair County Ballpark. The Wolves continue their road trip with three games at Harrisburg starting tonight. Game time is 7 p.m.

The Pirates had troubles mounting any offense against Johnny Cueto and starter Jeff Karstens struggled with control issues as the Bucs lost to the Reds, 5-0, on Sunday.

Indians ace Cliff Lee dueled the Tigers’ Justin Verlander for seven innings Sunday, but Detroit broke through and won, 3-1. Tribe hitters managed just two hits off Verlander.

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