I spent about 15 hours (seriously) this weekend outside replacing a storm door and putting in a new screen door. It was a comedy of fails. I can’t feel my toes, so I’m going to be brief today.

The candidates for Erie County executive will square off in a debate which will be broadcast live at 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 27 on WJET.

A police chase this weekend turned semisweet when the vehicle being pursued by police crashed into the Pulakos store on E. 26th Street. The driver was arrested (did we mention the car was stolen?) There’s a better joke here somewhere, help me.

John Guerrerio of the Erie Times-News has a good look at what table games will mean to Presque Downs as well as the Erie community. I’m a blackjack fan myself. I dominate a $5 table like no one’s business. Blackjack’s the one with the spinning wheel, right? Or the dice.

Its been over 20 years since Erie Legends was on the radio. It was on JetFM 102.3 and it was hosted by Jim Cook. Those shows were transferred and digitally cleaned up and have been posted at http://erielegends.ning.com/

Pennsylvania State Police and enforcement officers from the Public Utility Commission placed 100 trucks out of service and issued 451 traffic citations during an Oct. 7 enforcement effort focusing on commercial vehicles that transport hazardous materials, State Police Commissioner Frank E. Pawlowski reported today. Troop E (Crawford, Erie, Venango and Warren counties) inspected 36 vehicles: eight vehicles placed out of service and 20 citations issued.

Enrollment at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, now stands at 4,767 students for the fall 2009 semester, a new record and a 2.9 percent increase over the previous record set in fall 2008. Penn State Behrend serves 4,400 students in resident instruction programs, according to official student census figures released by the University on Oct. 15. Of these, 4,031 are registered as full time and 369 as part time.

A new online magazine featuring content and blogs by students at Gannon University, launched recently. It’s called Edge, and you can find it online at http://edge.gannon.edu.

Sports

NFL
Pittsburgh 27 Cleveland 14
Buffalo 16 New York Jets 13 F OT

College
Clarion 29 Mercyhurst 25
California PA 38 Edinboro 14
Allegheny 35 Denison 13
Gannon 51 Slippery Rock 48

Shawn Szydlowski’s shot over Jordan Binnington’s glove in the fifth round of the shootout gave the Erie Otters a 5-4 win Saturday night and a split in their weekend Ontario Hockey League series with Owen Sound at Tullio Arena before 3,033 fans. Owen Sound beat Erie Friday night 5-4.

J.J. Crew’s goal with less than nine minutes remaining in the third period capped off a furious comeback for Western Michigan, as the Broncos rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat the Mercyhurst College men’s hockey, 4-3, on Saturday evening at Lawson Center Arena.

Events

Environmental activist, physicist and philosopher Vandana Shiva will present “Soil Not Oil: Food Security in a Time of Climate Change” on Monday, Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. in Shafer Auditorium on the Allegheny College campus. The presentation, which is free and open to the public, is part of Allegheny’s Year of Social Change, a series of activities, workshops and events aimed at inspiring the campus and community to seek a more just and equitable world.

The Erie Otters and the YMCA of Greater Erie are partnering up to raise awareness about breast cancer. Otters players will run on pink treadmills at the Eastside YMCA branch Wednesday, October 21 from noon to 2 p.m. in an effort to raise money for breast cancer research.

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