A local bar, the Red Fox Inn, has been cited for liquor law violations. The owner of the tavern is Millcreek Township School Board president Michael Palermo. The bar was cited for not making people leave the premises in a timely manner after alcohol sales stopped.

Speaking of Millcreek schools, Education Secretary Gerald L. Zahorchak will announce the 2010 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year at 10 a.m. today. Millcreek Township teacher Michael Malthaner is one of the finalists. Good luck, Michael! The winner will represent Pennsylvania in the National Teacher of the Year Program. The National Teacher of the Year will be selected in April 2010.

Work has started on the new WalMart on upper Peach. But Mike, you say, there’s already a WalMart there, and I would say you are correct. They are going to build a brand new store a stones throw from the old one. This one will have a grocery store, which is needed on upper Peach because Wegmans, GFS, Giant Eagle, Sam’s Club and Target aren’t enough up there.

The 2009 election hasn’t even happened yet, but Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper has already raised $700,000 for he 2010 re-election campaign. You can view quite a bit of data about her campaign contributions here.

Bishop Donald Trautman of Erie is featured in this story in the National Catholic Reporter about the new Roman Missal.

Dr. Linda Rhodes, director of the The Hirtzel Institute on Health Education and Aging at Mercyhurst North East, was recently honored by the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition (PBCC) at its annual conference in Harrisburg, Pa. Rhodes, former Pennsylvania Secretary of Aging, received the coalition’s Shining Light Award for co-authoring “PBCC’s Breast Cancer: Covered or Not? A Guide on Insurance.”

Sports

The Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League announced today that they have recalled goaltender Christopher Festarini from the Port Colborne Pirates of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. A fifth round pick of the Otters in the 2009 OHL Priority Selection, the 6-1, 170-lb. Festarini has a 4-5-1 record with a goals-against average of 3.30 and a save percentage of .915 with the Pirates this season.

Events

Julie Otsuka – author of “When the Emperor Was Divine,” a novel based on the story of her Japanese-American family’s internment during World War II – will read from her works on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. in the Tippie Alumni Center at Allegheny College. The program, which is free and open to the public, is part of the college’s Single Voice Reading Series.

A “killer” will be on the loose during a Haunted House at Gannon University’s Schuster Theatre on Friday, Oct. 30. The general public is welcome – if they dare – to attend the Haunted House, titled “Stage Fright,” from 7-9 p.m. Friday at the Theatre, 620 Sassafras St. Admission is $2 per person and proceeds will benefit Gannon’s radio station, WERG, and Alpha Psi Omega, the honorary theatre fraternity. Stage Fright will include a haunted tour of the Theatre’s costume area, props area, dressing rooms, laundry area, basement, and green room.For more information, contact the Theatre at 814-871-7720.

The School of Engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will host a panel discussion about wind energy as its next Engineering Speaker Series presentation. Titled “Wind Energy: Outlook, Opportunities and Impact on the Power Grid,” the panel discussion will be held on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 6:00 p.m. in the Samuel P. “Pat” Black III Conference Center, located on the first floor of the college’s Research and Economic Development Center (REDC). Hors d’oeuvres will be served beginning at 5:30 p.m. Parking is available in the REDC parking deck or in the Junker Center lot. The presentation is free and open to the public, but reservations are required. Please RSVP to 814-898-6153 by Monday, Nov. 2.