You know, we had a perfectly nice weekend until about 4:15 p.m. yesterday, when the Steelers game ended. We assume you Browns fans are also pretty upset. At least we have turkey (or tofurkey, depending on how you roll) to look forward to this week.
A two week infant was chillin’ in his crib, literally, this weekend in town when the ceiling above collapsed, trapping it in its crib. Luckily, the child is okay.
Looks like Presque Isle Downs isn’t the only casino concerned about gaming coming to Ohio. This story in the Jamestown Post-Journal reports that Seneca Allegany Casino is also similarly concerned, as a good amount of gamblers from Ohio travel to the casino. Do you know if Ohio will allow table gaming or just slots? Seneca Allegany has table games, I believe.
Kevin Flowers had an interesting front-page story in yesterday’s paper about Harry Love and his quest to fix the issues at the 911 center. You know you’re the path to win when your $200,000 computer system sucks and you have to resort to reading off note cards when someone calls 911. That calls for a double face-palm.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a look at the new movie “The Road,” parts of which were filmed at Presque Isle and Conneaut Lake Park. The movie seems to be getting middling reviews, but it might be cool to check it out to see if you can spot CLP or Presque Isle.
Governor Edward G. Rendell has announced D. Thomas Smith of Erie will be nominated to serve on the State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers. This appointment will require state senate confirmation.
Mercyhurst College seniors Katherine Porter and Kirk Shoemaker, cadets in the U.S. Army ROTC, have placed in the top 10 percent of 4,700 cadets in the nation on the ROTC’s 2010 National Order of Merit List (OML).Porter of Corry and Shoemaker of Dover are both intelligence studies majors slated to graduate from Mercyhurst in May.
Sports
Congrats to the McDowell girls soccer team on their 2nd place finish in the state finals this weekend.
NFL
Kansas City 27 Pittsburgh 24
Detroit 38 Cleveland 37
Jacksonville 18 Buffalo 15
The only good news is that both Cincinnati and Baltimore lost. In the next three weeks, the Steelers have Baltimore, Oakland and Cleveland. While the obviously need to win all 3, they must beat the Raiders and Browns if they expect to even make the playoffs this years. Playoffs?
Edinboro’s season came to a crashing halt on Saturday afternoon as the Fighting Scots suffered an amazing 84-63 loss at West Liberty at Russek Field. The loss in the NCAA Division II Super Regional One ended Edinboro’s season at 9-4, while West Liberty moves on to face California(Pa.) in the Super Regional One championship game next Saturday. The Hilltoppers, the top seed in the regional, improved to 11-1. Edinboro was the sixth seed.
Allegheny men’s cross country runners Jeramie Parker and Chris Marker placed eighth and 11th, respectively, to earn All-America honors and lead the Gators to third place at the NCAA Division III Championships, hosted by Baldwin-Wallace on Saturday at Highland Park Golf Course.
Six players scored in double figures to lead the Edinboro men’s basketball team to a 99-83 win over West Virginia Wesleyan in its season opener on Saturday afternoon.
Urbana shot 56 percent from the floor and pounded Gannon 42-29 on the boards as the visiting Blue Knights posted a 73-43 victory Saturday evening during the Golden Knights’ season opener at the Hammermill Center.
