The turkey is so close I can taste it. Must make it through two more days.
Reader Jim sent us some lulz this morning. No offense to the Sight Center, just kind of funny.
In the Her Times section of the newspaper there is an ad stating that The Blind Center (located at 2402 Cherry Street) has changed its name to The Sight Center (same location). Looks like they may have found a cure.
Good news from the Allegheny National Forest where a Corry family was found after getting lost. The family, one man, one woman and a child, were unhurt. Good news.
WJET is reporting that a new “massage” parlor is set to open in Meadville on Friday. The Tokyo Spa has been advertising on a billboard on I-79 for a few weeks now, and I keep driving by the location, strictly to research for this blog, and nothing has been happening. Over, and over, and over I’d drive by. I wonder if they’ll have early bird specials when they open Friday.
CQ Press, from Washington DC, has published a list of the most dangerous cities according to crime and FBI stats. Camden, NJ is your winner, with Erie coming in as the 148th most dangerous city in the US. Pat yourselves on the back, peeps, then give me your wallet.
The “Season of Giving” is in its seventh year at the Community Blood Bank. In anticipation of a seasonal blood shortage the CBB has its
annual holiday promotion up and running with some great gifts for our blood donors! Through the holidays the first 50 donors every Tuesday will get a holiday gift and donors all week can enter to win a great raffle. Last year local businesses donated over $5000 in goods and services to the donors. This Tuesday, the first 50 donors who come in will receive a boxed chocolate angel generously donated by Romolo Chocolates.
Governor Edward G. Rendell announced today $1.2 million in coastal zone management grants to organizations dedicated to protecting and preserving Pennsylvania’s coastal zones along Lake Erie and the Delaware Estuary, saying the investment was important to the regions’ economies. The Lake Erie coastal zone is located within Erie County and includes the shorelines of major tributaries. The zone extends to the middle of the lake, to the boundary with Canada and inland 900 feet within the city of Erie. For a list of local agencies receiving funds, check out the list here.
Sports
Ashley Finnegan recorded a game-high 19 points and Angela Paterson scored 12 of her 14 points in the second half to help Westfield State pull away with a 68-54 victory over the Gators in the final game of the Allegheny Classic.
The Edinboro men’s and women’s basketball teams swept the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division Freshman of the Week honors, with Samantha Blazetic (Eastlake, OH/ Eastlake North) earning the honor in women’s basketball and Anthony Lytle (Altoona, PA/Altoona Area) capturing the men’s award.
Gannon’s Corey Bowers (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake) has been named Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Wrestler of the Week. It marks Gannon’s first Wrestler of the Week honor since it joined the conference last season.
