It was nice to get some decent weather this weekend. Yes, it was cold, but the roads were clear and there wasn’t much snow. We bundled up the kids and did some shopping.
In keeping with your push here to do business locally, I stopped by Custom Audio on W. 26th St. to pick up a DVI cable. It was the same price as Radio Shack and Best Buy, so why not support the local place. I talked for nearly 20 minutes with owner Sondra Lee about HD, streaming video, and expensive A/V cables. I could spend quite a bit of money there.
A power outage at the Cleveland airport left many travelers stuck in Erie yesterday. Sucks if you were trying to get somewhere warmer.
Congrats to Collegiate Academy for winning the Academic Sports League competition held this past weekend.
The retrial of Martin Allen is scheduled to begin today with jury selection. Allen is charged with killing Kevin Imler. Allen was a supervisor at Erie Coke and was already convicted of DUI relating to Imler’s death. Imler was on a bike at the time of the accident. There was a hung jury on Allen’s previous manslaughter trial.
Sports
The Erie BayHawks (7-12) turned the tables on the Fort Wayne Mad Ants (7-11) leading from wire to wire, winning 100 – 70. Alade Aminu had a dominating double-double performance with 30 points and 15 rebounds, adding 3 blocked shots along the way. Offensively the BayHawks featured a balanced scoring attack with four players in double digits including John Bryant with his tenth double-double of season with 18 points and 11 rebounds. The BayHawks will wrap up the three game home stand by once again squaring off with the Mad Ants on Wednesday, January 13, 7 PM tipoff at the Tullio Arena. It’s a Smith’s Hot Dogs, One Buck Wednesday featuring one dollar Smith’s Hot Dogs, beer, popcorn and pop.
Mercyhurst Junior Vicki Bendus scored a goal and added two assists as the Canadian National Women’s Under-22 Team rolled past Switzerland, 9-0, in the gold medal game of the 2010 MLP Cup Saturday afternoon in Ravensburg, Germany.
For the second day in a row the Edinboro men’s basketball team faced an undefeated opponent, and for the second straight day the Fighting Scots came up short. This time around Edinboro appeared poised to knock off undefeated East Stroudsburg in a PSAC crossover contest at McComb Fieldhouse, but two key spurts helped the Warriors claim an 81-73 win and improve to 13-0. The Warriors were among “others receiving votes” in the latest NABC Division II Top 25. Edinboro lost its fourth straight game and is now 6-7.
Eight Lady Knights scored between seven and nine points as the No. 4 Gannon women’s basketball team easily cruised past Mansfield 76-39 in workmanlike fashion Sunday afternoon in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) crossover game at the Hammermill Center.
Events
Channel your inner Flower Child for an evening of peace, love and, most of all, FUN at “AdStock,” a fund-raiser for the Ad Fed of NWPA’s Student Scholarship Fund, on Saturday, Jan. 23, from 7-10 p.m., in the former Director’s Circle Theater on the second floor of the Renaissance Centre, 1001 State St., Erie. Groove the night away as DJ Bill Page plays all the favorites from the late 60s and early 70s. Enjoy an open beer and wine bar and delicious hors d’oeuvres from local restaurants. And take your chances on money and prize raffles, and silent and Chinese auctions (Auction items will be posted as the event gets closer). And be sure to dig out that fringed leather vest and bellbottoms–Prizes will be awarded to the best individual and best couple costumes! Proceeds from the event will benefit the Advertising Federation of Northwest Pennsylvania’s Scholarship Fund. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door (if available) and can be purchased online here: http://afnwpa.org/AnnouncementRetrieve.aspx?ID=34332. Don’t miss the most far out party of the year! Get your tickets today!
