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Weird story in the New York Times about the murder of a drug dealer in Manhattan with an Erie connection. Says the Times:
As Mr. Moreno fell, the suspects fled with a box from the apartment. At some point, an off-duty deputy from the sheriff’s office in Erie, Pa., who had been visiting someone in the building, confronted the suspects, Mr. Kelly said. But they were able to flee, the police said.
Terry Dawley, a former Erie police officer who no longer is on duty due to injuries sustained on the job, is suing the city of Erie saying the the city did not pay him cost of living increases. The living adjustments was left out of the last contract with the city by mistake and even though the city has since put it back in, they are saying they aren’t liable for that back pay since the contract was agreed to by both sides.
The CEO of MTR Gaming, who owns and operates Presque Isle Downs, has left the company. If they’re looking for a new CEO, I’m happy to volunteer. I’m good at playing blackjack on Pogo.
Speaking of Presque Isle Downs, gamers there wagered $42.75 million dollars there last week.
Mercyhurst College intelligence studies senior Brittany Wzontek of Clarence, N.Y., a cadet in the U.S. Army ROTC, led Mercyhurst cadets with a ranking of 779 out of a total of 5,342 cadets nationwide named to the 2011 National Order of Merit List. Eight other Mercyhurst students made the list as well.
A gift from an anonymous donor to Gannon University will be used to continue Archbishop John Mark Gannon’s dream of making a college education more accessible to local students. One million dollars, part of a gift made by an anonymous friend of the University through the Erie Community Foundation, will be used to create the Erie-GAINS Endowed Scholarship. The scholarship will provide financial support to academically qualified local students with a demonstrated financial need. The first five scholarship awards will be made effective with the Fall 2011 semester. The Erie-GAINS neighborhood roughly is bounded by 11th Street to the south, Parade Street to the east, and the Bayfront Parkway to the north and west. Students from Strong Vincent High School and Cathedral Preparatory School also will be eligible because those schools are located within the Erie-GAINS target area. The endowed scholarship will be a key component of the University’s Erie-GAINS (Gannon Alliances to Improve Neighborhood Sustainability) initiative, which is designed to increase the viability of downtown Erie and neighborhoods surrounding the campus.
Erie native David W. Grzelak ’71, chairman and CEO of Komatsu America Corp., has been named Penn State Behrend’s 26th Alumni Fellow. The Alumni Fellow award is the most prestigious honor given by the Penn State Alumni Association, and is a permanent and lifelong designation.
Sports
I’m torn about who to root for in this next story. I work at John Carroll now but I worked at Allegheny for 8 years.
Despite a 26-2 shot advantage after the first half, nationally-ranked No. 16 Allegheny was unable to solve a resilient John Carroll defense as the teams battled to a scoreless draw at Robertson Field. Junior forward Georgia Frost summed up Wednesday’s action as her shot with seven seconds remaining in the second overtime bounced off the near post.
The Gannon men’s soccer team stretched its win streak to eight games Wednesday at Gannon University Field. The Golden Knights defeated Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) opponent Bloomsburg by a 3-0 score.
The No.10 Mercyhurst College men’s soccer team grinded out a win against No. 24 East Stroundsburg University today September 29th. The Lakers won off a goal in the 57th minute of play that came off the foot of senior Arash Fahandezh.
The Edinboro women’s soccer team lost their first match in their last six games as the Fighting Scots fell 1-0 at Slippery Rock last evening.
Events
U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia and Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper of Erie will speak at the Erie County Democratic Party’s annual Beef and Ballots pre-election dinner on Friday at the Erie Maennerchor, 1607 State St.
The dinner begins at 6 p.m. Tickets are $30, payable at the door.
More than 200 people, including several local Democratic candidates, are expected to attend.
For tickets, call Linda McCabe at 969-5521. For more information, contact Bill Cole, chairman of the Erie County Democratic Party, at 520-2431.
Scott Maas, CPE, director of Assessment for Erie County, will be the guest speaker at the Manufacturer & Business Association’s October Eggs ’n’ Issues briefingstarting at 8 a.m. Tuesday, October 12 at the Association’s Conference Center, 2171West 38th Street at Pittsburgh Avenue. Maas will provide an overview of technology based reassessment. The reassessment ofproperties throughout Erie County, begun in 2008, is expected to be completed by January1, 2012.To register for this briefing, contact Ann Miaczynski at 814/833-3200 or 800/815-2660. Cost is $30 for members, $60 for nonmembers.
