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Erie News and Events for August 24, 2005
Posted by Dennis on August 24, 2005
A small pipe bomb was found never Roosevelt Middle School, by the fence near Ainsworth Field. It could have been there for weeks as grass was growing around it. The Erie Bomb Squad detonated the device. Weird.
Richard DeKaser, the chief economist for National City Corporation in Cleveland, studied 299 US housing markets using a ratio of home prices to household incomes. The Erie market came out being, in his opinion, overvalued by 6 percent. I see his point but I disagree. (I’m a real estate agent for those of you who didn’t know.) The average selling price has risen in the past year but I think it’s because more higher priced homes are changing hands. I live in the city in a middle class neighborhood and my neighbors - to the left, right and across the street have all been in their homes for 40 years. Nobody will hold on to a bayfront condo for 40 years. Plus the news homes being built are larger and more expensive than existing homes.
Students at Gannon University begin classes today.
Emergycare, the Erie area ambulance service, is conducting a membership drive. Mabye they’ll now be able to afford to get their web site re-done. There has been an ‘under construction’ notice on their site for 4 months.
Sam Richardson is in his second year of teaching. This year he’ll be teaching third grade at W E Cundiff Elementary School in Vinton, VA. Richardson previously worked as an environmental lab technician at the International Paper plant in Erie PA until it shut down in 2002. Richardson qualified for federal Trade Adjustment Assistance. He decided to enroll at Edinboro University to become an elementary school teacher.
A task force met yesterday to figure out ways to increase minority representation in the Erie Fire Department.
Rebecca Nick-Dart will complete a one-year pharmacy practice residency at St Vincent Health Center in Erie. Nick-Dart received her BS in Chemistry from Gannon University and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Shenandoah University Bernard J Dunn School of Pharmacy in Winchester, Va.
The new Mercyhurst College athletics site went live yesterday.
The masters of the internet universe Mike and RichardZ announced yesterday that the Everything Erie wiki is live. Your contributions are needed to make it great.
The North East, PA National Rib Festival will be held August 26-28 at Gravel Pit Park. For details call the Fuller Hose Company at 814-725-9211.
The Polish festival Zabawa will be held August 26-28 at Holy Trinity Church, East 23rd and Reed Street in Erie, PA. The festival will feature polka music, dancing, games, raffles, Polish food courts and a bakery, and a children’s area. Admission to the festival is free. For more information call 814-456-0671 because there is no web site for the event.
The Erie Rugby Club is holding a 5K Fun Run of Saturday August 27, 2005 at 9 am at Frontier Park, West 8th St and The Bayfront Parkway. Registration will be held at 8am, the fee is $15 which includes a T-Shirt. Proceeds benefit the Erie Shriners Hospital for Children. There will be an exhibition rugby game following the race.
The Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League announced that former Pittsburgh Steelers Pro Bowl receiver Louis Lipps will be the featured speaker at the 2005 Champions for Education Dinner being held this Sunday at 6:30 pm at the Bel-Aire Hotel and Conference Center. A limited number of tickets are still available for the dinner. For more information contact the Otters Office at 814-455-7779.
The Akron Aeros beat the Erie SeaWolves 8-0.
The National Hockey League announced that it has promoted Dan O’Rourke to full-time status as an NHL referee for 2005-06. O’Rourke began his professional career as a left wing in the ECHL with the Erie Panthers registering 30 points (9g-21a) and 296 penalty minutes in 64 games during the 1993-94 season.
Keith Kaval of Erie has been hird as a full-time referee by the Canadian Hockey League. He’ll work the two NHL rookie tournaments slated for September 6-11 in San Jose, California and Traverse City, Michigan.
Erie Cathedral Prep grad Joe Blanks has been named a starter for the Winston-Salem State football team. Blanks is a a 6-4, 315-pound offensive lineman. His uncle is Billy Blanks, the Tae Bo guru.
Posted by Dennis at August 24, 2005 6:47 AM
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I completely agree about the housing market in Erie. As someone who's familiar w/ the area and who has bought a house within the last 15 months, I have to say that most of the places we looked at were spot-on. The house we bought was definitely undervalued, one reason we snatched it up. The sellers had an inheritance abroad to claim and needed out fast.
Compared to the area in Colorado where we spent a year, Erie is a downright bargain no matter where you look.
Posted by: eden at August 24, 2005 8:27 PM
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