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Erie PA News and Weekend Events for Friday September 9, 2005
Posted by Dennis on September 9, 2005
Two Erie residents were appointed to the Pennsylvania Commission for Women. Rebecca Martin is the vice president of Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership where she is responsible for all marketing, government relations and communications activities. Martin holds a master’s degree in English from Gannon University and a bachelor’s in English from Mercyhurst College. Linda Stevenson is vice president and director of National City Corporation’s Women’s Business Development Program. Stevenson serves on the Pennsylvania State Small Business Development Centers Advocacy and Resource Development Board, the Gannon University Small Business Development Center and several other advisory boards and councils.
The 2005 Erie Firefighter Combat Challenge will be held Friday, September 9 and Saturday, September 10 in downtown Erie.
The 2005 Waterford Community Fair continues today and runs through Saturday September 10. Admission is $3 per person with children 12 and under free.
The Erie Heritage Festival will be held September 10, 2005 from Noon - 9:30 pm. The event will be held at Liberty Park. There is not a mention of the festival on the Erie Port Authority web site and it’s their event.
The 7th annual LEAF Festival, Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park Festival, is September 10 from 10am - 3pm. There will be music, children’s games and activities, tree climb, antique truck rides, environmental booths, horticultural lectures, scavenger hunt, food and more.
The 2005 Erie Airshow will be held on a Saturday and Sunday, September 10-11, 2005. The Air Show will be held at Erie International Airport, Tom Ridge Field. The schedule of performances and static display aircraft present will be the same each day, so you can attend either day and see the same great show. Gates will open each day at 10 am.
The Westminster Figure Skating Club of Erie will host two open houses in September to kick off its 48th season of skating. Skate for free at the JMC Ice Arena, 423 West 38th St, Erie, from 9:45 to 11:45 am on Sat, Sept 10 (ages 4 to 10) and from 6:45 to 8:15 pm on Tues, Sept 13 (ages 11 and up, including adults). Guests at the open houses can watch a performance and shop for used skates and skating clothes. New skaters can sign up for six weeks of introductory group lessons for the price of five weeks ($50). Small children just learning to skate must have a teen or adult skater helping on the ice. Skate rental is available.
The 2005 Erie Marathon will be held September 11. The start/finish is in the Rotary Pavilion Area (approximately 3 miles from the entrance to the park) and the course will consist of two complete loops of Presque Isle State Park. This marathon is quite possibly the flattest course in the country with no major elevation changes at all, total elevation change is 12 feet. It is certainly a Boston qualifier and has a course record prime to be broken. Those who expect a marathon time of greater than 5 hours will be required to start at 6:30 am with the rest of the field starting at 7:30 am. There will also be a 4-Person Marathon Relay, a Half Marathon and a 5K.
Lake Erie Speedway is offering $2 off an adult general admission ticket for anyone that brings a non-perishable canned food item to the Friday night races tonight. Also, drivers will be collecting donations at intermission of the races benefiting the hurricane relief effort and the Second Harvest Food Bank.
Rob Hisey, a former member of the Erie Otters, has been invited to the Dallas Stars training camp which will open next Monday.
Two former Mercyhurst College basketball will again be playing overseas. Forward Josh Helm has signed and is currently playing with the Rotterdam Basketball Club. Guard Justin Shouse has signed with the Drangur Club in Iceland to be their player / head coach.
Posted by Dennis at September 9, 2005 6:07 AM
Comments
Don't forget the TREC barn dance. That's tomorrow at The Willows Equestrian Center on Sterritania from 8-? and it's $12/person ahead of time or $15/person at the door.
Posted by: Molls at September 9, 2005 10:35 AM
There's also the Pagan Pride Day Saturday, Sept. 10 at St. Nick's Grove (website: http://www.u-n-c-l-e.org/civic/). I'll be there (as a visitor) and so will Mike Mahler and other Erie bloggers.
Posted by: eden at September 9, 2005 1:35 PM
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