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Erie PA News and Events for Thursday October 27, 2005
Posted by Dennis on October 27, 2005
James and Timothy O’Brien were found quilty in the kidnapping and murder of 11 year old Shauna Howe. They were found guilty of second and third degree murder, kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping. The murder conviction carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole. The members of the jury refused comment after the trial and even refused dinner so they could quickly make their way back home to Inidana County. Shauna Howe was abducted as she walked home from a Girl Scout Halloween party in Oil City, PA. Today is the 13 anniversary of her kidnapping.
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Erie City Council voted 6-1 to transfer $5 million from the Water Reserve Fund so the city can pay its debt service in November. That reserve fund is nearly dried up so they better do their job pass a realistic budget next year. Ian Murray spent more time last night whinning about the Erie County Exectutive race than the problems with the city. No wonder he was defeated in the last election.
Nice screw-up by the Erie newspaper that on Tuesday published the pic of Mary Taylor, a Democrat running for mayor, with that of Vicki Taylor, a Republican running for Erie County Council. Both are African-American. To their credit the Times did admit their mistake and ran a story on a press conference held by Vicki Taylor pointing out the mistake.
The Erie International Airport runway extention could be delayed until 2010. The FAA has yet to sign off on the plans. It was the FAA that insisted that the airport extend the runway in the first place.
Rhonda L Nickell-Spearman of Erie and Edwin V Ortiz of Pittsburgh led New York police in a high speed chase that resulted in a number of wrecked cruisers. The pair robbed at least 3 businesses in the Schenectady, NY area. Nickell-Spearman was charged with being a fugitive from justice, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of stolen property. Additional charges are expected. The couple met in Erie shortly after Ortiz finished serving an 18 year prison sentence for robbery.
The state approved $11 million in matching funds for the state’s 47 Tourism-Promotion Agencies in an effort to attract more travelers to the commonwealth and to support one of the state’s major industries. The following area TPA grants were approved for state funding: Erie Area Convention and Visitors Bureau $81,500; Crawford County Convention and Visitors Bureau $28,000; Northern Alleghenies Vacation Region (Warren County) $37,600.
Allscripts announced that Saint Vincent Health System will implement the Allscripts electronic health record solution for its more than 50 primary and specialty physicians in the Saint Vincent Medical Group.
Thursday thru Saturday is the book sale at the Erie County Library Blasco Memorial branch at 160 East Front Street. The hours are noon-8 Thursday, 9-5 Friday and 9-3 on Saturday.
The Achievement Center and the Sarah Reed Children’s Center are scaring up a good time at the Ninth Annual ‘Trail of Treats.’ This years event will be held today from 5 pm to 8:30 pm in the dungeons, err, concourses of the Millcreek Mall. Children attending will show off their costumes and receive treats from between 35-50 ‘treat stations’ or table sponsors throughout the Mall. This event enables children to celebrate Halloween in a safe, fun and climate-controlled environment. Proceeds from the event will benefit children with physical disabilities at the Achievement Center, and children with mental health issues served by Sarah Reed’s Children Center. Cost is only $2 per child in advance, and $3 at the door.
Writer Patricia Foster will visit Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, today as part of its Creative Writers Speaker Series. Foster will read from her works at 6 pm on Thursday, Oct 27, in the worship space of the Larry and Katherine Smith Chapel. A reception will precede the reading at 4:30 pm in the chapel’s living room. Both events are free and open to the public.
Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI), will discuss his work and its possible social ramifications at an Open House Night in Astronomy lecture tonight. The lecture begins at 7:30 pm in McGarvey Commons at Penn State Behrend. It is free and open to the public.
The Gannon University Schuster Theatre kicks off its 2005-06 mainstage season with “Other Worlds Than These,” 12 one-act plays performed in repertoire. The plays will be performed over three consecutive nights with four plays will be performed each night. Tonight, Thursday October 27, Bradbury’s “To The Chicago Abyss”, Rosalyn Drexler’s “Utopia Parkway” and Don Nigro’s “The Dead Wife” and “Dead Men’s Fingers” will be billed. On Friday, Oct 28, audiences will see Drexler’s “Room 17 C,” Nigro’s “The Sin Eater,” “How Many Children Had Lady MacBeth?” and Bradbury’s “The Foghorn.” Saturday, Oct 29 will bring Drexler’s “Lobby,” Bradbury’s “The Veldt,” Nigro’s “Woodman and the Goblins,” and “The Lost Girl” to the Schuster stage. All tickets are $5, less than the price of a movie.
Kicking off the Mercyhurst College Dance Series at the Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center will be “Burn the Floor,” an Evening of Classical Spanish Dance, Saturday, Oct 29, at 2 pm and 7 pm and Sunday, Oct 30, at 2 pm. Ticket prices range from $5 to $12.50 and are available through the Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center at 824-3000.
Erie area Trick-or-treat hours:
October 31 from 6-7 pm - Conneautville.
October 31 from 6-7:30 pm - Cochranton, Conneaut Lake, Cambridge Springs, Linesville, Meadville, Saegertown, Titusville, and Townville.
October 31 from 6:30 to 8 pm - Lawrence Park and Union City.
October 31 from 6 to 8 pm - Corry, Cranesville, Edinboro, Erie, Fairview, Girard, Girard, Harborcreek, Lake City, McKean, Millcreek, Mill Village, North East, North East, Wattsburg and Waterford.
Free fries. Mike Blunden scored twice and added three assists to lead the Erie Otters to an 8-2 win over the Mississauga IceDogs in an Ontario Hockey League game played tonight in front of 3,108 at the Tullio Arena. McDonald’s had to pay up a small order of French fries to every one attending the game because the Otters scored five goals. The start of the game was delayed almost half an hour because three members of the officiating crew, referees Brent Holdsworth and Sean Reid, along with linesman Joe Celestin, were delayed crossing the border at Fort Erie. The fourth member of the officiating crew, linesman Ray King, wasn’t delayed since he’s from Erie. Blunden’s two goals were scored in just eight seconds to establish a new Otters record. Ryan O’Marra added two goals and an assist for the Otters while Nick Palmieri also scored twice. Single scores went to Jordan Nolan, the first of his career, and Derrick Bagshaw. Brett MacLean collected two assists. The Otters improved to 7-6 with their second straight win. The next Otters home game takes place Saturday, November 5th when the Kitchener Rangers make their first visit of the season to the Tullio Arena for a 7:30 pm start.
Posted by Dennis at October 27, 2005 7:01 AM
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The media has just announced that Garvey's replacement will in fact by Dr. Thomas Gamble. Is anyone surprised???? What a disgrace! The entire Presidential search at Mercyhurst was never anything more than a sham.
Dr. Thomas Gamble is well known as one of William Garvey's closest associates at Mercyhurst College. Dr. Gamble was part of the board that protected and tried to cover up for Garvey. Dr. Gamble and Garvey were also the lone Mercyhurst representatives on the C-Cubed organization.
When the Mercyhurst Faculty Senate finally decided to get some guts and speak out about what happened, it was Dr. Thomas Gamble who publically expressed displeasure about it. He also has no plans to change the name of Garvey park, assuring that a pedophile who ruined the lives of at least a dozen young men will continue to be honored at a beautiful section of the campus.
The Mercyhurst Board should be ashamed of themselves. Garvey resigns, so they install an easily controlled stooge named Michael McQuillen (another close Garvey associate), and then they "claim" to be making an honest nationwide search for the next President.
They claimed they were seeking the "best person" for the job, and they interviewed several people whose qualifications dwarfed those of Dr. Thomas Gamble.
So what do they do? While McQuillen keeps the seat warm, Mercyhurst conducts a totally bogus Presidential search and picks Gamble.
The disgrace and dysfunction at Mercyhurst College lives on. The cover up continues, and Garvey's hold on the college lives on. Nothing has changed at Mercyhurst, and the corrupt scum that protected Garvey remain in place there with their new President, one of Garvey's closest associates.
Posted by: Matt at October 28, 2005 1:41 PM
Without widespread changes in the board up at Mercyhurst (the same board that protected Garvey), there was no way that the corrupt group there was going to pick anyone but an insider with loyalties to Garvey, Mosco, Sennett, Daly, Bukowski, etc.
These people were part of the little "kingdom" that Garvey had built and cultivated for over 25 years. There was no way that they were going to pick anyone who would a threat to them or who would challenge Garvey's "status" at the college. Nor were they going to pick any "outsider" who wanted a "clean slate" up there.
Dr. Gamble's public comments during the later stages of the selection process 'should' have been a very troubling sign to the residents of Erie about what was really going on up there. Gamble not only publically expressed disapproval with the idea of renaming Garvey park, but he expressed displeasure with the Faculty Senate vote going public in the first place. Dr. Gamble did not want Erie residents even knowing about any faculty dissent at Mercyhurst. These things 'should' have sounded some warning sirens at Gamble as one of the finalists.
Picking McQuillen as the interim President, while at the same time reassauring the community of the Board's honest desire to do a "nationwide search" for the best possible person is just another chapter in the year-long deceit and lack of honesty coming from Mercyhurst. There was NEVER any honest search for a new President. It was just smoke and mirrors put on for the public. And don't be fooled, Mercyhurst had some serious heavyweights apply for that job. Dr. Thomas Gamble was anything but the "best" candidate for Mercyhurst College.
Mercyhurst picks a close Garvey associate (the Lap Dog McQuillen) for Interim President, then conducts a bogus nationwide search until it installs an ever CLOSER Garvey associate as President.
The dysfunction and deceit continues on....
Posted by: Matt at October 28, 2005 1:50 PM
There are two forums which discuss the William Garvey scandal for those interested.
Posted by: Matt at October 28, 2005 3:33 PM
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