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Erie PA News and Events for Tuesday November 1, 2005

America’s Most Wanted will air new info on the Brian Wells pizza bomber case this Saturday, November 5 at 9 pm. On August 28, 2003, Brian Wells, a 46-year-old pizza deliveryman from Erie PA, perished as a bomb that was strapped around his neck exploded. Authorities have been puzzled by the bizarre details of that day’s events, unsure if Wells was involved in the bank robbery or a pawn in someone else’s game. The FBI says that soon after he walked out of the pizza shop on an apparent delivery, he robbed a bank with a bomb strapped around his neck. When cops caught up with him, he said he had been abducted and forced to play a sadistic game – a scavenger hunt for his life. He also begged them to free him from the bomb. But before that could happen, the bomb went off, killing him.

Another proposed fast ferry project across Lake Erie was announced on Monday. This one would be from Fairport Harbor, Ohio (just West of Ashtabula) to Port Burwell, Ontario. Fast ferry service from Erie to Port Dover, Ontario as well as a Cleveland to Port Stanley, Ontario route are already in the planning stages.

Kuba, a 16 year old male lowland gorilla, died Monday morning at the Topeka Kansas Zoo as he was being prepared for a move to the Erie Zoo. Gorillas in captivity typically live to 30-40 years of age.

National Fuel Gas announced a rate increase of 22.8 percent. Their next price adjustment (rate increase) will be in November.

Erie based Spectrum Control (Nasdaq: SPEC) announced that it has acquired all of the outstanding common stock of JDK Controls. JDK, based in Grass Valley, California, is a designer and manufacturer of precision co-molded conductive plastic potentiometers and assemblies. The total purchase price of the acquisition was $4.1 million. The purchase price was entirely funded with Spectrum Control’s available cash reserves. This was Spectrum Control’s fourth acquisition in the last 20 months.

I’m not making this up. Erie`s welfare office was closed and employees sent home after a bottle of nail polish remover was spilled. The Erie Fire Department spent hours there.

Dale McBrier and Mark DiVecchio, candidates for Erie County Executive, will hold a debate tonight. WJET-TV will broadcast it live at 7 pm.

Ben Stein will speak at Penn State Behrend on Tuesday, November 1 at 7:30 pm in the McGarvey Commons of the Reed Student Union Building. It is free and open to the public.

Berwyn Moore, associate professor of English at Gannon University, will host a reading for her new book of poetry, Dissolution of Ghosts. The reading is scheduled for 7:30 pm Tuesday, Nov. 1, in the Boardroom of Old Main, Peach Street and South Park Row. The event is free and open to the public; light refreshments will be served. Copies of Dissolution of Ghosts will be available for purchase and Moore also will sign copies of the book.

The Ontario Hockey League announced that Erie Otters forward Michael Blunden is the OHL Player of the Week. Blunden recorded five goals and six assists in three wins last week to help increase the Otters winning streak to four games. Blunden was drafted in the second round, 43rd overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

The Erie SeaWolves announced a holiday card design contest for students throughout Northwestern Pennsylvania. The winning artwork from the contest will be featured on the SeaWolves holiday greeting card. All elementary, middle, and high school students in Northwest PA are eligible to participate in the contest. One grand-prize winner will receive a VIP Tour of Jerry Uht Park, an autographed item by a SeaWolves player, and four box seats to a pre-selected SeaWolves home game during the 2006 season. Artwork must be received by November 21, 2005 and must include the student’s name, contact information, school and grade, and your teacher’s name.

Sean Connole (Erie Cathedral Prep) took second place at heavyweight for Missouri at a preseason wrestling tournament held at Lindenwood University.

I had someone ask what became of the Erie Panthers franchise of the ECHL. They became the Baton Rouge Kingfish and then last year they moved to Victoria and were renamed the Salmon Kings.

Posted by Dennis at November 1, 2005 6:52 AM

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