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Erie PA News and Events for Saturday November 5, 2005

As expected, the Baylor University Board of Regents named Baylor Distinguished Alumnus and University of Nevada, Reno President Dr John M Lilley as the University’s 13th president. The son of a Louisiana Baptist pastor, Dr Lilley, 66, majored in music at Baylor, earning bachelor’s degrees in 1961 and 1962 and a master of music degree in 1964. He earned his doctorate in music at the University of Southern California in 1971. Prior to being named president of Nevada, Reno in 2001, Dr Lilley was the head of Penn State Erie, The Behrend College for 21 years. During his tenure in Erie, enrollment doubled, admissions standards rose, and the college’s campus grew from 400 to 750 acres.

The main FBI witness against Mayor Rick Filippi in an insider land deal is Greg Rubino. The article in yesterdays Erie newspaper was Rubino named in 6 FBI probes. Nice witness guys. You got to wonder if Rubino will say anything just to keep himself out of jail. And MTR Gaming has picked a real winner to help develop a casino because one of the probes involved organized crime and/or drugs.

America’s Most Wanted will air new info on the Brian Wells pizza bomber case tonight, 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.

Mindy Williams, aka Mindy Acosta, aka Mindy Lynn Todd, was found murdered of strangulation and suffication at McCarty Park, 2nd and Pennsylvania Ave. Police weren’t saying much other than to call them if anyone knows anything.

Penn State will raise room and board rates by around 5 percent for the 2006-07 academic year. The cost for an undergraduate living on campus in a double room will increase $190 while the cost for the most popular meal plan will rise $130.

Time Warner Cable will inherit Erie County once the acquisition of Adelphia is complete. Time Warner likely will merge that system with one it owns in the city of Erie. The date for the switch hasn’t been set. Roughly 10 percent of the City of Erie uses satellite.

If you haven’t been to Asbury Woods lately, try and stop by today. The Asbury Woods Nature Center will hold a dedication and ribbon cutting on today at 11 am. The center will host an Open House all day Saturday and Sunday with live music, tours, hikes, crafts and more.

The Fantastics premieres this weekend at the Erie Playhouse. The musical will be performed November 4-5, 10-13 and 16-20. For tickets, call the box office at 814-454-2852.

Gannon University will host its annual Open House Sunday, November 6.

Erie area high school football scores:
Erie Cathedral Prep 20 Erie McDowell 19
Oil City 51 Greenville 27
Harbor Creek 14 Corry 12
Mercyhurst Prep 42 Conneaut Valley 3
Lakeview 27 Allegheny-Clarion Valley 14
Saegertown 34 Maplewood 6
Eisenhower 44 Sheffield 14

Mike Duco scored 1:45 into overtime to give the Kitchener Rangers a 4-3 win over the Erie Otters in an Ontario Hockey League game played at The Aud in Kitchener. Mike Blunden paced the Otters with two. Sean O’Connor had the other. The two teams get right back at it again tonight when they wrap up their home-and-home series at the Tullio Arena at 7:30 pm.

Justin Mercier of Erie, who was playing in his first game as a RedHawk after missing Miami’s first four games due to illness, had an assist as the 14th ranked Miami University ice hockey team downed 13th ranked Ohio State 3-1. Justin played last year for the United States National Team Development Program Under-18 Team. He was drafted in the sixth round of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche.

Posted by Dennis at November 5, 2005 7:25 AM

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