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Erie PA News and Events for Sunday November 20, 2005

Ed Hinkel and Jovan Johnson, both of Erie PA, went out in style in their last home game for the Iowa Hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium. Ed Hinkel caught seven passes for 151 yards and a stadium record four touchdowns. The Hawkeye crowd chanted ‘ED-DIE!’ after his final touchdown in the fourth quarter and gave him a standing ovation when he left the field for the last time. Jovon Johnson intercepted a pass to move to within one of Nile Kinnick and Devon Mitchell’s school record of 18 for a career. Johnson is the NCAA active career interception leader. Ed Hinkel graduated from Erie Cathedral Prep and Jovan Johnson from Erie Mercyhurst Prep. Hinkel and Johnson have one more game to play. Iowa will either be playing in the Alamo Bowl, the Outback Bowl or the Sun Bowl. The bowl selections will be released December 4.

Erie PA native Mark Dwyer is the Chief of Appeals at the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. Dwyer graduated from Princeton and went to law school at Yale. He attended classes at both schools with Sam Alito, the nominee to the US Supreme Court. Alito and Dwyer were roommates at Yale for three years. Dwyer said he has no lampshade on the head stories about Alito, as Alito rarely went out. Alito had the nickname of ‘Felix’, as in Felix of the Odd Couple, at law school because he was so neat and organized.

Howard Lyon of Erie, Pa began tracking science textbooks in 1994. Lyon studied science in college so his daughter thought she could get the answer to a science question from him. He found that the question didn’t even make sense. He went directly to the source. He contacted the authors. Most of them had never even heard of the textbooks in question, said they hadn’t written them and didn’t even know they were listed as authors. Her textbook was ‘Exploring Physical Science’, published by Prentice Hall. Here are a few sample errors that the Middle School Physical Science Resource Center found in ‘Exploring Physical Science.’
‘the sound portions of most television broadcasts are carried as AM waves while the picture portions are carried as FM waves.’ Both the audio signals and the video signals are broadcast as FM waves.
‘stopping distance of a car is directly related to its momentum.’ The stopping distance is directly related to the car’s kinetic energy, not to momentum.
‘software must be precise because in most cases a computer cannot think on its own.’ In no case can a computer today think on its own.

The Allegheny College Wind Symphony, under the direction of Dr. Lowell Hepler, will present its 2005 Fall Concert today, Sunday, Nov 20 at 3:15 pm in Shafer Auditorium. Admission is free.

Paul Spaeth will give a presentation entitled “The World through the Wardrobe: C S Lewis and the Chronicles of Narnia,” at 7:30 pm on Monday, Nov 21. Spaeth will discuss Lewis and the literary and religious underpinnings of his classic fantasy series, in advance of the December opening of the film version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The lecture is free and open to the public and will be held in room 219 of the Waldron Center, 124 West Seventh Street. For more information, contact the Gannon University English department at 814-871-7725, or call 814-871-5497.

Judith Rose, assistant professor of English and women’s studies at Allegheny College, will speak on “Quaker Prophetesses and Medieval Mystics: Unexpected Convergences” at 7:30 pm on Monday, Nov 21 in Room 301 of the Campus Center. The event is free and open to the public.

“Reel It In” is an excellent guide which features information on fishing in Crawford, Erie, Mercer and Venango counties. It’s free. To get your copy of the guide, click on the image above to download it or call 1-800-332-2338.

The London Knights scored three times in the opening 11 minutes of the second period to reverse a 2-0 deficit on their way to a 3-2 win over the Erie Otters in an Ontario Hockey League game played tonight in front of 4,492 at the Tullio Arena. Vince Scott and Mike Blunden accounted for the Otters goals. The Otters return to action Thursday in the annual Thanksgiving game at the Tullio Arena. The Belleville Bulls provide the opposition in the 7:30 pm start. This game sells out every year so get your tickets early.

The Mercyhurst College men’s hockey team got excellent goaltending from junior Mike Ella and a two-point game from freshman forward Chris Trafford to turn back Sacred Heart 3-1 Saturday night and get a split of their two-game weekend series.

The Gannon men’s basketball team lost to Shepherd 74-63. The Golden Knights return to action Tuesday, November 22 against Edinboro at the Hammermill Center.

The Gannon women’s basketball team lost to Indianapolis 78-64.

The Mercyhurst women’s basketball team dropped to 0-3 on the season with an 86-57 loss in the consolation game of the QU Tip Off Tournament to Southwest Baptist.

Junior Avi Fogel’s runner with 1.8 seconds remaining in overtime lifted Mercyhurst to a 74-72 non-league college men’s basketball victory over Molloy.

Erie Cathedral Prep will face McKeesport next week, at a site and time to be determined, in the PIAA Class AAAA football Western quarterfinal.

Keith Whittingham, one half of Erie McDowell’s PIAA State Doubles Championship team of 2005, has signed a national letter of intent to play for Mercyhurst College beginning in the fall of 2006.

Posted by Dennis at November 20, 2005 7:24 AM

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