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Erie PA News and Events for Sunday December 4, 2005
Posted by Dennis on December 4, 2005
The Pittsburgh Steelers game with Cincinnati today will not be shown in the Erie area. If you don’t have a DirecTV satellite dish with the NFL Sunday Package, head to a friends house or bar or a club. The same goes for the Pittsburgh-Cleveland game on Christmas eve.
Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor) will be playing at the Erie Civic Center Tullio Arena on March 7th. The ticket sale date has yet to be announced. Tickets should be a bit more expensive that the $3 or $4 cover charge I paid to see him/them at the Kings Rook Club a few years ago. Reznor hails from Mercer PA, an hour or so South of Erie.
Nora Mead Brownell, one of three members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, spoke late last week about the need for energy infrastructure improvements including new power lines and more liquefied natural gas terminals. Brownell, a Republican appointed by President Bush, is a native of Erie, Pa. Her six-year term expires in June.
A couple of midwest high-speed rail lines are in the early talking stages. The US Senate passed the addition of a fund to provide federal money for future studies but the House didn’t include the same provision in a budget reconciliation last month, however a conference committee could restore it. One line would connect Chicago, Fort Wayne, Columbus and Pittsburgh. Another line would go from Cincinnati through Dayton and Columbus to Cleveland, then on to Erie, Pa, Buffalo and Toronto. Still another would go from Pittsburgh through Cleveland to Toledo and Chicago, with another spur heading for Detroit.
The Presque Isle Chorale presents their Christmas concert today at 7:30 pm at Christ United Methodist Church, 2615 West 32 Street. Admission is free.
Kids of all ages are invited to make their very own graham cracker gingerbread house, complete with a gumdrop chimney at the Erie County Historical Society Watson-Curtze Mansion, 356 West Sixth St. Hours are Noon to 3 pm. Cost is $2. The Gingerbread House Workshop will also be held Dec 11 and 18.
Cory Coe and Drew Powell combined for 35 points to lead Hillsdale for a 71-44 win over Gannon Saturday in Erie at the Hammermill Center.
Avi Fogel poured in 29 points as the Mercyhurst men’s basketball team (6-1, 1-1) defeated Wayne State 65-61.
Pitt-Greensburg beat the Penn State-Behrend men’s basketball team 68-65.
Mercyhurst freshman forward Stephanie Prischak made a layup with 26 seconds left in overtime and Wayne State missed two free throws with five seconds left as the Lakers won for the first time in 2005-06 with a pulsating 90-89 win over the Warriors Saturday afternoon.
Hillsdale defeated the Gannon women’s basketball team 74-66.
The Pitt-Greensburg women’s basketball team beat Penn State-Behrend 75-71.
Josh Disher turned a 26-save performance to lead the Erie Otters to a 2-1 win over the Guelph Storm in an Ontario Hockey League game played tonight in front of 4,025 at the Tullio Arena. The win ended an Otters franchise record nine-game losing streak. Patrick Lee and Anthony Peluso scored for the Otters while Justin Hodgman collected two assists. The Otters return to action Wednesday night when the Owen Sound Attack come to the Tullio Arena for a 7:30 pm start.
The Mercyhurst men’s hockey team scored six times in a wild first period, four on the power play, and went on from there to turn back Bentley 10-5 Saturday night before over a thousand fans at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The Lakers improved to 9-6-0 overall and to 8-2-0 in the conference.
A string of five straight goals by the 6th ranked Mercyhurst women’s hockey team broke open a 1-1 game and gave the Lakers a 6-2 win over Yale Saturday afternoon at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. Valerie Chouinard scored twice for the Lakers, bringing her season total to 12, and Sherilyn Fraser added three assists.
Kyle Rogers of Erie scored his first collegiate goal in Niagara University men’s hockey team 8-1 loss to Bemidji State.
Posted by Dennis at December 4, 2005 7:15 AM
Comments
Nora Mead Brownell is the sister of one of the Meads at the Times News (Ed or Mike, can't remember which).
Her appointment to the post was one of the greatest cases in Erie history of a job "payback" in exchange for political support.
Ms. Brownell didn't even graduate from college, and she was originally appointed to this post over a number of other better-qualified candidates.
Brownell's appointment was pushed heavily by Tom Ridge, who supported her in exchange for the years and years of lavish "ass-kissing" articles that the Times News had done about him, and which they continue to do to this day.
Posted by: Matt at December 4, 2005 10:03 AM
So it's just a matter of time until we hear another "Heckuva job, Brownie" from W? ;)
Posted by: eden at December 4, 2005 3:10 PM
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