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Erie PA News and Events for Monday January 9, 2006
Posted by Dennis on January 9, 2006
The confirmation hearings begin today for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. Erie PA native Mark Dwyer, Chief of Appeals at the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, attended classes with Alito and they knew each other as undergrads at Princeton. They then both attended law school at Yale and were roomates for 3 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.
In looking for info about Erie PA, I often run into things about Erie Colorado. The Denver Regional Council of Governments reported that Erie, CO was the fastest growing town in their metro area in 2005 with a population increase of 28 percent. Since 2000, the population has more than doubled from 6,291 in 2000 to 12,748 at the end of 2005. The former coal town was first settled by the Reverend Richard Van Valkenburg, a Methodist minister from Erie, Pennsylvania, who named it after his hometown.
I had the oil changed in my car over the weekend. As the guy was explaining the services they performed, checking the wipers, etc, he said “Normally we check the tire inflation but noticed that you had green valve caps. They’re filled with nitrogen and since nitrogen doesn’t leak out like air does, we didn’t check them.” Think I said “REALLY!” five times. Guess I wasn’t paying attention when I bought my tires at Dunn Tire. My gas milage has increased about 7 percent. Thought it was just the new tires. Must be the combo of the tires and the fact that they’re filled with nitrogen. Nitrogen filled tires are supposed to get 3-5 percent better fuel mileage.
Tickets for the Nine Inch Nails March 7th show in Erie go on sale Saturday, January 14th.
Dr Harm de Blij, author, geography professor and television personality, will speak at the Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center at Mercyhurst College Tuesday, Jan 10, at 8:15 pm. For seven years, de Blij was the popular geography editor at ABC’s “Good Morning America.” In 1996, he joined NBC News as geography analyst, appearing mostly on MSNBC. He was a writer and commentator for the original PBS series “The Power of Place.” His talk is free and open to the public.
Tickets are still available for the 23rd edition of the McDonald’s High School Basketball Classic which will be held in Erie PA on Friday, January 13 and Saturday, January 14, 2006 at Gannon University’s Hammermill Center, 6th and Peach Streets. General Admission tickets at $7 per night in advance for adults and $5 in advance for students are available at Cathedral Prep, the Erie Sport Stores, the Avalon Hotel, Dee’s News, and Erie area McDonald’s Restaurants while they last. Reserved tickets are sold out. Milwaukee Rufus King High, New York’s Mount Vernon High, Chester (PA) High and the host team Cathedral Prep make up the field.
The Erie Philharmonic presents “Immortal Mozart ” on Saturday, January 14, 2006 at 8 pm.
Presque Isle State Park has planned a couple of guided snowshoe hikes: Jan 14, how animals survive in winter; Jan 28, tree and plant identification; Feb 15, winter magic; and Feb 25, tracking animals in snow. All the hikes run from 1-3 pm. Also, on Jan 18 and Feb 15 there will be a night hike from 6-8 pm. Snowshoes are available free of charge to those who make reservations and register. There’s no registration required for those who bring their own equipment. For information, call 814-833-7424 or 814-833-0351.
The 2006 Bridal Showcase and Expo will be held at the Erie Civic Center Tullio Arena on Jan 15, 2006 at 11 am and 3 pm.
The Highmark Quad Games Cross County Ski and Snowshoe Race has been postponed due to lack of snow. Yes, Erie and lack of snow. Go figure. The event was originally scheduled for Jan 8th and has been pushed back to Jan 15. It might be postponed again because temps are expected to be in the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s all week.
Mercyhurst College will host the annual Brain Bee on Saturday, Feb 11, and is looking for a few good brains to participate in the competition based on knowledge of the neuroscience field. Area high school students are encouraged to participate and earn a chance to represent Northwest Pennsylvania at the International Brain Bee held in March at the University of Maryland. Questions are pulled from the Society for Neuroscience publication Brain Facts. Students and teachers interested in the competition should contact Darlene Melchitzky at 824-3342, dmelchitzky@mercyhurst.edu or Robert Hoff at 824-2380, rhoff@mercyhurst.edu, for more information.
The Mercyhurst College women’s hockey team got two goals apiece from junior forwards Julia Colizza and Stefanie Bourbeau and limited Providence to just 17 shots in posting a 5-2 win over the Friars Sunday afternoon. Mercyhurst won its sixth straight game and improved to 13-6-1 overall.
Posted by Dennis at January 9, 2006 7:00 AM
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When we lived in CO for a year, we lived very near Erie, CO. There was something kind of comforting about seeing signs on I-25 for "Erie." :)
Posted by: eden at January 9, 2006 1:27 PM
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