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Erie PA News and Events for Wednesday January 25, 2006
Posted by Dennis on January 25, 2006
An Erie area company could be building a new facility in southern Illinois. The Rend Lake Conservancy District Board of Trustees recently discussed a proposed development project. A lender representing the owner/operator of a resort in Erie, PA has submitted a proposal for the construction of a theme
park and facilities near Whittington, IL. The lender plans to speak to the board during their February meeting. There are only two resort operators in the Erie PA area: Splash Lagoon Indoor Water Park and Waldameer Park and Water World.
Someone sent out a fake email this morning saying schools would be closed because of a water main break. Let’s see how long it will be before they catch the person.
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) was honored in the non-manufacturing category for its dramatic growth and local economic impact since it opened in 1993 as an osteopathic medical school. It was announced at the dinner that LECOM expects to become the nation’s largest medical school this fall with an enrollment of over 1400. LECOM has graduated more than 1,000 physicians at its Erie campus on West Grandview Boulevard, now shared by the LECOM School of Pharmacy.
Custom Engineering Company earned the manufacturing Employer of the Year award for its success in customizing skilled training programs as well as multi-ton industrial fabrications that are shipped worldwide from the East 33rd and McClelland Street plant. Custom Engineering faced a shortage of skilled workers, so they designed and tested the curriculum for an intensive, four-week welding program that has served as a model for others.
Peek`n Peak Resort and Conference Center has been sold to Cleveland area based Kiebler Recreation. Kiebler Properties has made their money with condos so look for look for more to be built on the property. Kiebler has a project going in Pittsburgh near the Hillman Cancer Center.
Erie City Council will hold their regular Wednesday meeting tonight in the Council Chambers at 7:30 pm. Why are the council meetings held at night? Because some of the members want to stay in the dark.
Christopher Tremblay recently began his job as Director of Admissions at the University of Michigan-Dearborn after holding the same position at Gannon University. Tremblay said he wants the use of technology to play a role in attracting new students to the school including instant messaging applicants and an overhaul of the web site. He gets it. The colleges embracing technology with an updated web site are getting more applicants and growing.
The Youngstown, Ohio band A Voice Like Rhetoric recently spent some time recording their next full length album at Midtown Studios in Erie PA recording with Sean Hammer.
SciTech Spectacular, Bayer Corporation and Pittsburgh Filmmakers School today asked all area ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th graders to grab their cameras, assemble their casts, scout their locations and produce original films for the Second annual SciTech Spectacular CAUSE Challenge by Bayer Corporation, a high school film festival in partnership with Pittsburgh Filmmakers. The festival invites students, either individually or in teams of up to four, to write, produce and edit a video or film on the theme “Mutual Impact: The Environment and You.” CAUSE stands for “Creating Awareness and Understanding of our Surrounding Environment.” The deadline for entries is Monday, Sept. 11, 2006.
Tickets for the Mercyhurst/Gannon basketball doubleheader, scheduled Saturday night, January 28 at 6 and 8 pm at the Mercyhurst Athletic Center (MAC), will go on sale to the general public today, Wednesday, January 25, beginning at 9 am at the MAC. Tickets are priced at $4 for adults and $2 for students. There will be a four-ticket limit. Tickets will remain on sale each day from 9 to 12 and 1 to 4 until sold out. There will be no tickets available at the door the night of the games.
Journalist, poet, activist and lecturer Kevin Powell will speak at Allegheny College on Wednesday, Jan 25 at 7 pm in the Ford Chapel. Powell’s lecture — titled “Looking for Martin: Are Dr King and His ‘Dream’ Still Relevant?” will examine the life of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, the importance of the civil rights movement, and present-day challenges. Kevin was the jerk on the first season of MTV’s “The Real World: New York” in 1992.
For the third year in a row, the Mercyhurst Prep Crew Team will ‘Row for Humanity’, a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity. The team, boosters, coaches and friends join in this highly physical and mentally challenging feat to row for a full hour on the ergometer, an indoor rowing machine. The 2006 event will take place Saturday, January 28, from 10 am to 3:30 pm at the Millcreek Mall.
Grammy-winning composer Maria Schneider, with her 17-piece orchestra, will perform Saturday, January 28, 2006 at 8 pm at the Mercyhurst College Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center. To order tickets, call the box office at (814) 824-3000.
The Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League will have their hands full tonight at the Tullio Arena when the Guelph Storm visit for a 7:30 pm contest. The Storm arrive at the Tullio Arena having won six of their last seven games to move to within four points of first place in the Western Conference. The game can also be seen on the Image Sports Network (Adelphia Channel 12 Time Warner Channel 20).
Paul Jones was announced recently as the new Faulkner State Community College women’s softball coach. An Erie PA native, Jones attended Edinboro University and later received his master’s degree from Auburn University.
Posted by Dennis at January 25, 2006 7:02 AM
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I'd be willing to be it's Mr. Nick (The Dick) Scott. Nick Scott is one of those special kinds of assholes, the ones that build decent looking hotels with cheap materials so they can sell them one day when they're profitable, and let the buyer deal with the repairs later on. He's also the special kind of asshole that parks in a handicapped zone of one of his own restaurants, while an old woman with a walker gets to walk through the slush and snow into the restaurant, and he does not even apologize when she complains to him.
Let me tell you a story that one of my high school teachers told me about his wife as well (they're one and the same apparently). This teacher was one of the kindest and honest teachers I've seen, so I have no reason to believe he was lying.
This guy went to one of Nick Scott's restaurants (the exact one escapes me) and sat down with his wife in a booth. When they ordered their drinks, he got a glass of milk. He took a drink of the milk and noticed it didn't taste very good, like it wasn't very fresh. He asked the waitress nicely if he could have another glass of milk, as his wasn't fresh. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem, right?
Well, it would be if it's Nick Scott's restaurant!
Nick Scott's wife happened to be there when the waitress was going to dump the milk. Since my old teacher was near the counter, he heard the whole conversation. She demanded to know why she was going to dump the milk down the drain, and the waitress explained. So Nick Scott's wife comes over and wants to know what the problem is. My teacher explains that the milk wasn't fresh, and he just wanted another one.
Here's where it gets good, and a little weird. Mr. Scott's wifey TAKES A SWIG OF THE MILK, tells him it tastes fine to her, and puts it back on the table, and tells him he doesn't need another glass. That's when our hero got up, told the waitress he felt sorry for her having to work for such a horrible boss, and left. So basically because she wanted to save $0.50 or whatever it would have cost to fill that glass, they lost about $20.00 in business that day. Would you make your customer drink out of glass you just drank out of, IN FRONT OF THEM? Jeebus.
So yeah, I'm not a big fan of Nick Scott. He can go build somewhere else and stay there.
Posted by: Ron at January 25, 2006 8:48 AM
Last night before bed I was channel flipping and saw a scrolling text across the screen on one of the stations saying that Fort Lebouf was cancelling school today because of a water pipe break.
Posted by: Linda at January 25, 2006 9:52 AM
I have a feeling that Nick Scott is going to end up coming in and taking over that Family First Sports park that Gary Renaud tried to dump on the local YMCAs of Erie.
Scott owns just about everything else on upper peach street and summit, and he uses places such as Splash Lagoon to promote his restaurants and hotels and vice versa.
So it wouldn't suprise me if Scott works Family First into his empire up there.
Posted by: Matt at January 25, 2006 12:48 PM
Do any of you know Nick Scott's sons, Chris, and Nick jr? What are they like? In the article about Nick Scott that the Times had once time, it said that one of his sons runs the restaurant side of things, while the other son runs all the hotels.
Posted by: Matt at January 25, 2006 12:52 PM
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