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Erie PA News and Events for Thursday July 6, 2006
Posted by Dennis on July 6, 2006
Goverment officials from the County announced that a grant of $46,000 for the Erie County Fair. The fair will be held August 27 through September 2 at the fairgounds in Wattsburg.
David M Gottschling of Erie, Pa has been arrested for attempted robbery and armed robbery of 2 convience stores in the Jamestown, NY area.
The Northwest Rural Electric Cooperative Association announced they signed an aggreement with International Broadband Electric Communications to provide broadband over the cooperative’s electric lines. Northwest Rural serves over 21,000 customers in Northwest PA and NE Ohio.
Millcreek Community Hospital and the LECOM School of Pharmacy June edition of the Drug Information Letter is now available online. There is a Review of Pregabalin (Lyrica) for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy, The Beers List: Bupropion Induced Seizures in the Elderly and the commentary: What Happened to Congressional Oversight of the FDA?
Registration is no longer required for viewing content on Jacksonville Times-Union web site. This quote on their site explains their decision “The online users have spoken, so to speak, and many do not like the idea of registering to view content. A few complained about having to provide personal information or go through the steps to register. Others just stayed away. In a recent national study, 54 percent of Internet users surveyed by the Pew Internet and American Life Project said they had never registered at a Web site in order to obtain news or information. That is a group too large to ignore; its size is one reason newspapers are relaxing registration requirements.” Can anyone think of a newspaper in the Erie area that should do the same? If you’re an advertiser, you’ve got to be happy that you aren’t reaching 54 percent of the people you’re trying to reach.
Wendy’s announced that it will be rolling out their Vanilla Frosty nationwide. It’s been test marketed in Erie, Pittsburgh and Youngstown. It’s REAL good.
The School of Engineering and Engineering Technology at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, announces its new Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) program, formerly known as Electrical Engineering Technology (EET). The updated program offers two options: electrical engineering technology, which is based on the previous major, and computer engineering technology, which is a new addition to the college and reflected in the name changeand is the only program of its kind within the Penn State system.
David Gonzalez, who has an MS from Gannon University, director of Latino services, Hispanic American Council of Erie and an Erie City Councilman, has been reappointed to the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs.
Brent Clevlen hit a 3 run home run and Don Kelly had 3 hits as the Erie SeaWolves beat Akron 10-4. Detroit Tigers DH Dmitri Young, who has been on the disabled list for 1 1/2 months, play four games at Double-A Erie Friday through Monday.
Erie SeaWolves pitcher Bobby M Jones, infielder Tony Giarratano and outfielder Kurt Airoso will all miss the E.L. All-Star Game with injuries and have been replaced on the Southern Division team by pitchers Nate Bumstead and Brian Rogers and infielder Kody Kirkland of Erie.
The Reading Royals of the ECHL, affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League and the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League, today announced that the team has extended qualifying offers to TJ Kemp, Chris Greene and 6 other players. D Kemp scored thirteen goals and assisted on twenty-seven others in 60 games with the Royals in his first pro season last year and an excellent career at Mercyhurst College in Erie. RW Greene joined the Royals on March 21 after completing his second season of major junior hockey with the Erie Otters. Greene played nine regular season games with the Royals and registered four assists.
Bring your family to celebrate July and National Hot Dog Month with food, fun, and entertainment provided by the Sunset Cafe and the Big Green Screen Theatre at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center (TREC). Join in Thursdays in July from 4pm-7pm, for a Picnic on the Patio and a “Top Dog and A Movie” package, for only $6.95 per person, including a Gourmet Footling Smith’s Hot Dog, Coke and a ticket to one of the featured large format films in July, The Living Sea or Lewis and Clark, showing on the Big Green Screen. Live musical entertainment, games, contests and give-a-ways will be a part of the weekly schedule of events, including Big Green Screen Tickets, T-shirts and other specialty items from the Nature Shop at TREC. Local guest musicians will be performing on the patio each week. Celebrating National Hot Dog month with A Picnic on the Patio Series offers an opportunity for the whole family to enjoy great food, live entertainment, family fun and a captivating film at the Big Green Screen Theatre. A hometown favorite, Smith’s Hot Dogs, will be the feature menu item; top you footling dog with gourmet toppings and sauces. Additional picnic foods will be available through the Sunset Cafe. This event is made possible through the efforts of the Presque Isle Partnership and the Sunset Cafe featuring Smith’s Hot Dogs.
This weeks Erie Downtown block party tonight at 7 pm takes place on the 400 block of State Street in front of Scully’s Pub. Music by Money Shot. The event is FREE. Food and beverages will be available for sale.
The Erie County Historical Society has a Horse Drawn Carriage Tour with Wine Tasting every Thursday at 7 pm through September 21. This downtown carriage tour focuses on the architecture of Erie’s State Street mercantile and financial district, as well as Perry Square Park and the city’s West Sixth Street Historic District. Mansions, churches, other notable structures, and the Erie Extension Canal are included in this tour of the west side of Erie. After your tour, please join us at the Watson-Curtze Mansion for wine tasting and other refreshments that have been provided by our local wineries. Each guest receives a complimentary wine glass. Seating is limited. Reservations required. Please call 814-454-1813 Ext. 0 to make a reservation.
The 18th annual Erie Panegyri Greek Festival (no website) will be held at the July 7-9 at the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church (no website), 4376 West Lake Road. For any info call (814) 838-8808.
Droopy Basset Hound Rescue of Western PA will hold their 7th annual Slobberfest on July 8th. Same location as last year in Union City, PA; aprox 20 miles south of Erie, PA. Registration starts at 10 am, with games starting 11 am. All proceeds to go to help Bassets in need.
The 8th annual Pedal to Presque Isle will be held Saturday, July 8. Registration feee is $20 per rider. There are two routes offered; one of 30 miles and another of 75 miles. The 75 mile loop will ride to Presque Isle State Park and return. Both loops begin and end at Conneaut Township Park, 480 Lake Road, Conneaut, Ohio. Registration is welcomed the day of the event. Pre-registration is appreciated.
The 61st annual North East Fireman’s Cherry Festival takes place July 11-15 in North East PA.
The summer Smith Carillon Concert Series at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, begins Thursday, July 13, with a performance by Dutch carillonneur Anne Kroeze. Kroeze, the appointed carillonneur for Emmeloord, Leeuwarden and Epe, The Netherlands, will play the college’s Floyd and Juanita Smith Carillon beginning at 7 pm. The concert is free and open to the public. Seating will be on the lawn of the John M. Lilley Library, so concertgoers are encouraged to bring a chair or blanket. Refreshments will be served. The following Thursday, July 20, the featured musician will be Clemson University carillonneur Linda Dzuris. Charles Dairay, carillonneur for Orchies, France, will conclude the series on Thursday, July 27.
The next 3 Erie Downtown Friday night classic and antique car cruise-in’s called Buggin’ State Street will be held from 6-10 pm on July 14, August 11 and September 15.
The 2006 Erie Airshow will be on Saturday and Sunday, July 15-16, 2006. The Air Show will be held at Erie International Airport, Tom Ridge Field. The schedule of performances and static display aircraft present will be the same each day, so you can attend either day and see the same great show. Gates will open each day at 10 am with the flying portion of the airshow will begin at noon each day.
The 3rd annual Key West Fest will be held July 21-22 at Liberty Park. The great Jimmy Buffet tribute band Key West Express and Peter Mayer Group will perform.
The summer sky will be the topic of the next Summer Open House Night in Astronomy at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Roger Knacke, professor of physics and astronomy and director of the college’s School of Science, will present “Summer Stars and the Milky Way” at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 26, in 101 Otto Behrend Science Building. This Summer Open House Night in Astronomy is free and open to the public. It is a non-technical presentation for ages 6 and older. For more information, call the School of Science at 814-898-6105.
Here’s some info on a great new Erie area event. The Guelcher Film Series at the Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park, aka Movies in the Park - The Biggest Stars Under The Stars. Movies will begin at 9 pm. Here is a tentative list of films.
July 28, 2006 The Black Stallion (1979)
August 4, 2006 Stormy Weather (1943)
August 11, 2006 Waking Ned Devine (1998)
August 18, 2006 CelebrateErie Week, That Thing You Do (1996)
August 25, 2006 Triplets of Belleville (2003)
September 1, 2006 Half Way to Saint Patrick’s Day,
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).
Posted by Dennis at July 6, 2006 7:02 AM
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nixing user registration is one of the MANY things goerie.com needs to change. I can see all of their developers laughing to the bank at being paid for this abortion of a site.
Posted by: spoon at July 6, 2006 8:26 AM
You don't have to register to view things at goerie.com or most any other news site. Go to bugmenot.com and get a (free) login and password and goerie.com need never know. BugMeNot is a site devoted to thwarting registration-required sites that collect personal information for no real reason.
I use bugmenot.com all the time. Try it.
Posted by: Eden at July 6, 2006 10:44 AM
Yeah I use BugMeNot as well, but the point remains that you shouldn't have to, the news should just be out there. The Times too should realize that if a large amount of people are using phony data, the whole exercise has failed. What's the point of collecting marketing data if the data's no good.
Removing the lame registration also opens them up to all sorts of growth opportunities. Inclusion in something like Google News would bring all sorts of traffic to their site. Traffic = more ad views which eventually equals more money. It's so sad that they just don't seem to get it at all.
In the end it's all roses for us - our traffic here at ErieBlogs is through the roof, as Dennis mentioned the other day, and it's only growing (and remaining registration-free). Thanks, GoErie!
Posted by: Mike at July 6, 2006 12:46 PM
I use Bug Me Not also and agree with Mike. Since when did you not have to register for goerie.com? Everytime i send an article to someone that hadn't registered previously is told to sign up.
Posted by: spoon at July 7, 2006 7:41 AM
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