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Erie PA News and Events for Thursday July 27, 2006
Posted by Dennis on July 27, 2006
Congrats to Pennsylvania Sate Police Troop E commander Kevin Dugan. Dugan was off-duty and driving over 12th Street when he heard an alarm going off. After calling in the alarm, he asked the witness of a break-in for a description of the suspect. The quickly found the guy who was making his getaway on foot at 3 mph and followed him until police arrived.
Philadelphia Governor Eddie Rendell signed a warrant for the execution of Stephen E Treiber, Erie County, by lethal injection. Treiber’s execution is scheduled for Thursday, Sept 21. In October 2002, Treiber was convicted of the arson murder of his two- year-old daughter, Jessica. He was subsequently sentenced to death on November 4, 2002. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed the sentence on May 16, 2005. Treiber filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States in February of this year. The petition was denied on April 17, 2006.
James R “Jim” LeCorchick now has a website. The James R LeCorchick Sports Report covers local sports, and area pro and college sports—everthing he covered when he had a radio show on WFNN. It even has RSS feeds.
Representatives Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) and Phil English (R-PA), members of the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced H.R. 5889, the “Great Lakes Short Sea Shipping Enhancement Act of 2006.” The legislation is designed to improve the efficiency of commerce in Cleveland (Ohio), Erie (Pennsylvania), and the surrounding Great Lakes region and ports. Under current law, the Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT) is assessed on cargo transported between US ports, and cargo imported to US ports from other countries. Because the HMT is only assessed on cargo if it moves by ship, the tax serves as a disincentive to move trucks and their freight by water. As such, the tax actually contributes to greater highway congestion which results in choked border crossings, increased fuel consumption, and increased air pollution. This will help Cleveland and Erie with both cities planning cargo ferry service to Ontario. Ray Schreckengost, Executive Director of the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority, also noted, “this critical legislation will remove the Harbor Maintenance Tax as an obstacle to our new freight ferry service to Nanticoke, Ontario. The transformation of our port into a hub of cross-border commerce will bring jobs and economic development to this community.”
WJET-TV has a Name The Headliner contest for Celebrate Erie. If you think you know who be playing the mainstage on Friday August 18th, give it a shot. I’m guessing it’s “Train.” It fits their schedule.
Dr John Champagne of Penn State Behrend has been named a Fulbright Scholar recipient and will be teaching “Analytical approaches to US popular culture” and “United States minority/ethnic literature in an international frame” at the University of La Manouba in Tunisia for the 2006-07 academic year. As a member of the English faculty in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences for 13 years, Champagne has taught a range of English, literature, composition, and film courses.
Robert Buckner has committed to Gannon University. The 6’ 2” guard averaged 20.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists. The Louisville Eastern High School grad was first team Kentucky all-state.
The Ottawa Senators signed former Erie Otters right-winger Cory Pecker to a one-year agreement.
Gannon University has named Todd Matlak athletic trainer and Danielle Mignemi assistant athletic trainer.
Peccadillo’s will host this weeks Thursday night Erie Downtown block party tonight. Tenth Street between State and French will be closed for the event. Nerds Inc will perform. There is no charge to attend. Food and beverages will be available for purchase.
Sam Hyman and Otis James will perform a free concert at 7 pm in the Patricia McCain Amphitheater at the Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park on Thursday July 27.
Gannon University’s Schuster Theatre presents the 3rd Annual Shakespeare Summer Nights. “The Merry Wives of Windsor” will be performed on July 28 at 7 pm, “Romeo and Juliet” will be performed July 29 and 30 at 7 pm, and “Words, Words, Words” by David Ives, based on Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” will be performed July 28 and 29 at 6:30 pm preceding the mainstage productions. All performances are FREE and open to the public. Performances are outdoor in A.J.’s Way on the campus of Gannon University (between West 7th and West 8th and Peach and Sassafras Streets, just south of the Gannon arch over West 7th Street).
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).
Scooters is hosting the 1st annual Motorcycles 4 Meals poker run to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA on August 12, 2006. Registration starts at 9 am at the Food Bank, 1703 Ash Street with the first bike leaving at Noon. There will be FREE food, FREE music, Chinese auction and a 50/50 raffle at Scooters (last stop). First place winner gets $200, 2nd place $100 and 3rd place $50. For more information visit the link above or call Michele King at 459-3663.
Posted by Dennis at July 27, 2006 6:58 AM
Comments
Congratulations to Trooper Dugan. It's good to know that some of our officers really embrace their calling.
As for LeCorchick's website, someone direct him to a professional web designer. Although I appreciate what he's doing (along with the RSS feeds), the site is kind of ugly (no offense).
Posted by: RichardZ.com at July 27, 2006 8:17 AM
Captain Dougan is an excellent commanding officer. How many Police Officers would stop and investigate an alarm not in their patrol area? Troop E is fortunate he is their commanding officer.
Posted by: Tim at July 27, 2006 3:50 PM
While Lecorchick gets "kudos and plaudettes" for having RSS feeds on his site (and multiple flavors too), they aren't constructed well. I wanted to add them to this site's aggregator and the times and dates are all off, like it's republishing each item each time a new story is added. So close, but so far.
Posted by: Mike at July 27, 2006 11:40 PM
Did you just say "plaudettes"?
Posted by: RichardZ.com at July 28, 2006 9:00 AM
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