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Erie PA News and Events for Wednesday September 6, 2006
Posted by Dennis on September 6, 2006
Erie County Council, the elected group who spend money less responsibly than a crack whore with a welfare check, approved four new positions for the new $14 million 911 dispatch center and public safety suburban campus. The center and operations are paid out of your pocket with a monthly $1.25 tax added on to your cell phone. It was $.99. Just imagine what it will cost you in a few years. 911 operations, glorified incoming telemarketing call centers, were scattered around the county and were funded with through paying property taxes. Also formerly funded by property taxes were services such as garbage collection, water and sewer. Runaway spending and continual rising taxes and fees are killing business growth and are keeping new businesses from locating to this area.
Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge of Erie and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage are the two names in the news as possible successors to replace Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld if Rumsfeld resigns or is replaced.
Lenore Skomal of Erie is the author of “LifeLessons: Gratitude”, an inspirational gift book. The book benefits the LifeLessons Foundation, an organization that supports parents whose children are patients at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. She has also penned “The Secret Life of Girlfriends: Magnetic Quotes and Affirmations.” Skomal is an adjunct of journalism at Allegheny College.
Bob Pinarski has been named advertising director of the Memphis Tenn Commercial Appeal and will oversee a sales staff of 105. Pinarski was formerly the advertising director at the Erie Times-News.
Former Tigers catcher Matt Walbeck who has managed Class A West Michigan into the playoffs for three straight years is expected to be named the new manger of the Class AA Erie SeaWolves.
Two members of the Akron Aeros got into a fistfight in the clubhouse before Sunday’s game in Erie. All-Star second baseman Eider Torres had his jaw broken by reliever Bubbie Buzachero. Buzachero was kicked off the team and Torres has been placed on the disabled list and will miss the playoffs.
The Gannon volleyball team extended its win streak to three matches with a clean sweep of Mercyhurst Tuesday night at the Hammermill Center. The Lady Knights opened Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) play by scores of 30-25, 30-27, 30-26.
Edinboro’s men’s and women’s cross country teams are both ranked in the US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association Division II top 25 poll. The men were ranked 14th and the women 22nd.
The 86th annual Spartansburg Community Fair is being held now through September 9 2006. Spartansburg is about 10 miles South of Corry PA. There is a huge parade on Saturday morning at 11 am and a HUGE fireworks display Saturday night at 11:15 pm.
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, hosts of the Discovery Channel hit “MythBusters” will kick-off the 2006-07 Behrend Speaker Series with an interactive lecture on Thursday, September 7, 2006, at 7:30 pm. Due to the expected large turnout, Penn State Behrend has moved the event from Erie Hall to the Junker Center. Doors open at 6:30 pm. The event is free and open to the public.
Thursday evening, September 7, Molly Brannigans will host their Second annual Block Party in the 500 block of State Street to benefit the Erie American Heart Association. Rince-na-Tiarna Irish Dancers will open at 7 pm, followed by the Mulligans and from 9-midnight U2 tribute band 2U will perform. The event is free and open to the public. Food and beverages will be available for sale.
The 6th annual Highmark Triathlon will be held Saturday, September 9 at 9 am at Presque Isle State Park. All segments of the triathlon the swim, the bike ride, and the run will start, finish and transition at the Beach 6 area. Proceeds from the Highmark Triathlon will benefit the Highmark Caring Place, Lake Erie-Allegheny Earth Force, Neighborhood Art House and the Presque Isle Partnership.
The Erie Marathon will be held at Presque Isle State Park Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 7:30 am. The start/finish is in the Rotary Pavilion Area (approximately 3 miles from park entrance) and the loop course will be run primarily on Presque Isle State Park. This marathon is quite possibly the flattest course in the country. World records were recently set on this course in 2003 and 2005. It is certainly a Boston qualifier and has a course record prime to be broken:
The Northwest PA Commission will be holding a seminar on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) on September 13 at the Warren Holiday Inn. Cost is $35 and the deadline to register is Sept 6. For many businesses, RFID will soon be mandatory. Click here for brochure/registration form.
Former Mecyhurst College basketball great Brent Swain is organizing a Mercyhurst Laker Alumni Basketball Game which is scheduled for September 9 at 7 pm in the Mercyhurst Athletics Center (MAC)..
Barbara Hurd will open the 2006 Creative Writer’s Speaker Series at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, with a reading on Thursday, Sept 14. Hurd’s reading will begin at 6 pm in the worship space of the Smith Chapel. A reception for her at 4:30 pm in the chapel living room will precede her appearance; both are free and open to the public. Hurd is the author of two literary nonfiction books, Stirring the Mud: On Swamps, Bogs, and Human Imagination, which was named a Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2001, and Entering the Stone: On Caves and Feeling Through the Dark, and a book of poetry, Objects in This Mirror.
Soprano Kyoung Cho will perform with the Erie Chamber Orchestra in their first concert of the 2006-07 Music Season on Friday, September 15, 2006 at 7:30 pm at St Patrick’s Church,130 East 4th Street. The concert is free and open to the public.
The Erie Irish Festival will be held September 15-17 at Rainbow Gardens on the grounds of Waldameer Park. Adult daily admission $2; all weekend only $3. Children under 16 admitted free.
The Scions Of Britain Car Club (the SOB’s) will hold their 14th annual ‘All British Car Gathering’ meet at the Gazebo Park in Waterford, Pa, about 12 miles South of Erie, on September 17 from noon to 4 pm The event is informal - no vendors, no judging, no fee - drive it, drag it, or just talk about it kind of event. There are usually about 75-80 cars and a few motorcycles, and they usually have door prizes for everyone. For more info, please contact Tom Lee at (814) 725-5992 or rthomaslee@aol.com .
The Northwest PA Entrepreneur Club (E-Club) will be holding a Networking Event on September 20 at 6 pm in the Oil City library. It’s open to entrepreneurs at all stages of a business’s life who want to benefit from networking and education. Featured Speakers will be Mike Snyder, Attorney and Mike Klapec, Small Business Owner. RSVP by September 13 by calling Ethel Rodebaugh at 814-677-4800 x113.
The 25th Annual Wine Country Harvest Festival takes place in North East, Pa September 22-24, 2006. The festival features two venues, Gibson Park in downtown North East and Gravel Pit Park just 1.5 miles west of downtown. You’ll enjoy wine by the glass, tour buses to the five local wineries, Arts and Crafts, Main Stage Entertainment, a Children’s Area, Cruise in on Sunday, Bike Wine Country Tours, wine and food seminars and a champagne breakfast.
Posted by Dennis at September 6, 2006 7:10 AM
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