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Erie PA News and Events for Tuesday October 24, 2006
Posted by Dennis on October 24, 2006
Don’t be surprised if the Erie International Airport someday soon announces service by Midwest Airlines. Midwest Airlines announced that it has increased the number of directors on its board from eight to nine, and elected James R Boris to the new position. Boris is currently chairman of JB Capital Management, LLC, a private investment firm. He began his distinguished financial services career in 1971 as a stockbroker with PaineWebber. He later became an executive vice president and member of the board of directors of PaineWebber, Shearson Lehman Brothers and Kemper Financial Companies, as well as president of Canaan Capital Corporation and chairman and chief executive officer of Invest Financial Corporation. From 1990 until his retirement in 1999, he was chairman and chief executive officer of EVEREN Capital Corporation. He graduated from Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1966 and received a master’s degree in business administration from Gannon in 1973. In 1990, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award and in 1997 was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Gannon.
Hundreds of art educators across the state will gather in Erie Oct 26-29 at the Avalon Hotel to gain new insight and inspiration, learn new skills and keep abreast of current educational developments during the Pennsylvania Art Education Association’s annual conference. “The conference features seven keynote speakers all with impressive national credentials, and over 75 workshops encompassing a huge array of topics given by some of the best art educators across the state,” said Kelly Armor, director of education and folk art for the Erie Art Museum and museum educator for the Pennsylvania Art Education Association (PAEA). The Erie Art Museum has been working in conjunction with the PAEA to organize this state-wide conference. The Museum’s staff will offer multiple tours and workshops in the galleries and host a Halloween costume party in the Museum. Attendees will benefit from a basic framing, audio tour development and media relations workshops.
CNB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: CCNE), the parent company of County National Bank, announced reported earnings for the first nine months of 2006 are up 6.5 percent in year over year earnings. The company cited strong growth in the Erie and Warren, Pennsylvania markets. Erie Bank is a subsidiary of CNB.
Jennifer Boresz will start next week as a general-assignment reporter for WTOL-TV in Toledo. She previously worked at WSEE in Erie, Pa.
The Chicago Blackhawk called up Michael Blunden. Blunden, a second-round pick in 2005, played in the OHL the last four seasons for the Erie Otters.
Keith Kaval (KAY-vul) of Erie is working as a full-time referee in the Central Hockey League. He worked an Otters game too earlier this season.
Michael Acri Boxing Promotions has announced the 22nd annual Erie Boxing Classic will be held November 22 at The Avalon Hotel. Tickets are priced at $60, $40 and $20. They can be purchased at The Avalon Hotel, Dee’s Cigar Store, Johnny’s Sports Bar and Ringside Restaurant. Undefeated former IBF lightweight champion Paul Spadafora (38-0-1, 15 KOs) will be the headliner. Spadarora is on parole for shooting his fiancee in 2003.
The Erie Zoo 18th annual Zoo Boo runs through October 30, 6-9 pm nightly. Admission is $4.50 for adults (ages 12 and up), $3 for kids 2-11 with children under 2 admitted free.
The Port Farms Pumkin Farm Harvest Festival takes place through Oct 31. Hours are Mon-Fri Noon-6 pm, Sat 11-7 and Sun Noon-7. Ticket are $3 for adults, $5 for kids 3-18 with kids under 3 admitted free.
The Mercyhurst North East Office of Admissions will be holding its Fall Open House on Tuesday, Oct. 24, from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Great Room of the Michele and Tom Ridge Health and Safety Building. Representatives from each of MNE’s 24 academic programs, along with admissions and financial aid counselors, will be available to provide information and answer questions for prospective students. Reservations are requested by calling (814) 725-6144.
“The Producers, the new Mel Brooks musical” will play the Warner Theater in Erie October 24-26. Tickets run $57.75, $47.75, $37.75.
The Manufacturers’ Association of Northwest Pennsylvania is holding their 2006 Industrial Energy Summit on Wednesday, October 25. Cost is $60. For more information or to register, contact Tracy Shepard at (814) 833-3200.
The second evening of the Cool Jazz Series at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center begins at 7pm on Wednesday, October 25th. Enjoy an assortment of light hors d’oeuvres while sipping a beverage of your choice (BYOB - Bring Your Own Bottle- Wine or Beer). Enjoy a great musical performance by Gene Leone from 7-9 pm. Advance tickets $7.50 each. Tickets can be purchased at the door based on availability for $10 each. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Nature Shop and Gallery in the Tom Ridge Environmental Center. Call (814) 833-6050 for more details.
The Junior League of Erie Spooktacular Night of Comedy with headliner Steve Schaffer will be held at Jr’s Last Laugh Comedy Club on Thursday, October 26. Happy hour starts at 5 pm with a showtime of 7:30 pm. Tickets are $15. They will have a 50/50 Drawing, Raffle Baskets and Prizes for best costume. Come dressed in a costume and receive $5 worth of FREE raffle tickets. Contact: Jodi Farr (814) 725-3048 for tickets. The Junior League of Erie is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.
The 22nd annual meeting of the North East Forensic Anthropology Association (NEFAA) takes place at Mercyhurst College in Erie PA the weekend of Oct 27-29. Hosts for the occasion are Mercyhurst forensic anthropologists Dr Steven Symes and Dr Dennis Dirkmaat. The event is free and all are welcome. Typically, the NEFAA conference includes presentations and workshops by forensic anthropologists, law enforcement, researchers, coroners, police, professors and students. This year’s attendees will present on Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm in Walker Recital Hall of the Audrey Hirt Academic Center. A workshop, “Transition Analysis: A New Means of Estimating the Age of Adult Skeletons” conducted by Dr George Milner of the Penn State Department of Anthropology and Dr Jesper L Boldsen of the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the University of Southern Denmark, will be featured on Sunday from 9 am to noon. For more information, please contact Mercyhurst graduate student Nick Passalacqua at (517) 862-9957; e-mail npassa77@mercyhurst.edu.
The second annual Teaching and Learning Expo, hosted by the Mercyhurst College chapter of Kappa Delta Pi education honor society and the Council for Exceptional Children, takes place Saturday, Oct. 28, from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm in the Audrey Hirt Academic Center on the Erie campus. The expo is open to interested education majors from all local colleges and universities. The fee is $5 and includes lunch. Distinguished education and business professionals will conduct sessions on how to interview effectively, integrate math and literacy, use the computer creatively in the classroom, and make learning meaningful through thematic units. For more information or to register, contact Mercyhurst’s Dr Ruth Auld, 824-3370; rauld@mercyhurst.edu.
On Saturday, October 28, 2006, bring the family to the Tom Ridge Environmental Center for a day of Halloween fun and discovery. The event is free and all are welcome. From 10 am to 6 pm, there are things to excite the imagination, unexpected eerie creatures to encounter and mysteries to solve. The whole family can trek through TREC during a spooky scavenger hunt. Visit stations throughout the Center to learn more about nature’s tricks and treats at Halloween - collecting “treats” along the way. There is even a costume contest for children ages three - twelve. Come as your favorite Halloween-y animal and compete for a prize. Or stop by the face painting station for a pumpkin, ghost or other favorite painted Halloween character. The science of chocolate will be bigger than ever on the BIG Green Screen. The original “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” starring Gene Wilder will be playing throughout the day. Showtime’s are at 11am, 1pm, 3pm and 5pm. Movie tickets only are $ 4 each. Moviegoers will also take part in a search for the “golden ticket” with fun and prizes sponsored by Sam’s Club.
The Lakeshore Marching Band Association 22nd Annual Competitions take place at Erie Veterans Memorial Stadium on October 28 from 2:30 pm until 10:30 pm. It features 25 regional high school marching bands competing for first place in their class. Gates open at 1 pm. Admission: Adults $8, Child/Senior/Student $6.
The Mercyhurst College Dance Department will present The Mercyhurst Dancers in “Dances for Dave, Hip Hop and Moore” on Saturday, Oct 28, at 2 and 7 pm, and Sunday, Oct 29, at 2 pm in the Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12.50 for seniors and students, and $5 for youth under 15, and can be purchased through the Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center box office, 824-3000.
Classy 100 is holding an 80’s Halloween Thriller dance at Rainbow Gardens on Saturday, October 28th from 9 ‘til 1. Memories in Motion will be playing the music, and they’ll have a costuime party. Tickets are $10 in advance ($12 at the door) and can be purchased at Quizno’s on E 38th Street, The Amish Buggy on upper Peach Street and at Classy 100’s studios at 471 Robison Road.
Celebrate Halloween at the 46th annual Holiday Festival and Spaghetti Dinner sponsored by the Dr Gertrude A Barber National Institute on Sunday, Oct 29 from 11 am - 5 pm. Kids and families will love “Barber Boo,” a celebration of free activities such as games and crafts, hay rides, and trick or treating through the Barber National Institute. Bingo, games of chance, theme basket raffles and Christmas crafts for adults. A spaghetti dinner with all the trimmings; tickets just $6 for adults, $3 for children ages 4-12 and free for youngsters under age three. For information, call 453-7661.
The jazz quartet “Sonic Openings Under Pressure” will perform at the Erie Art Museum on Sunday October 29 at 8 pm as part of the Museum’s Contemporary Music Series. The performance follows a 7 pm “Meet the Composer” session with members of the quartet and also concludes an artist residence at the Museum. Tickets are $12 for general admission, $10 for Museum and JazzErie Members and $6 for students and seniors.
The Erie Federal Credit Union and the Millcreek Kiwanis are holding a blood drive for the Community Blood Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania on October 30 from 2-6 pm at the Erie FCU branch at 5500 Zuck Rd. Donors will be eligible for giveaways and prizes.
Chelsea Sexton, who helped General Motors market the EV1 battery-electric car of the 1990s and is featured with celebrities Tom Hanks and Mel Gibson in the documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?,” will be at Mercyhurst College Wednesday, Nov 1, to introduce the film and answer questions afterward. An offering of the Guelcher Film Series at Mercyhurst, the documentary will be shown at 2 and 8 pm in the Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center. Sexton will also speak at noon to members of the Erie Rotary Club.
The Technology Council of Northwest Pa and the Penn State Behrend Sam and Irene Black School of Business will present Mr Toshihiro Nagamatsu, President of Shingijutsu Consulting on Wednesday, November 1, from 6-7 pm. Mr Nagamatsu, a pioneer in the field of lean manufacturing, was the project leader for lean production implementation at Toyota. He will be speaking for 30 minutes and taking questions for 30 minutes. The event will be held in the McGarvey Commons at the Reed Union on the campus of Penn State Behrend. Please RSVP with brenda.borgia@technwap.org .
“Wristcutters: A Love Story” will be shown at the Edinboro University Louis C Cole Memorial Auditorium on Wednesday, November 1 at 7:30 pm. Meet and Greet with director Goran Dukic (confirmed) and actors Shannyn Sossamon (invited) and Shea Whigham (confirmed). Tickets are $5 with Edinboro students attending for free. Tickets the day of the show are $7.50. The Student Art League of Edinboro University of PA and Lyons Den Productions are coordinating/ promoting the event. Click here for more info.
The 2006-2007 Silberman Recital Series at Allegheny College will continue with pianist Alec Chien playing “A Solo Recital of Old Favorites” on Friday, Nov 3. The concert, which begins at 7:30 pm in Ford Memorial Chapel, is free and open to the public. Chien will perform works by Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Frederic Chopin and Franz Liszt.
The students of Toni and Guy in Erie, 930 Peach Street, are holding a fund raiser on November 4 from 9 am - 4:30 pm called “Healing Hands for Hunger.” This event is to raise money and donations for the Second Harvest Food Bank. For every five pounds of food you bring in you get a free five minute chair massage, also for every $5 you donate you also will receive a five minute chair massage. ALL proceeds go to the Second Harvest Food Bank. All massages will be done by students that will be supervised by their instructors.
Gannon University will host a workshop on play therapy to be presented by Richard E Watts, PhD, a nationally known author, researcher, and clinician. “Counseling with Toys” will run from 9 am to 4 pm Friday, Nov 10 at the Avalon Hotel, 16 West Tenth Street. It will be hosted by the Gannon University Community Counseling Program and is co-sponsored by the Gamma Upsilon Chi chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, the Gannon Social Work program and School of Education, the Pennsylvania Association for Play Therapy, the North American Society for Adlerian Psychology, and the Lake Erie Adlerian Institute. Participants can qualify for six continuing education credits (CEUs) and ACT 48 hours. The cost is $50 (pre-registration by Nov 2), or $20 for students. A discount is available for members of Chi Sigma Iota. For more information or to obtain registration material, contact Kenneth McCurdy, PhD, assistant professor, community counseling, at 814-871-7791.
The Goo Goo Dolls will play a concert at the Warner Theatre in Erie Tuesday December 5. Tickets are on sale now.
Posted by Dennis at October 24, 2006 7:16 AM
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I strongly agree w/ the smoking ban for restaurants. I think bars could be a little more flexible, frankly. I would support a statewide smoking ban but the governor won't address that until mid November at the earliest.
BTW: The Pittsburgh Post Gazette has an update on the Andrew Polakowski accident: http://www.post-gazette.com//pg/06297/732494-85.stm
Apparently as he was getting in, the elevator started to fall from being over-weight. Original reports made it sound as if he'd somehow been at fault.
Posted by: Eden at October 24, 2006 12:19 PM
In Pennsylvania there is no difference between a restaurant that sells liquor and a corner bar, it's the same license so they're can't really single out bars.
But there is a different license for some places which is a resort liquor license. That's what Presque Isle Downs will be getting. BUT because Erie County already had their quota of liquor licenses issued some restaurants on upper Peach received resort licenses. It'll be interesting to see which way they go if smoking is banned and resorts are exempted.
And the ban won't apply to clubs. Bars that will be hurt by the proposed ban pay taxes.Clubs don't.
Posted by: Dennis at October 24, 2006 6:23 PM
By "clubs," do you mean private clubs or dance clubs (a la a bar w/ music)? At first read, I thought "dance club."
Clubs are private so that's a different monster. But I'm curious about clubs that have restaurants, like Lake Shore. Where do they fall? I assume with "restaurants," since most have some public allowances.
Posted by: Eden at October 24, 2006 7:40 PM
The dining room of the Lake Shore GC is in a private club so it would be up to them to ban smoking.
There is no such thing as a 'dance club' in the eyes of the state. They operate as a restaurant with a restaurant liquor license.
Posted by: Dennis at October 25, 2006 8:07 AM
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