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Erie PA News and Events for Friday November 3, 2006

Erie received it’s first sizable snow storm. The city and the airport, where the official totals are measured, got about 3 inches. There was about 9 inches near the Millcreek Mall and a foot was connon in other places. I think I heard the phrase “This sucks” over 100 times yesterday. O course people don’t bother to slow down and there were a ton of fender benders and the ditches were a magnet for cars, trucks and even one PennDOT snowplow. There were a ton of kids sledding down the hills at Frontier Park.

There was a huge over-reaction to the legal notice in the paper yesterday placed by the Department of Health and Human Services that Saint Vincent could possibly lose their ability to take Medicare/ Medicaid patients. Sounds like there was a government employee on a power trip who wanted to show what they could possibly do. Here’s the story. Like most hospitals, St V’s is short on nurses. On one occasion they didn’t have someone to keep an eye on a patient. The patient was on suicide watch and slipped out of the hospital. As I recall, the person was found a short time later. Mistake, yep but the the problem has been addressed.

Cassidy Chriest of North East in Erie County is now a professional actress. She is 10. Cassidy was hired to play the role of the young astronaut Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, who was inspired to her career watching a TV broadcast of a space shuttle launch from her 4th grade classroom. The video which was filmed in Pittsburgh is part of a National Aeronautics and Space Administration initiative to get young people excited about NASA’s planned return to the moon. It will be shown on NASA TV and nasa.gov.

Giant Eagle announced they will temporarily double its fuelperks gasoline discounts, when consumers show their Advantage cards while buying other retailers’ gift cards. The chain said it will offer a 20 cent per gallon discount at GetGo stations for every $50 spent on gift cards. The offer runs until Dec 27.

Tom Ridge of Erie, the former two-term governor of Pennsylvania and first US Secretary of Homeland Security, has accepted a consulting role with Deloitte and Touche USA LLP. In addition to his own consulting activities, Ridge will serve as Senior Advisor to the Deloitte US organization’s State Government Practice and counsel its clients on the major issues, challenges and trends facing governors and states. Ridge’s specific areas of focus on behalf of Deloitte and Touche USA LLP include the effective deployment of information technology to transform government, improving education performance and improving states’ abilities to serve those most in need.

The Erie Times-News placed second among daily newspapers for Newspaper of the Year by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. The Harrisburg Patriot-News took first place for the second straight year. Awards will be presented today during the association’s annual convention in Philadelphia.

The Presque Isle Partnership (PIP) is proud to announce that $6130 was raised during the recent Presque Isle Coin Challenge. Fourteen City of Erie and local Private Schools participated in the Presque Isle Partnerships second annual “PI Coin Challenge”. In competitive fun, the schools were each given a 10-gallon aquarium to use as collection container for the PI Coin Challenge. The schools were asked to have students come up with creative ways to raise money for the challenge. The money raised will be used to support the future expansion of the Playground in the Waterworks area. Two sets of competitions were put in place, one for the City of Erie Schools and a second for private schools. The two first place winners were St. Luke’s Elementary and Grover Cleveland Elementary. The two runner-up awards went to Harding Elementary and Montessori Regional Charter School. Winning schools each receive 250 tickets to the Big Green Screen Theater at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center and a Presque Isle Sculpture created by local artist, Evan Everhart to display at their school.

The Pickle Barrel at 301 E Carson St on Pittsburgh’s South Side serves Smith’s Hot Dogs. A Pittsburgh Style hot dog is a Smith’s foot long natural-casing wiener covered with shredded cheddar and mozzarella, black olives and honey mustard (black and gold). Cost $2.50.

Gannon University President Antoine M Garibaldi, PhD, announced that head football coach Bill Elias will relinquish his coaching duties at the end of the 2006 season to focus full-time on being Gannon’s Director of Athletics. The move was expected the day he became AD on March 30. Now Elias can find or form a more appropriate conference for Gannon than the crappy GLIAC.

Mike Machuga of Erie is in 26th place at the PBA Tour Motor City Classic after the second round. Bob Learn Jr cashed for $1,000 in the qualifying round but did not make the tournament.

The Stanford wrestling team begins 2006-07 competition on Saturday, heading to Erie, Pa to compete in the Avalon Duals hosted by Edinboro University. Stanford will face Maryland at 1 pm, Edinboro at 3 pm and Mercyhurst at 5 pm.

The Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League head out onto the road this weekend as they make their annual trip to Northern Ontario to face off against the Sudbury Wolves on Friday and the Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds on Sunday. Both games can be heard live on 1330 Erie’s ESPN Radio and online at OttersHockey.com (presented by the James H Cross Company). Friday’s game gets underway with the pre-game show at 7:15 pm while Sunday’s game starts with the pre-game at 6:45 pm.

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 Tony award-winning musical “Titanic” will be performed at the Erie Playhouse November 3-4, 9-12 and 15-19. Call (814) 454-2852 ext 0 for ticket information.

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.

Enjoy brunch and a movie Sunday’s in November (Nov 5,12,19) at the Tom Ridge Enviromental Center. Have brunch at the Sunset Cafe - with great menu items like Omelets, Bacon and Sausage, Breakfast Potatoes, Fruit Crepes, Scrambled Eggs, Chicken Penne Mediterranean, Assorted Salads, Juices, Breakfast Breads and coffee. Dive into great sweets to top off your brunch. Then catch a flick at the Big Green Screen Theater, the 175 seat, large format theater. Cost - Brunch $10.95 Adults, $5.95 Children (age 2 and under eat free), add $4 for movie tickets.

Gannon University on Sunday, Nov 5 will award $192,000 in scholarships during its annual Fall Open house. Funds will be awarded to students who place in Scholarship Contests to be offered in the following academic areas: foreign languages (French, Spanish, and German), biology, chemistry, engineering, English, and education. Three scholarships will be awarded in each area, with first place worth $3,000, second place $2,000, and third place $1,000. In order to qualify, students must enroll as full-time undergraduates at Gannon. The scholarships are renewable annually provided that students meet certain eligibility requirements. The exams will begin at 10 am. For more information on the Open House, contact the Gannon University Office of Admissions at 814-871-7240 or 1-800-GANNON-U.

The Erie Art Museum invites singers and non-singers alike to a throat singing workshop with internationally touring Tuvan throat singers Chirgilchin on Wednesday, November 8 at 7 pm in the Erie Art Museum Annex. Cost is $5 per person. Workshop attendees will receive a $5 off tickets to Chirgilchin’s Nov 9 performance. Throat singing is an extraordinary vocal form in which one singer produces two or more voices at the same time, one voice harmonizing with the others. A performance is scheduled for Nov 9 at 8 pm in the Erie Art Museum Annex. Tickets are $15 for general admission, $12 for Erie Art Museum and Jazz Erie members and $10 for students and seniors. For more information on the workshop or performance call the Erie Art Museum at 459-5477.

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.

William Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors,” a rollicking tale of mistaken identity and witty dialogue, will be the fall Studio Theatre performance at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Performances will begin at 8 pm on Friday Nov 10, Saturday Nov 11, and Wednesday Nov 15 through Saturday Nov 18. A 2 pm matinee performance will be held on Sunday, Nov 12. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students; reservations can be made by calling 814-898-6304.

The rock band Lareau will play at Docksiders located at 1015 State Street in Erie on November 10. Admission is $5. The band has just completed filming its first music video with Producer’s/Director’s James Pizzaro and Aaron Doonan . The song is the title cut from their debut Rust Records release entitled ‘Changes’. Lareau is working on their second album with producers Darrin Payne and Anthony Brown at All Sound Recording Studios in Warren PA.

The All American Hot Dog and Chili Party will be held November 12 from 1-5 pm at the Huzar Club, 1122 East 10 St. This is open to the public. Hot dogs and a variety of chili’s to try. Games, Chinese auction, basket raffles, 50/50’S and fun. Proceeds benefit 12-year old Kristina King, Student Delegate of Harbor Creek. She will be going to Washington, DC April 2007 for the People to People World Leadership Forum.

The Goo Goo Dolls will play a concert at the Warner Theatre in Erie Tuesday December 5. Tickets are on sale now.

The movies for the Holiday Film Series at the Big Green Screen Theater are The Lion King (Dec 5), The Incredibles (Dec 12), the excellent 1961 version of 101 Dalmations (Dec 19) and Toy Story (Dec 26).

Dennis Weed

Posted by Dennis at November 3, 2006 7:15 AM

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