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Erie PA News and Events Friday January 5, 2007
Posted by Dennis on January 5, 2007
The Greater Erie Board of Realtors released the Erie County December Property Transfer Report which includes monthly figures for 2006 and 2005. Click here to find out who bought and who sold and for how much in December. For December 2006, 385 properties were sold for a total of $52,712,947. This compares to 2005 when 415 properties changed hands for $41,136,116. December was the seventh straight month of decline for the number of transactions. The dollar figures for December 2006 were up although the figures were somewhat distorted by a few large commercial transactions. For all of 2006, 5,330 properties were sold for $606,689,859. The 2005 figures were 5,667 properties for $628,407,507. Properties reported include all residential, commercial, investment and land in which a property transfer tax was paid.
The state released the November unemployment figures. The Erie County seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 5.1 percent for November after hitting 4.8 percent in October. The number of people employed was actually up 3,000 people for November. The rate was up due to the labor force growing from 139,000 in October to 139,700 in November. Click here to see the complete state employment figures in pfd format.
The Erie Roman Catholic Diocese will be closing Sacred Heart School. The school had around 400 student 10 years ago and has a little over 100 students now.
CNB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: CCNE) announced the appointment of Charles H. Reams, President of CH Reams and Associates of Erie, PA, to the Corporation’s Board of Directors and to the board of CNB Bank. As a consultant and broker for companies that provide fully insured and self funded benefits, Mr Reams will apply his expertise in the financial services industry. Reams presently serves as a member of the regional board of directors of CNB Bank’s subsidiary, ERIEBANK, where he has played a vital role in its formation and development.
Emily F Sinsabaugh, PhD, has been named the new vice president for marketing and communications at St Bonaventure University. Dr Sinsabaugh has worked at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania since 1988, for the last 11 years as the Executive to the President for University Communications and Administrative Initiatives. Before that, she served Edinboro as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Speech and Communication Studies and as a media technician in the Office of Television and Media Services. Sinsabaugh also has experience in television, working part-time from 1988 to 1995 at WJET-TV in Erie, Pa., as an assignment editor, reporter and news videographer.
There is still time to register for the January 17 Northwest Pennsylvania Entrepreneur Club Event which will be held from 6-8 pm. This club is for entrepreneurs at all stages of business who want to benefit from networking and education. Guest Speakers will be Jim Heasley, CPA and Minnette Clepper, CPA speaking on “Tax Tips for Small Businesses.” The location is the FICDA (Franklin Industrial and Commercial Development Authority) at 191 Howard Street in Franklin PA. There is no cost for this event. Call Ethel Rodebaugh to Register at 814.677.4800 x113
The Gannon Univeristy men’s basketball team (4-6,1-2) beat Ashland 96-95 overtime. Gannon led by 15 with 5 minutes to go and blew the lead. The Golden Knights return to action Saturday, January 6 against 7th ranked Findlay at the Hammermill Center. Game time is slated for 3 pm.
The Gannon women’s basketball team (9-3,3-0) broke a 47-47 second-half tie with a 25-5 run and cruised to a 93-69 victory over Ashland in an early-season Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) showdown Thursday night at the Hammermill Center. Christina Jackson led Gannon’s offensive attack with 21 points and nine rebounds. Carrie Nolan (Girard) netted 15 points off the bench.
Findlay showed why it is the Number 7 team in Division II, snapping the Lakers’ six game win streak overall and eight game home streak, defeating Mercyhurst 59-47 at the MAC.
The Mercyhurst women’s basketball team blew out Findlay 75-59.
Maurice “Mo” Williams, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound senior at Erie Strong Vincent, made a verbal commitment to play football for Pitt. He was a quarterback and defensive back at Vincent but will play wide receiver for the Panthers.
The Erie Otters (9-27-0-2) of the Ontario Hockey League announced that they have acquired Adam Hasani from the London Knights in exchange for a conditional pick in the 2008 OHL Priority Selection. Hasani, a 17 year-old left winger from Freibourg, Switzerland, is in his first OHL season after being selected by the Knights 58th overall in the 2006 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft. The 6-foot, 175-pound forward, who has a goal and two assists in 25 games this season, is expected to make his Otters debut tonight in Mississauga. Saturday the Otters return home to take on the Sarnia Sting in a 7:30 pm start at the Tullio Arena
The Canadian Hockey League announced that Nick Palmieri and Zack Torquato of the Erie Otters have been invited to play in the CHL Top Prospects Game being held January 17 in Quebec City. The two Otters forwards were included among the list of the CHL’s 40 top players eligible for the 2007 National Hockey League Entry Draft.
Gem City Concert Band of Erie, PA, is seeking new members for the Spring 2007 season. The concert band, currently consisting of 40 members, is very versatile, playing music such as old overtures, show tunes, traditional concert band pieces, movie scores, and marches. The band presents a spring and fall concert at St. John’s Lutheran Church, as well as numerous other nursing home and community performances throughout the year. Rehearsals are held Tuesday evenings from 8 to 9:30 pm in the lower-level meeting room of St. John’s Lutheran Church at 23rd and Peach Streets. Spring 2007 rehearsals begin January 9th. Interested musicians should contact the director, Betty McKinney, at 814-602-9247 for more information. All instruments are welcomed. Membership is free.
The Roadhouse Theatre production of “The Last of the Red Hot Lovers” will run Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm from January 12th - February 10. Admission: Regular seating $12, Riser seating $15, VIP table seating $20. Reservations can be made by phone at 814.456.5656. The Roadhouse Theatre 145 West 11th Street, Box Office hours: 2-6 pm Tuesday - Saturday. The Theater accepts cash, checks, Visa, MasterCard and Discover. It has been twenty years since Scott McClelland toured the country in Neil Simon’s Biloxi Blues. After 625 performances of that Tony award winning play, Mr. Simon’s timing and comedic style had become part of McClelland’s acting arsenal. Now for the first time since Biloxi Blues the actor returns to a play by the greatest comic writer of the American Stage. The show is being directed by his wife Kim McClelland who acted in this same play on the stage at 1505 State Street several years before the McClelland’s met.
The 24th edition of the McDonald’s High School Basketball Classic will be held in Erie on Friday, January 12 and Saturday, January 13, 2007 at Gannon University’s Hammermill Center. This year’s event features nationally renowned programs from California and Ohio, featuring rosters replete with top-ranked players.
The field is highlighted by the appearance of two of the most renowned players in Classic history. Delvon Roe, a 6’7” wing player for St. Edward of Lakewood, Ohio, is currently ranked as the Number 2 player in the junior class by PrepStars Recruiter’s Handbook, and is regarded as one of the best players in the nation regardless of class. Dallas Lauderdale of nearby Solon, Ohio, also is slated to perform, and the 6’10” explosive athlete is on everyone’s list of top centers in the nation.
Also entering the field for Classic 2007 is vaunted Westchester High of Los Angeles, California. The Comets, competing in their third McDonald’s Classic, are annually one of the nation’s top interscholastic programs.
The Classic will tip-off on Friday, January 12, with a first round, 7:00 PM match-up between Westchester and St. Edward. The 8:30 PM nightcap will feature Solon High and the host team Cathedral Prep.
St Edward is making their second appearance in the Classic, having won the title back in 1997. Head Coach Eric Flannery has been guiding the Eagles for eleven seasons and boasts of a 177-60 record including seven District titles, four regional crowns, and one state championship. His top players include current professionals Sam Clancy (USC), Jawad Williams (North Carolina), Steve Logan (Cincinnati), and Steve LePore (Wake Forest).
Also coming from neighboring Ohio is Solon High, featuring 6’10” All-American Dallas Lauderdale, who will play next season for Ohio State. The Comets are coached by highly-successful mentor Todd VanReeth, who in an 18-year career has compiled a 302-120 record, including a 92-29 record with Solon. His squads at Solon have won four league titles in the last six seasons, and have twice been a regional finalist.
The other visiting squad always brings impressive credentials and high aspirations for national championship recognition. Westchester High was California’s AAAA State Champions in 2005 and will feature 6’7 Dane Suttle, the reigning Los Angeles player of the year and junior Oscar Bellfield, who has been offered a scholarship by USC. The Comets are hoping their third trip to Erie ends with their second Classic crown.
Making a return to the Classic for the 24th consecutive year will be the Cathedral Prep Ramblers who are under the direction of head coach Brian Flanagan, who has gone 48-11 in his two seasons on the bench.
In his first season in 2004-‘05, he led the Ramblers to the Final Four in Pennsylvania with a banner record of 26-5, the fourth highest win total in school history. The Ramblers return just one starter from a year ago in junior Mark Blazek, but also have three seniors who saw regular minutes in guards Josh Licata and Ryan Heidt, along with center Jeff Wisinski.
General admission tickets cost $7 per night in advance for adults and $5 in advance for students, and went on sale to the general public on November 29th, 2006. Any remaining reserved tickets will also be on sale beginning on Wednesday, November 29th at the Cathedral Prep athletic office. General Admission tickets will be available on the same date at the Erie Sport Store, the Avalon Hotel, Dee’s News, and select McDonald’s Restaurants while they last. No phone orders will be accepted, and no tickets can be held. Another sell-out crowd is expected, so fans are encouraged to buy their tickets early.
A comprehensive, hands-on, 2 day RFID training will be offered in Erie, PA on January 17-18, 2007 from 8 am - 5 pm. This course is designed to prepare attendees for the CompTIA RFID+ examination, at a fraction of the cost of other national trainings. CompTIA certification is the industry standard for foundation-level information technology skills. Individuals interested in gaining an in-depth understanding of RFID technology, hardware and software capabilities, RFID system implementation and system maintenance should attend this course. The course is presented by the RFID Center of Excellence at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, and the Center for eBusiness and Advanced IT (eBizITPA).
Martin Luther King III, oldest son of Martin Luther King, Jr and Coretta Scott King, will speak at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, as part of the college’s 2007 King holiday celebration. King’s address, “My Father’s Dream, My Mission,” is part of Penn State Behrend’s annual Speaker Series and will be held at 7:30 pm on Thursday, January 18, in the Reed Union Building’s McGarvey Commons. Admission is free and open to the public, and King will take questions from the audience following his talk.
The Erie Chamber Orchestra in residence at Gannon University presents “The Annual Tribute Concert to Dr Martin Luther King, Jr” on January 19 at St Patrick’s Church, 130 East 4th St. The Shiloh Baptist Church Choir, under the direction of Evangelist DM Jamerson, will honor Dr King’s memory at 7:30 pm. The performance is free and open to everyone.
Posted by Dennis at January 5, 2007 7:10 AM
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