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Erie PA News and Events for Friday February 23, 2007
Posted by Dennis on February 23, 2007
The preliminary ruling was that the shooing of a man in North East by a police officer was justified. Some nut who was fighting with his girlfriend came at officer Sylvain Cote with a knife. He told him to drop it a number of times and when he went towards Cote, the officer fired one shot. Cote played hockey for the Erie Blades and Erie Golden Blades 1979-86 (stats). I don’t think he ever lost a fight. He’s a lefty which gave him an advantage. He’s a big guy and not someone you would want to get in a fight with. For him to think his life was in danger and shot some nut is justified to me.
Erie Blogger CJ Toledano is a finalist for the American Eagle Campus Comedy Challenge. Voting begins today. CJ’s bracket is on the bottom left hand side. You’ll see his picture. Click on VOTE next to his head. You want to watch his video, awesome. You don’t want to watch his video, that’s fine too. But VOTE. Go back Saturday and VOTE again. You can vote every day or if you erase your cookies you can VOTE over and over.
Hats off to Joel Natalie, the director of communications at McLane Church in Edinboro. The church has an excellent web site. They advertise the fact they have a web site. They have podcasts of their weekly sermon. Natalie spent years with Erie radio stations and now operates a thriving radio consulting and marketing company.
I stumbled on the blog for the Erie Cathedral Prep Air Force JROTC. Nice!
Rev Larry Richards will speak, covering a different topic every evening from March 4-7 at St Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Westfield, Indiana. Richards is the pastor of St Joseph Church/ Bread of Life Community in Erie, PA, and founder and president of The Reason for Our Hope Foundation.
Students from Jefferson, Wayne and East schools will be visiting the Mercyhurst College campus Monday evening, Feb. 26, for a career fair focusing on jobs in health and human services. It’s the second of three such fairs designed to help the students explore career clusters. Among the 20 presenters are Hamot Medical Center, Mercyhurst North East nursing programs and Erie campus pre-health programs, Mercy Center on Aging, Brevillier Village Retirement Community, LECOM, KinderCare, Penn State Behrend and Edinboro University.
The Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League open a three-game weekend of action Friday evening in Kitchener when they conclude a three-game road trip against the Rangers. Ottawa (24-29-0-3) looks to build towards a playoff-run as they travel to Erie on Saturday night. The game can be seen live on the Image Sports Network beginning at 7:30 pm. Sunday the Otters and Rangers meet in a rematch at the Tullio Arena in a special 6 pm start.
The United Way of Erie County Week of Thanks offers a variety of FREE and DISCOUNTED events to everyone. Today at any Erie area YMCA you can get a free one day pass good until 5 pm today. The Big Green Screen at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center offers $2 off any regularly priced movie ticket through Friday, February 23. Coventina Day Spa, 10747 Route 19, offers 15 percent off any service booked through Friday.
The 5th annual Harry T Burleigh Heritage and Legacy Weekend is taking place through Saturday. Performances celebrating the legacy of Harry T. Burleigh will be held in the Edinboro university Louis C Cole Auditorium and at Shiloh Baptist Church in Erie.
On February 24-25, the Tom Ridge Environmental Center will be the location of the 2007 Erie Winter Carnival, a fun-filled event weekend for all ages. Highlights include professional ice carvings, carved by some of the greatest ice carvers in the world! Watch the Speed Carving Competitions or check out delicate ice-art carvings created with chain saws and fine carving tools. Amazing pieces of art right created before your eyes! Take in one of the great featured films that weekend including Everest, Lewis and Clark, or the special weekend featured film, March of the Penguins. All on the BIG Green Screen. Children can also enjoy special activities including face painting, winter craft, storytelling and a magic show. Walk through the local artist Art Show and stop into the Nature Shop and Gallery for unique shopping options and great winter gifts. Check out all the great exhibits highlighting Presque Isle State Park. And remember to grab a bite to eat with specialty carnival-type foods and other great items from the Sunset Cafe.
On Feb 25, the Brewerie at Union Station in Erie hosts the Erie Illusion women's football team Beer Fest.
The 25th annual Erie Sport and Travel Expo will be held at Family First Sports Park in Erie, Pa March 2-4. The show features fishing and hunting lodges, guides, outfitters, fishing charters and sporting goods vendors and boat and recreational vehicle dealers. General Admission $6 with children under 10 free.
The Roadhouse Theater production of “Glengarry Glen Ross” is scheduled for Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm March 2-31. Admission: Regular seating $12, Riser seating $15, VIP table seating $20. Reservations can be made by phone at (814) 456-5656.
Allegheny College's Gator Activities Programming organization and Allegheny Student Government will host comedian and actor Wayne Brady for a live one-man show on Saturday, March 3 at 8 pm in Shafer Auditorium. Brady is widely recognized for his work on screen and stage. He is perhaps best known for his improvisational comedy on the television show "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" Brady won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety, Musical or Comedy Series for his work on that show. Brady also starred in his own ABC variety show, "The Wayne Brady Show," in 2001 and a daytime talk show of the same name that aired in 2002. He has also guest-starred on "The Drew Carey Show" and in 2004 was chosen to play the role of lawyer Billy Flynn in the Broadway musical "Chicago." Tickets are available now. Allegheny students are $10 and $20 for the general public All seating is general admission. For more information go to http://www.allegheny.edu/waynebrady or call 814-332-2754.
The North East Community Players have open auditions March 5 and 6 at 7:30 pm for the suspense/ thriller “Night Watch,” directed by Alan Koch. The cast calls for 5 men and 4 women and the performances are scheduled for April 6 - 7, 12 - 15, and 19 - 21. Auditions will be held at the NECP Theatre (25 Vine Street, 2nd Floor) in North East, PA.
Music lovers are invited to follow Road to the Isles, and take in the sights and sounds of traditional Celtic folk music and dance along the way. Road to the Isles is a Pittsburgh-based quintet of pipe, guitar, fiddle, and two dancers that will perform at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, on Wednesday, March 7 at 12 pm. Their presentation of Scottish and Irish music and dance is part of college's Rhythms of Life cultural series and begins at noon in the Reed Union Building's Bruno's Cafe. It is free and open to the public.
The concert band and jazz ensemble at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will play favorites "From Stage and Screen" at their annual joint spring concert. The performance will be held at 8 pm on Thursday, March 8, in the McGarvey Commons of the Reed Union Building. Admission is free and open to the public.
The Erie Art Museum's annual end-of-winter bash is heading for Motown, or at least Motown is heading for Just My Imagination, Saturday, March 10 at the Bel-Aire Clarion Hotel, 2800 West 8th Street. Just My Imagination will replace the Museum's very popular mARTi Gras Bash, but organizers say it will truly be one night to boogie down. "Live Motown music from Cleveland's Tony Quarles and the Discovery Band, great food, elaborate decorations and costume prizes are all planned for this event," said event Chairwoman Rebecca Styn. Tickets are $45 and all proceeds benefit the Erie Art Museum. For tickets call (814) 459-5477.
The Northwest PA Maple Association 2007 Northwest PA Maple Taste and Tour Weekend will be held March 17-18, 10 am to 4 pm daily. Ten sugar houses in Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Warren and Venango counties open their doors during the height of maple sugaring time.
Meadowmount Trio, a frequent contributor to National Public Radio hailed as "an ensemble of seamless rapport" by The Strad magazine, will perform at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, on Wednesday, March 21. Meadowmount Trio appears as part of Music at Noon: The Logan Series. Its performance, which is free and open to the public, will be held at noon in the Reed Union Building's McGarvey Commons.
Posted by Dennis at February 23, 2007 7:18 AM
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You have to wonder how much money the upper execs from St. Vincent received for the deal.
Posted by: TC at February 23, 2007 8:41 AM
Saint Vincent, who happens to be my POE, will still be a 'local hospital'. Altho I have yet to read the Times article today, the info they handed out to their employees that I read is really quite promising for all involved--with an emphasis on the Erie County Community in which we serve & will continue to serve. No assumptions should be made by anyone here until all the facts are known. Personally, I don't want to disclose anything beyond what was stated in the newspaper or stated on the local news cause I trust management likely noted the main talking points which is what they wanted the public to know about. Anyway, we are still local. 232 W. 25th St in Erie, PA will remain our address for many, many yrs to come. We're just going to be even better than we are. What we gain from all this, will result in better care for all of our patients.
Posted by: Kaleen at February 23, 2007 6:41 PM
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