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Erie PA News and Events for Monday March 26, 2007

A meeting was held on Sunday to discuss Conneaut Lake Park. It’s been a broken record for years. Will the amusement park have the money to open? A court appointed custodian for the park has an agreement of sale to sell 3.3 acres of lakefront property to pay off debt. The $1.7 million sale proceeds will go a long way in paying off the park’s debt of about $2 million. A developer will build condos on the land. They’ve had a difficult time finding a developer to buy the park because of the debt. Now that most of the debt will be paid off will a developer come in or be scared off because of the lakefront development?

A happy 36th Independence Day to Bangladesh. Dr Syed Saad Andaleeb of Penn State Erie, The Behrend College has a beautiful, warm tribute to his native country in an article published in today’s Daily Star. On March 26, 1971, independence of Bangladesh was formally declared, leading to the Liberation War against the Pakistani occupation forces and resulting in the emergence of a sovereign state on the global map. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr Syed Saad Andaleeb is professor of marketing at Behrend.

Last week I got a call from a bankruptcy attorney in Indiana asking if I could sell a home in Erie that they needed to sell. Sure thing. I drive down to the house to check it out and see how I’m going to get in. There are a couple of people on the sidewalk a few houses away so I go ask them about the place. The one guy says “I live there.” Oh, crap. It’s his sisters place. She never told him she filed for Chapter 7 and had to sell the house. Of course he didn’t believe me and wouldn’t let me in the place. I went back down to put a for sale sign in the yard. The street was filed with fire trucks, police cars, ambulances, and everything else with a flashing light on it. The house next door was on fire. A lady died in the Tuesday fire. So nobody has been able to get in the place I’m selling and the home next door is half burned down with police tape surrounding it. In spite of these little things, there are 5 offers for the property I’m selling. Why? It has a view of the bayfront.

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater won the 30th Annual National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball title, defeating host Edinboro 70-57. Whitewater won its fourth NIWBT title in five years.

The Gannon softball team finished play at the Salem (Va.) Invitational on a high note Sunday afternoon, shutting out Bloomsburg 4-0 in a battle of nationally-ranked teams. The Lady Knights are ranked 15th in NCAA Division II while the Huskies are listed 25th.

The ADAU (Anti Drug Athletes United) opens their 2007 schedule this coming Saturday March 31 in Erie, PA with the Great Lakes Powerlifting Championships.

The St Martins Center 9th annual Homeownership Expo will be held March 29 from 11:30 am - 6:30 pm at the Blasco Memorial Library. There will be information on homes, mortgage products, refinancing options, homes inspections, lead paint issues and more. Admission is free and open to everyone.

Mercyhurst College welcomes noted historian Dr Ralph Ketcham, Emeritus Professor of History, Political Science and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, who will address “Lincoln’s Union: Where it came from, and what it Meant,” on Thursday, March 29, at 8 pm in Walker Recital Hall.

 

The Erie Micro Brew Festival presented by WQLN will be held April 21 at Union Station at 14th and French Streets. There will be 2 sampling sessions 1-4 pm and 5-8 pm. All proceeds support public broadcasting and all PLCB laws apply. Attendees must be 21. Tickets will be available soon at many Erie area locations. Scheduled to attend are: The BrewErie at Union Station, The Erie Brewing Company, Southern Tier Brewing, Pennsylvania Brewery, Voodoo Brewery, The Flying Bison, Ellicottville Brewing Company, North Country Brewing Company, Hereford and Hops, Sprague Farm and Brew Works, The Buffalo Brew Pub, Magic Hat Brewing and the East End Brewing Company.

 

Dennis Weed

Posted by Dennis at March 26, 2007 7:08 AM

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