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Erie PA News and Events for Sunday April 29, 2007
Posted by Dennis on April 29, 2007
A symposium on the John Kanzius cancer treatment was held yesterday at Mercyhurst College. The place was packed yet you could have heard a pin drop. People in attendance soaked in every word. Dr Steven Curley of M D Anderson Cancer Center and Kanzius spoke. Since Kanzius came up with the treatment, every bit of news has been promising. Kanzius has received patents for the cancer treatment procedure. High-powered radio waves are focused on cancer cells and destroy the cell membranes. Kanzius explained that when the body is hit by the flu, a fever causes the flu cells to overheat and the membranes are destroyed. Radio waves act like the fever with cancer cells.
Tim Hodges won the rebar rod tying competition and Eric Hersch won the cut competition through a 3/8 inch thick plate at the Ironworkers Local 3 Outstanding Apprenticeship Contest in Pittsburgh. Both men are from Erie. Apprentice ironworkers start at $15.75 an hour with the starting wage for journeymen at $28.68. Iron Workers Local 348 serves the Erie area.
Erie’s newly crowned “Idol,” 21 year old Kayti Ostromecki, graduates from Mercyhurst College in May with a communication degree but, if the stars continue to shine on her, she may be communicating as a pop vocalist rather than a PR professional. Kayti won the Erie Idol contest, sponsored by WFXP-TV, on the strength of two performances: Aretha Franklin’s “Natural Woman” placed her among the top five out of 20 in the Idol finals on Thursday, April 26, and Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” sealed the win. Mercyhurst is also home to another “Idol,” Kara Stadelman, who won the Cleveland Idol competition in March.
Donald L Panhorst was the principal conductor of the Edinboro University Alumni Band during the music department’s quadrennial reunion weekend. He is professor emeritus at Edinboro. The music department reunion was part of Edinboro University’s Sesquicentennial Celebration.
Children’s book illustrator Shennen Bersani visited Our Lady’s Christian School in Erie on Friday. Here is her blog post about her visit.
The Erie SeaWolves used a strong starting pitching performance from Eddie Bonine and a pair of big blasts to down the Bowie Baysox on Saturday night 6-2 at Prince George’s Stadium.
Scott Janssen scored five goals and Mike Thon added three goals and three assists as the Mercyhurst men’s lacrosse team beat No 2 NYIT 12-9 Saturday at Tullio Field for Senior Day. The win clinches at least a share of the East Coast Conference Championship and puts the Lakers in the driver’s seat for a berth to the Final Four.
Melissa Hill scored with 10 seconds left in regulation to cap a late rally as Gannon University women’s lacrosse team posted an 8-7 victory Saturday afternoon at local rival Mercyhurst. The goal set off a celebration and gave head coach Steve Wagner his 50th career coaching victory. Gannon, ranked sixth in NCAA Division II, completed the regular season with a 12-4 record. Mercyhurst dropped to 6-5. Gannon now awaits word on a possible NCAA Division II Tournament bid.
Behrend softball picked up a pair of key victories over Frostburg State to conclude the regular season on Saturday. With the wins, Behrend locks up a number three seed in the conference tournament, and finishes the regular season with an overall mark of 23-12, with a 13-5 conference record.
The Johnstown Riverhawks crushed the Erie Freeze 63-21 in an American Indoor Football Association game played Saturday.
The Erie Otters announced that Evans Capital Management has signed on as the lead sponsor for the Otters Priority Selection Party being held Friday, May 4 from 5-7 pm at The Brewerie at Union Station. The Otters Priority Selection Party is by invitation only with Otters Corporate Partners and the first 50 renewals from 2006-07 Season Ticket Holders receiving invites. Plus, the Otters are offering an exclusive opportunity to secure an invite by being one of the first 50 fans to place a deposit on a new 2007-08 Season Ticket Package.
Reservations are still being accepted for April’s Executive Coffee Talk. Please join yep! (Young Erie Professionals) for insight from Dr Andrew Landor, Associate Vice President for Technology and Communications at Edinboro University will lead a roundtable discussion on community leadership and professional development. He will share some of his own professional journey, including defining moments and mentors who helped him become one of our community s most respected leaders. He will also share personal philosophies on leadership and answer your questions. The presentation will take place on April 30 at 5:30 pm at the Mary Porreco Hall (Building 1) at the Edinboro University in Erie, The Porreco Center. Seating is limited, please RSVP to Amy Price or call (814) 454-7191.
Don Schoendorfer and Mike Bayer of Free Wheelchair Mission are cycling across the United States to raise awareness of the worldwide need for wheelchairs for the disabled poor. They will travel from Ashtabula, OH to Erie, PA on May 1. Their 3000-mile journey started at Reader’s Digest Headquarters in Pleasantville NY on Friday April 20 and will conclude in Irvine CA on Saturday June 16. Their goal: raise funds for 15,000 wheelchairs or $670,000. To date, Free Wheelchair Mission has given away 220,473 wheelchairs.
“Darkness Visible,” a dramatic play that follows men forced to work in the crematorium at Auschwitz, will receive a staged reading by Penn State Behrend faculty and students on Wednesday, May 2. The event will begin at 7:30 pm in the college’s Studio Theatre and be followed by an open discussion. Both are free and refreshments will be provided.
The Erie Art Museum Contemporary Music Series presents Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem in concert on Friday, May 4, 8 pm in the Erie Art Museum’s Annex, 20 East 5th Street. Tickets are $12 for non-members, $10 for Museum and JazzErie Members and $6 for students and seniors.
The Seventh annual Black Bass Workshop, sponsored by Pennsylvania Bass Federation, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and a host of other agencies, and fishing and conservation groups, is set for May 4 at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center in Erie. Professional angler Joe Balog will present a program on the latest techniques for catching smallmouth Bass in Erie. A limited attendance fishing outing is scheduled slated for May 5. The workshop is open to the public. For more information, call 814-833-7424 or e-mail lwoznicki@state.pa.us.
The Chautauqua-Lake Erie Wine Trail will host a “wine and cheese weekend” May 5-6, with 15 wineries participating.
After four years of work on land and at sea, Daniel Barnard’s full 10 movement “Requiem for a Sailor” will be publicly sung in its entirety for the first time on Sunday, May 6. “Requiem” grew out of research undertaken after Barnard, a member of the music faculty at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, decided to create the first major musical effort that honors Erie’s maritime heritage. To underscore the piece’s celebration of community, Barnard invited the voices of the Behrend College Choir, the Erie Philharmonic Chorus, the Edinboro University Chamber Choir, the Harbor Creek High School Choir, and soloists from Mercyhurst College to perform the 40-minute work under his direction. Fittingly, the concert will take place in the H O Hirt Auditorium of the Erie Maritime Museum, 160 E Front St. A composer lecture with Barnard will begin at 3:30 pm, to be followed by the performance at 4 pm; both are free and open to the public.
The Salvation Army in Erie will be celebrating National Salvation
Army week starting May 14. Throughout the week The Salvation Army will have several events ongoing to bring attention to the Erie Community of the many services and programs they provide. One of the major events that week will be the Kettles for Kids campaign. The recognizable Red Kettles will be located at numerous entrances of the Millcreek Mall. All proceeds from this fund-raising event stay in the Erie area, which will allow them to send less fortunate children to summer camps. The Salvation Army is looking for members of the community to help with this campaign by volunteering their time and standing with the Red Kettles. The Camp for Kids campaign kicks off on Monday, May 14 and continues through Saturday, May 19. They offer 2 separate shifts for individuals; they encourage large groups and organizations that have many volunteers to take a location for the entire day. Should you have any questions, please contact Dan Hanson at The Salvation Army at (814) 454-6497.
The Tragically Hip play the Warner Theatre in Erie, Pa on May 18. Reserved seat tickets are $31.50.
Penn State Behrend’s popular College for Kids returns this summer with over 150 weeklong classes to educate, entertain, and inspire young people ages 6 to 18. College for Kids courses begin June 11 and continue through August 10, with the exception of Fourth of July week. Classes are organized by age and held during morning or afternoon sessions, with before- and after-care available for an additional fee. Returning classes include past favorites in guitar, golf, knitting, word processing, PowerPoint, model rocketry, acting, sign language, and scrap booking instruction; World War II history, “Engineering MythBusters,” and “Dinosaur Discovery.” New courses this year: “Storm Chasing 101” taught by WJET-TV meteorologist Tom Atkins; two finance classes, “Kids and Money” for the younger student and “Show Me the Money” for teens; “Let’s Cheer,” “Conversational Spanish,” “Introduction to Chess,” “Star Wars and the Roman Empire,” “Crafts from the Beach,” “Space Camp: Return to the Moon,” and an investigation of the paranormal called “X-Files.” “We also have a very special opportunity this year for kids ages 12 to 18—a chance to paint a mural on the fountain in Perry Square under the direction of local artist AJ Noyes,” Mary Trott, College for Kids program coordinator, noted. “Because of the significance of this community service project, this will be one of the rare College for Kids classes that meets for a full day.” Perry Square fountain painting will take place the week of July 23. For artists not old enough to participate in the mural project or unable to commit to a full-day class, Noyes also will teach College for Kids courses in hand-sewing and beading, craft painting, nature drawing and painting, and portrait drawing. Costs vary by course but start at $70 per weeklong class. Before- or after-class supervision is available for an additional $10 per week. Schedule and registration information will be distributed through area schools and also is available by calling 814-898-6212 or clicking here. Mail and online registration will begin in early May. Participants are encouraged to register early for best class selection.
Posted by Dennis at April 29, 2007 8:02 AM
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