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Erie PA News and Events for Friday May 11, 2007
Posted by Dennis on May 11, 2007
Pennsylvania State Police responded to a domestic dispute which ended with Richard Vargo taking his own life. Police were warned he might hut himself or police responding to the scene. Vargo came out of a house and took a shot at Trooper Joseph Short. It hit Shorts’ flashlight and ricocheted away. The picture of the flashlight on the news was jaw dropping. With that kind of luck Short should spend today at the casino. Vargo ran into the woods and then took his own life.
Richard Z, J.D. has completed 3 years of chromosome damaging law school. He is now a lawyer.
The Asetta Bread Company will open May 21 in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Their specialty is pepperoni balls. Owner Doug Lichtenwalter is originally from Erie PA, where pepperoni balls originated.
Two Allegheny College faculty are the recipients of 2007-2008 Fulbright Awards: Melissa Comber, assistant professor of political science, and Christopher Bakken, associate professor of English.
Comber received a Junior Lecturing Award to the Universitat Duisburg-Essen in Essen, Germany for the 2007-2008 academic year. She will teach classes related to American government, American social welfare policies, women and politics in America, and American social policies in the university’s North American studies department.
Bakken, who recently received the Helen C. Smith Memorial Prize for the Best Book of Poetry in 2006 by the Texas Institute of Letters, was awarded a Fulbright to teach and do research in Romania during the spring semester of 2008. He will divide his teaching assignment between Romanian University and the University of Bucharest.
The Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission celebrated its 40th anniversary with a special open house at the agency’s office located at 395 Seneca Street in Oil City. Established in 1967, the Northwest Commission is a regional resource for business and economic development as well as community development and planning. The non-profit agency is composed of a team of skilled professionals dedicated to sustaining economic vitality and growth in the northwest Pennsylvania region by fostering local, state, and federal partnerships across public and private sector lines. The Northwest Commission provides programs such as business financing, government contracting, international marketing, grants, transportation, and technology assistance to eight counties in northwest Pennsylvania including: Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, and Warren.
The Erie SeaWolves mounted an eighth inning comeback Thursday night at Canal Park, taking down the Akron Aeros 5-4. The win for Erie puts them in a first place tie with Akron in the Southern Division. Erie and Akron meet in game two of a four-game set Friday night at Canal Park…7:05 first pitch. LHP Jon Connolly (1-2, 4.56 ERA) looks for his second consecutive win and goes up against LHP Scott Lewis (0-1, 3.04 ERA).
Milos Bogetic, the 6’ 10” forward from Serbia and Montenegro who was granted his release from Penn State in March, will transfer to Division II Mercyhurst College in Erie PA next season.
Mercyhurst men’s hockey head coach Rick Gotkin today announced that forward Scott Pitt has signed a National Letter of Intent to continue his academic and athletic career at the college next season. Pitt is the first of an expected eleven new players the Lakers will have when school resumes in the fall. The Ottawa, Canada, native played last season for the Orleans Blues of the Central Junior Hockey League. He led the Blues in scoring with 30 goals, 53 assists, and 83 points.
The Erie Art Museum opens Gregory Anderson: Works from an Unacceptable Portfolio in the Erie Art Museum Frame Shop Gallery, 423 State Street today, Friday, May 11. Anderson, a self-taught artist, is a graduate of McDowell High School who lives and works in Erie. A lifelong artist, Anderson began drawing and painting in early childhood. Anderson draws on a wide range of interests as inspiration for his art including music, film, literature, nature and people. An opening reception for this exhibition is scheduled for Friday, June 29, 7-10 pm. The exhibition is on view until July 31.
“Enchanted April” will be performed at the Erie Playhouse May 11-13, 16-20. For information or tickets, call (814) 454-2852.
The 15th annual National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger food campaign is planned for Saturday May 12. In the Erie area, proceeds benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania. The Food Bank, located at 1703 Ash St in Erie, solicits, inventories, and distributes donated grocery products to 245 charitable agencies that serve people in 11 counties.
Hurst TV, Channel 19, will telecast three William Shakespeare plays performed in the last two years by Mercyhurst students and produced/directed by Dr Hillary Fogerty, assistant professor of English. The “Shakespeare on Stage” marathon begins Saturday, May 12, at 6 pm with “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” followed by “Twelfth Night” and “Macbeth.” All three plays will be rebroadcast on Sunday, May 13, at 2 pm.
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 Gannon University Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) on Friday, May 18 will host a regional symposium entitled Excellence and Innovation in Teaching and Learning. The symposium will run from 9 am to 4 pm in the Yehl Room of the Waldron Campus Center, 124 West Seventh Street. Steven W Gilbert, founder of the Teaching, Learning and Technology Group of Takoma Park, MD, will be the event’s keynote speaker. Gilbert will discuss the “Seven Principles of Good Practice” by Chickering and Gamson. He also will examine the challenges associated with the principles as well as new instructional strategies to address them. In addition, Gannon University faculty members will present their own personal experiences and strategies during several concurrent sessions in the afternoon. Other topics of discussion include fostering student accountability, active learning through a potpourri of technology, and student centered learning. Registration for the event will begin at 8:30 a.m. The cost is $50. For more information or to register, call (814) 871-7451. Registration is encouraged by May 9.
The Tragically Hip play the Warner Theatre in Erie, Pa on May 18. Reserved seat tickets are $31.50.
The 2007 Edinboro Highland Games and Scottish Festival takes place May 18-20 on the campus of Edinboro University, with events Sunday at the Edinboro United Methodist Church. This year’s musical guests include Ed Miller, the Chelsea House Orchestra, and Fieldstone. Tickets are $5 with kids under 7 admitted free. Parking is free.
Join hundreds of bicyclists on Saturday, May 19, 2007 at the Intermodal Transportation Center on the Bayfront Parkway to Bike 10, 30 or 50 miles around beautiful Presque Isle Bay and Lake Erie to raise funds for the non-profit youth environmental education organization Lake Erie-Allegheny Earth Force. Call for information (814) 835-8069 or email Annette Marshall, OSB.
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.
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