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Erie PA News and Events for Friday May 18, 2007
Posted by Dennis on May 18, 2007
Best known for her Emmy Award winning role as Blanche Devereaux on the hit television comedy series Golden Girls, actress Rue McClanahan is promoting her new book “My First Five Husbands…And The Ones That Got Away”. Her first job was in Erie, Pennsylvania at the Erie Playhouse. It was during this time that Rue met the man who would be her first husband, Tom Bish. They were married in 1958.
The Erie Genealogical Society is hosting a 35th Anniversary Genealogical Conference on Saturday, June 9, at Blasco’s HO Hirt Auditorium from 9 am to 4 pm. There will be three speakers, Dick Eastman of Eastman’s Online Newsletter, Stephen Morse, creator of the One-Step internet search tools, including Ellis Island, and James Beidler, speaker and author of books on Pennsylvania and German genealogy. Open to public, the Society is taking reservations. For info and for reservation forms, see the conference site or e-mail at esgr2007@aol.com .
Fort Benning’s Infantry Training Brigade has been redesignated and will reflag as the 198th Infantry Brigade in a 9 am ceremony today on Sand Hill’s Kanell Field. The 198th will be commanded by the current Infantry Training Brigade commander, Col Casey Haskis. The 198th Infantry Brigade has a proud history of service dating back to 1921 when it was formed in Erie, Pa. During Vietnam, the 198th was part of the Americal Division. The 198th will continue the Infantry Training Brigade’s mission, conducting 14 week Infantry one station unit training. More than 15,000 soldiers will enter the Army and graduate from the Infantry basic training this year through the 198th Infantry Brigade.
The Erie SeaWolves broke a 6th Inning tie with an RBI double by SS Erick Almonte in a 3-2 win over the Trenton Thunder in Eastern League play on Thursday. Trenton lost just their second “series” of the season with the SeaWolves taking two of the three games. With the win on Thursday, coupled with an Akron loss at home against Bowie, the ‘Wolves now head into the weekend series with the Aeros a game behind the first place team. Erie has recalled Rightie Andrew Kown to make a start in game one and the Aeros will send leftie Chuck Lofgren. First pitch for game one of the series on Friday is 6:35 pm in Erie at Jery Uht Park.
Mercyhurst head coach Rick Gotkin announced today that goaltender Matt Lundin has signed a National Letter of Intent to play hockey and continue his academic career at Mercyhurst next season. He becomes the second of eleven expected newcomers for the Lakers next season. Lundin played two years for the University of Maine (2004-06) before back-stopping the Sioux Falls Stampede of the United States Hockey League (USHL) to the Clark Cup Championship in 2006-07.
Kacy Magnone of Weirton Madonna will attend Penn State Behrend and she will also further her athletic career by pitching for the school’s softball team.
Penn State Behrend will host a Conference on Autism Spectrum Disorder today and Saturday, which includes sessions for parents and professionals and is highlighted by Robert Naseef, a psychologist, autism expert and author. Naseef specializes in working with families of children with special healthcare needs and the psychology of men and fatherhood. The conference is sponsored by the Northwestern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Autism Society of America as well as the psychology department and the Office of Educational Equity and Diversity Programs at Penn State Behrend.
Friday May 18 is “Open Mic Comedy Night” at The Roadhouse Theatre, 145 West 11th St in Erie. Featuring Special Guests, The Comedy Troupe “In All Seriousness” and playing adults only “Whose Line Is It” with host Scott McClelland. 8pm show time, BYOB with proper ID, $7 General Admission, $10 VIP Seating.
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.
The Tragically Hip play the Warner Theatre in Erie, Pa tonight. Tickets are sold out.
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.
Posted by Dennis at May 18, 2007 6:55 AM
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