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Erie PA News and Events for Thursday May 31, 2007
Posted by Dennis on May 31, 2007
It was impossible to find anyone in Erie that didn’t shed a tear or get choked up a the tragedy in Waterford. Two young girls, an 18 month old and a 2 year old, drowned in a pond. An 18 year old babysitter put the girls down for a nap and she fell asleep herself. The kids woke up and wandered to the pond. The sitter was a relative of one of the girls while the other child was a neighbor. Condolences to all.
Since I see stories about it everyday and people are asking me about it, here’s a bit about the John Kanzius burning water, the saltwater into fire. While his cancer treatment show promise, I’m much more skeptical about energy from salt water. Kanzius directed radio waves at regular salt water. He put a paper towel wick in it and it lit. Water is hydrogen and oxygen, and with the radio waves water breaks down. Hydrogen burns. The whole process works something like a fuel cell. Here’s the problem - it takes more energy than it produces. Here is the interesting video clip from the story WSEE did.
If you bought tickets for the Counting Crows, Live and Collective Soul “The Rock ‘n’ Roll Triple Play Ballpark Tour” show in Erie you’ll notice that the only delivery option you could select was “will call”. This was an error in the ticketing system and all tickets will be mailed. If you don’t receive your tickets within 10 days of the show, please contact the venue directly to inquire about the status of those tickets. If you have any further questions you can email support at info@countingcrows.com.
The Church of the Nativity in Erie is part of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR). Seems they have some drama going on at the church. Supposedly Bishop Daniel is being held under house arrest. If the story is being covered by media in Russia, I would hope an Erie reporter would make a few calls and see what’s going on. Here’s an English language blog covering story - Nathanael Speaks and everybody listens.
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry released the latest unemployment figures. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the Erie area in April 2007 was 4.6 percent. The unadjusted figure was 4.2 percent. The April 2006 rate was 5.5 percent. Pennsylvania’s Civilian Labor Force data is available in PDF format here.
Lee the Horse Logger is going through northwest Pennsylvania. It’s taken 10 months to get here. Back in 2005 after he was diagnosed with cancer, Lee decided to travel from his home in Montana to Boston by horse drawn wagon.
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will utilize the country’s largest academic plastics processing lab, which is located in the college’s Research and Economic Development Center (REDC), for the upcoming national conference, “Injection Molding: Innovation and Emerging Technologies” on June 4-6. The conference is being hosted by the School of Engineering and Continuing Education at Penn State Behrend, and is sponsored by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). The three-day conference will feature 32 technical presentations from 36 industry experts during the morning sessions. Afternoons will be filled with practical, hands-on tutorials that will showcase the lab’s capabilities and be conducted by Penn State Behrend faculty. In addition, 15 sponsors plan to exhibit and the Northwest Pennsylvania Chapter of SPE will host a plant tour of Plastikos, a local plastics company specializing in custom injection molding.
The Erie SeaWolves trailed 4-0 after 3 1/2 innings of play but rallied for nine unanswered runs as they won their third straight game by a final of 9-4. The SeaWolves look for the 3 game sweep of Harrisburg on Thursday night…6:35 First Pitch. RHP Eulogio De La Cruz takes the mound for Erie against LHP John Lannan.
The Erie Art Museum will host poet Chuck Joy today as he presents two sets of poems entitled Silver at 7 pm at the Erie Art Museum Annex, 423 State Street. Silver Creek: Poems by Chuck Joy is open to the general public and admission is $5 at the door.
Lake Erie Speedway and the Erie Runners Club are teaming up to host the 6k Run and Walk and 1/2 Mile Youth Race on June 2, 2007 to benefit the St Martins Center. This highly charged event will begin with a 1/2 mile youth race, which will take place around the oval racetrack. Immediately after the youth race, the 6k race will begin at the entrance of Lake Erie Speedway on Delmas Drive. The first leg of the race will be run on a hard packed dirt road. Runners will then make a square loop around the Speedway property on paved roads making their way back onto the oval and ending at the track’s start/finish line. This event will mark the first time the Erie Runners Club comes to the speedway. While there, runners can visit exhibit booths from Saint Vincent Hospital, St Martin Center, Erie Federal Credit Union, Point Click Learn and more. Runners will also get to stay at Lake Erie Speedway that night, for a full night of NASCAR Whelen Championship Racing. Prices are $20 for the 6k run, $10 for the youth ½ mile run, and $10 for a non-race participant.
Camp Notre Dame is holding an open house on Sunday June 3 from 1-4 pm. Camp Notre Dame offers day and overnight camping for ages 4-16.
The Erie Art Museum’s Contemporary Music Series will present jazz duo Billy Bang and Kahil El’ Zabar at the Erie Art Museum Annex, 423 State Street on Monday, June 11 at 8 pm. Admission is $12 for general admission, $10 for Erie Art Museum and Jazz Erie members and $6 for students and seniors.
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.
The 19th annual Thurston Classic Hot Air Balloon Event takes place June 14 to 17 at Robertson Soccer Field on the campus of Allegheny College in Meadville PA.
A provocative evening of poetry and dance will celebrate the release of a new book by a faculty member in the BFA in Creative Writing program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Lecturer in English and performance poet Sean Thomas Dougherty will collaborate with modern dancer Shelly Walker to premier readings from his latest collection, Broken Hallelujahs (Boa Editions, 2007). The event will take place at 8 pm Friday, June 15, at the Erie Art Museum Annex, 423 State St, and is free and open to the public.
The Counting Crows, Live and Collective Soul will play a concert at Jerry Uht Park in Erie, PA on July 31 as part of “The Rock ‘n’ Roll Triple Play Ballpark Tour.” Tickets go on sale June 2 at 10 am. Tickets can be purchased at the SeaWolves box office at Jerry Uht Park and on SeaWolves.com. Children under 12 get in FREE with each paid adult ticket holder.
Posted by Dennis at May 31, 2007 7:08 AM
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