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Erie PA News and Events for Monday June 4, 2007
Posted by Dennis on June 4, 2007
Still looking for house plants or flowers for your yard? The Dr Gertrude A Barber National Institute Greenhouse offers plants and flowers available for sale year round, including seasonal items such as an array of annuals and hanging baskets in the spring, mums in the fall, and poinsettias at the Christmas holiday. Open Monday-Friday from 8 am to 4 pm. Located off the Bayfront Parkway near East Ave. Call (814) 878-4103 for information.
SCAN: The Data Capture Report is a a trade publication for automatic identification and data capture technologies including the bar code and RDIF industries. SCAN/DCR is now in it’s 25th year. It’s owned by RMG Enterprises, an Erie PA based global marketing, consulting, and publishing company.
Presque Isle State Park will be featured on the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) on Friday, July 27 at 8 pm as part of their series on Pennsylvania state parks. PCN is available in the county but not the City of Erie.
In 2006, the average grade point average of Allegheny College applicants was 4.18.
Richard J Cook, president of Allegheny College, will be among the panelists at a June 6th discussion on the legendary Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey. The discussion of Rickey’s life will open the 19th annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture in New York. The annual Cooperstown Symposium, co-sponsored by the State University of New York at Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, examines baseball’s impact on American culture from multidisciplinary perspectives. Rickey’s contributions to American society are being celebrated on the 60th anniversary of his signing of Jackie Robinson, who became major league baseball’s first African-American player in the 20th century. For 50 years one of baseball’s greatest front office executives, Rickey is credited with the invention of the modern minor league farm system. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967. Rickey coached baseball and football at Allegheny College from 1904 to 1905. He returned to Allegheny in 1955, during his tenure as the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, to help mediate a dispute that arose when the national chapter of Delta Tau Delta suspended Allegheny’s chapter because Allegheny brothers had accepted two Jewish members into the fraternity. Delta Tau Delta was Rickey’s fraternity when he attended Ohio Wesleyan University. Rickey also visited Allegheny when he was awarded an honorary degree in 1951 and when he participated in the dedication of the Andrew Wells Robertson Athletic Field in 1962.
Andrew Miller had better start looking for a place to live in Detroit. The Erie SeaWolves waited out a 38 minute rain delay on Sunday in Binghamton but that didn’t stop them from taking the series behind a strong outing out of Andrew Miller en route to a 6-0 shutout win. Miller (2-0) went 7.2 innings for the ‘Wolves in picking up his second win of the season. He shut out the B-Mets allowing seven hits. Miller walked one and equaled a season-high with seven punchouts. He lowered his ERA down to 0.59. The SeaWolves have the day off on Monday and are back in action on Tuesday night at home against the Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox)…7:05 first pitch. LHP Jon Connolly (2-3, 3.31 ERA) returns to the rotation and gets the start in game one. He will be opposed by LHP Tommy Hottovy (1-6, 4.86 ERA).
Zack Torquato was the big winner at the Erie Otters annual Summer Awards Banquet held in the Ambassador Crystal Ballroom at the Courtyard by Marriott. The Otters co-captain became just the third player in Otters franchise history to capture the Otters Player-of-the-Year, Most Valuable Player and Leading Scorer in the same season. The 18 year-old registered 30 goals and 39 assists for 69 points in 65 games during the 2006-2007 season. Derrick Bagshaw and Luke Gazdic were also multiple award winners. Bagshaw won the Bassin Award for Dedication as well as being named the Scholastic Player-of-the-Year. The 21 year-old Oshawa, Ontario native displayed his dedication to the team by shifting to defense in 2006-07, the final season of his four-year OHL career. Off the ice Bagshaw starred in the classroom, maintaining a GPA of more than 3.5 in courses at Mercyhurst College and Gannon University. His scholastic accomplishments were also recognized by the OHL as the Roger Nielson Memorial Award winner as the League’s top academic player attending university or college. Gazdic was named the Otters Most Determined Player as well as the Steve Nimigon Humanitarian Award Winner. The 17 year-old Toronto, Ontario native had five goals and eight assists for 13 points to go along with 136 minutes in penalties. Off the ice, the rookie forward made his biggest impact through his community efforts with the Gliding Stars and in numerous elementary school classrooms throughout the season. Individual winners from the 2007 Otters Awards Banquet included Mitch Gaulton as Rookie-of-the-Year, Stanislav Polodna as Most Sportsmanlike Player, Josh Kidd as Best Defenseman, Ronny Rogers as Most Improved Player and Justin Hodgman and Kevin Beech who shared the Locastro-Bonini Three Star Award.
The first Erie Downtown Block Party of 2007 is Thursday June 6 on State Street between 10th and 11th with Nicky’s Pub, Docksider, and Papa George’s as hosts. The bands are Next of Kin (country), Leave No Trace (metal), Matty B and the Dirty Pickles (rock).
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.
Measuring up to the nonprofit management challenges of the future will the order of the day as leaders in the field examine the major trends that will impact life in the nonprofit world. The Nonprofit Partnership presents Erie’s 2007 Nonprofit Leadership Forum “Engage The Future” featuring keynote speaker, Bill Croasmun, a futurist with Social Technologies, Inc. Social Technologies is a global research and consulting firm, specializing in the integration of foresight, strategy and innovation. They serve the world’s leading companies, governments and nonprofits. “Engage The Future” will be held Tuesday, June 26 from 9-11 am in Gannon University’s Yehl Ballroom. RSVP to Amy Eisenberg at (814) 454-8800 or aeisenberg@thenonprofitpartnership.org.
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.
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