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Erie PA News and Events Friday July 27, 2007
Posted by Dennis on July 27, 2007
Three stupid teenage boys are luck to be alive after playing in the waters of Mill Creek at the entrance of the Mill Creek Tube. The Mill Creek Tube is a nearly 3 mile concrete pipe that carries the waters of the creek under the city streets to Presque Isle Bay. One boy was rescued near the entrance of the tube. A second was pulled out through a manhole 4 city block away. And another had the ride of his life traveling the entire distance of the nearly 3 mile long tube to the Waste Water Treatment Plant on the bayfront.
Heavy rains caused the usually slow flowing creek to more closely resemble waters you would associate with white water rafting.
The Mill Creek Tube, a 24’x 18’ reinforced concrete and steel tube, was built after a 1915 flood took 3 dozen lives and wiped out 313 homes and businesses.
Phil English signed on to bipartisan legislation (HR 3087) to end current offensive combat operations and change the mission of U S military to move in line with those recommended by the Baker-Hamilton Commission.
EngageIT announced that Thomas Hayden received the ‘Outstanding Student Achievement’ award for information technology at the recent graduation ceremony held by Tri-State Business Institute. Tom is the Director of Information Technology at EngageIT and has been outstanding in his work with Optimization of Search Engine criteria for local Erie businesses.
Stephen A Roell, executive vice president and vice chairman, has been elected chief executive officer of Johnson Controls effective October 1, 2007. Barth attended Carnegie-Mellon University, Gannon University and Northwestern University, Institute for Management.
Bridget Helene is one of six young women featured on “The Fashionista Diaries,” a weekly, one-hour show that will air Wednesday evenings on SOAPnet. Helene graduated from Mercyhurst College in Erie PA in 2005 with a fashion merchandising degree.
The US Brig Niagara sails into Toledo this afternoon for a weekend of public tours and events. Those public tours will run Saturday 9 am to 4:45 pm and Sunday 9:30 am to 5:30 pm. Tickets are $6. The Flagship Niagara is owned by the State of Pennsylvania, and is based at the Erie Maritime Museum, in Erie, PA.
Penn State Behrend will be the starting point for the Pennsylvania Perimeter Ride Against Cancer XIII (PPRAC), a six-day bicycle ride held every other year to benefit the Lehigh Valley Unit of the American Cancer Society. Most of the riders live in eastern Pennsylvania. They will start arriving at Junker Center about 4 pm Sunday. At about 6:30 pm, Ricardo’s Restaurant will deliver and serve a spaghetti dinner. The riders will spend the night on the Junker Center gym floor. To keep expenses down, PPRAC relies on donated lodging and food. About 6:30 am Monday, the riders will begin a staggered departure for Presque Isle State Park via the Bayfront Highway bike path. After a ride around the park they will continue to their next overnight stop, in Warren. From Warren, the PPRAC riders will overnight in Coudersport, Mansfield, Williamsport, Berwick, and Palmerton.
The Erie SeaWolves won their fourth consecutive ballgame on Thursday night against the Harrisburg Senators at Jerry Uht Park. The ‘Wolves picked up an early lead and won the game by a final of 7-2. The SeaWolves and Senators meet in the second game of a four-game series on Friday night at Jerry Uht Park…7:05 First Pitch. RHP Eddie Bonine (10-5, 3.26 ERA) looks for his 11th win of the season against RHP Jim Magrane (2-7, 3.76 ERA).
Natalie Payne is on a roster of 38 trying out for Canada’s national under 22 women’s hockey team this week at a selection camp at York University in Toronto. Payne is a 20 year old defenceman from Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania. A final roster of 22 players will be named at the conclusion of the camp and that team will play the USA’s national under 22 team in a three-game exhibition series from Aug 23-26 in Lake Placid, New York.
Former Penn State-Behrend standout Matt Slavonic is batting .435 with 22 RBIs for the Pittsburgh Black Sox, a semi-professional baseball club that participates in the Pittsburgh Chapter of the National Adult Baseball Association (NABA).
Scott and Kim McClelland take the stage together this summer for the first time since 1996. The McClelland’s met 20 years ago in the summer of 1987 at the Erie Playhouse. As a way of celebrating their life in the theatre, they have created “Lovers Haters and Others.” The Roadhouse Theatre show is homage to the great love affairs written for the stage. Classic and poetic love stories will be paired with epic vicious battles between famous characters from theatrical history. “Lovers Haters and Others” runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm through August 4. Admission: $8 (student), $10 (regular), $12 (riser) and $15 (VIP) Box Office Phone: (814) 456-5656.
The comedy “Moonlight and Magnolias” about the making of Gone With The Wind is being performed at the Erie Playhouse tonight and July 27-29. Showtimes are 7:30 pm with a 2 pm Sunday matinee.
The Erie Lions Club Save an Eye City vs County all-star Football Game will be held this evening at Erie Veterans Memorial Stadium.
The Wattsburg Erie County Battle of the Bands and Music Festival will be held Friday evening July 27 and Saturday July 28 at the Erie County Fairgrounds.
Gannon University’s Schuster Theatre presents the 4th Annual Shakespeare Summer Nights with performances outdoors on the Friendship Green located near the Gannon Arch on West 7th Street. Shakespeare’s magically, romantic fantasy, The Tempest directed by Paula Barrett will wrap up its run July 27th. The mysteriously, deceptive tragedy Macbeth with a modern twist is directed by Zach Flock, with a final performance July 28th. All performances begin at 7:30 pm, and are FREE and open to the public. For more details, call (814) 871-7493.
The Native American Festival will be held at the Wooden Nickel Buffalo Farm 11 am - 6 pm daily July 28-29. Admission is $3 per person, 3 and under are FREE. Parking is by donation to the Edinboro Lions Club. Opening ceremonies at 12 Noon each day. Intertribal dancing all day with special dancers performing at 1pm, 2pm, and 5pm.
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 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.
The Motorcycle, Car, Boat and Truck show called the Lake Erie Classic will be held August 3-5 at Erie International Airport, Tom Ridge Field.
The Lake Erie Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association will host its 2007 steak fry on Saturday, August 4, at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. The annual event, which will be held at the Wilson Picnic Grove on the campus of Penn State Behrend, begins with a social hour at 5 pm, followed by the dinner’s signature “grill your own” steak fry at 6 pm. The fund-raiser is open to all Penn State alumni. Proceeds benefit the Lake Erie Chapter’s Robert W Sparks scholarship fund, which has awarded more than $55,000 to local students in the past 16 years. Tickets for the annual steak fry fund-raiser are $19 per person. For more information or to RSVP, contact Phil Mobilia, president of the Lake Erie Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association, at 814-725-1999 (home) or 716-483-7219 (office), or via e-mail at Phil.Mobilia@psualum.com. Please respond by July 30. Visit www.behrend.psu.edu/alumni for more information about the Lake Erie Chapter or to become a member.
The Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania 25th Anniversary Celebration will be held Saturday, August 4 at the Erie Bayfront Convention Center. Tickets are $35. RSVP by July 27.
Representatives of the waterfowl organizations, individual sportsmen and the public are invited to attend a briefing on Friday, Aug 10, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Northwest Pennsylvania Duck Hunters Association, on the status of Atlantic Flyway waterfowl populations and proposed preliminary federal frameworks for the 2007-08 hunting seasons. The briefing will begin at 1 pm, in Room 112 of the Tom Ridge Education Center at Presque Isle State Park in Erie.
The Erie Chamber Orchestra, in residency at Gannon University and under the direction of Bruce Morton Wright, will perform its 24th annual summer concerts entitled “Music in the Air” on the campus of Villa Maria Academy, 2403 West 8th Street Erie, PA. On Friday, August 10 they will perform a Classical Music Night and on Saturday, August 11 they will perform a Pop Music Night. Both concerts will be performed at 8 pm. The concerts are FREE of charge, with seating and are on a first come, first served basis. There will have a number of chairs at the site, but you are encouraged to bring your own chairs or blankets. In the case of rain, these concerts will be performed in the auditorium of Villa Maria Academy.
Titled “Local Government and the Erie Economy,” the 2007 Economic Research Institute of Erie (ERIE) conference will address topics relevant to Erie and its surrounding communities, including the debate about consolidating the area’s local governments and the smoking ban. The institute’s sixth annual conference will be held on August 14, in McGarvey Commons, located in the Reed Union Building at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. The cost to attend this year’s conference is $149 and includes printed materials, breakfast and lunch. A reduced rate of $75 is available for nonprofit, government and economic development officials. For more information or to register for the conference, call (814) 898-7149.
Posted by Dennis at July 27, 2007 7:09 AM
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