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Erie PA News and Events Friday August 3, 2007
Posted by Dennis on August 3, 2007
Alcoa is the World’s largest aluminum company. The company’s first major success was an order from a company in Erie, PA. The shape and weight-related benefits of a teakettle was one of the first products made with Alcoa aluminum in 1895, when Arthur Vining Davis created the piece of cookware to display a new use for aluminum. The owner of the company he showed the teapot to, the Griswold Company of Erie Pa, was so impressed that an order was placed for 2,000 kettles. Despite Davis’s attempts to explain that he only wanted to sell Griswold the aluminum, Alcoa was forced to enter the fabricating business to prove there was a market for the metal. Griswold manufactured heavy cast iron cookware. Lower weight products helped to put the company out of business. Griswold operated from 1865 to 1957.
American Home Mortgage (NYSE: AHM) which was the country’s tenth largest mortgage lender, is cutting over 6,000 jobs. The company stopped lending on Monday. The company offices in Erie and Meadville are closing today.
Presque Isle Downs and Casino reported wagers of $35,905,324 and payouts of $32,566,267 for the week of July 23-29. Simulcast racing began on July 27.
Erie Academy High School Class of 1988 is looking for a number of classmates.
Bliley Technologies, a leading provider of crystal-based frequency control solutions for over 75 years, has introduced its RoHS compliant, NV45Q Ovenized Crystal Oscillator (OCXO) series. Designed with an attractive combination of Stratum III stability performance, low jitter and low profile packaging, the NV45Q OCXO is surface mountable, whereas oscillators in this product category often require soldering via a separate manufacturing process.
On the heels of his new release “It’s a Wonderful Christmas” coming October 16th, Michael W Smith has announced tour dates for this fall including a December 2 stop in Erie at the Tullio Arena.
The first place Erie SeaWolves crushed the New Britain Rock Cats in the rubber match of the 3 game set at New Britain Stadium by a score of 13-3. The SeaWolves continue their six-game road trip on Friday night against the Connecticut Defenders (San Francisco Giants).
Mercyhurst College recruit Matt Mohr had 8 catches for 131 yards and was named MVP of the 32nd Annual Kensington Lions Club All-Star Football Classic held at North Tonawanda (NY) High School.
University of Pittsburgh defensive back/ linebacker Tommie Campbell has transfered to Edinboro University.
Lake Erie Speedway announced that the other two NASCAR drivers who will join Dale Earnhardt Jr, Kenny Wallace and Kenny Schrader on August 18 will be Martin Truex Jr and Kyle Petty. Tickets for this event are on sale, and can be purchased from the speedway box office or through their web site. Reserved admission is $30 in advance and $40 the day of the event.
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.
Dan Rice Days will be held August 3-4 in Girard, PA. A new addition to the celebration will be an antique road show to be held at the Culberston House. Entertainment for this year include Tennesse Back Porch, Presque Isle Chapter Sweet Adelines, along with DJ Bill Page and an Erie Zoo representative will have animals for viewing. McQuillen’s 8th annual “Cruise In” will be Friday, August 3 from 5:30 to 9:30 PM. There will be live entertainment, refreshments and door prizes.
The Battles Museum will be the backdrop for Battle for the Yellow House, a Civil War encampment and battle re-enactment August 4-5. Scheduled in conjunction with Dan Rice Days, the re-enactment is expected to bring in approximately 200 re-enactors. Battle for the Yellow House will include open camp hours, drilling and firing demonstrations, two battles, candlelight tours, a Sunday morning church service and a book signing. Battle Re-Enactments will be held Sat at 3 pm and Sun at 2 pm. The Candlelight Tour is Sat at 7 pm, reservations required. For additional information, please call (814) 454-1813 Ext 24.
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.
The Knights of Columbus Council 4262 will be holding a pancake breakfast to benefit the family of a North East house fire. The breakfast will be at St Gregory School Gym Sunday August 5 from 8-11 am. Cost is $7 adults, $3.50 children.
Capture the magic of summer with PotterPalooza, a fun filled summer camp for young wizards in training. Five days of classes and activities include Astronomy, Potions, Transfiguration, Magical Crafts and More. August 6-10 at the Erie County Historical Society Watson-Curtze Mansion, ages 5-13. Call (814) 454-1813 Ext 24 for additional information.
The Manufacturers’ Association and Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority released a schedule of events, parking and shuttle information, as well as rules and restrictions for the Liberty Park-Pepsi Amphitheater, which will go into effect August 10-12 for the first Roar on the Shore bike rally benefiting the John Kanzius Cancer Research Fund.
The rally kicks off Friday, August 10, with registration for the Bringing in the Roar bike parade at 3 pm at Presque Isle Downs and Casino, located off Interstate 90 Exit 27 in Summit Township. At approximately 5:30 pm, the parade led by grand marshal Peter Fonda will make its way north on Perry Highway (Route 97) and Glenwood Park Avenue (Route 505) to State Street in Erie. The bike parade continues north on State Street, then west on the Bayfront Parkway to Liberty Park. Please note: No one under 18 will be allowed entry to the park unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
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 August 3, 2007 7:06 AM
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Looks like Erie County bridges dont fair to well.
Posted by: Pete at August 3, 2007 5:54 PM
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