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Erie PA News and Events for Monday November 12, 2007

Someone call Meadow Brook Dairy and have justice placed on the side of milk cartons.
The preliminary hearing for Teri Rhodes was scheduled for Nov 7 in front of District Judge Joseph LeFaiver at the Erie County Courthouse. Why didn’t it take place?
Teri Rhodes gave birth on August 12. The baby only survived 10 minutes before it suffocated to death. Police found the dead baby in a plastic bag. Her baby. She cut the umbilical cord with a pair of scissors and took a shower.
Rhodes needs to be put in jail waiting on her trial before another girl takes the life of their baby. Oops. That already happened. On October 23, Kathryn “Katie” McCoy, a 19 year old member of the women’s golf team at Bellarmine University, had a baby and murdered her own child. McCoy gave birth in her bathroom and let the baby drown in the toilet. Exactly like Rhodes, McCoy concealed the pregnancy to family and friends and denied the birth.

State Senator Jane Earll, R-Erie, along with John Wozniak, D-Johnstown, and Patrick Browne, R-Allentown, are working on a bill to reform earned income tax collection around the state. Currently, nearly every municipality collect their own income tax. There are 560 tax collectors and their proposal would cut it down to 66, one for each county. Berkheimer Associates is contracted to collect the 1.18 percent income tax for people working in the City of Erie. They also collect the $52 Emergency Municipal Services Tax (EMS) which is better known as the Occupational Privilege Tax. Other municipalities have a 1 percent earned income tax and the EMS varies widely.

Holy Cow. There was about 2 dozen former Erie residents that got together in Washington, DC for the Pittsburgh-Cleveland football game. Stacey Pfarr has a write up and pic of the event on We STILL Love Erie. Note the ‘Free Rick’ t-shirt in the pic. Too funny.

Grand Valley State edged the Mercyhurst College women’s soccer team in a shootout. After playing to a 1-1 tie through regulation and two overtimes, Grand Valley State goalkeeper Kristina Nasturzio made a diving save on the first Mercyhurst shot in the shootout and Grand Valley went on to win the shootout 3-0. The game goes down officially as a 1-1 tie. Mercyhurst ends the season with a record of 15-4-3 and Grand Valley State moves on to the third round of the NCAA Playoffs with a 19-0-1 mark.

The 16th ranked Edinboro wrestling team had a total of seven wrestlers place in the Michigan State Open on Sunday. In addition, seven more wrestlers placed in the freshmen/ sophomore division.

Gannon’s Ashley Tubbs (Meadville, Pa/Meadville) and Mercyhurst’s Kendall Ashworth (Gibsonia, Pa/Pine-Richland) were named to the All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) honorable-mention volleyball team announced this weekend in conjunction with the league’s Final Four in Allendale, Michigan.

The associate degree in nursing program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will hold an admissions information session for prospective students today, Monday, Nov 12. The event begins at 6 pm in 101 Otto Behrend Science Building. It is free and open to both traditional and adult students.

Erie Bloggers will be getting together on Tuesday, November 13 at 7 pm at the Brewerie at Union Station. This is a social get together, not a meeting, so stop by. All are welcomed to come meet and exchange ideas.

What is the current state of the Erie economy? How will the numbers impact the bottom line for local business? Dr James Kurre, director of the Economic Research Institute of Erie (ERIE), will offer insight into the state of the Erie economy during the Manufacturers’ Association of Northwest Pennsylvania Eggs ‘n’ Issues briefing at 8 am Tuesday, November 13 at the Association’s Conference Center, 2171 West 38th Street. To register for the Eggs ‘n’ Issues briefing, contact Tracy Shepard at (814) 833-3200 / (800) 815-2660 or sign up online. Cost is $30 for members, $60 for non-members.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is inviting public participation in a meeting to discuss a planning study for renovations and expansion at the Walnut Creek Marina in Erie County. The meeting, hosted by Urban Engineers, will be held Tuesday November 13 from 6-8 pm at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center at Presque Isle. Representatives from Urban Engineers of Erie and the Commission will be on hand to provide a project description, explain the project goals and to gain comment from participants on the benefits and drawbacks of the existing facilities. Participants will also be asked to provide comment on the future needs of the facility. The meeting is designed to allow participants to visit presentation booths, engage in discussions, and to hear a brief presentation by engineers and others involved in the project.

The Hot Club of San Francisco, an ensemble of accomplished and versatile musicians celebrating the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli’s pioneering Hot Club of France, will perform at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, on Thursday, November 15. Hot Club of San Francisco is brought to Erie by Music at Noon: The Logan Series. The lunchtime performance is FREE and open to the public, and takes place at noon in the McGarvey Commons of the college’s Reed Union Building.

“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” will be shown at the Roadhouse Theatre, 145 West 11th St, on Thursday Nov 15 at 8 pm. Proceeds benefit the Great Lake Film Association. You can purchase tickets online here.

Do you want to know how to expand your sales to the European markets? Learn about product regulatory aspects for goods entering the EU. Understand the importance of Exhibitions in the EU and how trade shows weigh into the overall concept of doing business in the EU. The Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission is holding a workshop in Mercer on Nov 15. Cost is $35. To register please contact Lori Moore, or phone (814) 677-4800 Ext 104.

Gem City Concert Band will offer a concert on Thursday, November 15 at the Blasco Library’s H O Hirt Auditorium. The hour-and-half-long program will begin at 7:30 pm. The concert is free and open to the public, although a free-will offering will be accepted to benefit Gem City Bands. The 40-member band, under the direction of Betty McKinney and Assistant Director Brett Woomer, will perform such pieces as Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts’ Colonel Bogey March from the 1957 film Bridge on the River Kwai; Warren Barker’s Themes Like Old Times, a medley including Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Peg O’ My Heart, I Want a Girl, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, and 12th Street Rag; and Ralph Vaughan William’s English Folk Song Suite. To kickstart the Christmas spirit, several Christmas selections will also be included, including Leroy Anderson’s 1948 favorite, Sleigh Ride. The concert is part of the 07-08 Blasco Library Concert Series and is sponsored by the Erie County Public Library and the Friends of the Library. For more information, visit the Gem City Bands Web site or phone 899-8467.

The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) Student Scholarship Auction Committee has announced that the College will hold the 14th Annual Student Scholarship Fund Auction at the new Erie Bayfront Convention Center on Friday Nov 16 with the purpose of providing scholarships to their students. The program opens at 6 pm with a silent auction, followed by dinner at 7 pm and a live auction at 8 pm. For reservations contact the LECOM Communications Office (814) 866-8125 or (814) 860-5125. You may also send a request for ticket information by Email: communications@lecom.edu. RSVP by November 2.

Presque Isle Downs and Casino is giving away $5000 with their Harvest Cash Giveaway on Nov 17 from 10 am to 2 pm. Eight winners will received $500 and one winner will receive $1000.

The Erie Central High School Class of 1997 Reunion is holding their 10 year reunion on Saturday, November 24 at the Cornerstone Bar and Grill, 809 East 38th St.

The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine School of Pharmacy has scheduled an On Campus Day on November 29, 3-5 pm, to provide opportunities for prospective students to tour the campus facilities and learn about the Doctor of Pharmacy Program. It includes a tour of the facility, a Pharmacy Compounding and Dispensing demonstration, an opportunity to meet with current students and faculty, an overview of the LECOM Doctor of Pharmacy programs and information on the admissions process and financial aid.

European and African tradition meet in the annual holiday performance by the Penn State Behrend Concert Choir and Chamber Choir. The concert takes place at 8 pm Friday, Nov 30, in the college’s Larry and Kathryn Smith Chapel. Tickets are $5 for general admission and $3 for Penn State Behrend students, faculty and staff. They can be purchased at the Reed Union Building information desk and at the door.

Dennis Weed

Posted by Dennis at November 12, 2007 7:07 AM

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