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Erie PA News and Events for Monday April 21, 2008
Posted by Dennis on April 21, 2008
The (Southwest Florida) News-Press did a story on how haggling at retail stores is sweeping the country. The story quotes Dan Borgia, associate professor of finance at Florida Gulf Coast University - “It’s a throwback to when I was a kid. I grew up in Erie Pa, and I remember my Italian grandmother who’d haggle buying fruits and vegetables in the market. I’d watch in amazement.”
Tops Friendly Markets has joined with H2Gro Greenhouses to sell hydroponically grown, on-the-vine tomatoes in all of its stores. Tops has two Erie locations. Irrigation water for the tomatoes is recycled using an UV sterilizer. In addition, H2Gro’s greenhouse is heated using a heat recovery system surrounding seven electrical generators at neighboring Innovative Energy that are powered by collected Methane gas released from a Modern landfill.
The Mercyhurst College Public Safety Institute will conduct tests for firefighters seeking state certification on Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26, at the Erie County Public Safety Training Facility in Franklin Center. Fifteen candidates will take a 100-question written exam on Friday night, followed by a 12-station skills test on Saturday, which will feature a live burn tower, smoke maze, and chemical burn pit. The candidates must demonstrate an acceptable level of proficiency in both the written and skills tests in order to be certified as Firefighter 1 by the Pennsylvania State Fire Academy. This year, five of the candidates are from Canada, and the other 10 are from the Meadville, Erie, Lake Shore and Fuller Hose fire departments. This voluntary certification is open to both volunteer and paid firefighters, and is intended to identify emergency service personnel who demonstrate competency in the performance requirements necessary to perform the duties of a firefighter. Certified firefighters are eligible to apply to the National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications and receive national certification. The Erie County Public Safety Training Facility is located behind the Franklin Center Fire Department, approximately five miles south of I-90 on Route 98.
The Allegheny College commencement will be held at 10 am on Sunday May 11 on the Bentley Hall lawn (in case of rain, Wise Center Sports Forum). The speaker will be Robert A Vukovich, CEO and chairman of Wellspring Pharmaceuticals Inc. There will be approximately 550 graduates. The mascot at Allegheny College used to be a laughing alligator, but now it’s a mean looking alligator.
Harbor Creek and Edinboro grad Kerri Mccullough is a member of the Orlando Mayhem women’s football team. She plays Center and Linebacker. (Thanks to Scott for passing this along.)
Sunday’s Erie SeaWolves game at Altoona was postponed due to rain. The two clubs will meet in a doubleheader on Saturday, May 3 at 5:05 pm at Blair County Ballpark. The SeaWolves will continue their seven-day road trip on Monday night in Harrisburg…6:05 First Pitch.
In both games of Mercyhurst’s baseball doubleheader with Tiffin Sunday, the Lakers trailed heading into the bottom of the seventh inning. And in both contests, the Lakers came away with walk-off victories. Craig Denman’s RBI single gave Mercyhurst a 5-4 victory in the opener and Jamie Walczak’s RBI double down the left field line capped a five-run comeback to get a 10-9 win in game two.
The Penn State Behrend baseball team hosted the Frostburg Bobcats on Sunday, April 20. The men came into the day undefeated in conference play and looked to add two more to the wins column. The Behrend Lions came away on top in game one 4-2, but would fall to the Bobcats 7-2 in their second game.
The Gannon University baseball team (7-25, 3-17) lost a second Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) doubleheader to Ashland (28-10, 10-4) Sunday afternoon at Gannon University Field, concluding a six-game homestand. The Golden Knights fell 22-3 in game one and 18-2 in game two.
The Allegheny baseball team (14-14, 7-7 NCAC) pushed its overall and conference records to .500 for the first time since mid-March with a doubleheader sweep of Oberlin (8-21, 3-9 NCAC) on Sunday. The Gators took the opener 6-2 then won by a score of 8-5 in the nightcap.
The Gannon softball team ended the road portion of its 2008 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) regular-season schedule with a doubleheader split Sunday afternoon at Hillsdale. The Chargers won game one 4-0, before the Lady Knights took game two by an 8-7 score.
The Mercyhurst softball team handed defending GLIAC Player of the Year Molly Yetman a rare loss on the mound and the Lakers split a doubleheader with the team at the top of the GLIAC standings, Wayne State, Sunday. Mercyhurst picked up a critical 3-1 win in the opener before losing game two 7-0.
The Gannon University women’s water polo team (9-14) closed its final day at the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Western Division Championships and the 2008 season with a pair of losses to the University of Michigan and Mercyhurst College Sunday. The Wolverines blanked the Lady Knights 21-0 (6-0, 7-0, 6-0, 2-0) in the morning match and Gannon lost 16-6 (2-2, 7-2, 2-1, 5-1) to Mercyhurst in the nightcap.
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, hosts an evening of English, French and Italian art songs presented by Salvatore Champagne, associate professor of singing at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, today, Monday, April 21. Champagne’s recital will begin at 7:30 pm in the Larry and Kathryn Smith Chapel and is free and open to the public. He will be accompanied by John Champagne, his brother and an associate professor of English at Penn State Behrend.
Got Math Game? Elementary math education students and faculty at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will host two Elementary Parent Math Night events to help moms and dads help their young children. “These nights are free and open to all parents of local elementary-age kids,” said Danielle Goodwin, assistant professor of mathematics education and program host. “We’ll share fun math activities and games they can use at home to build their child’s math skills and number sense.” Goodwin added that the evenings are “for adults only. Unfortunately we cannot accommodate children.” A Elementary Parent Math Night is scheduled on Tuesday, April 22. It will be held from 5:30 until 7:30 pm in 114 Reed Union Building. There is no cost to attend, but reservations are mandatory and may be made by e-mailing Danielle Goodwin or phoning her in the Penn State Behrend School of Science at (814) 898-6090.
The Allegheny College Art Department will present its Senior Projects Exhibit in the Bowman, Penelec and Megahan Galleries from Tuesday, April 22 through Saturday, May 10. This show is an opportunity for graduating studio art majors and art and technology majors to present to the public their senior projects, which are the culminating experience of their art studies. A public reception for the exhibit will be held in the galleries on Tuesday, April 22 from 7 until 9 pm. All events are free and open to the public. The Art Galleries are wheelchair accessible and are located in Doane Hall of Art, east of North Main Street, between College and John Streets. Please call (814) 332-4365 for special hours during this exhibit or for more information.
The GE (NYSE: GE) 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on April 23, 2008 in Erie, Pennsylvania at the Erie Bayfront Convention Center.
The Saint Vincent Auxiliary invites you to join them for A Runway Event from Noon - 2 pm on Wednesday, April 23 at the Lakeshore Country Club, 5950 Lakeshore Drive in Erie. Doors open at 11:30 am for shopping. Fashions by Talbot’s followed by a light luncheon. $25.00 per person. Registration - Checks payable to St Vincent Auxiliary, mail to: Sue Krzeszewski, 725 East 34th Street, Erie, PA 16504. RSVP prior to April 16th, 2008. Proceeds benefit the projects of the Saint Vincent Auxiliary. For additional information call: Jackie at (814) 452-5323.
The Crime Victim Center of Erie County 4th Annual Awards Luncheon to honor people in the community for their role in “reducing the impact of crime” will be held at the Ambassador Banquet and Conference Center on April 23 from 11:30 am-1:00 pm. This year the honorees are Saint Vincent Forensic Nurse Examiners, a specially trained team of nurses who work with sexual assault victims in the emergency room, and the Sexual Offender Program, a collaborative treatment team from Erie County Adult Probation Department. Spnosors for the event are PNC Bank, a Silver Medal Sponsor for the fourth year in a row; DeMarco Wachter and Co. and Evans Capital Management, Bronze Medal Sponsors. Registration fee is $25. Food choices include prime rib sandwich, chicken cordon bleu or a vegetarian entree. A “Bounty-ful Bouquet” of gift cards/gift certificates/free tickets worth nearly $1,000 will be raffled-off the day of the event. Call (814) 455-9414 for more information.
Poet Malena Morling will read from her works at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, as part of the college’s Creative Writer’s Speaker Series. Morling’s reading will begin at 6 pm on Thursday, April 24, in the college’s Larry and Kathryn Smith Chapel. A reception for her will precede the reading at 4:30 in the chapel’s first-floor living room; both events are FREE and open to the public.
Michael Acri Boxing Promotions presents the 2008 debut of undefeated former IBF lightweight champion “The Pittsburgh Kid” Paul Spadafora. Returning to the ring for the first time in over a year, Spadafora (40-0-1), fighting in a 10-round welterweight bout against an opponent to be named shortly, headlines a six-bout card at The Avalon Hotel in Erie, PA (16 West 10th Street) on Friday, April 25. Tickets, priced at $60 (Golden Ringside), $40 (Ringside), and $20 (General Admission), go on sale Monday March 10, and can be purchased at the Avalon Hotel, Dee’s Cigar Store, Pony Express (1903 W 8th St) and the Ringside Restaurant. The card will also feature Cincinnati super middleweight Stephan Pryor (10-3-1), Erie heavyweight Rocky Mullooly (2-1), Pittsburgh middleweight Chris Archer (9-2), and the pro debut of heavyweight Andres Taylor from Johnstown, PA.
You’re invited to a night of fun and fellowship at Community Board Game Night on Saturday, April 26 at the Community United Church, 1011 West 38th Street. At this event, you can play Pictionary, Trivial Pursuit, or Scruples (just to name a few). It always is a great night of laughter and good-natured game playing. Doors open at 7 PM, Games begin at 7:30 PM and run until 10 PM. Admission donation is $2. Youth under 18 must have a guardian.
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will host the 36th annual Western Pennsylvania Undergraduate Psychology Conference on Saturday, April 26. The all-day event will be held in the college’s Research and Economic Development Center. Registration for the Western Pennsylvania Undergraduate Psychology Conference is open to the public; for details visit the conference link or phone Victoria Kazmerski, Penn State Behrend associate professor of psychology, at (814) 898-6246.
The Cat Nation Fanciers 19th Annual All-Breed Cat Show will be held April 26-27 at the John M Cochran (JMC) Ice Arena, 423 West 38th St in Erie.
Students from the Mercyhurst North East Dance Institute and a group of Mercyhurst musicians will combine their talents in a performance on Sunday, April 27, at 2 pm in St. Mary’s Chapel on the Mercyhurst North East campus, 16 W Division St., North East. The event is free and open to the public. Call (814) 725-6277 for more information.
The Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission, US Commercial Service and the Gannon University SBDC are sponsoring a seminar, “Exporting: First Steps to Success”, on Tuesday, April 29 at the Bessemer Corporate Conference Training Center, 764 Bessemer St, in Meadville. Cost is $40.
Gannon University will host a concert headlined by OneRepublic and with special guest Fabolous on Tuesday, April 29. Additional acts include Tim Blane and Romantic Era. The concert will be held at Gannon University Field, West Fifth and Sassafras. Doors will open at 6 pm and Blane will open the show at 7 pm. Tickets are $10 plus applicable service fees and can be purchased at GannonTickets.com. For more information, call (814) 871-7659 or (814) 871-7766.
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On April 29, three well respected local Business Leaders are pooling their knowledge and experience in order to help their fellow Professionals and Business Owners. They have put together a high impact conference for The Ultimate Executive. The three presenters and creators of The Ultimate Executive are, Tom Kennedy (Business Leader and Real Estate Developer), Steve Rosen (President of Domino Effect, Inc), and Tom Benson (Training Director, JL Nick Associates). The cost of admission is $69 before March 31 and $79 after April 1. Group rates are also available, call for details. The conference will be held at the Bel-Aire Clarion Hotel in Erie, PA from 8 am till noon. A continental breakfast is included.
Dr Charisse Nixon will present “Navigating the Turbulent Waters of Adolescence” on April 30 at 7 pm at the Villa Lecture Hall on Villa Maria Elementary School’s campus. The event, hosted by The Ophelia Project, is free and open to the public. “Navigating the Turbulent Waters of Adolescence” will provide those involved in the lives of adolescents insight into the development challenges they are facing. Nixon will also address what adolescents need during this time, whether their outbursts are normal and more. Dr. Nixon is an assistant professor of psychology at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. To RSVP, e-mail or call 456-5437. Villa Lecture Hall on Villa Maria Elementary School’s campus is located at 2551 8th Street, Erie, PA 16505. United Way of Erie County, Healthy Youth Development and Villa Maria Elementary School are supporters for this event. The Ophelia Project is a national nonprofit organization headquartered in Erie, Pa. Recognized as a leader in assessing social conditions and advocating healthy, safe relationships, the organization partners with educational, civic and community leaders to educate and empower kids and adults across North America.
The Moving Wall, the half-size replica of the Washington DC Vietnam Veterans Memorial that has been touring the country for more than twenty years, will be on display in Edinboro, PA May 1-5.
A Gannon University professor on Thursday, May 1, will host a discussion on the individual psychology of Alfred Adler. Ken McCurdy, PhD, associate professor, Gannon University community counseling program, will discuss “The Nuts and Bolts of Adlerian Clinical Supervision.” The discussion will be held from 8-10 pm in the Dean’s office on the first floor of Gannon’s Palumbo Academic Center, 824 Peach Street. The event will serve as the monthly TAPTalks colloquium hosted by Gannon University. Gannon’s Community Counseling program, the Gamma Upsilon Chi chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, and the Lake Erie Adlerian Institute are sponsoring the event. The TAPTalks colloquiums present brief, in-depth training experiences focusing on the individual psychology of Alfred Adler. They are designed to help professional counselors, psychologists, social workers, teachers, students, and other human service professionals expand their knowledge and skills through a foundational approach to human growth and development based on the strengths and individuality of each person. RSVPs can be made with Melissa Schmidt, graduate assistant, community counseling program, at (814) 871-5730. The session is free, and two continuing education credits are available for NCE/LPC through the Community Counseling program and for APA through NASAP, for a nominal fee.
The Erie County Bar Association and The Erie Runners Club Law Day 5k Run and Walk will be held Saturday, May 3 at 9 am. The race will start at the Erie County Courthouse.
New Found Glory will perform a concert at the Edinboro University McComb Fieldhouse on Saturday May 3 at 8 pm. Tickets are available online or at the Edinboro University Pogue Student Center SGA Convenience Store.
In celebration of The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2008 Preservation Month theme, “Place Matters,” the Erie Center for Design and Preservation is hosting a lecture, seminar and walking tour on May 9-10. All three events are FREE and open to the public. The internationally-known founder of the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, Mr. Arthur Ziegler, will be the featured speaker at the Erie Center for Design and Preservation’s first public event. Ziegler’s lecture, “The Good Works of Historic Preservation,” will be delivered Friday, May 9 at 7 PM in the Orientation Theatre of the Erie Maritime Museum, adjacent to the Blasco Memorial Library on Erie’s Bayfront. Ziegler says “historic preservation should be looked upon as both a cultural and economic development tool, leading to community revitalization, local investment, jobs, and a better quality of life.” On Saturday morning, May 10, the Erie Center for Design and Preservation (ECDP) will sponsor a seminar on historic preservation. Topics include: an overview of the National Register of Historic Places, the economics of preservation, and the tax credits afforded to property owners who rehabilitate historic buildings. The seminar will be held Saturday, May 10 from 9 AM to Noon at the Erie Art Museum Annex, 20 East 5th Street. On Saturday afternoon, May 10 , Mr Jeff Kidder AIA of Kidder Wachter Architecture will offer a 90 minute architectural walking tour of lower State Street and Perry Square. Kidder will meet members of the tour on the front steps of the Erie Art Museum, 417 State Street at 1 PM. Kidder will discuss the history of the City of Erie, neighborhood changes and attributes of the remaining historic structures. Kidder believes that “historic preservation in Erie is an effective tool for managing growth, revitalizing neighborhoods, fostering local pride and maintaining community character while enhancing livability.” Kidder serves on the City of Erie Planning Commission, the Downtown Improvement District board, the Erie Center for Design and Preservation board, and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Historic Preservation board.
The charity bellydance event, “Shimmy for a Cure”, will be held May 31 at the Erie Playhouse in downtown Erie, PA. This event will benefit the John Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation.
Head Coach John T Reilly of Gannon University will conduct three sessions of basketball camp this summer. Sessions will be held June 9-13, June 23-27 and August 4-8. His coaching staff, area high school coaches and several of his players will serve as camp instructors. The sessions are designed as teaching camps that emphasize the fundamentals of the game of basketball. The camps are for students in Grades 3-10.
There will be a Rust Belt Bloggers Summit on July 11-12 in Erie. People from Youngstown, Buffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and other area cities will be attendance to discuss economic development issues in the region.
Posted by Dennis at April 21, 2008 6:59 AM
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