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Erie PA News and Events for Wednesday April 23, 2008
Posted by Dennis on April 23, 2008
Most of the GE officials spent a couple of days staying at the SpringHill Suites in Erie.
You can view the Erie County primary election results here and the state results here.
Kathy Dahlkemper won the Democratic nomination for the 3rd Congressional District seat. The race went Dahlkemper, Kyle Foust, Tom Myers and Mike Waltner. She’ll face Republican incumbent Phil English and Independent Steven Porter in November’s general election.
Senator Hillary Clinton beat Senator Barack Obama be nearly a 2-1 margin in Erie County, 62.8 percent to 36.8 percent. Clinton won Pennsylvania be about 10 percentage points, 54.3 to 45.8, and gained 10 delegates on Obama.
Broadwind Energy, Inc (OTC Bulletin Board: BWEN) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Brad Foote Gear Works Inc, has signed a three year, evergreen supply agreement with GE Transportation to provide gear sets for use in wind turbine gearboxes, which GE Transportation builds in Erie, Pa for the North American market. “Brad Foote is proud to have been a partner in GE Transportation’s development of this advanced design, highly reliable gear system,” said J Cameron Drecoll, CEO of Broadwind. “GE Transportation has taught our people lean technologies as well as the value of Six Sigma. This has resulted in the transformation of a typical gear job shop into the third largest production center for wind gearing in the world.” “Brad Foote has been with us from the start of our wind turbine drive program,” said Todd Wyman, vice president, supply chain and GE Officer. “It has been enjoyable to watch them grow into a world class supplier to GE Transportation.” GE Transportation has been building megawatt class wind turbine gear drives since 2004. In 2002, GE Transportation created its Drivetrain Technologies group to design, develop and produce megawatt class wind turbine gearboxes. It has since grown into a leading supplier to the North American market, experience it is now leveraging as it expands into new markets with new customers. The long-term agreement with Brad Foote Gear Works is a key component of GE Transportation’s capacity build out.
The shareholders of Erie Indemnity Company (Nasdaq: ERIE) at their annual meeting Tuesday elected eleven nominees for the Company’s Board of Directors. Erie Indemnity Company provides management services to the member companies of the Erie Insurance Group. The persons elected to the Board of Directors are: J Ralph Borneman Jr, CIC, CPIA, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Body-Borneman Insurance and Financial Services, LLC; Patricia A Garrison-Corbin, President and Chairman, PG Corbin and Company, Inc; President and Chief Executive Officer, PG Corbin Asset Management, Inc; Chairman, Delancey Capital Group, LP; Chairman, PG Corbin Group, Inc; Jonathan Hirt Hagen, JD, Vice Chairman, Custom Group Industries; Susan Hirt Hagen, Co-Trustee, HO Hirt Trusts; Thomas B Hagen, Chairman of the Board of Erie Indemnity Company, Chairman/Owner, Custom Group Industries; C Scott Hartz, CPA, Chief Executive Officer, Hartz Group; Former CEO, PwC Consulting; Claude C Lilly III, PhD, CPCU, CLU, Dean, College of Business and Behavioral Science, Clemson University; Lucian L Morrison, Esq, Independent trustee and consultant in trust, estate, probate and qualified plan matters; Thomas W Palmer, Esq, Managing Partner of the law firm of Marshall and Melhorn LLC; Elizabeth A Vorsheck, Co-Trustee, HO Hirt Trusts; Robert C Wilburn, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Gettysburg National Battlefield Museum Foundation.
At the Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday, the Board re-elected the current executive management team of the Erie Insurance Group and re-elected Thomas B Hagen as Chairman of the Board. The principal officers re-elected are: John J Brinling, Jr, CPCU, President and Chief Executive Officer; Philip A Garcia, CPA, FLMI, ACS, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Michael Krahe, PhD, Executive Vice President of Human Development and Leadership; George R Lucore, CPCU, CIC, LUTCF, AAM, AIC, AIM, AIT, Executive Vice President, Field Operations; Kevin A Marti, FSA, CLU, ChFC, Executive Vice President, Erie Family Life Insurance; James J Tanous, Esq, Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel; and Michael S Zavasky, CPCU, CIC, ARe, Executive Vice President, Insurance Operations.
The Erie SeaWolves snapped a two-game losing skid with a 12-2 win over the Harrisburg Senators on Tuesday night at Commerce Bank Park. The SeaWolves and Senators wrap up a three-game series on Wednesday afternoon at Commerce Bank Park…12:05 First Pitch. LHP Luke French (0-2, 8.80 ERA) takes the mound for Erie against RHP Marco Estrada (1-1, 3.60 ERA).
Canisius College women’s basketball coach Terry Zeh has announced that Jen Gwin has joined the Golden Griffin coaching staff as an assistant coach. Gwin spent the 2007-08 season as an assistant coach at Saint Francis University (Pa). A 2006 graduate of Gannon University, Gwin was a student assistant coach for the Golden Knights after she played four seasons for Gannon. Gwin graduated as a double major, earning a BS in finance with a minor in marketing, as well as a BS in management with a minor in human resources.
The Penn State Behrend baseball team took on the Allegheny Gators on Tuesday at the Behrend baseball field. The teams split the doubleheader as Behrend (24-8) earned a come-from-behind win by a 3-2 score in game one and Allegheny took game two 5-1.
Former Erie Otters Goaltender Ryan Ludzik was named Player of the Year for the Greater Ontario Hockey League’s Golden Horseshoe Division. Ludzik plaed for the Niagara Falls Canucks who are in the the junior B league.
Every Wednesday is free admission to all four Erie Art Museum galleries from 11 am to 5 pm.
Goodell Gardens and Homestead is looking for volunteers. Join them for their Volunteer Recruitment Days on Wednesday April 23 or Saturday May 3. Goodell Gardens and Homestead is a non-profit, education-oriented botanical garden and arboretum on the 78-acre Goodell family farm in Edinboro PA that emulates the Goodell family passion for gardening, history and horticulture. Goodell Gardens provides for the care of a significant collection of both botanical specimens and local historical archives. The Gardens are open to the public yearly, May through October.
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.
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 Gannon University Small Business Development Center along with Paulsen Productions are sponsoring “From Service To Success”, a seminar for entrepreneurial veterans. It will be held May 20 at the Gannon Yehl Ballroom, 124 West 7th St in Erie. Cost is $15 and registration is required.
KillerWolf Films is holding meetings/open auditions for their new feature film “Warriors of the Apocalypse” on Friday May 23 and Saturday May 24. They will be held at the Playhouse Rehearsal space on 950 State Street in Erie from 6-9 pm both days. Shooting commences Saturday July 19 and wraps Sunday July 27, with filming being in the Northwestern PA area and possibly a few dates on the NJ/PA/NY border. KillerWolf Films latest release, “Fist of the Vampire”, is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com and is to be released worldwide July 8 from Maxim Media International/Brain Damage Films. KillerWolf Films is co-owned by Erieite Len Kabasinski and Meadville,PA native Lisa McQuiston.
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.
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