BREAKING NEWS Missile test a success Oct 29, 2009
During Tuesdays test, the U.S. Navy ships USS Paul Hamilton and USS Lake Erie, both out of Pearl Harbor, detected and tracked the target missile for training purposes. Related headlines. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Experimental Harmful Algal Bloom Forecast Bulletin For Lake Erie Oct 29, 2009
28, 2009) Predicting harmful algal blooms, or HABs, in the Great Lakes is now a reality as NOAA announces an experimental HAB forecast system in Lake Erie ... When a harmful bloom in Lake Erie is detected by the experimental system, scientists issue a forecast bulletin to nearby scientists and community managers ... Having a forecast bulletin for Lake Erie will allow us to study the impacts of excess nutrients on beaches and coastal waters, including impacts of harmful algal blooms, said Jill... (Science Daily)
U.S., Japan to again test missile intercept Oct 28, 2009
Two Pearl harbor warships -- the destroyer USS Paul Hamilton and cruiser USS Lake Erie -- will track the drone missile but not fire any interceptors ... Two Pearl harbor warships -- the destroyer USS Paul Hamilton and cruiser USS Lake Erie -- will track the drone missile but not fire any interceptors. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Avalanche confirm goalie Budaj has swine flu Oct 28, 2009
Colorado recently brought up goalie from the Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL to serve as 's backup. Copyright 2009. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NHL)
Avs' Budaj also Oct 28, 2009
Colorado recently brought up goalie from the Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL to serve as 's backup. Anderson has a team-record 11 starts to begin a season. (ESPN -- NHL)
Opening salvo Oct 28, 2009
But all that was forgotten as the Celtics took a 95-89 victory over the Cavaliers, their first on Lake Erie shores since 2004. Though the Celtics, who play host to Charlotte in their home opener tonight, got off to a slow start, this was a decisive victory and confirmation of the team s improvement. (Boston Globe)
More of this story Oct 28, 2009
During Tuesday s test, the U.S. Navy ships USS Paul Hamilton and USS Lake Erie, both out of Pearl Harbor on O ahu, will detect and track the target as a training exercise. Before returning to Japan, the JS Myoko will be loaded with additional SM-3 (standard missile 3) Block IA missiles, ensuring the ship s arrival in Japan ready to provide additional ballistic missile defense capability against the increasing ballistic missile threat present in that region, according to the press release. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Drill Here, Now: Energy Reserves at Home? Oct 28, 2009
The Marcellus shale, which could be the second-largest natural-gas field in the world after an offshore field in the Persian Gulf, stretches from the shores of Lake Erie through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia, and locals are hoping for an economic Cinderella story. There are also new shale gas discoveries in western Europe, a development that will likely reduce dependence on Russian gas supplies--a major blow to Russia's geopolitical ambitions. (ABC News -- Business)
Authorities Searching for Boat Banditos Oct 28, 2009
EUCLID, Ohio - Pirates on Lake Erie ... Monday, a fisherman takes off on his 18-foot boat from Wildwood State Park in Cleveland to spend a day on Lake Erie ... The Coast Guard helped Ohio Division of Watercraft officers search for the boat, but the Lake Erie pirates got away. (FOX61, CT)
Japanese destroyer intercepts test missile off Kauai Oct 28, 2009
Two U.S. Navy Aegis ships, the Pearl Harbor-based USS Lake Erie and USS Paul Hamilton, also participated in today's test ... The Lake Erie, equipped with the next generation Aegis system, tracked the missile target and post-intercept debris using its advanced signal processor ... Two U.S. Navy Aegis ships, the Pearl Harbor-based USS Lake Erie and USS Paul Hamilton, also participated in today's test. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Avalanche place Tucker on IR after Ruutu check Oct 27, 2009
The team announced the move on Monday, when it also recalled forward from the Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL to fill Tucker's place on the roster. Ruutu rode Tucker into the boards in the second period on Friday night. (ESPN -- NHL)
James, Cavaliers renew drive toward title with O'Neal in tow Oct 27, 2009
But can two stars on the shore of Lake Erie form the requisite bonds. "We know it's his team," O'Neal said. (USA Today -- Sports)
This day in history Oct 26, 2009
In 1825, the Erie Canal opened in upstate New York, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River. In 1881, the Gunfight at the OK Corral took place in Tombstone, Ariz. (Boston Globe)
Anderson has 48 saves, surprising Avs beat Detroit Oct 25, 2009
The Avalanche recalled F Brian Willsie from Lake Erie. Avalanche G Peter Budaj (flu) was not available Saturday. (CBS News)
McLeod wins national sudoku tournament Oct 25, 2009
Colorado recalled forward Brian Willsie from Lake Erie of the American League to fill McLeod's roster spot. Carolina Hurricanes (2-4-2) at Colorado Avalanche (6-1-2), 9 p.m.. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Tombstone tours Oct 25, 2009
Its upper balcony provides a view of the Cleveland skyline and Lake Erie. Other memorials to famous men at Lake View include a white, 65-foot obelisk marking John D. Rockefeller's grave, and a monument to lawman Eliot Ness, whose ashes were scattered in Wade Pond. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Avs recall Weiman Oct 24, 2009
DENVER (AP) -- With battling the flu, the recalled from the Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL on Friday to serve as the backup to. Budaj was ruled out for Friday night's against Carolina because of the illness, and Weiman was on hand to back up Anderson should the need arise. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NHL)
Dallas assigns left wing Gazdic to Texas Oct 24, 2009
Gazdic is expected to play this weekend when the Texas Stars host the Lake Erie Monsters and Hamilton Bulldogs ... Texas continues a three-game home stand on Friday, October 23rd at 7:30 pm in a rematch with Lake Erie. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
Avalanche edge Hurricanes 5-4; Tucker taken off on backboard Oct 24, 2009
NOTES: Backup goalie was scratched because of the flu and the Avalanche recalled goalie Tyler Weiman from Lake Erie of the AHL.. Carolina fell to 0-6 at the Pepsi Center, which opened in October 1999. (USA Today -- Sports)
In 1809, a bizarre burial for a 'mad' general Oct 24, 2009
After he died at age 51 from an attack of gout, his body rested for 12 years in an oak coffin at Presque Isle, a peninsula off Lake Erie. In 1809, his only son, Isaac, journeyed 900 miles round-trip from Eastern Pennsylvania to Western Pennsylvania to return his father's remains to the family plot in Wayne, Chester County, at Old St. David's, an Episcopal church immortalized in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Stress-free Thanksgiving getaways Oct 23, 2009
Where: Sandusky, OhioWhy: Because Thanksgiving weekend is the kick-off for the Festival of Lights at this Lake Erie resort. Families can take a hay ride through the holiday lights display as they listen to Christmas classics, or they can drop in on Mrs. Claus for hot chocolate, cider and donuts. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Fishing Report: 10/23/09 Oct 23, 2009
Lake Erie: Low, clear conditions prevailed on tributaries this week and steelhead were spread out. A calm lake Wednesday made for favorable shoreline fishing, but that was expected to change with high winds out of the northeast forecast for today. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Monster mash Oct 22, 2009
Dancers from Lake Erie Ballet will bring "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Grieg's "Peer Gynt" to shivering life. What would a Halloween concert in an old movie palace be without movie music. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Canal Side design to be unveiled Oct 21, 2009
Tow paths along the canals are designed to be weather-protected and buffer visitors from the harsh Lake Erie winter winds. The tow paths also serve as inviting boardwalks for the array of stores, shops and restaurants planned in the development. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
Florida Retiree Is "Original" Balloon Boy Oct 21, 2009
The flight was documented in photographs showing the balloon drifting up and out of the stadium narrowly missing a disastrous Lake Erie landing. "I would have perished immediately. I don't think we thought about that kind of thing," says Crawford who admits things could have ended up worse. (W-USA News, DC)
Willard takes 'best desk job' as commander Oct 21, 2009
Supervised advances in military's ballistic missile defense capabilities, including the shooting down of an errant satellite by the Pearl Harbor-base cruiser USS Lake Erie ... Supervised advances in military's ballistic missile defense capabilities, including the shooting down of an errant satellite by the Pearl Harbor-base cruiser USS Lake Erie. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Exeter's George and Sue Olson are disbelieving in Dayton (Ohio!) Oct 18, 2009
Not only is the Flyer III housed here, but you can also find Dayton's first inn, an 1835 B&O steam engine, a lock from the Miami and Erie Canal, (bet you didn't know that from 1845 to 1910, a 300-mile canal connected Cincinnati on the Ohio and Toledo on Lake Erie) and the story of the first automobile self-starter. The display of the Flyer III, in the Wright Brother's Aviation Center, is very well done. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Snow Falls Early In Northeast Oct 17, 2009
Most areas east of Lake Erie were reporting 2 inches or less. Two inches of snow also has fallen in parts of northwest New Jersey. (KWTX.com, TX)
Northeast fall snowstorm breaks records in NY, Pa. Oct 17, 2009
Most areas east of Lake Erie and parts of northwestern New Jersey got 2 inches or less. Many other places got only rain. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
District Fishing Report Oct 16, 2009
Lake Erie and tributaries: Low, clear conditions were reported yesterday, and the hope was that rain forecast for last night through tomorrow will raise water levels. Wet snow also was predicted. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Weekly Texas Stars update Oct 15, 2009
Texas returns home to host the Grand Rapids Griffins at Cedar Park Center on Thursday, Oct. 15th at 7:30 p.m. for Thirsty Thursday," where Stars fans may purchase 2 domestic drafts and 1 hot dogs. Nice crowds The Texas Stars in their first four games (only one at home) have already played before 28,275 fans for an average of 7,069 per game. In its lone home game so far, the Stars drew 6,221 fans in its win over the San Antonio Rampage. The seating capacity for hockey at Cedar Park Center is... (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
College soccer roundup: Colton caps Mercyhurst comeback Oct 15, 2009
-Edinboro 1, Lake Erie 0: At Painesville, Ohio, Amanda Bartell scored at the 7:06 mark to lead the Fighting Scots to a non-conference victory ... Edinboro outshot Lake Erie 22-3 and had an 11-1 advantage in corner kicks ... Lake Erie fell to 6-6-2. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Fly-fishing favorites Oct 15, 2009
to Buffalo, N.Y. (Lake Erie, south side small streams); Lewiston, Idaho (Lower Snake River); Medford, Ore. (Rogue River); Grayling, Mich. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Vale's Inco Refinery Pollution Suit Tests Ontario Environmental Regulation Oct 14, 2009
operated the nickel refinery in Port Colborne, 145 kilometers (90 miles) south of Toronto on the shore of Lake Erie, from 1918 to 1984. The refinery spewed tons of nickel oxide into the air, contaminating properties downwind, the provincial said in a report in September 2000. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Sabres lose Sekera to rib; Wilson recalled by Avs Oct 13, 2009
Wilson has played in three games with the AHL's Lake Erie Monsters this season. He hasn't scored any points and has racked up 17 penalty minutes, the most on the team. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NHL)
Game Scout: Bills/Browns Oct 12, 2009
This will be the third straight year the Lake Erie neighbors have met. The Browns won 8-0 in 2007 in Cleveland and 29-27 last year in Buffalo. (BillsReport.com)
Saint Vincent's Crystal Ball raises $110,000 Oct 11, 2009
Pierre Bellicini is director of communications and marketing for Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. Two historic shows The Bayfront Gallery is showing works by Roy Ahlgren, Carl Sundberg and Richard Anuszkiewicz through Sunday. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Boston-to-Connellsville ride wasn't always smooth Oct 10, 2009
"A few people had negative comments" because the right-of-way would be rail-banked and they wouldn't be getting the strip of land abandoned by the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad ... Piesik said the trip became difficult as cyclists encountered "fresh ballast churned up by the removal of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad tracks, standing pools of water and, of course, mud -- gooey, sticky black mud [that] had to be maneuvered around.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Religion Calendar for the Erie area Oct 10, 2009
-JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF ERIE: Selling trees to be planted at the Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park and in Israel. Cost is $18 per tree. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Green Shoots from Brown Fields Oct 9, 2009
But in 2006, while the idle grain elevators and coke ovens sat rusting on the banks of Lake Erie, something unexpected happened. began springing up on a 30-acres section of the former Superfund site in this Buffalo suburb. (Scientific American)
Warning: Waves of 12 to 16 feet expected this afternoon along Lake Erie shoreline Oct 8, 2009
Advertisement Areas along the lakeshore were hardest hit, and waves towering 16 feet high were expected to pound the shoreline through the evening, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a gale warning along Lake Erie stretching from Detroit to the New York state line that was to expire at 9 p.m. Wednesday ... 12-16 feetHeight of waves on Lake Erie on Wednesday afternoon and evening. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Medford's Joe Sacco: The return of a hometown hero Oct 7, 2009
After serving as two years as an assistant, Sacco was named head coach of Colorado s new AHL franchise, the Lake Erie Monsters, May 7, 2007. Sacco led the Monsters for two seasons before being promoted as the head coach of the Avalanche, June 4. (Medford Transcript, MA)
NY to promote its farming heritage Oct 6, 2009
The Niagara and Lake Erie grape-growing and wine-making regions will be represented by National Grape Cooperative/Welch s sparkling red and white grape juice and black cherry Concord grape juice. Lake Erie and Niagara Escarpment wines will be represented by Johnson Estate Winery, Westfield; Mazza Chautauqua Cellars, Mayville; Merritt Estate Winery, Forestville; Niagara Landing Wine Cellars, Cambria; and The Winery at Marjim Manor, Appleton. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
Tombstone tours: Check out these famous boneyards Oct 6, 2009
The upper balcony of the monument provides a view of the Cleveland skyline and Lake Erie. Other memorials to famous men at Lake View include a white 65-foot obelisk marking John D. Rockefeller's grave, and a monument to lawman Eliot Ness, whose ashes were scattered in Wade Pond. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
San Mateo to Philly in 1978 in an Opel GT Oct 5, 2009
We took Interstate 90 across to Buffalo, N.Y., and along Lake Erie to Cleveland, where we got back on I-80 to the Colorado dropdown to I-70. We blew through Vegas and made L.A., 3,000 miles from Boston, in five days flat. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Dolphins begin Henne era against Bills Oct 4, 2009
Anderson's initial game-long test comes in the form of the intrastate rival Cincinnati Bengals, who ride into the Lake Erie region on, of all things, a winning streak. Coach Marvin Lewis and Co. have strung together consecutive defeats of Green Bay and Pittsburgh in the last two weeks, recovering nicely from a kick-in- the-stomach debut in which Denver's Brandon Stokley caught a tipped pass and ran it in for an 87-yard touchdown with 11 seconds remaining. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Western Pennsylvania senior care providers adding new drug-dispensing machines Oct 3, 2009
Twenty-one senior care institutions, representing more than 7,700 nursing and assisted living beds in the region, will be offered ownership stakes in the pharmacy, with the first vending machines to be installed at Redstone Highlands and in the Presbytery of Lake Erie within seven months, according to Linda Massie, executive director of Faith-Based Network, a nonprofit group purchasing outfit based in Wexford. Each machine will hold 240 canisters of the facility s most commonly prescribed drugs. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Wolksi's 2 goals lift Avs to 5-2 win in opener Oct 2, 2009
They made sweeping changes, brining in a new general manager in Greg Sherman and hiring Sacco, who had been with Lake Erie of the American Hockey League for the last two seasons. Sacco pledged an uptempo style, and that is how the Avalanche played. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Medford's Joe Sacco scores first NHL coaching victory with Colorado Avalanche Oct 2, 2009
After serving as two years as an assistant, Sacco was named head coach of the Colorado's new AHL franchise, the Lake Erie Monsters, May 7, 2007. Sacco led the Monsters for the next two seasons before promoted as the head coach of the Avalanche, June 4. (Medford Transcript, MA)
Forget Chicago: Cleveland Gets the Gay Games Oct 2, 2009
An abundance of enthusiasm, some Midwestern pluck and a boisterous night on Lake Erie didn't hurt ... In Cleveland, 7,000 people packed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to capacity, overflowing into an adjacent park on the Lake Erie shore. (Time.com)
Two rail trails intersect in this western Pennsylvania town Sep 30, 2009
The Montour Railroad was built between 1877 and 1914 to connect the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad with more than 30 coal mines and other railroads. Tunnels along the Montour Trail include the 623-foot-long National Tunnel near Hendersonville in Cecil Township. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Local briefs: Rams capture CVC mini-tournament Sep 25, 2009
Right-hander Cardoza Tucker (Bullard High/Fresno City College) and the Lake Erie Crushers beat River City 13-10 in the finale of the best-of-five championship series of the independent Frontier League ... Lake Erie was in its inaugural season in the league, which has 12 teams throughout the Midwest. (Fresno Bee)
Old Woman Creek, Lake Erie Fresh Wa... Sep 25, 2009
Old Woman Creek, Lake Erie Fresh Water Estuary. Old Woman Creek, Lake Erie Fresh Water Estuary ... There is one freshewater estuary in NERRS on Lake Erie in the Great Lakes, a small jewel of a preserve named located on the Lake Road (old Route 6) between the towns of Vermilion and Huron, Ohio. (Suite101.com)
Magic Valley's water supply is in jeopardy Sep 24, 2009
How much is left of this aquifer thought to be about the size of Lake Erie. The annual rate of depletion is considered to be at least a half million acre-feet of the estimated 2. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
What Happened to Brady Quinn? Sep 22, 2009
By OBR Football AnalystDate: Sep 21, 2009 The regular season kickoff against the Vikings also appears to have booted the Browns offense into Lake Erie. What happened. (BerniesInsiders.com)
Frontier League Playoffs Sep 20, 2009
8: Lake Erie 8, Kalamazoo 7 ... 9: Kalamazoo 10, Lake Erie 4 ... 11: Lake Erie 4, Kalamazoo 2. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
Fishing: Bagging the bait can be fun, thrifty Sep 20, 2009
While anglers say baits work best in the watersheds from which they are harvested, it is illegal to transport live fish, as well as fish eggs, caught or bought in Lake Erie and other Great Lakes watersheds. "You could be introducing a disease or a species that doesn't belong," said Pennyslvania Fish and Boat Commission southwest regional law enforcement chief Emil Svetahor. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Sound the shofar Sep 19, 2009
Temple Anshe Hesed930 Liberty St., 454-2426Rosh Hashana service -- today, 10 a.m.Tashlich service -- today, 3 p.m., Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park. Kol Nidre service -- Sept. 27, 8 p.m.Yom Kippur service -- Sept. 28, 10 a.m.. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Fishing Report: 9/18/09 Sep 18, 2009
Lake Erie: Steelhead anglers were crowding the lakefront at Trout and Godfrey runs when the lake was calm and around the wall at Walnut Creek, but Poor Richard's Bait and Tackle advised yesterday it will take significant rain and cooler temperatures to trigger any real steelheading. Good perch fishing continued in 60 to 65 feet. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Peach of a pal saves summer Sep 17, 2009
He grows nearly everything, including artichokes, in Youngstown, N.Y., about a mile from Lake Erie and a few miles from Niagara Falls. The warm summer breezes from Lake Erie and the Niagara River make his part of the world temperate. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Gannon's Cook earns PSAC honor Sep 16, 2009
The Middleburg Heights, Ohio, native picked up 13 kills in a win over Lake Erie on Sept. 8 and blocked a season-high nine attempts in a win over Alderson-Broaddus on Friday. MEN'S SOCCER. (Erie Times-News, PA)
BFR Season Predictions Sep 15, 2009
Like Jim Carrey in the movie 23, it is to my belief that the Lake Erie dwellers will end up with the record they have accrued the past three years. Although optimism is as high as it has been in the past nine playoff-less seasons, a letdown is inevitable. (BillsReport.com)
Routine debut, win for Favre (Yesterday) Sep 15, 2009
If anything became clear on a gorgeous day on the Lake Erie shore -- other than the fact that the Browns are a really bad team with a really dreadful offense -- it is that Favre, a three-time NFL MVP and 10-time Pro Bowler, doesn't have to be the Favre of yesterday or the Ben Roethlisberger of today for the Vikings to make a serious run at Super Bowl XLIV. Extraordinary running back Adrian Peterson and a great defense will carry the heaviest loads on that journey. All Favre has to do is not be... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Cedar Point Named Best Amusement Park in the World for the 12th Straight Year! Sep 14, 2009
Located on the shores of Lake Erie, Cedar Point is one of the most popular family vacation destinations in the country. With 75 rides, including 17 roller coasters, the park has more rides and more roller coaters than any park in the world. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
NASA chooses moon crater for crash of rocket Sep 13, 2009
At a briefing Friday, Anthony Colaprete, the mission's chief scientist, said he calculates that within 3 feet of the lunar crater's surface there will be a huge amount of deeply frozen water ice - enough volume, he speculated, to fill Lake Erie, which is more than 50 times the surface area of Lake Tahoe. No one knows whether the moon harbors any water at all, but hopes remain high among scientists around the world. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
