Harborcreek Historical Society gets new home by Michael Frawley manging editor While Knowledge Park may seem to only have appeal for people majoring in Business and Engineering, there is something available there for Humanities majors as well. While many people on campus are aware that Alborg Industries and General Electric have moved into Knowledge Park, the Harborcreek Historical Society now also calls Knowledge Park home. The Harborcreek Historical Society has always had a close connection to Behrend. When it was founded in 1994, Behrend gave them space on campus next to the Health and Wellness Center, and as soon as space was available, a new home at Knowledge Park. The society works on various Grand opening of Best Buy is sure to be by Bobby Crockett staff writer As Erie enters the winter season, upper Peach Street is slowly becom ing a war zone as shoppers go from store to store trying to find the right price for the perfect gift for the many people on their Christmas shopping lists. This leads to stores being com petitive with one another as they cut their prices in attempts to get the maximum number of shoppers in their stores. The level of competition has increased in recent years with the opening of such stores as Media Play, Circuit City, and Target. And with the recent opening of Best Buy in Erie, the level of competition will almost Hey Dave, Play Something We Know! As we prepared to head into . This is the story of six friends stadium for the opening act, we (who by the end of the trip acted like no tjced that our friend’s prized strangers) that chose to get in a van football, a staple at every tailgating and drive to Orchard Park, New event, was being fyynded off by our B; Matthews. Jf|J| r less intelliffrot friend to an we sat down to enjoy a little DMb! C'ty)- After the rain, the fight, and the fact We got to Ralph Wilson (“who’s they didn - tplay “Crash ,” we were all Ralph Wilson? ) Stadium a little ver y dred a j )d read y j 0 g 0 home, earlier than expected. Eagerly, we Home...lt seemed like such a set up camp next to the road so we request, but since you can only could make a quick exit in case Mr. Wilson’s stadium, things got ugly, but also to keep an we bad t 0 yj nd |y detour through all eye on the scenic porta potties western U p S tate New York to find strategically placed at the entrance. 1 . 90> our party bus driver decided to The fun began after we unloaded the pass the time by ch jt-chatting with , he party bus and made friends with our , oca , s , kjng along the of th neighbors, two girls from roads^e asked Mm ifley like! whose food was a lot be#r than the be XLj He sfMidrd. ours ' B Diy niid|jn’t play After a few hours of in the /*(> a sh?”'» !T1 ■ | Buffalo sun (did we / The ilo a singL were dressed for cold rain thanks a _| on g t 0 keep the pilot and co-pilot Erie), we decided to make friends awakg and after a [ong pit stop at a with the local law enforcement McDo nalds somewhere off th_ . ~ agencies. A motorcycle officer highway we swerV ed home to bed Deanna / m °ski and Ainslie graciously posed with us for a (Thanks Dave) Matthews Band concert picture, but much to the dismay of our male friends, would not let any of us test-drive his Harley. Do you finally want to get exposure as a cartoonist? projects to help promote and preserve all portions of Harborcreek’s history. One such project was the restoration of the Gospel Hill Burial Ground, located just north of the Station Road entrance to the school. The Gospel Hill Burial Ground is important to Harborcreek history because Thomas Rees, the man who originally pioneered Harborcreek for settlement, is buried there. The society has also worked on researching and documenting one room schoolhouses in Harborcreek. They have been gathering all available information on these schoolhouses and are working to preserve the few that still remain. They are currently working to save the Rose Construction one-room schoolhouse, which is located at the site of Stan’s Garden Center. This land is the proposed site for the new eastside surely be raised one or two more notches Located at 6650 Peach Street, Best Buy offers a wide variety of products, including everything from household appliances such as wash ers and dryers to television and ste reo systems. Since their opening last Friday, they have had many sales that have been limited to their first week of being open. This includes such deals as $9.99 for new CD releases like Limp Bizkit's "Chocolate Star fish and the Hot Dog Flavored Wa ter" and 98 Degrees’ "Revelation." Other values include the recent Ju rassic Park DVD set for $29.99 and recent critically acclaimed movies such as "American Beauty" and "The Deanna Symoski COMBA Ainsle Ulmer COMBA ATfEWTKW ALL CARTOONISTS: Wal-Mart. The society is hoping that Wal-Mart will donate the school to them to keep it from being tom down. The society also takes an active part in the local community, helping people to research their genealogy if they hail from Harborcreek. They also help at the annual Harborfest, setting up a display table for local residents to learn more about Harborcreek. At last year’s Harborfest, they set up an 1865 map of Harborcreek Township and allowed residents to try to identify where they now live. The Historical Society is open every Wednesday from 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm and on Saturdays from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm. The society welcomes anyone interested in any learning more about Harborcreek to stop in. Green Mile" on VHS for $9.99. These are though just small samples of the values that one can find at Best Buy. While not as much an "all-in-one" store as Target, Wal-Mart, or K-Mart, Best Buy definitely makes up for it with their prices on electronics. Their prices are definitely in the range that will lead to strong competition with other local electronic stores such as Media Play and Circuit City. The com bination of the Christmas shopping season being in full bloom and the mo mentum that a store gains with their grand opening, it's a sure bet that Best Buy will be having a very merry Christmas season. As Members of the of the Behrend Beacon editorial staff, Deanna Symoski and Ainslie Ulmer are disqualified from winning the contest. r PB f Anyone interested should submit a sample of their work directjy to the Beacon office or email it to behrcolls@aol.com Tombstone of Thomas Rees in the Gospel Hill Burial Ground a best bet for Erie Christmas Shoppers The new Best Buy on upper Peach street is open for business, Imer pose in tl ing lot of Ralph Wilson Stadium at a 11 !L un iRFNi > ni : : ,\<:on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17,2000 Contest Rules Any Behrend student can submit a 300-500 word story about a road trip they have taken since the end of the spring 2000 semester. The trip must be more than 150 miles from the original location. A photo must accompany entry with sufficient proof that the trip was made. Insufficient proof will lessen chances to win contest. If more than one student took part in the road trip, only the student submitting the story is eligible, unless all members send name in with entry. If more than one student name appears on entry, prize will be divided amongst the students who entered. Send in entries as soon as possible to ensure publication in the Beacon. Only entries appearing in the Beacon will be voted on. Beacon members are ineligible and will vote on the winnei^ win $2 50
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