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September 3rd, 2010 Local National News
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LOCAL NEWS
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A community college for
Erie County is becoming
more of a reality as support
ers of the proposed college
recieved a major financial
boost. High mark Blue
Cross Blue Sheild an
nounced a grant of $200,000
to the project, which still
needs the Pennslyvannia
Department of Education to
approve the college's appli
cation before the plan can
move foward.
Jim Martin, community af
fairs director for Highmark
said, "The money will be
used for education, not
bricks and mortar." Other
donations to the college in
clude one million dollars
from the Erie Community
/foundation, $lO,OOO each
from Scott Enterprises, Lord
Corp., Custom Engineering
Co., and PHB/Reddog In
duststries.
Erie County Excucative
Barry Grossman said hopes
the grant from Highmark
will spark more area compa
nies and businesses to con
tribute money to the
growing project.
Grade schoolers from ac
cross Erie County decended
upon a vacant lot turned to
garden plot one hot after
noon. Their mission: to har
vest and to eat!
Co-Director of the project,
Gary McEnery, said that
they looked for many lots in
the Little Italy neighbor
hood, and this little patch of
green seemed perfect.
Students brought their
harvest into the kitchen of
the Sisters of St. Joseph
Neighborhood Network
building where they learned
torriOttoraatoe sauce and
cucum ei Salad.
Areas along the US east
coast have declared states of
emergency as Hurricane
Earl makes its way into U.S.
waters. Earl is said to make
landfall on Thursday night.
As the storm nears, it has
weakened to category two
and US officials predicted
the storm will continue to
weaken as it passes North
Carolina. Although the
storm is decreasing in
strength, it is growing in
size. Dennis Feltgen,
spokesman of the National
Hurricane Center warned,
"there is still concern that
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1. Bid for Middle
East peace
MIDDLE EAST - US Secre
tary of State Hillary Clinton
said Israeli Prime Minister Ben
jamin Netanyahu and Palestine
leader Mahmound Abbas had
the "opportunity to end this
conflict." This is the first direct
talk between the two combative
countries in nearly two years
that have begun with a pledge
for peace. The countries have
recieved "full and active sup
port" from the U.S. President
Obama initated the talks, giving
them a one-year deadline.
He said his goal is a perma
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nent settlement that end Israeli
occupation of Palestine terri
toty as well as having Palestine
exist peacefully and democrat
ically along Israel.
2. Rig explosion in
gulf
GULF OF MEXICO - An ex
plosion on a Mariner Energy oil
rig has torn through an off
shore oil platform in the Gulf of
Mexico, just west of the site of
the blast in April that caused a
huge spill. Luickly, the Depart
ment of Homeland Security
stated that the platform, which
caught fire, was not produce-
The local authorities evac
uated residents on North
Carolina's Ocracoke Island
and Hatteras Island on
Tuesday. Both islands are
part of North Carolina's
Outer Banks, a region popu
lar with tourists. The North
Carolina National Guard is
also sending 80 troops to as
sist with efforts in the region
to prepare for Earl's im
pending arrival.
"The most important thing
for people living in Earl's
potential tract to do is to lis
ten to and follow the in
structions of their local
officials," Fema administra
tor Craig Fugate said.
A hurricane warning has
been issued for the East
Coast of the US from Bogue
Inlet, north-eastward to the
North Carolina/Virginia bor
der, and in eastern Massa
chusetts. A warning means
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time of the explosion. Coast
guard helicopters, boats, and
aircrafts were sent to the sight
immedietly and safley got the
situation undercontrol.
3. Burger King sold
US - The multimillion dollar
fast food chain, Burger King,
was sold to a private equity
firm 3G Capital in a deal valued
at $3.26 billion. The company
has struggled during the reces
sion and last week forecast
weak semand for the rest of the
year. Under the terms of agree
ment, Burger King's chairmain
hurricane conditions are ex
pected somewhere within
the affected area, with the
first tropical storm-force
winds within 36 hours. A
watch expects the same
within 48 hours.
On Monday the hurricane
battered north-eastern
Caribbean islands and
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and chief executative John
Chidsey will still be involved in
what changes will be made to
the company. Ironically
enough, this week Burger
King's top competitor. McDon
alds saw al2 profit rise this
week.
4. Roman lantern
BRITIAN - Metal detecting en
thusiast. Danny Mills, found a
perfectly intact Roman lantern
that dates between 43 and 300
AD in a field near Sudbury in
Suffolk. Mills found similar ar
tifacts during his study of the
ancient city of Pompeii.
Puerto Rico, causing power
cuts and flooding.
Earl is being followed by
Tropical Storm Fiona, cur
rently north-west of Puerto
Rico, and Tropical Storm
Gaston, the fourth tropical
storm to have formed in the
last 11 days.
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