The Varnish Cooks, a Rochester quartet that refuses to let the dust settle on old-time American music, brings a passionate commitment to upholding the tradition of the string band to Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. For their first performance in the Erie area, The Varnish Cooks appear as part of Penn State Behrend’s Music at Noon: The Logan Series. Their concert begins at noon on Thursday, October 9, in the McGarvey Commons of the college’s Reed Union Building; admission is FREE and open to the public.

Courtney E Martin, author of Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body, a searingly honest look at the spectrum of physical obsessions undertaken in the name of unattainable perfection, will speak at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, on Tuesday, September 30. Her discussion, “Perfect Girls: How a Generation Was Told They Could Be Anything and Heard They Had to be Everything” begins at 7:30 pm in the worship space of the college’s Larry and Kathryn Smith Chapel. Admission is FREE and open to the public, and a reception for Martin will follow the presentation.

The History Club of Corry High School had undertaken the project of the " Constitution Wall " in Corry, PA. which will be dedicated on September 19, 2008. The new Corry Elementary School has a retaining wall that looks like the " Vietnam Memorial Wall " in Washington, D.C. The Club has designed the wall to be a permanent memorial to those individuals who have served in the military in peace time as well as war-time, as well as Policemen, or Firefighters. Flags of each branch of the service have been purchased by various clubs in the school. The Honor Plaque states: "We Honor Those Who Serve Their Country, Preserving Our Constitution and Our First Amendment Rights."

Goodell Gardens and Homestead 3rd Annual Homegrown Harvest Festival

The Goodell Gardens and Homestead 3rd Annual Homegrown Harvest Festival will be held noon - 5 pm on September 21. FREE admission. 1 pm - 'Growing Yesterday's Gardens: Heirloom Seeds and the Pennsylvania German Tradition' by Dr Irwin Richman, a PHC Commonwealth Speaker.Highlighting how the conservation of antique seed varieties, and distribution of high-quality seed, preserves an important part of Pennsylvanian German cultural heritage. It will also describe the use of heirloom flowers and vegetables in traditional gardens and how they can be adapted to modern use. Dr Richman is a Professor Emeritus of American Studies and History at Penn State - Harrisburg and is Director of Research and Development for the Heirloom Seed Project of the Landis Valley Museum. 3-5 pm - Barn Dance in the restored Goodell Barn. The 2008 Harvest Festival will also include: crafts, a quilt display, food, kid's activity, garden tours (12:30 and 2:30
pm) and a Farmer's market with organic produce and pumpkins, baked goods, honey products, maple products, goat milk products and demos, plant and spring bulb sale. Quilt display, Crafts (painted furniture, quilted items and pressed flower art. Raffles for great items, food and more.

Monday September 15 marks the debut of Selena Wiles, the new co-anchor of JET-TV’s Action News 24. Wiles will join veteran anchorman Sean Lafferty at the news desk for the 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, and 11pm newscasts on JET-TV. After a nationwide search, News Director Lou Baxter stated, “We’re very happy to have found an experienced anchor that has just the right mix of broadcast journalism expertise, education, passion, chemistry, and charm to continue Action News 24s tradition of trust.” Baxter added, “Selena Wiles is a welcome addition to Action News 24.” Wiles, 30, has spent the last five years reporting and anchoring the 5-6pm news at WJHL-TV in Johnson City, Tn., television market 91. Wiles was also the education reporter at WJHL. Before that she was a reporter at WDTV in Bridgeport, WVa. While working for WDTV, she reported live on September 11, 2001 from the plane crash in Sommerset, Pa. Prior to her TV career, Wiles worked for the West Virginia Radio Corporation, anchoring newscasts on WAJR-AM. A graduate of the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism at West Virginia University, home of the Mountaineers, Wiles is a West Virginia native and a diehard Mountaineer football and basketball fan.

Music at Noon: The Logan Series kicks off its 19th season at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, with a lunchtime performance by Boston Brass. The performance takes place at noon on Thursday, September 25, in the McGarvey Commons of the Reed Union Building. Admission is FREE and open to the public. While in Erie, Boston Brass will also give two mini-classes at Diehl Elementary, Penn State Behrend’s Adopt A School partner.