Daltrey boards Brig Niagara

["Kevin O'Neal" <kevinandt@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Daltrey boards Brig Niagara


When he walked onto the deck of the Flagship Niagara earlier this week, some
of the crew might have been tempted to ask: Who are you? But everyone knew
Roger Daltrey, 59-year-old lead singer for The Who. He spent several days
cooking on the Niagara as part of an upcoming cable TV special on cooking on
the Great Lakes. Daltrey followed the Niagara in the waters off the coast of
Michigan in his own yacht. He'd board Oliver Hazard Perry's ship when the
cameras were ready to roll. The Niagara is due back in town later today, and
the crew should have some great Daltrey stories. A former sheet metal worker
who got his start by moonlighting as a guitarist and vocalist in a British
blues band, Daltrey became one of rock's biggest stars in the '60s and '70s.
... The new Wal-Mart supercenter under construction in Harborcreek is
proceeding at a rapid clip. From the looks of things, it won't be long before
shoppers start lining up in front of the store. ... Speaking of shopping, one
local dad learned his lesson about trying to help get the kids ready for
school. He took one of his sons to the store to buy new shoes, but all hell
broke out on the morning of the first day of school when two right shoes were
discovered in the box. He could hardly be blamed for that. ... His patients
were saddened when popular Erie physician ... Annie Linebach, who runs the
Peanut Shoppe at 10th and State streets, is looking forward to this weekend's
German Festival at St. Nick's Grove. "I like the limburger cheese sandwiches,
strudel, beer and, of course, the peanuts," Linebach said. The festival runs
Saturday and Sunday.



How ironic that Joe Holland should die just before the start of the high
school football season. Joe was a regular at the games played at Veterans
Stadium for as long as I can remember. He made many friends there and at his
paint store over the years. ... Tom Ridge is getting ripped for the failure of
his Homeland Security department to secure cyberspace. According to several
recent editorials in big-city newspapers, Ridge is doing OK at securing the
borders, airfields, bridges and power plants, but that cyber-fighting efforts
are largely nonexistent. A cyber attack can send nasty ripples far beyond the
Internet, said an editorial in Monday's San Jose Mercury News. ... The
Roadhouse Theatre's Scott McClelland is pleased that Brian Hunt has agreed to
star in a show on Hank Williams, the late country singer. It will probably
open shortly after the first of the year. ... Dr. Jack Anon, who recently
broke his arm in a nasty fall at Presque Isle, vows that he'll be back in the
operating room by October. And this time he'll be performing the surgery.
Those Vanderbilt guys are all tough. ... Tourism throughout Canada took a
major hit after the outbreak of SARS in Toronto last spring. Angus McIntyre,
who works at a hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario, said business was as slow near
the Falls as he can ever remember. "Now the crowds are back, but it took much
of the summer for the people to return," he said. ... When Bob Dylan played in
Niagara Falls last week, the posters for the concert listed the name of the
city as "Niagra Falls." The misprint spiked sales of the poster, which went
for $20 apiece. Dylan next travels to Europe where he'll play in Londen. ...
Brian Blessing, an official at Fort Erie Race Track, told us that purses at
horse races have quadrupled since the track's slot machine operation opened
two years ago. Hundreds of slot machines generate millions in revenue. "It's
why we have no fee for parking or admission," Blessing said. Beautiful Fort
Erie is still one of the best-kept secrets in racing.