Here is the complete press release by Steris of the company closing down the Erie manufacturing operations. It sucks that 450 families are affected. The company cited the high cost of doing business in Erie. Steris has over 5,000 employees in 17 states and in Canada, Australia, Finland, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. The cost of operating here in Erie were their highest. Are you listening union leaders and elected officials?
The School District of the City of Erie will now do background checks of all volunteer coaches after a volunteer coach at Erie Villa Maria Academy, a private Catholic school in Millcreek, was charged with molesting a student
For the second consecutive year, Erie Insurance Group earned the highest ranking in the JD Power and Associates Collision Repair Satisfaction Study of consumers who file an auto insurance claim. With approximately 3.7 million policies in force, Erie Insurance Group includes seven companies operating in 11 states and the District of Columbia. ERIE ranks No 425 among the FORTUNE 500 and Erie Indemnity Company is included in FORBES “Platinum 400″ list of America’s best-managed companies.
Former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge of Erie, will be the featured speaker at Fifth Third Bank’s Annual Economic Summit Wednesday in Indianapolis. He was the first enlisted Vietnam combat veteran elected to the US House, and was re-elected six times. Governor Ridge was twice elected Governor of Pennsylvania, serving from 1995 to 2001.
Baylor University has set inaugural activities to take place on Thursday and Friday, April 20-21 for the installation of Dr John M Lilley as the university’s 13th president. He took office on Jan. 1, returning to his alma mater from the University of Nevada, Reno, where he had served as president since July 2001. Dr Lilley previously served as head of Penn State Erie, The Behrend College from 1980-2001.
Frederick Niebauer, 56, has been named CFO of Kahiki Foods Inc. Niebauer received an MBA degree from the University of Dayton and his undergraduate degree from Gannon University in Erie, PA.
Mercyhurst College announced they have raised $3,285,343 in the first six months of the 2005-06 fiscal year. Mercyhurst and leaders from western Erie County hope to raise up to $1 million in gifts and commitments to fund the construction of an academic building on Route 20 at the site of the former Divine Word Seminary. The college expects top open that building by autumn 2007. It also plans to begin classes in west Erie County in September 2006 at a site yet to be determined.
The other day I mentioned that there was a town named Erie in North Dakota. I *think* this a complete list of municipalities named Erie in the US:
Erie CO, Erie FL, Erie IL, Erie IN in Lawrence County, Erie IN in Miami County, Erie KS, Erie MI, Erie MO, Erie ND, Erie NV, Erie PA, Erie SC, Erie TN and Erie WV.
The Erie Community Blood Bank continues to need donors and is enticing them with beautiful yellow 4-Life T-shirts that have the CBB logo and a design on the front & back. The shirts were left over from 2005’s 4-Life. Sizes range from small to 4X but the number of each size varies. The blood bank is open late until 7:30 to accommodate donors.
A mini-tour of America by one of Italy’s premier classical trios will include a stop in Erie for two Penn State Behrend performances. Trio Johannes will perform works by Brahms and Shastakovich at noon on Tuesday, Jan 31, for the Music at Noon free chamber music concert series in McGarvey Commons. They will also appear as part of the college’s Music at Night: The Logan Series on Wednesday, Feb 1. The performance will begin at 7 pm in the Reed Union Building’s McGarvey Commons. Tickets are required. Tickets for the Feb 1 performance are available for purchase at the door or in advance at the Reed Student Union Building main desk. Cost is $15 for adults, $10 for Behrend students and children under 16, and $40 for a family.
eBizITPA, in partnership with the Gannon University SBDC, is offering educational programs on Internet sales and marketing strategies. The first in a series of 3 courses is Getting Started with an Online Store. It will be offered Feb 2 at eBizITPA at Knowledge Park, 5340 Fryling Road, Erie PA, from 9 am – 3:30 pm. Cost is $65.
“Grease” will be performed in the Mercyhurst College D’Angelo Performing Arts Center at Mercyhurst College Feb 10-11 at 7:30 pm and Feb 12 at 2:30 pm. Tickets are available for advance purchase at the box office and will also be available at the door. Prices for are $12.50 for adults and $1 for Mercyhurst students. Call the Performing Arts box office at 814-824-3000 for tickets.
Sophomore Caitlin Liebau (Erie, Pa / Seneca), is competing for Robert Morris University in Track and Field and is a member of the 4×400-meter relay squad.
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania announced the discontinuance of eight varsity athletic teams effective the end of the current academic year. Eliminated will be field hockey, golf, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s and women’s water polo, men’s tennis and wrestling. The total number of students affected in the sports discontinued is 122.
Canisius Senior Josh Henry (Erie, Pa) scored a goal in last Fridays 5-2 win over Connecticut. He played three seasons with Harbor Creek before joining the Green Mountain Glades in the Eastern Junior Hockey League.
Lake Erie Speedway drivers will once again race for one of the largest year end point funds of any track in the area during the 2006 race season. $63,835 dollars will be awarded to the drivers at the season ending banquet. During the 2005 race season there were 79 drivers that were eligible for a portion of the $56,965 dollars in year-end money, which did not include the $15,000 dollars in bonus money awarded to Late Model champion, Jay Sommers.
