I am so glad that it’s Friday. Was it just me or was this week completely brutal?
Dasa, an orangutan at the Erie Zoo, gave birth to a baby boy last week. The new arrival does not yet have a name.
Mercyhurst College and the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) have announced a partnership that will create new educational and health care opportunities for both institutions while fostering their collaboration on a variety of research projects. This agreement brings LECOM physicians to the Mercyhurst campus to provide clinical care for all students, team doctors for the ‘Hurst athletic department, and medical education and clinical experiences for students in Mercyhurst’s Department of Sportsmedicine.
WJET is reporting that two local companies are set to close in the coming months: Riley Power and Lamson Piping.
$40.1 million was wagered last week at Presque Isle Downs. $36.5 million was given back as winnings, with $1.7 million going to the state and $1.4 million to the casino. That’s a lot of money in one week.
M-Dot Network has created an enterprise platform which redeems digital coupons in real time, lessening the burden of coupon validation at check-out, speeding up check-out and reducing redemption error rates. The M-Dot platform is a bridge which connects any number of existing digital consumer touch points, notably Internet and mobile phone, into a retailer’s point-of-sale (POS) system without the expense of additional in-store hardware. M-Dot is headquartered in Erie.
Sports
Six unanswered goals by the Windsor Spitfires were the catalyst in the Erie Otters’ first regulation loss of the season, an 8-3 decision Thursday night in front of 6,112 at WFCU Centre.
Events
The Advertising Federation of Northwest Pennsylvania will host expert handwriting analyst Dennis Duez on Thursday, Oct. 1, at 11 a.m. at the Erie Club, 524 Peach Street. The seminar is part of the organization’s newly monthly professional development lunch series.
Handwriting analysis, sometimes called graphology, can be likened to reading a seismograph of the mind and body. A truly skilled, expert handwriting analyst can link past occurences, impacts, and new interactions with present physical and psychological states, while offering glimpses of future trends. Duez is an established guest speaker, trade show talent, and one-on-one party-style entertainer with 20+ years of experience. Learn some of the tricks of the trade and have your own hand-writing analyzed within minutes. Cost for the seminar, which includes lunch, is $20 for AFNWPA members, $30 for non-members. Registration is required. Please RSVP and pay online by Monday, Sept. 28, at www.afnwpa.org.
The Erie Art Museum will exhibit selections from the Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania art collection in its Main Gallery, 411 State Street, Sept, 25, 2009 through Jan. 4, 2010. A free public opening reception will be held during Gallery Night, Friday, Oct. 9, 2009 from 7-10 p.m.
The Young People’s Chorus of Erie will host its Honor Chorus Festival on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. This one-day choir workshop is open to all students, ages 7-18, and teachers in the region. Students are welcome to register without a teacher.
