Hi folks. Sorry for missing Monday’s post, but I moved Sunday and hadn’t unpacked everything yet. I’m slowly settling in and finding everything, so I’m afraid today has to be quick.

It’s been awhile, but this weekend we updated our Erie Twitter Guide, adding Hamot and the Erie County Historical Society.

Looks like we’re getting some negative national press this week thanks to an local unnamed Burger King employee who spit in a man’s food. Seriously, the food is bad enough, we don’t need extra flavorings. Though the incident happened in November of 2008, the lawsuit is just being filed now by Glenn Goodwin of Cleveland. The spin on the story is that the employee is white and Goodwin is black.

In the interest of full disclosure, I worked at Burger King during high school and some college. Yes, customers made us angry, but we didn’t curse at them, well sometimes, or spit in their food. We did all sorts of stuff to relieve stress. I cleaned tables while another guy stole money from the register. To each his own. The Burger King I worked at, on 8th Street, isn’t even open anymore.

Have you worked in fast food? What’s your favorite horror story? I posted a few classics from my fast food days over on this post.

VisitErie Director of Tourism Development, Emily Beck attended the 2010 American Bus Association (ABA) Marketplace January 15-19 at the National Harbor in Maryland. Beck attended on behalf of Pennsylvania’s Great Lakes Region (PGLR), a four-county marketing partnership of Erie, Crawford, Mercer and Venango counties. ABA’s annual Marketplace centers on prescheduled appointments where Motorcoach and Tour Operator Buyers obtain information and create business relationships with travel industry and service suppliers. A total of 43 prescheduled appointments were held with various motorcoach and tour operators including companies from Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Virginia, Ohio, Oklahoma, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario.

Sports

Erie BayHawks forward Alade Aminu has been named to the NBA Development League, East Conference All Star team. Aminu is averaging 13.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per game and has notched 6 double-double games thus far this season.

The nationally-ranked Gannon Lady Knights are shooting to raise $13,000 during their third annual Pink Zone game, to be played at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13. The Lady Knights will host PSAC rival Clarion at Gannon University’s Hammermill Center. Admission to the women’s game, and to the Gannon men’s basketball game against Clarion to follow, is free. Throughout the women’s game, the names of cancer survivors will be announced. In addition, the Lady Knights will commemorate the occasion by wearing special pink uniforms.

Events

On Friday, February 5th from 10 a.m. – 3p.m., Hamot for Women will host its 4th Annual Wear Red Event at the Erie Sheraton Bayfront Hotel. This free event will focus on heart health awareness geared specifically to women.
There are schedule speakers, attendees can browse vendor tables and get several health screenings on the spot.

On Thursday, February 18th, at 6:30 p.m. at the Hamot Heart Institute, Cardiologist, Dr. Kelly Hayes, will share common risk factors that women should be aware of when it comes to their heart. This presentation is a part of the Hamot for Women Lecture Series. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served and registration is preferred. To register, please email Stacey.Marks@hamot.org or call 877-4090.