Erie Times-News (Erie, PA) articles from June 2001

Erie Times-News (Erie, PA) archives from June 2001

Erie Times-News, Pa., People on the Move Column.
June 1, 2001... Jun. 1--MICHAEL BARRETT has been certified in the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation's food service management Professional certification program. The FMP credential distinguishes restaurant and food service managers who...

Erie, Pa.-Area Ford Dealers Launch Tire Replacement Effort.
June 1, 2001... Byline: Jim Martin Jun. 1--Local Ford dealers expect to install thousands of free replacement tires over the next few months as consumers hurry to take advantage of a voluntary recall by Ford Motor Co. At issue are about 13 million...

Public Meetings Set for Union Township, Pa., Power Plant Proposal.
June 1, 2001... Byline: John Bartlett Jun. 1--A Florida-based energy company is taking its "preliminary interest" in locating a gas-fired electric generating plant in Union Township southeast of Union City another step. The company, FPL Energy, has...

Indianapolis-Based Firm Announces Layoffs at Oil City, Pa., Wax Plant.
June 1, 2001... Jun. 1--OIL CITY, Pa.--Just two years after taking over the idled Pennzoil refinery near Oil City, Calumet Lubricants announced Friday that it plans to lay off 60 people and dramatically downsize its operations. Since early 2000, the...

Decision Nears on Verizon Long Distance in Pennsylvania.
June 4, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Jun. 4--Verizon Communications is looking for the state's blessing in its attempt to offer long-distance service to customers in Pennsylvania. But the company is facing stiff opposition from its rivals, who say...

Grand Rapids, Mich., Is Model for Erie, Pa., Economic Development.
June 5, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Jun. 5--As Erie County attempts to redirect its economic development efforts, it needs to look no farther than Grand Rapids, Mich., for inspiration. The western Michigan city, known for its strong manufacturing...

Rural Pennsylvania Insurance Agency Has Its Roots in Benjamin Franklin Idea.
June 5, 2001... Byline: John Bartlett Jun. 5--LOTTSVILLE, Pa.--In this "blink-and-it's-past" crossroads community in northern Warren County, Don Martin is preparing for a special corporate meeting of the Freehold Mutual Insurance Co. Like any...

Steelworkers from Erie, Pa., Area Will Lobby in Harrisburg, Pa.
June 5, 2001... Jun. 5--Local steelworkers will be in Harrisburg today to lobby state lawmakers on behalf of their troubled industry. Bob Solecki, president of Local 3199-20 of the United Steelworkers of America, said he and a group of fellow steelworkers...

Erie, Pa., Author's Book Helps Motorists Choose the Right Used Car.
June 5, 2001... Byline: Jim Martin Jun. 5--Kyle Busch has nothing against one of America's favorite fragrances: the distinctive scent of new car. But Busch said he's not willing to pay for the aroma of pristine carpet and newly molded plastic. In...

Rate Increase Talks Break Off Between Pennsylvania Utility Commission, GPU.
June 5, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Jun. 5--The state Public Utility Commission has ended its brief effort to strike a compromise on GPU Inc.'s request for rate relief. The decision comes less than one week after the commission began efforts to...

Continental Express to End Service from Erie, Pa., to Cleveland.
June 7, 2001... Byline: Jim Carroll Jun. 7--A 19-passenger Beech commuter plane is scheduled to touch down at Erie International Airport at 3:25 p.m. next Wednesday, and when it takes off 50 minutes later it will mark the end of Continental Airlines'...

Lumber Industry Wins Tax Case in Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
June 7, 2001... Byline: John Bartlett Jun. 7--A state Supreme Court ruling in a Crawford County case is expected to save the Pennsylvania lumber industry tens of thousands of dollars in real estate taxes. The court ruled that drying kilns used by the...

Erie, Pa.-Area Dairy Farmers Are Milking Profits for a Change.
June 8, 2001... Byline: Jim Martin Jun. 8--In an industry that's grown accustomed to bad news, local dairy farmers might not know what to make of their most recent milk checks. "They are as good right now as I have seen them in a long time," said...

Small Business Administration Honors Erie, Pa., Accounting Firm.
June 10, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Jun. 10--Mark Moore's decorative door sales business was struggling when he began working with accountant Dick Wachter's firm five years ago. At the time, J.J. Moore Sales Inc. was, by Moore's own admission, a...

Erie Times-News, Pa., People on the Move Column.
June 10, 2001... Jun. 10--GOLDEN APPLE AWARD: Erie native Shane Musich received a Golden Apple award from The Collier County Education Foundation this spring. Musich is a first-grade teacher at Lake Trafford Elementary School in Collier County, Fla. ...

Meadville, Pa., Molding Technologies Company Works to Stay Competitive.
June 10, 2001... Byline: Jim Martin Jun. 10--MEADVILLE, Pa.--Lon Sippy knows the tooling industry is facing some tough times with a slowing economy and increased competition from China. Sippy, vice president of Sipco Molding Technologies in Meadville,...

Speed Could Be Erie, Pa., Toolmakers' Advantage.
June 10, 2001... Byline: Jim Martin Jun. 10--Quick turnaround times might be one of the most important advantages American tool companies have over their foreign competition, said Richard Deeter, president of Deeter's Tool and Manufacturing on West Ridge...

Office Furniture Company Suspends Meadville, Pa.-Area Expansion Plan.
June 11, 2001... Byline: John Bartlett Jun. 11--MEADVILLE, Pa.--A weakened national economy has delayed Hon Industries Inc.'s plan for a $27 million plant at the Keystone Regional Industrial Park eight miles south of here. Despite the delay, there is...

Florida-Based Power Company Seeks to Build Plant in Union Township, Pa.
June 13, 2001... Byline: Jim Martin Jun. 13--The parcel of land in Union Township has most everything FPL Energy could want for a new gas-fired power plant, capable of lighting a half-million homes. Still uncertain, though, is whether local residents...

Plan Will Help Pennsylvania Electric Company Stay Afloat, Avoid Rate Hike.
June 15, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Jun. 15--The state Public Utility Commission approved a plan Thursday that will allow GPU Inc. to avoid a summer financial crisis while ensuring that the electricity company's Pennsylvania customers will not have to...

Meadville, Pa., School Extends Benefits to Domestic Partners.
June 16, 2001... Byline: Jim Martin Jun. 16--MEADVILLE, Pa.--Allegheny College in Meadville will become the first college in the area to recognize unmarried domestic partners come July 1. The policy being adopted by the private, liberal arts college...

Pennsylvania Tool-and-Die Industry Seeks Aid on Foreign Trade Practices.
June 18, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Jun. 18--Northwest Pennsylvania's tool-and-die industry is looking to Washington, D.C., for help as it attempts to gain equal footing with overseas competitors that are taking away their business. But industry...

Erie County, Pa., Growing Season Starts with Unpredictable Weather.
June 19, 2001... Byline: Jim Martin Jun. 19--There's been wind and there's been rain, warm weather when it's normally cold and cold weather when it's normally hot. In other words, Erie County's fruit and vegetable growing season is off to a typical...

Indiana-Based Company Closes Erie, Pa., Scrap Metal Plant Early.
June 26, 2001... Byline: Jim Martin Jun. 26--More than 120 years after it opened and a few days ahead of its announced closing, the EMI plant at West 12th and Cherry streets has closed its doors. The closing, which had been scheduled for Wednesday,...

Erie, Pa.-Based Rent-Way's Annual Report May Answer Financial Concerns.
June 26, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Jun. 26--Rent-Way Inc. expects to release its 2000 annual report this week, a move that could answer questions about the company's financial condition in the wake of an investigation into faulty accounting...

Danish Steam Power Company Profits from Equipment Made in Erie, Pa.
June 26, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Jun. 26--The age of electricity deregulation has been golden for Aalborg Industries, the corporate stepson of the former Zurn Energy Division. Aalborg no longer makes the boilers that were Zurn's trademark...

Erie, Pa.-Based Steel Company Makes Profit in Wake of Layoffs.
June 26, 2001... Byline: Ed Palattella Jun. 26--Erie Forge and Steel Inc. turned a small but significant profit in May as the employee-owned company continued to prepare a plan meant to help it survive Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The profit, however, has come...

Faulty Lights at Erie, Pa., Airport Again Cause Night-Flight Cancellations.
June 27, 2001... Byline: Gary Wesman Jun. 27--Electrical contractors Tuesday were unable to restore Erie International Airport's balky runway lights and after-dark commercial flights into and out of Erie were canceled for the second straight night. ...

Federal Lawmakers Approve $1 Million for Erie, Pa., Boat Terminal.
June 27, 2001... Byline: Ron Wasielewski Jun. 27--The new cruise and ferry boat terminal to be built on the east side of the foot of Holland Street beginning in July might receive a financial boost from the federal government. The House of...

Erie, Pa.-Based Rent-to-Own Company Issues Optimistic Annual Report.
June 28, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Jun. 28--Rent-Way Inc.'s 2000 annual report -- delayed since the fall of 2000 because of an internal investigation into false accounting entries by members of its executive staff -- portrays a company that fully...

Spectrum Control of Fairview, Pa., Lays Off 40 amid Telecom Turndown.
June 29, 2001... Byline: Peter Panepento Jun. 29--A white-hot telecommunications industry fueled record profits, bankrolled a series of new plants and helped create hundreds of new jobs in 2000 at Spectrum Control Inc. Less than one year later,...