Giving 100 percent

Giving 100 percent
WICHITA, Kan. -- Lone Star Steakhouse & amp; Saloon Inc. will donate $2.1 million, 100 percent of its companywide sales from Thursday, Oct. 11 -- the one-month anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. -- to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.
Jamie Coulter, chief executive officer, announced the amount of the donation Friday.
"Thousands of Americans in 40 states came to our restaurants -- Lone Star Steakhouse & amp; Saloon, Sullivan's Steakhouse and Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House -- and joined us in saluting the American Spirit," Coulter said. "We are proud of our guests, our employees and our shareholders who combined to make this donation possible."
Council urges letters
NILES -- The Lake-to-River Girl Scout Council has invited its membership and others to write letters or notes or make cards of thanks to be sent to chaplains for distribution to U.S. military personnel at bases here and abroad. Greetings may be sent to the council office at 980 Warren Ave., Niles, from which they will be sent to chaplains. The council urges that messages be positive and that homemade cards be kept small and flat. The best media are pens, paper, crayons, pencils, markers and paint, the council says, cautioning that glitter, buttons and hard objects don't mail well.
Airline to cut Pa. jobs
ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- US Airways has announced it will cut four jobs at Erie International Airport as a result of terrorist attacks on Sept. 11.
The airline has cut the number of flights from Erie to Pittsburgh International Airport from six to five.
The airline had employed 38 people at the airport.
US Airways has cut 11,000 jobs systemwide after the attacks.
Those who lost their jobs are listed by the company as employees on inactive status, which means they have recall rights should the company begin hiring at the airport again.
Mesaba/Northwest Airline, a commuter airline that flies to the Northwest Airlines hub in Detroit, also cut their schedule out of Erie from six flights to four.
The airline has not announced any job cuts.
Investigating powder
AUSTINTOWN -- Police were called to Infocision on Interstate Boulevard on Saturday by an employee concerned that anthrax was on the floor of the women's bathroom.
Reports say that police found a very small amount of a white powder on the floor of a bathroom stall around 2:09 p.m. A sample of the powder was collected for testing.
The rest of the powder was cleaned up by police.