November 2022

Elk County- Local powdered metal parts producer Horizon Technology, and employees, support the 2022 St. Marys United Way campaign. Eric Wolfe, President and owner of Horizon Technology along with employees Doug Bauer, Scott Winters, Ken Wolfe, Laura Poulliot, Tyler Cuneo, Cathy Cuneo, Toni O’Dell, Nan Wolfe, and Ken Erich presented a check to Doug Gaffey,St. Marys Area United Way President and Jason Gabler, St. Marys Area United Way corporate campaign chair. Also, representing the St. Marys Area United Way was Don Fleming a long-term board member and Doug Bauer United Way’s payroll program chair and who is also Horizon Technology’s Human Resource Director.

Horizon Technology is a locally owned powder metal part producing company, located in St. Marys, Pennsylvania.  Horizon Technology presented this check during the St. Marys Area United Way’s Corporate Campaign appeal with the hope that his contribution will help encourage other companies to support the St. Marys Area United Way. Additionally, present in the photo are employees of Horizon Technology who personally contribute to the United Way through Horizon Technology’s payroll program. Doug Bauer, United Way payroll program chair recognized each employee with a blanket as a token of appreciation for their donation. These blankets were purchased through a grant United Way received to market and rejuvenate payroll programs with companies throughout the Elk County community.

Horizon Technology’s donation will support the St. Marys Area United Way 2022 campaign. The United Way’s 2022 campaign goal is $170,000. Funding raised in 2022 will be available for eligible organizations to seek grant funding for 2023. In order to be eligible for funding from the St. Marys Area United Way, an agency must: have a current 501(c)(3) status, provide services to citizens living within the St. Marys Area School District, provide services to meet health and human welfare needs, and be registered with the PA State Bureau of Charitable Solicitation or be exempt from registration. The St. Marys Area United Way encourages any organization interested in seeking grant funding to inquire by calling 814.781.6000 to receive an application. The 2022 grant application deadline will be December 15, 2022, with grant awards announced in 2023.

As a result of the 2021 campaign, the St. Marys Area United Way provided grant awards to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services, Boys & Girls Club of St. Marys, Boys Scouts-Bucktail Council, CAPSEA, Catholic Charities, City of St. Marys Parks and Recreation, Dickinson Center, Fox Township Sportsmen Youth Program, Girl Scouts of Western PA, Guardian Angel Center, Life & Independence for Today, St. Marys Area School District, St. Marys Interparish Rooted Youth Ministry, St. Marys Library and the Veteran’s Memorial-Eternal Flame located on the Diamond downtown St. Marys.

The St. Marys Area United Way has served the citizens of the City of St. Marys and surrounding counties since 1925. The St. Marys Area United Way relies on the contributions from companies and local individuals. Those donations support the financial needs of non-profit agencies that serve the health and human welfare needs of our community. If you would like to become one of these individual or corporate donors, please call 781.6000 or mail your check to the St. Marys Area United Way, 44 So. St. Marys Street, St. Marys, PA 15857.

Patricia Ann Schaming, 92, of 3 Butternut Drive, Bradford, passed away, on Sunday, November 20, 2022, at Buffalo General Hospital.

Born in Bradford, she was a daughter of the late Frank W. and Gertrude (Moran) Carlson. She was a 1948 graduate of Bradford High School.

On June 17, 1950, in St. Bernard Church, she married Kenneth J. Schaming, who survives.

Patricia was a member of St. Francis Church. 

Surviving in addition to her husband Ken of 72 years, are, four daughters, Marcia Tilghman, Janice Himes, Nancy Abriatis, and Lisa Haines (Kent), two sons, Mark Schaming, and Paul Schaming (Tom Mackey), nine grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and one niece, Barbara Cummiskey. She will be missed by her beloved miniature schnauzer Heidi.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two infant sons, Christopher, and James, two son-in-laws, Bruce Vecellio, and Denny Abriatis, one sister, Jean Cummiskey, and two nephews, Kevin Cummiskey, and Tim Cummiskey.

Friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 am on Saturday November 26, 2022, at St. Francis of Assisi Church with Fr. Jim Gutting as Celebrant. Burial will be in St. Bernard Cemetery.

Memorial contributions if desired may be made to the SPCA or a charity of the donor’s choice. 

Online condolences may be expressed at www.hollenbeckcahill.com

At 1:30 PM on Monday, Coudersport Ambulance has been called to Rt. 6 West for a woman ill.

​Montoursville, PA – Motorists are advised of a right (driving) lane restriction tomorrow on Interstate 180 westbound at the Route 405 interchange (Exit 13) in Muncy Creek Township for a maintenance project.

On Tuesday, November 22, a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) maintenance crew will be performing bridge deck patching activities between the hours of 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM, weather permitting.

Motorists should be alert, slow down, expect travel delays, and drive with caution in the work zone.

At 1:08 PM on Monday, Port Allegany ambulance has been dispatched to the Elementary school for a 6 year old female fall victim.

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced that all driver license and photo centers, including its full-service center in Harrisburg, will be closed Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25, 2022, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. 

Customers may still obtain a variety of driver and vehicle products and services, including all forms, publications and driver training manuals, online through PennDOT’s Driver and Vehicle Services website, www.dmv.pa.gov.    

Driver and vehicle online services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and include driver’s license, photo ID and vehicle registration renewals; driver-history services; changes of address; driver license and vehicle registration restoration letters; ability to pay driver license or vehicle insurance restoration fee; driver license and photo ID duplicates; and driver exam scheduling. There are no additional fees for using online services.

A complete listing of PennDOT driver and photo license center closings in 2022 is available online. If you are planning to visit one of PennDOT’s On-Line Messenger Service Centers, please call ahead for hours of operation during holidays.

Motorists can check conditions on major roadway miles by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.

Photo by John Eaton

Three members of the Coolidge Theatre cast for the play “A Christmas Carol” look for their costumes. Shown are (from left)Josiah Hicks-Lee who plays Scrooge’s nephew Fred, Coleen Evert who is Mrs. Cratchit and Rob Kathcart who plays Ebenezer Scrooge.

Hamilton-Gibson Productions and sponsor C&N Bank are offering seven performances of “A Christmas Carol” as part of the 38th Annual Dickens of a Christmas celebration in Wellsboro.

“A Christmas Carol,” one of the world’s most enduring holiday stories, was adapted into a play by Christopher Schario from the novella of the same name written by Charles Dickens.

First published in London, England 179 years ago in 1843, “A Christmas Carol” is the tale of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, a coldhearted man who learns the value of love thanks to the intervention of three ghosts who come to haunt him on Christmas Eve. 

The mix of holiday cheer, whimsical humor, and a good dose of scary thrills combine with the timeless truths and themes in this story of a man’s redemption, making it one all can embrace.

Saturday, Dec. 3, Dickens’ classic ghost tale is being performed by one cast at 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. in the Coolidge Theatre in the Deane Center for the Performing Arts at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro and by a second cast at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. in the Warehouse Theatre at 3 Central Avenue in Wellsboro. Each performance will be just over one hour. Admission to a Saturday performance is $20 at the door.

At 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4 in the Warehouse Theatre will be the seventh and last performance of “A Christmas Carol.” Admission is Pay-What-You-Can at the door.

For the Warehouse Theatre production, Sylvia Duterte is playing Tiny Tim and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come and serves as a narrator. Also in the Warehouse Theatre cast are Tom Walrath as Ebenezer Scrooge; Sarah Duterte as Mrs. Cratchit and the Ghost of Christmas Past; Kristine Worthington as Belle and Mrs. Fezziwig; Brian Kennedy as Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit and Mr. Fezziwig; and Bryson Fuhrer as Fred Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Present. Director is Gabe Hakvaag. Music director is Cherilyn Ayres. 

For the Coolidge Theatre production, Asher Cuneo is playing Tiny Tim and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come and serving as a narrator. Other Coolidge Theatre cast members are: Rob Kathcart as Ebenezer Scrooge and Coleen Evert as Mrs. Cratchit and the Ghost of Christmas Past. New this year are: Dawn McLelland  as Scrooge’s sister Fan and his jilted fiancée Belle; Noyes Lawton asBob Cratchit and Marley’s Ghost, and Josiah Hicks-Lee as Scrooge’s nephew Fred and the Ghost of Christmas Present. Director and set designer is Thomas Putnam. Gary Citro is piano accompanist.

The script for both productions is the same. The Warehouse performances are presented in a traditional proscenium setting. The Coolidge production is set somewhat in the round, with the audience on two sides.

“A Christmas Carol” features six actors, one who plays Scrooge and the rest portraying a number of different characters. Slight costume changes are made in view of the audience and the action of the haunting tale unfolds seamlessly. 

Much is left to the individual theatergoer’s imagination because the production celebrates the rich Dickens’ prose with the use of the “story theatre” form. Actors not only play characters, but also serve as narrators using the original Dickens’ language.

Tickets can be held up to 15 minutes before a performance. For tickets, go to hgp.booktix.com or for reservations call Hamilton-Gibson Productions at 570-724-2079 or email hamgib@gmail.com.   

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Stage Fright is a band composed of musicians from New York and Pennsylvania.

At 7 p.m. next Friday, Nov. 25 in the Coolidge Theatre at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro, the five members of Stage Fright joined by seven guest musicians will perform a tribute to The Band, a Canadian-American roots rock group formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1968.The 12 performers will recreate The Last Waltz, The Band’s 1976 Farewell Concert given on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, 1976. It was one of the most spectacular events in rock history.

Stage Fright is a band composed of musicians from New York and Pennsylvania.

At 7 p.m. next Friday, Nov. 25 in the Coolidge Theatre at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro, the five members of Stage Fright joined by seven guest musicians will perform a tribute to The Band, a Canadian-American roots rock group formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1968.

The 12 performers will recreate The Last Waltz, The Band’s 1976 Farewell Concert given on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, 1976. It was one of the most spectacular events in rock history.

At 5 p.m., turkey dinners were served to all 5,000 people attending followed by ballroom dancing to music by the Berkeley Promenade Orchestra and readings by poets Michael McClure and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The Band’s show began at 9 p.m. and ended at 2 a.m.

The farewell concert kicked off with The Band’s “Up On Cripple Creek” and continued with other hits from “The Shape I’m In” to “It Makes No Difference”, “Life is A Carnival”, “Weight” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.”

Among the musical legends that performed that night were Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Neil Diamond, Ronnie Hawkins, Bobby Charles, and Paul Butterfield. Taking part in two spontaneous jam sessions were Ringo Starr, Stephen Stills and Ron Wood. 

“From 1968 to 1975, The Band was one of the most popular and influential rock groups in the world,” according to Bruce Eder who wrote about them in an article published in the “All-Music Guide.” “Their music was embraced by critics as seriously as the music of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.”

Members of Stage Fright are: Joe Callahan of Wellsboro on guitar; Sean Monroe of Horseheads, N.Y. on upright bass; Mike Watkins of Addison, N.Y. on organ, keyboards, fiddle, mandolin and accordion; and from Corning, N.Y., Mike Nickerson on drums and Joe Narde on percussion.

Joining them for this performance are: singer Karin Knaus of Westfield; saxophonist and harmonica player Kenn Wenner of Jerry Duty, the Tribute Band to Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead based in Northern Pennsylvania; singer, guitarist and banjoist, Josh Sperrick of Corning, N.Y.; and singers and guitarists, Molly Cary, Brandon Lusk and Scott Turner, all of Wellsboro, and Houston Baker of Mansfield. They will play and sing some of the music by the famous artists that entertained during the Last Waltz concert. 

The concert is BYOB with audience members encouraged to reserve a table, bring their own favorite beverages and snacks and sit with family and friends to enjoy the music.

Admission is $25. Children 12 and under are admitted free when accompanied by a paying adult; however seats must be reserved to accommodate them. For tickets and to reserve a table, call 570-724-6220 or visit www.deanecenter.com.

BRADFORD, Pa. — It was on the anniversary of the death of her husband, Stan, that Lynn Heckathorn ’78-’86 came up with an idea to create a scholarship at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford in his memory.

She and her daughter, Debi Delach ’96, established the Stanley C. Heckathorn Memorial Scholarship for students pursuing any field of study. 

Stan Heckathorn began his career at Pitt-Bradford in 1971 as director of operations. In 1980, he was promoted to director of business affairs, and was named vice president for business affairs in 1994.

Heckathorn left the position in 1997 to take a new role with a software company. He told The Bradford Era at the time that it was a difficult decision for him after 25 years.

At the time he left, Dr. Richard E. McDowell, then-president of the university, said, “Stan has shepherded the college through tremendous growth and development. His financial and organizational leadership, plus his strong personal commitment to Pitt-Bradford have helped shape the college.”

On the anniversary of his death in February, Lynn Heckathorn thought about how she could honor her husband’s memory and of his longtime affiliation with and love for Pitt-Bradford and thought of a scholarship in his honor.

Her next step was to contact her good friend at Pitt-Bradford, Dr. K. James Evans, retired vice president and dean of student affairs, who helped her make the necessary contacts to set up the scholarship.

“It’s a general scholarship,” she said. “I have no reservations about what they’re studying, it’s just for students who demonstrate financial need.”

“Stan was very instrumental in the development of the Pitt-Bradford campus, including the establishment of the Bradford Educational Foundation (which receives and administers gifts exclusively for the benefit of Pitt-Bradford) and the creation of the campus master plan,” said Richard Esch, president of Pitt-Bradford. “He was a great mentor and a good friend.”

Lynn Heckathorn said family members, including her daughter, have contributed to the scholarship. In addition, she plans to contribute to the new scholarship a portion of the proceeds from the sale of paintings at her recent art show on campus.

Heckathorn, who studied under Elga Dzirkalis at Pitt-Bradford, has had a successful career with her watercolor and oil paintings. The show, “360: A Retrospective, Artwork by Lynn Heckathorn,” held earlier this fall, displayed more than 100 of her paintings.

Delach said she is pleased with the scholarship in memory of her father and hopes it is successful. 

Delach said she realizes how fortunate she was to have attended Pitt-Bradford tuition free, which was a benefit provided to employees and their dependents. 

“I can’t imagine if you didn’t have the money to continue” attending college. “It would just be horrible.”

Delach said she and her mother attended the annual Donor Scholarship Luncheon in April, when donors have the opportunity to meet those students who received the scholarships they established.

  “I think it is amazing that you can see and talk to the students and see what they’re interested in,” she added. “You can actually see the difference it’s making for them.”  

The Heckathorn scholarship will be awarded for the first time during the 2023-24 academic year.

For more information about donor scholarships, please contact the Office of Philanthropic and Alumni Engagement at (814)362-5091.