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July 7, 2023 — The United Way of the Bradford Area’s 3rd Annual Cornhole Tournament will be held on August 5^th at Byllye Lanes starting at 12:00 pm.

Registration is $60 per two-person team with proceeds benefiting the United Way of the Bradford Area’s 2023-2024 Annual Campaign.

Advance registration is requested but not required. To signup, contact the United Way of the Bradford Area by calling 814-368-6181 or email sarah.lonzi@uwbanews.org. 

OLEAN, N.Y., July 6, 2023 – Four Hinsdale Central School graduates received scholarship awards from funds managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation to support graduating Hinsdale seniors.

Francisca Childs, Andrew Mulryan and Hannah Sutton each received the Hinsdale Alumni Association Memorial Scholarship for $1,000.

This scholarship established by the Hinsdale Alumni Association, $1,000 each this year, is for a graduating senior of Hinsdale Central School. Recipients must have a grade average of 80% or higher, demonstrate qualities of good citizenship and good character and have definite educational goals.

Childs will attend Washington and Lee University where she plans to study biology/economics. Mulryan will attend Alfred State to study HVAC. Sutton plans to study communications at John Carroll University.

Childs also received the Elodine Swarts Baxter and Lena Conrad Swarts Memorial Scholarship for $1,400.

This scholarship, established in 2016, is for a promising and deserving graduating senior from Hinsdale Central School or a resident of Ischua, NY, regardless of what high school the student attends. The student must demonstrate academic success and involvement in extracurricular activities.

Norman Baxter, a past Hinsdale graduate, established the scholarship fund in memory of his mother, Elodine Swarts Baxter, and his grandmother, Lena Conrad Swarts.

Marissa Adams received the Betty Pappas Scholarship for $800.

The Betty Pappas Scholarship, established through the estate of Betty Pappas, a former Hinsdale teacher and guidance is counselor, is awarded to a student in the graduating class at Hinsdale Central School who will be attending a college or university and has given outstanding service to Hinsdale Central School.

Adams will study graphic design and animation at PennWest Edinboro.

Donations can be made any of these funds at CRCF, 301 North Union St., Suite 203, Olean, NY 14760 or online at cattfoundation.org.

Coudersport’s fourth annual Eliot Ness Fest will mix Roaring ‘20s fun, dozens of vintage cars and trucks, lively music and many other features spread out over three days (July 14-16).

One of the region’s biggest attractions, the festival recalls the famous American crimefighter who spent his final years in Coudersport. Attendees are encouraged to dress in period costumes. A schedule of events along with parking instructions and other timely information can be found on the website, eliotnessfest.com.

As in past years, the popular “Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone” scenario will be played out – this time with several new twists.

It begins with gangsters slipping into town on Friday and brazenly setting up vice operations, including a Speakeasy Beer Garden operated by Coudersport Rotary. At 6 pm, Capone and his cronies will hijack the main outdoor stage at Main and Second streets to announce that they have taken over the town.

But Eliot Ness and his “Untouchable” federal agents will have the last laugh, right after a Saturday afternoon parade that is going to be full of shenanigans and surprises.

Then, on Sunday, members of the Eliot Ness Fest Theatre Troupe will bring their schtick to a community picnic with games and music at the courthouse square.

Ness vs. Capone is just a small part of a festival that’s filled with variety.

Musical performers on the main stage in the center of town will include the Brass Machine Band (Friday, 7-10); Old Guys Rock Ensemble (Saturday, noon to 2), and the Buffalo Jazz & Swing Band (Saturday, 6-10). Dancers can shake a leg on a ground-level stage.

Vendors will line the square on Friday and Saturday. A “kids’ corner” will be set up across from the square on Third Street.

Free bus tours, complete with colorful anecdotes, will embark from the Potter County Historical Society Museum to several local sites that were connected to the Prohibition Era in Coudersport. They’re scheduled from 1 to 4 on Friday, 10 to 3 on Saturday and noon to 3 on Sunday.

As a tribute to a multi-faceted career that made Eliot Ness one of the world’s most famous law enforcement figures, this year’s festival theme is “Never Stop Fighting: Salute to Law Enforcement and First Responders.”

Local agencies will be joined by representatives from two of the agencies where Ness earned his claim to fame, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the City of Cleveland Police Department.

ATF will bring along its state-of-the-art response vehicles and other specialized crime detection tools. Cleveland Police Historical Society will arrive in vintage vehicles and set up its mobile museum.

Other law enforcement and public safety exhibits will be set up at a Law Tent. Organizers will share a portion of this year’s festival proceeds with local emergency response agencies.

On a related note, an awards ceremony will be held on the main stage at 11 am Saturday to honor law enforcement figures from yesterday and today.

Coudersport’s Eliot Ness Museum will be offering tours on all three days. Tickets are limited and available on the website, eliotnessmuseum.org. Any unsold tickets will be available at the door.

Also at the museum, a reception for descendants of the “Untouchables,” federal agents who served under Ness in gangland Chicago, will be held at 1 pm on Saturday. Tickets can be purchased online at eliotnessmuseum.org.

Portions of Main and Second streets will be blocked from traffic beginning at 5 pm Friday. More details can be found on the website, eliotnessfest.com, or the Eliot Ness Fest Facebook page.