NEWS

THE 24TH Annual Falling Leaves Outdoor Festival will be held on the Courthouse Square, September 27th and 28th in Coudersport, Pa.

Featuring many vendors, lots of good food, live music with karaoke at 5:00 on Friday.

Saturday live music, bounce houses, knocker ball, children’s games, lots of good food.  On Main Street at 3:00, a parade will feature floats, marching bands, antique cars, fire and ambulance companies and more.  Saturday ends with a candlelight vigil by A Way Out for Domestic Violence

For more information Call Carol Jackson 814-274-0219   or email buckandcarol85@yahoo.com

Dog showed up on porch at Annin Creek & Pheonix Hollow, Turtlepoint

814-598-5216. 

The Port Allegany High School Gator Marching Band participated in the 44th Annual Autumn Classic High School Band Competition held Saturday night at Parkway Field. in Bradford.  Pre-show entertainment included 7 Wordz, Gut Shovel,and  SDC Superstars from Starlight Dance Connection.  The opening ceremony featured the BAHS Chorale.  Participating bands included Coudersort, Otto-Eldred, Girard, Cochranton, Cameron County, Bradford and Port Allegany. 

After the bands performed, there was a performance of Studio B Queen B’s followed by the award presentation.  Taking first place was Cochranton High School followed by Gerard High School, Otto-Eldred, Port Allegany and Coudersport. 

The Allegany County Republican Committee met on September 18, 2024, for the Committee’s Biennial Organization meeting to elect Party leadership for the next two years.

Kevin “Fred” Demick, an Angelica resident and Vice-Chair of the Allegany County Board of Legislators, replaces Dwight “Mike” Healy as Chairman of the Committee. Healy, who served in the role from 2012 to 2024, recently announced that he would not seek re-election.

In accepting the party’s nomination, Demick expressed gratitude and detailed his vision to revitalize the Party in Allegany County stating “I am excited and proud to have been elected as the next Chairman of the Allegany County Republican Committee. I have had so much support and positive comments on what we as Allegany County Republicans would like our committee 

to accomplish for all Republicans. I appreciate the privilege to work with all of you to make us Proud to be Republicans”.

Members elected to other Party leadership positions include: Joseph Budinger (Vice-Chair Male), Lee James (Vice-Chair Female), Meghan Washer (Secretary), Jenna Kelley (Treasurer), and Robert Jones (Parliamentarian).

On September 16, 2024, Coudersport Rotary Club hosted Casey Klesa, Senior Data Communications Specialist at UPMC, as our speaker. Casey Klesa is the grandson of Rotarian Jim Plotts.

Casey has worked in Information Technology (IT) for 25 years. His interest started when he was 8 or 9 years old, when his grandfather, Rotarian Jim Plotts, set him down at a computer. He is thankful to have been exposed to this field at an early age. In college, he majored in Information Systems. He also worked at college, maintaining their computer labs and teaching courses. He started in programming but developed an interest in the hardware end of things. One of his professors was the Chief Information Officer at UPMC, and frequently came to Casey for ideas, which worked!

Upon graduation, he was offered a position at Susquehanna Health, where he started in 1999. Casey is responsible for security, server teams, infrastructure and maintenance, for voice (phone systems), computers, printers, and servers at 6 hospitals, 45 doctors’ offices, and 20,000 devices including phones, laptops, printers and their connections. His role is crucial in getting the medical results and information to provide your care. He has been a jack-of-all-trades, maintaining PC’s, servers and networks. There is a security team but he has to understand their issues in order to protect patient data and privacy. There
are security cameras operating 24/7. His goal is 99.999% up time.

The Tioga County Historical Society has been awarded an $8,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) to help offset general operating expenses, Rep. Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford) announced today.

“Our historical society provides a valuable window into our past through multiple facilities it operates across the county,” Owlett said. “I am happy to see the Commonwealth supporting this important service to the community.”

The Tioga County Historical Society operates the Robinson House Museum and the Ladd Genealogical and Historical Research Library at 120 Main St. in Wellsboro, which is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., except for federal holidays. The historical society also operates the Tioga County Farm, Mine and Lumber Museum in Whitneyville, as well as the Osceola Blockhouse, an 1835 log house in Osceola Township.

The grant was awarded through PHMC’s Cultural and Historical Support Grant Program. The program provides general operating support to museums and official county historical societies that are not directly supported by other state agency operating support programs.

Unleash your productivity and take control of your data! Do you manage large sets of numbers, names, dates, or other pieces of information? If so, then you need to know how to create worksheets to manage, store, organize, and even analyze this information. Excel, Microsoft’s powerful spreadsheet software, is the most widely used program for these tasks, and most workplaces want new employees to have a basic understanding of Microsoft Excel.

Rotarian John Lenox spoke about the Coudersport Chamber of Commerce at our September 9, 2024, meeting at Sweden Valley Manor.

John is on the Coudersport Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. The Board includes local business people: Board President, Kelly Bruno; Dennis Goodenough, Lisa Brennan, Shelly Butler, Caroline Powers, John Stilson, and John Lenox.

The Chamber’s goal is to get a better business atmosphere in our community, “butts in the seats and heads in the beds” at restaurant and hospitality businesses.

The Chamber is designing a website. They would like the website to list events held by Rotary and other organizations.

They meet every other Monday at Vinnie’s or Fickinger’s and meetings are open to the public once a month. They are looking for volunteers to help with events that support local businesses.

For more information about the Coudersport Chamber of Commerce, you can contact John at Patriot Outdoors in Coudersport.

Elk County, PA — The Elk County Commissioners, Fritz Lecker, Matt Quesenberry, and Greg Gebauer have made a significant contribution to the St. Marys Area United Way’s 2024 campaign. The commissioners presented a $2,500 donation to Jim Ryan, President of the St. Marys Area United Way, to help advance the organization’s efforts in meeting its $220,000 fundraising goal for the upcoming year.

The funds raised during the 2024 campaign will be distributed to qualified non-profits in 2025. Eligible organizations must meet the following criteria to apply for funding:

• Hold a current 501(c)(3) status
• Provide services to residents within the St. Marys Area School District
• Address health and human welfare needs
• Be registered with the PA State Bureau of Charitable Solicitation or qualify for an exemption

By Kelsey Boudin

Of all local problems, hunger stands at the center as both a cause and symptom of poverty. Yet hunger isn’t treated like a central issue worth solving to improve the socioeconomic fabric of our communities.

(Yes, this is absolutely a pitch to support my client Olean Food Pantry during the Giving Season right around the corner. Stick with me for a healthy dose of logic.)

In a week leading up to the start of United East Conference play, the Pennsylvania College of Technology women’s and men’s soccer teams combined to win four of five matches. UE play starts on Saturday for both squads and on Oct. 1 for the women’s volleyball team.

Women’s Soccer

The Wildcats got a five-goal first half en route to an 8-0 home win over Mt. Aloysius College as they increased their unbeaten streak to six on Wednesday. Brooke Klinger of Herndon and Megan Kurian of Royersford both scored twice and Cassie Johnson of Richland had three assists to pace the offense, while Nicole Lichtinger of Erie made two saves in goal to record her fourth shutout of the season.

Tree dedication 24557 – Pitt-Bradford alumni Bill Hughey ’68-’70 and Gary Rathburn ’68-’70 unveil a hydrangea tree planted in memory of Ed Horbal, Steven Scott and Terrance Doyle, three Pitt-Bradford students who were killed in the crash of Allegheny Airlines Flight 737 on Jan. 6, 1969, on approach to the Bradford Regional Airport. Both Hughey and Rathburn were on the same flight but survived the crash.