Hamilton-Gibson Productions will be holding auditions for 15 cast members of all ages and genders to play many of our best-loved fairy tale characters in the upcoming production of the comedy, Once Upon A Crime, The Trial of Goldilocks, by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus. Performances will take place June 13 – 16 during the Laurel Festival at The Warehouse Theater in Wellsboro. The play is being directed by Titus Himmelberger, an experienced actor, director and set designer. 

Once Upon A Crime is a hilarious fairy-tale courtroom play packed with characters we all know and love.  The audience serves as the jury and determines how the play ends. Goldilocks is the defendant, on trial for breaking and entering, and the plaintiffs are the three bears.  As their lawyers Henny Penny and Tom Thumb go toe-to-toe hoping to prove their respective clients’ cases, other fairy tale characters are called to testify as witnesses, including Hansel and Gretel, Jack and Cow, Granny, and more.  Even the Big Bad Wolf takes the stand, but who should be trusted in this caper remains to be decided by the audience. 

Auditions will be in the Warehouse Gallery on Thursday, March 28, Friday March 29, and Friday, April 6 at 6:30pm. They will also be held Saturday, March 30 and Saturday, April 7 at 10:30am, and Sunday, April 8 at 1:30pm.  Audition information is also available at www.hamiltongibson.org/audition.htm

Amanda Knight Artist.

Get Hooked on Fun: Join the Ultimate Crochet Workshop with Barbara Moscato Brown Memorial Library and ECCOTA!

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 — Get ready to stitch up some serious fun as the Barbara Moscato Brown Memorial Library partners up with ECCOTA to bring you the hippest crochet workshop series this side of town. Calling all area youth ages 14 to 20 – get ready to unleash your inner crochet artist!

Eliot Ness Museum in Coudersport is throwing a birthday party for a famous American (and former Potter County resident) at the only museum in the world that honors his legacy and celebrates effective law enforcement and public safety! Join us from 5:30-7:30 pm on Friday, April 19, for live music, refreshments and fun during Eliot Ness’s 121st Birthday Party.

Roulette Township

On Saturday, March 16, 2024 from 8 a.m. until noon, Main Street from School Street to Pfeiffer Street and Cow Hollow from Lanninger Creek Road to Hester Avenue will be closed to through traffic.

We have several exciting Collette tours for 2024 and 2025:

Innovations in Low Grade Wood Materials

Kane, Pa. – Thursday, April 4 is the last day to register for the April 11 Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum on Innovations in Low Grade Materials.  Three topics will be covered:  innovations in wood utilization that help sustainable forest management, commercial production of birch oils, and conversion of woody biomass to ‘drop-in” gasoline.  This Forum will be of value to anybody interested in management of forested landscapes.

The Forum will be held at the Wilcox Community Building (also called the Jones Township Community Center) at 320 Faries St, downtown Wilcox, Pa. 15870.  Preceding the talk will be a no-host social hour from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., and dinner at 6:30 p.m.  The program will start immediately after dinner.  Reservations are required!  No reservations will be accepted after Thursday, April 4.  For reservations, contact the Allegheny Hardwood Utilization Group, PO Box 133, Kane, Pa., 16735, at 814-837-8550, or e-mail bcarson@ahug.com.

Photo Caption: UAHS March Star Award Winners, Eileen Smith, BRMC, and Sheila Barbaro, OGH.

            BRADFORD, PA / OLEAN, NY – Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) and Olean General Hospital (OGH), member hospital campuses of Upper Allegheny Health System (UAHS), are excited to announce the March 2024 Star Award winners. This month’s winners are Eileen Smith, BRMC, and Sheila Barbaro, OGH.

District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer reports that the Eldred man convicted after a jury trial in January has been sentenced to state prison by a Judge in a sentencing hearing on March 14th.  Andrew BAKER was convicted of Aggravated Assault; Strangulation; and Simple Assault.  The Judge sentenced him to 1 year to 2 years plus 1 year of consecutive supervision and additional terms.  Trooper Kyle Morton of the Pennsylvania State Police-Lewis Run investigated the case.  District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer prosecuted the case on behalf of the Commonwealth.

Also sentenced yesterday was Justin SIMMER of Mount Jewett.  Simmer was also sentenced to state prison on March 14th.  Simmer was sentenced on Terroristic Threats, Resisting Arrest, and 3 counts of Simple Assault for two different criminal complaints charging crimes that occurred in Mount Jewett.  Trooper Shaffer and Trooper Perkins investigated the cases.  Simmer was sentenced to 18 months to 36 months and additional terms such as domestic violence conditions (prohibition of possessing firearms, etc.) Michael STULLER of Clearfield was sentenced to 54 months to 108 months in state prison plus 1 year of consecutive supervision for Possessing a Firearm by a Felon.  Created Mar 15th, 2024 @ 10:23 AM

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Is God Interested In The Little Things Of Life?

By

Pastor B.J. Knefley

I often wonder how many times we don’t want to bother God because we see our need as being small or trivial. Because of that, we don’t reach out. We wait for those big important things but when we can’t find our keys or wallet, we think those things are unimportant to a God who controls the universe.

In Matthew 6:26-30 Jesus mentions the importance of both the birds of the air and the flowers of the field. Both are important to God and if important to him then how much more important are our needs. Yet, we often dismiss our needs as being trivial and unimportant. Why?

The other day I couldn’t find my wallet. I knew that I’d had it when I went for a ride on my motorcycle and all I could think of was that I had somehow dropped it out of my pocket, and it was laying along the road somewhere. I looked frantically in every conceivable place that I’d been without success. I didn’t just search one time but three different trips to the garage, house and shed. Nothing! I finally sat down with my wife and prayed. All I asked was for me to see what His eyes already saw. I walked back to my shed where I keep my motorcycle and there it was on the work bench. Why or how I hadn’t seen this before is beyond me, but I had overlooked it each time when it was in plain sight.

I must admit that losing something and then finding it through prayer doesn’t always happen. Even now I just prayed with someone who had lost their phone. Did we find it? No, we didn’t. But that won’t stop me from praying, even for the little things. In the end the answer to prayer or even what appears to be the non-answer is always a mystery.  In other words, I don’t understand why some prayers seem to be answered and others do not. Remember, Jesus prayed that if it were the will of His father to have the cup of suffering pass Him by, “but nevertheless thy will be done”, (Matthew 26:29). In the end we know that it was in the plan of the Father that Jesus was to go through the agony of the cross. His submission is why we celebrate Easter. Think About It.