The Education Council is offering a 2023 “Bucket List” Travel Series! We are offering several tours next year: Southern Charm (Charleston, Savannah, and Jekyll Island) in April; Alaska Discovery Land & Cruise late May/early June; Discover National Parks of America late August/early September; America’s Music Cities (New Orleans, Memphis, and Nashville) in October; and last but certainly not least, Hawaiian Adventure! Maybe one of these trips is on your “bucket list!”
You do not want to miss out on our Alaska Discovery Land & Cruise! On this12-day tour, see Alaska by land and by sea! Some highlights of this trip include: Fairbanks, Denali National Park, Tundra Wilderness Tour, Anchorage, Glacier Bay, Skagway, Juneau, and so much more! Enjoy learning about Alaska’s culture and history. Experience the breathtaking beauty and amazing scenery that Alaska has to offer as you travel by riverboat, motor coach, luxury domed rail and finally, 7 nights on a cruise ship! You will feel like you are traveling through a life-size postcard. There is so much more to this tour. Visit this link for more information: gateway.gocollette.com/link/1112510 or call us at (814) 274-4877 to request a brochure and get dates, cost, etc. Hurry, you will save $200/per person if you reserve before November 24, 2022!
The Galeton Area Chamber of Commerce was proud to make a monetary donation to the Gale Hose Ambulance Company from the proceeds from the King of the Wing event which was held in May.
In photo is Ken Wingo – Gale Hose Ambulance Chief accepting the check from Steve Benna – Chairperson of the King of the Wing Event. The Chamber was pleased to be able to make this donation to our local ambulance department. Photo by Andy Lychalk, Jr.
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 11/15/2022 to PENNHILLS RESOURCES LLC in Hamilton Twp, McKean county. SWMA 302(A) – DISPOSAL, PROCESSING AND STORAGE OF RESIDUAL WASTE – Person disposed, processed, stored, or permitted the disposal, processing or storage of residual waste in a manner which is contrary to the rules and regulations of DEP or to any permit or to the terms or conditions of any permit or any order issued by DEP.
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 11/15/2022 to PENNHILLS RESOURCES LLC in Hamilton Twp, McKean county. SWMA 610(1) – UNLAWFUL CONDUCT – Person dumped or deposited, or permitted the dumping or depositing, of solid waste onto the surface of the ground or underground or into the waters of the Commonwealth, without a permit for the dumping of such solid wastes from DEP.
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 11/15/2022 to PENNHILLS RESOURCES LLC in Hamilton Twp, McKean county. CSL 402(b) – POTENTIAL POLLUTION – Conducting an activity regulated by a permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of The Clean Streams Law to prevent the potential of pollution to waters of the Commonwealth without a permit or contrary to a permit issued under that authority by the Department.
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 11/15/2022 to PENNHILLS RESOURCES LLC in Hamilton Twp, McKean county. SWMA 301 – MANAGEMENT OF RESIDUAL WASTE – Person operated a residual waste processing or disposal facility without obtaining a permit for such facility from DEP. Person stored, transported, processed, or disposed of residual waste inconsistent with or unauthorized by the rules and regulations of DEP.
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 11/15/2022 to PENNHILLS RESOURCES LLC in Hamilton Twp, McKean county. 78.56(a) – PITS AND TANKS FOR TEMPORARY CONTAINMENT – Operator failed to contain pollutional substances and wastes from the drilling, altering, completing, recompleting, servicing and plugging the well, including brines, drill cuttings, drilling muds, oils, stimulation fluids, well treatment and servicing fluids, plugging and drilling fluids other than gases in a pit, tank or series of pits and tanks.
The Barbara Moscato Brown Memorial Library is excited to introduce the Cameron County Jigsaw Puzzle Swap. The Library invites area residents to come to the library on the first Saturday of each month, beginning December 3, 2022, for a puzzle swap from 12-2pm each month.
Bring your puzzles to trade with other puzzle lovers in the community. Any puzzles with missing pieces MUST be clearly marked with the number missing.
If you’re new to puzzles, the library has some to get you started.
No registration needed!
For questions or more details, contact Library staff at 814-486-8011.
Cameron County Chamber of Commerce and C&N Bank teaming up to encourage you to spend a week shopping in Cameron County. From Shop Small Saturday through Christmas in the Wilds spend $100 and you can win Chamber Bucks. Each time you purchase a gift, tool, eat at a restaurant, fill your tank with fuel, service your vehicle have your paper stamped. Fill it and bring it to the chamber to be entered in the drawing. You may fill more than one paper.
“Studies show money spent at local businesses stay in the local community. It allows businesses to hire employees, or make donations to community causes,” says Cameron County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Tina Solak. Instead of just one day of shopping local, the chamber wanted to encourage people to shop local for the entire week and tally the money that stays in Cameron County.
C&N Bank is providing $300.00 in chamber buck gift certificates. Entry forms are available in person at businesses or electronically by contacting the Cameron County Chamber of Commerce at 814-486-4314.
Cameron County Chamber of Commerce along with its members ready to #DeckoutCameronCounty this Christmas season. The 40+ foot tree donated by Charles & Marlene Zimmer will arrive at the site of the former Dolan Hotel lot in center of Emporium Saturday Novemberr 19. Motorists are asked to be alert Saturday morning as the transportation of the tree will fill Routes 155, 120 and East Fourth Street. Parking will be limited in downtown Emporium Saturday morning. Cutting is to begin at 10am by Smoker Logging at the property in the area of Route 155 and Four Mile. Everyone is invited downtown while the lights are strung.
During the week leading to Thanksgiving Flowers N Things will decorate the eight flowerpots on Fourth Street along with the baskets topping the poles which had housed parking meters.
#ShopSmall Saturday has been expanded to include an entire week. C&N Bank has donated $300 in chamber bucks. Shoppers are encouraged to spend $100 during the week November 26 through December 3. They bring the completed paper to the chamber, and they are entered into a drawing for the chamber bucks. The drawing will be Saturday December 3 during Christmas in the Wilds festivities. The Emporium Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary will host a craft show and spaghetti dinner on Saturday November 26.
Friday December 2 kicks off Christmas in the Wilds. An outdoor movie will be hosted by the Cameron County Chamber of Commerce. The movie begins at 5pm. More than 15 floats will light the parade route on East Fourth Steet to West Fourth Street and end on Woodland Avenue. The parade steps off at 7pm. Smoker Logging and Flowers N Things sponsoring the parade with prizes to the best float in the following categories: Family, organization, and business. Following the parade the 40+ tall Christmas tree will be lit by Santa.
Saturday begins with breakfast with Santa hosted by the Emporium Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary. The $5 cost will be waived for children under the age of 3. Santa will be available for pictures and give children a treat. Santa is relying on his elves from Seneca Resources to bring his reindeer to Saturday’s event. A Christmas Time will open its doors for the first time this season Saturday afternoon. At the Cameron County Chamber of Commerce drawings will be held for #shopsmall gift certificates and the basket fundraiser by the Cameron County Quarterback Club.
Sunday pet owners are encouraged to bring their 4-legged family members for pet pictures with Santa to A Christmas Time located at Sarah Jane’s. The event begins at 2pm.
Christmas events continue at Sarah Jane’s A Christmas Time each weekend through December 17. Two paint & sips will be held along with a visit from the library elf on December 9 at 6pm.
Brochures outlining all the events can be picked up at Cameron County businesses or by calling the Cameron County Chamber of Commerce.
Clearfield, PA – Due to wintry conditions moving through the region, PennDOT is temporarily reducing the speed limit on some roads in the region.
PennDOT is urging motorists to avoid unnecessary travel but those who must head out will see speeds reduced to 45 mph on the following highways:
Interstate 80 from mile marker 97 to mile marker 123
On roadways with speed restrictions, commercial vehicles not affected by restrictions on these or other roadways must move to the right lane.
Although PennDOT crews have been treating roadways, the department’s primary goal is to keep roads passable, not completely free of ice and snow. PennDOT will continue to treat roadways throughout the storm until precipitation stops and roads are clear.
While PennDOT recommends not traveling during winter storms, motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 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.
At 3:30 PM on Tuesday, Snow has moved into the lower areas of our coverage area. Multiple accidents & stuck vehicles have disrupted normal traffic flows.
A head-on crash on Rt. 120 near the Elk/Cameron County line is being dispatched. If you don’t have to travel, stay home.
In McKean County, tractor-trailers are stuck on the hills until PennDOT can get to them. Rew has been dispatched to shut down the Bradford side of Rew Hill.
Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Robert Evanchick promoted Mary L. Gausman to lieutenant and assigned her as commander of the Recruitment Services Section in the Bureau of Training and Education.
Lieutenant Gausman most recently served as the Criminal Investigation Section supervisor at Troop C, Punxsutawney. A native of Kane, McKean County, she enlisted in 2003 and was assigned to Troop F, Coudersport upon graduation from the academy.
As she progressed through the ranks, Lieutenant Gausman served exclusively in Troop C, holding positions of patrol corporal, crime corporal, and sergeant. She was promoted to corporal in 2016 and sergeant in 2018.
Lieutenant Gausman is a graduate of Kane Area High School and attended Edinboro University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry. She is a graduate of the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety, School of Police Staff and Command.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the flu, or influenza, affected about nine million people last flu season (October through May). This is presumably due to COVID-19 mitigation efforts such as masking and social distancing that have since become less pressurized. While you may feel more at ease this year, it is important to stay diligent against respiratory illnesses. So far for this year’s flu season, there have been 2.8 million illnesses, about 23,000 hospitalizations, and 1,300 deaths that have been caused by the virus.
What is Influenza?
Any time a person feels ill around this time of year, they usually understand their symptoms to fall under a flu diagnosis no matter how mild or severe their symptoms may be. However, it is important to know what the flu technically entails in addition the usual symptom of a general unwell feeling.
Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is a virus that attacks the lungs. It is often confused with the common cold or stomach flu. Symptoms include fever, body aches, chills, fatigue, headaches, sore throat, runny nose, and a persistent cough.
The stomach flu is more related to digestive issues and challenges the ability to keep food down. Vomiting, pain in the abdomen, and diarrhea are symptoms more consistent with the stomach flu.
The common cold features symptoms similar to influenza, but has the additional issues of runny noses, sneezing, and a sore throat. Both the flu and the cold can have symptoms that could linger for more than a week.
Flu Vaccination
The best way to keep the flu at bay is to receive the vaccination every year. The influenza virus mutates over time, and the newest version of the vaccine reflects these changes to best protect our communities.
By receiving the vaccination annually, you are greatly lowering your risk for contracting the flu. If you do contract the virus, the vaccine typically lessens the effect of flu symptoms and complications.
Tips for Getting Vaccinated
It is recommended that anyone six months of age and older should get a flu shot around the beginning of flu season (about September). However, this is not a deadline, and you can still get the shot at any time.
The first step to help make sure the vaccination process runs smoothly can begin with a conversation with your doctor. While the flu shot is very safe for most people, you can go over any hesitations or concerns you may have before receiving the vaccination.
Ensure that you are well rested and that you remain calm. Vaccinations may cause side effects like pain at the site of the injection, muscle aches, headache, or fatigue, and getting more sleep can improve your body’s response to the flu shot.
To learn more about the flu vaccination and where to get vaccinated, go to UPMC.com/Flu.
Rutul Dalal, M.D., is the medical director of UPMC Infectious Disease in North Central Pa. and sees patients at UPMC Williamsport, 700 High St., Williamsport.
Roulette Township Supervisors are accepting applications or quotes for part-time call out snow removal. You must have experience in plowing roads. A mandatory pre-employment drug test will also be required. Applications must be picked up at the township office on 80 Railroad Avenue, Roulette, PA 16746. We will NOT reply to any applications through Facebook. All applications must be received in the office by 4 p.m., Tuesday, November 23, 2022. Any questions you may call the office at 814-544-7549.
James, let’s take a moment to reflect on everything that we have saved in Pennsylvania and everything we can do for Pennsylvanians.
Now that we’ve won this race, Pennsylvanians know that our freedoms and our rights will remain protected. And in the Governor’s office, we can do even more to help all families thrive in this great Commonwealth
Here’s just a brief look at everything we’ve saved — and what more we can work to do – now that we’ve won this race:
Keep abortion safe, legal, and accessible
Protect access to the ballot box, and expand opportunities to vote
Defend the right to marry who you love
Help lower costs by protecting consumers and putting money back in Pennsylvanians’ pockets
Raise the minimum wage to $15/hour
Protect the union way of life and create more high-paying jobs
Appoint a Secretary of State who will ensure that elections are fair and that our democracy remains strong
Fully fund our schools, end our reliance on standardized testing, and put a mental health counselor in every school building
Invest in apprenticeships and vocational training and remove the college degree requirement for thousands of state government jobs
Make sure that Pennsylvanians both feel and are safe in their communities by closing the ghost gun loophole and hiring 2,000 more police officers
Safeguard our planet and invest in clean energy
And so much more!
Great schools, safe communities, an economy that works for all – that is my vision for Pennsylvania’s future, and I know we can accomplish it, together.
But our work doesn’t end right now with this victory — it’s only just beginning. And so I ask all of you here and all of you watching at home, to step up together and continue to meet this moment and do the work we must do to move our Commonwealth forward.
Pennsylvania, you showed up for me. We came together and won this race to define our future. Now, I will continue to show up. I will continue to listen. I will continue to bust my ass for you and together – we are going to build a better future for all 13 million Pennsylvanians.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service State College PA 237 PM EST Mon Nov 14 2022 …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 11 AM EST WEDNESDAY…
* WHAT…Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches and ice accumulations of around one tenth of an inch.
* WHERE…Portions of central Pennsylvania.
* WHEN…From 2 PM Tuesday to 11 AM EST Wednesday.
* IMPACTS…Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning commutes.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission remind motorists to adjust speeds based on driving conditions as winter weather impacts Pennsylvania roadways.
Call 5 1 1 or visit www.511pa.com for the latest travel, roadway and traffic conditions.
To report snow or ice, post to the NWS State College Facebook page, use Twitter @NWSStateCollege, or visit weather.gov/ctp.
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced today that he and 39 other Attorneys General joined a settlement agreement with Google over its location tracking practices relating to Google Account settings. This $391,500,000 settlement is the largest multistate Attorney General privacy settlement in the history of the United States. Pennsylvania is set to receive $19,670,434 from this settlement.
“Right now, consumers are beholden to Google’s promise that Big Tech knows what’s best for users’ data,” said Attorney General Josh Shapiro. “Google’s impact on the lives of everyday Americans is pervasive— they have a responsibility to consumers to ensure that the data they collect is only obtained with express consent from the user. My office will continue to fight to ensure consumers can control when and how their personal data is collected.”
Location data is a key part of Google’s digital advertising business. Google uses the personal and behavioral data it collects to build detailed user profiles and target ads on behalf of its advertising customers. Location data is among the most sensitive and valuable personal information Google collects. Even a limited amount of location data can expose a person’s identity and routines and can be used to infer personal details.
The attorneys general opened the Google investigation following a 2018 Associated Press article that revealed Google “records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.” The article focused on two Google account settings: Location History and Web & App Activity. Location History is “off” unless a user turns on the setting, but Web & App Activity, a separate account setting, is automatically “on” when users set up a Google account, including all Android phone users.
As detailed in the settlement, the attorneys general found that Google violated state consumer protection laws by misleading consumers about its location tracking practices in various ways since at least 2014. Specifically, Google caused users to be confused about the scope of the Location History setting, the fact that the Web & App Activity setting existed and also collected location information, and the extent to which consumers who use Google products and services could limit Google’s location tracking by adjusting their account and device settings.
Under the settlement, Google has agreed to a series of provisions designed to give consumers more transparency into Google’s practices, including:
Requiring Google to show additional information to users whenever they turn an account setting “on” or “off”;
Making key information about location tracking unavoidable for users (i.e., not hidden); and
Creating an enhanced “Location Technologies” webpage where users can get detailed information about the type(s) of location data Google collects and how it’s used.
The settlement also puts limits on Google’s use and storage of certain types of location information and requires Google account controls to be more user-friendly.
Pennsylvania served on the Executive Committee of the Multistate investigation, which was handled by Senior Deputy Attorney General Timothy R. Murphy, along with Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee and assisted Oregon and Nebraska who led the settlement negotiations.. The final settlement was also joined by Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
!The Education Council is offering a 2023 “Bucket List” Travel Series! We are offering several tours next year: Southern Charm (Charleston, Savannah, and Jekyll Island) in April; Alaska Discovery Land & Cruise late May/early June; Discover National Parks of America late August/early September; America’s Music Cities (New Orleans, Memphis, and Nashville) in October; and last but certainly not least, Hawaiian Adventure! Maybe one of these trips is on your “bucket list!”
You do not want to miss out on our Alaska Discovery Land & Cruise! On this12-day tour, departing May 24, you’ll see Alaska by land and by sea! Some highlights of this trip include: Fairbanks, Denali National Park, Tundra Wilderness Tour, Anchorage, Glacier Bay, Skagway, Juneau, and so much more! Enjoy learning about Alaska’s culture and history. Experience the breathtaking beauty and amazing scenery that Alaska has to offer as you travel by riverboat, motor coach, luxury domed rail and finally, 7 nights on a cruise ship! You will feel like you are traveling through a life-size postcard. There is so much more to this tour. Visit this link for more information: gateway.gocollette.com/link/1112510 or call us at (814) 274-4877 to request a brochure and get dates, cost, etc. Hurry, you will save $200/per person if you reserve before November 24, 2022!
Sculpture to display and recognize Greater Olean Hospitality Wall of Fame inductees past and present
OLEAN, N.Y., November 14, 2022 — A new fund established at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation will honor the contributions of individuals who have contributed to the Greater Olean area’s hospitality industry by giving the Greater Olean Hospitality Wall of Fame a permanent home in the form of a sculpture that will display the names of wall of fame inductees past and present.
In 2007, the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce established the Greater Olean Hospitality Wall of Fame to recognize individuals and/or businesses who have made a significant contribution and have given exceptional service to the local food service/hospital industry.
Past recipients were recognized at the Taste of Olean with a plaque that was then housed and displayed on a dedicated space at the Olean campus of Jamestown Community College. As JCC needed additional space, the plaques were recently given back to the recipients, said Joe and Susan Marra, members of the Greater Olean Hospitality Wall of Fame committee and former owners of the Old Library Restaurant.
More than 54 individuals who dedicated much of their lives to the area’s hospitality industry have been inducted into the wall of fame since 2007.
There will be a special Personnel Committee meeting at 1:45 p.m. (immediately following Budget Committee) on Wednesday, November 16, to provide an update on the 911 Dispatchers MOA.
