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The Potter-Tioga Maple weekend is celebrating their 21st year of hosting the art of maple syrup creation. There are 17 participating farms and educational experiences throughout the two counties on March 15 and 16 from 10 AM - 4 PM. Photo by Andy Lychalk, Jr.
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For Wellsboro’s 38th Annual Dickens of a Christmas celebration, the Trinity Lutheran Church and Trinity Lutheran School, both at 53 West Avenue in Wellsboro, are hosting a Dickens of a Dinner on Friday, Dec. 2 between 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
The dinner is open to the public and will be in the Trinity Lutheran Church’s Family Life Center, located off West Avenue on Luther Lane behind the church.
On the menu are ham with raisin sauce, parsley potatoes, cranberry relish, winter vegetables, roll and butter, homemade dessert and hot and cold beverages.
The cost is $13 for adults, $11 for senior citizens over 60, $6 for children ages 5 to 12, and free for children under age 5.
Crafts will be on display and for sale.
For information or to purchase tickets in advance, call Trinity Lutheran at 570-724-7723.
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.
Members of the Tioga County Women’s Shooting Society are inviting the public — men, women and children — to go on a one-day bus trip to the Great American Outdoor Show on Saturday only, Feb. 4, 2023.
The $100 per person fee must be paid in advance in order to reserve a seat on the bus. The deadline to register is Tuesday, Dec. 20. For reservations, contact Michelle Lawrence at 570-404-7738 or annietackleberry@hotmail.com.
The fee includes round trip bus transportation to and from the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg,hostess service and admission to the Great American Outdoor Show, which celebrates hunting, fishing and outdoor traditions that are treasured by millions of Americans and their families. The fee does not include meals.
The nine-day show begins on Saturday, Feb. 4 and ends on Sunday, Feb. 12. It will feature nearly 1,000 exhibitors ranging from gun manufacturers to outfitters to fishing boats and RVs, and archery to art and much more covering 650,000 square feet of exhibit hall space at the complex.
Those who go will board a motorcoach at the Benedict’s Bus Service terminal in Whitneyville near Wellsboro beginning at 6 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4 and will depart from there around 6:15 a.m.
Arrangements can also be made to pick up and drop off passengers at Mansfield, Blossburg, Liberty or Williamsport.
The motorcoach will stop for a fast food breakfast at McDonald’s in Selinsgrove, Pa. and arrive in Harrisburg at the complex around 10 a.m. that morning. Attendees will have lunch on their own while there.
At 4:30 p.m., the motorcoach will leave from Harrisburg with a dinner break for attendees at Marzoni’s in Selinsgrove at 5:30 p.m. and arrive at the terminal in Whitneyville at approximately 9:15 p.m. on Feb. 4.
DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Cryptocurrency Data Mining Operation On Shale Gas Well Pad In Elk County
The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on an Air Quality permit for a proposed cryptocurrency data mining operation on the Diversified Production LLC Longhorn Shale Gas Well Pad C in Jay Township, Elk County. (PA Bulletin, page 7164) Read more here. Operation of the proposed equipment would focus on electrical generation and cryptocurrency data mining operations and not unconventional natural gas well site operations or remote pigging. The proposed sources would be in addition to Diversified’s existing equipment. This project would install four Waukesha engines (each rated at 1,900 bhp), one Waukesha engine (rated at 1,680 bhp), and one small generator set rated 1.8 kw. Potential emissions from all proposed sources are esti- mated to be (tpy): 8.87 VOC, 13.44 NOx, 26.88 CO PM10 5.92, and 8.47 HAPs. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Eric A. Gustafson, 230 Chestnut St., Meadville, PA 16335, phone number (814) 332-6819. Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information. (PA Bulletin, page 7164) For more information on environmental programs in Pennsylvania, visit DEP’s website, Click Here to sign up for DEP’s newsletter, sign up for DEP Connects events, sign up for DEP’s eNotice, visit DEP’s Blog, Like DEP on Facebook, Follow DEP on Twitter and visit DEP’s YouTube Channel.
Coudersport Rotary Club welcomed Chrissy Tingley, Department Manager of the Irwin Rehabilitation Center at UPMC Cole, as their speaker at the November 14, 2022, meeting at A&W West End Grill. (Pictured: Chrissy Tingley and Rotarian Andrea Streich)
Bradford, Pa.: The Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative (KQDC) will operate TWO DEER CHECK STATIONS this year on SR 59 and SR 346. The days of operation will be Saturday, Sunday, Monday, November 26-28, and Saturday, December 3. Hours of operation will be 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. all four days.
One KQDC deer check station will be in Marshburg along SR 59 again this year. The check station will be 0.4 miles east of Timberdoodle Flats at the John Perkins Parking Lot. Wooden signs on sawhorses will be placed along SR 59 and at Timberdoodle Flats to direct hunters to the check station.
The second KQDC deer check station will be at the Willows Restaurant on SR 346 along Willow Creek in Corydon Township about four miles east of the Willow Bay Recreation Area. The GPS address is 2669 West Washington Street.
All deer will be weighed, measured, and aged for FREE for hunters. Hunters will receive a fluorescent orange KQDC hat for bringing their deer to the check station. Each hunter bringing in a deer for checking will also receive a ticket on a cash raffle. Hunters bringing in antlerless deer will be eligible for a $500 raffle. Hunters bringing in an antlered deer will be eligible for a $250 raffle.
The KQDC is managed for Quality Deer and a Quality Forest Ecosystem to provide a Quality Hunting experience. Other goals are to provide quality forests for landowners to manage for timber products, local employment, numerous outdoor recreation activities, and quality habitat for all wildlife.
The Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative is an on-going demonstration, begun in 2000, of how hunting can be used to meet the goals of multiple publics for managing deer. A partnership of forest landowners, forest managers, biologists, hunters, and local businesses developed the program which relies on hunters to manage deer density on a representative forested area. The program is conducted on a 74,000-acre forested demonstration area in northwestern Pennsylvania.
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Note to reporters: Photo 1 – A buck ready for weighing at last year’s check station.
Robert N. Bob Garman, 79, of First Fork Rd., Sinnemahoning, PA passed away unexpectedly at his residence, Sinnemahoning, PA on Sunday morning (November 20, 2022). He was born October 23, 1943 in Renovo, PA a son of the late Peter I. and Martha K. Kephart Garman. On October 12, 1986 in Emporium, PA he married Sally A. Sitter, who survives.
Bob was a lifelong resident of Cameron County. He served with the US Marines during Vietnam War. He was a self employed contractor for many years. He was an active member of the Down County Baptist Church and loved spending time in his garden and in his apple orchard. He enjoyed feeding the deer and birds near his home.
In addition to his wife Sally he is survived by a daughter, Linda Winkelvoss (Bert), Washington, PA; son, Clarence Holton (Toni), Parkesburg, PA; four grandchildren: Emily Winkelvoss Wade (Logan), Ashley Winkelvoss Capra (Erik), Dominic Holton, Brandon Holton and a sister, Blanche “Peggy” Fox.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Theodore “Bud” Garman and Peter Garman, Jr.
Visitation will be at the Down County Baptist Church, Rt 555, Driftwood, PA on Tuesday (November 22, 2022) from 12:00-12:45 PM followed by a Funeral Service at 1:00 PM with Pastor Richard Bennett, officiating. A Military Service will follow by the Cameron County Memorial Detail.
Memorial Contributions may be made to Down County Baptist Church, PO Box 81, Driftwood, PA 15832
HARRISBURG – Rep. Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford/Potter) today announced a $2.4 million grant for improvements at Westfield Laurel Health Center.
“We are blessed with some great health care facilities here in our region, and I am always happy to advocate for them,” Owlett said. “This is an important investment in our community and our future.”
The funding will support construction of a new health center on existing health center property, behind the current health center building. The unused back half of the existing health center and the garage will be removed, and the new building will then be built behind the remaining health center structure. Once the new facility is built, furnished and equipped, the original health center will be removed from the property and the lot paved for parking.
The funding was awarded through the state’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP), a Commonwealth grant program that supports the acquisition and construction of regional economic, cultural, civic, recreational and historical improvement projects. All RACP projects require a 50% match of funds from the grant recipient.
BRADFORD –Rep. Martin Causer (R-Cameron/McKean/Potter) and Sen. Cris Dush (R-25) today announced more than $3 million in funding to support facility improvements at both Bradford Regional Medical Center and the Lutheran Home at Kane.
“It is important we continue to invest in our health care and long-term care facilities to meet the needs of our residents,” Causer said. “I was pleased to support this much-needed funding for our communities.”
“These grants will go a long way toward meeting the challenge of ensuring access to quality health care in our rural communities,” Dush said. “I was happy to support these important investments.”
The Lutheran Home at Kane will receive $2.44 million toward construction of a 10,700-square-foot addition that will house a new Alzheimer’s/dementia unit and an energy-efficient kitchen, installation of a new backup generator and renovation of the old kitchen space to provide offices and meeting facilities.
Bradford Regional Medical Center will receive $1.07 million for a number of infrastructure upgrades, including replacing the roof at the Pavilion, elevator and Wi-Fi upgrades, emergency drop-off sidewalk and lot replacement, air conditioner upgrades, east wing cooling tower replacement and envelope building repairs.
The grants were awarded through the state’s Redevelopment Capital Assistance Program.
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 11/18/2022 to CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC in Auburn Twp, Susquehanna county. 78a85(a)5 – CASING AND CEMENTING – CEMENT STANDARDS – The operator failed to prevent gas flow in the annulus. In areas of known shallow gas producing zones, gas block additives and low fluid loss slurries shall be used.
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 11/16/2022 to CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC in Asylum Twp, Bradford 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.
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 11/16/2022 to CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC in Asylum Twp, Bradford 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 11/16/2022 to CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC in Asylum Twp, Bradford 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 11/16/2022 to CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC in Asylum Twp, Bradford 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 11/10/2022 to CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC in Windham Twp, Wyoming county. 78a86 – CASING AND CEMENTING – DEFECTIVE CASING OR CEMENTING – Operator failed to report defect in a well that has defective, insufficient or improperly cemented casing to the Department within 24 hours of discovery. Operator failed to correct defect or failed to submit a plan to correct the defect for approval by the Department within 30 days.
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 11/10/2022 to CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC in Windham Twp, Wyoming county. 78a85(a)5 – CASING AND CEMENTING – CEMENT STANDARDS – The operator failed to prevent gas flow in the annulus. In areas of known shallow gas producing zones, gas block additives and low fluid loss slurries shall be used.
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 11/10/2022 to CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC in Windham Twp, Wyoming county. 78a86 – CASING AND CEMENTING – DEFECTIVE CASING OR CEMENTING – Operator failed to report defect in a well that has defective, insufficient or improperly cemented casing to the Department within 24 hours of discovery. Operator failed to correct defect or failed to submit a plan to correct the defect for approval by the Department within 30 days.
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 11/09/2022 to CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC in Meshoppen Twp, Wyoming county. 78a86 – CASING AND CEMENTING – DEFECTIVE CASING OR CEMENTING – Operator failed to report defect in a well that has defective, insufficient or improperly cemented casing to the Department within 24 hours of discovery. Operator failed to correct defect or failed to submit a plan to correct the defect for approval by the Department within 30 days.
Coudersport Vol FireDept was dispatched to a first alarm fire along with Port Sta. 3 for RIT. Chief 48 Phelps went enroute immediately and with updated information from dispatch added 3 additional Tankers( 44-Austin, 46-Roulette, 47-Ulysses).
Engine 48-1, Tanker 48, Engine 48-3, Rescue 48 and Patrol 48 responded. Upon arrival of Chief 48 Phelps( command)confirmed a working fire in a 2.5 story SFD with confirmed entrapment of the sole occupant as he and neighbors and people traveling N Hollow road attempted to locate and rescue the owner.
Command requested a second alarm assignment ( Full response from 44,46,47,10-Galeton, 19-Germania and Port Allegany Sta. 3).
Crews worked feverishly to knock the fire and attempt to locate the occupant of the residence.
Coudersport crews went directly to the front ( address ) and went to work while Roulette’s, Austin’s tanker came directly in behind Engine 48, Tanker 48 and supplied additional water to the attack engine while Roulettes Engine and Squad laid a 5″ supply line( 1900′ ) to a nearby pond where Engine 48-3 and Galeton engine established a water source to supply the scene.
Tankers from 44,47 setup to also supply the attack engine (48). Water supply was a never lost or compromised allowing a continuous fire fight.
The fire was knocked down and crews were able to locate the owner, remove her from the residence and It is with heavy hearts for the family and our first responders that she had succumbed to smoke inhalation and had passed – coroner ( Car 40 )was requested to the scene along with the Pa State Police Fire Marshalls Unit.
Crews continued to work and extinguish the fire for some time while Shinglehouse Fire dept stood by covering our district, the American Red cross responded and provided refreshments/eats to crews. At approximately 9:30pm command started releasing apparatus form the scene an returning them to their respective districts.
After a joint investigation with PSP, Potter Co Coroners office it was determined that the owner/occupant was Grace Redcay, 87, and died of heat/smoke inhalation, had working smoke alarms that alerted her to the fire. The cause of fire was ruled undetermined – started outside on the north side of her residence under a carport that then burned into her residence disorienting and trapping her inside.
All units where placed in service around 0030 with additional things needing tended to today.
We would like to express our sincere thoughts and prayers to Mrs. Redcay and her family as well as the extreme gratitude and thanks to our mutual aid partners, in all approximately 65 First responders in all while other departments covered up or filled in districts that where on scene.
