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Memories of Owen “Buck” Saulter at 1:30 PM

Lavern “Barney” Saulter 90th birthday at 2:00 PM

Location:  Saulter Preserve            Bryant Hollow Road          Coudersport, PA. 16915

Date:  August 11, 2024

Wiers Farm, Inc Issues a Voluntary Recall on Whole and Salad Cucumbers Due to Possible Contamination with Listeria

Willard, OH (July 12, 2024) – Out of an abundance of caution, Wiers Farm Inc. of Willard, OH, is voluntarily recalling a limited number of whole cucumbers with a pack date of June 5, 2024 and bagged salad cucumbers with a pack date of June 5, 2024 and June 6, 2024 due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. This product was not grown or harvested by Wiers Farm. It was sourced from out of state, then handled and distributed by Wiers Farm. Wiers Farm Inc. is coordinating closely with regulatory officials in connection with the recall.

The Elk County Community Foundation recently recognized the 2024 scholarship winners from the Straub Brewery Scholarship Fund. Straub Brewery has been a consistent donor to the foundation and has supported local students with such scholarships for nineteen years. These scholarships recognize high school seniors who have displayed outstanding qualities in academic achievement, leadership, and community service.

Winners of this scholarship include James Pistner and Sydney Smith, recent graduates from SMAHS, as well as Sydney Alexander and Sarah Hasselman, graduates from ECCHS. Alexander plans to attend The Pennsylvania State University – University Park, Smith will be attending West Virginia University, and Pistner and Hasselman will be attending Slippery Rock University. Each of the students was awarded $1,000.
This year, over $269,000 was distributed to deserving students thanks to all the donors who have established scholarships funds at ECCF. The Elk County Community Foundation Board extends their gratitude to Straub Brewery for contributing to the future of our community through their educational support. Anyone interested in establishing a scholarship can contact the Foundation at 814-834-2125 or find more information on their website, www.elkcountyfoundation.org.

 On Tuesday, July 30^th The Community Blood Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania and Western NY will host a Bloodmobile Drive at the S.W. Smith Memorial Public Library at 201 E Maple Street in Port Allegany.  

Each week in July, a lucky donor will win a 4-Pack of tickets to their choice of one of four theme parks: Cedar Point, Darien Lake, Waldameer, or Kennywood!

Schedule online: https://www.ourdonorssavelives.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/12739
Schedule by phone: 1-877-842-0631

Fiammata Pizza Food Truck will also be onsite serving the public! You do not need to give blood to order from Fiammata Pizza.

Coudersport, Pa., July 22, 2024 – Bernadette Main, medical technician, Cole Manor, part of UPMC Senior Communities in North Central Pa., was recently recognized with the BEE Award for outstanding support of the nursing team.

The BEE Award, meaning Be Extraordinary Every Day, recognizes the care team that supports nursing staff and works closely with them to provide patients with the compassion and care they need.

Bernadette was nominated by two residents, one who shared:

“I would like to nominate Bernadette for the care she gave me when I had a bug bite on my back. I had Bernadette look at it and she identified it needed care immediately before it got infected. Every morning, she changed the dressings and after several days, it looked better and had not spread. She gave her time, care, and the attention that I needed. Bernadette is a very caring and patient person.”

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The 2024 McKean County Fair Queen Candidates visited the local Rotary Club during their weekly meeting.  They also visited the Port Allegany Senior Center prior to having lunch with the Rotarians. 

Miss Bradford is Mallory Craig; Miss Kane is Allenah McGuire; Miss Otto-Eldred is Anessa Steel; Miss Smethport is Tekla Loncki and representing Port Allegany is Gracee Donovan.  The girls were accompanied by the reigning queen, Jaidyn Goodman.  The 118th McKean County Fair will be held August 10th through August 18th  at the fairgrounds located  on Route 46 South in Smethport.  

We have a few things coming up in the next 10 days.

First, Highpoint Federal Credit Union will have a groundbreaking for the new building going in at the mall, next to Aldi’s.  That is Wednesday 7/24 at 10am

KFC will have a ribbon cutting on open day: 7/30 at 10:30am

And the YWCA will have a ribbon cutting for the new building on Congress Street, August 1 at 1:30pm. 

Lots of exciting growth in Bradford!!

HARRISBURG, Pa (July 22) – The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) began its quarterly business meeting today by encouraging anglers and boaters to continue to enjoy summer fishing and boating opportunities across the Commonwealth while staying safe and being aware of weather conditions.

“There is still plenty of time this summer to enjoy the water safely and continue to make fishing and boating memories with family and friends,” said PFBC President William Gibney.  “With the recent stretch of hot and dry weather across the Commonwealth, even more people are flocking to our rivers, lakes, and streams to have fun and find some relief from the heat.  While there is plenty of room for everyone, please continue to be courteous to others and be mindful of our aquatic resources.  Please keep our natural areas clean and always wear your lifejacket.”

In his report to the Board, Executive Director Tim Schaeffer noted that throughout the recent Independence Day holiday weekend, 61 Waterways Conservation Officers (WCOs) and 34 deputy WCOs participated in Operation Dry Water.  The special operation conducted from July 4-6, 2024, was held in partnership with the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators, U.S. Coast Guard, and other conservation law enforcement agencies across the country to prevent boating accidents and fatalities through education and enhanced Boating Under the Influence (BUI) enforcement.  This special operation resulted in 12 BUI arrests across the Commonwealth, including the arrest of one boat operator who had a Blood Alcohol Concentration of .25, which is more than three times the legal limit for impairment.  In addition to BUI violations, 234 general boating citations and 876 warnings were issued.

To date, there have been nine recreational boating fatalities in Pennsylvania in 2024.  For more information on boating safety including life jacket wear, visit the PFBC website (Fishandboat.com).

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RIDGWAY – The North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) committee heard progress updates on the continued buildout of their economic development tracking system during Wednesday’s quarterly meeting.

The hybrid meeting featured a presentation from ATLAS Community Studios (ATLAS) detailing their progress on the North Central Data Dashboard, which is a visual economic development evaluation tool. The dashboard provides data on population; employment and wages; education; housing; critical infrastructure, such as transportation and water; and broadband and internet access across the six-county region, which are all aspects of the North Central Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy and Resiliency Plan 2022-26.

There is still some pork left will be available till 7 pm

Seventeen recent area graduates have been awarded the Dresser-Rand Employees Scholarship, together totaling $19,500.

The Dresser-Rand Employees Trust Association established the scholarship fund at CRCF in 2021 to help continue their longstanding scholarship program for current and former employees of Dresser-Rand/Siemens Energy.

The Dresser-Rand Employees Scholarship is open to the children of employees of Dresser-Rand/Siemens Energy, regardless of high school. Employees must have been Olean-based employees as of February 2, 2022, with at least 12 months of service.

With the Wellsboro Comic Con quickly approaching, the cast of Puffs is meeting multiple nights per week at the Warehouse Theater in Wellsboro to rehearse for their upcoming 5 performances that will be offered August 8 – 11. The full title of this hilarious show is Puffs: Or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic. This action-packed parody doesn’t hold back in poking fun at the original, especially when it comes to pointing out that the hero of one story is not necessarily the hero of another. Unlike the death-defying main characters of the story that inspired this play, the lead Puffs players are not perfect, not over-achievers, and definitely not in the in-crowd. Their inspiring chant, “Third or nothing!” is an uplifting mantra for all of us who felt like outsiders, always adjacent to the main event, never the star of the show. If they can just not come in last place this year, they will be over-the-moon. 

Clearfield, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced the following schedule of maintenance activities in McKean County the week of July 22. PennDOT performs year-round maintenance in its mission to provide a safe, efficient transportation system, and the scope of work in McKean County for the coming week is as follows:

Clearfield, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced the following schedule of maintenance activities in Potter County the week of July 22. PennDOT performs year-round maintenance in its mission to provide a safe, efficient transportation system, and the scope of work in Potter County for the coming week is as follows: