NEWS

The Shinglehouse fireworks show has been rescheduled for June 30th

CANCELLED

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH 482 FOR

THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN PENNSYLVANIA THIS CANCELS 6 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

CAMERON ELK MCKEAN

POTTER TIOGA WARREN

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BRADFORD, COUDERSPORT, EMPORIUM,

MANSFIELD, RIDGWAY, ST. MARYS, WARREN, AND WELLSBORO.

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 482
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
110 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2024

TORNADO WATCH 482 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
PA. PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ALLEGHENY ARMSTRONG BEAVER
BEDFORD BLAIR BUTLER
CAMBRIA CAMERON CENTRE
CLARION CLEARFIELD CLINTON
COLUMBIA CRAWFORD ELK
ERIE FAYETTE FOREST
FRANKLIN FULTON GREENE
HUNTINGDON INDIANA JEFFERSON
JUNIATA LAWRENCE LYCOMING
MCKEAN MERCER MIFFLIN
MONTOUR NORTHUMBERLAND PERRY
POTTER SNYDER SOMERSET
SULLIVAN TIOGA UNION
VENANGO WARREN WASHINGTON
WESTMORELAND
ATTN…WFO…PBZ…CTP…CLE…

Harrisburg, PA – June is Men’s Health Month, and the Shapiro Administrationis reminding Pennsylvania men about the importance of accessing the preventive health services that are available to them at no cost through their insurance.   

“Preventive health services continue to save lives each and every day, and the Pennsylvania Insurance Department wants to remind people that these life-saving services are available at no cost through most – if not all – major medical health insurance plans,” said Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Michael Humphreys. “During Men’s Health Month, PID urges consumers to prioritize their health and take control of their future by accessing the free preventive health services covered under most policies.”  

The pool will not open today. The weather is not cooperating.

Allegany Fire Department

Carnival update- The midway will not open until 6pm this evening, hopefully the weather will pass by then. The $25 wristbands will be available for purchase at 6pm and be used from 6-closing. The bands will still play tonight and the food and beer tents will be in operation.

Unfortunately the grand parade has been CANCELLED

The parish office will be closed from Friday, June 28th through Monday, July 8th, and will reopen on Tuesday, July 9th from 8:00AM to 5:00PM.

If you need to reach a priest immediately please call Father Chris Wheeler at 814-902-8019 or Father Joe Dougherty at 814-746-5043.

If you would like to leave a message for the parish secretary I will respond to you as soon as I return to the office on July 9th or you may call my cell phone at 717-572-1746 and leave a message. Have a blessed July 4th holiday!

Good afternoon. It is unfortunate that we even have to take time to make a post like this. However, we are looking for information related to the vandalism at our VFW field. If anyone has any information as to who would have spent time ruining home plate, ripping out bases and throwing them on top of the dug out, breaking brooms, spilling field dry, digging holes etc., please let us know. A handful of men put a lot of work into taking care of this field and a lot of girls depend on using it for their softball season.

We are very disappointed. Please reach out if anyone knows who might have spent some time here in the last 24 hours. Port Allegany Youth Baseball Association

Summer Fest 2024 sponsored by the VMI (Veterans Memorial, Inc.) Saturday afternoon at the VMI located on Route 155 in Port Allegany.  The event had vendors, a bounce house, slide, dunk take, corn hole, music and more.  Pictured:  Alayna Lovell and her friends watch as Brielle Saltsman helps her sister, Allison, reach the dunk tank button to dunk Ava Bachman who was on the hot seat at the moment.  

North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission invites pre-applications for Appalachian Regional Commission projects

RIDGWAY – The North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission (North Central) is pleased to announce the opening of pre-applications for Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Area Development and Local Access Road projects for fiscal year 2025.

Motorists are advised a two-year construction project continues on Route 6 and Main Street (Route 2005) in Tioga County.

The Week of Monday, July 1
The contractor will continue rehabilitation work on the bridge that carries Route 6 over the Tioga River. Work includes repair of the sub-structure, deck repairs, and epoxy overlay.

Long-Term Detour
Route 6 will remain closed to westbound traffic at the intersection of Main Street.

• Route 6 westbound traffic will use South Main Street and Route 15.
• Route 6 eastbound traffic will be maintained through the work zone.

​Montoursville, PA – Motorists are advised that a two-year roadway improvement project continues on Water Street (Route 414), Blockhouse Road (Route 2005), and Williamson Road (Route 2007) in Liberty Borough and Liberty Township, Tioga County.

Roadway Improvement Project Continues on Route 414 and Blockhouse Road in Liberty Borough, Tioga County

​Montoursville, PA – Motorists are advised that a two-year roadway improvement project continues on Water Street (Route 414), Blockhouse Road (Route 2005), and Williamson Road (Route 2007) in Liberty Borough and Liberty Township, Tioga County.

The week of Monday, July 1, 2024, the contractor, Glenn O. Hawbaker, will be installing the 84-inch pipe on the closed section of Route 414 between Water Street and Shaffer Hill Road, just south of Bloss Mountain Road.

The Elk County Community Foundation recently announced the recipients of scholarships provided by the SGL Carbon, LLC Scholarship Fund. Each of the four students were awarded a $500 scholarship. The selected recipients include Mayson Annis and Levi Solada, graduates from St. Marys Area High School, as well as Gracee Breindel and Noah Cherry, graduates of Elk County Catholic High School. This upcoming fall, both Annis and Solada will be attending the Pennsylvania College of Technology. In addition, Breindel plans to attend The Pennsylvania State University – University Park, and Cherry will be attending the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.

The Elk County Community Foundation recently announced the recipients of scholarships provided by the SGL Carbon, LLC Scholarship Fund. Each of the four students were awarded a $500 scholarship. The selected recipients include Mayson Annis and Levi Solada, graduates from St. Marys Area High School, as well as Gracee Breindel and Noah Cherry, graduates of Elk County Catholic High School.

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced that all driver license and photo centers, including its full-service center in Harrisburg, will be closed Thursday, July 4, 2024, in observance of Independence Day. 

Customers may still obtain a variety of driver and vehicle products and services, including all forms, publications and driver training manuals, online through PennDOT’s Driver and Vehicle Services website, www.dmv.pa.gov.    

Driver and vehicle online services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and include driver’s license, photo ID and vehicle registration renewals; driver-history services; changes of address; driver license and vehicle registration restoration letters; ability to pay driver license or vehicle insurance restoration fee; driver license and photo ID duplicates; REAL ID pre-verification; and driver exam scheduling. There are no additional fees for using online services.

A complete listing of PennDOT driver and photo license center closings in 2024 is available online. If you are planning to visit one of PennDOT’s On-Line Messenger Service Centers, please call ahead for hours of operation during holidays.

Motorists can check conditions on major roadway 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.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional alerts on X.

Follow PennDOT on X and like the department on Facebook and Instagram. 

Summer 2024

Cancer and heart disease — they’re two topics that are difficult to think about. But learning about them may help you prevent serious long-term health complications. You can take steps toward healthier living or get the tests and treatments you need.

This issue covers key health topics, including cancer in younger people, open-heart surgery, and tickborne illnesses.

The Rise of Cancer in Younger People

Cancer is still most common in people older than 50. But recent research shows that several types of cancer are increasing in younger generations. See what the numbers are showing, and find out what preventive steps you can take to help yourself.

Why Are Cancer Cases Rising in People Under 50? | UPMC HealthBeat

Mark E. Young, 65, of Galeton, PA, passed away on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at UPMC Cole in Coudersport, PA.  Born March 1, 1959, in Lancaster, PA, he was a son of the late James F. Young and A. Yvonne (Schneider) Young of Mt. Joy, PA. Mark graduated from Bayside High School in Virginia Beach, VA.

He was a Public Insurance Adjuster based in Bensalem, PA. On June 7, 2000, he married the former Marion Teachman, who survives.  He was a lifetime member of the VFW Auxiliary in Mt. Joy and a member of the Wellsboro Moose.

Thomas  A. Perry, 82, a loving husband, father, and grandfather, of 314 Seaward Avenue, Bradford, passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at The Pavilion @ BRMC. 

Born on March 3, 1942, in Bradford, he was a son of the late Roy C. and Ruth (Miller) and Perry. He was a 1961 graduate of Bradford Area High School.

On June 1, 1974, in the First Presbyterian Church, he married Deborah L. (Abbott) Perry who survives.

This weekend, Hamilton-Gibson Productions presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the Broadway hit by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, first mounted in New York in 1982 after being developed in the UK throughout the 1970s. Interestingly, it was also during this time that the first productions of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar (also by Lloyd Webber and Rice) were being mounted, another show with biblical roots where the story is told completely through music, and dubbed a “rock opera”. Joseph tells the classic bible tale of jealousy, betrayal and reconciliation all through music, but because of the show’s unique variety of musical genres it is impossible to give one overall descriptor to its musical style.  

Two new PA Wilds Conservation Shops have opened this year in the Pennsylvania Wilds. Operated by the nonprofit PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship (PA Wilds Center), these mission-driven gift shops help improve market access for rural entrepreneurs by sourcing 90 percent of their inventory from rural makers and businesses in the 13-county PA Wilds region, while also accomplishing other mission points.

In Tioga County, the PA Wilds Center has transitioned from a mobile Conservation Shop that it has operated for the last few years at Leonard Harrison State Park, at the PA Grand Canyon, to a permanent brick-and-mortar store. In Forest County, another store has opened within an historic train depot in Marienville, along the nearly 74-mile Knox and Kane Rail Trail. 

Please see the pressrelease attached, as well as the same release at the bottom of this email. You can also find the pressrelease at https://www.pawildscenter.org/blog/two-new-pa-wilds-conservation-shops/

Impatient

by

Pastor B.J. Knefley

Impatient, who me? Never. Well almost never. Okay, maybe a lot. You would think that I would have developed patience over my lifetime, but I haven’t. For some things I can be very patient, while others, not so much. Why? What is the cause of our impatience? Why do some suffer from it more than others. Is there a healthy balance?

Surprisingly, impatience and anxiety go hand in hand. We might not view it as such, but it is. Jesus told us to be anxious for nothing but that doesn’t stop us, does it? I’ve often wondered if impatience and anxiety have more to do with being self-absorbed with what we want, when we want it, and how it makes us feel when things don’t go our way.

We live in a very ME focused society. What’s in it for me is often the filter that we use before we agree to do many things. To die to yourself is not a norm. After all, if I die to myself then what’s in it for me? No, we want what we want when we want it and dying to yourself doesn’t fit into that plan.

Instant gratification is all about impatience. Our society is dotted with fast food, instant coffee, and oatmeal just to name a few. What happened to the day when we’d sit around a meal, talk, and otherwise savor the moment of relationship. Instead, we’re interrupted with text messages, email notifications and phone calls that we just must take. Just the other day I was with someone whose phone was constantly chirping while we were trying to have a meal together. Is it any wonder why we all seem to be bothered by impatience when our world is constantly vying for our attention?

Admittedly I struggle with impatience. That, along with other idiosyncrasies, I struggle with the idea of letting Christ reign in my thoughts and actions. It’s a battle that I must die to daily and that’s the point. The only time that I have the power to overcome the impatience that plagues my life is right now, in this moment. Think about it.