CARE for Children’s 22^nd annual basketball mini-camp for school-age children was held Wednesday evening at Callahan Park in Bradford.  The camp provides the opportunity for both boys and girls of all abilities to work on gross and fine motor skills, socialization, and physical fitness.

CARE therapists, teachers, and staff; along with volunteer coaches from the community were each paired with a team and the coaches worked with their team throughout camp.  Campers visited skill stations which focused on different activities including passing, dribbling, shooting, layups, ball handling and defense.  Each child in attendance received a t-shirt and a basketball. 

A post camp celebration was held at Pizza Hut to mark CARE for Children’s 100^th anniversary.  Campers and their family members were treated to pizza, cake and cupcakes to mark the occasion.

CARE’s basketball mini-camp was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Bradford, a grant from Rotary District #7280, and the Italian American Progressive Club (IAPC).  Volunteers from the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford helped prepare the basketballs for the event.  CARE’s therapeutic recreation programs are sponsored in part by the United Way of the Bradford Area, Inc.

CARE for Children is a non-profit organization which provides pediatric therapy services, early learning programs, child safety and injury prevention initiatives, therapeutic recreation programs, and community outreach services for children of all abilities in McKean County, Pennsylvania and the surrounding region.

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2023 Pennsylvania State Laurel Queen Emma Podobinski will crown her successor on Saturday, June 15.
 
The 82nd Annual Pennsylvania State Laurel Festival with activities for all ages gets underway this Saturday, June 8 and continues through Sunday, June 16 in Wellsboro. 
 
Kicking off the festival this Saturday, June 8 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. rain or shine is the Family Day and Children’s Health Fair on The Green. There will be 44 booths with information, games to play for prizes and creative projects to do on-site and take home and free giveaways from backpacks and hacky sacks to bike helmets for Infants to 12-year-olds while supplies last and a
free playground ball or a foam 8-inch football for youngsters attending.
 
This Sunday, June 9, is the Pet Parade. Children with pets of all types from dogs to ducks and decorated bicycles, wagons and battery-operated three or four wheelers will gather to register for free or check in and for judging at 12:25 p.m. in the Packer Park picnic area behind the Wellsboro Active Living Center parking lot on Queen Street. At 1:30 p.m., the parade will leave the park, travel up Main Street to The Green where all children will receive ribbons. Special awards will also be presented.
 
Every night, Monday, June 10 through Friday, June 14, will be a free concert with different entertainers. Donations are always appreciated.
 
For the annual Arts & Crafts Fair, 85 artisans will be on The Green with unique, handcrafted items and 25 vendors on the International Street of Foods offering delectable delights on Friday, June 14 from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. and Saturday, June 15 from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m.

Knoxville-Deerfield Vol. Fire Company

MSG: DISPATCHED: 06/07/24 10:53:26

MVAI : MVA WITH INJURIES

5465 ROUTE 49, Apt , DEERFIELD

Dept 6,14,25,26, Wellsboro hospital medics dispatched for a MVA reported one vehicle over the embankment. Chief 5-20 had been driving that way and stopped to assist and provided some updated information. Captain 3-80 stopped to assist as well. Chief 6-20 and Rescue 6-8 arrived on scene and Rescue 6-8 began to evaluate the patient. Patient had no injuries. Chief 6-20 recalled dept 14 and the medics. Ambulance 26-6 arrived on scene and did a quick verbal confirmation that dept 6 would handle the patient refusal as they got dispatched to another call in Westfield. Dept 6 remained on scene for a short while longer while Whites repair removed the vehicle and then all Dept 6 units went back into service.

Please slow down when seeing emergency personnel at the scene of an emergency

Carroll David GOODLIFF, 96, of Belmont, NY, died Thursday, June 6, 2024 in his home.  

Born November 24, 1927, in Nile, he was the son of Homer Grant and Blanche Rose Swartout Goodliff.  He was married to the former Helen Elizabeth Reynolds, who predeceased him on February 1, 2021.  He attended the one room schoolhouse in Nile and later Friendship Central School.  

LOWVILLE, N.Y. (WWTI) – A 24-year-old Coudersport man was indicted on a murder charge by a Lewis County grand jury on Friday, June 7.

Jacob Vanbergen of Coudersport, Pa. was handed an indictment for second-degree murder in the alleged killing of 39-year-old Brandon Shepker, also of Coudersport, Pa., on January 6 at the Ridge View Lodge in Lowville. Shepker was sharing a room with Vanbergen when the alleged incident occurred.

Potter County man charged with murder in Lewis County death

Authorities investigated and alleged injuries were “consistent with a physical altercation and strangulation.”

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