Shinglehouse Dispatched For House Fire on Taylor Brook Road
At 8:35 AM on Saturday, Shinglehouse Fire Dept. has been dispatched for a report of a house fire at 184 Taylor Brook Road in Ceres Township. Everyone is reported out of the house. Alma, Allentown, Bolivar & Portville requested mutual aid. Eldred Township, Westons Mills & Richburg tankers dispatched.
Calling CHESS Players – on Sunday, February 12th we are hosting a competitive chess tournament at RVW.
We need participants to sign up – $100 prize to be awarded to the winner $$,donated by Cameron County Mercantile
Sign up today by emailing us at
This takes place during our Chili, Checkers and Chess event to wrap up our weekend of Fun and Games, celebrating our 3rd Anniversary!
Nancy J. Sweet, 94, of Knoxville, PA
Nancy J. Sweet, 94, of Knoxville, PA passed away Thursday, February 9, 2023 at UPMC Cole in Coudersport.
She was born October 31, 1928 in Taylor, Pa to James and Hannah (Curtis) Morgan. On August 7, 1970, she married Robert N. Sweet, and together they owned and operated the Country Store Sewing Center in Wellsboro.
Nancy had been a member of the Dexter Baptist Church, and more recently was a member of the Butler Hill Baptist Church. She loved sewing, and was very active in her church and especially enjoyed singing in church.
Nancy is survived by her son: James (Maria D.) Ace of Knoxville, PA, a daughter: Linda Kiefer of Lexington, VA; three grandchildren: Ashley Zakowitz, Morgan LeRoyer, and Robert Ace; 10 great-grandchildren; and two sisters: Beverly Rodgers, and Gail Morgan. She was preceded in death by her parents; three husbands: William Lanzer, Ronald Ace, and Robert Sweet; a sister: Gertrude Griffiths; and three brothers: Harold, Jimmy, and Wendel Morgan.
Friends and family are invited to pay tribute to Nancy’s life from 6:00-8:00pm Monday, February 13, 2023 at the Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home, 139 Main Street, Wellsboro, PA, and to her funeral service 11:00am Tuesday, February 14, 2023 in the funeral home with pastor William O’Neil officiating. Burial will be in the West Branch Cemetery.
Donations in her memory may be made to the Butler Hill Baptist Church, 1141 Butler Hill Road, Knoxville, PA 16928. To share a memory or condolence with her family visit www.tusseymosher.com.
CONTROL CHIEF CORP. MAKES GIFT TO PITT-BRADFORD ENGINEERING
BRADFORD, Pa. – Control Chief Corp. of Bradford has made a gift to the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford to support the university’s new four-year engineering technology programs and the George B. Duke Engineering and Information Technologies Building.
In appreciation for its gift, the electronics lab is being named for Control Chief Corp. The electronics lab — with its soldering kits, function generators, analog and digital microcontrollers, power supply and oscilloscopes – was a natural choice for the company.
“We use those exact pieces of equipment here at Control Chief every day,” said Jake Bryner, chief technology officer at the Bradford business that makes remote controls for industrial uses such as large overhead cranes and locomotives. Many of the remotes that Control Chief engineers and manufactures are made to order for customers, a process that is engineering intensive.
Closure of County Road #31A (Corbin Hill Road) in Amity
Please be advised the closure of County Road #31A (Corbin Hill Road) approximately 500 feet west of the Eymer Road intersection will remain until February 24, 2023.
There will not be an on-site detour to accommodate traffic, and motorists are urged to seek alternate routes.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Memorial Service for Howard W. JACKSON, 88, of Wellsville, NY
Howard W. JACKSON, 88, of Wellsville, NY, passed away Friday, February 3, 2023. A Memorial Service will be held 11:00 AM, Saturday, February 11, 2023 in Knights Creek Evangelical Methodist Church. Rev. Carl Kemp will officiate. Burial will be in Knights Creek Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Highland Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 160 Seneca St., Wellsville, NY 14895. Arrangements are under the direction of OLNEY-FOUST Funeral Homes & Cremation, Crowell Chapel, 296 North Main Street, Wellsville, NY. Online condolences may be expressed at www.wellsvillefuneralhome.com.
Dorothy M. Wennin, 93, of Coudersport, PA
Dorothy M. Wennin, 93, of Coudersport, PA passed away at UPMC Susquehanna in Williamsport Wednesday, February 8, 2023.
She was born May 21, 1929 in Keating, PA, and graduated from high school in Renovo, PA.
Early in her life Dorothy worked for Sylvania, later she worked for Green Thumb , and Futures, and then she worked with the Cancer Society.
Outside of her work, she enjoyed doing crafts and volunteering as a Cub Scouts leader and a 4H leader. Dorothy was also a member of the St. Eulalia Catholic Church in Coudersport and a 60+ year member of the Catholic Daughters.
Dorothy is survived by her son: Martin Wennin of Coudersport, and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents and her siblings.
Friends and family are invited to her funeral Mass at 11:00am Tuesday, February 14, 2023 in the St. Eulalia Catholic Church with Rev. Daniel Hoffman officiating. Memorials in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society ,P.O. Box 6704, Hagerstown, MD 21741.
Her family has entrusted the Thomas E. Fickinger Funeral Home, 210 N. East Street, Coudersport, PA with her arrangements. To share a memory or condolence with her family visit www.thomasfickinger.com.
MT. TOM CHALLENGE FOR RUNNERS AND HIKERS IS THIS SUNDAY, FEB. 12
The Mt. Tom Challenge is this Sunday, Feb. 12. It is free and open to anyone who wants to give it a try. Sponsor is the Tyoga Running Club based in Wellsboro.
Registration from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and the 9 a.m. start are both at the bottom of Mt. Tom.
Adventurous weekend warriors of any age run or scramble up Mt. Tom’s 1,100 vertical feet of trail to its summit.
EIGHTH ANNUAL CHILI WITH A CHANCE FOR CHOCOLATE TASTE-OFF IS THIS SATURDAY, FEB. 11
This Saturday, Feb. 11, there will be chili “chefs” vying for bragging rights as to whose chili was selected as the best during the Eighth Annual Chili With A Chance For Chocolate Taste-Off being held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. as part of the Wellsboro Winter Celebration.
Those who want to taste the chili and select the three top winners can call the Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce office at 570-724-1926 or visit 114 Main Street between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily through this Friday, Feb. 10 to purchase a taste-off passport for $5.
From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 11, the day of the event, passports will only be available outdoors in front of Penn Oak Realty, Inc. at 65 Main Street in Wellsboro.
Passport holders can visit as many of the 13 sites as they wish to taste chili and show their passport number to enter the drawing for that site’s basket of chocolates. There are 13 baskets of chocolates to win, one at each chili location.
WELLSBORO WINTER CELEBRATION THIS SATURDAY, FEB. 11 FEATURES ICE SCULPTURE DEMOS, ICE THRONE TO SIT ON AND INTRO TO CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING AND TUBING RACES
Beginning around 9 a.m. this Saturday, Feb. 11 during Wellsboro Winter Celebration and continuing for one day, two or until the ice melts, adults, teens and children can sit on the Old Man Winter throne made of ice as friends and relatives take their pictures at 99 Main Street in Wellsboro.
Also on Feb. 11, ice carvers will demonstrate their skills by creating four other ice masterpieces on the sidewalks in front of downtown Main Street businesses.
Think About It
Conflict
By
B.J. Knefley
Do you like conflict? I don’t and I’ve found that most people don’t. I have met some that seem to flourish on it, but they are the exception.
Conflict comes about when we don’t agree. We all experience it in our families, relationships, work environment, and general everyday activities. It doesn’t have to be earth shattering unless we allow it to go to far like the road rage incident that I heard about on the news recently. A simple moment of conflict led to disastrous choices and one person dead.
Conflict can actually be a good thing if used properly. It doesn’t have to be all bad. It can cause us to think and learn. It can challenge and provoke learning and understanding. But then again, we have to exercise choice if we’re going to allow it to work out good things in our life. The problem is often that when we’re in conflict there are other things going on. Conflict can invoke feelings of disrespect, devalue and insignificance in such a way that the issue becomes secondary to the protecting of our emotions and feelings.
Conflict has a way of entering into people’s lives in all sorts of ways. Social media has become a platform for people to create conflict. Text messaging can lead to a host of problems related to miscommunication and misunderstanding. Conflict arises when he said, she said, create disagreements and hard feelings, usually over nothing. None of it is new, even Jesus said that we’d have conflict in this world. The question is what to do with conflict. Personally I like to ask a simple question, “In the scope of eternity, how important is it?” Funny how unimportant things become when put in their proper perspective. What might have been conflict in one moment, become irrelevant in the next.
Got conflict? In the scope of eternity, how important is it? Think about it.
