At 1:30 PM on Monday, Coudersport Ambulance has been called to Rt. 6 West for a woman ill.

​Montoursville, PA – Motorists are advised of a right (driving) lane restriction tomorrow on Interstate 180 westbound at the Route 405 interchange (Exit 13) in Muncy Creek Township for a maintenance project.

On Tuesday, November 22, a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) maintenance crew will be performing bridge deck patching activities between the hours of 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM, weather permitting.

Motorists should be alert, slow down, expect travel delays, and drive with caution in the work zone.

At 1:08 PM on Monday, Port Allegany ambulance has been dispatched to the Elementary school for a 6 year old female fall victim.

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, November 24 and Friday, November 25, 2022, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. 

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; 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 2022 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.

Photo by John Eaton

Three members of the Coolidge Theatre cast for the play “A Christmas Carol” look for their costumes. Shown are (from left)Josiah Hicks-Lee who plays Scrooge’s nephew Fred, Coleen Evert who is Mrs. Cratchit and Rob Kathcart who plays Ebenezer Scrooge.

Hamilton-Gibson Productions and sponsor C&N Bank are offering seven performances of “A Christmas Carol” as part of the 38th Annual Dickens of a Christmas celebration in Wellsboro.

“A Christmas Carol,” one of the world’s most enduring holiday stories, was adapted into a play by Christopher Schario from the novella of the same name written by Charles Dickens.

First published in London, England 179 years ago in 1843, “A Christmas Carol” is the tale of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, a coldhearted man who learns the value of love thanks to the intervention of three ghosts who come to haunt him on Christmas Eve. 

The mix of holiday cheer, whimsical humor, and a good dose of scary thrills combine with the timeless truths and themes in this story of a man’s redemption, making it one all can embrace.

Saturday, Dec. 3, Dickens’ classic ghost tale is being performed by one cast at 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. in the Coolidge Theatre in the Deane Center for the Performing Arts at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro and by a second cast at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. in the Warehouse Theatre at 3 Central Avenue in Wellsboro. Each performance will be just over one hour. Admission to a Saturday performance is $20 at the door.

At 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4 in the Warehouse Theatre will be the seventh and last performance of “A Christmas Carol.” Admission is Pay-What-You-Can at the door.

For the Warehouse Theatre production, Sylvia Duterte is playing Tiny Tim and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come and serves as a narrator. Also in the Warehouse Theatre cast are Tom Walrath as Ebenezer Scrooge; Sarah Duterte as Mrs. Cratchit and the Ghost of Christmas Past; Kristine Worthington as Belle and Mrs. Fezziwig; Brian Kennedy as Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit and Mr. Fezziwig; and Bryson Fuhrer as Fred Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Present. Director is Gabe Hakvaag. Music director is Cherilyn Ayres. 

For the Coolidge Theatre production, Asher Cuneo is playing Tiny Tim and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come and serving as a narrator. Other Coolidge Theatre cast members are: Rob Kathcart as Ebenezer Scrooge and Coleen Evert as Mrs. Cratchit and the Ghost of Christmas Past. New this year are: Dawn McLelland  as Scrooge’s sister Fan and his jilted fiancée Belle; Noyes Lawton asBob Cratchit and Marley’s Ghost, and Josiah Hicks-Lee as Scrooge’s nephew Fred and the Ghost of Christmas Present. Director and set designer is Thomas Putnam. Gary Citro is piano accompanist.

The script for both productions is the same. The Warehouse performances are presented in a traditional proscenium setting. The Coolidge production is set somewhat in the round, with the audience on two sides.

“A Christmas Carol” features six actors, one who plays Scrooge and the rest portraying a number of different characters. Slight costume changes are made in view of the audience and the action of the haunting tale unfolds seamlessly. 

Much is left to the individual theatergoer’s imagination because the production celebrates the rich Dickens’ prose with the use of the “story theatre” form. Actors not only play characters, but also serve as narrators using the original Dickens’ language.

Tickets can be held up to 15 minutes before a performance. For tickets, go to hgp.booktix.com or for reservations call Hamilton-Gibson Productions at 570-724-2079 or email hamgib@gmail.com.   

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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. 

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.