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.
Denise A. Zuchowski, 47, of St. Marys, PA.
Denise A. Zuchowski, 47, of St. Marys, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, following a lengthy battle not only with cancer, but with years of addiction.
She was born on October 31, 1975 in Ridgway, PA, a daughter of the late Leo S. “Butch” Zuchowski, Jr., who preceded her in death in 2005, and Mary Stevens Zuchowski, who survives of St. Marys.
On May 31, 2015, in Ridgway, she married Willard Kennedy, who survives of St. Marys.
Denise was a graduate of Ridgway High School, class of 1994. She worked as a nurse’s aid at numerous places over the years, and also worked at Goodwill. She enjoyed spending time outdoors, especially enjoying camping. She enjoyed attending the handicapped fish rodeos, and was fond of her dog, Lucy. Denise will be remembered as a kind and giving wife, mother, sister, and daughter who had a big heart and would help anyone.
In addition to her mother and her husband, she is survived by 4 children; Amanda (Billy) Rich of NJ, Angelina “Rita” Maturano of NJ, Alexander Zuchowski of St. Marys, and Adriana Maturano of NJ; and by 1 granddaughter; Colbie. She is also survived by five siblings; Eugene Lillie of St. Marys, Robert Lillie of Butler, Mary Kay Lillie of NJ, Dagus Zuchowski of St. Marys, and Molly Zuchowski of St. Marys, as well as by numerous nieces and nephews. She is also survived by 2 step-children; Nico and Morgan, her paternal grandmother; Evelyn Beers of St. Marys, her best friend and constant source of support; Susan Catalano and by a special aunt; Sharon Zuchowski.
A Memorial Service for Denise A. Zuchowski will be held on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 11:00 AM at Lynch-Green Funeral Home.
Friends and family will be received at the Lynch-Green Funeral Home on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 from 10:00 AM until the time of the service.
Memorial Contributions may be made to a favorite charity.
Regular Meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Liberty Township
Liberty Township, McKean County
Route 155 Building
February 9, 2023
The Regular Meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Liberty Township was called to order at 8:40 A.M. by Chairman Dick Brown, Supervisor Neil Shepard and Secretary Cindy Speeth, were present.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE was recited by all.
REPORTS:
1. Ambulance Report for December, 2022 – 27 calls, 199 for the year. Report for January, 2023 was 19 calls.
2. Fire report for December, 2022 was 10 calls. Report for January, 2023 was 10 calls.
3. Secretary’s Report for January 3, 2023 was presented and unanimously
accepted on a motion by Supervisor Shepard and a second by Chairman Brown.
4. Treasurer’s Report for the month of February, 2023 was presented and
unanimously accepted on a motion by Supervisor Shepard and a second by
Chairman Brown. Chairman Brown stated that in the General Fund there were bills paid in the amount of $20,519.00, revenues received in the amount of $8304.28 and a balance of $109,276.94. In the State Fund there were bills paid in the amount of $11,327.95 and a balance of $56,597.11. In the Sewer Fund there were revenues received of $0 and a balance of $1434.64.
CORRESPONDENCE:
1. Chairman Brown presented PennDot monthly newsletter.
2. Chairman Brown presented Disabled Veteran Real Property Tax Exemption Certificate for Randy Chase and it was unanimously accepted on a motion by Supervisor Shepard and a second by Chairman Brown.
All correspondence was made available to the public.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Resolution No. 1-23 regarding disposition of certain tax records was presented and unanimously accepted on a motion by Supervisor Shepard and a second by Chairman Brown.
2. There was a discussion regarding not having elected auditors on the ballot anymore. Liberty Township hires the auditing firm of Haines and Company every year to audit their records. A motion was presented and unanimously accepted by Supervisor Shepard and a second by Chairman Brown to eliminate the elected auditors on the ballot.
3. Letter and map dated January 13, 2023 from E&M Engineers regarding
Mike Kallenborn Subdivision was presented and unanimously accepted by
Supervisor Shepard and a second by Chairman Brown.
4. A request from Sandy Kinney, Tax Collector, for reimbursement of postage and annual license fee in the amount of $113.79 was presented and unanimously accepted by Supervisor Shepard and a second by Chairman Brown.
OLD BUSINESS:
Chairman Brown said that Liberty Township will receive $20,000 from the Commissioners for a Parks and Recreation Project. Liberty Township is going to use the money to purchase a new diving board for the Community Swimming Pool. It is suggested that Liberty Township purchase the diving board and then donate it to the Community Pool. We have not been contacted with a price yet.
Chairman Brown said that the McKean County Planning Commission made the following recommendation to the McKean County Commissioners. To award Liberty Township the amount of $65,855.36 from the At-Risk Bridge Project to be used on the Lower Portage Road Bridge (T-408) to be named the “Richard “Dick” Kallenborn Memorial Bridge”. Liberty Township would like to thank Robert Dickinson, Leroy Shaffer and Nancy Rathbun for the money.
Liberty Township has also received $48,637.00 from the County Commissioners which will be used for work on Coleman Hollow Road.
PUBLIC CONCERNS:
None
As no further business was brought before the Board, the meeting was unanimously adjourned at 8:50 a.m. on a motion by Supervisor Shepard and a second by Chairman Brown.
Respectfully Submitted,
Lucinda Speeth
Secretary/ Treasurer
Dianne L. Kohl, 71, of 426 Water Street, Johnsonburg, and formerly of Emporium Arms, Emporium and Coudersport, PA
Dianne L. Kohl, 71, of 426 Water Street, Johnsonburg, and formerly of Emporium Arms, Emporium and Coudersport, PA, died early Thursday morning, February 9, 2023 at her residence following a lengthy illness.
She was born on June 17, 1951 in Cuba, NY a daughter to the Frances I. Truax Story and the late William C. Kottwitz. She had been married to the late Roy Washburn and the late Charles Kohl.
Dianne was a 1969 graduate of Coudersport High School and had lived most of her life in the Coudersport area and had been a member of the Sweden Valley United Methodist Church.
Dianne is survived by her son Shane M. Washburn and his wife Tonya of Johnsonburg, her mother Frances I. Story and her husband Arthur, a sister Sharon Haskins and her husband Ron of Sweden Valley and a brother Bill Kottwitz and his wife Linda of St. Marys. She will also be missed by her special cat, Bear.
She is predeceased by her father William and husbands Roy Washburn and Charles Kohl.
Funeral Services for Dianne L. Kohl will be private and at the convenience of the family. There will be no visitation.
Arrangements are under direction of the Anthony F Ferragine Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc. 401 Chestnut Street Johnsonburg, PA.
If desired, memorial contributions should be made to the charity of ones choice.
Share your condolences at www.ferraginefuneralhome.com
The Souper Bowl of Caring in Port Allegany
The Souper Bowl of Caring is a national movement across the nation working together to fight hunger and poverty in their communities around the time of the Super Bowl football game. The Souper Bowl of Caring began in 1990 with a simple prayer said by Reverend Brad Smith at Spring Valley Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina: Lord, even as we enjoy the Super Bowl football game, help us be mindful of those who are without a bowl of soup to eat. As they have for many years, the Port Allegany United Methodist Church is collecting cans of soup and boxes of crackers as well as monetary donations. Stop by the Port Allegany Shop n Save Thursday after school until 6 p.m. or Friday after school until 4:30 p.m. to make your donations. The food and cash donations will be given to PACS (Port Allegany Community Services), Pictured preparing for the event are Makayla Alcorn, Langston Reed, Lillianne Reed and Christian Reed. The Souper Bowl of Caring collection at UMC is under the direction of Patty Fabish.
..WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM
EST FRIDAY..
Wind Advisory issued February 09 at 2:44PM EST until February 10 at 7:00AM EST by NWS Buffalo
DESCRIPTION: …WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM
EST FRIDAY…
* WHAT…Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph
expected.
* WHERE…Livingston, Cattaraugus, and Allegany counties.
* WHEN…From 7 PM this evening to 7 AM EST Friday.
* IMPACTS…Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.
Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may
result.
INSTRUCTIONS: Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
Issued By: NWS Buffalo (Western New York)