Earth Day weekend at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, April 21 and 22 and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 23 in the Warehouse Theatre at 3 Central Avenue in Wellsboro, the Women’s Project is presenting “The Moons of Jupiter” by Jessica Litwak, a leader in the field of creative activism and socially engaged theater.

The play takes place in the future. The global water shortage has sucked the earth dry. Water is only available through black market traffickers at impossible prices. The only thing left is vodka.

A female astrophysicist, celebrating her birthday in a bar, tries to buy a glass of water. She has been working on an instrument that retrieves water from space.

Climate change can be a tough subject to address, but it’s never been as entertaining as it is in “The Moons of Jupiter,” as the Greek gods try to sort it all out.

Zeus has a plan to abandon earth entirely, but his three daughters, Aphrodite, Athena and Artemis make a pact to help the female astrophysicist save it.

Athena provides four scientists (Galileo, Newton, Darwin and Einstein) to help. Artemis and Aphrodite try other techniques, but nothing works.

Mythology, sci-fi and rap songs are woven throughout the play. “There is zany humor and dark intensity, too, as the history of science, the future of planetary travel, and the courage and necessity of looking toward the unknown for solutions are explored in this play,” said Director Lilace Guignard.

Tickets for “The Moons of Jupiter” are $16 for adults and $8 for youth 18 and under.

To buy tickets for the show on April 21, 22 or 23, go to hgp.booktix.org. 

For more information, call 570-724-2079 or email hamgib@gmail.com.

Saturday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. Matthew Ball -The Boogie Woogie Kid, a pianist, singer and songwriter, will perform in the Deane Center’s Coolidge Theatre at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro.

This is the fifth in the Wellsboro Community Concert Association’s six-concert series.

“I was unhappily practicing law,” said Ball. “A short time later, I attended a hometown Boogie Woogie festival in Michigan. It inspired me to pursue my passion. Now I am known as the attorney turned musician who became a performing artist and YouTube sensation.”

Join Ball, the piano and song man with 5 million YouTube views, for a family concert of New Orleans song, Boogie-woogie piano, and Swing Era favorites from the Great American Songbook. He has been called “the fastest fingers in the Mid-west.”

He presents an upbeat program of arrangements of classic American songs like “It Had to be You”, “In the Mood”, “When the Saints Go Marchin’ In”, “That’s The Glory of Love”, “Basin Street Blues”, “Bumble Boogie”, “Just a Closer Walk with Thee”, “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out”, “What a Wonderful World”, and more.

His performances are described as “Awesome!” “Crushing!” “Fantastic!”

In 2020 he became a CAFE grant award winner in recognition of his “family-friendly” music contributions to the community.

Don’t miss this toe-tappin’ evening of music fun. For a preview visit Matthew on Facebook or online as “The Boogie Woogie Kid.”

Adults with a season pass can attend with children 12 and under admitted free.

The ticket price for the Matthew Ball aka The Boogie Woogie Kid concert on April 22 is $20 per adult with children 12 and under admitted free. A student who is 13 to 18 will be admitted for $5 per concert.

Last in the series is The Revelers concert on Friday, May 19.

Information about and tickets for individual concerts are available by visiting www.wellsborocca.org or by calling the Deane Center at 570-724-6220.

In 2011 Charlie Messina, Pat Davis, Larry Biddison, Jerry Tutak and Jim Tutak began what has become an annual tradition in Wellsboro: The Robbie Burns Supper and Poetry Slam.

The Tutak brothers had participated in several Burns Suppers in New Jersey. When Jim migrated to Wellsboro he saw the need for a major Hibernian cultural and social event, especially in the dreary month of January. The five organizers held their first Burns Supper that year with copious amounts of haggis and single-malt whiskey, not as an antidote to the haggis as some would say, but to facilitate fellowship. It was agreed that the proceeds over and above costs would be contributed to the Wellsboro Area Food Pantry.

Since then the event has been held annually on the Sunday in January nearest to the January 25 birthday of Robbie Burns, Scotland’s celebrated poet. Along with the haggis and whiskey there was a piper, Scottish music, the “Address to the Haggis” and recitations of poetry, old and new. With the exception of a suspension in 2021 and 2022 due to Covid, the event had continued to grow and is now indisputably the foremost celebration of Scottish culture in Tioga County.

For the first time since the pandemic had begun, the supper was held on January 23 of this year at Timeless Destination, a Wellsboro restaurant. The piper who generously provided his talents in exchange for a $50 donation to the Wellsboro Area Food Pantry was Gerard P. Doran of Wellsboro, who is available for weddings, funerals and bar mitzvahs. The expertly prepared haggis is from Stewart’s Scottish Butchers in Kearny, New Jersey and side dishes by Timeless Destination staff. Kathy Tutak, Jim’s wife, prepared an authentic Tipsy Laird dessert, an epic feat in itself. 

A splendid time was had by all and the Wellsboro Area Food Pantry received $341.24, the net proceeds of this year’s Burns Supper plus the $50 bagpiper Gerard P. Doran was to be paid for piping in the haggis but instead requested that it be donated bringing the total to $391.24.

Plans are already underway for the next Robbie Burns Supper and Poetry Slam, which will be held on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. Save the date. For more information, contact Jim Tutak at legaltak@aol.com.

On April 16 at 10:15 am Westfield, and Knoxville were dispatched for a rollover crash with two patients

On April 16 at 10:19 Knoxville, and Valley ambulance were dispatched for a natural gas leak inside a residence on Merrick Hill Rd.

Derrick City Volunteer Fire Department

On Friday morning at 0045hrs, DCVFD was dispatched to assist BTVFD (ST.15) on box 15-3 for a working residential structure fire.

Squad 11 responded to the scene to fulfill the RIT Assignment. Once on scene and briefed from command, Station 11 personnel set up RIT and put up ground ladders to the 2nd division to ensure the safety of firefighters. Crews were later requested to assist Bradford Township with overhaul. Squad 11 was released from the scene at 0245hrs.

Squad 11 responded to the scene with 7 personnel. Limestone NY VFD held a transfer assignment for Station 11 at our Derrick City Station to provide coverage in our first due area.

The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners met today in Harrisburg. Among other business, the board adopted the 2023-24 hunting and trapping seasons and bag limits. The final seasons and bag limits are provided in a separate news release. Other meeting highlights follow.

NEW ANTLERLESS LICENSE PROCESS FINALIZED

The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today took final action to restructure the state’s process for obtaining antlerless deer licenses.

Until recently, state law had required antlerless licenses be issued only by county treasurers. Hunters seeking antlerless licenses would send applications and receive licenses by mail in what was considered an outdated and inflexible process.

Earlier this year, a new law took effect that enables all license-issuing agents to sell antlerless deer licenses, meaning hunters in the 2023-24 license year will be able to purchase them online or anywhere else licenses are sold.

With today’s vote, the Board of Commissioners has finalized the process by which licenses will be sold.

·         Antlerless licenses will be purchased online and at issuing agents; there will be no application by mail.

·         Antlerless licenses will go on sale during the first day of license sales, the fourth Monday in June (Monday, June 26 this year).

·         Only residents can apply initially.

·         Application by nonresidents won’t begin until the second Monday in July (July 10).

·         A hunter can get only one license in the first round.

·         A second round will begin the fourth Monday of July (July 24). Residents and nonresidents are eligible.

·         A hunter can get a second license in the second round for any WMU where tags are available.

·         A third round will begin the second Monday of August (Aug. 14). The sale of Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) permits also will begin on this date.

·         A hunter can get a third license in the third round.

·         Then, in the fourth round beginning the fourth Monday of August (Aug. 28), a hunter can buy additional licenses until reaching their personal limit of six. Additional licenses, if available, then can be purchased after the season begins, as the hunter harvests antlerless deer and reports them.

·         In each round, antlerless license sales won’t begin until 8 a.m.

The Game Commission will be making several announcements to inform hunters what they should do to obtain their antlerless licenses through this new method. Hunters are encouraged to review their HuntFishPA customer profile information to make sure contact information including their address, phone number and email are correct and up to date. That will allow the Game Commission to communicate directly with hunters.

In any case, the new, modernized process will increase convenience for hunters getting their antlerless deer licenses, said Game Commission Executive Director Bryan Burhans.

“A simpler, more convenient system is better for hunter satisfaction, and ultimately, hunter recruitment,” Burhans said. “We thank Sen. Dan Laughlin for championing this change, which will fully modernize the process for issuing antlerless licenses.”

More information about the new process can be found online here.

WMU 2H DISSOLVED, AREA PLACED WITHIN WMU 2G

Wildlife Management Unit 2H, which a decade ago was parceled out of neighboring Wildlife Management Unit 2G, has been placed back within WMU 2G.

The change will take effect in the 2023-24 license year to begin July 1.

The Board of Commissioners today adopted to a measure that dissolves WMU 2H – located in northcentral Pennsylvania, north of Interstate 80, south of U.S. Route 6, east of U.S. Route 219 and west of state Routes 155, 255, 555 and 120 – and moves its area into WMU 2G, which is east of WMU 2H and shared a boundary with it.

The 2013 decision to create WMU 2H was intended to give consideration to habitat differences between that area and the larger WMU 2G. More recently, however, Game Commission staff determined WMU 2H is too small to effectively collect adequate wildlife and hunter data for big game species. Furthermore, WMU 2H remains similar to WMU 2G in deer harvests and forest management.

Wellsboro Shared Home, 27 Bacon Street, Wellsboro, announces a motorcycle benefit ride on June 25, 2023. The starting point will be hosted by Eisenhauer’s Tioga County-Harley Davidson, 2911 S. Main St. Mansfield, PA, with registration beginning at 9am at their pavilion.  All drivers and passengers must register by signing a standard waiver. Kickstands up by 11:00am. Drivers’ donation is $20; passengers’ $10. All proceeds will benefit Wellsboro Shared Home and her residents.

The beautiful Victorian Home, Shared Home, was made into a Personal Care Home in 1979. The walls encompass loving care, warmth, kindness, camaraderie, and dignity in a safe and secure setting. The residents are well-taken care of by round the clock staff offering delicious hot meals, fresh laundry, expertly administered medications, with each individual’s personal care needs never overlooked. “It takes money to provide such care and shelter, and we deeply appreciate all the motorcycle and human services enthusiasts who will join us on June 25^th,” says Asst. Administrator Wendy Reber.

For more information about the ride and the 100 mile round trip route, please contact Wendy or Virginia at 570-724-2300 between 7:30am and 3:30pm weekdays.

BRADFORD – Rep. Martin Causer (R-Cameron/McKean/Potter) is inviting emergency medical services (EMS) providers, county and local officials, and concerned citizens to a town meeting focused on finding solutions to the state’s growing EMS crisis.

The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 11, at the Smethport Fire Department, 109 S. Nelson St., Smethport.

“Ambulance services across the Commonwealth are struggling with rising costs, declining revenue and a shortage of providers,” Causer said. “The problem is especially severe in rural areas like ours.

“We all need to work together to ensure our emergency responders can continue providing the life-saving services we depend upon,” he added.

Aaron Rhone, director of the Bureau of EMS within the Pennsylvania Department of Health, is scheduled to attend, as is Heather Sharar, executive director of the Ambulance Association of Pennsylvania. A full agenda is still being developed.

Causer noted lawmakers in Harrisburg have been working to address the EMS crisis by enacting policy changes requested by the EMS community, including increased Medicaid reimbursement rates, payment for treatment without transport, volunteer incentives, training availability, staffing requirements and more.

“Unfortunately, even with these changes, the challenges facing our EMS providers continue to mount and threaten their ability to continue operating,” Causer said. “Already, many ambulance companies across the state have shut their doors. We have to do all we can to keep our EMS companies up and running. Lives depend on it.”

RSVPs for the meeting are requested but not required. Those who wish to attend are encouraged to sign up at www.RepCauser.com or call one of the offices in Bradford (814-362-4400), Coudersport (814-274-9769) or Kane (814-837-0880).