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elcome to Wellsboro, the home of Pennsylvania’s Grand Canyon. Wellsboro offers year-round activities and entertainment for everyone. A full schedule of activities including art fairs, music festivals, concerts, plays, and sporting events will keep you entertained throughout the seasons. Fall brings breathtaking hues of reds and yellows blanketing Pennsylvania’s Grand Canyon in brilliant color. Take in its majestic beauty from one of the many easy access vistas or driving tours. The winter season kicks off in a big way in Wellsboro with Dickens of a Christmas, transforming our gaslit streets into a Victorian marketplace. It doesn’t end there; Wellsboro offers many winter festivals, celebrations, and sporting adventures. Contact us at the Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce, and we’ll be happy to help get your stay with us started. We welcome you to Explore Wellsboro. Julie VanNess Executive Director Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce (570) 724-1926 info@wellsboropa.com www.wellsboropa.com
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Hot Picks for Where to Stay and Be Pampered! 12 Walnut Street.......................... 4 Back In The Day Guest House.20 Bear Lodges.................................. 3 Canyon Motel............................. 21 Emerge Healing Arts & Spa..... 35 Hanna’s Nail Spa........................ 37 Hotel Manor............................... 45 La Belle Auberge Bed & Breakfast.................... 35 Mulberry Hill Estate.................... 4 Penn Wells Hotel & Lodge....... 20 River of Pines Cottage............... 20 Sherwood Motel........................ 21 Wellsboro Inn on the Green..... 20
Hot Picks for Dining! Eddie’s Restaurant....................... 41 Jason’s Pub................................... 45 Lamb’s Creek Food & Spirit...... 50 Pag-Omar Farms Market........... 39 The Creamery..............................37 The Steak House..........................45 Wellsboro Diner..........................50
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Hot Picks to Visit! Bradford County Tourism Promotion Agency.................31 Mansfield University................... 16 Pennsylvania Lumber Museum.31
Hot Picks for Shopping! All Wheels Driven.......................25 Canyon Country Fabrics............33 Draper’s Super Bee Apiaries.......39 Dunham’s Department Store......39 European Imports.......................37 The Farmer’s Daughters..............35 Garrison’s Men’s and Ladies’ Shop...............................39 Highland Chocolates...................39 The Main Street Olive Oil Co..... 37 Peggy’s Candies & Gifts..............33 Pop’s Culture Shoppe...................33 Senior’s Creations........................37 Sticky Bucket Maple....................47 Your CBD Store...........................37
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Hot Picks for Entertainment! Deane Center for the Performing Arts...........................................27 Hamilton-Gibson Productions.. 27
Hot Picks for Becoming a Local! Black Creek Enterprises..............49 Bloss Pharmacy............................31 C&N Bank....................................41 Carpenter’s Shop..........................41 Guthrie............................................2 Mountain Valley Realty................6 North Country Woodworking...51 Penn Oak Realty..........................41 Rockwell’s Feed, Farm & Pet Supply.......................................33 Shady Grove Natural Market.....35 Shell Appalachia..........................17 Six West Settlements Inc...............7 UPMC Susquehanna ..................52 Wheeland Lumber Company....23 Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce...............................43
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Festivals & Events September 1 • 8:00 am-Noon Labor Day Fly-In Breakfast Grand Canyon Airport 570-724-3746
September 6 • 8:00 am-5:00 pm Wellsboro First Friday Downtown Wellsboro Visit Facebook September 7 • 8:30 am Laurel Classic Mountain Bike Challenge US Geological Survey in Asaph, PA 570-724-1926 September 7 • 7:30 pm Dueling Pianos & Friends Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center 570-724-6220 September 11 • 7:00 pm History Comes Alive Charles Sacavage- Outdoorsman & Conservationist Teddy Roosevelt - $15 Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center 570-724-6220 September 13 • 11:00 am-2:00 pm 43rd Annual Susquehannock Trail Performance Ralley (STPR) - expose The Green, Wellsboro 570-724-1926 September 13 & 14 • 7:30 pm Every Brilliant Thing Hamilton-Gibson Productions Warehouse Theatre 570-724-2079 September 14 • 9:00 am-4:00 pm Producer Showcase Main Street, Wellsboro 570-724-1926 September 14 • 8:00 am-9:45 am 43rd Annual Susquehannock Trail Performance Ralley (STPR) - expose The Green, Wellsboro 570-724-1926 September 14 • 7:30 pm Tas Cru & Gabe Stillman (Blues) $22 • BYOB Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center 570-724-6220
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September 15 • 2:30 pm Every Brilliant Thing Hamilton-Gibson Productions Warehouse Theatre 570-724-2079 September 20 • 7:30 pm Joe Crookston - $20 Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center 570-724-6220 September 20 & 21 • 7:30 pm Every Brilliant Thing Hamilton-Gibson Productions Warehouse Theatre 570-724-2079 September 27 • 7:30 pm Joanne Shenandoah with Leah Shenandoah - $25 Critically acclaimed Native American musicians Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center 570-724-6220 September 28 • 7:30 pm Wisecrackers / Comedians Comedy Club Fundraiser Gallery of the Warehouse 570-724-2079 October 5 • 7:30 pm Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Blue Grass Band Beatles music bluegrass style Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center 570-724-6220 October 5 • 1:00-5:00 pm Home Brewers Expo - $10 Warehouse Theatre 570-724-6220 October 11 & 12 Community Wide Yard Sales Wellsboro 570-724-1926 October 11 • 7:30 pm Fireside Collective Newgrass with musicians with local ties $20 / BYOB / Tables Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center 570-724-6220
Festivals & Events October 18 • 7:30 pm Drowsy Maggie $15 / BYOB / Tables Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center 570-724-6220 October 31 • 6:00 pm Halloween Parade Trick-or-Treating to follow until 9:00 pm Wellsboro 570-724-1926 November 9 • 7:30 pm Nick Kody Woodstock Tribute $15 / BYOB / Tables Limited Warehouse Gallery 570-724-6220
December 14 • All Day 4th Annual Christmas on Main Street Wellsboro wellsborochristmasonmainstreet.com December 14 • 7:30 pm Jane Bunnett and Maqueque Afro-Cuban World Jazz - $20 Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center 570-724-6220 December 20 • 7:30 pm Country Jamboree Christmas Classics and Country Music $25 / Srs. $22 Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center 570-724-6220
November 15 • 7:00 pm Storyteller Regi Carpenter - $15 Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center 570-724-6220
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November 16 • 7:30 pm Thomas Pandolfi, Pianist - $20 Playing Gershwin, Hamlisch, Scott Joplin Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center 570-724-6220
February 14-16 • All Day Wellsboro Winter Celebration Downtown Wellsboro 570-724-1926
November 22 • 7:30 pm Takin' It to the Streets Doobie Brothers Revue $22 / BYOB / Tables Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center 570-724-6620 December 4 • 7:30 pm Lunasa Contemporary and traditional Irish instrumental music $30 / Srs. $25 Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center 570-724-6220 December 7 36th Annual Dickens of a Christmas Schedule available at wellsboropa.com Wellsboro 570-724-1926 December 11 • 7:30 pm Penny Eckman Patsy Cline and Holiday Favorites $20 / BYOB Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center 570-724-6220
February 21-22 • TBA Canyon Sled Dog Challenge 570-724-1926 February 29 • 7:30 pm Robin Bullock & Sue Richards Baroque & Traditional Celtic music - $20 Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center 570-724-6220 March 21 • 7:30 pm The Revelers - $20 Modern Honky Tonk Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center 570-724-6220 March 28 • 7:30 pm Wine 101 Warehouse Gallery 570-724-1926 For a complete listing of 2019 Pennsylvania State Laurel Festival and Waste Management Susquehanna Trail Pro Rally (STPR), schedule of events go to www.wellsboropa.com.
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t’s perfectly OK to hibernate your way through the chilly half of the year if you want. However…you can show the snow who’s the boss. You can cuddle up with the cold. You can embrace the ice. You can find your festival and celebrate winter in Wellsboro. We’d recommend that route, so here are some cool and cool-weather happenings to put on your calendar. DICKENS OF A CHRISTMAS Every year for the past thirty-five or so, on the first Saturday in December, Wellsboro’s downtown transforms itself to another place and time. Porkpie hats and tailcoats, hooped skirts and velvety capes, Scrooges and Santas share the streets and sidewalks with an eclectic array of purveyors. Everything from apple dumplings and crab cakes to hand-worked Christmas decorations, plus all the wonderful seasonal delights and delicacies you might envision in between, appear like magic, like Marley’s ghost—but without the clanking chains. There is music (and sometimes dancing!) in the streets, several indoor craft shows, and plenty of holiday cheer. Parking is available at various lots throughout the downtown, and shuttle service is offered. A schedule of events will be available on Dickens Saturday, December 7. CHRISTMAS ON MAIN STREET The weekend following Dickens of a Christmas has evolved into its own celebration—Christmas on Main Street. Set this year for December 13, 14, and 15, it is truly shopping as shopping was meant to be—especially Christmas shopping! The weekend includes the Shiny Brite Christmas ornament tour, one of Wellsboro’s newest old traditions. The Shiny Brites are vintage Corning glass ornaments made here in Wellsboro during the World War II years. They will be on display at various downtown businesses throughout the weekend. Shoppers can purchase a passport/guidebook for five dollars, with stamped passport holders eligible to win the grand prize. Many of Wellsboro’s downtown merchants will be offering special sales and incentives.
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WINTERFEST January weather can be, um, unpredictable. That’s part of its charm, right? But, whether there is snow or sun, wind or rain, Winterfest at Hills Creek State Park, scheduled this year for January 18, promises to be a day of family fun at one of the area’s most lovely parks. Winterfest runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., says Tim Morey, park natural resource specialist, and it’s all free. If you have winter sports gear, it’s okay to bring it along, but, really, the only thing you have to bring is the desire to enjoy a great day in the great outdoors. Cross-country skis, ice skates, and snowshoes will be available for folks to use, hiking trails will be open, and some park roads will be plowed for cross-country skiing. Call the park office at (570) 724-4246 for more information about Winterfest or cabin rentals. WINTER CELEBRATION This February, why not celebrate Valentine’s Day, and the day after, and the day after that, in Wellsboro? The 2020 Wellsboro Winter Celebration is February 14, 15, and 16, and is a delightful mid-winter weekend full of things like music, shopping, pots of homemade chili (with a chance for chocolate, and an opportunity to raise money for Second Chance Animal Sanctuaries) to sample and vote on, and ice carving—all guaranteed to lift your spirits out of their snowy slump. Rally racing fans can get their off-season need for speed satisfied at the Waste Management Winter RallySprint event just a few miles down the road in Antrim. Find out more about that at wmwr.info. SLED DOG CHALLENGE Saturday, February 22, is the date for the 2020 Grand Canyon Sled Dog Challenge. Teams and mushers, including Mary Beth Logue, board member of the Pennsylvania Sled Dog Club, and her dogs, will meet at the Darling Run access of the Pine Creek rail trail for their eighteen mile round trip run down through the Pine Creek gorge. Spectators can make the trek from Darling Run to Tiadaghton as well, so dress for the weather and bring cross-country skis or warm hiking boots. Plan for a 9 a.m. start to this free event. Find out more information about the Pennsylvania Sled Dog Club at pasleddogclub.com. To find the most up-to-date information on festivals and events, visit wellsboropa. com, or call the Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce at (570) 724-1926.
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oming to a downtown near you this fall: A cornucopia of locally made, locally grown products, set up along Main Street, Wellsboro’s Main Street, for the first-ever Producers’ Showcase. “Anything locally made and/or home grown is welcome,” says Charlie Messina, a member of the Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors. “We are looking for a variety of producers to be front and center, sharing and offering their wares. It’s a new event; we hope to build each year. And, it’s a great value with no participation cost to the vendors.” Expect to see and experience it all on September 14—edibles, wearables, craftables—a range from food to fine art. Vendors will line the sidewalks of Main Street between Central Avenue and East Avenue. Several local producers have already committed to the event, including Asaph Maple Farms, Triple D Maple, Locey Creek Alpaca, New View Farms, Pure Hart Soap, Greg Kenney Produce, and Heather Kenney Jewelry. Vendors are encouraged to secure a sidewalk site early (contact the chamber to register), as there is no cost for this inaugural year and a large turnout is anticipated. Charlie, who also serves on the Tourism Committee, says the chamber’s goal over the years has been to create events, sometimes small, always diverse, to help build strong, local businesses and to encourage area residents and visitors alike to participate in the downtown experience. To that end, a whiskey tasting and educational seminar is coming October 30, 6:00 p.m., to the Steak House on Main Street. Included in the discussion will be the history of whiskey, its production, and the different places it’s made. John Iszard, a wine and spirits consultant for Opici Family Distributing, a fourth-generation wine and spirits East Coastbased wholesaler, will be on hand to share his knowledge and help participants learn the differences between single malt and blends. In March of 2020, Wine Class 101 will premier at the Warehouse Theatre on Central Avenue. This class will highlight local and regional wines, and will help budding sommeliers figure out how to select and pair wines like a pro. Both classes and the showcase are part of a hands-on, have-some-fun focus, and offer a chance for folks to support local business in an entertaining and engaging way, says Charlie. Don’t miss the first Producers Showcase, set for Saturday, September 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To find out more about it, or to sign up for the whiskey seminar or Wine Class 101, contact the chamber at (570) 724-1926 or visit wellsboropa.org. ~ Jennie Simon
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STPR Moves to September
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ne of the most important stops on the American Rally Association 2019 Championship series tour remains the Waste Management Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally in Tioga County. This year marks STPR’s forty-third running here, and a change in date from early June to September 12-14. STPR is round eight of nine in the national championship series. This year, the ARA will visit more locations than ever before with a nine-event National Championship Series featuring many of the most exciting stage rallies in the country, and it’s possible that the National ARA Championship will be decided at the STPR Rally here. That adds excitement, certainly, as competitors work to add points for the finish of the 2019 American Rally Association series. Besides the moving of the event from June to September, perhaps the biggest change in the local stage will be the switch to two full days of rallying in the Pennsylvania state forests. Additionally, Waste Management, the local STPR rally sponsor, has created a brand-new spectator area at their Antrim facility. The Antrim Waste Management site will replace the Tioga County Fairgrounds as the rally headquarters. Waste Management will host several stages of the rally at its Duncan Township facility, just south of Wellsboro. Admission for the three spectator areas at Waste Management is seven dollars for Friday, five dollars for Saturday, or ten bucks for both days. All forest spectator and parking areas at Waste Management are free. The expected increase in rally activity will require more volunteers than ever, so those interested in being involved backstage can contact STPR or the Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce. Along with the annual backing from the Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce, a supporter for the rally event in Wellsboro since 1977, and the title patron, Waste Management (returning for its eleventh year of sponsorship) STPR enjoys support from Subaru. A very vital addition to the success of the Wellsboro-based STPR is the loyal corps of local volunteers. Together these partners allow the STPR Committee to offer both accessibility and community support to competitors and fans. An event schedule, maps and directions to the spectator areas, entry list, and other rally information will be available at stpr.org, at youtube.com/user/stprwebmaster, and at the Wellsboro Chamber of Commerce at (570) 724-1926 or wellsboropa.com. ~ Don Knaus
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Music Takes Center Stage
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here is an arts and entertainment movement taking place in Wellsboro. Two local bands, 3D (inset) and Drowsy Maggie, offer an eclectic blend of sounds with unique instruments (concertina, anyone?), shared members, and vocal harmonies on everything from Civil War era tunes to modern pop. Daria Lin Guelig says it all happened quite serendipitously just a few years ago. Fellow band member Dave Driskell, formerly of Sadie Green Sales jugband, is her neighbor. Realizing they had similar musical “retirement plans,” Dave joined her and guitarist Dave Milano at the Penn Wells Hotel’s Sunday brunch gig. As Dave Milano says, “Our pure love of music is behind every performance. We will consider playing any melody, as we continue to stretch our musical legs.” Daria brings the hammered dulcimer, concertina, and traditional old time and Celtic music to the mainly instrumental trio. Dave Driskell plays clarinet, flute, whistles, tenor banjo, and musical saw, adding jazz and ragtime elements. Dave Milano’s finger-style guitar blends in folk, pop, and Americana. Dave Milano characterizes the trio as a “genre-blending experiment resulting in a happily unique ensemble with an uncommonly engaging and diverse musical repertoire.” Daria is also part of the five-member Drowsy Maggie, where she joins bandmates Dan Shipe, formerly with Hickory Project and Burnt Toast, on vocals, guitar, banjo, Molly Cary on vocals, guitar and percussion, Carl Conn on fiddle, flute, and Irish whistle, and Bruce Smith on bass, mandolin, and guitar. Their sound includes Americana, bluegrass, folk/rock, old-time, Celtic, and country, with homages to the music of Alison Krause, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Nancy Griffith, Fleetwood Mac, Sting, and Lyle Lovett, among others. Drowsy Maggie is part of the Deane Center for the Performing Arts’ Gallery Music Series in Wellsboro, which highlights national, regional, and local musicians. The center’s Coolidge Theatre accommodates larger audiences, provides table seating, and gives patrons the option of bringing their favorite snacks and beverages to enjoy during the show. The Coolidge Theatre, says Kevin Connelly, executive director of the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, “is an ideal venue to enjoy live music.” Seated or up dancing, find Drowsy Maggie moving the audience at the theatre on Friday, October 18, at 7:30 p.m. For more details call (570) 724-6220, or call the chamber at (570) 724-1926 for information about where the 3Ds or Drowsy Maggie might be playing next. ~ Jennie Simon
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“The hottest Accoustic Irish group on on the planet� Wed. Dec. 11 Penny Eckman - Patsy Cline & Holiday Favorites Fri. Dec. 20 A Nashville Christmas Country Jamboree Sat. Jan 25 Marc Berger and Ride Fri. Feb. 14 The Bluejayz Sat. Feb. 22 High Times - Out of Ireland Fri. Feb. 7 Songs From The Road Band Sat. Feb. 29 Robin Bullock & Sue Richards
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e’ll start with the Mediterranean crudité, then the Greek lamb roulade. For dessert, the signature chocolate soup. Wine? Oh yes, let’s go with the Domaine de la Chanteleuserie Cabernet. The 2014, of course.” Not exactly the dialogue in your standard college-based restaurant. But at Le Jeune Chef, on the Williamsport campus of Penn College, residents and visitors alike have come to expect something truly special. Unlike many college culinary outlets, Le Jeune Chef is open yearround, even when culinary students are not using it as a learning lab. “We have many regular patrons who have been supporting Le Jeune Chef for years,” says Lisa M. Andrus, Dean of Business and Hospitality at Penn College. “They understand that Le Jeune Chef is part of the hospitality student experience, and they want to be part of it. But we also have many patrons who visit just for special occasions, since we are one of the few casual fine-dining restaurants operating in the area.” The elegant options on the menu reflect the idea of a celebratory event, and Le Jeune has seen its share of anniversaries and birthdays. Once in each semester, the students get to shine during a “classical cuisine dinner” that highlights international fare, or the “regional American cuisine dinner” that showcases a specialty from different areas of the country. Diners seem to enjoy the added experience of interacting with the student-chefs, offering feedback and encouragement. “The hands-on experience that Le Jeune Chef Restaurant provides for our students is priceless,” Dean Andrus adds. If watching these aspiring culinary wizards awakens your own desire to learn new kitchen skills, Penn College offers cooking classes with the chefs and student interns from the program. Sessions are devoted to such topics as pasta, sushi, coffee pairings, and, perfectly timed in October, the “Best of the Wurst.” Lunch is also an option, and there is a Sunday brunch on selected weekends from September to May. All of you trying to cut back on your carbs, skip ahead a few lines. Le Jeune Patissier at the Market brings breads, fine pastries, and handcrafted confections together in a student-operated sale to the public. (Mom’s oatmeal-raisin bars don’t stand a chance.) Dining at Le Jeune Chef is a wondrous experience because of what you eat, who you meet, and the role you’ll play in the glorious, unknown futures that await these budding food stars. What does Le Jeune Chef mean, you ask? Why, the young chef, of course. Find Le Jeune Chef at 1098 Hagan Way. Call (570) 320-CHEF or visit pct.edu/ljc for more information. ~ Maggie Barnes
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ose Moore, founder of GNR—Guns ’N Rose’s—Sporting Goods of Mansfield, has relocated to the Wellsboro Plaza on Route 6/East Avenue. In addition to a new location, the business has a new name: Moore’s Sports Center. The borough, once home to several stores where the sporting community could purchase guns, ammo, archery equipment, or angling gear, hasn’t had a sporting goods business for several years. But, with Rose’s decision to move, there is, as they say in the movies, not only “a new gun in town,” but a new indoor archery range. Though she is a world-wide archery hunting expert, Rose stresses that her establishment is not only a sporting goods store but a sports center. “I have scaled down the ‘goods’ area to concentrate on teaching, seminars and education,” she says. “This place will work with community causes to help [the community].” She is an advocate and champion of the Clays for Kids Foundation, which is a local clay pigeon shotgun shoot for children’s charities. Last year’s event, sponsored by the Mill Cove Environmental Area, raised over $7,000 for Asa’s Place, a local non-profit organized by a loving parent, Robin Adams, to help babies born with drug dependencies. She plans to be involved again in this year’s Clays for Kids, which will take place at Thunder Ridge Sporting Clays in Middlebury Center. Moore’s Sports Center will be instrumental in the Annual Toys for Tots drive to provide help for foster care homes. “It’s important to me that the community is aware of all that Moore’s Sports Center offers,” Rose says, adding “It’s just as important that folks know that we are a resource for the community.” For archers, or archer wanna-bes, there is an onsite archery range, with Rose planning to cater to the bow and arrow crowd and host an archery league. She has scheduled sessions workshops, and lined up experts in a variety of fields, including archery, coyote hunting and trapping, and rattlesnake hunting. Rose says she feels that she will be able to contribute personally to most of the seminars. As part of her community outreach she has started scholastic 3-D archery programs at North-Penn Liberty and Wellsboro high schools. “I want to introduce students to archery and hunting with an emphasis on safety and participation,” she says. The school programs are after-school clubs offered with the backing and support of the districts’ vocational agriculture curriculums. Moore’s Sports Center is at 36 Plaza Lane. You can find the business on Facebook, or call (570) 662-7305. ~ Don Knaus
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Roger’s Clocks
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oes a career as a Naval air crewman, operating anti-submarine warfare equipment, prepare you to be a Tioga County commissioner? Does a second career as a civilian contractor with the Navy, developing and testing air crew training simulators, prepare you for service on Blossburg’s borough council? Does any of that work prepare you for one more career—that of a clock repairman? Yes, if you’re Roger Bunn. “I did retire for a couple of years,” claims Roger, who is finishing up his second term as a Tioga County commissioner and is in the midst of a write-in campaign for his third. But he is clearly someone who sees time as a force to use, not waste, and, if he has his druthers, would prefer that the clocks out there tick-tocking away are keeping track of that time accurately. Roger, who grew up in Blossburg and graduated from North Penn, says he became interested in clocks back in the mid 1970s, thanks to his father-in-law who loved old clocks and would often buy them at auctions. Roger began tinkering with them, began appreciating them, and admits there was a lot of learning by trial and error. He heard of a clock repair hobbyist school in Columbia, Pennsylvania, and recalls he attended eight or ten one-week sessions over a period of time. Then he met a master clock maker from Boston and ended up becoming something of an apprentice to him. The plan then became something like: When we retire and come back to Blossburg to live, then this hobby will pay for itself… That sort of worked, except Roger has never really, actually, retired. As mechanics have favorite cars to work on, Roger has his favorite clocks. “I don’t care for working on newer clocks,” he says. “My favorites are American made and powered by weights rather than springs.” And, of course, he is fond of the classics, like the tall, complicated case clock, made in the mid-1770s by Joseph Ellicott in Philadelphia. That clock, now in the Smithsonian, was under the care of Roger’s Boston teacher, and Roger happened to be there when the Smithsonian representative came to “package” it (if you do a search for “Ellicott clock in the Smithsonian” you can see a picture—it is quite regal). And, as cars are all “fundamentally the same” yet unique, so are clocks. Making them work properly means taking the movements apart, cleaning and polishing all the bits and pieces, and putting everything back together again. Roger agrees that working on clocks is “restful,” and adds that a “prerequisite for working on clocks is patience.” And though he claims now that clock repair has, again, reverted to being “just a hobby,” well, only time will tell. You can contact Roger at (570) 404-8965. ~ Gayle Morrow
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Mountain Life Cycling Studio
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ave you heard of spinning? Not the kind you do with wool, but the kind you do on a bicycle, the kind that gets your heart pumping and your lungs expanding. It’s the kind, says instructor Sue Webster, as she gives a thumbs-up to the last student leaving one of her morning classes at Mountain Life Cycling Studio on the third floor of the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, that is about finding that mind-body connection. “It is completely my passion,” Sue says. “I love it.” She wants you to love it, too. Spinning had its beginnings in Santa Monica, California, nearly thirty yeas ago. Here at MLCS, Sue, a certified spinning instructor for about twenty years, explains what makes Spinning so satisfying. “The program was derived from outdoor cycling. It builds confidence, courage, and self-esteem. It is for men and women of all fitness levels. “We make our classes fun,” she continues. “It is very non-judgemental, non-intimidating. Everyone goes at their own pace. The students are so committed and dedicated—it has become such a huge family.” The staff, she adds, are all certified and experienced and will “deliver a fantastic ride every time.” One of the things that makes Spinning a little more than just pedaling on a stationary bike is that the bikes themselves have the “geometry” of a road bike, along with a weighted flywheel that helps with stability. Riders don’t have to worry about falling off or keeping up with anybody else in the class. A Spinning session typically takes place in a room with quiet lighting rather than the glare of a gym setting, although some rides can be “themed,” or designated as special event or fundraiser rides and may include extra-fun musical or other pedaling inducements. “It’s all about helping the community,” Sue says. She notes also that the studio has expanded to include new, adjacent space for The Zone, which is for cross training, body sculpting, yoga, and ABC work. That’s not spelling class—it means your abs, butt, and core will be targeted. No special equipment is required for Spinning—Sue says water and a small towel (you will sweat) are really all you need. A typical forty-minute Spinning session burns 400-600 calories. It is “extremely addicting”—in the best possible way, of course, and is a huge stress reliever. So whether you’re riding for a community cause or just to keep yourself healthy, why wait? To reserve class space—you can just show up, but there may not be a bike available—or to find out more visit mtnlifecycling.com, call Sue at (267) 446-4452, or send her an e-mail at sasspinn@gmail.com. ~ Gayle Morrow
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The Sign Shop
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ou have to offer a hodge-podge of stuff when you live in the sticks!” Jim Cooper laughs as he says this by way of introduction to the Sign Shop on Route 6 between Wellsboro and Mansfield. Opened in 1991, the Sign Shop is an off-shoot of the monument business Jim’s parents have had for years. Jim had just come home from military service and started making signs in the monument shop’s back room. It seemed a logical next step—re-purposing some of the materials and machines used to make gravestones to make signs. “When the computerized system came into use for stenciling letters, things really changed. I figured we could do other kinds of signs,” Jim says. That “can-do” attitude helped the business grow into today’s location and a fleet of equipment, including a bucket truck and a crane truck. There is a broad list of options for a sign these days, and Jim tackles them all: banners that can stretch across a road, back-lit signs, carved signs, vehicle lettering and wraps, even those proud “Hometown Hero” flags that adorn the light poles in Mansfield. Jim remembers working on a lot of small sign orders and then getting the chance to bid on the interior signage of a local Weis Market. “That was a big deal for us, getting that job. Things have been humming along since then.” The computers make things in the sign business a lot more efficient, but Jim mourns the lost art of hand-lettered signs. “Now when you find someone who is really talented at it, they are expensive pieces. But at one time, that’s all there was.” Jim’s days range from doing a “No Trespassing” sign for a farmer, to servicing the golden arches themselves at McDonald’s. He is very proud of the floor art that appears in a local high school’s locker room. “Looks like the pro team facility in there.” The Sign Shop has produced wall murals, hard hat decals, and labels for specialty coffee bags. Any kind of sign, he says, come on in and let’s talk about it. That’s thirty years of experience right there, just waiting to make your sign something special. As for succession planning, Jim says that’s down the road a ways yet. But in a few years he will have a son coming out of the military and looking for his vocation. Guess he should be looking for a sign. Find The Sign Shop at 15491 US-Rt. 6, Mansfield, or call (570) 662-8898. ~ Maggie Barnes
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Grand Canyon Veterinary Hospital
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ith his dapper haircut and his snug sweater, Hanz (above) is too cute. He is waiting calmly to have his teeth cleaned but, since he’s a diabetic, his blood sugar levels have to be just right before he can be anesthetized. Then, when he’s sleepy enough from his pre-procedure meds to be intubated, a team surrounds him. Somebody monitors his vitals, somebody checks his pulse, and somebody occasionally, and affectionately, pats his little body. They’re all things you’d want done for your own BFF—Best Furry Friend—if he or she were in that situation. And it really is a team effort. “I would be nothing without all of them,” says Dr. Kristine Shaw (above, left with vet tech Sharon Connolly) of her staff of a dozen or so at Grand Canyon Veterinary Hospital on 23 Water Street. “I’m just one little puzzle piece.” GCVH’s official open house was June 30, 2018, and, by most accounts, everybody hit the ground running. “A lot of things have contributed to it being really busy here,” Dr. Shaw says. “We are really happy to be here, and happy to be part of the larger veterinary community.” Dr. Shaw, originally from Horseheads, New York, says she always wanted to be a vet, but “it took me many years to realize I could go to school and become a vet.” Her path was somewhat circuitous, and included a Bachelor’s degree from Mansfield University (“MU changed my life—it’s such a great school.”) and a Master’s degree from Penn State. Her husband had family in Australia, so when she learned that veterinary licensing requirements in that country matched those here, she made the decision to attend Murdoch University of Western Australia. It was only a little hectic. “I graduated, had a baby, and turned forty all in the same year,” she laughs. Dr. Shaw has been practicing in Pennsylvania since 2013. Some of that time she spent with Dr. Leonard Kreger, but, when the opportunity came to purchase the Water Street office (the dentist—Dr. John Eaton—who had owned it was retiring) and open her own practice, family and friends rallied around to make it happen. “If you walk around in here, all the doors have the names of people who were absolutely vital to helping this all happen,” she says. Those include the “Dr. Eaton ICU,” the “Shaw Surgery Suite” in honor of her husband’s family, and “Playfoot Radiology” in honor of her parents. She adds that “we’re really trying to be available for people,” so, to that end, a retired vet from New York State will be joining the team here a couple of days a week to help. Contact GCVH at (570) 724-0700 or at grandcanyonvet.com. ~ Gayle Morrow
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Senior’s Creations/Main Street Olive Oil Co.
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e’s retired from the Navy. She travels, advising school systems about child nutrition. He loves woodworking. She’s a foodie. But you can’t make a business out of all that. Or can you? Lori and Rick Beckwith admit that they backed their way into owning a three-prong business in Wellsboro. “He bought a laser engraver to have something to do in retirement,” she recalls. “That turned into a business pretty quickly, with customized orders for wedding parties, retirements, anniversary gifts. He met other craftsmen and now several sell their work from our store.” Lori wanted to express her passion for food, so the other space in Senior’s Creations became the Main Street Olive Oil Company. What started out as an inventory of twenty-four oils blossomed into more than eighty varieties, including sauces. Then customers started asking for ideas on how to use the oils in more than just salads. So, Lori asked Rick to install a commercial kitchen in the back and they began a series of tasting dinners, with the menu stemming from the jeweled liquid sold in the shop. “We have a handcrafted dining table for ten or twelve people,” she says. “I make six courses of fifteen items, featuring our products, appetizer to dessert.” People flocked to these private tastings in the fall and winter, including a memorable evening with the Wellsboro Women’s Chorus, who naturally sang for their supper! Like they say on the infomercials, but wait! There’s more! All those recipe ideas had to land somewhere, so that morphed into a cookbook. Do you see a pattern emerging here? What happened to retirement? “We are busier now than ever,” Lori laughs. “We know it’s crazy!” But the Wellsboro community and visitors to the region have embraced the Beckwiths and their endless energy. This was proven earlier in 2019 when Rick decided that Italian ice was the missing piece of the puzzle. Just a few flavors, out on the sidewalk. That’s where it started, anyway. Like everything Lori and Rick put their hand to, it ramped up pretty quickly into the Main Street Creamery, a full- fledged ice cream shop with twenty-four flavors and a mind-numbing record of selling 15,000 servings of the sweet stuff in the first ten weeks of operation. So, need a unique gift? How about a special balsamic and a rockin’ recipe to use it in? Got a hankering for Cookie Monster ice cream? Just look for two of the busiest (and craziest?) people in Wellsboro. Seniors Creations and the Main Street Olive Oil Company are at 75 Main Street, (570) 439-1991. The Creamery is at 17 Main, (570) 948-9558. For more information, visit seniorscreations.com, and find the Main Street Creamery on Facebook. ~Maggie Barnes
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A “Wonder-ful� Place to Experience! The Town Located along scenic Route 6, quaint and quiet Wellsboro offers a unique experience to all visitors. The town boasts distinct shops that appeal to all ages and genres, eateries that cater to all tastes, and lodging provided through hotels, motels, beautiful Victorian style bed and breakfasts, and various rentals. The Canyon Minutes from town, one can enjoy Pine Creek Gorge; a Natural National Landmark. The Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania provides 47 miles of scenic beauty within two State Parks (Leonard Harrison and Colton Point), hiking, backpacking, bicycling, rafting, canoeing, kayaking, and birding. There is something for adventurers of all levels and interests. The Rail-Trail The canyon also hosts the Pine Creek Trail; 62 miles of flat-grade surface, the length of the canyon. USA Today named the trail a Top 10 Bike Ride. The trail offers year-round access through cross-country skiing, horsedrawn wagon rides, and an equestrian trail. The nearby Asaph area offers intermediate and advanced mountain biking.
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Robert Burns Dinner
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ellsboro is full of interesting folks collaborating on interesting things. Whether you’re a long-time resident or a newcomer, chances are you may know many of the individuals you encounter in your travels around town. If not, a stranger is just a friend you haven’t met, yet, right? Take a Polish guy from New Jersey and an Italian fellow from New York making their first acquaintance at a Wellsboro Rotary Club meeting. What do they conjure up? A traditional Scottish dinner, benefiting the local food pantry. Jim Tutak and Charlie Messina had each attended several annual Burns Nights prior to moving to Tioga County. They surmised it would be a great way to bring people out to celebrate something in January, and it would be for a good cause. Ten years later, with co-organizers Pat Davis, Larry Biddison (above, left), and Jerry Tutak, the Burns Supper and Poetry Slam continues at Timeless Destination Restaurant on Main Street. Robert Burns is Scotland’s national poet, widely known for, among other works, “Auld Lang Syne.” He has been celebrated with an annual dinner in his honor since 1801. Suppers take place around the world on the Sunday closest to his January 25 (1759-1796) birthday. Toasting is enjoyed throughout the gathering with the highly favored single malt Scotch whisky. Along with salad and appetizers, traditional haggis, a savory pudding-like dish made with oatmeal and various bits of sheep, is served. “It tastes like spicy meatloaf,” Charlie says. Larry Biddison reads “Address to a Haggis,” a famous Burns poem, in the finest Scottish brogue, as the haggis makes its entrance. Neeps and tatties, aka turnips and potatoes, pair with the main dish. A Burns Dinner menu is complete with the presentation of the tipsy laird, a dessert made of custard, Drambuie, and raspberries. Live Scottish music, with bagpipes and accompanying regalia, poetry readings, good food, and good company are typically part of the festivities. “We wing it each year, letting it fly, honing our skills along the way,” chuckles Jim Tutak (above, right). The next Burns Supper is Sunday, January 26, at Timeless Destination, at 3:00 p.m. Last year, donations totalled $500 for the Wellsboro Area Food Pantry. Pantry President Bill Yacovissi is grateful for the continued support for those neighbors in need. “One hundred percent of the monies donated are used to purchase food for the individuals we serve,” he notes. Cheers to Robert Burns, friendship, fun, and helping our neighbors. Contact Jim at legaltak@aol.com for reservations and more information. ~ Jennie Simon
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Red Skillet
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eave it to a well-traveled native son of Wellsboro to return from his sojourns prepared to establish in his hometown a restaurant offering dishes such as rad nai Thai chicken, crispy fried avocadoes, and Norwegian salmon. That’s exactly what Brad Goodwin did in March 2019 when he transitioned his palate-pleasers from a popular food truck called Red Skillet into a brick-and-mortar, full-service restaurant of the same name at 104 Main Street. “There’s a lot of meat-and-potatoes places around here, a lot of traditional American food,” says Brad, a 1996 graduate of Wellsboro High School who was inspired by his parents, former owners of the gone-but-not-forgotten Laurel Café. “I wanted to offer another selection, not just a ‘different-establishment-same-menu’ type thing. I think people were ready for something a little more contemporary with a little more eclectic food. A lot of it is food that I was like, ‘I wish I could get around here, but I can’t, so I guess I’ve got to make it myself.’” Judging by recent reviews on TripAdvisor, his gut feelings—no pun intended—were right on. “Creative and delicious food…” “The new bistro dinner menu offers fresh, wonderful flavors and a nice mix of small and large plates—nothing else like it in Wellsboro,” were a couple of the numerous five-star reviews. Brad attended Johnson and Wales University in Charleston, South Carolina, where he majored in restaurant management. Then there was a stop in Philadelphia to work at the luxury Rittenhouse Hotel, and later—after getting “burned out” a bit on the restaurant business—he matriculated at Thaddeus Stevens College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to study, of all things, cabinet making. When he and his partner moved back to the area in 2011, all of those experiences played a role in creating the Red Skillet, first as that food truck in 2013, and then as the restaurant. Those cabinet-making skills? They helped as he fashioned the kitchen, dining room, and café areas himself. “I got to use both my degrees,” Brad says with a laugh. The Red Skillet offers lunch, dinner, and catering. In addition to the distinct menu items—that rad nai Thai chicken is an adaptation of a dish he often enjoyed in Philly—diners can opt for traditional favorites such as burgers, fries (try the poutine!), steaks, homemade soups, and some pretty yummy salads. Brad notes that much of the ingredients are locally sourced, and adds “we’re still developing and listening to feedback from customers.” Go to redskillet.net or call (570) 787-4545 for more information. ~ Mike Cutillo
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Tioga Central Celebrates 25 Years
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his year the Tioga Central Railroad commemorates its twenty-fifth year of operating excursion rides on the rail line Growth Resources of Wellsboro owns. While changes in just this past quarter century are numerous, and while staff, volunteers, engineers, and brakemen have come and gone, what hasn’t changed is the love and enthusiasm those involved, then and now, have for all things railroad. “It has been a collection of people who wanted to see this work,” says Grant “Skip” Cavanaugh, a Stokesdale resident with a “family history of railroad.” Sections of the right-of-way on which the Tioga Central operates today date back to the 1840s. The Fall Brook Railroad had brought a line to Wellsboro in order to transport coal from Antrim. There were connectors between Blossburg and the Chemung Canal in Corning. There were mergers between lines and operators, reorganizations, new lines and old lines, freight and passengers, and, abandonments. In 1988, Conrail, which had been created after a merger between the New York Central and the Pennsylvania Railroad, ceased operation on the line from Jersey Shore to the Wellsboro Junction. The abandonment of that line ultimately led to the creation of the Pine Creek Rail Trail. Then in 1992, Conrail eliminated service between Wellsboro and Gang Mills. So, GROW purchased that thirty-nine miles of rail line, thereby maintaining rail freight service to several area businesses. And in 1994, Tioga Central, which had been based in the Tioga County, New York, city of Owego, began operating scenic rides over the Wellsboro and Corning line. For years the passenger train and the freight business used the Stokesdale/Wellsboro Junction depot area as a base. A caboose was repurposed as a gift shop and the place to purchase tickets for the famously scenic round trip ride from the Junction to Hammond Lake/ Ives Run. But as serious talk began about extending the northern point of the rail trail into the borough, serious talk also began about bringing the passenger train operations into the borough. Skip estimates it will be another three years before the trail is completed. In the interim, Chris Kozuhoski, owner of the Wellsboro House on Charleston Street, not only caters the Friday and Saturday night dinner trains, but purchased the former Wellsboro Depot. He’s using most of the historic building—it’s 105 this year—as a micro brewery, but a section of it, complete with one of those old-fashioned barred windows the ticket-seller works behind, is now the Tioga Central ticket office. For the latest on the Tioga Central, visit tiogacentral.com or call (570) 724-0990. ~ Gayle Morrow
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