Cameron County Echo

The 4th Annual Benefit Run for Community Nurses Hospice sponsored by ABATE Endless Mountain and God’s Country Chapters will be held on Saturday, June 1.   (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

    The Cameron County Conservation District is offering a workshop on the benefits of RAIN!   (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

Gibson Twp. To Host Memorial Day Picnic   It has become a tradition for the Down County communities of Driftwood Borough, Gibson and Grove townships to work together in celebrating summer season holidays. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

Fifteen students signed up for an elective course concerning U.S. Wars taught by Mr. Tom Glosek. The subject recently was the Korean War. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

    Gibson Township spring cleanup will be held on Saturday, May 25, from 8 a.m. until   noon. No tires please. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

Olkosky-Jessop American Legion Post 194 and Auxiliary will have their  annual Poppy Day on Friday, May 24th, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at various locations throughout town. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

    The Tommy Moose® program is easily one of the most successful Community Service outreach programs in the history of the Loyal Order of Moose. Its success lies in its simple message and uncomplicated structure. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

    The Cameron Conservation District is offering training on  a PA Game Commission and PA Dept. of Education curriculum for ages 3-7. This is being offered to formal and informal educators.   (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

    Cameron County Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual golf tournament Thursday, June 13, at the Emporium Country Club.  The 4-person scramble will tee off at noon and conclude with a dinner featuring baby back ribs! (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

    Any CCHS Alumni who could help set up for the Annual Alumni Banquet on the 25th should show up at 1 p.m. in the gym on the 24th. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

Attention Grove Township residents and camp owners: Grove Township will be holding its annual spring cleanup on Saturday, June 1st from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider varsity baseball team completed their 2013 season with a 7-5 loss to Otto-Eldred at the Cameron County Little League Complex. The Raiders rallied from a 3-0 deficit with five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, but the Terrors rebounded with […]

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Emporium Alle-Catt baseball team traveled to Salamanca on Sunday for their first action of the season and dominated the Merchants, 14-1. The Cats are now 2-0 this season after receiving a forfeit from Allegany last week. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron […]

by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The 2013 PIAA District 9 Class AA Track and Field Championships were held at Kane Area High School last Friday with four Cameron County High School Red Raider athletes competing in the event. Seniors CJ Markum and Kyra Azzato, junior Cameron Horning and sophomore Trae Smith all qualified in […]

    A Lady Raider Hoop Club meeting will be held Thursday, May 23rd at 7 p.m. in the High School cafeteria. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

    The Cameron County Baguba Club will host the 1st Annual Baguba Golf Scramble at the Emporium County Club on Saturday, June 15th. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)  

      DuBois Area School District Assistant Athletic Director Michael Erickson is now a Certified Athletic Director, according to the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)  

  by Rich Summers   Since I was cheated out of the Alle-Catt season opener last Sunday due to Allegany not fielding enough players, I am looking forward to the trip to Salamanca (Sunday) to watch the Cats play. I can’t tell you how many times Allegany has forfeited to Emporium in recent seasons when […]

Fraser Who For Christmas? Christmas 2013 is about seven months away, but I am presently thinking about Christmas 2020 because that is approximately when the seedlings I have been planting will be ready to harvest for Christmas trees. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

by William Crisp A lot of controversy has arisen out of an incident that occurred last September in a little town in Libya called Benghazi. An American consulate building and CIA annex was attacked by terrorists. In the ensuing hours of fighting, four Americans were killed, including the US Ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens. While there […]

  by Nelson Haas   In 2011, the Pennsylvania Game Commission finally realized that Gary Alt’s deer management program was a resounding failure in Wildlife Management Unit 2-G, which lies in the center of the traditional deer hunting capital of Pennsylvania; the large wooded ridges of the Alleghany Plateau, where for years, hunters have flocked […]

(1926-2013) Anna Guisto, 86, of 414 Spring Street, died Thursday morning (May 16, 2013) at her residence.  

(1919-2013) Lila M. Clancy, 93, formerly of Sterling Run and Austin, died Wednesday (May 15, 2013) in Guy and Mary Felt Manor.

(1926-2013) Joilet Y. “Julie” Harpster, 85, of Altoona, passed away Saturday (May 11, 2013) at Valley View Home.

(1984-2013) Krista L. Losey, 29, of 220 W. Greenwood St., died Saturday evening (May 18, 2013) at Elk Regional Health Center, St. Marys.

(1930-2013) Irene H. (LaBrozzi) ­Horning, 82, of Lancaster, ­formerly of Emporium, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday (April 12, 2013) at home. She was the wife of the late Ernest E. Horning, who died on Dec. 25, 2002.

(1940-2013)  Gerald L. Allman, 73, of Austin, formerly of Emporium, died Saturday (May 18, 2013) in Elk Regional Health Center, St. Marys.

Memorial services for Barbara Cade (Stratton) Neal, who passed away Sunday (May 12, 2013) in Guy and Mary Felt Manor, will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday (May 30, 2013) in Emmanuel Episcopal Church with Fr. Matt Ryan, pastor, officiating.

Fires, floods and now the black mold. Wow! Dancing down “Primrose Lane” was a joy. Many nights, in memories, we walked to the “Homestead.”   (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

A few weeks ago I saw a little note from Isabelle Czekai saying she wondered where Bonnie and Gene Pearson went?   (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

    by Bruce Whitman Echo News Editor The old Sizerville Inn  in Portage Township is about to become part of history. Earlier this week Scott Finch was issued a UCC demolition permit for the building and expected it to be down and gone within a few days. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in […]

    by Bruce Whitman Echo News Editor Emporium-based Pennsylvania State Police reached back to 2007 for the basis of a charge of rape of a juvenile against an Emporium man. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

Do you consider yourself to be a weather nut? We all are to a point. If so, mark the date May 16th on your calendar. The National Weather Service will be presenting a Skywarn training class here in Cameron County.   (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

by Bruce Whitman Echo News Editor Those attending a recent meeting of the Cameron County Local Emergency Planning Committee had an opportunity to look over newly purchased gas test meters. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

Jordyn Skillman, 7, the daughter of Kerri and Joseph Skillman of Emporium, has been chosen as a State Finalist in the National American Miss Pennsylvania Pageant to be held August 4 to August 10 at the beautiful Hilton Towers Hotel in Harrisburg. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

The Coffeehouse at St. Mark’s O’Connell Hall will take on a Mexican feel as the event will be held Sunday, May 5 at 6:45 p.m. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

    by Amanda Jones  Cameron County Echo Members of a newly-formed organization for beekeepers in north central Pennsylvania are voicing concerns over the number of bee colony deaths being attributed to a variety of factors categorized as “Colony Collapse Disorder.” (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

Cameron County Outdoor Youth Activities wants to remind everyone to register with names and addresses when fishing in the Salt Run Stream or at the pond at the Andrews Farm. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

    Since its inception in the U.S. in 1970, Earth Day has been celebrated annually throughout the world on April 22 as a day of environmental awareness.   (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

Earth Day seemed to be an appropriate time to deliver pheasant eggs to classrooms at Woodland and the high school. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

It is Spring Fire Season once again and the fire danger has been increasing and may become very high or extreme as we move through spring. Don’t forget to check the Smokey Bear Fire Danger Rating Signs throughout the area. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo

    The Cameron County Fair Association will hold the Annual Family Night Out Buffet on Friday, May 10 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Emporium Firehall. Adult tickets are $7.00 and children under 12 are $4.00 each. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

    Gabrielle M. Martuccio of Emporium has been accepted at Gannon University, Erie, and will begin classes in the fall 2013 semester as a pre-pharmacy major. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

by Phil Burkhouse Mary handed me the phone saying, “It’s your oldest grandson, and he wants to talk with you.”  I said, “Hello Jake,” and tried to decipher a coded message delivered in a high pitched voice with extreme velocity and vibrating with excitement.  I said, “Jake, slow down; I can’t make out what you […]

by William Crisp Last week the most publicized and latest Senate gun control bill (one of over fifteen) H.R. 1565 or the “Public Safety and Second Amendment Protection Act” in a rare, real, bipartisan effort was defeated. This defeat brought some real outrage from the anti-gun community and the Administration. (Full Story available on the […]

by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider varsity baseball team had four road games scheduled last week. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Lady Red Raider varsity softball team had three road games last week. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

  by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider varsity track and field team traveled to Shinglehouse for a double dual meet with Smethport and Oswayo Valley last Tuesday. The boys fell to Smethport 76-73 and Oswayo Valley 82-56 and the girls lost to Smethport 116-35 but beat Oswayo Valley […]

Cameron County Storm Football and Cheerleading will hold sign-ups for the 2013 season on Friday, May 3 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., May 4 from noon to 1 p.m., May 17 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and May 18 from noon to 1 p.m. at the Recreation Center. (Full Story available on the […]

There was a nice tennis court just off the Old West Creek Road about a 1/2 mile down from the old Rydesky home. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

In answer to the question regarding the auto(s) (there was more than one over time) that powered the rope tow: (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

Dear Editor: I got my paper and there are a few things I want to clear up. They mention the skating rink; I worked  there putting on skates and then we would get free skating. Moe Johnson was a good friend of mine. We palled around together  and skated there for a long time. We […]

After Newtown’s massacre of innocent children, amazingly local Tea Party hicks and gun rights supporters recently assembled in Harrisburg stupidly proclaiming, “The safety of their families is at stake.” Have they been hibernating in a hole? Obviously, public safety is a lesser consequence compared to today’s horrific gun death rate they ignore.   (Full Story […]

(1950-2013) Sam F. Prosper, 62, South Main Street, DuBois, died Friday (April 12, 2013).

(1932-2013) Kenneth L. “Rakey” Rakestraw, 80, died Thursday (April 18, 2013) at Memorial Hospital, York.  

(1921-2013) William “Bill” C. Hathaway of Hastings, Nebraska, died Sunday (April 21, 2013) at Harvard Rest Haven, Harvard, Nebraska.

(1941-2013) Albert G. “George” Connelly, 71, of 44 Outback Dr., died Friday evening (April 26, 2013) at his residence, following a brief illness.

(1932-2013) Darwin L. Wenner, 81, of Smethport, formerly of Port Allegany, died Saturday (April 27, 2013) in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport.

  by Bruce Whitman Echo News Editor Cameron County Commissioners last Wednesday approved $451,026 in contracts to begin construction of a new Senior Center complex in the Borough of Driftwood. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

  A Driftwood man was fatally injured in a motorcycle accident in the Borough of Driftwood Sunday afternoon. Emporium-based Pennsylvania State Police said that Brad Douglas Park, 49, of Driftwood was killed in the one-cycle accident at around 4:40 p.m.   (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

  Al Neyman announces his candidacy for re-election for the office of Sheriff of Cameron County on the Republican ticket. “I would appreciate your continued support in my bid for re-election, having served as your sheriff for the past eight years,” Sheriff Neyman stated. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County […]

by Bruce Whitman Echo News Editor An extradition hearing for Dominick P. Dagustine was part of the proceedings during Return Day in Cameron County Court last Tuesday. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

  Donald A. Osti of Emporium remains in Elk County Jail after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing on assorted charges. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

  Fluffy’s great adventure ended last week. Fluffy is a Sterling Run house cat who recently survived over two months of exile in the remote area of Huston Hill and Mason Hill.   (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

by Pat Kempher Way back in the 1800s, local folks in Sizerville buried their loved ones in an area located along the Gardeau Road. If you visit the area today, the oldest headstone is dated in the 1830s.   (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)    

  Mark your calendars for July 5 and 6 in Emporium!  Starting Friday night you can enjoy music and an old fashion ice cream social, then Saturday get up bright and early to enjoy all the fun hunting for Big Foot. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

  Any organization or any person interested in helping with this year’s Fun House, which will be held the first week of July (Weekend in the Wilds), is asked to come to the Aroma Cafe` on Saturday, April 27 at 6:30 p.m. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

  A small group of business owners, citizens and organizations from across the 12 1⁄2- county Pennsylvania Wilds region have earned awards for their contributions in sustainable tourism development and will be honored at an awards dinner and regional tourism briefing May 2. The public is invited to attend. Locally, Don Bickford and Nelson Haas […]

The Community Nurses are busy making plans for their popular annual Used Book Sale for Hospice. The collection and sale will be held at St. Marys Catholic Middle School cafeteria, adjacent to St. Marys Church on Church Street in St. Marys. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)  

Father Paul  Siebert and friends will present an evening of music at St. Mark Catholic Church May 5.  The date coincides with Cinco de Mayo, so of course the music and decorations will have a unique twist! The Coffee House event begins at 6:45 p.m. at O’Connell Hall. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in […]