Hear elk without leaving home

September 17, 2015

Each September, thousands of visitors make their way to Pennsylvania's elk country to experience for themselves the wonder of the bugling seasonAnd while there's nothing quite like seeing a giant bull up close, or feeling your rib cage resonate as it lets loose an ear-splitting bugle, there's an opportunity this year to get a glimpse of Pennsylvania's prime time for elk - without ever having to leave home.The Pennsylvania Game Commission has installed a camera on State Game Lands 311 in Elk County, in a field that is off limits to people, but that typically is a hub of elk activity as ...

Wild Wind

September 10, 2015

Albert Einstein was quoted as saying "Creativity is contagious; pass it on." And that is exactly what the annual Wild Wind Folk Art & Craft Festival plans to do Sept. 12-13 at the Warren County Fairgrounds, Rt. 6, Pittsfield, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.The festival will celebrate its 36th year, and organizers and craftsmen alike remain exuberant about offering the artisan's creations to those who appreciate handcrafted items, which includes inspired folk art, traditional crafts, fine art, handmade collectibles and everything in between. Metal sculpturist Dave Anders, of the ...

‘The Bard’ at Sawmill

September 10, 2015

The Cook Forest Sawmill Arts Center will present a farcical, "dramatic" reading of Shakespeare's, "The Comedy of Errors" in the Verna Leith Theatre, Sept. 10, 11 and 12.This fast-paced, farcical, romp of slap-stick Shakespearean comedy will be performed as a dramatic reading rather than a formal play. If we taught Shakespeare this way in high school everyone would love it. Expect bizarre costumes, actors on rolling office chairs with scripts in hand - what could possibly go wrong?These dates were originally scheduled to be filled by the Model Theatre Troup's, return presentation of "Two ...

Vintage Photos

September 10, 2015

Photo submitted to the Times ObserverThis National Forge Employee Band photo was taken in October 1942. Only some are identified: First Row: Kermit Vicander, row 1-2, Wade Ransom, Ernest Brown, row 1-5, row 1-6, row 1-7, and Milt Hoven. Second Row: row 2-1, row 2-2, row 2-3, Rook Oviatt, Don Agnew, row 2-6, row 2-7, and row 2-8. Third Row: row 3-1, Freeman Brown, row 3-3, row 3-4, Bill Meleen, row 3-6, Tome Wise, and Willis Johnson. The National Forge Company was founded by Clinton E. Wilder in 1915 and moved to Irvine shortly after. The company started by manufacturing 37mm antitank gun ...

There’s been no outcry about hunting license fee increases

September 10, 2015

Recently the Pennsylvania Game Commission announced proposed license fee increases. In order for these increases to happen, the proposal would have to be approved by the General Assembly. Support by hunters would help to make this happen.Initial negative reaction to hunting license fee increases can be expected from some hunters.However, I believe that a majority of hunters, though they may not want to pay more for licenses, should agree that increases are necessary in order to maintain the kinds of services the Game Commission is providing to hunters and to the population in ...

Shining Stars …

August 27, 2015

Stephen Niver of Los Angeles - an established writer, producer and director - got his start right here in Warren.The son of the late Keith and Peg Niver of Warren - to whom he will always be grateful for encouraging him to make movies - said he has been "infatuated with films as long as I can remember, and I decided around second grade that I wanted to make them for a living."Niver grew up on the south side of Warren and graduated from Warren Area High School in 1989. He then attended Point Park College and Pittsburgh Filmmakers, earning a degree in film production in 1994."Growing up, ...