Explore Wellsboro Fall/Winter 2018

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Official Visitors Guide of Our Town, Home of Pennsylvania’s Grand Canyon

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Each of our unique and beautiful lodges offers the privacy and serenity you need for a relaxing stay.

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Wellsboro Editors & Publishers Teresa Banik Capuzzo Michael Capuzzo Associate Publisher George Bochetto Operations Director Gwen Button Managing Editor Gayle Morrow Accounting Amy Packard Contributing Writers Ashley Ensminger, Melissa Farenish, Elaine Farkas, Rachel Heitzenrater, Lisa Howeler, Karey Solomon, Alyssa Strausser, Beth Williams Contributing Photographers Bernadette Chiaramonte, Linda Stager, Tina Tolins Sales Representatives Robin Ingerick, Alyssa Strausser Explore Wellsboro is published by Beagle Media, LLC, 871/2 Main Street, Wellsboro, PA 16901, in partnership with the Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce. Copyright Š 2018 Beagle Media, LLC. All rights reserved. E-mail info@mountainhomemag.com, or call (570) 724-3838. Explore Wellsboro is distributed at hundreds of locations in Tioga, Potter, Bradford, Lycoming, Union, and Clinton counties in PA and Steuben, Chemung, Schuyler, Yates, Seneca, Tioga, and Ontario counties in NY. 12,000 copies of the 30,000 print run are delivered to PA On Display to be distributed to welcome centers across the state.

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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........................ 25 Back In The Day Guest House.19 Bear Lodges.................................. 3 Canyon Motel............................. 47 Emerge Healing Arts & Spa..... 47 Hanna's Nail Spa........................ 35 LaBelle Auberge Inn.................. 47 Mulberry Hill Estate.................. 25 Penn Wells Hotel & Lodge....... 19 River of Pines Cottage............... 19 Sherwood Motel........................ 19

Hot Picks for Dining!

Crossroads Tavern...................... 43 Coach Stop Inn & Tavern.......... 43 Eddie's Restaurant...................... 45 Jason's Pub................................... 43 Pag-Omar Farms Market........... 35 QQ Buffet.................................... 45 The Steak House......................... 45 The Waterville Tavern................ 45

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Hot Picks to Visit!

Bradford County Tourism Promotion Agency.................17 Corning's Gaffer District............ 33 History on Main Street............... 49 Mansfield University..................... 4 Lycoming County Historical .........

Society......................................49 Pennsylvania Lumber Museum.49

Hot Picks for Shopping!

All Wheels Driven.......................49 Draper’s Super Bee Apiaries.......37 Dunham’s Department Store......37 Enchanted Hollow.......................41 The Farmer’s Daughters..............41 Garrison's Men's and Ladies Shop...............................41 Highland Chocolates...................35 The Main Street Olive Oil Co..... 35 Mountain Home Art Gallery..... 37 Pop’s Culture Shoppe...................41 Senior’s Creations........................35 Simmons-Rockwell............... 50-51 Sticky Bucket Maple....................21

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Hot Picks for Entertainment!

Arcadia Theatre �������������������������� 27 Hamilton-Gibson Productions. 27 Tioga Downs Casino............. 28-29 Victoria Theatre...........................25 Wellsboro Community Concert Association..............................27

Hot Picks for Becoming a Local!

Black Creek Enterprises..............39 Bloss Pharmacy............................37 Dominion Energy........................23 Guthrie..........................................17 Mountain Valley Realty................6 Painter's Meat Processing...........35 Penn Oak Realty..........................49 Real Estaters of Mansfield..........52 Shady Grove Natural Market.....41 Six West Settlements Inc...............7 UPMC Susquehanna ....................2 Wheeland Lumber Company....23 Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce...............................16

Hot Picks for Outdoors!

CS Sports Cycle & Ski Shop.......25 John's Sporting Goods................25 Larry's Sport Center....................31 Ski Sawmill...................................35

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FESTIVALS & EVENTS SEPTEMBER 1 • 9:00 A.M. 6th Annual Dairy Dash & 1 Mile Memory Walk Mansfield, PA (814) 349-9856

OCTOBER 5 • 7:30 P.M. Jack Williams - Extraordinary Guitar Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-6220

SEPTEMBER 1 • 11:00 A.M. —5:00 P.M. Quilt Market Gmeiner, (570) 724-1917

OCTOBER 7 • 2:30—3:30 P.M. Autumn Chorale 2018 St. Paul's Episcopal Church (570) 724-2079

SEPTEMBER 1 • 8:30 P.M. Eagles & Osprey Program Hills Creek State Park, (570) 724-4246 SEPTEMBER 1–2 • 9:00 P.M. Night Sky Tours * pre-register* Cherry Springs State Park, (814) 435-1037 SEPTEMBER 2–3 • 11:00 A.M.–5:00 P.M. Mt. Laurel Quilt Guild Quilt Market Gmeiner, (570) 724-1917 SEPTEMBER 2 • 8:30 P.M. Meet the Weasel Family Hills Creek State Park, (570) 724-4246 SEPTEMBER 2 • 8:00—NOON Fly-In Breakfast Wellsboro Johnston Airport, (570) 724-3746 SEPTEMBER 7 • 5:00—8:00 P.M. Wellsboro First Friday Downtown Wellsboro, visit us on Facebook SEPTEMBER 8 • 8:30 A.M. Laurel Classic Mountain Bike Challenge US Geological Survey in Asaph, PA (570) 724-1926 SEPTEMBER 8 • 7:30 P.M. Stage Fright - Tribute to the Band Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-6220 SEPTEMBER 14, 15, 21 & 22 • 7:30 P.M. H-G's The Velocity of Autumn Warehouse Theatre, (570) 724-2079 SEPTEMBER 16 • 2:30 P.M. H-G's The Velocity of Autumn Warehouse Theatre, (570) 724-2079 SEPTEMBER 15 • 8:30 A.M. Triathlon & 5k Hills Creek State Park, (570) 724-8561 SEPTEMBER 15 • 8:00 A.M.—5:00 P.M. 8-Hour Pistol Class Lambs Creek Sportsman Club (570) 549-2794 SEPTEMBER 21 • 7:00 P.M. History Comes Alive with Albert Einstein Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-6220 SEPTEMBER 29 • 7:30 P.M. The Elvis/Orbison Show - Tribute to Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-6220

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OCTOBER 12—14 • 8:00 A.M. 53rd Annual Tioga County Early Days Tioga County Fairgrounds, (607) 259-6234 OCTOBER 12-13 • ALL DAY Fall Community Yard Sale Wellsboro Area, (570) 724-3186 OCTOBER 13 • 8:30—9:30 A.M. Ives Run Trail Challenge Ives Run Recreation Area (570) 835-5281 OCTOBER 16 • 7:30 P.M. George Winston - Renowned Pianist Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-6220 Optional Dinner (Timeless Destination) and a Show for $49.00/ Seniors $44.00 OCTOBER 18, 19, 20 & 21 • 7:30 P.M. H-G Women's Project - Change of Scenery TBD, (570) 724-2079 OCTOBER 19 • 7:30 P.M. Moondance - Van Morrison Tribute Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-6220 OCTOBER 21 • 2:30 P.M. H-G Women's Project - Change of Scenery TBD, (570) 724-2079 OCTOBER 26 • 7:30 P.M. Missy Raines - Folk/Country/Bluegrass/Rock Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-6220 OCTOBER 27 • 9:00 A.M.—3:00 P.M. Tioga County Homeless Initiative Craft & Vendor Show Tioga County Fairgrounds, (570) 724-1926 OCTOBER 31 • 6:00 P.M. Halloween Parade and Trick or Treat Wellsboro NOVEMBER 2, 3, 9 & 10 • 7:30 P.M. H-G's The Crucible Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-2079 NOVEMBER 4 • 2:30 P.M. H-G's The Crucible Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-2079

FESTIVALS & EVENTS NOVEMBER 7 • 7:00 P.M. Dickens Costume Workshop Penn Wells Hotel Lobby (570) 724-1926 NOVEMBER 12 • 7:00 P.M. History Comes Alive with Robert E. Lee Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-6220 NOVEMBER 16 • 7:30 P.M. Drowsy Maggie - Celtic Bluegrass Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-6220 NOVEMBER 24 • 7:30 P.M. Genticorum - Outstanding music from Quebec - Wellsboro Community Concert Association Series Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-6220 NOVEMBER 30 • 7:30 P.M. H-G's Dickens of a Concert St. Peter's Catholic Church, Wellsboro (570) 724-2079 DECEMBER 1 • 9:00 A.M.—4:00 P.M. 35th Annual Dickens of A Christmas Downtown Wellsboro (570) 724-1926 DECEMBER 1 • 9:00 A.M. —4:00 P.M. H-G's Dickens on the Street Performances Downtown Streets of Wellsboro (570) 724-2079 DECEMBER 1 • 10:30 A.M., 1:30 P.M., 3:30 P.M. H-G's A Christmas Carol Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-2079 DECEMBER 1 • 11:00 A.M., 1:00 P.M., 4:00 P.M. H-G's A Christmas Carol Warehouse Theatre (570) 724-2079 DECEMBER 1 • 11:00 A.M. —5:00 P.M. Juried Regional Art Exhibit Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center, Wellsboro (570) 724-1917 (Also shows all month - W-F 2 to 5 P.M., Sat & Sun 11A.M.-5 P.M.) DECEMBER 2 • 2:30 P.M. H-G's A Christmas Carol Warehouse Theatre (570) 724-2079 DECEMBER 7—9 • ALL DAY 3rd Annual Christmas on Main Street Various Locations in Wellsboro wellsborochristmasonmainstreet.com DECEMBER 8 • 7:30 P.M. Corvette Doo Wop Revue Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-6220

DECEMBER 8 • 7:30 P.M. H-G's The Sound of Music Sing Along Warehouse Theatre, (570) 724-2079 DECEMBER 9 •2:30 P.M. H-G's Messiah Community Sing St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Wellsboro (570) 724-2079 DECEMBER 11 • 7:30 P.M. A Carpenter's Christmas - Music of The Carpenters Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-6220 DECEMBER 15 • 7:30 P.M. Wellsboro Community Concert Association Samite TrioPower of Music Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-6220 DECEMBER 21 •7:30 P.M. Burns & Kristy - Holiday Themed Show Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-6220 JANUARY 1—27 W-F 2:00 P.M.—5:00 P.M SAT. & SUN. 11:00 A.M.—5:00 P.M. Juried Regional Art Exhibit Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center, Wellsboro (570) 724-1917 FEBRUARY 15-17 • ALL DAY Wellsboro Winter Celebration Downtown Wellsboro (570) 724-1926 FEBRUARY 23 • 8:00 A.M.—3:00 P.M. Pine Creek Challenge Pine Creek Rail Trail (570) 724-1926 FEBRUARY 23 • 7:30 P.M. Wellsboro Community Concert Association's The Hillbilly Gypsies Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-6220 MARCH 9 • 7:30 P.M. Wellsboro Community Concert Association's The Outside Track Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-6220 APRIL 5 • 7:30 P.M. Wellsboro Community Concert Association's Brass Roots Trio Coolidge Theatre, Deane Center (570) 724-6220

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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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Festivals & Events

A Dickens of a Delicious Day Wellsboro hosts its thirty-fifth annual Dickens of a Christmas on December 1 and 2, with the downtown again transformed into a Victorian outdoor marketplace. The event, which celebrates the era of Charles Dickens (think porkpie hats and Ebenezer Scrooge), is a beloved local tradition that kindles an old-fashioned Christmas spirit in the community and in the thousands who come to enjoy the music, dancers, artisans, impromptu theatre, costumes, performers, and, oh yes, the delicious food.

J&D Kettle Corn, from Sugar Branch Lake near Mansfield, is one of several returning food vendors. This will be the sixth year owners Joe and Donna Widger have been offering Dickens attendees the opportunity to enjoy the freshest, most delicious (the fragrance alone is intoxicating!) kettle corn, plus demonstrations with their 160-quart popcorn popper, and even a brief history of their product (it comes in a variety of flavors, by the way). “We have four people working nonstop. It’s sometimes difficult to keep up,” says Joe, noting it is not uncommon for there to be twenty or thirty people waiting in line for the booth to open.

Another favorite, Wellsboro’s St. Peters Catholic Church famous Bread Pudding Makers, returns this year. The Dickens bread pudding tradition originated with staff and volunteers from Soldiers + Sailors Memorial Hospital, but St. Peter’s Catholic Church folks have been handling the bread pudding detail for about ten years now. Chair of the Bread Pudding Makers, Sue Sticklin, wants those attending the event to know they “shouldn’t be scared of trying it. Some people are leery of the term ‘bread pudding,’ but if they have it they’ll usually come back for it,” she says. Sue notes that in the cold of early December, bread pudding serves as an excellent comfort food. Plus, it’s easy to eat while you’re walking around. The Bread Pudding Makers offer vanilla custard, maple raisin, and caramel toppings—many choose to combine those options. The makers typically prepare for about 800 servings, so don’t be that sad 801st customer!

Other eagerly awaited culinary delights can be found on a Dickens day stroll throughout the downtown, including Sherry Butters and her popular apple dumplings. Merrymakers can also opt for hot chocolate, chili, soups and chowders, cookies, candies, pies, hot roast beef sandwiches, crab cakes, freshly roasted peanuts, sausage sandwiches, whoopie pies, and peanut brittle. Nobody should leave Dickens of a Christmas hungry!

Attending Dickens of a Christmas is free, although some events do require tickets. For a detailed schedule and vendor map for this holiday tradition, contact the Wellsboro Chamber of Commerce at (570) 724-1926 or visit wellsboropa.com.

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Christmas on Main Street Christmas on Main Street—it’s the way shopping was meant to be.

This blossoming and evolving event is becoming a fixture and a muchanticipated weekend follow-up to Dickens of a Christmas. Friday, December 7, through Sunday, December 9, the town will host the historic Shiny Brite Christmas ornament tour. Shoppers can purchase a five-dollar passport/guidebook at various downtown locations. Passportholding travelers then wander through businesses where vintage Corning glass ornaments—ones that were manufactured here in Wellsboro—will be on display.

To enter the grand prize basket drawing, travelers must receive a stamp from a select number of stops on the ornament tour.

Guidebooks will be on sale the week of the event.

Rick Beckwith, from Seniors Creations and the Main Street Olive Oil Co., will be engraving a downtown scene onto a limited number of keepsake ornaments. They were such a huge success last year that Rick plans on making them every year for Christmas on Main Street. The ornament this season will most likely be a two-piece wooden creation, complete with a year 2018 engraving. Ornaments will be available for purchase at all participating passport locations. Proceeds from ornament sales will go directly to the event funds for next year.

Businesses up and down Main Street will offer sales and incentives to bring shoppers inside and out of the cold. This year, in addition to holiday sales, Wild Asaph Outfitters will have a Community Appreciation Day, with five percent of sales donated to a non-profit of choice by the customers. Pop’s Culture Shoppe will be raffling off a 2018 limited edition puzzle made from a photo by a local photographer, and, on Friday night, Pop’s Playroom will be open until midnight for a free, family-friendly, holiday-themed game night.

Highland Chocolates will be hosting a chocolate fountain event and factory tours. Tony’s Tioga Trolley Tours will be running for free from Main Street to Highland Chocolates and The Farmer’s Daughters on a twenty minute loop both Friday and Saturday.

In addition to in-store specials, shoppers can wander in to a craft fair at Soldier’s + Sailor’s Memorial Hospital, a holiday event at the Green Free Library, have photos with Santa at the Fifth Season, attend shows at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, have brunch with Santa at the Penn Wells, see a one-dollar showing of Elf at the Arcadia Theatre, and enjoy a live nativity. There are even whispers that Santa may bring two live reindeer! Check out wellsborochristmasonmainstreet.com for a complete and updated list of events, times, and locations.

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Wellsboro Winter Celebration Did you know that world-renowned and local favorite jazz pianist Bram Wijnands, born in Holland and living in Kansas City, Missouri, loves Wellsboro so much that he got married at the Penn Wells?

Did you know that the annual Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally has a winter cousin, the Waste Management Winter RallySprint?

Did you know that chili and chocolate are a match made not only in heaven, but in downtown Wellsboro, and that your enjoyment of that delicious combo benefits lost and homeless animals?

The 2019 Wellsboro Winter Celebration is February 15, 16, and 17, and, during that weekend, you can not only experience Bram Wijnands’ exuberant musical prowess at the Penn Wells (where he’s performing but not getting married) but also see firsthand the fun of a cold-season rally, and eat chili and chocolate guilt-free (because you know you’re helping animals). The weekend includes events on the Green and at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, arts and crafts up and down Main Street, sales, movie specials at the Arcadia Theatre, and all the other special things Wellsboro has to offer. In short, it is the perfect post-holiday, pre-spring getaway for you and your family.

On Saturday, in between strolling, shopping, and watching big blocks of ice transformed into works of art by the talented hands—and chainsaws—of the sculptors from Elegant Ice, it’s time to indulge your taste buds with the homemade chilies that will be available at stores throughout the downtown. Here’s how it works: your purchase of a ticket not only entitles you to sample as many of the locally-crafted chilies as you can, but also serves as a fundraiser for Second Chance Animal Sanctuaries (find out more about Second Chance and the group’s Heading Home Center at secondchanceas.org, or call (570) 376-3646).

When you’ve tasted your way through the shops, take a moment at your last stop to vote for your favorite chilies. Each retail venue hosting chili also offers a chance to win a chocolate-themed gift.

Rally lovers who can’t wait until summer to get their racing fix can travel a few miles down Route 287 to Antrim and the Waste Management Winter RallySprint. The cars will be displayed on the Green, then the fun of the forty-plus-mile on-course race gets underway.

Tickets will be sold at the gate; get more information at wmwr.info or at scca.com.

Bram, whose other regional gig is with the Endless Mountain Music Festival each summer, is set to play Saturday, in the Penn Wells dining room, with Joe Turner on percussion. The music begins at 7:30; dinner is at 5 p.m. This event is a fundraiser for EMMF, so contact the organization at (570) 787-7800 or endlessmountain.net for tickets.

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The great Outdoors

Challenge on Pine Creek The blood rushes through my ears as I impatiently await the command to move forward. “Alright!” I lurch forward in the traces and feel the power of my team pulling behind me. We gain speed faster and faster down the trail with each step. “Haw!” Eighteen miles seems like a breeze as we round the bend of the teardropshaped trail that is the Challenge on Pine Creek. I pass the spectators at Darling Run as I race toward the finish line, leading my team to victory.

Mary Beth Logue, that team’s human leader, is a local musher native to the Jersey Shore area. After seeing a sled dog demonstration in Alaska’s Denali National Park, she trained her husky mix in a technique called ski-jousting (pulling a person on cross-country skis). Now she raises and trains her own dogs, noting, “they are sled dogs—athletic, happy, great eaters, with good coats and tough feet. They are born to run and cannot wait to see what is around each turn in the trail.” Mary Beth and her dogs share a special bond, as they spend so much time together. She is with them for the entirety of their lives.

Training begins at a very young age. The first steps for the puppies are learning proper manners and basic verbal commands, and, of course, like any other puppy, going for walks and social playtime. Around seven months is when the “toddlers” start learning more about sled team commands. They race in puppy teams—all in good fun. They eat meals high in fat and protein to build and maintain a healthy metabolism and muscle mass. The dogs are mature enough to race at age two. Each dog has its own position on the team that they establish among themselves, and their personality is a deciding factor in this. Lead dogs will try to pass others if they are behind, and they learn commands faster. Mary Beth refers to them as the overachievers.

Join Mary Beth and her team, along with other racers on Saturday, February 23, at 9 a.m. at the Darling Run Rail Trail access for the Challenge on Pine Creek. Mushers and teams will meet, and the race will commence at the Marsh Creek trail access and run about nine miles down the Rail Trail and back. If there is not enough snow to race, mushers will be available with their teams to talk about sled dogs racing. The event is free. Spectators can park at Darling Run or Tiadaghton (check with the Chamber of Commerce for road conditions). Visit pasleddogclub.com for more information.

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Arts & music

Historic Victoria and Arcadia Theatres Tioga County is home to two movie theaters, one in Blossburg and one in Wellsboro. Both are venues where you can relax and enjoy a piece of Americana that includes lush carpeting, carved wood, and the iconic, buttery smell of “let’s go to the movies.”

Blossburg’s Victoria Theatre, on Main Street, is a vintage movie house that first opened in 1920. It bustled throughout the next several decades, but closed in the late ’60s as attendance dwindled. The beautiful venue sat shuttered for thirty-five years until Peter and Pat Gorda purchased and restored it. Their daughter, Tonya McNamara, and her husband, Tom, reopened it in 2010, and it has enjoyed renewed success since. “Everyone that has lived in Blossburg has fond memories of going there as a child, seeing their first movie there, going on their first date with their spouse,” says Tonya. “It has been exciting to offer this venue to Blossburg and surrounding communities. Victoria patrons can not only enjoy current movies, live shows, and documentaries, but can access conferencing capabilities with microphone, stage lighting, and DVD display, and can rent it for private use for movie showings or birthday parties. All of these features, she continues, as well as “the uniqueness of the one-screen theater in today’s age of big box businesses, our price range, and personal touch” contribute to the theater’s renewed success and help make it “a destination for our community.” The Victoria also offers free hearing and visual assistance devices. Time out Tuesdays are at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., with productions featuring lower sound and light-level screenings suitable for small children and those with special needs.

Perhaps you are interested in a musical or a play in addition to the movies? Look no further than the marquee on Wellsboro’s Main Street proclaiming “Tioga County’s Finest Theatre.” The Arcadia Theatre, another landmark that has enjoyed a long run, opened in 1921 with one large screen, seating 880 patrons at a time. It was rehabilitated in 1997 to include four screens, allowing it to accommodate the diverse tastes of its patrons and offer numerous concurrent showings. This four-screen complex with a fully restored vintage interior now hosts, in addition to movies, a variety of live entertainment and the occasional dinner theatre. Under the artistic direction of Peter Davis, the theater’s reputation as the area’s go-to venue for in-house productions continues to grow; since 2002, over thirty different shows have been produced here.

For movie listings and other information, visit victoriablossburg.com or arcadiawellsboro. com. Call the Victoria at (570) 638-3456; reach the Arcadia at (570) 724-4957.

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All four HG Children and Youth Choirs in an afternoon of music at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

From the HG Women’s Project, a series of workshops, readarounds, and a fall production exploring the challenges of interpreting and adapting well-known stories.

Written in a time of incredible political trauma, Arthur Miller’s searing drama, set in the late 1600s, holds new meaning for us in the second decade of the 21st Century.

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The Art of Mary Wise When you’re in Wellsboro you can often find Mary Janeski Wise at one of her favorite places to paint and visit with friends—Dunkin’ Donuts in the Tops plaza. And even if you don’t know who Mary is, you may at least be familiar with her most popular artwork, glass Christmas bulbs, which feature landmarks of Wellsboro.

Mary, a retired home economics teacher, became interested in painting years ago after she sought out a class to learn how to paint on cookies.

“I have yet learned to paint on cookies,” she says with a laugh. Mary retired from the Milton school district in 2008, and recalls that, despite moving her family when she got the job in Milton in 1975, she always considered Wellsboro home. Once she retired, she, like many folks who have grown up here and gone away, moved back.

“I’ve been promoting Wellsboro for years,” she adds. “My love for Wellsboro was always there.”

Mary’s first paintings were done on lace, but she discovered her niche (one of them anyway), when she painted on a bulb made from a ribbon glass machine built in Wellsboro.

She’d used a photo she had taken at 2 a.m. as a reference for the painting.

“A friend said to me, ‘You really ought to make one design and then make one hundred of them,’” she recalls.

She dismissed the idea, thinking it would take too long, but she made twenty and was surprised when they all sold quickly. Now Mary hand paints the same design, though all unique in their own way, on 150 ornaments a year, complete with the name of Wellsboro so buyers have something to remember their visit by. Each year Mary chooses a landmark of Wellsboro to highlight on the bulbs. Sometimes it’s the gaslights. One year it was the last ribbon machine in town, the one that signaled the end of an era of glass making in Wellsboro. Another year it was a stately Main Street home with the famous red door given as a gift by Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. Mary paints on dishes, tin, wood, and ceramics. Each piece has a little bit of Wellsboro on it. “It is a good stress reliever,” she says.

“I could sit and paint for hours.”

But the art isn’t only for her, she adds. She donates the proceeds from her sales back into community projects, and also donates her art to various local fundraisers.

Find Mary’s creations at Peggy’s Candies and at Peggy’s Bake Shoppe, both on Main Street, and on Facebook.

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The Rockwell Museum The best place to hide a treasure is in plain sight. One of Corning’s hidden gems is a welcoming, diverse museum within the fortress of the 1890s-built former City Hall.

The Rockwell Museum, at the corner of Market and Cedar streets, is a familyfriendly venue, with interactive elements scattered through the galleries. Allow about ninety minutes to explore the galleries and gift shop—a little longer if you’re traveling with kids who might like to try some hands-on activities at the newly-opened Rockwell Art Lab across the parking lot. The museum houses an art collection originally amassed

by Corning’s Rockwell family, who collected art, glass art, and toys. Business people, who didn’t have as much time as they might have wished to explore what were then the wilder areas of the American west, they supported and appreciated the artists who did.

When the first nineteenth century travelers explored those unknown sections, they took artists with them—and brought back treasures. Landscape artists from the New Yorkbased Hudson River School painted sweeping vistas, sketches, and vignettes from the trail, glimpses of indigenous American life, and a few early interactions between the two cultures—some of them wryly amusing. Their work inspired others to visit, pioneers to up-stakes and resettle, and Congress to establish national parks.

Subsequent interactions between cowboys and Native Americans might be adversarial or friendly or epic—all documented in sketches and paintings allowing later viewers a chance to see things through nineteenth and early twentieth century eyes.

Today’s visitors to the Rockwell can capture a sense of the formerly wild west from a variety of perspectives. The ever-expanding collection has shifted focus to showcase more Native American art. Boldly colored walls set off sculpture and complement paintings; special exhibits mean there’s always something new to see. Fall 2018 exhibits include a photographic history of the iconic museum building, lithographs by John James Audubon, (one of those early explorer/artists), and an exhibit of early twentieth century glass designed by Frederick Carder. To add variety to historic context, there’s also an exhibit of vintage firearms. Dating from colonial times to the First World War, these were amassed

by Robert Rockwell III, son of the museum’s founding collectors.

Visit rockwellmuseum.org or call (607) 937-5386 for information on events, exhibits, and happenings. The museum is handicapped accessible, and open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

The admission charge may be combined with a ticket to visit the Corning Museum of Glass; there are discounts for seniors, military, students, and local visitors; children under 17 are admitted free.

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Wellsboro Woodlands Wellsboro is known for many things, including the woodlands surrounding it. Wellsboro’s Heather Mee took her passion for photography, combined it with her degree in graphic design, and came up with a business she calls Wellsboro Woodlands. It is an artistic melding that allows Heather to use her skills to pay homage to the Wellsboro area, or, as she calls it, her “creative portal to share her work and passion.”

“I feel like I have myself diversified,” says Heather. “This line of work fits me.

When you’re a creative person, you don’t always fit in a box. I grew up painting and taking pictures and it was all creative work. I love doing what I do.” Some of her most well-known local design clients include the Penn Wells Hotel, the Endless Mountain Music Festival, the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, Partners In Progress, and the Howard Hanna real estate business. Heather says she feels like her skills give her an edge when it comes to the competition because she is able to not only offer photography, but design as well. “I get a feel for what my clients need. I take the pictures and use the pictures to create, for example, an ad. I think that’s really appealing to people.”

When she’s working on a project, Heather tries to keep the theme consistent—something related to her beloved Wellsboro. Some of those themes—found on her locally available postcards, calendars, and canvas prints—include Wellsboro’s famous Wynken, Blynken, and Nod fountain on the Green, the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon, and mountain laurel.

In 2017, Heather and her husband, Rod, purchased the Inn on the Green in Wellsboro, where she offers lodging and showcases her photography. Heather and her family have since worked to put their own stamp on the historic home.

“The Inn has given me a great platform to display my work,” she says. “It’s almost like my own personal gallery and it is now under the Woodlands umbrella. Having Wellsboro Woodlands is a blast.”

From her online storefront Heather sells limited edition calendars, greeting card sets, canvases, candles, and Wellsboro-themed gifts. She’s partnered with other local artists and retail outlets, including Dunham’s Department Store, The Farmer’s Daughters, Emerge Healing Arts and Spa, the Wellsboro Diner, the gift shop at Leonard Harrison State Park, and the Stony Fork Store. She has also created a coloring book, available for sale at the Mountain Home Art Gallery.

Find Wellsboro Woodlands at wellsborowoodlands.com. The Inn on the Green is at 3 Charles Street. Call (570) 787-3510 or visit wellsboroinn.com.

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Draper's Super Bee Apiaries No place in Tioga County is more abuzz with the latest bee-related scientific, culinary, and cultural trends than Draper’s Super Bee Apiaries in Millerton. This local landmark is stocked with not only bees, but equipment and literature for novice and seasoned beekeepers alike. There are plenty of seasonal honeys, treats, and bee-based health products such as beeswax, royal jelly, and propolis (a kind of bee glue). The Draper family offers tours, and a hive full of information for beekeepers and honey aficionados. You can watch the waggle dance, a sort of figure eight movement bees make to share secret bee information, live at the hive when you visit.

The golden liquid and the tiny fuzzy creatures who work collaboratively to produce it have captured our interest (and tastebuds!) for nearly all of recorded history. Paintings in Spain and South Africa dating back to the end of the Stone Age (8000-2000 BC) depict people ascending ladders and fielding stings to steal a helping of golden paradise from swarms of wild bees. The earliest hard evidence of bee domestication comes from Egypt, where stone reliefs show people handling hives and using smoke to calm the bees (though Roman historian Pliny the Elder said the bee can never be fully tamed). Apiculture, as beekeeping is formally known, was thus well established by the time the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations flourished. Their views of honey as a mysterious but essential liquid endure; today honeybees astound researchers with, among other skills, their ability to see electromagnetic fields, and with that waggle dance. Research is ongoing into honey itself as a potential source of antibiotic and antifungal compounds.

Back in Tioga County, Bernie Draper made his foray into bees in 1974 with a single hive of fuzzy buzzers. Bernie, writing about the perseverance and faith that has led to the store’s success, notes “there were difficult setbacks and what seemed to be doors closed in our faces. During the first two winters of our intensified operations, we suffered heavy losses, with over half of our bees dying before spring. Did we ‘throw in the towel?’ No. We studied and experimented. We learned from our mistakes and, in the years since then, have reaped the benefits of those mistakes.”

Bernie’s son, William, now runs the store and apiary, Draper’s bee products are enjoyed worldwide, and the family helps and collaborates with other local beekeepers. “Bee” part of it all Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 32 Avonlea Lane, Millerton, call (570) 537-2381, or visit draperbee.com.

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Peggy's Bake Shoppe The first thing you notice when walking into Peggy’s Bake Shoppe is the aroma of cinnamon rolls and freshly brewed coffee. It is inviting enough to tempt you to sit down and have a snack in the shop’s cozy and colorful sitting area before the fun of selecting an assortment of baked goods to take home.

The shop, at 84 Main Street, is the newest bakery in downtown Wellsboro.

Owner Mary Jarreau, who also owns Peggy’s Candies next door, opened the bakery last year after cinnamon roll sales at the candy shop were successful. She made the cinnamon rolls in honor of her Aunt Lee Ella from Texas, who passed away from cancer several years ago. As a child, Mary spent time with her aunt, who taught her how to bake.

“My aunt was well-known for bread baking,” Mary says. “She won the Great Chefs in New Orleans with her bread recipes. She died of cancer and there was not a funeral. I talked to her daughters about doing something to honor her.”

Once she started making cinnamon rolls (pictured above with employee Taylor Nickerson), sales grew rapidly, but the candy shop was too small for Mary to bake in large quantities. When the space next door became available, she jumped on the chance to lease it.

The store (which for years had been Bulas Jewelers) opened on Black Friday in November of 2017. Mary’s three daughters also have a passion for baking, and help her turn out a variety of goodies.

Peggy’s Bake Shoppe is a full service bakery, with pies, cakes, cookies, cupcakes, and the on-their-way-to-famous cinnamon rolls. The shop accepts phone orders for any occasion—think wedding cakes, Christmas and Valentine cookies, or Thanksgiving pies.

Mary enjoys being creative and is willing to try other types of baked goods at a customer’s request. Currently, she is learning to make Pompeii bread from a recipe from the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, which has been preserved in volcanic ash.

The sitting area has become a popular place for the locals and the tourists to get a cup of coffee or tea (there is a big selection) and a snack. Mary enjoys the camaraderie.

“It’s like having a living room full of people,” she says with a smile.

Bakery hours are Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The shop is closed on Sundays. Find the store on Facebook at facebook.com/PeggysCandies/ or call (570) 724-3317.

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Garrisons Ladies'

“Did you know bamboo is naturally anti-microbial?” Al Garrison asks. He confesses he did not, not until a few years ago when he incorporated the word “Ladies’” into the name of his store—Garrisons Men’s and Ladies’ Shop. That’s right. Garrisons Men’s Shop, founded in 1955 and a Main Street fixture these many years, has, since 2015, carried an assortment of clothing lines and accessories for the ladies, including some sporty pieces made from that anti-microbial bamboo fabric.

Al explains that the store has always had its share of women shoppers, but says that since “women somehow have the job of buying for their men,” most of his female clientele were doing just that and weren’t picking up things for themselves. He was getting customer requests and comments, though, so, in the spring of 2015, after “contemplating it for several years,” he added a small section of women’s clothing. “I tried it as a test,” he says, and “little by little it grew and now it is a substantial part of the business.” He says that while his wife and daughters have been helpful along the way, he initially considered hiring a buyer— someone with more expertise than he believed he had in trying to figure out what the ladies were shopping for and how they were doing it. But a friend who owns a clothing store in South Dakota convinced him otherwise, and he took the plunge.

“Women shop differently,” Al muses. “It’s a totally different psychology. It’s been very refreshing and fun, and good for me, at my particular stage in life, to stretch my brain.”

He describes the Garrisons Ladies’ lines as easy and fun, with a lot of performance fabrics—wicking and that anti-microbial—in the mix. When the weather is warm, customers can find a selection of gauzy tops, pants, capris, stretchy jeans, and sundresses.

Winter months bring comfy corduroys, denims, cozy sweaters, and a variety of under and outerwear that will help turn those snowy outdoor adventures into a toasty joy.

Any time of the year, the selection of bracelets, necklaces, earrings, handbags, and other accessories make it easy to dress up or dress down a look. “You can change your whole outfit with a scarf or jewelry,” Al says.

The store has, for several years, hosted a ladies’ night in the fall, with hors d’oeuvres, giveaways, and discounts. Last year Al brought in a representative from the French Dressing line of jeans for a fit clinic, and the popularity of that event has led to ladies’ night turning into an all-day affair. The 2018 Ladies’ Day is October 27 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit the store at 89-91 Main Street, at garrisonsmensshop.com, or call (570) 724-3497.

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Bethany's Jewelry Making a jewelry purchase is an investment of more than just cold hard cash—there are those intangibles such as time, emotion, and even memory to consider, particularly if you’re buying a piece for another person. How do you even start evaluating color, clarity, cut, and carat—those four Cs the folks in the know at the Gemological Institute of America refer to? Synthetic or natural gem stone? Where do you turn for help if you’ve misplaced your own collection of precision scientific jewelry instruments such as your refractometer and your dichroscope? There is an expert available locally to guide jewelry shoppers through this complicated process.

Bethany Hawn became the owner of Bethany’s Jewelry and Design, 5 N. Main Street in Mansfield, in 2015, after working seven years at the same location for Dave Cummings at Cummings Jewelers. A Tioga County resident since moving here during high school, Bethany is a GIA graduate gemologist, the most prestigious credential in the jewelry industry. The four years of coursework covered “the full range of the industry from understanding the geological processes behind gemstone formation, to understanding the economic trends that determine the value of precious stones and metals,” she says, adding that her interest in jewelry “came from my love of science.” She read an interesting book about diamonds, she continues, and her dad joked that she should become a “diamondologist.” Sadly there is no such thing—“a gemologist was the next best thing.”

At Bethany's Jewelry and Design, customers will find a wide selection of contemporary and traditional styles, including, of course, diamond engagement rings, as well as rings created with other precious stones, pendants, earrings, and watches. For those wanting something original, Bethany will help design a custom piece of jewelry that meets the unique requirements of an individual’s special purpose or occasion.

Bethany loves to share her knowledge by providing store tours and demonstrations of her gemological instruments to prospective customers, youth groups, and curious rock hounds. And speaking of canines, check out the Lovable Labrador selections for a distinctive gift in gold or silver to surprise the dog lover in your life.

Bethany and her staff do jewelry and watch repairs, stone polishing and resetting, stone and metal identification, and custom appraisals. She explains that since jewelry can be a substantial investment, custom appraisals help protect that investment if the unthinkable—fire, theft, or some other type of loss—occurs.

Find Bethany’s Jewelry and Design in Mansfield, at bethanysjewelry.com, or call (570) 662-7333.

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Sweet Caroline's BBQ Calvin VanNess has always had a passion for barbequed foods. He found a niche—his niche—when he opened Sweet Caroline’s BBQ as an event and catering business ten years ago. He got himself underway with his barbeque bonanza when folks at the Wellsboro Chamber of Commerce approached him because they were short on food vendors for the Laurel Festival. He set up at the event, and after that he was hooked. Cal decided to start a small business on the side, catering and selling his favorite kinds of barbeque at events. The business grew, and four years ago he decided to quit his job in the medical field and make Sweet Caroline’s BBQ his full-time occupation.

Cal was undergoing chemotherapy at that time, and it gave him a different perspective on life—it was time to pursue his passion.

“I’ve never regretted it,” he says. The success of that venture led him to open the restaurant of the same name at 299 Tioga Street in July of 2018.

Wellsboro has an array of cuisines in an array of restaurants, but barbeque had not been one of them until recently. Cal is proud of having high standards when it comes to the food he offers his customers. He only uses fresh ingredients and traditional meat smoking techniques.

“I don’t own a microwave in here. I don’t have a freezer in here,” Cal says. He gets fresh food deliveries four times a week. He smokes the meats using only charcoal and hard wood. The process takes twelve hours.

Some menu highlights include his barbeque pulled pork, which is an eastern North Carolina style with a vinegar base and with the meat smoked traditionally. The beef brisket is more of a Texas-inspired recipe—Cal uses red oak to smoke it. The spare ribs are St. Louis style, made with a dry rub and sauce. Cal makes all of the restaurant’s barbeque sauces, as well as the ketchup. “Everything here is made from scratch,” he says. The restaurant is family friendly, and many items are gluten free. Sides include macaroni and cheese, coleslaw, and baked beans, among other homemade favorites.

Cal recently expanded his menu offerings to include breakfast, and has opened a 150-person banquet hall. A name change, from Sweet Caroline’s BBQ to the Quaker Table is also in the works.

Sweet Caroline’s BBQ is open Tuesday through Sunday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Find them on Facebook, at sweetcarolinesbbq.com, or call (570) 439-9671.

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Shady Grove Natural Market A few things have changed in the five years since Aubrey and Riah Irion purchased Tioga County’s only natural food store from Brenda Thomas. The couple recently welcomed their first baby (a boy) into their lives. Customers these days can pay with Bitcoin as well as with the usual cash, check, or credit card. The store has more freezer space than it used to, there is more shelving, and the bulk food area is larger. All good changes.

And the best change of all is what hasn’t changed at all. That’s the friendly atmosphere, the helpful staff (Riah’s on extended maternity leave, but her mom, Bridgette Markell (left), is often the one behind the counter), and the wonderful assortment of good-for-you products— many of them sourced locally—you can find at Shady Grove Natural Market.

“Riah and Aubrey have had really good input from the community,” says Bridgette, and that continues to help shape the store’s inventory. There are, for example, “oodles of gluten-free products,” including ready-to-eat sweets from The Cookie Connection in Syracuse, and mixes from The Really Great Food Company that turn gluten-free into delicious. Aubrey’s continued interest in home brewing, and positive customer feedback in that department, has led to an increase and diversity in those kinds of supplies. There is cheese from God’s Country Creamery, in Potter County, and Back Roads Creamery over in Columbia Crossroads. There are a variety of brands and flavors of kombucha for fans of that effervescent and healthful drink, including a local product that comes in returnable glass bottles. Botanivore is a line of locally made lotions, creams, salves, balms, and the popular Stay Away Bug Spray (“People love it,” says Bridgette). There is aquaponic lettuce from Negley Farm in Gillett, Botanical Interests seeds, which are organic and non-GMO, and three different lines of essential oils, including accessories such as diffusers.

Riah and Aubrey raise their own beef cattle and pigs, and sell the meat in the store. Riah makes and sells her own line of soaps, and Aubrey makes and sells leather belts. Teas, both boxed and loose leaf, have their own area, as do the supplements and vitamins. There is a nice selection of unique jewelry, some from local crafters. Thad Compton’s Conspiracy Coffee, locally roasted and sustainably sourced, is available.

Special orders are not a problem, either, Bridgette says, and adds there has been an increase in that since the closure of Genesee Natural Foods.

Find Shady Grove Natural Market at 144 Tioga Street or on Facebook. Call the store at (570) 787-0555.

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The Colorful History of the Historical Society The Tioga County Historical Society building, sitting on Main Street between Norris Street and Central Avenue, has had many incarnations since its construction in the early 1800s.

Scott Gitchell, director of the organization, says the center portion of the building was definitely standing in 1813, and was likely built in 1812, just six years after Wellsboro’s founding. The first recorded function of the building was housing a tavern in 1813.

Alpheus Cheney, the county’s first sheriff, was the proprietor. A tavern existed at the site until 1826.

It was in the early 1830s that Samuel Dickinson likely added on the front portion of the building—two rooms upstairs and two downstairs. In 1834, John L. Robinson purchased the building and it became known as The Robinson House. John Robinson and his brother, Chester, ran a general store, located between the courthouse and the Robinson House, which later became the First National Bank of Wellsboro in 1864, Scott says.

Ten years later, one of the most infamous events in the history of Wellsboro took place at the Robinson House and the First National Bank. On September 15, 1874, five masked men entered the Robinson House in the dark of night and held the occupants hostage. At gunpoint, they forced Eugene Robinson, the bank cashier (and son of now bank president John Robinson), to open the bank’s vault. The news of this robbery was widely reported across the county, both because of the brazen nature of the crime and the criminal reputations of the robbers themselves.

The building remained a residential home up until the early 1950s, when the county purchased it. For the next twenty years, the Robinson House was used for various county offices.

“The Tioga County Historical Society began the process of turning it into a museum and genealogical library in 1978,” Scott says. That was shortly after the Robinson House was listed in the National Parks Service’s National Register of Historic Sites, certainly a fitting honor. The museum officially opened in 1980.

This Tioga County landmark is open Monday through Friday from noon to 4 p.m. There are eight rooms of exhibits and historical records available for history enthusiasts to peruse.

The building houses the Ladd Genealogy Library, named for Rhoda English Ladd, a former Wellsboro resident, who collected and catalogued vast amounts of genealogical material. It is a researcher’s delight. Tours are available for groups and individuals.

Admission is free, but donations are gladly accepted and always appreciated. Call (570) 724-6116 to speak with Scott.

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