Wellsboro Gazette (Newspaper) - July 18, 2007, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania The Wellsboro About eating Page 1 The Marketplace Jobs at last to employ 450 or more Relay for Life by Donald Gilliland Managing Editor Potter Its a great day for Couders Its a great day for Potter and its a great day for said Governor Edward Rendell Tuesday afternoon as he announced to a small crowd gathered in the former Adelphia Tennis Center that Marketing LLC is establishing a call center in the building that will create 450 jobs over the next three is one of the fastest growing teleservices companies in the said Rendell it owns and operates art call centers in and Colorado and a multilingual center in New Rendell made the announce ment by speakerphone because he had to remain in Harrisburg to sign the state Tom a member of the Governors Action was present on his behalf and presented CEO Tra vis Bowley a check for mil which includes a Opportunity a loan of up to through the Machin ery and Equipment Loan Fund and in Job Training This will be a real shot in the arm for the and we are proud to have played a role in said It wasnt the state that sealed the said the gover nor it was the track record that so many of the Time Warner em ployees had a terrific work The first thing Bowley said to the crowd was that he thought 450 jobs in three years was a low Bowley said the company will hire 50 people and then another 100 right He said his attitude is that should happen as soon as pos sible but in it will prob ably be There are still some remaining issues involved with separating the building from shared infra structure with the Time Warner data center next Once the call center is fully up and Bowley we think well reach 430 em ployees rather That would come close to dou bling current nation wide When asked what was driving that growth and how solid those projected employment numbers Bowley said that although his company was originally known as one that served For tune 500 newspaper it has recently expanded into the cable and the growth is driven by major cable con As for the he I know theyre Bowley also praised the local I dont think we picked Cou so much as Coudersport picked he When we came to this I can honestly say we fell in love with the not just the the The talent pool thats the see JOBS page photo by Deb Sawyer THE WELLSBORO RELAY FOR LIFE EVENT raised almost for the American Cancer Gary Gleason shares his survivor story by Diane Eaton Gary Gleason of Wells who served as this years Wellsboro Relay for Life Honorary was diagnosed with mantle cell a rare and incurable in November of He was not exhibiting symptoms when he was who spoke at the Relay Survivor When I was years Ardell my family phy did a routine endoscopy because I was having saw abnormalities and did several bi opsies of the area and sent them to When the report came Thomas told me that I needed to have further studies because the cells were not nor I knew I had to be proactive and that I could learn from At that I became a patient of an outstanding lymphoma ex pert at Strong Memorial Hospital in New Before meeting with my on I was scheduled for a day of tests at Strong starting with a bone marrow bi opsy at 8 followed by blood CAT PET scan and chest 1 had reported to the cancer center at and finished with the tests 11 hours Five days I was told that I had mantle cell I could have started treatment immediately but I was also told there was no known cure for mantle cell In the life expectancy of someone diagnosed with this disease was two to three 1 was also told that I could only have three suc rounds of chemotherapy treatments to try to treat to start treatment early would not be in my Because I was diagnosed so my doc tors said I had the choice to wait to begin treatment because early treatment of this type of cancer was not recognized as my preferred way was to wait and My oncologist at Strong watched and waited with Every three starting in the fall of I had a CAT scan and an endoscopy and a We all continued to wait and watch until the Sunday after Thanksgiving in was in Rochester for my regular three month checkup and had blood work done on that On my an electrophysiologist with Strongs Cardiology saw the results orthe blood which showed that my white blood cell count was dangerously That meant that the cancer was taking My daughter arranged for me to have a CAT scan Monday Tuesday I was in my oncologists He said that my spleen was very enlarged and that several lymph nodes were growing and my bone marrow was 90 to 95 in Mantle cell lymphoma is ba a blood Normally it affects the lymph nodes and the lymph In my it started out in my Thats not abnormal but rather fairly It is a rare Only 3 of all lymphomas are mantle I dont know how much of my blood was drawn or how many pies and CAT scans I had done during that but those two years gave my Sonee and me a to learn a great deal about mantle cell lymphoma and new We attended conferences See GLEASON on page Some gaslights switching to electric DEP approves Phoenix landfill expansion by Gayle Morrow Wellsboro Borough will save nearly a year by convert ing 11 of its gaslights to At their meeting last council members approved the conversion of lights at the Water Street and Pearl Street parking It will cost to retro fit the lights it cost the borough last year to keep them lit with natural In other council members Approved a request from Police Chief Tom Young to pro mote Officer Deven Martin to permanent fulltime Mar tins oneyear probationary pe riod will end Young Council also gave Young the goahead to advertise for an other Officer Jim Bodine is leaving July Young said he has received inquiries about the position from individuals as far away as Those people arc interested in working in a quality department in a rural and their interest speaks well of the department and of he Mayor Jim Daughterly noted that Bodine will be difficult to Young also told council that the departments firearms train ing range has been certified by the state Municipal Police Of Education and Training That certification opens a lot doors for other groups to use the facility most of those groups will pay a fee tor that Heard the borough has re a grant from the state Department ot Conserva tion and Natural Resources for work to be done at the Packer Park The plan is to make the playground accessible disabled Agreed to a suggestion from Councilman Mike Wood that the borough send a letter to the Pennsylvania asking that the Wellsboro branch be kept open and expressing concern for animals if the shelter is Agreed to reimburse the sewer revenue account from money paid to the borough from Osram The mon which will total when it is all is reimbursement tor the chemicals the borough See GASLIGHTS on page Expansion permit adds disposal area for demolition waste The Department of Environmental Protection has approved Phoenix Resources permit ap plication to construct a disposal area at its demolition waste landfill in Duncan Tioga has done a very detailed technical review of this application and determined that it meets the requirements of state landfill including the environmental DEP Regional Di rector Robert Yowell DEP approved the environmental commonly referred to as the analy in The expansion which is for a allows Phoenix Resources to construct the disposal area using a single liner with leachate col lection and It also allows the company to increase its average daily waste volume from tons per day to a maximum of tons per The landfill expansion was supported by a num ber of county local government officials and a watershed according to DEP held a local municipal involvement plan ning meeting in July 2005 to review the proposal witn local and county government DEPs waste management program staff also met in May 2006 with representatives of the Babbs Creek Watershed Association to answer questions about the landfill expansion and the permit appli The landfill will receive solid waste like asphalt and unsegregated concrete from the construction or demolition of buildings and other Phoenix Resources is owned and operated by Waste Management of For more information about visit keyword Waste It was on the Fourth of July SAM OLDHAM OF ASAPH stands by his three rows of corn by Jason Przybycien The tallest corn stalks in Sam Oldhams including he are about eight feet at six feet are still and shoulders above other ields on his Whats his secret Miracle Grow Lawn Thats good Oldham Dunhams had it on sale for half Oldham said the price of fer is rising with the price of photo by Jason Przybycien since many fertilizers are pe The clerk recom mended it to even though is was marketed for green grass not yellow Curt Cornell Brother See CORN on page Three suspected in Arnot Building Supply fire by Jason Przybycien According to Mansfield Borough three suspects were questioned about the fire which caused over million in damages to Arnot Build ing Supply last District Attorney John is working on the case with He said they may release more in formation this but not if it would mise the Arnot owner Gary seemed sure of the He was advised by police not to reveal more but plans no civil suit versus anyone Butters said the damages were easily over Im still trying to determine all the Butters Theres a lot to said investigators are fairly certain of what caused the It based on the that a determination of cause has been Cowley Police Lieutenant Merle Garrison assured com munity members that the investigation was pro Butters said insurance cannot make up for all as This is building he Its our busi est time of the Many in the community offered their during and after the We owe everybody a great big thank But ters said last But right now theres not a whole lot to do besides hurry up and Borough official explains how university helped fight fire The fire was mentioned several times during the Mansfield Borough Council meeting later that Ron water and wastewater treatment plant explained how Mansfield Uni versity helped to fight the Arnot Building Sup ply Water pressure in the borough dropped as several trucks took water from the When pressure was at about half Weed con Mansfield University to interconnect their water Several valves were and water flowed downhill from the university sys tem to increase grid Did we need the water Did it stabilize the sys tem said No money changed asked member John Weed The systems stayed con until usage less than two hours Weed also said a gallon tank is planned for the future BOOM business to supplement the boroughs current gallon If it was there we wouldnt have needed the he And we would have more water Mayor Tom Wierbowski commended all involved in fighting the fire that Im thankful it wasnt a windy night Wier bowski We would have had a much bigger problem on our Shawn zoning and codes did not attend the He was still working as a firefighter to put out hot
