By KATE DAY SAGER Olean Times Herald

Over the past 100 years, what is now known as Charles Cole Memorial Hospital in Coudersport started out as a lifeline to citizens of rural Potter County and has since then evolved into a critical access facility serving residents throughout the region.

In early October, the cur-rent institution held a formal 50th anniversary celebration in honor of its 1967 opening date and named for its founder, Charles Cole. The dedication ceremony on Oct. 1, 1967, was attended by then Pennsylvania Gov. Raymond Shafer, who was a guest speaker. Close to 50 years to that date, Gov. Tom Wolf visited and toured Cole Memorial on Sept, 21, 2017.

“The ‘first 50’ have been remarkable years,” said Cole Memorial’s president and CEO Ed Pitchford. “This organiza-tion went from being just a vision to a sprawling campus with satellite offices in six counties and two states. We

went from being an organiza-tion with a handful of general practitioners who had their independent practices in town to one that now includes over 70 practicing providers in a wide-range of specialties.”

Pitchford said he often says that he doubts that Charles Cole would recognize the cur-rent organization in comparison to what he had envisioned.

“We have evolved over time from an institution defined by the number of beds in service, to one that is evaluated by the public by the scope of services we offer and their experiences with us,” Pitchford continued. “Things have certainly changed and will continue to do so. One thing that I am certain of - Charles and Edith Cole would be proud of what has become of their gift to the community.”

In a review of the earliest beginnings of a hospital in Coudersport, it’s necessary to spin back to 1917.

Dawn Snyder, direc-tor of communications for Cole Memorial, said the first “Coudersport Hospital” opened in 1917 and was later renamed “Potter County Memorial Hospital” in 1944, to honor area donors and veterans who served in World War I and

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A golden anniversary for health careCole Memorial celebrates 50 years of regional service

n 1917: Margaret Tighe purchased the Dean Sanitarium and opened it under the name of the Coudersport Hospital.

n 1934: The borough of Coudersport formally accepted ownership of the hospi-tal, making it a public institution.

n 1944, September: A fund drive was launched to enlarge the hospital facilities, and it became known as the Potter County Memorial Hospital in honor of the Potter County veterans of World War I and World War II, as well as those whose gifts and labors made the hospital possible.

n 1961, February: Direction of the small community hospital changed. In his will, Charles Cole provided funds for a health-care facility to meet the needs of Potter County.

n 1967, October: After three years of planning and two years of construction, Cole Memorial was dedicated by Gov. Raymond Shafer.

n 1976: Cole Medical Center opened,

providing office space for the growing number of physicians.

n 1977: New hospital tower was opened, providing new medical-surgical floors, an intensive/cardiac care unit and new areas for pharmacy, central supply and general stores.

n 1979: Satellite offices opened in Emporium, Ulysses and Shinglehouse.

n 1990s: Additional satellite offices opened in Eldred, Smethport and Westfield, providing primary care and spe-cialty services in Potter, McKean, Cameron and Tioga counties.

n 1997: The Irwin Rehabilitation Center and Community Wellness Center opened on Cole Memorial's main campus.

n 1999: The Women's & Family Health Center opened.

n 2000: The Patterson Cancer Care Center opened.

n 2002, January: The Irwin Medical Arts Center, providing on-campus office space

for many of Cole Memorial's specialists and primary care physicians, as well as Cole Care, opened.

n 2002, July: The Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit for Seniors opened to provide short-term residential care for those over the age of 65 needing psychiatric care.

n 2005, June: The Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit opened, providing rehabilitation ser-vices to those patients who have suffered a serious illness or injury.

n 2005, August: The Radiation Oncology Unit began providing care at the Patterson Cancer Care Center.

n 2005, December: The Wound Clinic opened.

n 2006, July: The Sleep Clinic began providing patient care.

n 2007, July: Cole Memorial became a critical access hospital.

Information and images courtesy Cole Memorial.

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ABOVE: This 1966 architectural rendering of Charles Cole Memorial Hospital in Coudersport shows what the new facility would look like after completed.BELOW: The current Cole Memorial hospital campus is shown in this 2017 aerial shot.

Service

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students to

localsALFRED — The sixth

annual Celebrate Service, Celebrate Allegany day of service event, held on Oct. 28, was a success, as student volunteers from Alfred University, Alfred State College and Houghton College engaged in community service projects through-out Allegany County.

Students from all three institutions worked on outdoor projects, such as fall clean-up, and indoor projects, such as prepar-ing meals, assembling aid packages, and painting. Overall, 250 volunteers worked on 30 projects in 14 different communities.

Six years ago, a group from Leadership Allegany organized the inaugu-ral Celebrate Service, Celebrate Allegany service day. The vision of this event — building relation-ships between students and community mem-bers, enhancing student exposure to the county beyond the confines of the campuses, and delivering meaningful help to public and nonprofit organiza-tions — continues annu-ally.

Over the past five years, more than 2,000 students have participated in Celebrate Service, Celebrate Allegany, investing more than 12,000 hours of service to Allegany County com-munities during the annual day of service alone. Celebrate Service, Celebrate Allegany is scheduled each year on Make a Difference Day, the largest single national day of community service.

“Serving Allegany County allows students to better understand the culture and needs of their adopted communities,” said Corey Fecteau, ser-vice learning coordinator for Alfred University. As a result of this event, “students identify more with the local community. Hearing about the connec-tions they make between their home communities and Allegany County is always a highlight of the event.”

“Alfred State students are eager to give back to their community,” said Amy Miller, Alfred State College coordinator of civic engagement. “Each organization explains their outreach and mis-sion so students under-stand how their service contributes to the bigger picture. Additionally, stu-dents develop an under-standing of the ongoing needs and opportunities of the organization so they can continue to serve throughout their college career.”

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BRADFORD, Pa. — The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will award its highest honor to the man who helped to develop a comprehensive facilities plan for the campus and designed virtually all of its construction projects over the last 20 years.

Albert Filoni, former president of MacLachlan, Cornelius & Filoni Architects, will be posthumously honored with the Presidential Medal of Distinction during

a meeting of the university’s Advisory Board Thursday. Filoni’s son, Michael Filoni, will accept the award.

“We were all in awe of Albert’s creative gift for design and archi-tectural renderings,” said Dr. Livingston Alexander, president of Pitt-Bradford. “How fortunate we were to have this great man in our midst! We’re honored and privileged to present the Presidential Medal of Distinction to Albert Filoni.”

Ken Lee, current president of the architectural firm, said, “Albert Filoni shared the same val-ues for education and the quality of student life as the Pitt-Bradford leadership.”

Filoni became involved with Pitt-Bradford in 1994, when he was hired to create a master plan to fulfill the needs of Plan 2000, a plan written to take the univer-sity into the 21st century. Filoni designed the master plan to guide

campus development for the next 20 years. The master plan pro-grammed academic and social amenities to enrich the student experience. It identified physical locations for academic buildings, residence halls, a chapel and traf-fic pattern improvements, all of which he would come to design.

Filoni’s signature structure on campus was the Harriett B. Wick

Filoni to receive UPB Medal of Distinction posthumously

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PENNSYLVANIACOMMUNITY CALENDAR

To have your event listed in the calendar, please supply us with: a descrip-tion of the event; the date, time and location; any admission or other charges; and the sponsoring group(s). Items may be telephoned to the Bradford Era newsroom, 814-368-3176, after 1 p.m., or emailed any time to marcie@bradfordera.com.

NOV. 56 p.m. All4ONE choir, fall musi-

cal “Horizon,” Foursquare Gospel Church, 50 Sullivan Road

NOV. 61 to 3 p.m., Melissa Davis of the

Veterans of Foreign Wars will be at the Bradford office of state Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, at 78 Main St. No appointments are necessary.

NOV. 910 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dan Falls of

the American Legion will be at the Coudersport office of state Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, at 107 S. Main St. Appointments should be made by calling the office at 814-274-9769.

NOV. 9-107:30 p.m., 60th annual Kiwanis

Kapers show at the Bradford Area High School auditorium will cel-ebrate six decades. Admission is $5.

NOV. 1010 a.m. to 5 p.m., fall book sale,

Bradford Area Public Library, 67 West Washington St.

NOV. 1110 a.m. to 3 p.m., fall book sale,

Bradford Area Public Library6:30 p.m., Veterans Day

Presentation, Eldred WWII Museum, 201 St. Street, Eldred

NOV. 113 p.m., 60th annual Kiwanis

Kapers show at the Bradford Area High School auditorium will cel-ebrate six decades. There is a $5 admission.

NOV. 131 to 3 p.m., Melissa Davis of the

Veterans of Foreign Wars will be at the Kane office of state Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, at the Kane office, 55 Fraley St. No appoint-ments are necessary.

NOV. 16-187:30 p.m., “Waiting for Lefty,”

Bromeley Family Theater, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. Admission is $6 for pub-lic and $2 for all students with ID.

NOV. 173 to 8 p.m., American Red Cross

Blood Drive, Ulysses, Tri Town Fire and Ambulance, 836 Route 49

NOV. 167 a.m. to 1 p.m., American Red

Cross Blood Drive, Lewis Run, Keystone Powdered Metal Co., 8 Hanley Drive

NOV. 1612:30 to 5:30 p.m., American Red

Cross Blood Drive, Coudersport Consistory, 111 E. 2nd St.

NOV. 192 p.m., “Waiting for Lefty.”

This play was written during the Great Depression, consists of related vignettes and is set at a meeting of cab drivers who are planning a strike. Bromeley Family Theater, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. Admission is $6 for pub-lic and $2 for all students with ID.

NOV. 2511 a.m. to 7 p.m., Shop Small

Business Saturday, Downtown Bradford

NOV. 2911 a.m. to 4 p.m., American

Red Cross Blood Drive, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, 300 Campus Drive

DEC. 110 a.m., University of Pittsburgh

at Bradford Office of Admissions will hold First Friday programs at the Frame-Westerberg Commons. For more information or to register, visit www.upb.pitt.edu/visit.aspx or call the admissions office at 814-362-7555.

World War II. “Thanks to Charles

Cole’s dream of building a new hospital and for his donation that was listed in his will, the current hospital was built and opened its doors in 1967.”

Historical information provided on the hospital’s website notes Cole was born in June of 1876 and grew up in the Coudersport area.

Cole showed an early aptitude for sales and began a career selling pianos and organs for Smith Music Company in Olean, N.Y., the website said. In later years, Cole became a suc-cessful businessman with

International Business Machines, also known as IBM, in New York state.

By late 1920, Cole had retired and returned to Coudersport.

“Few in the community knew of his wealth until his death in 1961, when the extent of his fortune became known,” the website stated. “Cole left instructions that his estate was to fund a much-needed commu-nity hospital. Through the generosity of his widow, the former Edith Pinney, Cole Memorial opened in September 1967.”

Historical information further stated that Edith Cole later married a Chicago surgeon, G. Howard Irwin, and both maintained phil-anthropic interest in the

hospital until their deaths in the 1990s. Many of the new buildings, including the Irwin Rehabilitation Center and the Irwin Medical Arts Center, have been funded by the charitable trusts they established to help meet the medical needs of the com-munity far into the future, the website states.

The hospital sys-tem consists of Charles Cole Memorial, the Cole Memorial Medical Group and clinics, Home Health and Hospice, Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, the Patterson Cancer Care Center and multiple special-ties. The hospital also part-ners with several regional referral centers, most nota-bly UPMC Hamot in Erie and Geisinger in Danville.

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“What excites me the most when I drive around to check in on students at the different commu-nity project sites is the great conversation and relationship-building that happens between students who are serving a common purpose, and with the com-munity partner that they are working alongside,” noted

Phyllis Gaerte, Houghton College alumni and com-munity engagement direc-tor. “There is no better way to get to know your neigh-bors.”

The three institutions rely on donations to help pay for necessary supplies, t-shirts, and transportation for the day of service. This year, financial and in-kind support was provided by Otis Eastern Services, Leadership Allegany,

The Greater Allegany Chamber of Commerce, Allegany County Area Foundation, Auxiliary Campus Enterprises and Services (ACES), Allegany County United Way, Alfred Sports Center, and Steuben Trust Company.

For more information about the Celebrate Service, Celebrate Allegany day of service, please visit cel-ebrateallegany.com and the event Facebook page, face-book.com/CelebrateService.

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ALFRED

Chapel, constructed in 2010. The building’s natural mate-rials, sweeping roofline and floor-to-ceiling windows make use of its location on the Tunungwant Creek and allow those sitting comfort-ably inside to feel as if they are outside.

At the time he unveiled the design for the chapel, Filoni said that he designed it to serve “a whole lot of people in a whole lot of ways. It really is not a church. It is a whole lot more than that.”

Today Wick Chapel is used for campus ser-vices, meditation, programs, concerts, weddings and other services and as the home base for the univer-sity’s Office of Community Engagement.

Another Filoni-designed building that stands out on campus is Blaisdell Hall, which includes the 500-seat Bromeley Family Theater.

Filoni also designed four of the campus’s suite-style residence halls — Reed-

Coit, Howard L. Fesenmyer, Sarah B. Dorn, and Lester and Barbara Rice houses, along with the layout for the university’s newest residence hall, Livingston Alexander House, which is now under construction.

Each project brought the campus closer to achieving its master plan and gave the grounds a unified modern but rustic look by using natural materials in such features as vaulted timber ceilings and stone pilings at entrances.

A major renovation of the Frame-Westerberg Commons featured a new dining hall and multi-use room that epitomized Filoni’s look for the campus.

Filoni also had a hand in the construction of three campus icons — the clock tower in the Bromeley Quadrangle, the large stone signs at each entrance to campus, and the situating of a larger-than-life bronze panther statue created by artist David Hodges for the campus’s 50th anniversary in 2013.

Filoni’s final project for the university before

his death last fall was of special interest to him. An ardent fan of opera, Filoni was particularly thrilled to design the renovation of Marilyn Horne Hall, which is named for the Bradford native and world-renowned mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne. The hall is home to the Marilyn Horne Museum and Exhibit Center.

Filoni is the 29th individ-ual awarded the Presidential Medal of Distinction, which is presented to a person who has either volunteered his or her time for several years; supported the uni-versity either financially or with expertise or advice; served the university’s service region through com-munity, government or busi-ness affiliation; or has made distinctive achievements in his or her field that have affected Pitt-Bradford.

Recent medal recipi-ents include Greg Booth, former president and chief executive officer of Zippo Manufacturing Co.; Craig Hartburg, chairman of the Advisory Board; and Chancellor Emeritus Mark V. Nordenberg.

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Latkes with jam make the holidays easyBy The Culinary Institute of America

Check out this recipe for Parsnip-Potato Latkes served with rhubarb jam for a perfect twist on a Hanukkah favorite.

PARSNIP-POTATO LATKES

Servings: 6Start to finish: 35 minutes

(Active time: 30 minutes)1 pound parsnips, peeled

and finely grated1 pound Yukon Gold

potatoes, peeled and finely grated

1 medium yellow onion, finely grated

1 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

2 cloves garlic, finely grated

1 teaspoon ground black pepper

6 tablespoon tapioca starch

Vegetable oil, as needed for frying

Rhubarb Jam (recipe fol-lows)

Sour cream, as needed for serving

Caviar, as needed, for serving

In a medium bowl, com-bine the parsnips, potatoes, onion, and salt. Let rest for about 5 minutes. Squeeze the mixture by the hand-ful over the sink (or in a fine-mesh sieve) to remove any excess liquid. Add the garlic, pepper, and tapioca starch and stir to coat.

Form the parsnip mix-ture into thin patties, about 1/4 cup per latke, squeezing out any additional mois-ture as you go. Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet as done.

Heat about 1/4 inch of vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Transfer the latkes to the pan, working in batches as needed, and fry until golden brown on both sides, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a towel-lined tray or rack set over a baking sheet to drain before serving.

Serve with rhubarb jam, sour cream, and caviar, if desired.

Rhubarb JamServings: 6Start to finish: 45 minutes

(Active time: 35 minutes)1 orange2 pounds rhubarb, cut

into 1-inch pieces1 sprig rosemary1 cup sugar1/2 cup waterUse a vegetable peeler to

peel three wide strips of zest from the orange, and then juice the orange. Transfer the zest and juice to a medi-um saucepan. Add the rhu-barb, rosemary, sugar, and water and bring to a simmer over medium heat.

Simmer, stirring occa-sionally, until the rhubarb is soft, about 10 minutes. If desired, remove about half of the rhubarb to use as garnish and set aside. Continue cooking the remaining rhubarb, using the back of a wooden spoon to mash the fruit, until it is soft, thick, and jammy, about 20 minutes. Set aside to cool to room temperature before serv-ing.