In her travels as Journal reporter and gymnastics correspondent, Carol Fielding has sure logged a lot of miles. Now she's about to head off on a great adventure. Carol was featured on TV by John Last's segment on The Last Word (he sure gets around, too), and Journal reporter Chloe Forbes fea…

What better way to end a successful basketball season than to go bowling. That's what the Corry Beavers boys team did this past Saturday Bowl-Aire Lanes. There were 25 bowlers between the players and coaches. There was pizza, wings and cake. Plus awards were given out for the 2022-23 season.

Shane Crotty used to race around the football field and still races around dirt tracks. And he's a car salesman. The other day he helped on a rescue. Shane saw that the Columbus gazebo was on fire and he raced in to put out the fire. He gets credit for a save.

I crossed paths with retired teacher and coach Skip Laird at the Northwest Regional wrestling tourney on Saturday in Sharon. Skip has stepped down after many years as the personable and attentive golf coach of the Corry Beavers. 

Dr. Alan VanderWeele passed away peacefully on Feb. 25 after an extended illness. He was living with Dr. Rick and Kelly (Mitchell) VanderWeele in San Antonio,Texas. Dr Al, a local dentist, will be also be remembered for his work with the Boy Scouts, having five sons who attained Eagle status…

Former Corry greats Shane McChesney, left, and Ed Burkhart coaching sections for Fort LeBoeuf.

  Union City's Scott Bishop, Steve's brother, was recognized at last week's Corry basketball game for 40 years of officiating. That was his last game.Jim Harned was at that game wearing his 1991-92 ECL champion Corry Beavers shirt — for the first time, and it still fit.Joe "Twinkle Toes" Sil…

Just how popular are The Journal pet calendars? Christine Haehn from the lab at Corry Memorial Hospital was so impressed that her dog Bowie was the selection for November that she had her husband go buy six of that day's paper. She also had a paper delivered to her at the hospital.

Remember Bob Mulvin, a 1954 graduate of Corry High School? Bob passed away the other day at the age of 86. He most recently was superintendent of the Harbor Creek School District. Many may remember him as a wrestling coach for the Beavers. He coached with Herm Rennells from 1960-64 and then …

Kim and Dave Cambra are back from Florida where they were with the new grandchild, Briea Sulecki. She's the daughter of Clarissa and Jacob Sulecki and doing fine.

Kim and Dave Cambra are back from Florida where they were with the new grandchild, Briea Sulecki. She's the daughter of Clarissa and Jacob Sulecki and doing fine.

Don't forget Cabin Fever is today at Mead Park from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There's everything from sledding to a pie-eating contest, horse drawn carriage rides and wine tasting. New this year is a bonfire, and you may need it to stay warm. It was formerly called Winterfest.

The Corry YMCA Otters swim team is holding its Kid Friendly Bingo on Saturday at the VFW from 2-5 p.m.

Remember Elijah Eckonen who played football, wrestled and ran track at Corry Area High School? He graduated from the Mercyhurst Police Academy and, 11 months ago, landed a job with the Warren Police Department. He works under Chief Joe Sproveri and Lt. Lee Doughtery, who are both from Corry.…

The Corry Alliance Church's annual game dinner this Saturday will feature the Rev. James Moffett. It starts at 5 p.m. featuring drawings for door prizes and a 12-gauge shot gun. Tickets are $10 and available at the church and at the door.

Open gyms are about to start for Little League softball and baseball players. Baseball drills will be held at Corry Area Primary School starting Jan. 24. It's in two groups, boys age 6-8 and 9-12. Girls softball is at the Corry Community Center starting Jan. 26. It is for those age 5-7, 8-10…

Alisha Fralick, Nate's wife, won the IC Light Open at Cambridge Springs this past weekend, her first bowling title. She bowls Wednesday in the Moose Mixed League in Corry with her family and is proud about being a lifelong Kansas City Chiefs fan.

Corry's Tom Hansen has made TV news again as John Last, in his “Last Word" feature on Erie News Now, spotlighted the Col. Strong Vincent actor from Gettysburg in this week's edition. Tom is also known as "Tossin' Tommy" in his softball umpiring career. He also bowled a 300 game earlier this …

The Corry community sure knows how to support a worthy cause. The benefit for Peggy and Dave Gates was packed on Sunday at the VFW, and the food was sold out in a little over an hour.

Emily Zaczkiewicz Marquess had a great time attending the recent Rose Bowl in Pasadena. She was quite a standout student-athlete before her graduation from Corry Area High School in 2015. She was a standout in three sports before graduating from CAHS as valedictorian and graduated from Penn …

It was a great way to break in the new year with the annual members party Sunday at the Corry VFW. It was again a full house in the bar with many seldom seen faces. Adrian Weidner and her staff did a super job along with the kitchen crew (Barb and John Volk). Smiling Trudy Halfast made the r…

Chan Krupa Cummings was honored at a surprise 70th birthday party at Cobblestone Inn on Dec. 26, hosted by her family and friends. The party's theme was a 50s party complete with music and 50s style attire, according to Chan's sister Michele. "A good time was had by all," she noted.

Anyone who has followed Corry girls softball the past 33 years can thank Dan Gates for all his contributions. Along with Dan Crawford, they were the backbone behind the feeder programs that put Corry on the map across the state. Dan is officially retired after 14 years as a top-notch cost es…

With the disappointing passing of Franco Harris, it brought back many memories to many football fans, both of the Steelers and Penn State plus many other teams. Former Corry all-state wrestler Charlie Buckshaw was among those touched. He recalls that in 1984 at the WWCB Sports Banquet in Eri…

It was a wild weekend at the Corry VFW. First, on Friday was the Ugly Sweater Party with Julia Drinkall's sweater the talk of the bar. Tom Sawyer joined Greg Bugbee for the music and had his son Tallon and daughter Nicole on hand. Saturday was the big 50th birthday party salute for Jim Troye…

Something special happened some 50 years ago. On Dec. 9, 1972, Maxine and Dave Hetrick got married in a church in Pleasantville. As they were leaving the service, and unplanned, his sister Judy came in to marry Tony Wright. So both just celebrated their 50th anniversaries.

You may have seen Doug Austin sitting in his chair outside of Corry Manor. He's been there countless hours and waves and smiles to all passers-by. So here's a chance to pay him back. This Sunday, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. he'll be in the parking lot of Corry Manor. If you can, swing by and smile …

This is interesting. Dave "Popo" Popovich claims that he bought the first pizza at Augie's Pizza on Feb. 17, 1977, and got the last pizza there before they closed on Saturday, Dec. 3.

Lavery's Laundromat & Dog Wash is about to open, looks like Friday. Bill Lavery and his wife Becky (Miller) are so happy about it. Bill worked with Brad Swanson for many years on the Youth Football (Rec) League and he's the ATM man, too.

The Corry First Presbyterian Church will hold its annual Cookie House at the church on Saturday, Dec. 10, from 10 a.m. until noon. Homemade Christmas cookies and candy will be sold for $8 a pound. The proceeds from the sale will go for summer Christian camp for the youth and other activities…

Like so many others, I'll be shedding a tear this Saturday when Augie's Pizza closes its doors after 45 years of serving Corry and the surrounding communities. While working for the Warren and Erie papers, many that I talked with knew two things about Corry: that's where Lou Hanna came from …

While his sister Meg Goodsel had a great season playing volleyball at Penn State Behrend, Austin Goodsel is an assistant coach at Juniata College. Juniata's women's team won the Huntingdon Regional this past weekend and has now won 24 straight matches and is 31-1 overall. Juniata competes to…

With Veterans Day coming up on Friday, the Corry VFW has an unveiling of military statues planned at an event that is also sponsored by the Corry Redevelopment Authority. It is set for 3 p.m. with several dignitaries expected to attend featuring the keynote speaker, County Executive Brenton …

Jody Burrows has landed another women's basketball position. The former all-star softball and basketball player at Corry Area High School is now the director of basketball operations at Marymount University in California. Her uncle, Dan Gates, tells me it's close to her home.

I did not see him, but Corry graduate Jeb Becker was in the football press box Friday night doing statistics for the Titusville Rockets. His son, Jimmy, is on the team as a freshman quarterback and free safety. He's named after the late Jim Becker, longtime school teacher who also worked at …

 Remember Nancy McLaughlin Hahn, whose late father Jack worked at The Journal for many years? She played in the powderpuff football game when Vic Cragg was a referee. Joe Sanford coached a team in 1974 and/or 1975. Kathy Walsh was the left-handed quarterback for Nancy's class of '76. 

Janet Woodruff tells me that Corry grad Dave Crowell recently went into the District 11 All-Sports Hall of Fame. He has coached three different schools to state championships (now at Nazareth) and has had a boatload of individual champs at the district and state level. Dave went into the Nat…

Remember Charlie Campbell when he was mayor of Corry? He's not that anymore, but he's still racing cars. He and his brother, Tom (the car owner), recently competed in the rain at the National Runoffs at the Virginia International Raceway, where they placed third for Campbell Brothers Racing. 

Corry native Jeff Black has long been a Tennessee Volunteers football fan. Things have been up and down the past years, but that all changed this past Saturday when the Vols pulled off a dramatic victory over heralded Alabama. Jeff, who now lives down there, was so excited he smoked a victor…

Kudos on the recent promotion of Shana Bailey to marketing manager at Viking Plastics. In her new role, Shana will direct and manage all marketing operations for the company. And to Pat Migliaccio for coming on board as an ERP manager at Viking.

Kudos to North East chiropractor Tom Mack who is celebrating 35 years of practicing. Tom started out in practice with his father, Dr. William "Doc" Mack, before starting his business in North East in 1989. He's also big into golf as a USGA medical volunteer for the U.S. Open. He has a love f…

Beth and Jim Dolan are back from a "vacation" to Florida. But this trip was like none of their many trips there before. They went to Fort Myers, which was blasted by Hurricane Ian. The went with Jim's Cadillac but it didn't make it home. Nor did his golf clubs that were inside. Their condo w…

Remember Derek McCray? He was one of Corry's finest three-sport standouts back in 2000-01, an all-star in football, wrestling and track. He now runs a bar in Fernandina Beach, Florida, which is just north of Jacksonville. Hurricane Ian was going through the other day, so Fox News interviewed…

The Brown Leaf Open, a fundraiser for Corry's softball programs, is set for Sunday, Oct. 16, at North Hills Golf Course. It's a four-person scramble and has a 9 a.m. shotgun start. There's lunch at the turn followed at the end with a chicken and biscuit dinner. The cost is $35 for members an…