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| PORTVILLE PANTHERS |
Home Page for 2018 Alumni Weekend
and
Heritage Day
SAVE THE DATE !!!
July 13-15, 2018
(Site Content updated August 4, 2017)
NEW PHOTOS!!!
The Alumni Committee would like to thank everyone who attended the
Alumni Banquet and Heritage Day activities for 2017. It was a beautiful
weekend weather-wise so we had several full days of fun and reminiscing
with school classes. Our second annual kayaking event with Preston Van
Curen was a huge success this year! There were 45 people who kayaked,
including our 5 volunteers. The extra rain earlier this year helped the
water level in the river and a good time was had by all!
This year, our venue was the Event Center at Good Times of Olean. If you
have not experienced Good Times yet, you will find it has a lot of activities
in a very large complex. They have bowling alleys, arcade games,
mini-golf, volleyball pits, the Hammerback Bar and Grill, The Point
Restaurant for fine dining, and the Snak Shak for quick, casual meals.
Our dinner and meeting was held in their private banquet room. During
our business meeting we made a motion to open up the Alumni
Scholarship to all PCS seniors. In the past, we had a requirement that at
least one parent had to graduate from Portville. This excluded many
deserving seniors from applying. We hope that this change will encourage
more PCS seniors to apply next year. This year, we awarded $500 to help
defray tuition costs for the recipient.
Our Master of Ceremonies, PCS Teacher and Coach, Gary Swetland
acknowledged the many seniors that were being honored that night as well
as those who were staff at Good Times. Scholarships were awarded as
follows:
Elayna Keim, 2017
Senior Alumni Scholarship
Haley Unverdorben, 2018
Junior Recipient, Alumni Award
Mathew Waugh, 2017
Charles Bretzin Memorial Award
Chloe Dunn, 2017 Alyssa Martin, 2017 Jacob Parr, 2017
Recipients of the Class of 1982 Memorial Award
Rae Fitzsimmons, 2017 Gabi Wilson, 2017
Keeley Award Keeley Award
For Environmental For Humanitarian
Technology Invention Technology Invention
Ronald Lott III, 2017
2017 Senior Class President
Portville Hall of Fame Inductees for 2017 were as follows:
Bob (PCS 1979) and Holly (OHS) Fischer with Gary Swetland
Jeff Latten (PCS 1978) - Portville Fire Department Chief
Marie (Snyder) Petrick, HOF Class of 2017
Marilyn (Coss) Reynolds, HOF Class fo 2017
Two of the greatest art teachers ever!
More Fun Alumni Photographs
Our favorite day in the summer is always Heritage Day in Downtown
Portville! It is the place to be all day Saturday when tents and vendors
are set up all around Pioneer Park. Bob and Holly Fischer's Antique Car
Show is a main feature as well as children's games, a petting zoo, chicken
BBQ at the Fire Hall, more food and many crafts. Our Alumni Committee
set up a large tent again this year, providing shade and places to sit for
everyone.
Syd (Snyder) Evans was at the banquet Friday night to see her mother,
Marie, receive her Hall of Fame award. She is a great photographer and
took many wonderful pictures on both Friday night and Saturday at the
park. We were able to get her photo too!
If you have joined the Portville Central School Alumni group on Facebook,
you know that Teresa Piccirillo has been doing a fantastic job maintaining
that group! She posts all sorts of things related to PCS Alumni as well as
other current events and Portville News. To join, just click on the link
below for our group (the blue icon) and it will take you where you need to
go on facebook. See more of Syd's photos there too!
For the Sports-Minded Alumnus
As we mentioned above, Extreme Sportsman Preston Van Curen led the
Alumni Kayakers down the Allegheny River again this year. Many thanks to
Wimp Swetland, who provided the river access in Mill Grove for the launch.
We had a really great group of both experienced and novice level
kayakers. But no matter the ability, everyone seemed to have a really
good time! Thank you to our volunteers who transported boats, loaded
and unloaded, and got everyone to the destination.
The school opened their Pierson Ropes Course on Sunday afternoon with
free access to the pubic. Many thanks to the volunteers who assisted -
they are specially qualified to be guides on the course. No matter how
many of these types of challenges you have already done, it is always an
exhilarating experience. Frair's Forest is a fun place to play and the
course, named after Bernice Pierson, is a great addition to Portville school.
For more information on 2018 events, go to our Calendar of Events page.
As time gets near for next year's events, you will also find the reservation
form for the Banquet and a registration form for our Kayaking event.
Portville Alumni T-Shirts
You can still get your alumni t-shirts! The smaller sizes are almost gone
so don't wait any longer to get yours. Go to our store page for more
information.
Bookmark Our Site on Your Browser
We hope you find our site useful for alumni information. Be sure to
bookmark portvillealumni.com so that you can find us right on your
toolbar next time you are thinking about "the good old days"! Before you
leave our site, please take a minute to contact us with any recent email
address changes, mailing address changes, etc. We want to hear from you
if you have any comments on the website, good or bad, and the banquet,
good or bad. Your feedback helps us plan the best banquet possible.
Don't forget to follow us on facebook -
Portville Central School Alumni facebook group
See you all next summer!
and
Heritage Day
SAVE THE DATE !!!
July 13-15, 2018
(Site Content updated August 4, 2017)
NEW PHOTOS!!!
The Alumni Committee would like to thank everyone who attended the
Alumni Banquet and Heritage Day activities for 2017. It was a beautiful
weekend weather-wise so we had several full days of fun and reminiscing
with school classes. Our second annual kayaking event with Preston Van
Curen was a huge success this year! There were 45 people who kayaked,
including our 5 volunteers. The extra rain earlier this year helped the
water level in the river and a good time was had by all!
This year, our venue was the Event Center at Good Times of Olean. If you
have not experienced Good Times yet, you will find it has a lot of activities
in a very large complex. They have bowling alleys, arcade games,
mini-golf, volleyball pits, the Hammerback Bar and Grill, The Point
Restaurant for fine dining, and the Snak Shak for quick, casual meals.
Our dinner and meeting was held in their private banquet room. During
our business meeting we made a motion to open up the Alumni
Scholarship to all PCS seniors. In the past, we had a requirement that at
least one parent had to graduate from Portville. This excluded many
deserving seniors from applying. We hope that this change will encourage
more PCS seniors to apply next year. This year, we awarded $500 to help
defray tuition costs for the recipient.
Our Master of Ceremonies, PCS Teacher and Coach, Gary Swetland
acknowledged the many seniors that were being honored that night as well
as those who were staff at Good Times. Scholarships were awarded as
follows:
Elayna Keim, 2017
Senior Alumni Scholarship
Haley Unverdorben, 2018
Junior Recipient, Alumni Award
Mathew Waugh, 2017
Charles Bretzin Memorial Award
Chloe Dunn, 2017 Alyssa Martin, 2017 Jacob Parr, 2017
Recipients of the Class of 1982 Memorial Award
Rae Fitzsimmons, 2017 Gabi Wilson, 2017
Keeley Award Keeley Award
For Environmental For Humanitarian
Technology Invention Technology Invention
Ronald Lott III, 2017
2017 Senior Class President
Portville Hall of Fame Inductees for 2017 were as follows:
Bob (PCS 1979) and Holly (OHS) Fischer with Gary Swetland
Jeff Latten (PCS 1978) - Portville Fire Department Chief
Marie (Snyder) Petrick, HOF Class of 2017
Marilyn (Coss) Reynolds, HOF Class fo 2017
Two of the greatest art teachers ever!
More Fun Alumni Photographs
Our favorite day in the summer is always Heritage Day in Downtown
Portville! It is the place to be all day Saturday when tents and vendors
are set up all around Pioneer Park. Bob and Holly Fischer's Antique Car
Show is a main feature as well as children's games, a petting zoo, chicken
BBQ at the Fire Hall, more food and many crafts. Our Alumni Committee
set up a large tent again this year, providing shade and places to sit for
everyone.
Syd (Snyder) Evans was at the banquet Friday night to see her mother,
Marie, receive her Hall of Fame award. She is a great photographer and
took many wonderful pictures on both Friday night and Saturday at the
park. We were able to get her photo too!
If you have joined the Portville Central School Alumni group on Facebook,
you know that Teresa Piccirillo has been doing a fantastic job maintaining
that group! She posts all sorts of things related to PCS Alumni as well as
other current events and Portville News. To join, just click on the link
below for our group (the blue icon) and it will take you where you need to
go on facebook. See more of Syd's photos there too!
For the Sports-Minded Alumnus
As we mentioned above, Extreme Sportsman Preston Van Curen led the
Alumni Kayakers down the Allegheny River again this year. Many thanks to
Wimp Swetland, who provided the river access in Mill Grove for the launch.
We had a really great group of both experienced and novice level
kayakers. But no matter the ability, everyone seemed to have a really
good time! Thank you to our volunteers who transported boats, loaded
and unloaded, and got everyone to the destination.
The school opened their Pierson Ropes Course on Sunday afternoon with
free access to the pubic. Many thanks to the volunteers who assisted -
they are specially qualified to be guides on the course. No matter how
many of these types of challenges you have already done, it is always an
exhilarating experience. Frair's Forest is a fun place to play and the
course, named after Bernice Pierson, is a great addition to Portville school.
For more information on 2018 events, go to our Calendar of Events page.
As time gets near for next year's events, you will also find the reservation
form for the Banquet and a registration form for our Kayaking event.
Portville Alumni T-Shirts
You can still get your alumni t-shirts! The smaller sizes are almost gone
so don't wait any longer to get yours. Go to our store page for more
information.
Bookmark Our Site on Your Browser
We hope you find our site useful for alumni information. Be sure to
bookmark portvillealumni.com so that you can find us right on your
toolbar next time you are thinking about "the good old days"! Before you
leave our site, please take a minute to contact us with any recent email
address changes, mailing address changes, etc. We want to hear from you
if you have any comments on the website, good or bad, and the banquet,
good or bad. Your feedback helps us plan the best banquet possible.
Don't forget to follow us on facebook -
Portville Central School Alumni facebook group
See you all next summer!
Portville Alumni Association
This Page was updated on 08-04-2017
This Page was updated on 08-04-2017