100 Days of Kane PA

It’s Wednesday, so we heard a story from Kane’s history at the Depot tonight! A few of you asked to hear stories about the Lobo wolves, which were saved by Dr. McCleery right here in Kane, so that’s tonight’s history story topic.

Dr. McCleery started having wolves sent to him by train and he would pick them up right at the Depot where we were tonight. They stayed in his backyard, by the edge of Evergreen Park, with about 40 wolves as the most he had there at one time! Then he moved them out to land on Rt. 6 going toward Lantz Corners.

It’s amazing how many people have lived in Kane- from our founders to Dr. McCleery and many more- who were driven by passion to help those who needed people to speak up and fight on their behalf, including these special wolves.

Watch Dick Bly tell the stories of the beginnings to how so many people came to see the wolves and where they are now.

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This year history was made for the Lady Wolves high school basketball team when they won the D-9 Championship and won a state playoff game for the first time ever! The two seniors on the team- Hannah Buhl and Ella Marconi- share stories of what it was like leading up to the the games and how the Kane community support meant the world to the whole team. Ella also broke the school record for all-time leading scorer.

Even with all of the success these girls saw, they are so sweet and easy to have a great conversation with. You’ll love hearing them share stories of what this season was like for them. And a little bit on why they love Kane, PA!

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Bell’s Meat & Poultry has been an establishment in Kane for 45 years and it’s because it has taken on the easy and friendly personality of founder Jack Bell, Sr. Today he shares stories about opening the shop, the most popular meats and his 15 years as a professional fisherman.

He doesn’t say it here, but we all know that if you go to Bell’s, you’d better “Bring your cooler!” Enjoy listening to the stories from over the years.

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Bob James tells a story about a day of ice fishing with Gary Johnson- and how it turned into quite an adventure! Thankfully they both made it out ok, but definitely watch him tell about the weird things that happened leading up to it and how running out of bait probably saved their lives.

It’s a good story!

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Dave Carlson tells stories about the early days of Kane Area Community Center, from some of the people who volunteered (including a boy scout troop who found something they thought was really funny on the walls) to businesses who donated materials to community member like Steve German who cared so deeply about keeping kids off the street.

We have such a great group of people who put a ton of heart and sweat into making it come together.❤️ Hope you feel proud of Kane when you hear these stories and see the unlimited possibilities of the future for the Community Center.

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Dee Greville has great stories to tell and today she shares about The Birdcage (the stories she could tell on video, lol!), serving lunch at Rotary for 20 years and a little about her life growing up in the 1920s and 30s. She looks and sounds great and you’d never know she is in her 90s now.

One of my favorite things I learned about Dee when I was a kid was that she put lipstick on every night before bed, just in case something happened in the middle of the night and someone would have to see her! When we talked about that today, she said it also kept her lips from getting chapped. 🙂

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Happy Fourth of July! Today we talk with Kane High graduate and Navy veteran Dave Swanson about his connection to Kane when he served.

We love our vets and are proud to be Americans!

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Wednesdays are history stories from the Depot days!

We asked what stories you wanted to hear and there was a request for stories about our founders and their early lives. Soooooo, Wendy Oakes fills us in about the Kanes. They are good ones!

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Logging is a huge part of Kane’s foundation and some of you have asked for stories about Kane-based lumber families. Today Judi Cook shares stories of how her Novosel grandparents came to Kane from Croatia and her memories of growing up by the log yard. It’s another inspiring story of courage and grit, a few of the characteristics our amazing town is made of!

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Summer in Kane equals baseball in Kane for so many of us. Last year the Little League went to the World Series and played international teams! They are on track to do that again this summer having just won the district championship last week. So, we thought we’d focus on a more recent story and hear from some of the players who were at the Little League World Series last year.

Today we talked with Reese Novosel, Carson Whiteman, Harley Morris and Luke Ely about playing senior league baseball this summer and what it was like going to the Little League World Series last summer. Here’s hoping they make new Kane history this summer!

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