MEMORIAL DAY PARADE 2016

THIS YEARS MEMORIAL DAY WAS PRETTY SPECIAL AS THE WW2 HONOR ROLL HAS COME HOME AND WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE SOCIAL HALL.  NAMES OF THOSE MAZEPPA NATIVES THAT SERVED IN WW2.  A NEAT STORY OF HOW THIS ALL CAME ABOUT AND PART OF IT IS BECAUSE OF THIS WEBSITE.  THE HONOR ROLL ENDED UP IN PAUL AND KATHRYN EVERITTS BARN AND WHEN THE NEW OWNERS BOUGHT THE PROPERTY THEY FOUND THE HONOR ROLL AND GOT IT INTO THE HANDS OF SON, PERCY AND HIS SON WHO LIVE IN MARYLAND.  ONE OF MY SCHOLARSHIP KIDS GOT MARRIED 2 YEARS AGO AND I WAS PLACED AT THE RECEPTION NEXT TO THE COUPLE FROM MAZEPPA.  THEY RELATED THE STORY TO ME ABOUT THE HONOR ROLL AND HAVING ALREADY EMAILED WITH PERCY  BECAUSE OF THIS SITE I CONTACTED HIM RIGHT AWAY ABOUT SENDING ME A PICTURE SO I COULD POST IT ON THE SITE.  OF COURSE HE DID AND THATS HOW THE WAGNER FAMILY DISCOVERED IT AND THEN IN TURN  VIA THIS WEBMASTER GOT IN TOUCH WITH PERCY.   THEY ALL AGREED IT HAD TO COME BACK HOME TO MAZEPPA AND GREG WAGNER HAS MADE A GLASSED IN CASE TO HOUSE IT AND WHEN I GET AN OPPORTUNITY I WILL GET TO THE SOCIAL HALL AND TAKE A PICTURE OF IT AND POST IT.  BUT THANKS TO EVERYONE INVOLVED AS WE DEDICATED IT AT THE CEREMONY SUNDAY  AND IT IS NOW..............BACK HOME !   IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP THE WAGNER FAMILY COVER THE COST OF MAKING THE GLASSED IN CASE SEND ANY FINANCIAL AID TO PHIL IN MIFFLINBURG.  WE HAD A SUPER CROWD AT THE CEREMONY AND A NICE AMOUNT OF FOLKS IN THE PARADE THIS YEAR.  I TRIED MY BEST TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE PARADE AND WE EVEN HAD SHEEP AND A MINITURE PONY IN THE PARADE AND WAS LIKE DAYS OF OLD.  THANKS TO ANNIE AT BARN OWL ART STUDIO AS SHE HELPED TO RECRUIT MANY OF THE FOLKS WITH ANIMALS AND  ADDED TO THE PARADE !  OUR SPEAKER WAS MANNY PINA AND WHAT A GREAT GUY HE IS AND A REALLY FINE MESSAGE AS YOU WOULD EXPECT.  AND WILL FINISH BY SAYING THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I WAS A KID..........I ACTUALLY WAS IN THE PARADE.    BINK HELPED ME MAKE A SIGN TO CARRY THAT READ......MAZEPPA TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND ALONG WITH THE SAUERS FAMILY WE MARCHED PROUDLY IN THE PARADE.  LOOK FOR PICTURES IN THE PHOTO ALBUM.