MAZEPPA UNION

HAD A TREAT AT CHURCH TODAY AS WE HAD RAVI EVANS AND HIS SAX JOINING US.  AT THE END OF THE SERVICE WE BASICALLY HAD AN OLD TIME HYMN SING AS WE SELECTED SONGS AND RAVI PLAYED ALONG.  GREAT GUY AND IRONICALLY HE AND THE FAMILY ARE NEIGHBORS HERE IN LINNTOWN

HOSPICE

REALLY PROUD OF OUR MINISTER RICKY PHILLIPS AND HIS WORK WITH THE LOCAL HOSPICE

VETERANS DAY BENEFIT

MAZEPPA UNION CHURCH DONATED  $ 500 T OUR MIFFLINBURG VETERANS DAY BENEFIT FOR THE VA NURSING HOME IN HOLLIDAYSBURG.  WE MADE THE DELIVERY TO HOLLIDAYSBURG YESTERDAY AND OUR GRAND TOTAL WAS  $ 2500 OF GIFT CARDS AND MONEY ALONG WITH CLOTHES...PERSONAL CAR ITEMS AND HANDMADE CHRISTMAS CARDS BY THE STUDENTS AT THE WHITE DEER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

VINTAGE PHOTOS OF MAZEPPA

TODAY AT CHURCH I WAS GIVEN SOME VINTAGE PHOTOS OF MAZEPPA.  CHERRY WILL DELIVERED THEM TO ME FROM HER SISTER IN LAW PAT WILL.  WHEN I GET TIME I WILL SCAN ALL OF THEM AND ADD THEM TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE WHERE I STORE PICTURES FOR EVERYONE TO SEE.  GOT SOME GREAT ONES !   THANKS PAT

AIKEYS STORE

A RECENT ITEM SELLING ON EBAY AND OH WHAT MEMORIES AS THIS WAS THE PLACE THAT PUT ALL THE SILVER IN MY TEETH.  TOO MUCH FROSTIE ROOT BEER AND CANDY.  NELLIE AND BILL WERE JUST GREAT FOLKS

LILLIE LEONARDI

LAST SUNDAY WE HAD A SPECIAL GUEST AT MAZEPPA UNION CHURCH.  LILLIE LEONARDI WORKED FOR THE FBI AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO RESPOND TO FLIGHT 93 IN SHANKSVILLE.  SHE WITNESSED ANGELS AND HER MESSAGE WAS A VERY POWERFUL ONE.  PICTURED IS LILLIE WITH OUR PASTOR RICKY PHILLIPS

14 PERCY

WHAT A GREAT WAY TO FINISH MY VACATION AND I CAUGHT 14 PERCY.  FOGGY AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTOS.  THE BLUE JAY I AM GUESSING WAS A SURVIVOR OF A HAWK OR EAGLE ATTACK.  HE WAS SOAKED AND POOPED SITTING IN A TREE.  A REAL PRETTY FUNGI AND THE RED WILDFLOWERS ARE SCARCE BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING. ALSO A VERY ACTIVE HORNETS NEST.

QUIET

TURN OFF EVERYTHING AROUND YOU AND LISTEN TO THIS VIDEO.....YES QUIET PLACES DO EXIST AND PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP WHY I ONLY FISH MAZEPPA

MORE PICS PERCY

GOT BACK IN THE CREEK YESTERDAY BUT IT WAS OVER 70 DEGREES...HUMID AND SUNNY SO I KNEW IT WOULDN'T BE THE BEST DAY.  BUT I DID SNAG 12 AND A NICE VARIETY  WITH BLUE GILLS...ROCK BASS...SMALLMOUTHS AND FALL FISH.  ODDLY 2 TRIPS TO THE CREEK NOW AND NO PICKERAL ALTHOUGH I DID HAVE ONE JUMP OFF ON ME.  ADDING SOME PICS I TOOK AND THE FIRST IS THE SKY LOOKING OVER THE CREEK FIELD OF THE FARM I GREW UP ON.  NEXT IS THE SUN FILTERING THROUGH THE TREES ON THE BEND OF THE CREEK AND THE NEXT IS LOOKING AT THE SUN AS I CONTINUED DOWN STREAM.  THEN A GORGEOUS DRAGONFLY.  SO ALL IN ALL PERCY IT WAS STILL A GREAT DAY OF SOLITUDE IN MAZEPPA.  WHEN I HIT THE CREEK ALL YOU COULD HEAR WAS THE WATER TRICKLING.   AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

A MONTH

IT'S BEEN A MONTH PERCY BUT I FINALLY GOT BACK IN THE CREEK.  MADE UP FOR LOST TIME TOO AS I SNAGGED 22 AND ONE WAS THE BIGGEST FALL FISH I EVER CAUGHT.  17 INCHES AND IT WAS A TRUE HAWG AS IT WEIGHED A TON.  WHEN I HOOKED IT I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT COULD BE AS IT WAS JUST DEAD WEIGHT.  ALSO CAUGHT SOME SMALLMOUTHS INCLUDING THE NICE 14 INCHER I AM POSTING.  THE FALL WILDFLOWERS ARE FEW AS THE FLOODING TOOK CARE OF THAT FOR THIS YEAR.   LOTS OF KINGFISHERS TODAY AND SAW 3 DOE AND 2 YEARLINGS.

WHAT A DAY IN MAZEPPA

21 FISH TODAY PERCY AND A FABULOUS MORNING IN MAZEPPA.  GORGEOUS SUNRISE BUT AS THE OLD NAVY VERSE GOES......RED IN THE MORNING SAILORS WARNING , RED AT NIGHT SAILORS DELIGHT.  AND SO IT WAS AS I HAD TO USE THE

RAIN PONCHO TO FISH MY LAST 2 HOLES TODAY.  2 MONSTER PICKERAL AND EVEN CAUGHT 2 ROCK BASS.  KING FISHERS ALL OVER DIVE BOMBING FOR FISH AND I SAW THE ONE EAGLE.  BUT THE TREAT OF THE DAY WAS THIS FOX SQUIRREL THAT EVEN POSED FOR ME.

ONLY 4 PERCY BUT...

ONLY 4 TODAY PERCY BUT LOOK AT THIS MONSTER 18 INCH PICKERAL I SNAGGED.  THICK AND HEAVY TOO !  ALSO ADDING A NEAT PHOTO OF THE SUN ILLUMINATING A TREE.

RARE TREAT

YOU KNOW IT'S HOT WHEN YOU ARE WAIST DEEP IN THE CREEK AND IN THE SHADE AND...….STILL SWEATING.  I AM SURE THIS IS THE MAIN REASON I ONLY CAUGHT 2 FISH.  BUT A RARE TREAT AS I SAW A MOTHER RACCOON TEACHING HER BABY TO SWIM.  I WATCHED THEM FOR A HALF HOUR I WOULD SAY AND WHAT A SHOW I GOT. ALSO A VIEW DOWN THE CREEK AT MY FAVORITE FISHING HOLE.

ONLY 9 PERCY

ONLY CAUGHT 9 0N SUNDAY PERCY AND NONE OF ANY MAJOR SIZE BUT A GREAT DAY WITH THE WILDLIFE AND THE PEACE AND QUIET. AND....THESE 2 GREAT PICTURES.  I COULDN'T GET OVER HOW CLOSE I GOT TO THE GROUNDHOG AS HE DIDNT SEEM TO FEAR ME

BACK IN THE CREEK

PERCY I FINALLY GOT BACK IN THE CREEK AND A GOOD DAY.  ALTHOUGH IT STARTED OUT ALL WRONG.  WENT TO GIANT TO GET DOUGHNUTS ONLY TO FIND OUT THEY ARE NO LONGER 24 HOURS.  SO TO THE CREEK WITH ONLY COFFEE AND ACTIVIA IN THE BELLY.  THE 2ND CAST A MAJOR

TANGLE AND I WAS WONDERING IF THIS WAS AN OMEN.  BUT IT GOT BETTER AS I SAW AN EAGLE...A BALTIMORE ORIOLE...LOTS OF OTHER BIRDS AND CAUGHT 18.  A GREAT VARIETY TOO WITH FALL FISH...SMALLYS...A BLUE GILL....A PICKERAL AND THESE 2 DANDY RAINBOWS.

NANCY AND WAYNE

WELL THE DAY ACTUALLY HAPPENED......WAYNE STAHL IS NOW MARRIED.  I AM SO HAPPY FOR NANCY AND WAYNE AND WISH THEM ALL THE BEST !  IT WAS SUCH A LOVELY AND MIGHT ADD......FUN FILLED WEDDING.  TRULY UNIQUE AND SO GLAD I WAS THERE

FINALLY...

WELL PERCY IT FINALLY HAPPENED.....I GOT IN THE CREEK TO FISH.  BUFFALO WAS STILL A BIT HIGH BUT A GREAT DAY IN MAZEPPA.  PICS OF THE WILD FLOWERS AND THE LILYPADS BLOOMING.....LOTS OF WILDLIFE TODAY AND EVEN SAW A RED HEADED WOODPECKER AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I SAW ONE OF THEM. 11 FISH IN ALL INCLUDING THIS MONSTER PICKERAL

MEMORIAL DAY 2018

WELL THE WEATHER COOPERATED AND WE GOT THE PARADE AND CEREMONY IN LAST NIGHT WITHOUT A RAINDROP.  THERE WILL BE MORE PICTURES ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE BUT JUST PUTTING 2 HERE.  THE ONE IS CLARENCE ROUSH AND OUR SPEAKER BEN LEITZEL.   THE OTHER WAS OUR LITTLE SURPRISE.  A FEW MONTHS AGO CHERRY AND RON WILL TOLD ME THAT THE GRAVE OF CYRUS SHRECK , A MAZEPPA NATIVE , DIDN'T HAVE A MILITARY MARKER. HE PASSED AWAY IN 2014 AND SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR.  CHERRY AND RON ASKED IF I WOULD ASSIST IN FIXING THE PROBLEM.  TURNED OUT TO BE AN EASY FIX AS THE VA OFFICE HAD ALL OF HIS RECORDS AND I GOT A MARKER RIGHT AWAY.  BUT WE FELT IT WOULD BE PERFECT TO ACTUALLY PLACE THE MARKER AS PART OF THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE AND IT ALL TURNED OUT QUITE WELL.  AGAIN THANKS TO CHERRY AND RON FOR NOTICING THAT CYRUS'S GRAVE WAS UNADORNED

MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

ADDING THE AD FOR THE CHICKEN BBQ , YARD SALES AND ALSO WANT TO MENTION THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE AND CEREMONY , THE NEXT DAY , MAY 27 AND THAT STARTS AT 6 PM.  A LITTLE SURPRISE IN THE SERVICE THIS YEAR BUT YOU HAVE TO ATTEND TO SEE WHAT IT IS.  A HAPPENING WEEKEND IN MY OLD HOMETOWN

WANDA FINCK

SADLY WE LOST LONG TIME MAZEPPA RESIDENT WANDA FINCK.  SHE AND MEL WERE WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS .  BORN SEPTEMBER 6 , 1927 AND PASSED AWAY MAY 8, 2018. DAUGHTER OF HOMER AND NELLIE WAGNER.  MARRIED TO MELVIN  AND THEY HAD 2 CHILDREN KEITH AND KAREN.

JIM BAUMER

WE LOST A DEAR FRIEND THIS WEEK WITH THE PASSING OF JIMMY BAUMER.  JAMES EDWARD BAUMER DIED MONDAY FEBRUARY 26 , 2018.  BORN AUGUST 12 , 1960 AND THE SON OF G. MARLIN AND MARGUERITE BAUMER.  MARRIED TO THE FORMER LENA REITENBACH AND SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER JESSICA AND SON TIMOTHY.   ALSO HIS                                                                                                                                          

BROTHER DAVID , SISTER BARBARA EDINGER AND WAS PREDECEASED BY SISTER   BEVERLY.   WHAT A GREAT GUY AND WE WILL REALLY MISS JIM.

CYRUS WILLIAM SHRECK

RECENTLY CHERRY AND RON WILL BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT AN OLD MAZEPPA RESIDENT DOESN'T HAVE A MILITARY MARKER FOR HIS GRAVE.  I AM DILIGENTLY WORKING TO REMEDY THIS ISSUE AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFO THAT I CAN SUPPLY THE VA OFFICE.  HIS NAME WAS CYRUS WILLIAM SHRECK AND HE SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR.  BORN AUGUST 8 , 1931 AND PASSED AWAY  JANUARY 16 , 2014.  BURIED BY HIS PARENTS  S. CATHERINE  ( KOCH )  AND DANIEL SHRECK.    ANY INFO IS APPRECIATED AS THEY DON'T SEEM TO HAVE HIM ON FILE ALTHOUGH HE DOES HAVE A MILITARY HEADSTONE.  WHAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IS TO HAVE THIS RESOLVED IN TIME FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE AND CEREMONY.  MY EMAIL IS   mazeppa@ptd.net.    I AM ATTACHING PHOTOS OF CYRUS.....ANOTHER OF HIS PARENTS AND ONE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS WITH CYRUS SITTING AT THE PIANO.

LEMOYNE

BINK AND I WERE DOWN TO LEMOYNE A FEW DAYS AGO AND AS WE PULLED INTO THE ANTIQUE MALL WE LIKE A CAR CAME RIGHT IN BEHIND.  MOST OF YOU KNOW MY LICENSE PLATE IS......MAZEPPA.  AS WE GOT OUT THE FELLA ASKED.....MAZEPPA , PA ?   I WAS STUNNED AND REPLIED YOU KNOW WHERE MAZEPPA IS ?  I BOUGHT MY FIRST CAR THERE AS I GREW UP IN LEWISBURG.  TURNS OUT HE AND BINK GRADUATED A YEAR APART AT LEWISBURG AND KNEW EACH OTHER.  HIS MOM STILL LIVES IN LINNTOWN AND BASICALLY NEIGHBORS TO US.  A SMALL WORLD OR WHAT ?