SANTA

THIS IS FROM THE MANNA'S CHRISTMAS PART ON 12/19/19 .  PLAYING SANTA IS DON TURNER AND HIS HELPER IS DAUGHTER ANNIKA.   CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE AT MAZEPPA UNION IS 7 PM AND HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US

CHRISMON TREE

THE WEATHER CAUSED LIGHT ATTENDANCE AT CHURCH TODAY BUT STILL A BIG DAY.  THE CONFIRMATION CLASS DECORATED THE CHRISMON TREE AND THE CHURCH PRESENTED ME WITH A $ 500 CHECK.  THE DONATION AIDS OUR VETERANS DAY BENEFIT AND WE HEAD TO HOLLIDAYSBURG ON SATURDAY.  ALONG WITH HAND MADE BLANKETS , CLOTHES AND PERSONAL CARE ITEMS WE WILL BE GIVING THE VA HOME NEARLY $ 2400 IN GIFT CARDS AND MONEY

SANDRA BEAVER

SADLY WE LOST SANDRA I. BEAVER AND THE FAMILY LIVED IN MAZEPPA FOR MANY YEARS.   SANDRA PASSED ON NOVEMBER 24 , 2019 AND WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 20 , 1940.  ON JUNE 21 , 1958 SHE MARRIED DONALD BEAVER WHO SURVIVES.  ALSO SURVIVING ARE THEIR SON DONALD AND TWO DAUGHTERS CINDY AND NOEL

PAUL BYLER

LATE IN POSTING THIS BUT SADLY PAUL LESTER BLYLER PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 1 , 2019.  HE AND HIS WIFE BETTY LIVED IN MAZEPPA FOR MANY YEARS AND WERE NEIGHBORS WHEN I LIVED THERE.  BORN JUNE 2 , 1941 AND THE SON OF ELWOOD AND ISOBEL BLYLER.   A 1959 GRADUATE OF MILTON HIGH AND HE WORKED FOR CONAGRA. ALSO SURVIVING ARE DAUGHTERS RENEE VONADA AND PAULA OKKERSE.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

WHEN ANNA VISITED FROM THE UKRAINE THE DAILY ITEM COVERED THE INTERNATIONAL EVENT.  A FELLA IN NORRY READ THE STORY AND IS NOW EMAILING ME ARTICLES ABOUT MAZEPPA FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS.  AS I GET THEM I WILL ADD THEM TO A NEW FOLDER I STARTED ON THE  - IMAGES OF MAZEPPA PA - FACEBOOK PAGE.   THESE RANGE FROM 1905 - 1906

LAST DAY

A FEW WEEKS LATE ADDING THESE PICTURES PERCY.  LAST WADE DOWN THE CREEK FOR THE YEAR AS THE CREEK WAS LOW AND ADD IN THE VEGETATION AND THE LEAVES FALLING ON THE WATER....I WILL WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR TO HIT THE WATER AGAIN.  BUT GREAT FALL FOLIAGE ALONG WITH WILDFLOWERS AND THE ONE NICE FISH I CAUGHT AND A GREAT PIC OF A KINGFISHER.

EMAIL FROM ANNA

THE EMAIL THAT BROUGHT ANNA TO MAZEPPA

ANNA IN MAZEPPA

IF YOU VISIT THE FACEBOOK PAGE FOR MAZEPPA YOU WILL FIND VIDEOS OF ANNA'S VISIT TO MAZEPPA.     ( IMAGES OF MAZEPPA PA )

TO MAZEPPA WITH LOVE

AN INCREDIBLE EVENT HAPPENED TODAY IN MAZEPPA.  A UKRANIAN TV REPORTER, ANNA LEVYTSKA ,  RECENTLY DISCOVERED MY BLOG BECAUSE OF THE REFERENCE TO THE FAMOUS POEM MAZEPPA WHICH OUR TOWN WAS NAMED AFTER.  THEY WERE IN DC DOING WORK AND WANTED TO SEE MAZEPPA.  SO THEY TRAVELED UP TODAY AND RUSSIA AND MAZEPPA CAME TOGETHER AS ONE.  WORD GOT AROUND ABOUT THIS GOING ON AND NIKOLOI MIRONNENKO STOPPED BY AND ANNA WAS SO STUNNED TO TALK WITH HIM IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE. I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED AND MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT CHANNEL 16 AS THEY COVERED THIS AMAZING EVENT.

BIG BUCK AGAIN

WELL PERCY I ONLY CAUGHT 7 BUT MET IN THE CREEK BY 6 DEER AND THAT MASSIVE BUCK.  I SWEAR HE LOVES TO POSE FOR ME.  ALSO PICS OF WILD FLOWERS AND A KINGFISHER

MONSTER FISH

PERCY I WILL START WITH THE BIGGEST FISH I EVER PULLED OUT OF BUFFALO CREEK......22 INCH PICKERAL AND THIS GUY WAS A TRUE HAWG.  EXTREMELY THICK TOO AND BEING THE TRUE SPORTSMAN I AM HE IS BACK SWIMMING IN BUFFALO CREEK.  ALSO A GREAT PIC OF FUNGI AND THE BUTTERLIES ON THE IRON WEED.  THE SNAPPING TURTLE WAS EATING A FISH AND 2 PICS LOOKING UP THE CREEK.

DEER....TIME IN THE CREEK !

PERCY I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW CLOSE I GOT TO THESE 2 BUCK.  GREAT MORNING IN THE CREEK WITH LOTS OF WILDLIFE AND BOTH THE PICKERAL AND THE FALL FISH WERE 15 INCHES

WEEKEND FISHING AND DISCOVERY

GOT OUT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY......PERCY I CAUGHT 16 SATURDAY AND 17 SUNDAY. A WHITE BIRD WAS IN THE CREEK AND TOLD IT WAS PROBABLY AN EGRET.  BOTH DAYS I COULDN'T GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO IDENTIFY EVEN WITH THE BINOCULARS. VARIETY OF FISH TOO AS I CAUGHT FALL FISH...BLUEGILLS...ROCK BASS...SMALLMOUTHS AND PICKERAL.  ATTACHING PHOTOS OF A BLUE HERON THAT ALLOWED ME TO FISH WITH HIM.  THE KINGFISHERS WERE EVERYWHERE AND SAW ONE GREEN HERON.  ALSO A COUPLE SANDPIPERS STILL HANGING AROUND.  A GROUP OF WOOD

DUCKS LANDED UP STREAM FROM ME BUT TILL I GOT THE CAMERA OUT THEY TOOK OFF. AND I FOUND A STONE WADING BACK UP THE CREEK AND CURIOUS IF IT WAS AN INDIAN TOOL.  WILL DO MY BEST TO TRY AND GET IT IDENTIFIED.  SATURDAY A GORGEOUS SUNRISE AND I KNOW MY OPINION IS BIASED BUT NO SUNRISE LIKE A MAZEPPA SUNRISE.  AND TODAY 2 DOE GREETED ME IN THE FIELD.

BETTER LATE...

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER PERCY !  PICS FROM FISHING 2 WEEKS AGO WHEN I CAUGHT 12.  LOVED THE WAY THE SKY LOOKED AS I WADED THE CREEK AND SNAPPED THE 1ST PIC.   NEXT IS A FLOWER GROWING ON THE TOP OF A STUMP.  THE BLUE HERON POSED FOR ME AS I GOT OUT OF THE CREEK.  AND LAST IS A REDHEADED WOODPECKER AND JUST WISH I COULD HAVE GOTTEN HIM TO SIT STILL LONG ENOUGH TO BE A BIT MORE CLEAR.