JANICE SNYDER

 SADLY JANICE STAHL SNYDER PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 30, 2020.   DAUGHTER OF ELMER AND VESTA STAHL.   BORN ON MARCH 7 , 1939.   ON DECMBER 29 , 1962 SHE MARRIED DON SNYDER WHO SURVIVES.   HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THE MUSIC AT THE EPISCAPOL CHURCH IN LEWISBURG.   ALSO SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN CHRISTOPHER AND LIESL.

MAZEPPA SCHOOL

 ONE OF THE PERSONS THAT DONATES EVERY YEAR TO OUR VETERANS DAY BENEFIT GAVE ME THIS WONDERFUL PHOTO.    FROM THE MAZEPPA SCHOOL THAT IS NOW THE SOCIAL HALL.   EVEN THE PAPERS WITH ALL THE NAMES.

 SADLY WE LOST A FORMER RESIDENT OF MAZEPPA.......DENNIS STAHL PASSED AWAY OCTOBER 24 , 2020.    SON OF ORVILLE AND ANNIE STAHL AND BORN JANUARY 20 , 1946.    1965 GRADUATE OF MIFFLINBURG HIGH AND MARRIED THE FORMER DARLENE WOLFE. WELL KNOWN IN MAZEPPA FOR HIS 1967 CORVETTE AND HE WAS AN EAGLE SCOUT. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS RACHEL AND SADIE.    ALSO SIBLINGS......ORVILLE JR.....LUTHER.....BEVERLY.....HELEN AND MARGIE.     3 GRANDCHILDREN......MOLLY....SEAN AND EVAN.   PREDECEASED BY 2 BORTHERS ROBERT AND JACOB

30 AND FLOWERS

 WELL PERCY I SNAGGED 30 MORE TODAY.   MOST OF THEM WERE SMALL BUT I DID CATCH 2 NICE PICKERAL.   LOTS OF WILDFLOWERS TODAY AND ADDING THOSE PICS ALSO A WOOD SPIDER AND CAUGHT MY FIRST ROCK BASS OF THE YEAR

 SADLY WE LOST A LONGTIME MAZEPPA RESIDENT.  SATURDAY AUGUST 1, 2020 HAROLD FEASTER PASSED AWAY.  SON OF DONALD AND MIRIAM FEASTER. AND HE MARRIED EDITH ZEIGLER ON OCTOBER 17, 1947.   1945 GRADUATE OF LEIWSBURG HIGH AND LIFE LONG FARMER IN MAZEPPA.   SURVIVED BY SONS TIM , MARK AND RANDALL AND ONE DAUGHTER DEBORAH.  

40 PERCY

CAUGHT 40 IN ALL TODAY PERCY !   THIS MONSTER 18 INCH PICKERAL WAS A DANDY.  HAD A MINK SWIM RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.   BLUE HERONS AND KINGFISHERS WERE EVERY WHERE TODAY.  REDTAIL HAWK POISED FOR ME IN A TREE.  AND THE RED WILDFLOWER I LOVE

2 BUDDIES IN THE CREEK

FIRST 3 PICS WAS THE SUNRISE THAT MET ME TODAY AS I HEADED TO THE CREEK......THE PICKERAL WAS A MONSTER BUT SADLY NEVER GOT IT MEASURED AS IT GOT LOOSE RIGHT AFTER I SNAPPED THE PIC BUT I WOULD SAY 19 INCHES AND I SNAGGED A 16 INCHER LATER.   AND I HAD TO BUDDIES JOIN ME IN THE CREEK !    26 FISH IN ALL PERCY

2 HERONS

QUITE THE DAY FISHING PERCY AS I SNAGGED 30 IN ALL.   MOST WERE SMALL TO MID SIZED BUT DID GET THIS 13 INCH SMALLY.  AND CAUGHT QUITE A FEW BLUEGILLS.  HOPING TO GET THE BUSH IDENTIFIED AS I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT. AND WHAT ABOUT THIS GREAT PIC I GOT OF 2 BLUE HERONS SITTING IN A TREE

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

FINALLY BACK IN THE CREEK AHHHHHHHHHHH   CAUGHT 22 PERCY AND SOME GREAT WILDLIFE PHOTOS WITH THE HERON...REDHEADED WOODPECKERS AND TADPOLE.  THE CREEK IS SO HEALTHY NOW COMPARED TO WHEN I WAS A KID AND ALL THE SEPTIC TANKS THE POLLUTED THE CREEK.  CRAYFISH...MULLUSKS AND FROGS ALL OVER.

MAZEPPA PARADE

WE GOT CREATIVE WITH THE PARADE THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS THING.  BUT WE KEPT OUT TRADITION GOING !   A SPECIAL THANKS TO DALE HAUCK FOR SPECIAL MUSIC AND THE MIFFLINBURG VFW FOR THEIR FLOAT AND THE CANDY !   THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME WE HAD CANDY THROWN OUT AT OUR PARADE.  AN INCREDIBLE NIGHT AND OUR BIGGEST PARADE EVER !  TO SEE MORE PHOTOS PLEASE VISIT THE FACEBOOK PAGE......IMAGES OF MAZEPPA PA

24 PERCY

A FEW DAYS LATE POSTING THIS PERCY BUT I SNAGGED 24 ON SATURDAY !   OVERCAST AND THE WATER WAS STILL COOL.   THE PRIZE WAS THE RAINBOW AND GUESSING
15 - 16 INCHES.  HE WAS REALLY PLAYED OUT ONCE I GOT HIM IN THE NET AND JUST WANTED TO GET HIM RELEASED AS SOON AS I COULD.  THE SMALLY WAS ABOUT 13 AND CAUGHT SEVERAL PICKERAL WITH THE ONE PICTURED ABOUT 15.  ADDED THE PIC OF THE WATER LILIES AS THEY WERE JUST GETTING THEIR YELLOW FLOWERS.  SAW 2 OF THE EAGLES AND THE BIRDS AND BULL FROGS WERE SINGING THE WHOLE TIME I WAS FISHING.

PARADE JULY 5TH

JUST LETTING EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING A MEMORIAL DAY / JULY 4TH PARADE AND CEREMONY ON SUNDAY JULY 5TH AND STARTS AT 6 PM.   WHEN WE HAD TO POSTPONE THE MEMORIAL DAY FESTIVITIES I SUGGESTED TO CLARENCE THAT WE DO THIS SHOULD WE GO GREEN AND WE DID.  I AM ENCOURAGING YOU TO JOIN IN THE PARADE AND LETS BRING BACK THE OLD TRADITION OF CARRYING FLOWERS AND LAYING THEN THEM ON THE GRAVES.  IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND HOPE TO SEE YA ON JULY 5TH !

2nd DAY OUT

A WEEK LATE AGAIN PERCY BUT MY TIME IS LIMITED WITH ALL THE OVERTIME AT THE WAREHOUSE RIGHT NOW.   ONLY CAUGHT ONE BUT A DANDY 14 INCH RAINBOW. 2 PAIRS OF GEESE NESTING AND PICS OF BOTH.  THE YELLOW FLOWERS WERE IDENTIFIED AS TROUT LILLIES BY ONE OF MY SCHOLARSHIP KIDS.  AND WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THE WOODPECKER HOLE ENDS UP BEING USED BY A WOOD DUCK

FIRST DAY

A WEEK LATE WITH THIS PERCY BUT BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.   HAD MY BEST FIRST DAY OF FISHING EVER !   LAST SATURDAY I SNAGGED 8 AND THE HIGHLIGHTERS WERE A 13 INCH BROOKIE....14 INCH RAINBOW AND A 16 INCH BROWNIE.  THE BIGGEST TROUT I EVER PULLED OUT OF BUFFALO CREEK.  THE LAST PHOTO IS THE VIEW AS I STEPPED OUT OF THE CREEK.  TONS OF WILDLIFE TOO WITH GEESE....3 TYPES OF DUCKS.....WOODPECKERS.....KINGFISHERS....AND WILDFLOWERS