HAM AND EGG SUPPER

WELL I ACTUALLY MADE IT OUT TO THE WORLD FAMOUS MAZEPPA HAM AND EGG SUPPER LAST NIGHT. FOOD WAS GREAT AS EVER AND SO WONDERFUL SEEING OLD FRIENDS. LOOK FOR SOME PICTURES IN THE FOLDER.

DOROTHY BAKER

DOROTHY BAKER , WHO GROWING UP WAS A DEAR FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR IS NOW AT THE BUFFLAO VALLEY NURSING HOME AND THIS WEEK I STOPPED TO SEE HER. MARRIED TO LESTER FOR I THINK OVER 60 YEARS AND BETTER NEIGHBORS WE COULDN'T HAVE EVER HAD. WHAT A WONDERFUL VISIT WE HAD TALKING ABOUT OLD TIMES IN MAZEPPA AND WAS STUNNED TO FIND OUT DOROTHY ACTUALLY LIVED IN MONTANDON AT ONE TIME. ASKED DOROTHY IF SHE EVER GETS BACK HOME TO THE FARM IN MAZEPPA AND SHE SMILED.......YEAH I HAVE TO GET HOME OCCASIONALLY.....TOO MANY GREAT MEMORIES. THING I STILL CHUCKLE ABOUT IS THAT THE 2 COOKS WE HAD AT BUFFALO CROSSROADS ELEMENTARY WERE BOTH.........." BAKERS "

MUC CHILDRENS LIBRARY

WONDERFUL NEWS FROM THE MAZEPPA UNION CHURCH. LAST YEAR I HAD GIVEN THE CHURCH SOME MONEY ON TOP OF THE RENTAL OF THE HALL, FOR MY 50TH BASH. WANTED THEM TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE CHILDRENS SUNDAY SCHOOL IN HONOR OF ROBERTA. GOT WORD THIS WEEK THEY PLAN TO START A CHILDRENS LIBRARY AND THE FIRST BOOKS HAVE BERTS NAME IN IT ALONG WITH HELEN STAHL WHO WE JUST LOST. HAVE TO THINK BOTH HELEN AND BERT ARE SMILING DOWN ON THE CHURCH AND THEIR DECISION : )

HELEN STAHL

WE LOST A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY THIS PAST WEEK IN HELEN STAHL. OUR HEART FELT FEELINGS GO OUT TO WENDELL , JOHN AND MY CLASSMATE MARRIANNE.

GERMANY BOUND

WELL PASTOR RICKY PHILLIPS IS AT IT AGAIN. WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR MAZEPPA PASTOR AS HE IS HEADING TO GERMANY TO STUDY IN THE HOME OF MARTIN LUTHER.

LAST WADE OF 2010 ?

WELL I GOT ONE LAST DAY TO WADE THE CREEK AND FISH AND WHAT A GREAT DAY. NOT AS MUCH WILDLIFE IN FACT I ONLY SAW 2 CRAWFISH AND UNDERSTAND AS THE WATER WAS MORE THAN A BIT CHILLY. BUT IT WARMED TO THE MID 70'S BY MID AFTERNOON AND GOT KINDA NICE. DID SEE LOTS OF DUCKS AND MY BUDDY THE GROUNDHOG JOINED ME AT THE FISHING HOLE. SOME GREAT PICTURES OF THE TREES AND I GOT 12 FISH THE LAST A 9 INCH BROOKIE. FIRST TROUT I CAUGHT IN MAZEPPA IN 25 YEARS. WHEN I GOT TO THE CAR AND CHANGED SNEAKERS MY FEET WERE SNOW WHITE. YES.......THE WATER WAS COLD.

DUCK HUNTER

WAS SO STUNNED TODAY AS I WAS FISHING TO RUN INTO A DUCK HUNTER. FIRST TIME SINCE I FISHED THE CREEK I EVER HAD THAT HAPPEN. AND I HAVE BEEN WADING THE CREEK SINCE ABOUT 1966 WHEN WE MOVED TO THE FARM. MID 70'S TODAY AND A NICE FALL BREEZE BLOWING AND IT WAS JUST A FUN DAY TO BE IN THE WATER. THE LEAVES ON THE WATER MADE IT TOUGH TO FISH AND ONE OF MY SPOTS WAS BASICALLY IMPOSSIBLE AS IT'S KIND OF A LAGOON TYPE SPOT. GOT 5 IN ALL AND MOST AS I FISHED MY WAY BACK UP THE CREEK AND THE CHUBS WERE HEADING BACK DOWN STREAM. A COUPLE OF DUCKS AND THE FOX SQUIRRELS WERE OUT. BUT ONLY ONE KINGFISHER AND 1 BLUE HERON. A FEW DUCKS BUT THEY WERE SAFE UPSTREAM AND AWAY ELMER FUDD.