CAMP VICTORY

WONDERFUL DAY YESTERDAY AT CAMP VICTORY IN MANY WAYS.  THE PAST 2 YEARS THE MAZEPPA UNION CHURCH HAS DONATED THE PROFIT FROM THE HAM AND EGG SUPPER TO CAMP VICTORY AND  THE CHECK WAS DELIVERED YESTERDAY BY RICKY PHILLIPS.  ALSO  FRED KELLER CAME ALONG AND I WAS DELIGHTED TO GIVE A TOUR OF THE GROUNDS TO RICKY AND FRED.

MAZEPPA MANNA

THE BIG NEWS IS THE WHITE CHURCH THAT THE MAZEPPA UNION CHURCH PURCHASED WILL BE HOUSING AN OUTREACH PROGRAM.....NAMED, MAZEPPA MANNA AND THEY HOPE TO GET IT STARTED IN AUGUST.  FOOD , CLOTHES AND OTHER THINGS THAT WILL HELP THOSE IN NEED.  IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS OUTREACH OR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO THE PROGRAM......PLEASE CONTACT THE MAZEPPA UNION CHURCH

THE WHITE CHURCH

IT IS NOW OFFICIAL.......THE MAZEPPA UNION CHURCH IS THE OWNER OF THE WHITE CHURCH......THE FORMER METHODIST CHURCH.   PLANS ARE TO MAYBE SET UP A FOOD BANK TYPE OF THING AND LOOKING FOR A GROUP TO RENT OUT THE BUILDING AND KEEP IT BEING USED IN A CHURCH TYPE CAPACITY.   WILL UPDATE AS NEWS GETS TO ME.  EXCITING TIMES IN MAZEPPA.

WHITE CHURCH

FOR THOSE OUT OF THE AREA WHO DIDN'T KNOW THE BUFFALO CROSSROADS ELEMENTARY HAD CLOSED THIS YEAR AND AS IT STANDS NOW WILL BECOME A CHURCH.  SEVERAL CHURCHES ARE COMBINING INTO THE OLD SCHOOL INCLUDING THE WHITE CHURCH AT THE END OF TOWN.  THE 4 CHURCHES WERE PUT ON THE MARKET AND WILL UPDATE WHEN WE FIND OUT WHO ENDS UP PURCHASING THE
ONE IN TOWN

FALL IS COMING

FISHING LAST WEEKEND WAS A TASTE OF FALL.  LEAVES ON THE CREEK AND I HAD TO WEAR A LONG SLEEVE T.   SAW THE SMALLEST PICKER I HAVE EVER SEEN AS I SPOTTED IT BY A BRANCH.  UNMISTAKABLE NOSE ON IT AND COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE THAN 6 OR 7 INCHES.
TONS OF KINGFISHERS AS THE CREEK IS REALLY LOW BUT THE 3 INCHES OF RAIN WE GOT THIS WEEK SHOULD REALLY HELP.

VACATION FISHING

GUNNA SUM UP MY FISHING TRIPS THIS WEEK ALL IN ONE POST.  WAS ON VACATION THIS WEEK AND I GOT OUT THURSDAY AND CAUGHT QUITE A FEW WITH ONE BEING A 16 INCH PICKERAL AND A 13 INCH SMALLY.   BUT SUNDAY WAS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS I EVER HAD IN BUFFALO CREEK IF YOU INCLUDE THE WILDLIFE.  I CAUGHT 22 WITH ONE A MONSTER CHUB AND A ROCK BASS THAT WAS 9 INCHES.
THE ROCK BASS I THOUGHT AT FIRST HAD TO BE A SMALLY BUT AS I TOOK IT OUT OF THE WATER THE DISTICTIVE  COLORS AND RED EYE...A REAL BEAUTY.
BUT THE WILDLIFE WAS SOMETHING ELSE AND MADE THE DAY REALLY GREAT.  AS I WADED DOWN THE CREEK I SAW THE BALD EAGLE AGAIN.  THEN 5 DEER WITH ONE BEING A BUCK...2 DOE AND 2 FAWNS.  WATCHED THEM FOR ABOUT 15 - 20 MINUTES AND THEN I HEARD A NOISE IN THE WATER BEHIND ME...THERE WERE 2 BUCK AND THE ONE WAS A REAL MONSTER.  I DIDN'T BOTHER REACHING FOR MY CAMERA THAT WAS IN MY POCKET CAUSE I KNEW THAT WOULD SPOOK THEM.  SO I JUST STOOD AND WATCHED THEM ALL TILL THEY DECIDED THEY WERE DONE WATERING AND THEN MOSIED ON THEIR WAY.  JUST A REALLY SPECIAL DAY IN MAZEPPA     : )

FIRE AT KUHNS

AND JUST AWFUL NEWS IN MAZEPPA AS FRIDAY THERE WAS A MAJOR FIRE AT KUHNS LUMBER AND IT DESTROYED THE SAW MILL.
APPEARS TO BE AN EXPLOSION FROM SAWDUST AS IT READ IN THE DAILY ITEM