AT LAST BACK IN THE CREEK

AFTER WEEKS OF RAIN I FINALLY GOT BACK IN THE CREEK.  ACTUALLY SURPRISED TO FIND THE CREEK CLEARED UP LIKE IT WAS.   STOPPED ON MY WAY BACK FROM CHURCH AND LOOKED OVER THE BRIDGE AND WAS SHOCKED TO SEE ROCKS.   GOT IN THE CREEK ABOUT  2 IN THE AFTERNOON AND MY FIRST CAST LANDED A 9 - 10 INCH SMALLY.  MY NEXT CAST GOT A NICE CHUB AND MY 4TH CAST LANDED YET ANOTHER NICE SMALLY.   I KNEW I WAS IN FOR A GOOD DAY.   GOT 23 IN ALL AND CAUGHT 2 SMALL PICKERAL ON CONSECUTIVE CASTS.  SAW MY FIRST BLUE HERON OF THE YEAR AND THE ONE BALD EAGLE FLEW RIGHT OVER MY HEAD IN THE CREEK.   NOT TO DO AN OLD JOHNNY CARSON LINE BUT...............HOW HOT WAS IT........IT WAS SO HOT TODAY I WAS SWEATING WHILE WADING IN THE CREEK AND THATS HOT.  

LAVERE

RECENTLY A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE AREA , LAVERE HOOK HAD A MILD STROKE.  PLEASED TO SAY HE IS DOING BETTER AND WAS IN CHURCH LAST SUNDAY.  STILL SOME TROUBLE WITH HIS VISION  BUT JUST GLAD HE IS ALRIGHT OTHER WISE.

TODAY IN THE CREEK

I RECENTLY GOT A MESSAGE FROM MY OLD NEIGHBORS THE HOFFMAN'S , VIA MY NEPHEW, THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN PUTTING NEW POSTS ON THE BLOG.  SO I DECIDED TO UPDATE MY 2015 FISHING SEASON.  MY FIRST DAY OUT WAS THE BEGINING OF MAY AND CAUGHT OVER 20 THAT DAY INCLUDING A NICE BROWN TROUT.  SINCE THEN I ONLY HAD ONE DAY OF DOUBLE DIGIT FISH BUT WHAT I AM LACKING QUANTITY I AM MAKING UP WITH IN QUALITY.   SEVERAL NICE BROWN TROUT THIS YEAR AND A BEAUTIFUL SMALLMOUTH A FEW WEEKS AGO AND TODAY A 13 INCH RAINBOW.  ADD IN THE 12 - 15 INCH CHUBS I HAVE CAUGHT AND IT'S BEEN A GOOD SEASON.  BUT THEN ANY DAY IN THE CREEK IS GOOD AS LONG AS THERE IS PLENTY OF WILDLIFE AND THERE HAS BEEN PLENTY OF THAT AND EVEN SEEING SOME DEER THIS YEAR.  HAD 2 FAWNS WALK RIGHT UP TO ME A FEW WEEKS AGO.  I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CREEK AND THEY NEVER SAW ME AS THEY WANDERED RIGHT UP TO THE CREEKS EDGE.  LOTS OF DUCKS, GEESE. BALTIMORE ORIOLES, SCARLET TANGERS, SANDPIPERS AND OF COURSE THE 3 EAGLES WE HAVE IN MAZEPPA.  TODAY I SWEAR THE 2 MATURE EAGLES WERE FOLLOWING ME UP AND DOWN THE CREEK. LAST WEEK A RACCOON WAS SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CREEK FEEDING ON SHELLFISH AND THAT WAS FUN TO WATCH.   I HAVE YET TO CATCH A PICKERAL BUT I KNOW THAT WILL HAPPEN ANY DAY NOW.

BIG WEEKEND

THERE WAS LOTS GOING ON IN MAZEPPA THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.  THE CHICKEN BBQ WAS HELD AGAIN BUT THIS TIME ACTUALLY AT THE NEW FIRE STATION.  WHEN I GOT OUR MEALS I TOURED THE STATION AND THEY CERTAINLY DID IT RIGHT.  EVERYONE INVOVLED WITH BUILDING THIS CAN BE PROUD.
THE PARADE WAS SUNDAY AND WE HAD QUITE A FEW NEW FACES IN THE PARADE AND LOOK FOR THE PICTURES IN THE PHOTO ALBUM.  THE SPEAKER WAS DAN MCDAVITT AND HE WAS TERIFFIC.  CALLED INTO DUTY ON SHORT NOTICE AS OUR SCHEDULED SPEAKER BAILED ON US THE DAY BEFORE.  TURNED OUT GREAT AS DAN HAD A WONDERFUL MESSAGE WITH YET ANOTHER GREAT TURNOUT.  KUDOS TO CLARENCE AND BETH FOR ONCE AGAIN ORGANIZING EVERYTHING.

VESTA BOWER

VESTA BOWER PASSED AWAY MAY 4, 2015.    DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM AND EMMA DIEFFENDERFER AND MARRIED TO RICHARD BOWER FOR 63 YEARS.  GRADUATED FROM LEWISBURG IN 1941 AND DEVOTED MEMBER OF THE MAZEPPA UNION CHURCH. 

HAM AND EGGS

I AM REALLY PLEASED TO POST THIS MESSAGE.  THE HAM AND EGG SUPPER RAISED OVER  $ 3200 FOR THE NEW FIRE STATION IN MAZEPPA.
85 DOZEN EGGS WERE UTILIZED DURING THE MEAL.
THANKS TO ERMA AND CLARENCE ROUSH FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZING THIS EVENT.  ALSO TO ALL  THE VOLUNTEERS THAT HELPED DURING THE MEAL.
AND OF COURSE THANKS TO ALL THAT CAME OUT AND SUPPORTED THIS GREAT CAUSE.

DATES TO REMEMBER

SOME DATES TO JOT DOWN THAT WERE MENTIONED IN THE CHURCH BULLETIN TODAY...
THE WORLD FAMOUS HAM AND EGG SUPPER IS APRIL 11 AND THIS YEAR THE PROCEEDS GO TO THE NEW FIRE HOUSE IN MAZEPPA.

ALSO THE MAZEPPA YARD SALES ARE MAY 23.

MAKE SURE TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT BOTH GREAT EVENTS.