USO AND WOUNDED WARRIORS

THIS ISN'T EXACTLY A MAZEPPA POST OTHER THAN THE FACT THIS MAZEPPA BOY IS PLANNING IT.  THERE IS GOING TO BE A DINNER DANCE AT THE SCARLET D ON NOVEMBER 7TH TO BENEFIT THE USO AND THE WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT.  I HAVE ASSISTED MY FATHER IN LAW WITH THE VETERANS DAY PROGRAM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND HAD THIS DREAM OF MAKING IT AN ALL DAY CELEBRATION.  WE HAVE AN ALL STAR LINE UP OF MUSIC WITH HEADLINERS KIMBO AND BRYAN AND THE WESTERN SWING BAND , GRAND JUNCTION.  JOINING IN ARE SEVERAL OTHER ARTISTS AND ALL ARE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME AND TALENTS.   ALSO HAVING A LIVE AUCTION AND ALREADY HAVE SOME GREAT ITEMS UP FOR BID.   JUST THIS WEEK I MAILED A FOOTBALL TO HEISMAN TROPHY AWARD WINNER JOHN CAPPELLETTI TO SIGN AND WE WILL ALSO BE GETTING A SIGNED BASKETBALL FROM KELLY MAZZANTE THE ALL TIME LEADING SCORER IN THE HISTORY OF THE BIG 10.  RYAN KEISER SIGNED A FOOTBALL FOR US AND OWEN MAHON GAVE US A GORGEOUS SIGNED AND NUMBERED PRINT.  PROUD TO SAY THAT THE BARN OWL ART STUDIO IN MAZEPPA HAS ALSO PLEDGED A PAINTING.
I TRULY FEEL WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SOMETHING SPECIAL HAPPEN THAT NIGHT AND WE ARE ONLY ASKING A MODEST $ 10 COVER CHARGE.  WE HAVE A FEW OTHER THINGS PLANNED THAT NIGHT TO RAISE SOME FUNDS AND HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US FOR THIS WONDERFUL EVENT.   ANY QUESTIONS JUST EMAIL ME AT
mazeppa@ptd.net

ROBERT BLYLER

RECENTLY THE DAILY ITEM DID A FEATURE ON MAZEPPA NATIVE ROBERT BLYLER.  HIS PICTURE CAN BE FOUND IN THE PHOTO ALBUM WITH THIS BLOG.  A BAG OF LETTERS FOUND IN THE ATTIC WAS PART OF A PRESENTATION DONE AT THE UNION COUNTY LIBRARY ABUT SNAIL MAIL IN WAR TIMES.  THE LETTERS WERE ONES SENT BY ROBERT ,  HIS FATHER PAUL AND SISTER MARGARET WHILE ROBERT WAS STATIONED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC , DURING WW2. IN THE ARMY HE SERVED AS A LATHE OPERATOR AND WAS IN THE 36TH MALARIA CONTROL DETECHMENT , TECHNICIAN 5TH GRADE. HE HELPED TO SUPERVISE SANITATION AND CLEANING OUT OF SWAMPS.   AWARDED A GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, PHILIPPINES LIBERATION RIBBON, ASIATIC PACIFIC THEATER SERVICE MEDAL , A BRONZE STAR AND A VICTORY MEDAL.  WHEN HE RETURNED HOME HE WENT TO WILLIAMSPORT TECHNICAL SCOOL ON THE GI BILL.  HE WAS THEN EMPLOYED BY THE LYCOMING DIVISION OF AVCO.  AGAIN LOOK FOR ROBERTS PICTURE IN THE PHOTO ALBUM.

PERFECT ?

GOT IN THE CREEK AT 6:30 AM TODAY AND THE CONDITIONS SEEMED PERFECT.  CAUGHT 4 PRETTY QUICKLY INCLUDING A NICE PICKERAL.  THEN........ONLY 4 MORE THE REST OF THE TIME.  BUT LOTS OF WILDLIFE AGAIN WITH ONE OF THE EAGLES...BLUE HERONS...CEDAR WAXWINGS...AND MOTHER MERGANZER HAD HER WHOLE TRIBE OUT ON THE WATER TODAY AND FUN TO WATCH.

PASSING

SAD NEWS TO REPORT WITH THE PASSING OF LONGTIME MAZEPPA RESIDENT , MAURICE AIKEY.

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.