BACK IN THE CREEK

PERCY I FINALLY GOT BACK IN THE CREEK AND A GOOD DAY.  ALTHOUGH IT STARTED OUT ALL WRONG.  WENT TO GIANT TO GET DOUGHNUTS ONLY TO FIND OUT THEY ARE NO LONGER 24 HOURS.  SO TO THE CREEK WITH ONLY COFFEE AND ACTIVIA IN THE BELLY.  THE 2ND CAST A MAJOR

TANGLE AND I WAS WONDERING IF THIS WAS AN OMEN.  BUT IT GOT BETTER AS I SAW AN EAGLE...A BALTIMORE ORIOLE...LOTS OF OTHER BIRDS AND CAUGHT 18.  A GREAT VARIETY TOO WITH FALL FISH...SMALLYS...A BLUE GILL....A PICKERAL AND THESE 2 DANDY RAINBOWS.

NANCY AND WAYNE

WELL THE DAY ACTUALLY HAPPENED......WAYNE STAHL IS NOW MARRIED.  I AM SO HAPPY FOR NANCY AND WAYNE AND WISH THEM ALL THE BEST !  IT WAS SUCH A LOVELY AND MIGHT ADD......FUN FILLED WEDDING.  TRULY UNIQUE AND SO GLAD I WAS THERE

FINALLY...

WELL PERCY IT FINALLY HAPPENED.....I GOT IN THE CREEK TO FISH.  BUFFALO WAS STILL A BIT HIGH BUT A GREAT DAY IN MAZEPPA.  PICS OF THE WILD FLOWERS AND THE LILYPADS BLOOMING.....LOTS OF WILDLIFE TODAY AND EVEN SAW A RED HEADED WOODPECKER AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I SAW ONE OF THEM. 11 FISH IN ALL INCLUDING THIS MONSTER PICKERAL

MEMORIAL DAY 2018

WELL THE WEATHER COOPERATED AND WE GOT THE PARADE AND CEREMONY IN LAST NIGHT WITHOUT A RAINDROP.  THERE WILL BE MORE PICTURES ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE BUT JUST PUTTING 2 HERE.  THE ONE IS CLARENCE ROUSH AND OUR SPEAKER BEN LEITZEL.   THE OTHER WAS OUR LITTLE SURPRISE.  A FEW MONTHS AGO CHERRY AND RON WILL TOLD ME THAT THE GRAVE OF CYRUS SHRECK , A MAZEPPA NATIVE , DIDN'T HAVE A MILITARY MARKER. HE PASSED AWAY IN 2014 AND SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR.  CHERRY AND RON ASKED IF I WOULD ASSIST IN FIXING THE PROBLEM.  TURNED OUT TO BE AN EASY FIX AS THE VA OFFICE HAD ALL OF HIS RECORDS AND I GOT A MARKER RIGHT AWAY.  BUT WE FELT IT WOULD BE PERFECT TO ACTUALLY PLACE THE MARKER AS PART OF THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE AND IT ALL TURNED OUT QUITE WELL.  AGAIN THANKS TO CHERRY AND RON FOR NOTICING THAT CYRUS'S GRAVE WAS UNADORNED

MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

ADDING THE AD FOR THE CHICKEN BBQ , YARD SALES AND ALSO WANT TO MENTION THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE AND CEREMONY , THE NEXT DAY , MAY 27 AND THAT STARTS AT 6 PM.  A LITTLE SURPRISE IN THE SERVICE THIS YEAR BUT YOU HAVE TO ATTEND TO SEE WHAT IT IS.  A HAPPENING WEEKEND IN MY OLD HOMETOWN

WANDA FINCK

SADLY WE LOST LONG TIME MAZEPPA RESIDENT WANDA FINCK.  SHE AND MEL WERE WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS .  BORN SEPTEMBER 6 , 1927 AND PASSED AWAY MAY 8, 2018. DAUGHTER OF HOMER AND NELLIE WAGNER.  MARRIED TO MELVIN  AND THEY HAD 2 CHILDREN KEITH AND KAREN.

JIM BAUMER

WE LOST A DEAR FRIEND THIS WEEK WITH THE PASSING OF JIMMY BAUMER.  JAMES EDWARD BAUMER DIED MONDAY FEBRUARY 26 , 2018.  BORN AUGUST 12 , 1960 AND THE SON OF G. MARLIN AND MARGUERITE BAUMER.  MARRIED TO THE FORMER LENA REITENBACH AND SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER JESSICA AND SON TIMOTHY.   ALSO HIS                                                                                                                                          

BROTHER DAVID , SISTER BARBARA EDINGER AND WAS PREDECEASED BY SISTER   BEVERLY.   WHAT A GREAT GUY AND WE WILL REALLY MISS JIM.