FINALLY !!!

ALMOST FORGOT WHAT BUFFALO CREEK LOOKED LIKE AS I FINALLY GOT BACK TO FISHING.  FIRST TIME THIS YEAR I GOT MY LINE WET AND NOT SURE WHEN THE LAST WAS LAST YEAR AFTER ALL THE RAINS.  PERCY I CAUGHT 14 AND HAD 3 NICE ONES JUMP OFF INCLUDING A BIG TROUT.  THAT ONE FLEW A FOOT OR MORE OUT OF THE WATER...DID A WIGGLE AND THEN THE LURE FLEW RIGHT BACK AT ME.  ALSO INCLUDING A PICTURE OF A MERGANSER AS I HAD THE TREAT ONCE AGAIN OF SEEING THE BABIES BEING TAUGHT TO SWIM UNDER WATER.

CEMETERY

EVERY YEAR BEFORE THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE BINK AND I WALK THE CEMETERY AND A FEW I TOOK PICTURES OF THIS YEAR.  WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE FIRST ONE AS RON IS A SPECIAL MEMORY I HAVE OF MY CHILDHOOD IN MAZEPPA.  RON AURAND NOT ONLY  TOOK TIME TO PLAY FOOTBALL WITH ME AND JIMMY BUT SERVED HIS COUNTRY PROUDLY.  A FELLA I TRULY ADMIRED.  PICTURES FROM THE PARADE CAN BE VIEWED ON FACEBOOK :  IMAGES OF MAZEPPA PA

POSTCARDS

SOME RECENT POSTCARDS FROM BUFFALO CROSSROADS FOR SALE ON EBAY. FIRST IS THE CORNER STORE WHERE I SPENT A LOT OF TIME.  WAS AIKEYS IN MY DAY BUT THIS ONE GOES BACK BEFORE THEN AS YOU CAN SEE THE HITCHIN POSTS.  NEXT IS THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE AND LAST IS THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

FLAGS AND PARADE

WE PLACED THE FLAGS LAST NIGHT AND ALREADY FOR THE PARADE AND CEREMONY ON SUNDAY.  AGAIN THE MAZEPPA PARADE STARTS AT 6 PM AND OUR SPEAKER THIS YEAR IS RICK BRESSLER.  IF YOU HAVE A VINTAGE CAR PLEASE JOIN THE PARADE AND TELL KIDS TO JUMP IN AND BE A PART OF THIS LONG STANDING COMMUNITY EVENT.   SHOULD YOU WANT TO HELP WITH THE FLAGS NEXT YEAR OR EVEN SERVE ON THE CEMETERY BOARD PLEASE INQUIRE.  HOPE TO SEE YA SUNDAY IN MAZEPPA !  

MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS

JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THE MAZEPPA YARD SALES ARE MAY 25TH AND START AT 8 AM.  ALSO THE FIRE STATION IS ONCE AGAIN SELLING CHICKEN BBQ AND TO ORDER CALL  570 424 0138 OR 570 412 2485.   THEN ON SUNDAY THE 26TH IS THE WORLD FAMOUS MAZEPPA MEMORIAL DAY PARADE AND CEREMONY.  PARADE STARTS AT 6 PM AND OUR SPEAKER THIS YEAR IS RICK BRESSLER.

GULMAKAI

WE HAD A SPECIAL GUEST AT MAZEPPA UNION TODAY AND IT WAS GULMAKAI SALEH.  CAME  TO THE U.S. FROM AFGHANISTAN WHERE SHE WAS BULLIED FOR BEING A MUSLIM AND THE WAY SHE DRESSED. I ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO VISIT HER WEBSITE AND SEE HOW THIS LEAD HER TO HER LIFE'S MISSION.  PERSONALLY I WORK WITH MUSLIMS ON A DAILY BASIS AND MANY HAVE BECOME FRIENDS. A MAJOR MISCONCEPTION AND FOUND THAT WE ARE MORE SIMILAR THAN MOST THINK.  AGAIN THANKYOU GULMAKAI FOR SUCH A GREAT MESSAGE.

RICHARD HOFFMAN

SADLY  WE LOST A LONG TIME MAZEPPA CITIZEN WITH THE PASSING OF RICHARD HOFFMAN.  ( MARCH 11 , 2019 )  BORN  MAY 18 , 1937 IN SIPESVILLE AND THE SON OF PARK AND HAZEL HOFMAN.  MARRIED FOR 62 YEARS TO NANCY AND 3 CHILDREN JEFFREY , DAVID AND JOCELYN.   HE GREW UP IN WEST MILTON AND AFTER 2 YEARS AT BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY WAS ACCEPTED  INTO THE NAVAL AIR CADET PROGRAM.  HE RECEIVED HIS WINGS AND WAS COMMISSIONED INTO THE MARINE CORPS. ASSIGNED TO THE FIRST NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER , THE ENTERPRISE , DURING THE CUBAN CRISIS.  SERVED AS A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN KINGSVILLE , TEXAS AND THEN WAS A PILOT FOR AMERICAN AIRLINES.  WILL GET PERSONAL NOW AS I GREW UP ACROSS THE CREEK FROM THE HOFFMANS AND GREATER NEIGHBORS YOU WILL NEVER HAVE.  NANCY AND ANNETTE WEISER WERE MY DEN MOTHERS THE FEW YEARS I PARTICIPATED IN THE SCOUTS.  OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE WHOLE HOFFMAN FAMILY