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FINALLY BACK IN THE CREEK AHHHHHHHHHHH   CAUGHT 22 PERCY AND SOME GREAT WILDLIFE PHOTOS WITH THE HERON...REDHEADED WOODPECKERS AND TADPOLE.  THE CREEK IS SO HEALTHY NOW COMPARED TO WHEN I WAS A KID AND ALL THE SEPTIC TANKS THE POLLUTED THE CREEK.  CRAYFISH...MULLUSKS AND FROGS ALL OVER.

MAZEPPA PARADE

WE GOT CREATIVE WITH THE PARADE THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS THING.  BUT WE KEPT OUT TRADITION GOING !   A SPECIAL THANKS TO DALE HAUCK FOR SPECIAL MUSIC AND THE MIFFLINBURG VFW FOR THEIR FLOAT AND THE CANDY !   THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME WE HAD CANDY THROWN OUT AT OUR PARADE.  AN INCREDIBLE NIGHT AND OUR BIGGEST PARADE EVER !  TO SEE MORE PHOTOS PLEASE VISIT THE FACEBOOK PAGE......IMAGES OF MAZEPPA PA

24 PERCY

A FEW DAYS LATE POSTING THIS PERCY BUT I SNAGGED 24 ON SATURDAY !   OVERCAST AND THE WATER WAS STILL COOL.   THE PRIZE WAS THE RAINBOW AND GUESSING
15 - 16 INCHES.  HE WAS REALLY PLAYED OUT ONCE I GOT HIM IN THE NET AND JUST WANTED TO GET HIM RELEASED AS SOON AS I COULD.  THE SMALLY WAS ABOUT 13 AND CAUGHT SEVERAL PICKERAL WITH THE ONE PICTURED ABOUT 15.  ADDED THE PIC OF THE WATER LILIES AS THEY WERE JUST GETTING THEIR YELLOW FLOWERS.  SAW 2 OF THE EAGLES AND THE BIRDS AND BULL FROGS WERE SINGING THE WHOLE TIME I WAS FISHING.

PARADE JULY 5TH

JUST LETTING EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING A MEMORIAL DAY / JULY 4TH PARADE AND CEREMONY ON SUNDAY JULY 5TH AND STARTS AT 6 PM.   WHEN WE HAD TO POSTPONE THE MEMORIAL DAY FESTIVITIES I SUGGESTED TO CLARENCE THAT WE DO THIS SHOULD WE GO GREEN AND WE DID.  I AM ENCOURAGING YOU TO JOIN IN THE PARADE AND LETS BRING BACK THE OLD TRADITION OF CARRYING FLOWERS AND LAYING THEN THEM ON THE GRAVES.  IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND HOPE TO SEE YA ON JULY 5TH !

2nd DAY OUT

A WEEK LATE AGAIN PERCY BUT MY TIME IS LIMITED WITH ALL THE OVERTIME AT THE WAREHOUSE RIGHT NOW.   ONLY CAUGHT ONE BUT A DANDY 14 INCH RAINBOW. 2 PAIRS OF GEESE NESTING AND PICS OF BOTH.  THE YELLOW FLOWERS WERE IDENTIFIED AS TROUT LILLIES BY ONE OF MY SCHOLARSHIP KIDS.  AND WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THE WOODPECKER HOLE ENDS UP BEING USED BY A WOOD DUCK

FIRST DAY

A WEEK LATE WITH THIS PERCY BUT BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.   HAD MY BEST FIRST DAY OF FISHING EVER !   LAST SATURDAY I SNAGGED 8 AND THE HIGHLIGHTERS WERE A 13 INCH BROOKIE....14 INCH RAINBOW AND A 16 INCH BROWNIE.  THE BIGGEST TROUT I EVER PULLED OUT OF BUFFALO CREEK.  THE LAST PHOTO IS THE VIEW AS I STEPPED OUT OF THE CREEK.  TONS OF WILDLIFE TOO WITH GEESE....3 TYPES OF DUCKS.....WOODPECKERS.....KINGFISHERS....AND WILDFLOWERS

2 DONATIONS

A DOUBLE DONATION AT CHURCH TODAY.  JEAN AND SUSAN WALLS PRESENTED ME WITH $ 100 FROM THE AUXILIARY AT THE YODER - ZIMMERMAN VFW IN MIFFLINBURG.   ALSO RICKY GAVE ME $ 100 IN WALMART GIFT CARDS THAT WERE GIVEN BY A VETERAN.  THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT IS MAKING OUR FIRST MID YEAR DONATION TO THE HOLLIDAYSBURG VETERANS HOME A HUGE SUCCESS