MARK BENFER

WONDERFUL NEWS FROM MARK BENFER. LANDED A JOB WITH URS CORP IN WILLIAMSPORT AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST. FIRST TIME I MET MARK AS A FRESHMAN I KNEW HE WOULD BE ONE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS. A QUALITY HUMAN BEING AND THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT HIS MOM AND DAD. BEST OF LUCK IN THE NEW JOB.

CAMP DOST - CANCER CAMP

WELL CAMP DOST IS OVER FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD TOP THIS ONE. ESPECIALLY FRANKS CINDERELLA'S CASTLE AND THE PETES DRAGON HE MADE. IF KIDNAPPING WAS LEGAL I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT AUDRIANNA HOME WITH ME. WHAT A PRECIOUS THING SHE IS AND AT AGE 3 SHE HAD STOMACH CANCER. LEFT CAMP WITH A HUG FROM MY SWEETY JULIA...ROBERTA'S TWIN. : )

LIBRARY

WELL THE NEW LIBRARY AT THE MAZEPPA UNION CHURCH IS OFFICIALLY UP AND RUNNING AND I WAS OUT FOR CHURCH TO SEE IT. A PICTURE OF PEYTON PHILLIPS HOLDING ONE OF THE BOOKS IS IN THE ALBUM. ALL THE BOOKS HAVE BERT AND HELEN STAHLS NAMES INSIDE. HAVE TO THINK THEY ARE BOTH SMILING DOWN
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LUCIEN MAURER

AND THE SAD NEWS TO REPORT OF LUCIEN MAURER PASSING AWAY. WHAT A WONDERFUL MAN AND OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO MALACHI AND THE WHOLE FAMILY.

MAPES FARM

WHAT A GREAT TIME I HAD ON SATURDAY AT THE PIG ROAST OVER AT THE MAPES FARM. A GRADUATION PARTY FOR JAMES. GREAT FOOD....OLD AND DEAR FRIENDS AND LOTS OF MEMORIES AS WE USE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME THERE WHEN I WAS A KID. THEY EVEN HAVE THE CHIN UP BAR IN THE KITCHEN DOOR YET. PHOTOS IN THE FOLDER.

KIM AND CHAD

A LITTLE DELAYED IN GETTING THIS ON THE SITE BUT KIM AND CHAD RECENTLY HAD THEIR 2ND CHILD. HER NAME IS RHYLAN JOY FISHER AND BOTH MOM AND BABY DOING WELL.

LIBRARY

I KNOW THIS ISN'T QUITE RELATED TO THE SCHOLARSHIP BUT YET......IT IS. LAST YEAR I HAD A 50TH BASH IN MY OLD HOMETOWN AND ADDED 50 BUCKS TO THE RENTAL OF THE SOCIAL HALL. ASKED THAT IT BE USED FOR THE CHILDRENS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AT THE MAZEPPA UNION CHURCH. JUST GOT THE WORD RECENTLY THAT THEY PLAN TO START A LIBRARY FOR THE CLASS AND THE FIRST BOOKS HAVE BERTS NAME IN IT : ) BOOKS WILL ALSO HAVE HELEN STAHLS NAME IN THEM AND WHAT A LOVELY TOUCH TO A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF MAZEPPA. WHAT MAKES THIS EVEN MORE SPECIAL IS BETH HACKENBERG IS BUYING THE BOOKS......OUR OLD NEIGHBOR AND BERTS KINDERGARTEN TEACHER.