DR WAGNER

AFTER 6 YEARS OF STUDIES AT LEBANON VALLEY I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE WE HAVE ANOTHER DOCTOR.......DOCTOR AMANDA WAGNER.......A GRADUATION PARTY IN THE MOUNTAINS YESTERDAY  AT THE CABIN THAT BRIAN'S FAMILY OWNS......JUST A WONDERFUL TIME AND THEIR WEDDING IS BEING PLANNED FOR NEXT SUMMER.

PORTER

JESS AND JOSH HAVE A NEW ADDITION TO THE FAMILY AS THEY WELCOMED PORTER BENJAMIN BORDNER TO THE WORLD THIS PAST SUNDAY.  BOTH MOM AND PORTER ARE DOING WELL.  LITTLE SISTERS DEVON AND RYLEE ARE ALREADY GIVING SISTERLY LOVE  : )

KIM AND CHAD

WE WERE UP TO STATE COLLEGE FOR THE WEEKEND AND BEFORE WE LEFT TOWN ON SUNDAY WE HAD BREAKFAST WITH KIM , CHAD AND THE KIDS.
WHAT A FUN TIME AND WAY TOO LONG SINCE WE SAW EACH OTHER.  IN FACT I HAVEN'T SEEN CHAD SINCE THEIR WEDDING AND THAT WAS 6 YEARS AGO.
FOUND OUT KIM HAD CHANGED JOBS ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND IS NOW WITH A FIRM IN BELLEFONTE.  GRADY TOLD US HE IS HAVING FUN WITH MY OLD ARMY MEN AND THAT RHYLAN IS SUCH A CUTIE.
CHAD AND I ARE HOPING TO PIN DOWN A DAY TO GO FISHING THIS SUMMER.

2013 WINNERS

THE BANQUET WAS LAST NIGHT AND A FIRST FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP AS I SPLIT IT 3 WAYS.    AS YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE BELOW WE WILL GO LEFT TO RIGHT...SARA MOYER AND SHE WILL BE GOING TO PAUL SMITH COLLEGE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.  
NEXT IS ASHLEY CONFER AND SHE WAS ONE OF THE 7 FFA KIDS THAT HELPED US TO MOVE LAST YEAR.  ASHLEY IS HEADING TO PENN STATE MOUNT ALTO AND ALSO FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. 
THEN CATRINA BOLLINGER AND ALSO ONE OF THE KIDS THAT HELPED US TO MOVE.  CATRINA IS HEADING TO EITHER JOHNSON COLLEGE OR HARCUM AND TO BE A VETERINARIAN TECHNICIAN.
JUST SEEMED THE RIGHT THING TO SPLIT THE MONEY AND HELP ALL THREE.
AND THEY SAY THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY ISN'T BRIGHT........HEH.

ARMY MEN

I STILL HAVE MANY OF THE TOYS I PLAYED WITH AS A KID IN THE 60'S.  AFTER OUR MOVE TO LEWISBURG AND THE SMALLER HOME I CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THE BOXES OF THINGS AND TRY TO FIND HOMES FOR ITEMS.  ON VACATION A FEW WEEKS AGO AND STUMBLED ONTO MY OLD ARMY MEN AGAIN.  DECIDED IT WAS FINALLY TIME TO GET A HAPPY HOME FOR THEM AND HAPPENED TO THINK OF KIM AND HER SON GRADY.  EMAILED AND ASKED IF SHE THOUGHT HE WOULD LIKE THEM ESPECIALLY SINCE DAD SERVED IN THE GUARDS.  PLEASE SEND THEM........WAS THE REPLY.    GOT A TEXT FROM KIM A DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND SHE REPORTED THE ARMY MEN WERE ALL OVER THE FLOOR AND  GRADY WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME PLAYING WITH THEM.
IF YOU EVER SAW THE TOY STORY MOVIES AND IN PARTICULAR  # 3........THATS KIND OF HOW DOUG FELT     : )

FLAGPOLE

I KNOW THIS ACTUALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE SCHOLARSHIP BUT IT STILL KINDA DOES.  FOR YEARS I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO DO SOMETHING IN HONOR OF BERT AT CAMP VICTORY. WHILE AT CAMP COURAGE THIS PAST MAY IT FINALLY CAME TO ME AS I LOOKED AT THE FLAGPOLE.  NOTHING BUT GRASS AROUND IT AND LOOKED RATHER DRAB.  I THREW OUT THE IDEA OF LANDSCAPING THE FLAGPOLE TO JAMIE AND SHE LOVED THE IDEA. YESTERDAY I WENT OVER TO MILLVILLE AND THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED.   I WILL PUT BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES IN THE FOLDER.  THIS NOT ONLY HONORS BERT BUT WITH IT BEING AT THE FLAGPOLE AND BUYING THE FLAG EVERY YEAR IT WILL ALSO HONOR OUR VETS AND THOSE STILL SERVING. 

FISHING WITH MARK

THIS PAST SATURDAY MARK BENFER AND I WERE FISHING IN MAZEPPA AND WHAT A GREAT DAY. WILL POST A PICTURE IN THE ALBUM OF THE 15 INCH CHUB MARK LANDED.  WE ARE DEFINITELY DOING THIS AGAIN.