Santa Arrives Early-Children's Party and Nursing Home

Santa arrived early at the children's Christmas Party.  He has done this
for many years-now his grandchildren are saying- "You look and sound a
lot like my Pop Pop!  I told them they are so lucky to have a Pop Pop
that resembles Santa.
   The parents wrap a gift for each child-Santa arives  and gathers the
wrapped gifts from the garage-places them in his pack- and walks into
the party- with bells and Ho Ho HO's!

     One little girl about six asked  if Santa would bring her an I
phone. Another little boy asked how Rudolph was doing and if his nose is
still red.  If the kids had as much fun as Santa- they had a blast.
  After the party, Santa had worked up a real thirst so he and his two
ellves went to Casey's Sports Bar .  The Eagles were losing 24 to 3 to
the Giants.  All of a sudden, things started to turn around and the
Eagles won is a real "Nail Biter"! Everyone was leaping around and high
fiving.  They said it was "Santa Power" 'cause when he arrived, the game
turned around.
   During the excitement someone knocked a large Xmas Ball from the
ceiling.No one seemed to know the culprit but one guy said he saw two
red sleeves with white fur trim in the area1   Have a wonderful
Christmas!    Santa

Santa also visited the Mt. Laurel Home in Clearfield.  He carried a big red notebook-on one side was printed "Good boys and Girls"  and the other had, "Really Bad Girls"!  He would stop at each patient and staff  member- ask them their name-search the "good"  and the "bad" side  -guess which side had their names.

Clearfield County "Deer Hunting"

I was all set for the first day of buck season- hunting in the same area of Clearfield County that I have hunted for over 50 years. The day was so beautiful with lots of sun but enough cold to be "deer season". I asked myself some questions: did I want to shoot a deer, gut one, skin one, cut it up and then eat it? No-No NO.
I grabbed my camera and hopped on my mountain bike and rode, rode, rode. The beaver were going crazy on the poplar trees felling them everywhere. I rode along some small creeks and some big ones-saw seven deer-all girls. They didn't seem too concerned with the bicycle but it was the first day and they hadn't been hassled-yet. There are numerous natural gas wells in the area and they need large quantities of water when installed. Check out the drilling permit-it allows for 2 million gallons a day to be drawn from the creek. The day ended with a remarkable sunset. I was happy being "deerless in Clearfield".