Pennsylvania Game News - September 2010 - 40

No Change in Service
YORK — Now that York County has transitioned from the Southeast Region to the Southcentral Region, I would like to thank staffs and supervisors of both region offices for the smoothest transition possible. The York County officers will truly miss the personnel of the Southeast Region, but we’re looking forward to working with officers and staff of the Southcentral Region. — WCO CHAD R. EYLER, YORK

Over Exuberant
LANCASTER — I responded to a bear sighting in the Bird in Hand area and quickly noticed a large crowd gathered around a cornfield where the bear had been spotted. The onlookers were very enthusiastic about letting me know every time they thought they saw it. At one point several people were pointing and yelling to me, “There it is, it’s climbing that tree!” I grabbed my binoculars to have a look, and the onlookers were disappointed when I announced that the “bear” they saw climbing the tree turned out to be a young boy trying to get a better observation point. — WCO DEREK A. DALY, NEWMANSTOWN

A Picture is Worth . . .
WYOMING — At a recent HTE Class, 8-year-old Autumn Gaydos, granddaughter of HTE instructor and retired deputy, Gene Gaydos, helped the evening class by handing out books and pencils to the students. Autumn showed up again for the Saturday class, but this time she brought the mature gobbler she had taken the morning of the Youth Turkey Hunt. This was Autumn’s first turkey, and by the smile on her face, it won’t be the last. As each student came outside to see the trophy, you could see the anticipation they had in the hope to get a turkey of their own some day. Thank you, Autumn, for providing this inspiration for the students, and congratulations. — WCO VICTOR ROSA, TUNKHANNOCK

Uh-Oh
PIKE — I was offered several boxes of old donuts from a local man who worked at a bakery to use as bait to capture nuisance bears. The only problem I had was not enough freezer space for all of them, so I offered some to neighboring officer Cory Bentzoni. I met with him and gave him a large box just before we were going to take our scheduled days off. Those two days were unseasonably warm and Cory left his box of donuts in his truck. What he and I did not realize was that in the box was 10 pounds of uncooked dough. He called me early in the morning on our first day back to work to thank me for the new “donut life raft” that magically appeared in the back of his truck. — WCO MARK KROPA, GREENTOWN
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Round Up
MERCER — On a rainy Saturday during spring gobbler season I rounded a bend and spotted a cow standing in the middle of the road. I activated my emergency lights to alert traffic, and then began a 1-man cattle drive to the nearby pasture. I managed to get the cow started down the driveway toward a cattle gate, but as soon as I returned to my vehicle the cow ran back out onto the road and I had to do it all over again. My cell phone rang and my former WCO (when I was a deputy) Mario Piccirilli asked what I was up to. After an explanation I told Mario they didn’t teach us this stuff at the training school. — WCO LAWRENCE R. HERGENROEDER, GROVE CITY
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