In
August I was hacked and as a result I lost the computer that this Website was on. Just
got it recreated by a real smart computer friend. I will be apdating it on a regular basis.
But
all hackers should be shot on
sight.
STILL LIFE IS GOOD !
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NOTICE ON INDOOR SHOOTING: We now have new shooting hours at Creekwood
Archery. Instead of just being able to shoot on Thursday night, you can shoot 7 days a
week, but it is by appointment only. Figure out when you want to shoot with your
friends and give me a call. You will need a minimum of 4 shooters and a maximum of
15 shooters at a time. The cost is $15.00 per person per hour with your targets at $1.00
like they are now. So if you want to shoot at the only archery range left in Monroe
County get three friends or more and come have some FUN. Call Ben at (585) 217-6981
and we will do our best to get you here when it is convenient for you shooting. As
always we are still selling bows, doing lessons, birthday parties, scout groups, corporate
events and repairing your archery equipment. If you need to rent a bow, that is $10.00.
com and kill your cabin fever. Happy New Year 2024, and I hope to see you soon.
LIFE IS GOOD !
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On Sept 9th 2023 we were celebrating 28
years in business. What a trip to "SHOOT EM IN THE
MIDDLE"
That's more than a quarter Century
We have created many State & National
Champions plus our customers
have harvested the game of their dreams. If this appeals to you, come to CREEKWOOD
ARCHERY and you be
treated like family.
We have the only archery range left in Monroe County.
We are open for indoor shooting
by appointment only. See this page above for the
details. Come and experience
it at Creekwood Archery.
You won't be disapointed.
LIFE IS GOOD !
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Creekwood has taken a new step toward,
"SHOOT "EM IN THE MIDDLE".
We have come
up with our own copyrighted, and TRADEMARKED, 420 TARGET which
will keep challenging
you no matter how good a shooter you are. The targets are
at the shop now so come shoot
one. You shoot 12 ends of 5 arrows like a 300
round only on this target a perfect score is 420.
Colors are different with a
smaller "X" ring that jumps out at you.
As of Nov 15 2021, Jesse
Broadwater has the High Male Freestyle score of 401 (300
with 53 X's & 28 IX's) and Christie
Colin has the High Female score of 378 (300
with 53 X's & 28 IX's).
Come shoot one and see
how you do. What Jesse
Broadwater really liked about the target was it was an advantage to
shoot small arrows. He and Shane Wills both shot back to back perfect
five arrow rounds. Not
an easy feat on the 420 TARGET .
LIFE IS GOOD !
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MAJOR 420 ACHIEVMENTS:
Back in 2019 at our Sunday, "Shoot Em In The
MIDDLE" Shoot, Jesse Foster
shot a 401 on the 420 5 Spot target. His score,
300+42 IX's+59 X's = 401 is the same exact score Jesse
Broadwater shot at our
Creekwood Archery 420 Pro/Am, making him the 3rd person to shoot a 401. 401 is
the highest score ever achieved on the target. He was shooting a beautiful 2018
Blue Mathews Target bow
and I am so proud to have Jesse shoot at Creekwood
Archery. Jesse Foster is going to be a person to
watch for on the
indoor circuit and ASA's. In 2016 Ted Strychalski shot a 401 at the 7th Annual 420 Pro/Am.
Ted Shot 300+41 IX's+60 X's = 401, just one inside IX short of the record. Our
9th 420 Pro/am this year will
be February 2nd, 3rd & 4th at Creekwood Archery. I
talked with Jesse last Sunday at the "Shoot Em In The
MIDDLE" and he didn't even
realize he had shot a 401.
life is good in the
middle !
I
have been in the Rochester area, Monroe County since the mid-sixties
and Monroe County has supported
seven or more archery ranges all
these years. It's hard to believe that Creekwood
Archery is the only range
in the county now. Archery is growing,
not dying. Over the 28 1/2 years we have been open we have over
12,500
different customers have come thru our doors. Pro shops are the only
place where you can be fitted
correctly for your goals in archery. Fit,
form, and function are the keys for you to shoot well. The best
bow
made set up wrong will not perform.
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CHECK
OUT THE HOYT WEBSITE
When you get on their web you can build and see the exact bow in 3D. Your
bow, color,
poundage, stabilizer, rest, sight, cost, and total weight etc. How cool is
that? LIFE IS GOOD !
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NOTICE
When you come to Creekwood Archery, this is the sign on the door.
I LOVE THIS COUNTRY.
I LOVE OUR CONSTITUTION AND THE LIBERTIES AND FREEDOMS IT PROVIDES US.
I LOVE OUR 2ND AMENDMENT.
IF YOU HAVE A CONCEALED CARRY
NEW YORK STATE PISTOL PERMIT,
YOU AND YOUR GUN ARE WELCOME AT CREEKWOOD ARCHERY.
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS YOU !
IF YOU DON'T THINK AS I DO, I
DON'T NEED OR WANT YOUR BUSINESS.
THANK YOU - Ben Adams owner
LIFE IS GOOD !
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New York State Bowhunter Education Class Coming Up Sept 24th & 25th:
On the 24th from
Noon to 5:00pm
& On the 25th from 8:00am to 1:00pm - Sign Up On
The DEC Web site or call
217-6981 my cell. This class was
canceled by the DEC because of the stupid on line class where
students
don't learn pea-turkey-dog about
bowhunting. The head of the DEC appointed by the
governor is ruining our
sport of hunting, fishing and trapping.
If you like the way things are,
DON'T VOTE. I
promise it will get worse if you don't vote. Friday October 11th is the last day you
can register so
you can vote. Wake Up New Yorker's ! You can't bitch about
it if you don't vote.
God Bless You, Our State and Our Country.
LIFE
IS GOOD !
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CREEKWOOD
SHOOTERS GO TO SENIOR GAMES
Well June 11th, 2022 Ben Adams, Ron Coyle,
Kevin Kenyon and
three more shooters I am
saying belong to Creekwood, Paul &
Julie Shaver, plus
Dave Benty (My Hero) thrown in for
good measure just because
of our longevity together. It was really
good to see them - Been a long time.
We drove down
on Friday and stayed all night because The Chemung County Senior Games start at
8:30am on Saturday
morning. Creekwood Archery has attended this shoot for
many years. It
is held
at The Chemung County Rod & Gun Club
in Breezeport, NY. It is run by
Chemung County. Without
Dennis Shehan, his brother Mike and other club members
it
wouldn't be what it is. A GREAT, WELL
RUN SHOOT !
Dennis is the range captain
and does a super job. The shoot consists of two five arrow rounds of
practice at
60 yards
followed by four rounds of 5 arrows for score. Then there is one
round
of 5
arrows of practice at 50 yards followed by
four rounds of 5 arrows for
score. Then there is one round
of 5 arrows of practice at 40 yards followed by
four rounds of
5 arrows
for score. Competitors are
classed by age, sex and equipment.
Ron & I were in the 80 to 84 year old class with release. Kevin was
in the traditional finger release
class 60 to 64. All week
we were watching the
weather report and as the days went
by the forecast
got better and better. It
ended up a beautiful
day with only a couple sprinkles. There was very little
wind.
Ron took a 1st (I never can beat him - maybe someday), and I took a 2nd. Kevin
took a 1st and shot
his personal best. He
called me Monday and said he had a
great time and was
looking forward to
next year. Paul & Julie both took a 1st
place
and Dave Benty ( My Hero) medaled.
The cost was $20.00 which included a
shirt and a lunch with the results award
ceremony. My goal
was to see some old
friends, get a T-Shirt and eat a hotdog, never thinking I could finish. The most
arrows I had shot since 2019 was probably
35. I shot my first arrow at 60 yards the Monday before
the shoot. My low
poundage caused me to move my peep up just
to get 60 yards and hit my scope
with my fletch.
We had a super time with
some
super people doing what they love. There were four married couples
there which
was a
first in my memory. THANK YOU DENNIS SHEAHAN FOR A THE 1ST CLASS
SHOOT YOU RAN. What
you do and how you
do it just make
it
enjoyable.
LIFE IS GOOD !
- ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE.
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KODAK
CORPORATE EVENT
At Creekwood Archery on Tuesday April 26th, 2022 from
6:00 to
8:00pm. Our 1st big event since Covid - Boy, did it seem good. If I was younger, I would
get back to normal.
LIFE IS GOOD !
We were all ready. They call
themselves THE YOUNG GEEK GROUP, from Eastman Kodak Company.
The group was 15 strong with more on a waiting list for another
time.
Two
of the 15 had their own bows, and the rest were basically first timers.
The girl in the yellow shirt,
Shannon McCarthy
organized it.
Ron, Marcia and I were all impressed with the
way they shot. If you are one of the 15 and would like
to put your pictures on
my
site, send them to
ben@creekwoodarchery.com . I know there were some
videos taken between some
very competitive co-workers. Everyone seemed to have a super time.
Everyone in
the building except for Dublin (Our Labrador Retriever in charge of customer
relations)
either worked for Kodak or had previously worked for Kodak. All these
young people were proud to
work there, a brand so strong it will never die. For
us it was like, the circle was complete. We, the
owners, were young in the mid-sixties working at
Kodak.
LIFE IS GOOD
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We Are Worth The Drive, But Not If we
are CLOSED when you get here. <-------------------<<<
SUNRISE & SUNSET
TIMES IN OUR CALENDAR ARE FOR CREEKWOOD ARCHERYS LOCATION
OPEN SHOOTING MEANS OPEN SHOOTING TO
THE PUBLIC.
Indoors on 15 lanes up to 30 yards,
heated & Air Conditioned, your
indoor archery playground.
Your own personal total archery
playground. NOTICE:
We are here to give you the same
high quality service we have for over 28
years. What ever your archery goals are, we have the ability to make them happen. Yes we are
still dealers for all our bow companies and can order what ever you needs are.
LIFE IS
GOOD
LIFE IS GOOD AT CREEKWOOD !
CREEKWOOD ARCHERY IS YOUR ARCHERY
HEADQUARTERS - Open To The Public - Bows, Arrows,
Lessons, Rentals, Spot
Leagues, 3D Leagues, Youth Leagues, Youth Programs, Rental Bows, Indoor
Range,
Two Outdoor Ranges, Heated & Air Conditioned, Shoot Indoors up to 30 yards,
Outdoors 10 to
60 yards. Welcome to the Creekwood Archery "The FUN PLACE in
ARCHERY" web site. To know
what's happening, check our
monthly calendars on the left. We hope you will
visit both our shop and
our web site often. The results our customers achieve
prove we work hard to make the sport of
archery fun and to serve everyone from
the beginner to the most experienced target archer and
bowhunter. Our hunters
and target archers are a testimonial to THE EXPERTISE at Creekwood Archery.
Let
us know how we can help you on your trip to,
"SHOOT EM' IN THE MIDDLE", by either stopping by
for a visit or sending
us email
at ben@creekwoodarchery.com
or
marcia@creekwoodarchery.com
Creekwood
Archery is located in Upstate New York just 21 miles NNW from downtown Rochester
at 451 Lawrence Road, Brockport, NY 14420. Our phone number is (585) 392-2030. BEST TO CALL MY
CELL, (585) 217-6981. We are a full service archery shop with multiple ranges, to meet all of your
archery
needs, with state champions, certified mechanics and instructors on
staff, for your lessons, maintenance,
or repairs. We offer indoor and outdoor
shooting plus Indoor 3D on Tuesday & Wednesday for 14 weeks
starting in January.
Creekwood is proud to offer compound
bows from
HOYT ,
ELITE
,
AND
MARTIN
bows &
crossbows. We
stock traditional bows from Hoyt, & Martin. We custom make all our customers
arrows. If
it's a GOOD THING
in archery, we probably stock it. If it's a well advertised
BAD THING , we will tell you
about it. Yes we will, treat you like family. We also handle used bows for kids
if you desire a previously
enjoyed bow for same.
If you haven't shot a new bow in a few years, you don't know what a bow can be
like. Even if your
not ready to buy a new bow yet, you need to know what the
ultimate bow feels like. Come in and shoot
one. Hoyt is our # 1 selling bow and
has been every year since we became a dealer. COME SHOOT ONE !
It Is Best If You Check Our
Calendar To The Left For When We Are
Open
We Are Worth The Drive, But Not If We Are Closed when you
get here
Buck Weight Adult | Buck Rack Adult | Doe Weight Adult | Buck Weight Youth | Buck Rack Youth | Doe Weight Youth | ||||||
1st |
Shane Price 196 lbs |
1st |
Shane Price 110 7/8" |
1st |
Brandon Ward 91 lbs |
1st | No Entry Yet | 1st | No Entry Yet | 1st |
Brandon Ward 91 lbs |
2nd |
Ed Prince III 169 lbs |
2nd |
Ed Prince III 101 4/8" |
2nd |
Jason Graybill 89 lbs |
2nd | No Entry Yet | 2nd | No Entry Yet | 2nd |
Brandon Ward 65 lbs |
3rd | Tom
Behage 149 lbs |
3rd |
Ron Penna 90 2/8" |
3rd | Ed
Downey 73 lbs |
3rd | No Entry Yet | 3rd | No Entry Yet | 3rd |
Brandon Ward 57 lbs |
WCS = Wooda, Coulda, Shoulda = Not in contest
Buck Weight Adult WCS | Buck Rack Adult WCS | Doe Weight Adult WCS | Buck Weight Youth WCS | Buck Rack Youth WCS | Doe Weight Youth WCS | ||||||
1st |
Todd Clay 185 lbs |
1st |
Todd Clay 128 1/8" P & Y |
1st |
Bob Bryan 113 lbs |
1st | No Entry Yet | 1st | No Entry Yet | 1st | No Entry Yet |
2nd |
Chip DeVay 161 lbs CB |
2nd | Chip
DeVay 112 5/8" CB |
2nd | Karen Polito | 2nd | No Entry Yet | 2nd | No Entry Yet | 2nd | No Entry Yet |
3rd |
Neil Egenlauf 161 lbs |
3rd |
Neil
Egenlauf 101 6/8" |
3rd | Karen Polito | 3rd | No Entry Yet | 3rd | No Entry Yet | 3rd | No Entry Yet |
Click to see how the
DEER CONTEST
works.
The
Final Results of the 2014 Deer
Contest 28 Deer
11/14/14 LIFE IS GOOD
!
Buck Weight Adult | Buck Rack Adult | Doe Weight Adult | Buck Weight Youth | Buck Rack Youth | Doe Weight Youth | ||||||
1st | Travis Despot 184 lbs | 1st | Travis Despot 154 5/8" | 1st | Brandon Clark 129 lbs | 1st | Brandon Ward 135 1/2 lbs | 1st | Brandon Ward 80 2/8" | 1st |
Brandon Ward 89 lbs |
2nd | Dustin Meridith 176 1/2 lbs |
2nd | John Brozak 131 6/8" |
2nd | Vincent Visconte 117 lbs | 2nd | No Entry Yet | 2nd | No Entry Yet | 2nd |
Brandon Ward 60 lbs |
3rd | John Brozak
168 1/2 lbs |
3rd |
Steve Ward |
3rd | Tom Behage 108 lbs |
3rd | No Entry Yet | 3rd | No Entry Yet | 3rd | Brandon Ward 0 lbs (Picture Only) |
THIS IS A FIRST: Brandon Ward a
Young Adult was the only Young Adult to enter deer
and he won,
Three 1st Places, One 2nd Place & One 3rd Place, for a total
of $67.00. I got
an E-Mail from his dad Dec. 7th and Brandon has taken 7 deer so far and is going to
Ohio for there late bow season. LIFE IS
GOOD !
Sat Feb 22nd & Thur. the 27th Ricky Smith our Pro Shooter
shot back to back 60X 300's.
He has had his new bow 9 days. Creekwood is so proud of Ricky and the fact all his
work
is paying off.
Fall Moose 2004
THE THREE GOOSE MOOSE
This was not my first moose hunt but it was my first hunt in the
Thunder Bay area of Ontario, Canada. In the spot we were hunting there
would be three of us hunting; Glenn Wolff from Co-Operative Feed
Dealers who I had talked with on the phone but first met on the trip,
Pete Crawford, a good friend and our acting guide, who Glenn and I had
both hunted with before, and myself, Ben Adams who owns Creekwood
Archery in Brockport, NY along with my wife Marcia. There were maybe 14
of us hunting this first week of the archery season in various camps in
the Thunder Bay area.
It was a 20 minute fly
in trip to camp which was a old log cabin built in 1920 on a peninsula connected
to the mainland by a huge swamp with no passable roads thru it unless the
peninsula is being timbered. I was helped off the plane by a young lady named
Natalie which turned out to be one of the owners wives. The first three days we
were finding sign, hearing a few moose but there were no sightings. We went and
explored a small finger of the lake which went back to the previous hunting camp
location, and we decided they moved the location of the camp to get out of the
middle of the moose habitat. We found old dates carved in the trees of moose
kills etc.
Pete and I liked the look of the area and decided to hunt it the next
day. Up early, breakfast, cut pine boughs to help cover the scent of the mower.
When we got there we pulled the boat up and cut some more pine. We moved down
the skinny peninsula to the left maybe twenty yards. On the boat side was the
lake and the other site was a bog with three geese walking around on it. Pete
made a call and we just laid down and listened for about a half hour, and heard
nothing. Pete called a second time and the same scenario repeated again. At this
point in time it had been a little over an hour. Pete called a third time and we
got an answer in the bog to our right in the bog. Pete went over and grabbed a
small tree and leaned out to see down the edge of the bog. He came to me and
said, "Your going to kill a bull". I got down on one knee ready to shoot and
Pete went off to the left maybe twenty five yards and of course took Harriet
with him. Harriet is my Cow Moose decoy. I could hear the bull grunting, but
couldn't see him because of all the brush. When the Bull got to the down wind
side of the boat, he smelled it and got hung up. At this point Pete began Cow
calling and sloshing in the water with his feet. For the longest time the Bull
was hung up but finally fell in love with the decoy and Pete's love making
calls. I have never in my life been so obsessed with making a shot count. I
could tell the Bull was coming because I could hear his steps in the water and
his grunting. I finally saw him for the first time thru the brush and thought he
was a Spike Bull. I came to full draw and when he entered my window, about a
foot and a half wide I judged him for 25 yards, put the pin on him and the arrow
was gone. At impact the Bull went maybe ten steps to the left and away from me.
I had loaded another arrow but had no shot because of all the brush. Pete never
stopped calling or sloshing in the water. The Bull would look toward me and then
back at the decoy and just hung up for quite some time. Then all of a sudden he
just turned around and started running back from where he came. I of course shot
at him again only this time I was at least a foot over him and probably three
feet behind him. When I made the second shot it was the first time I saw his
paddles and resized he wasn't a Spike Bull. I grabbed the tree Pete did and
leaned out watching him run. He went about 200 yards and was gone. Actually when
he disappeared was when he fell and succumbed to my first shot. Pete and I felt
the Bull knew he was in trouble and was trying to run away from it. Because of
my wooden leg, I couldn't walk in the bog to go see my Bull. The peninsula we
were on had water along the edge and where the three geese were walking we
thought was dry land. Where the Bull died was only maybe twenty yards from the
lake, but it was all blow downs and we needed a chain saw. Pete took my jacket
and put it on the Bull to keep the bears and wolves off it.
We had to go up on the highest part of the peninsula in order to get cell
service. We called and said we had a moose down and what our issue was. They
said, "no Problem, we will fly in the morning with chain saws and help. The next
morning it was overcast and raining and because they fly visual, we knew they
weren't coming. I found and old piece of tin around the cabin and cut down a
pine tree about six inches in diameter. I rapped and nailed the tin to the pine
in the middle with maybe twenty four inches on either side of the tin. With Pete
on one side and Glenn on the other they were able to put a moose quarter on the
tin with two ropes, one one each side to secure the quarter in place. It took
Pete and Glenn five and a half hours to move that bull the two hundred yards.
The strength and stamina these two guys exhibited was amazing. I told those two
we were going to dinner and I hope before I die, I can make it happen. I had
always had a dream of going out in my canoe, killing a buck and bringing it back
in the canoe. Pete knew about that and made my dream come true. As a matter of
fact I think that is one of Pete's hobbies, for filling peoples dreams. The only
thing I did to help was to cut a whole crap load of brush so that when they went
in and out of the water they weren't up to there eyeballs or how ever deep the
water was. This was my fifth moose hunt, none of which were guided. The Montana
decoy was the secret of the hunt, along with Pete's excellent calling. On
previous moose hunts, if we had that decoy, I'm sure we would have connected
with Bulls. The Bull ended up being the only record book animal I have ever
taken, and hangs in my shop and greats me every time I enter. They said he
weighed sixteen hundred pounds, but I think he weighed around fourteen hundred
pounds. You don't have to be a good shot to kill a moose, but you do have to be
a good caller. Kind of like turkey hunting. Thank you Pete and Glenn for making
my dream come true. Life Is GOOD !
Before you read whats
below, understand, for me,
FAMILY & FRIENDS COME FIRST !
- No matter how much you love
our country all you get is one vote and that one vote will not change your
country, It's "We The People". My Web Site is the best place for me to vent. Not
to my family and friends.
ARE
YOU KIDDING ME
Things for this 82 year old man are THE WORST
THEY HAVE EVER BEEN, election wise. (Election day, Nov 8th 2022)
. I can't believe how brain dead the voting public was this
week. All I can think of is N.Y.S. and this country hasn't hit bottom
yet. People didn't vote
FOR SOMETHING, they voted
AGAINST SOMETHING. It seems that the majority of "We The People"
have been brainwashed to the point where the way everything is, doesn't matter.
Without change and compromise there will be NO CHANGE.
Independent thinking is almost extinct.
1.) Nobody wants to work. The work ethic is extinct.
2.) Let 90% the criminals
out of prison. 3.) Taking
guns off the street is really a good thing, (NOT)
when three days later that criminal is back on the street with a different gun
in his hand. 4.) It's not
the judges and DAs that are the problem, it's the laws from Albany that they
have to abide by. 5.) The
cost of everything you need and buy is out of sight and is going to be really bad
this winter. 6.) The open
southern border with millions of illegal people entering our country is a major
problem. 7.) I have five
grandchildren, and they will be paying for all the stupid money the government
is spending both foreign and domestic.
8.) All across our country the Democratic governments are in control,
witch is good for them. We are back in time where we are under one government
rule. That's why there is a United States Of America. No King here.
9) Covid didn't cause all our
problems, they were all
caused by the governments wanting to control and NOT COVID. I believe it is being done on purpose.
10) Many small business are gone. (And they tell us
small business is the backbone of our country) Small business is hurting big time.
11) Are schools are a
joke in Western NY. There are 686 Districts in NYS and Rochester is is in last
place. No schools in Western NY made the top 100. Honeoye was the top one in
Western NY. My friend Holly Sidebottom has a lot to do with that district. If
you can get a copy of "Imprimis" Volume 51, Number 11 "Education As A
Battleground", you will totally
understand what is being done to your children, my grandchildren, and all the young
people in our country. The Bluer the state, the worse it is.
12) Our Churches are
hurting, closed down for a while and now with numbers down the majority of the
congregation are older people. 13) Our entire
health care system is swirling in the commode. Staff went from our savior angles
to being fired and now they pretend everything is A-OK.
14) Our 2nd Admement and Constitution are under attack. The "WE THE
PEOPLE" are lousing your freedoms. The government works for us, NOT DICTATES to
us. If you have read all my venting I hope I have generated something for you to
think about. AGAIN THANK YOU
FOR READING THIS AND GETTING OUT TO VOTE IF YOU DID VOTE. LIFE IS
GOOD ! CHANGE WILL COME SOME DAY - THINGS ALWAYS GO
IN CYCLES - PLEASE KEEP THE
FAITH IF YOU THINK THE WAY I DO. CHIN UP AND CARY ON. GET BACK TO THE GOOD
LIFE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND ENJOY WHAT FEW FREEDOMS WE HAVE LEFT.
THANK YOU Things for this 80 year old man (now 82) are better today (The day after election day, Nov 2021) . I would like to thank everyone for voting. The results of yesterdays election have given me hope for the future. It seems that "We The People" are realizing and sitting up in the buggy, to the fact that the issues in our country are all caused by the government and NOT COVID. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR CARING AND GETTING OUT TO VOTE. LIFE IS GOOD ! PLEASE KEEP IT UP, TO GET OVER THIS CRAP WE ARE EXPERIENCING, AND GET BACK TO THE GOOD LIFE AND OUR FREEDOMS.