"Miranda's Miracles"

[GR8CALLS]

Here is a scratch box I am donating, to benefit,  Miranda Miller. Lonnie Sheeley contacted me two weeks ago and invited me up for the get together and auction and also asked if I would donate a call. Lonnie, I hope this will in a small way, help this young lady with the expenses she faces.




Bill

[Austy]

Very nice looking call and for a great cause!!!

[Silverspur]

Bill, Lonnie and a whole bunch of PA boys are going to have one heck of a picnic and benefit auction in Enola, PA for Miranda Miller (5 years old,currently battling Leukemia) on September 13th starting at 11AM.   It is a great thing the turkey hunting community and callmakers are doing to help this beautiful young girl and her family.  Thanks for your support for this fundraiser.

Anyone here interested in attending contact Lonnie (lonnielou688) on this forum, they are going to need a head count real soon.

Bob

[gonehuntin982]

Great call Bill !!!! For another great cause 

Mike

[trb136]

Great Call and wonderful Cause, May God bless her.

[jmck]

great looking call Bill--hope the auction goes real well for you guys---great cause

[lonnielou688]

WOW Bill, that sure is special, and I'm sure will be well received on the auction block. It was very nice of you to donate to our event, and I thank you from not only the bottom of my heart, but Miranda's as well !!  I still wish you could make the event, so if other plans fall thru, give me a shout. If anyone else with in driving distance is wanting to attend, PLEASE send me a PM . I can get all the info you need. So far we have some nice calls showing up. In addition to Bills generous gesture,we have Scott Basehore short box , Andy Snair is building two calls with his 5 year old grandson Zaiden assisting, A Dale Rohm 4 call set, Grand Slam series with display stand (SWEET), 3 boxcalls from Kip Feroce, 3 Ronnie Johnson ( deceased) box calls with Melissa Ball art, complete with certificates, which was donated from Ron Eppley's private collection .  Calls from Rick Harro( Gobbler Getter Turkey calls), and Lee Bowles(South Penn Turkey Calls), Scott Ellis items and mouth calls, Gary Midgette, Ronnie Clough, Austin Hornberger, a fine Pot call from Jimmy Schaffer, Turkey call painting by PA artist Gerald Putt, Gerald paints a lot of the cover art on the PA Game News Magazine, Donation from Melissa Ball, And from another Greencastle native, Tony Ezolt wingbones, made from the bones of my spring gobbler harvest  A really kickin' call from Roger Parks, titled the "TREE TALKER", Complete with a zipped leather case and corn cob striker and a second call thrown in " jus' for good measure, says Roger" , donated by Roger and all the generous peeps over at Tuscarora Longbeards, Fulton- Franklin CountyChapter, PA-NWTF .  A glass over glass pot call from Mark Cornelius- MAC Calls, Tyrone PA. , AND A HOST of other collectibles. Rumor has it the old Buzzard himself, MR. Kenny Crummett just may attend via ANDY SNAIR, Always nice to add those two names to ANY event you plan on having. SOooo , if anyone wants info, give me a shout. Thanks for the nice write up BOB and Bill,( you can always count on you two), and the nice mentions by others. Hopefully I haven't left anyone out, thanks for the look/see on this guys, Lonnie  Food donated and event is free.

[Austy]

I spoke to and was ask by the "Old Buzzard" himself if I could make a call to donate for Miranda Miller's event.  I don't know that I will be able to attend the event so I have touched base with Andy Snair and will meet up with him hopefully this week to get these calls to him so that they make it to the auction.
The first call is one that I posted here a few weeks back.  It's a Jordan Style, River Cane Yelper that has some real nice Black Cherry Burl wooden accents, a Snow Goose Bone mouth piece, matching Black Cherry Burl adjustable wooden Lip Stop and Lanyard.  The wooden accents on this call are just that, accents as this call is a true Jordan in that each section was carefully matched to fit snuggly into the next section of the call.

The second call is a Turpin Style Trumpet/Yelper.  For this call I thought it only fitting being I was making the call specifically for this little girls auction to turn the call from a piece of Queenwood.  The Call has a Black Buffalo Horn ferral, an Ivory Mouth Piece with some extra detail an EVA Foam Lip Stop and Lanyard.     


The third call is a Glass over Glass, Bubinga Pot call with matching Bubinga Striker.  The pot has a Tru Oil finish and the striker a CA Finish.


I hope these calls do well for this little girl.

[Silverspur]

Those are outstanding and thanks for donating to the event, every dollar helps.  More important and most forgotten is the kindness and generosity of callmakers and the hunting community, that is going out of its way to support this young and beautiful girl and her family.  I hope that Lonnie and company can get the media, print and TV involved in this story.  Something I hope they will cover.

[GR8CALLS]

Thanks, Austy! What a generous donation for this little girl. I sure hope this get together is a great success.

Bill

[lonnielou688]

WOW AUSTY, I don't know what to say about that generous donation, kinda leaves me with tingles up my spine, in a good way. AGAIN, WOW, Fantastic job too on all I see, the pot call is nice with Miranda's Miracles on it. Rick Harro says Miranda is set to attend  , if all goes well between now and then. Sure wish YOU could attend as well Austy, but by the looks of these gems of calls you have delivered, I'd say your presence and heart will be well represented. As far as the media, we have contacted 2 local TV stations, one newspaper, and one outdoor writer. As of Friday, only the outdoor writer has expressed an interest in covering the story. BUT, STILL working on an angle BOB,I agree that this has a great storyline to it, about what goes on with hunters and fisherman, after the chase is done. Were a powerful lobby and can get a lot done as such, more so than with ANY government "aid" and "red tape" involvement . Hunters know the right things to do to help their community, and very seldom ever need to be asked to do that right thing. It jus' happens naturally. Austy, from the WHOLE crew over at huntingpa.com, and Rick Harro and Lee Bowles, from Andy Snair and Kenny too, Thanks for who you are and what you do for others, we couldn't do this without you !! This is what its all about, Thanks, Lonnie

[callman]

Hi guys
I want to thank you all for your donations for are picnic/auction
for Miranda Miller. Please go to are event page on facebook to let us know if you are coming.
Thank you
Rick
Gobbler Getter Turkey Calls

[lonnielou688]

Bill, I received your beautiful call,                    it is safe here at my house, and I am making sure it gets it's daily workout until I deliver it to Rick this Saturday. Can you tell me the woods used, so I have some info for the auctioneers sheet . I also personally want to thank Mike Lapp for his beautiful donation boxcall, I'll see if Rick can post it up here for a look/see, it sure is a beauty and deserves to be seen , before someone snags it at the auction  .   Thanks Mike for being so generous with your heart and your talents, its my pleasure to be able to add your name to our cause . WOW !! GOOD STUFF GOIN' ON !!!

[GR8CALLS]

Lonnie

It is American Black Walnut, both body and sound board, with a Satin Wood accent on the bottom.

Bill

[lonnielou688]

Thank you Bill, the bottom strip had me fooled, I was thinking poplar. Nice to have this info for the peeps who buy it too. Thanks Bill  !!