We slip quietly in to Fall this week, and September is done up again in beautiful golds and oranges, topped off with a dash of purple. The wild geese are beginning to fly and pumpkins are appearing on front porches along with their scarecrow friends.

The summer vegetable gardens are starting to look sad and coyotes howl at the full Harvest Moon.

Honey bees scurry to complete their honey tasks on the golden rod that lights up the fields and

Our September birthdays are: Carl Kline on the 7th, yours truly on the 10th and Shirley Forsythe and Joe Johnson on the 22nd.

A Happy, Golden Anniversary goes out to Ronnie and Carole Staab for 50 years of marriage together. I guess the first 50 are the most difficult; how do you do it, Mom?

She told him if he wanted breakfast in bed that day, that he would have to sleep in the kitchen.

So he told her what it means for better or worse, in that she couldn’t do any better than him, and he couldn’t do any worse than her.

Go figure...

The next Music Fest will take place on October 15, 2010, from 7-10:00pm. Bring a snack to share, coffee will be served. There will also be a 50/50 raffle and a Chinese Auction.

Your musical talent will be showcased, so come on out, play some tunes, and make new friends.

Bonanza Bingo has nothing posted on the NST website, but Brown Bag Bingo continues every Monday at 10:00am, games at noon.

The NSVFD has their Bingo on Linn Road, Saturdays at 5:00pm, games at 6:45pm. It is all paper, instants and drawings.

The Espyville All-Boys Coffee Klatch, which meets every Wednesday morning at a local restaurant, held court with the Queens of their Hearts over a cup o’ Joe, with crop harvests and sports being the subject of discussion.

The Asian Stink Beetle is making a big appearance in fields out east, and apparently it eats anything and everything.

Soy bean futures and the futures of soy beans could look bleak if a way isn’t found to stop the smelly, little creature.

Ralph Robison, Paul Rheinhardt, Ronnie Staab and the unofficial President of the Klatch, Dewey Forsythe, were all spotted speculating over their Java mugs.

Conspicuously absent was Glenn Linn, while his famous sidekick, retired school teacher Marion Linn, filled in for him while he recovers from a nasty cold.

No Harvest Mooners here, though; that practice long since gone as farmers would harvest their crops in September, all night long under the full moon.

The annual Halloween Party, sponsored by the North Shenango Community Center and the North and South Shenango Crime Watch, will be held again this year on Sunday, October 31, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.

There will be cider, hot chocolate and hot dogs served, and children are encouraged to dress up in costume and go Trick or Treating at the event.

Reserve your table now to pass out candy by calling Tony Durnye at (814) 683- 5923 or Jeff Daniels at (724) 927- 6666.

As usual, the yearly Chicken BBQ held at 17 House in Espyville was a smokin’ success.

The grills were working overtime as the Firemen turned the chickens on the fire, and in keeping with the new Public Eat and Drink Law revisions and government Take Over of on-site food prep, Dave and Mike White could be seen, supervised by Marietta, grinding up the flour and churning the butter to make the home made cookies, which were fire baked right at 17 House.

Susie Kline picked all the corn by hand, boiling it over the fire, while Carl picked the cabbage to make the cole slaw.

This dinner is absolutely a summer feast, folks, if you didn’t get yours, you missed out on a culinary expression that only country living can bring.

We followed our noses, Barnie Rubble-style, down Rt. 285 to the fire station, gathered our dinners and headed back to the trailer.

Even Karen the Cougar got in on it, begging chicken tid-bits from Brian and licking her chops.

The MDA Boot Drive was also a success, with our local Firefighters presenting a check on-air up at Channel 24 in Erie.

Senior citizens are being urged to leave a light on after dark, even if they go to bed at 7:00pm or 8:00pm.

The Shenango Citizen Patrols report a lot of burglaries in the Espyville area recently.

Residents are being told to have outside security lights installed and to leave one or two lights on inside the house after dark.

Motion-sensing lights are also a good idea outside, they come on when someone walks past or there is activity.

Burglars like the dark and do a lot of their stealing under the cover of night.

Leaving a light on inside the house after you go to bed lets people know someone is home.

Thieves are unwilling to break in if someone is at home.

A little extra amount on the electric bill is worth a lot in safety, valuables and even a life.

Well, the Pittsburgh Steelers are making it through the first games of the season, sans Big Ben.

Charlie Batch hasn’t played since 2007, as evident in his reluctance to pass the ball.

All of the QB woes in Steel City can be traced back to Big Ben’s despicable behavior of the recent past.

Brian has a new Steeler’s t-shirt he got from me on his recent birthday and he wore it for Sunday’s game.

The poor Tennessee Titans never knew what hit them and couldn’t figure out why their game never came together for them; here is was Brian’s lucky Steeler’s t-shirt the whole time.

Karen the Cougar likes this Autumn time of year, as we break out the famous Steeler’s Fleece.

It is a magical, mystical little Steel Curtain that we like to wrap up in on chilly, fall afternoons while we watch the game.

Little did we know of its lucky qualities, and if we stand on one foot and shake it three times like a banner, while chanting, " John Madden rocks!" we know we’ll have a first down.

Karen the Cougar cat has some sage words for Big Ben: Fly right and be good.

Says she, remember to praise often and criticize less. Don’t put too many socks in your drawer, as it makes it hard to close.

Let a child win at games, without being obvious.

Be good to your body your whole life through, especially your teeth and knees; you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Be kind to yourself and say positive words of encouragement; you should be your own best friend.

Get out some old photos and look at yourself; you weren’t always this big and fat.

And make it a point of calling the friends or families depicted therein, they are a link to your past; remember those good, old times and take notice of how fabulous you really looked.

Karen continues, be kind to animals, especially old ones. You, too, will be old some day.

Give them a warm, dry place to lay down in, and make their bed soft. You have a nice, soft bed to lay down in at night, don’t you?

Forgive their mistakes and speak to them kindly, make sure they have enough food and water.

You get enough food and water, don’t you?

Lastly, the United States of America is still the best place to live on the planet, so never, ever take your freedom for granted.

Espyville is even better, why, the people are friendlier, the fish are bigger, the beer is colder and old Steelers fans never die.

That’s all for this week, folks; stick a fork in it. This column is done for the week, like a steak on a grill at summer’s end.

Keep the leaves off your bumper and the rain off your tail.

Thanks for reading the Espyville Buzz and keep on buying the Community News.

Leaving you once again with the immortal sounds of the Glenn Miller Band and a little "Moonlight Serenade," sponsored by Chesterfields.