Hey, Boys & Girls,
Mom's & Dads!

....This is Bill Collins....with another exciting adventure from the Sugar Creek Gang!

What do you think is Poetry's best poem?
Do you know what makes Dragonfly sneeze?
When hoeing potatoes, how many rows is "several"?
How can a BOY be saved?

If you LOVE the Sugar Creek Gang, this is YOUR website! We welcome contributions from all members of the gang........please ask your parents to help you send us your favorite stories, poems, nature facts, testimonies and tell us about YOUR favorite swimming hole!

Here you will find out about all the characters in Paul Hutchens's wonderful stories........Bill Collins, Big Jim, Poetry, Dragonfly, Little Jim, Circus, Tom Till and wonderful Medium-Sized Jim. Get to know the whole gang and enjoy all their adventures!

This is also where you can find out all about the "Adventure Time" radio broadcasts --- NOW available on cassette tapes! Click HERE for more information!

Here is a photograph of Paul Ramseyer as he looks today! He still produces radio shows for Northwestern College Radio in St. Paul, MN. These days he hosts a Gospel music program called "Evensong". He sure is a talented man --- and wonderfully used by God!

Paul, we're so glad you were inspired to record "Adventure Time" shows for us!

NEW!!! ---- Mr. Rick Mannor has a website entirely dedicated to the history of the Sugar Creek Gang books! You will have fun if you visit here:

Sugar Creek Gang History Pages

A BIG Sugar Creek Welcome to our Charter MEMBERS!

Daniel, Age 8, Kansas
Peter, Age 8, North Carolina
Joel, Age 7-1/2, Ohio
John, Age 6, Ohio
Angelo, Age 5, Michigan
Ben, Age 10, Michigan
Carman, Age 8, Michigan
Luke, Age 10, Massachusetts
Zack, Age 11, California
Trent, Age 7, Oregon
Benjamin, Age 11, Wisconsin
Gabriel, Age 6-1/2, Wisconsin
Nicki, Age 12, California
Andy, Age 9, California
Matthew, Age 7, California
Matthew, Age 11, Indiana (see his great pictures below!)
Ian, Age 10, Florida
Joshua, Age 9, Ohio
Caleb, Age 7, Ohio

And welcome to our NEWEST members!

Kara, Age 9, Kansas
Steven, Age 11, Kansas
Mikayla, Age 4, Michigan
Jonathan, Age 6, Michigan
Carey, Age 8, Tennessee
Caleb, Age 11, Delaware
Anna, Age 6, Delaware
Matthew, Age 10, Rhode Island

And an extra special welcome to our *very* newest member from Texas!

Hudson, Age 8, Texas

To JOIN the Official Sugar Creek Gang Fan Club, just send your first name only, your age, and the state you live in to: OldManPaddler@aol.com

We are the Idoni Family in Michigan........and we are your hosts. Ben (10), Carman (8) and Angelo (5) are our 3 oldest sons. We also have a 3 year old, Gabe, but he's too young to join the gang. Ben and Carm have chores to do every day......just like Bill Collins! Yes, they gather fresh eggs from the chickens each afternoon, feed the animals and even help their father in the garden. We first started listening to "Adventure Time" with the Sugar Creek Gang when we were city folks. Now we live in the country and we love it! We don't have a swimming hole close by, but we do have a lot of space to run, play and explore nature. Still waiting for a REAL adventure, like catching a thief or a good mystery! We did have a neighbor's mule come charging up our drive after chasing a beautiful mare through a fence......and a stray pig that kept coming to visit last week! We also have garter snakes, mosquitoes, frogs, raccoons, rabbits, trees, wildflowers and mud. Seems like we live a little of Sugar Creek Gang every day!

Well, as Bill Collins would say --- I've gotten off the subject. What we really want you to know is that we want to add LOTS to our fan club website! Please share your ideas, stories, favorite hymns......anything you want to put here.

------------ Member Photo Gallery!

This is Matthew from Indiana! Matthew actually went canoeing last summer on the REAL Sugar Creek at Turkey Run State Park --- where Paul Hutchens grew-up! He caught the bass in his family's pond (picture with fish taken 2 years ago). And below is a picture taken of Matthew on a tank at the General Patton Museum in Kentucky! Thanks, Matthew, for sending the great pictures ---- and welcome to the club!

Matthew and his brother on Sugar Creek!

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Here are Ben and Carman from Michigan (picture taken about 2 years ago)
Charter members of the Sugar Creek Gang Fan Club!

Ask your parents if you can put YOUR picture and first name here, too! (See NOTE at the bottom of this webpage)

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Until next time.......this is Bill Collins.....saying,
"So long!"

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