Golden Putter in Harleysville!

Horace the Golden Putter has a new home in surburban Philadelphia now that Bob Gabel '80 demonstrated his putting skills last weekend. Seth Balkey is seen measuring the longer than 16 foot putt drained by Bob actually using Horace himself.

This will give Bob a chance to travel outside Harleysville several times this year rather than the once or twice that is typical. Bob has always had a special place in my heart, as he arranged for my Independent Studies in a lab at PSU, leading to 3 A's! We both worked with the smallest member of the parasitic wasp species , although neither of us remember the name. My job was to observe the behavior of them with their caterpillar hosts for hours on end, documenting their normal behavior. As they were the size of fruit flies, it wasn't easy. Bob got to check for mutations, so he had to see the difference between red and black eyes under a microscope.

Bob will be checking in with us periodically letting us know how Horace is doing. Next year, you could be lucky enough to garner Horace for a full year!