We are happy to have snow in our village, it has slowed down the runoff from all that rain. The State Highway crew had warning signs along our main street where the water was washing over the road as it made its way down our slopes. The bottom of the dugway road that leads from the flats around the Bear River up to Station Creek and Glencoe Road has a big wash-out where the cascading water was more than the dirt road could handle.
George and Judy Rasmussen are home after visiting children here and there the last few weeks. These particular families live in Iowa, Utah and Nevada. One of their teenage granddaughters, DeAnna Thomas, came to Mink Creek with them, enjoying a bit of a vacation from her home in Las Vegas.
The young men of Mink Creek are having a good time playing basketball. Their coach this season is Mark Heaton. Thus far they have had three games with other wards of the Preston North Stake. It is a great winter activity.
Glen and Betty Jo Jepsen have taken a lengthy winter trip. They drove to Stettler, Alberta, Canada to spend time with the family of their daughter Jill and Mark Neitz. Everyone there was awaiting the arrival of the newest child in the family. This little granddaughter put in
her appearance on January 8th, on schedule. The three other Neitz children were a great welcoming committee. The Jepsens stuck around for a bit longer to help out with the adjustments that were bound to come following this event.
Katherine and Leon Noorda are currently in Thailand serving a humanitarian mission.
They have survived the flooding of this fall season and report that it is the worst the country has experienced for the past century. In the city of Chiang Mai over one weekend they distributed a total of 1800 blankets during three gifting ceremonies that took place each day.
The Preston High girls’ basketball program for this year is winding down. The Varsity team is now in district tournament play. Mink Creek has had two young ladies participating on the freshman team, Tawni Hall and Brooke Corbett. Tawni is the daughter of Brett and Kristi Hall, Brooke the daughter of Shane and Sherie Corbett.
Elder Bridger Hall, son of Brett and Kristi, has been on his mission to Colombia for 8 months. He is now a trainer and serving in the city of Pomplona. He is sufficiently comfortable with the Spanish language to manage several baptisms while speaking the native tongue. He has adjusted to the cultural change. One bus ride to a mission conference took 35 hours to complete. His eating habits have taken a change, low on sweets now. His family describes him as “healthy and happy.” Bridger teaches English as a second language on weekends. One thing he misses is the game of football since South America is big on soccer.
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