Feb 22, 2012

A Valentine’s Dance was celebrated at the beginning of February.  Held in the LDS Recreational Hall the decorations provided by Joe and Kathy Jarvis and Nate and Dana Olson transformed the room to a place of beauty.  Danceable tunes were gathered and played by Kim and Wally Christensen.  A local women’s vocal group, Mountain Aire, set the mood for the event with their renditions of romantic songs.  Johnny and Jeannine Iverson, our Scout leaders, enlisted the service of their young men to provide and serve refreshments to those attending.  This night to remember was under the direction of George and Judy Rasmussen.

The Mink Creek community participated in a Deseret Industries  Drive last week.  The lady-in-charge, Camille Knudson, passed out flyers to residents letting them know items that were needed and would be acceptable, plus a pick-up date for those who could contribute.

Mink Creek has eighteen boys in the Cub Scout Pack this year and all were recognized in some way at the Blue and Gold Banquet.  Four of them are new with three young men that have just moved into our community and one who has just had a birthday, Brackin Christensen.  The theme for this annual event was “Circle the Wagons” and the leaders did their best to provide fun for the boys and their families.  Decorations were tin can lanterns and covered wagons made by the Webelos, led by Melinda and Kerry Jepsen.  The menu was just right for this age:  jello (under the direction of the Bear Den) and sloppy joes, potato chips, cake and ice cream put together by leaders Marie Keller, Pedro and Avery Gomez, Ivan and Lana McCracken and Cubmaster Dawnell Greene.  Western activities matched the theme with steer roping, cow pie toss, pancake toss, and shoe the horse.

At this point this news is a bit over the limit, 300 words. (for more news go to www.minkcreeknews.blogspot.com)

 After an hour’s delay at the airport in Salt Lake City, Bob and Claudia Erickson flew to Tempe, AZ, for a six day stay with the family of their son, Drew.  A special occasion was planned, the baptism of their grandson Spencer, Drew and Hilary Erickson’s second son.   Another highlight of the trip was attending a jazz concert performed by the Salt River Brass in Mesa.   The warmth of the Phoenix area was thoroughly enjoyed, but it was still good to return to home and Idaho.

Our weather is still very undecided and it is a strange “winter.”  Should this even be called winter?  Bits of snow storms, with limited amounts of snow falling.   Opportunities for sledding very slim. Temperatures in the 40’s, thawing enough to cancel out ice skating.  And rain, miserable rain, brown water running everywhere taking dirt away from where it should be.

Just letting you know that this season, whatever it is, is not at all according to our general expectations and needs.

             I realize we just had the Presidents Day holiday, but I am old-fashioned enough to think of Washington on his real birthday.  This is it!  Happy Birthday, George Washington, so glad you were at the right place at the right time, for all our sakes.