Tuesday, July 24, 2012

July 25, 2012


This is certainly the season of family reunions.  It is in high gear in our community.  The family of Allen and Pearl Christensen filled our Mink Creek Ballpark recently.  Seven of their children, plus a nephew were able to be there:  Don and Jeanette Christensen of Whitney,  DeeVirile and Elizabeth Christensen of Dayton, Wayne and Verneal Lowry of Tooele, Clarice Cox and her husband Jim of Farmington, UT, Dorothy and Larry Sheard of Littleton, CO, and Dan and Sandy Aldrich of West Jordan, UT.  All these, in addition to extended families that enlarged the genealogical pedigree charts.
Johnny and Jeannine Iverson have nine children, those nine have children.  All were here at Iverson’s except for one daughter, Christine, from California, and she had been visiting only a week or so prior to the reunion.  Cherie and Ted Shillig came all the way from Virginia,  Steven and Jessie Iverson from Texas, Teresa and Virg Russom of Colorado, Rebecca and Dane Jones from Washington state,  three from Utah:  Gregory and Vickie Iverson and David and Shari Iverson both of Highland, and Michael and Susan Iverson of Brigham City, last, but not least, Kurt and Margret Iverson of Mink Creek.
Hannah and Spencer Singleton and their two children have been spending a summer vacation with her parents, Wynn and Cecelie Costley.  Spencer had to return a bit early to their home in El Dorado, AR.  Several of Hannah’s siblings who live within close driving range traveled to join in the family fun at the Costley home.

The parking lot of the LDS Ward building will be getting a facelift, or perhaps it would be more accurate to say a complete makeover.  All those well known cracks and tarred repairs will be a thing of the past with this resurfacing.  A well done parking area is a wondrous thing.  The project was scheduled for this past week, then some major timing changes took place and the process will take approximately six weeks to complete.  Anyone using the premises needs to keep their eyes open for appropriate spots for parking while this is underway.
Every so often Jim and Debbie Harrison return home for a few days, getting away from the heat and jobs in St. George.  Another off-and-on residence that is very busy during summer months is the Crane Cabin.  A variety of cars fill the parking places bordering that home.
            There are many people enjoying a river run down the Bear River Narrows and beyond.  Between fishermen and river riders, the parking area, near the mouth of Mink Creek where it empties into the Bear, is a popular spot.
            Life on the farm has been full of bumps  and bruises lately.  We have had two herds of cows visiting our place, uninvited.  One batch invaded the orchard, later a different bunch were enjoying our growing hay crop.  The bees in this area have been buzzing, they have also been sucking the sweet juices from raspberry and strawberry patches, reducing the yield for the grower considerably.  A neighbor reports frequent sightings of rattlesnakes as they go to irrigate.  It appears the serpents are in greater need of water than usual.  “Summertime, and the living is easy,” somewhere.

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