Two weeks ago Mink Creek held a Court
of Honor for those involved in scouting.
Rank advancements and merit badges were delivered on this
night. This was a special one for Johnny
Iverson receiving his Eagle rank, presented to him by his father, Kurt Iverson. Johnny’s Eagle project was that of
constructing soccer goals to be used at the local ballpark.
Mikel Beardall, son of Tammy and
Kent Beardall, received his LDS mission call.
He will be serving in Russia,
Novosibirsk, Mission, headed that way this fall. The Beardall family has other news to
announce. A granddaughter was born to
Michelle and Gary Wall, of Grand
Junction, CO, and
Tammy has been doing some grand-mothering
there.
The Varsity Scouts took a three day
trip to Yellowstone
Park. Young men able to
go were Johnny Iverson, Rico Crosland, Josh Greene, and Justin Coleman,
accompanied by leaders: Wynn Costley, Kent Egley and Nelson Coleman. Besides visiting some tourist highlights they
took a swim in the Firehole River and rafted down the Snake
River.
Kurt Torfin, of Waco, TX,
arrived in Mink Creek just right to wish his mother, Sallee Keller, “Happy
Birthday!” It had been 12 years since
they have had this much visiting time. Kurt's siblings, Casey Torfin of Nibley and Kristi Hall of Mink Creek, enjoyed reliving some of the "old days" when they were all kids.
They took a memory trip to Grace where Kurt had grown up.
Progress of some description is
taking place at the parking lot, the only paved one in our community. There are huge piles of debris, a mix of
pavement and earth, machinery is present indicating that work is going forward,
in spite of difficulties.
Rodeo time brings many residents
home. Some I noticed were: Jim and
Debbie Harrison from St. George; children and grandchildren of Eldon and Danita
Wilcox; Peggy Flinders and Dana Petersen, the twin daughters of Jimmie and
AnnaBeth Olson; children of Austin and Kathy Jones; some Pearson family;
relatives at the Crane Cabin. No doubt
there were many I did not see.
“When the rodeo is over it is the
end of summer,” is heard up and down the valley. There seems to be some truth in that
feeling. School shopping is a big item
right now, along with meetings at the various schools. Kindergarteners are probably the most excited
age---at least for a few more weeks. The
youth in this community are expecting that big yellow school bus to arrive on
August 22nd. Another indication
of the summer season closing is that of the combines in the fields, reaping
those golden grains that have been carefully tended for months.
Bug season is in full swing. Trying
to keep ahead of the box elder bugs that have arrived. Earwigs are plentiful as well. There are enough grasshoppers to cloud the
sky, thank goodness they are scattered about.
The winged creatures seem to
increase about the same time that our grains get ready for harvest. When one looks in the storage bin on a combine
there are many kernels, but also lots of hopping going on. Grasshoppers make good fish bait, maybe there
is a possibility of a crop we hadn’t considered.
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