Feb 20, 2013

As a person drives through our little hamlet one may think they are on a child’s roller coaster ride.   The highway has suffered from weather and there are buckles  and dips along the route.  It is hopeful that as weather improves so will traveling.

Old Glencoe Church is no more.  The building was converted into a hay barn years go and recently begun falling apart on its southern side.  On a calm winter evening   the owner, Kent Egley, set fire to what remained of the structure about a week ago. A big fire is always exciting.  Some additional excitement arrived when the county fire crews came to investigate.  Those vehicles make quite a parade.

Layne and Karen Erickson and Bob and Claudia Erickson drove to Farmington, UT, to attend the funeral of their brother-in-law, Alan Stine.  Alan was the husband of their sister, Imogene Erickson Stine , and has been suffering for several years with dementia.

Josh and Sara Newby came home for a weekend, spending some time with his parents, Sharla and Lin McKay.  The couple is busy going to school and working in Rexburg, ID.  

A Scout Court of Honor combined with the Blue and Gold Banquet of Cub Scouts for a special evening this month.  Young men and their families enjoyed a filling menu of Hawaiian haystacks, jello salads and multiple choices of desserts: cookies, cakes, pies.  Hawaiian attire was appropriate garb for the theme of the night.  More than sixty merit badges were awarded and five young men earned their Life rank: Chance and Dakota Hatch, Ty Beardall, Andy McKay and Josh Greene.  The following Sabbath the young men and leaders were encouraged to wear their scout uniforms to the LDS meetings.

            The Laurels and Varsity Scouts enjoyed a night of tubing on slopes of the Iverson Ranch.  There was lots of fun and only one serious injury resulting from a collision.  Claire Jepsen came away with a fractured ankle but appears to be doing well.

 Sorry this posting was a little late to match up with the Citizen's weekly publication.  It was a case of too many irons in the fire for me yesterday.  Don't give up checking out the blog, it is a constant thing in my life, just occasionally I get thrown a curve on the scheduling.

            Leonard Nelson and his wife drove down from Idaho Falls to visit the family of their daughter Emily and Tyler Jones.  Of course they attended a basketball game where Tyler coaches at PHS.  Leonard grew up in Mink Creek, a son of Edna and Doug Nelson.

            A combination of snow and wind reduced the attendance at the LDS Ward recently.  The main roads were cleared but that doesn’t account for the driveways required to reach those roads.  It was that kind of weekend, not quite a blizzard but sufficient to load the off-roads.

            We have had some cougar sightings recently within our community boundaries. It bodes well for all to be alert for their presence.  The heavy snows will have affected their lifestyle, and not for the better.