March 6, 2013

Winter has felt rather lengthy this year.  The calendar proclaims that March has arrived, yet the ground is still covered with a heavy blanket of snow, and more predicted.  People are talking about starting seedlings in personal greenhouses, and the desire to leaf through seed catalogs that arrive in the mail.  Let’s hope that March brings some spring with it.  If it comes in like a lion, it is supposed to go out like a lamb, well, we shall see if that is true this year.

            Alexis Iverson, the daughter of Kurt and Margret Iverson spoke in the LDS Ward prior to leaving for her service in the Texas, San Antonio, Mission.   Both sets of grandparents were present, Walter and Sharon Knapp of Cub River, and Johnny and Jeannine Iverson of Mink Creek.  In addition there were lots of relatives from both sides, plus roommates and friends.

A wasp that had awakened early with the bright winter sun caused some concern, dipping and diving in the Iverson meeting.  Thanks to the expertise of Clay Jepsen it was batted down and peace reigned once again.   Kyle Christensen, son of Phillip and Krysta Christensen, received a plaque of commitment to serve a LDS mission from the Preston North Stake.

Eldon and Danita Wilcox traveled to Bozeman, MT, to watch their daughter MaKenzie Gunter participate in track events at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Championships. MaKenzie is a sophomore at Idaho State University.  When all was said and done she placed 12^th in the Triple Jump and 7^th in the High Jump.  Twelve colleges were represented.   So pleased for this young athlete!

Elaine and JR Rasmussen visited his parents, Mary Jean and Larry Rasmussen for a weekend.  Their little boys, William and Luke, had a great time. Grandma Mary Jean always makes sure of that. The young Rasmussen family lives in Riverdale, UT.

The Scouts spent their Mutual activity shoveling snow around the community.  Leader Paul McKay divided the boys into teams and they split up to do their thing.  Three homes benefited from this:  Karl Haws’ deck, Arden Rasmussen’s driveway, and the entry and drive of Jim Harrison’s home.  Cheers for great service rendered!!

           

            Up and down our community there has been the need to shovel snow off roofs of homes and sheds.  The weight of several inches of snow can be threatening to a roof.  Some of us have gone to metal to replace shingles just because the snow slides off a little better.

A small herd of cows were out on the highway on a cold night this past week.  An unsuspecting pickup plowed into them, killing one, injuring two more.  It was a hit-n-run situation and the next vehicle that came onto the scene were the ones that reported it to our county sheriff’s office.  The animals were cleared off and traffic could move safely.

            Our local basketball teams are having fun and will be moving into tournament play this week.  Games will take place at the Preston North Stake building.  We have both a girls team and a boys team, and in each there are players from age 12 up to Seniors in high school.  Lots of diversity to add to the fun.