April 22, 2014

       Nicole Beardall, daughter of Tammy and Kent Beardall, has earned her Young Womanhood Medallion in the Personal Progress program of the LDS Ward. She is a Senior at Preston High School.

        Marie Aupperlee enjoyed a visit from her daughter, Sandra Wylie, of Chilton, TX. They were able to catch up on their lives and do some shopping while Sandra was here. Sandra will be stopping to see her own daughter in Rock Springs, WY, before returning to Texas.

        Mink Creek's 'Yellow Brick School House' has found a buyer. Mainly used for hay storage since its closure as an elementary school many years ago, it was built in 1916. New owners, Sam and Silvia Stanger, have some Mink Creek connections with the Perry Pearson family. The Stangers currently live in South Weber, Utah, and will be part-time residents of Mink Creek.

        Elder Christopher Wilde returned home from his mission to the Arizona, Tempe, Mission. He is the son of Judy and David Wilde. This leaves the family with only one son still serving, Elder Spencer Wilde who is currently laboring in Bimidji, MN.

        Driving to his workplace in Utah, in the predawn hours of April 17^th, Gene Rasmussen ran into a black Angus cow on Highway 36. Hitting a deer is bad enough, but hitting a cow was a disaster. Gene is fortunate to be able to climb out of his smashed vehicle, amidst all the blood and muck, then hike to a nearby home, wake the resident (at 4am), and use their phone to report the accident, He escaped with multiple lacerations and an aching body, plus a totaled means of transportation. We are grateful for the response of the county emergency people and the skill of the staff at the Franklin County Medical Center in stitching him up.

        Our hillsides were a great place to view the eclipse of the moon recently, providing a person had the energy to stay up into the middle of the night for the observation. With the light of the full moon it was very evident that the shadow was crossing it's surface. We have the advantage of very limited artificial lighting in our community. City lights are pretty much non-existent.

        Turkeys seem to have headed for higher ground, more or less, with the warming weather. Deer fatalities are still very evident along the roadsides. Now we are seeing some of those animals who have been hibernating during the winter months making their appearance.