January 20, 2015

            Kerry and Lacey Christensen are the happy parents of a baby boy. In addition to his parents this infant is welcomed into the family by three sisters who are determined to spoil him as much as possible. They are already working on teaching him the ABC's.

            David and Judy Wilde enjoyed a visit from Judy's sister, Susan Robison and her son from Elko, NV. Susan was here to celebrate the marriage of Judy's twin, Trudy. Trudy's son, Aaron Brown who resides in Kansas, stayed with the Wilde family for two weeks for this event.

            Winter, the season for basketball. Our community has both a boys' team and a girls' team. Richard Free is coaching the young men and Kerry Christensen will continue to be the coach for the young women. Both teams will be competing with other youth teams from the Preston North Stake.

            Marlene Christensen has welcomed a new couple, Josh and Elizabeth Greene, into her home. Josh calls Marlene “Grandma,” which is not quite biologically correct, and Elizabeth is better known as Lizzie.

             Michelle and Tracy  Gibbs are becoming part of our community. They have bought the Maple Grove Hot Springs on the Bear River. They are moving into a home with Mink Creek history, one that has been here for several generations. Most recently it was owned by Mark and Debbie Baird Heaton.

               The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' meetinghouse is in the process of a routine maintenance boost. Some of the rooms are being painted and upgraded, scuffed walls repaired, all that sort of thing. There has even been some changes in the artwork displayed. This building was built in 1929 and has some nice features still from that era.

              Mike Jepsen has recently had some back surgery in Logan. He is now home and doing well. In fact he is determined to undertake more tasks than advisable.

               I am too much out of the blog habit, sorry about this being late online.   I feel guilty when it dawns on me Wednesday morning after the Citizen is published that this blog is now one day behind for those who read the paper edition.  I will work on getting back into the swing of things.

             The winter is not going as hoped for.  It is strange to complain about sunshine, but  when a good snow pack is hoped for and the weather continues to be dry and sunny---well, complaints come to mind.  People  down across northern Cache Vally who are dependent on the waters supplied by Mink Creek  are beginning to ask questions about the coming year's possibilities.

             This situation is not discouraging the snow mobile crowd.  They flock to our mountains every weekend, indicating that there is sufficient white stuff to accommodate that activity.