If you ever attended a Mink Creek
School, either the yellow brick, or the red brick, you are invited to
attend Mink Creek School Reunion coming up on June 13th.
To qualify for this event it is not necessary that you have graduated
from either institute of learning, only that you attended.The list of names provided for those in charge has not been kept up to date and this is a reminder for all who might be interested. The
reunion starts at noon and includes a potluck lunch, lots of visiting
and shared memories. If you have memorabilia from your years of
residency feel free to bring it, it may stir memories for someone
else.
With the coming of spring Sylvia and
Sam Stanger have returned to our community. They are moving forward
with their restoring of the old yellow brick schoolhouse just
northeast of the creek connection of Strawberry Creek and Mink Creek.
The Father and Son Campout endured a
night of rain. But a little water, or a big bit, didn't wipe out the
planned event, there was a fair turnout in spite of the damp. Some
slept in tents, others in campers. The evening meal was Navaho tacos
and a breakfast of eggs, sausage and pancakes was welcome come
morning. Due to the consistent rain the ATV ride was canceled, mud
is a challenge not needed for a large group of riders of various
ages. Making mud pies was not on the list of suggested activities.
Jimmie and Anna Beth Olson have
returned from a road trip. They enjoyed the redwood forests of
northern California and the beautiful scenery around Highway 101.
After a stay at Coos Bay on the Oregon Coast they meandered over to
the Boise area for a visit with daughter Dana and Charlie Peterson
and their children before heading home across Idaho.
Payton and Judith Newby and family
were visiting with his parents, Sharla and Lin McKay. Danny and
Nicky Coleman and their two little girls had a weekend with his
parents, Tammy and Nelson Coleman. Tammy parents, Ray and Ila Rae
Vanvleet of Grace, ID, drove over as well.
It has been a wet Memorial Day
weekend, but that hasn't stopped families from coming to the Mink
Creek Cemetery. There was even a Scottish piper playing the pipes
for a few moments in remembrance of the family's Scottish roots.
This community was founded by Scandinavians, and much of the
headstones bear that out, but it has also been a place of welcome to
others.
Our lilacs are in full bloom, all
colors, mixing in with the many yellow and golden wild flowers that
fill the hillsides. Don't discount the smiling dandelions. Things
are so full of color in this damp spring against a background of
varied greens. All visitors have been proclaiming, “it is soooo
green.” Come see us, you will feel transported to foreign shores.
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