Labor Day presented a big traffic load
heading south on our main thoroughfare. Judging from the amount of
trailers and RV's the campsites in our canyons and beyond must have
been busy. Some visitors spent this weekend in our community. Fred
and Victoria Christensen were with his parents, Royce and Lorraine.
Howard and Colleen Hawkes were up from Utah with family at the
Pearson Lodge. Jeff Knudson's place was overflowing with guests.
The parking area by the Crane home was full. Keller Apartments were
occupied.
Mink Creek had lots of visitors for
the wedding of Tiffany Longhurst and Spencer Wheeler. The weather
was great for the outdoor reception at the Longhurst home. Spencer
hails from Parma, ID and the couple plans to call Parma their future
home.
Our children are boarding yellow
school buses of Preston School District, arriving early in the
mornings, four days a week. Shelly Bray drives the bus picking up
the larger percentage of Mink Creek kids, residents along Highway 36
and the northeast end of the village. Glen Smedley is at the wheel
of the bus boarded by the youth from Station Creek, Bear Creek and on
to Riverdale stops.
Bishop Kurt and Margret Iverson's
family has had two moments of recognition recently. Their son,
Conner, was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints. An older son, Andrew, was ordained to
the office of a teacher in the LDS Ward.
The Relief Society held an autumn
social, inviting spouses and friends to a potluck supper. It was
held on the grounds of the home of Raeone and Brad Stuart, the end of
Mink Creek Road. A dark and stormy cloud moved in with a downpour
for a few minutes. The large porch was perfect for a quick tucking
in of all the tables and the night of visiting barely stopped.
Sept 11 has come and gone.,
14 years past. I would guess there were many reflective thoughts on
that day of the changes that have come into our lives as citizens of
this nation.
Hearing the clamor of a flock of
Canadian geese, I looked skyward, expecting to see the familiar V
pattern headed south for the season. The V was there, though a
little scraggly, but the birds were headed northeast. They must have
been a local domesticated flock headed homeward to their pond, having
made a visit in our area.
A friend reported harvesting all her
ready tomatoes and peppers, trying to stay ahead of a quick overnight
freeze. So far that hasn't threatened, but will be advancing towards
our gardens soon. For now anything left in the soil is well watered.
We have had two days of unexpected rain.
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