The Newby men were home for the
holidays with their parents, Sharla and Lin McKay at their Bear Creek
residence. Payton and Judith Newby and their little Xander live in
Springville, UT. Josh and Sarah Newby and their two boys, Gage
and Nash, call Layton, UT, home. Daughter River McKay came up from
Logan and being all together for games, fun and food was just what they
all needed.
There has been a change in the LDS
Ward Sunday School presidency. Jody Janke is still the president and
his counselors are Heath Avery and Kim Keller. The secretary is Doug
Bruderer. .
The youth held a night-time sleigh
riding party in the lower fields of Bob Erickson's farm. The Iverson
family brought snowmobiles to help the weary riders back up the hill
after their swift descents. All were ready for a rerun. No serious
accidents helped d to make the event a success.
The Robert and Phee Crosland family
banded together recently over a couple of weekends. Angelo Crosland
would soon be leaving for his two years of missionary service in the
Indiana, Indianapolis, Mission and the family gathered round to wish
him well. Giovani and Kristina Crosland and their children were down
from Blackfoot, ID. Armando Crosland flew out from Washington DC,
bringing Angelo back home after some training time in the east.
Marco and Christina Crosland had some time off from school at BYU in
Provo, as did Rico and Mario Crosland.
For the weekend that Angelo spoke in
the LDS Ward, more family arrived. Robert's two sisters and families
drove up from Utah. Marie and Ray Eads and their son Walker live in
American Fork, while Carolyn and Mick Michie and their family are in
Moroni, UT.
George
and Bobby Garr celebrated their 65th
wedding anniversary with a nice, fairly quiet, small family luncheon,
on January 18th.
The Garrs are residents of dual citizenship: Mink Creek, ID, and
Long Beach, CA. It has been this way for many years.
We are having an old-fashioned winter, the kind the "old-timers" talk about. "Remember when..." This will be one for the stories of the future. Winter
life goes on and the snow banks get higher, and higher. What a
winter this has been! At the top of our canyons,the plows have kept
the highway open over to Bear Lake. It is like driving down a
hallway with walls of white one either side. We hope the snowmobile
enthusiasts use some caution, dangers lurk beneath that beautiful
deep snow that has the appearance of being smooth and flat. Not to
mention the possibility of avalanches with the conditions as they are
at the present time.
If
you subscribe to the Preston Citizen newspaper you will already know
this, but for those readers who do not this may be pertinent
information. Ronnie S. Keller passed away on January 13th.
This good man has had some serious health issues for quite some
time. His funeral was held in the Riverdale LDS Church and the
building was filled to more than capacity with caring friends and
family. He was buried in the Oxford, Idaho, Cemetery along side
their oldest son. Ronnie's passing will leave an empty spot in many
areas of Franklin County, but particularly Riverdale and Mink Creek.
We
took a ride up Strawberry Canyon as far as the Copenhagen Parking
lot. Some of the snow banks bordering the highway were higher than
my husband is tall, nearly 6 feet. Yes, it is beautiful, picture
postcard perfect. It is also cold and unyielding to the unprepared.
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