June 7, 2017

            The daughters of Jeannine Iverson gathered at the Iverson home during the weekend of Mothers' Day to present their mother with an unusual gift. They did her spring cleaning of the home from top to bottom, including those tall high windows that add so much to the home.

Two young men of our LDS Ward were recently ordained to priesthood callings. Jonathan Seamons, son of Jeff and Jennifer Seamons, was ordained to the office of a deacon. Jacobi Johnson, grandson of Robert and Phee Crosland was ordained to the office of a priest.

           Tony Mainini, son of Terry and Steve Mainini, will be employed by Idaho State University in Pocatello, ID, as a computer analyst. During the past school year Tony has worked for the Pocatello School District in the technology department.

           Kent and ReNae Egley went up to the Pocatello Raceway to watch their son Matt race in a car that he had built himself. Many members of the Egley family and Matt's friends were there to cheer him on. Cars and speed have long been a passion of this guy.

           Jesse and Annavelyn Wilcox are home after spending nearly a month in the Philippines. Their trip was timed so that they could attend the wedding of Annavelyn's sister, Haydee Malate in Tigaon. They went to Caramoan Island, a 3 hours drive by land on a rough road, sharp turns left and right, up and down, road constructions here and there. Part of this island is where they shoot the "Survivor USA." All the islets are all white sand, clear and very salty water. The island is rich with sea shells so they added some to their collection. Snorkeling was fun and they saw, star fish, red, orange and blue , jelly fish,even a little nemo in there.

            Jesse's parents, Eldon and Danita Wilcox, are serving in the Philippines, Quezon City, Mission, and the couple were able to spend some time with them. Again it took several hours of land travel and also by boat to reach Mindoro Island where Elder and Sister Wilcox are assigned. The four of them went to Puerto Gallera to celebrate Elder and Sister Wilcox's 40th wedding anniversary. They went swimming, jet skiing, snorkeling, tried new foods that weren't Filipino. Part of the adventure in Mindoro Island was going to the "Sablayan, the longest island to island zip line in the whole world." It is the first motorized zip line in Asia. A distance over a mile, it takes 3 minutes for the whole ride. It is not zippy compared to most zip lines. The operators said it feels like you were just parasailing. Annavelyn thinks they made it slow in order to see the beauty of the island or the ocean. Water so clear they could see some star fish and other fishes swimming in shallow water.

           There is no shallow water around here these days. I have never seen Mink Creek as high and dangerous as it is right now. My husband's great uncle spoke of the days when the Mink Creek men who operated a sawmill up Strawberry Canyon and another at the head of Mink Creek would haul their logs to the 'creek' and float them down to a corralling spot below. I can envision that easily this year and the logs would be crashing into each other in many spots along the way. My husband's grandfather would have been one of those men.