The Crane trio, siblings Bruce Crane,
Sheryl May and Linda Shewmaker, have had a fun summer break in Mink
Creek. Reliving their early years spent here is an annual event for
these three. Bruce now lives in Logan, Sheryl in in Rupert area and
Linda in Jerome. Sometimes family joins them, sometimes not, they
repair, they hike, they feast, just several days of family
connections to tide them over until the next time.
The youth and leaders of the
Wellsville 10th Ward, Utah, enjoyed having their summer
youth conference at the Mink Creek Ballpark. It isn't everywhere a
youth conference can include a water slide, hill and irrigation water
version.
The Varsity Scouts of Mink Creek had
an unusual high adventure this summer. This excursion entailed scuba
diving, imagine that. One location was in Utah near Heber at Sand
Hollow Lake, then they went to Lake Mead in Nevada. Those
participating were Andy McKay, Walter Iverson, Andrew Iverson, Jacobi
Johnson, Braydon Avery, Chance Hatch, Carson Christensen and Clay
Jepsen. Their leaders were Bishop Kurt Iverson and Kerry Jepsen.
A wind moved through a week ago intent
on damage. It came at us from all directions, starting from the
west, twisted over to the south and then applied speed and pressure.
The pine cones, both green and dry, being ripped from the trees in
my yard sounded like hail pounding the house. Branches were pulled
off trees and sent like javelins in front of the wind. Some of us
are still searching for the lids from trash cans. The wind grabbed
the new pivot irrigation line that had been installed by Kent Egley
on a hillside field and twisted it like a pretzel. Any wheel lines
in its path moved to new areas. One can imagine what happened to the
carefully piled windrows of hay when the bursts hit them. Then after
a few moments of calm the wind moved around, relaxed a bit and
started blowing from the north. It was time for the humans to pick
up the pieces.
Hope you all had a day of celebrating
our July 4th. Mink Creek at the ballpark went off
beautifully with lots of people attending, even if it was the middle
of the week. All sorts of activities to entertain, but the details
will be in next weeks newscolumn. It was a day where all were glad to
retreat to the shade of our lovely trees and pavilion.
Our water levels are more normal with
these hot drying days. People have been floating the Bear River all this
past week and Mink Creek is more like its regular friendly flowing self. The
eroding of the road intersections has ceased. We are already wishing
for rain showers now and again.
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