Ron and Mary Norris to Manila, UT, to
watch grandchildren compete in rodeo events Events are open to kids
from Utah and Wyoming from preschoolers to high school graduates.
They particularly enjoyed Ranch Rodeo and being in the cooler daytime
temperatures compared to what we are now experiencing.
Sam and Sylvia Stanger are home for a
few weeks' break from their missionary labors in Florida. It must be
time for a dance at the Yellow Brick Schoolhouse.
Leon and Katherine Noorda are here for
a month's worth of visiting and family fun. Their daughter Brooke
came early to pave the way at the Keller apartment.
The Mink Creek Ward recently had two
young men baptized and confirmed members of the LDS Church. They are
Devlyn Nathaniel Currie and Larien Samuel Currie, sons of Wendy
and Clayton Currie.
Ben Keller is now employed at the Camp
Bartlett for the Boy Scouts as a Ranger. His wife Marie grins when
she calls him the chief fix-it man, but those skills are always
needed.
We have had a lightning-caused fire in
the valley. Luckily it was small and quickly contained. It serves
as an alert to the dangers of this dry season, particularly the dry
weeds and undergrowth near any of our buildings.
The children of Moss and Carmen Lewis
and their grandchildren, great-grands and great-great -grands had a
fun family reunion at the Mink Creek Ballpark. This includes families
of Colleen & Warren Wilde of Mink Creek, Beth and Bud Alford
of Idaho Falls, Lynne and Steve Cherrington of Santaquin, UT, Bob and
Renae Lewis of Denver, CO, Benson and Julie Lewis of Sandy, UT, and
the descendants of Ann Lewis Stephenson from California and Arizona.
All totaled there were around 103 participants in this gathering
Our July 4th celebration
was terrific, even if it did take place on a Tuesday. Around 400
people attended on the warm day with families claiming shady spots
all over the area. Kim Rasmussen and Forrest Christensen headed up
the committee preparing the Dutch-oven potatoes, with lots of help
from a small army of potato peeling volunteers. Clare & Linda
Christensen, with help from Ross and Judy Young, were in charge of
the meat on the menu which turned out to be sausages with sauerkraut
and grilled chicken. Tossed salad and baked beans were provided by
various ladies of the village. Colleen Carter produced a beautiful
chocolate cake in the form of the American flag for dessert. Many
hands help lighten the load when it comes to this meal preparation.
Thanks to all.
The program started off with the
posting of the colors by our veterans, led by Glen Jepsen. A vocal
rendition of the” Star Spangled Banner” was rendered by “the
Jepsen Girls.” Jimmie Olson shared some patriotic remarks and
Jennifer Seamons sang “America the Beautiful.” Activities that
went on during the day were softball,volleyball, bottle rockets, an
airplane candy drop, poison ball, painted faces, giant bubbles,
paintball target practice, win-a-fish and of course, the ever
favorite water slide.
Most afternoons some storm clouds
gather on the western horizon, things darken down a bit, they shift to the north
and pass us by. All well and good when the hay is down in windrows,
but some moisture would also be welcome. Things are pretty dry
outside of where the irrigation covers the growing green.
In the earlier writing I mentioned a
lightning fire. In my perusal of the newspaper archives today there
was a report of a lightning fire in Mink Creek twenty five years ago, August of
1992, just a little further down the slope from the one most recent.
The old one ignited a solitary tree, which in turn burned a small
stack of hay. Don't think that would be a good spot to build a home.
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