Our raspberries are on, but the anyone
picking needs to get to them quicker than the neighborhood deer.
Those critters even enjoy the leaves and stalks. The local robins
have enjoyed every cherry that saw fit to develop after a late freeze
this spring.
Charles Iverson, son of Kurt and
Margret Iverson, was ordained to the office of a teacher in the Mink
Creek LDS Ward recently.
The Young Women's group held their
annual Girls' Camp. This year it was at Emigration, under the
direction of Melina Jepsen. In their nature walks they learned about
various plants and some of the uses of those plants. Even though one
young lady described their hiking experience as “a bit grueling”,
the girls felt it was a lesson teaching that they can do hard things.
Different aspects of this camp helped each person realize their own
strengths and those of the others that worked together for a
successful camp.
Congratulations are in order for Chris
Egley, son of Jaren and Juli Egley. He has earned his Arrow of Light
award from the Order of the Arrow in Cub Scouting.
Jyllian Christensen, young daughter of
Lacey and Kerry Christensen, and an absolute horse devotee, is
currently reigning as the Jr. Queen of the Bancroft, Idaho, Rodeo
this summer. She is having plenty of horse fun, waving at friends
and making new friends.
Afternoons seem to attract
thunderheads and thosse clouds have given our ground some good
soakings. The timing varied one morning last week and it poured for
nearly an hour not long after breakfast. The farmers in our village
are in the middle of their second crop of hay, some freshly mowed,
some just raked, others into the bale, so we greet this moisture with
varying emotions when it arrives.
Taking a short ride the other day
revealed the tawny glow of big fields of grain nearly ripe, with
bright green splotches of alfalfa tucked in among them. Beauty to an
agricultural heart. It won't be long before those golden fields will
be harvested and trucks are loaded for the haul to storage.
Our 4H members and leaders are gearing
up for the fast-approaching county fair. Horseback rides into the
mountains, feeding animals, learning some cooking skills, all things
to be crammed into these last few remaining days.
The sprinklers and water guns are kept
in operation. The result is a green valley, contrasting to the
dryness of our hillsides, the cheat grass that jabs into our socks
and many pricklies that are here and there on the ground as we walk
about. Backyard squirrels are dropping bits of pinecones to add
litter to the neighborhood. The summer heat is pushing our farmers
towards grain harvest before too long.
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