May 29, 2018

         The shift in seasons seems to bring more visitors to Mink Creek, some for a weekend, others a more extended stay. Morgan and Eli Curtis of Logan,spent a day with her parents, Paul and Terrie McKay at their home on Station Creek. Connie and Adam Westenskow had a weekend with her parents, Karen and Layne Erickson, driving up from Woods Cross, UT.

          Bret and Jody Rasmussen enjoyed the company of two daughters. Brandi Allred and her children Eliza, Jet and Ezra came up from West Bountiful, UT. Cheyenne and her husband Kaden Lloyd of Fairview, ID, joined in the family get-together. .

           River McKay has completed two years of studies at Utah State University and has now been accepted into the Outdoor Product Design and Development program. She will be headed to the northwest in the fall. In the meantime she has moved to Rexburg, ID, for summer work where she is employed at Klim as a technical developer. Life is movin' on for River. She is the daughter of Lin and Sharla McKay

          Two young women of our community have invested some time and energy in the business classes offered by the Self Reliance program of the Preston North Stake. Both Annavelyn Wilcox and Jasmine Erickson feel it has been very worthwhile for their individual situations.

           Lana and Ivan McCracken made a quick trip to his home area in Canada, visiting a friend in Raymond, Alberta. Ivan extended his stay while taking care of some business matters.

           Larry and Lillian Hansen are back in town on a semi-permanent basis. They are expecting to have family members coming in and out of their home on Bear Creek with the onslaught of warm weather and outdoor fun.

            Funeral services were held in Mink Creek for Nyala “Sam” Crane Maldeney, age 72, on May 25^th. She is is the daughter of Molly and Basil Crane. “Sam “ has had a long battle with cancer. With Basil's job as a forest ranger the family spent the growing up years wherever was his current assignment, but Mink Creek has always had the sound of 'home.' The Crane family and friends gathered for “Sam's” burial in the Mink Creek Cemetery, near her parents.

           As we herald the presence of spring, we are forced to deal with the reality of flattened bugs on the windshields. Any trip down through the river bottoms is a reminder of that population being again a force in our lives.

           At this posting we are grieved by the death of long-time resident, Dennis Clark. He died in a traffic accident while driving for a hunting trip with his grandson-in-law Bracken Atkinson. Bracken has been in the hospital in Idaho Falls and we are hopeful of his being released to come home this week.