Christmas Day, 2018

          It has been a white Christmas, snowing off and on most of the day, but not giving much in the way of inches. No complaints,white is white and adds to the cozy feeling that should go with this holiday. The neighborhood gifts, all delivered, and likely consumed as part of the treats this day. Merry Christmas! Enjoy these days, they are all too soon over and pushed into the past.

          Kent and Tammy Beardall had a houseful not long ago. Michelle Wall and her four children came up from Grand Junction, CO. Nicole and Nathan Denny took a break from school at BYU/I in Rexburg, ID. Kyle Beardall drove up from Logan and Mikel and Rebecca Beardall, now in Preston, joined them

          Candy Longhurst and her three daughters Emily and McKinley Longhurst and Tiffany Wheeler, enjoyed the Alex Boye Concert at Cherry Peak Resort in the mountains east of Richmond, UT. This was courtesy of tickets won from the Preston Citizen. What a treat for these four, they loved every chord of the performance.

           The family and friends of Bonnie Lue Hansen gathered in Mink Creek for her funeral. It was a true celebration after the years she has suffered with Parkinson's disease. The program was filled with music, something always high on Bonnie's priority list. All the Hansen children and their families were here: Sandra Kemp, Roxanne Beutler, Patricia Bowles, Sidney Hansen, Tim Hansen and Wesley Hansen.

          Jacob Stanworth, the son of Kaci and Heath Avery, was ordained in the Aaronic Priesthood to the office of a deacon in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The deacon's quorum in the local ward is small and he is a most welcome addition to their ranks.

           The Mink Creek Ward Relief Society organization has had a change in the presidency. Patti Christensen, Anna Beth Olson and ReNae Egley were released from their callings. The new officers are Kim Christensen as the president, Betty Jo Jepsen her first counselor and Laurel Wilde, the second counselor. Annavelyn Wilcox will continue to serve as the secretary. In the process Kim was released as a counselor in the ward Primary organization and Jasmine Erickson will be filling that position.

          Turkeys, turkeys everywhere. At lease the birds go to roost in nearby trees during the darkened hours. The deer and raccoons are still very active during these hours and are a constant threat to anyone driving through our community, all night long.