Pre-Halloween, 2019

          Karl and Marion Haws have been with us for the past month. Periodically they need to reconnect with their Idaho lives. While here they have had family visitors. Ken and Lauren Nash were up from Sol Vang, CA. Adam Haws, also of Sol Vang, and a friend took advantage of the deer hunting season. Kasey and Julie Haws were welcomed home. They were released not long ago after serving for three years as the President of the Mexico, Villahermosa, Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Kasey and Julie live in Redlands, CA.

          A new family has moved onto the Two Creek Ranch. They are Greg and Pearl Olsen with their daughter Marie and her children, Shea, Courtney, Kendall and Morgan. A son is deployed in the military. Curry Donaldson, father of the family, manages a large ranch in Arizona and comes north frequently to support his children in their varied interests. Shea Donaldson spoke recently in the Mink Creek LDS Ward, prior to her leaving to serve in the Paraguay, Asuncion, Mission.

          Kent and ReNae Egley managed a few days break after the intense hay harvest to slip down to southern Utah. They enjoyed the slightly warmer weather and the scenery of Bryce Canyon National Park and the surrounding area.

          Jeff and Julie Workman spent their fall break from their Utah jobs to spend time at their Mink Creek home. They live in Stansbury Park. Even though our weekend was rainy and skies were on the gloomy side, the switch is a boost for them.

           Hunting season is getting short. Still getting some reports of both elk and deer, tagged and being readied for the freezers. Seems to have been a pretty good year, judging from word-of-mouth reports, nothing official.

         Ended the day with snow sifting down and woke to the same. It has been a frigid day, but beautiful in its whiteness. No depth to speak of, enough to leave tracks of whatever moved about, be they critter, vehicle, or human. Don't think we are quite ready for this yet, the lawn grass is still green

          For any reader who might be interested in scheduling our community facilities, aka the Church building or our Ballpark, there has been a change. Forrest Christensen has dealt with that for the past several years. He has been released and the current facility coordinator is Layne Erickson.

          Don't forget to cast your vote  on Nov. 5th, it is a privilege denied many around the world.