October 7, 2020

 I love October, though not sure why.  Anyway, welcome to October in Mink Creek.

Eldon and Danita Wilcox managed an autumn vacation driving to the Black Hills of South Dakota. Other popular sites they saw were Devil’s Tower, the Needles and the beautiful county en route. Eldon commented that he didn’t realize Wyoming had such beautiful scenery. They stopped in Lovell, WY, hoping to have a visit with a neighbor of a few years past, Bill Despain, but found he had gone fishing for the day.

The DUP camp of Mink Creek, the Syringa camp, enjoyed an outdoors meeting this month. They gathered at the Rasmussen Park on the banks of the creek for a luncheon. Mary Ann Jepsen was in charge.

Maria and Devin Flake and son Jude came to her mother’s place, Lana and Ivan McCracken. Their object was to share some of their puppies with friends in Pocatello while putting in some Idaho time with Maria’s memories of growing up here.

David Scott Seamons, son of Jeff and Jennifer Seamons, was ordained to the Melchizedek Priesthood, the office of an Elder. Brothers, younger and older, were present to witness the event along with his grandparents Scott and Cathy Seamons and Joe and Kathy Jarvis.

Even though the skies looked like there might be rain, the community gathered at the Rasmussen Park on a chilly afternoon to enjoy an ATV ride. This year’s guide was Bret Rasmussen and the trail took the riders to the northwest side of our valley. Around thirty vehicles participated, with close to 80 people involved. Some historical information about the building of the Twin Lakes Canal through that area was shared along with the titles of some of our surrounding mountains. The finale was returning to the park’s pavilion for a welcome feed of hot soup and rolls, root beer and ice cream sandwiches.

Bob and Claudia Erickson are spreading the word that their granddaughter, Abigail Janke, formerly of Mink Creek, has received a call to serve in the Washington, Everett, Mission, English speaking. That area is north of Seattle. The current departure date is November 11^th. Abi is the daughter of Laural and Jody Janke now living in Richfield, UT.

It has been reported there have been sheep on the loose in the lower part of our village. Those critters can escape through a hole no bigger than a mouse hole, and once one makes it to the other side of the fence the rest are “sure to follow.”

Hope you have enjoyed that beautiful harvest moon this past week. Living where there is limited night-time lighting has some advantages for that sort of thing.