Tomorrow is a remembering day, and if we are too young to remember any of the major conflicts we should consider what might have been and be grateful.
The huge, beautiful moon was perfect for Halloween night. However the virus limitations surely caused this holiday to be one to remember, perhaps because of what did not happen. Our community celebration of soup and visiting, getting to view the fun costumes of the youth and even whole families did not take place. A few individuals did go out trick‘r treating. Some families gathered for a traditional meal and just to be together. Some drove down the highway to partake of the few available activities in Preston.
There were a few hours of excitement when a small control burn took off and became a large grass fire. The area locally known as Badger Hole Basin, between Bear Creek and Station Creek, quickly became filled with flames on the march, devouring dried grass, weeds and sagebrush. Nearby neighbors met the situation with Kent Egley on his bulldozer and Jeff Olson and Terry Westerberg manning tractors pulling discs. The Franklin County Fire Department responded. It was estimated to have burnt about 100 acres before the final clouds of smoke ceased.
Voting kept Mink Creeks poll workers busy this year. Voters were greeted by three ladies, all wearing patriotic face masks designed with the stars and stripes. They were Kim Christensen, Vickie Free and Danita Wilcox. Safe distancing was the rule of the day. It was a good turnout and there were quite a few people newly registering. A lot of citizens had voted early and there were a number of absentee ballots to be counted. It was a long day for the workers and now there is the waiting for the national results. A lesson in patience, perhaps?
Paul and Lisa Auger are new residents in our community. They come to us from Tremonton, UT, but have roots and relatives that go back in Franklin County history. The last name of Auger is a familiar one and they are related to Dave and Marge and Bill and Deon. Paul and Lisa retired, packed up their Utah bags and purchased the home built by Brad and Zona Palmer in Valley View Heights subdivision. More recently the home has belonged to Kent and Evelyn Mortenson of South Jordan.
I wouldn’t say we welcomed winter, but it arrieved without any red carpet. It gave a hint that it was on its way two days ago and managed to turn our mountains into white. Today has been the real deal. White sticking down to the valley floor, not that we have much of a ‘floor,’ more like the point of a V. The snowfall hasn’t been constant, just off and on, but so cold that one set of flakes simlpy waited for the next batch to cover them up.
We had a power outage during the night on Saturday and our hopes for being able to meet once again at the LDS meetinghouse were crushed when it didn’t come back on until around 10:30. More details of that for next week’s blogging so that the paper readers can share.
This is that special month for counting blessings, also a bit more publicly with social media, etc. It is a good thing to raise our awareness. The blackout certainly made me appreciate a lot of things daily that I take for granted.
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