Christmas week, 2020

 

Three storms have moved in during the past week, depositing several inches. Every piece of land in our village is on a slope so it is a bit of a challenge to claim we have so many inches. It might be 4 inches on our lower levels and twice that or more as one gets closer to the entrance of Strawberry Canyon. We are happy to have it, the fall has been super dry. The snowmobiling crowd can hardly wait to visit and play.

With the recent storms that effectively cover portions of the highway surfaces we are grateful for those road crews who painted the center and fog lines of the state/county roadways. Those yellow lines help keep us safe if everyone would heed their meaning. The lines makes staying where one belongs a little easier as we maneuver the slush and possible ice. So far only a little fog, but it will increase in the future.

The Young Women of our community have accomplished another service project. This time they made homemade soup and delivered soup baskets , plus some suitable additions, to the adults who are widows, widowers, or single and on their own.

Charles Iverson, son of Dr. Kurt and Margret Iverson, and a junior at Preston High, earned special recognition for his football talents in being named to the 4A District All conference team, the First Team offense. Congratulations, Charles, on a job well done.

This feat has seemed like an impossibility but it has finally happened. Members of the Mink Creek ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been able to participate in ZOOM meetings. Our hills and mountains have caused various barriers to this type of activity, but recently there has been at least three of such gatherings that were proclaimed “successful.” Almost beyond imagination, but true!

I hope you all had skies clear enough to see the "Christmas Star." From the valley of Mink Creek it was beautiful and the night was perfect for this once-in-a-lifetime event, clear and cold.  The planets were visible when the sun went down leaving a lovely streaked blue color on the horizon reaching up to the darkening sky and the 'star'. A wonderful time of this strange year for this to happen.  I consider it an extra gift for the 2020 season.  A positive memory.  Merry Christmas, everyone.