Davanie Ostler is a member of the Preston High School cheer and stunt squad. Lately they have been competing with other schools in preparation for District. At Highland High in Pocatello the group was awarded 1st in Pom, 1st in sideline, and 2nd in show. Most recently the squad took 1st in show at District Competition. There are lots of hours and practice for these performances.
Jonathon Schenk is an official member of the congregation of the Mink Creek Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It has taken some time for his records to match up with his residency.
The community Valentine Dinner was well attended, about 60 people. Clare Christensen, the Quorum president, is considered the community chef. The menu was barbecued ribs, roasted chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, rolls, green beans & bacon. Each place setting had a cup filled with valentine candies and ice cream sandwiches served as the dessert. Clare’s assistants for the evening were his wife, Linda, Cliff and LaDawn Jensen, and Garth and Robin Stevenson. Clare can’t take credit for the rolls, they were purchased from Gerry Crookston of Preston.
A program of musical numbers was appropriate for the day. Linda Christensen played a piano solo, Terrie McKay and Anna Beth Olson were a vocal duo accompanied by ReNae Egley, Mike and Mary Ann Jepsen had a fun, comical duet, with back and forth love messages, accompanied by Anna Beth Olson. Liesa Baird and her son Dallon, accompanied by ReNae were a vocal number. Kim and Twlonie Bullock on violins, Judy Wilde on cello and Linda Christensen on piano played the final number with the hymn, “As I Have Loved You.”
Winter vacations are not always spent in the warm sunshine. Kent and ReNae Egley and Lin and Sharla McKay took several days to spend in Island Park, ID, enjoying the snowmobile trails when they wished and the warmth of the cabin when things got too chilly.
Spencer and Paige Wilde, students at BYU/Idaho in Rexburg took a school break in Mink Creek. His parents, David and Judy Wilde, went to Pocatello later to celebrate Paige’s birthday.
There was much concern and excitement at the Birch Creek parking lot during the few days that the county Search and Rescue were locating two lost snowmobilers who were up on the mountainside of the south fork of Dry Creek. Avalanches abound on those steep slopes. It was a relief for many to have them safely down, alive and uninjured.
With all the melting and freezing, repeat, and repeat, icicles clutching the edges of the roofs are soon going to be as long as the walls, or nearly so. The drip, drip, action is constantly lengthening those crystal swords of ice. The melting has made it possible to remove some of the ice that builds up underfoot, so there are bare trails here and there.
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