The sandhill cranes are back in residence. They are a rather noisy group while they set up their housekeeping schedules and check out close feeding stations. There are several farm ponds in Mink Creek that bring in summer avian residents from their immigrating flights during the spring. There is more than one bald eagle watching over the valley of Mink Creek.
Our high school graduates this year are Charles Iverson, son of Kurt and Margret Iverson; Ty Jepsen, son of Kerry and Melinda Jepsen; Bryce Egley, son of Jared and Juli Egley; and Jace Gunnell, son of Brian and Jill Petersen. Charles, Ty and Jace also graduated from the Seminary Program for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with the celebration held last week at the Dahle Fine Arts Center in Dayton.
Linda Shewmaker and Sheryl May have been down from Jerome, ID, country to spend some time with their brother Bruce Crane at the Crane Cabin. This trio always explore their Mink Creek roots when they get together and have fun sharing their memories of ‘growing up,’on the banks of Birch Creek, with the beauty of South Canyon in their back yard.
There has been the wail of the ambulance heard several times lately in our village. Royce Christensen had a 4-wheeler accident the first week of May that beat him up pretty badly. He was life-flighted to the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City. Royce ended up with a 10-day stay there, most of those days spent in the ICU. It is a relief to have him home. Douglas Bruderer was thrown from a horse onto a piece of metal, causing serious injuries. He was taken to the Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello for some repair and recovery. He is now home, walking around, but not running any races. Their wives, Lorraine Christensen and Beverly Bruderer are now on nurse duty.
Our cemetery was beautiful and welcoming for the Memorial Day visitors. Our “grounds crew” may be small but they put forth great effort to have it looking its best for the end of May. Each year there are a few more graves that have identifying portraits of those whose names are on the headstones, and it so adds to the interest of all. This tradition was begun several years ago by the descendants of the William Crane family.
Don’t forget the Mink Creek Originals Reunion that is coming soon on June 18th at our Ballpark.
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