The daughters of Kerry and Lacey Christensen are on the rodeo royalty trail again this summer. Jyllian entered the rodeo queen contest for the Cache County Fair and Rodeo and was selected as the Jr. Queen. Greenlee will be the 1st Attendant to the Preston Jr. Queen for the Famous Preston Night Rodeo. It will be a busy summer of parades and horses for the Christensen family.
Karen and Layne Erickson went to Ogden, UT, for the wedding of their grandson Seth Erickson, son of Bryan and Shannon Erickson of Wellsville, UT. Seth married a young lady, Tyler Fowers of Morgan, UT. Bryan’s siblings, Connie and Adam Westenskow of Logan and Terrie McKay, Mink Creek, also attended the festivities. An interesting tidbit with this young couple, is that Tyler’s grandparents are Brent and Goldia Williams of Preston. Her parents are Janelle Williams and Quinn Fowers.
Sam and Sylvia Stanger are back in town, enjoying their yellow-brick schoolhouse home. Jim and Debbie Harrison are in their home. Karl and Marion Haws are up from their place in Solvang, CA. Their son, Aaron of Meridian, ID, was part of the visiting package.
The youth of Mink Creek embarked on a summer adventure at the City of Rocks at Castle State Park. They left Mink Creek early one morning, taking a sack lunch to keep them from starving as they got to the park. Once there and settled into their camps they were assigned to three stations and took turns in learning the skills of rock climbing. After dinner in the evening they held a devotional and dismissed for some swimming time before “lights out.” The next morning they packed up their gear, met at Bathtub Rock for some rappelling fun and then headed for Mink Creek and home. Seven adults, Young Men and Young Women leaders, accompanied the group of fifteen youths and provided transportation and organization.
Our little valley is decked in abundant green right now, a variety of shades. Adding to it is the scent of the blossoms on the chokecherry and other wild trees, with wildflowers pink, blue, white and yellow underfoot. No wonder ex-residents want to come ‘home.’
There are several houses under construction at the present time in Mink Creek. Some will belong to our “summer folk,” those who visit often enough during good weather months to warrant building a house. Some even live here for those months, not a weekend here and there. They “almost” become part of the community, and permanent residents are welcoming.
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