Due to my skipping last week's Mink Creek news you readers will get a double dose this week, First was the column from September 7, just after Labor Day and then this week's news will follow. Life carries me off occasionally and I fall through the cracks.
Daniel and Casey Christensen and their daughters Josie and Annie have become members of our community this past summer. They come to us from Weber County, UT and are making a home for themselves and their horses in the upper part of the village on Strawberry Creek.
Fall is coming so this will change before too long, but we have had a flock of sheep on summer grazing in our canyons. They arrived with livestock trucks loaded with the sheep, a horse trailer and a sheep wagon for the herder. The herder is a young man from Peru. We hope both sheep and herder have enjoyed our mountains and canyons.
Dawnell Greene’s brother, Paul Bodily, came down from his home in Blackfoot, ID, to hang out with the family of Chad and Dawnell for a weekend. He was welcomed with open arms.
There was an Allen and Pearl Christensen Cousin Reunion at the Mink Creek park. The older group grew up in Mink Creek, but they are now pretty scattered and it was extra fun for them to get together. Royce and Clare Christensen still live in Mink Creek. DeeVirile Christensen has called Dayton home for a lot of years. Dorothy Christensen Sheard calls Colorado home. Clarice, Clair’s twin, now lives with her husband in Centerville, UT. Verneal Lowry is in Toole, UT. Jeanette Christensen lives in Preston. Dan Aldrich lives in West Valley, UT. The next generation down was well represented but they, more in number, also are more scattered. Those able to attend were Dawna Christensen Hall, Burt Lowry, Shawn Lowry, Sherry Emerine, DeAnn Asay, Colleen Carter, Carrie Melton, Janna Small, Melissa Hugie and Karen Roberts.
Glen Jepsen was glad to have an annual visit from his daughter, Jill Neitz, down from Alberta, Canada. She brought two daughters with her, Josie and Taite. The Neitz family live on a ranch, but Jill teaches school and the approach of the new school year called them north after a couple of weeks with Glen and other Jepsen family members.
The alert is out that the Birch Creek Culinary water system is going to be interrupted on Sept 6 while maintenance and repairs procedures take place. Hopefully those homes involved have been notified well ahead of the date.
Lin and Sharla McKay are fitting in time for some road trips recently. They did one to Nevada to visit with former neighbors, George and Judy Rasmussen. The Rasmussen’s moved away some years ago to be nearer to their family in Spring Creek. Later trips took Lin and Sharla to their grandkids, beautiful mountain scenery, celebrating birthdays and even a long river ride, nice on these hot days.
Dane and Rebecca Jones and their daughter, Clara, have moved to Mink Creek to be closer to Rebecca’s parents, Johnny and Jeannine Iverson. They come to us from Washougal, WA. Clara will be in high school. They have visited here often over the years and already feel a measure of comfort in this new location.
McKinley Longhurst and her husband Skyler Stevens have moved across the county, for further schooling and employment in North Carolina. Now with their college days at Idaho State a thing of the past they are moving forward. McKinley is the daughter of Candy and Sheldon Longhurst.
Danalee and Gene Abernethy, of Prescott, AZ, spent the weekend with her parents, Bob and Claudia Erickson. They were on a road trip north, hoping to avoid the hot temperatures of Arizona’s summer, only to find the heat had moved up the globe. They also visited with family, Carla and Mark Nielsen, in American Fork, UT, then with friends in Burley and Sun Valley in a traveling loop before going back to Arizona.
Summer squash, yellow and zucchini, are being shared around the community. Green beans are also a part of seeing their last days in the gardens. The neighborhood deer are making their nightly presence known by taking one bite out of each winter squash, along with other annoyances.
Nothing extra this time, but you are all caught up with the publications. Thanks for holding on.
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