July 5, 2023

  I will save the report on the community's July 4th for next week and the newspaper, but rest assured the event took place and was well attended.  You were missed.

The lush green scenery of Mink Creek has been attracting visitors. Larry and Lillian Hansen had quite a group of family about their place. Peyton and Judith Newby and their children were up from Utah to spend some time with his parents, Sharla and Lin McKay. This is perfect weather for outdoor fun, not too hot and, if chilly, an easy fix with a jacket. Jeff and Barbara Olson enjoyed a visit from his daughter, Liz. LaMar McKague’s cousin Richard White, his wife Leigha, and their three girls drove up from Hobble Creek, UT, to check on the progress of the McKague house construction.

The Young Women’s group spent a fun evening holding a “Sing-along” at the Heritage Home Legacy First Branch. The girls, their leaders, and the residents enjoyed recalling old songs from the past that stirred memories for the residents. They shared songs from John Denver to “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” and even “Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree.”

With warm weather and school out it is 4-H time in our community. Several of youth have been attending the 4-H Horse Camp held recently on the Franklin County Fairgrounds. This was a three-day camp and their reports are that the activities increased their confidence as well as their knowledge of handling horses. Our Allie Ostler belongs to a club in Fairview, led by Erin Seamons. Lacey Christensen is Mink Creek’s club leader and those attending from this club were Jyllian Christensen, Greenlee Christensen, Kassidy Christensen, Jancy Henderson and Lilly Nicholls. This is a great time for youth to get training and instruction if they love horses.

Jyllian and Greenlee had to leave the Camp early in order to participate in the Bear Lake Rodeo Royalty competition in Montpelier. They did well. Jyllian was awarded the Rodeo Queen and Greenlee won the Teen Queen and had plus points that earned her a new saddle. Congratulations to these equestrian ladies!

These beautiful days make for mirror reflections in windows that our flying feathered friends often mistake for wide open spaces. The creatures fly into a pane of glass and are lucky if they just get a good bump and nothing broken---the window or the bird.

We continue to get hit by a rain shower now and again. Usually they are brief, but with such intensity that it may be mistaken for a hail storm. Of course, we have residents who are dealing with the harvest of their hay crop.

There is a home in Mink Creek, soon to be on the market. It is the Reed Swann home and they are getting ready for a move to be closer to his son Charles. There is also a home for rent, it now belongs to Jeff and Jennifer Seamons who live in Caldwell. Formerly it was the home of Basil and Mollie Crane.