March 5, 2024

 

Claudine and LaMar McKague and their daughter Elsie drove to Salt Lake to take in a Utah Grizzlies Hockey game. They were meeting their son Ethan who lives in Lehi. It turned out to be a family weekend, back in Mink Creek for these four when another daughter, Sage Ricks joined them from Idaho Falls.

Jared and Julianna Egley and sons Christopher and Ryan have moved from their beautiful home in Mink Creek to another beautiful home near the Preston Golf Course. This switch will put Jared a little closer to his job as a pilot flying out of Salt Lake City.

When Bill Despain heard that his friends, Jeff and Barbara Olson, were speaking in the Sunday meeting of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he drove over from Fielding, UT, to spend the day in Mink Creek among friends and neighbors. If he could split his time between his family in Fielding and Mink Creek, it would be good for everyone.

One of our residents, Ivan McCracken, passed away recently in a traffic accident on Highway 91 near Swan Lake. He had taken a trip to visit a brother who lives in Burley, ID. He is the husband of Lana Baird McCracken. The funeral will be March 7 in Mink Creek.  He will be buried in Blue Water, New Mexico.

Roxy and Mack DeVries felt privileged to be co-hosts for a Regency Ball, “a ‘Lady Danbury’ soiree,” with Chloe K. James of Smithfield featured at the Bullen Center in Logan. Roxy has a flare for design and loves creating costumes and floral pieces. Chloe is an author and they spot-lighted eight other authors. The theme centered around the Regency Era and how fun it was to be taken back in time with costumes of that day, live music from a Logan stringed quartet for dances suitable to the elegance of the occasion. Roxy provided refreshments and decorations and Jessica Pickering was available for photographs. The dance caller was Stephanie Wright Carstens, who helped to make the night a success. The group hopes to have workshops on poetry, writing, sewing, embroidery and other early 1800’s lady activities this coming summer.

A cougar has been out and about in our community. It is finding empty barns here and there as suitable resting places. Be alert for household pets and their safety.