October 21, 2025

 

The Syringa Camp of the DUP met this month at the LDS Meetinghouse in Mink Creek. Lorraine Christensen and Mary Jean Rasmussen were the hostesses. Eleven members of the camp attended and the DUP county representative was Beverly Cox. Julie Westerberg gave a beautiful lesson about a pioneer artist, Frederick Piercy. Born in Great Britain, his art depicted the migration of the members of the church as they croseds the nation to the valley of the Great Salt Lake.

Hunting season has been successful for many this year. Living in 'deer country' has lots of disadvantages as they rob our gardens and orchards all during the growing season, they pop out onto the roadways with no warning often causing collisions. Still, when the season of deer harvesting comes around there is no need to travel great distances in order to find some likely specimens of venison for winter freezing.

College getting underway has taken several of our residents northward to BYU/Idaho. Elsie McKague, daughter of Claudine and LaMar McKague enjoyed a class that took her to Europe earlier this year. Erik, Kalle, and Krister Danfors, sons of Per and Cassie Danfors, are all attending school in Rexburg, ID.

Claudine and LaMar McKague took a week's break to go to Vancouver, WA, for fun and help. The help was in a building project, a shed in the backyard of their son Samuel and Sierra McKague. The fun was visiting and playing with Sierra and their year-old son Henry, who is now mobile and into everything.

Janet Olson Bergera, of Payson, UT, passed away on October 11, after a long siege of illness. Janet grew up in Mink Creek, the daughter of John and Edith Olson. John taught biology at Preston High.  Janet's surviving sisters are Margaret Wright, Karen Tribett, Nancy Puente, Mary Carter, and Emily Johnson. The Olson sisters have kept in close contact with Mink Creek with frequent visits throughout their adult years, it will always be part of “home.”

This is a fall to make you wish you were here. It has been beautiful, and still is, with colors muted. Our hunters were happy for the most part. Fields plowed and ready for the deposit of rain and snow to soak deep the earth rather than running down the slopes on frozen ground. The air is crisp, great for breathing, and a jacket can take care of the accompanying chill.