17th--Roxy and Mack Daniels and their three children have recently returned from a lengthy road trip. It covered thousands of miles as they visited eight different states. It was an exciting fun time with many things to see and discover.
DUP Syringa Camp enjoyed a Christmas party held in Preston. Mary Ann Jepsen is the captain of the camp. They considered the celebrations for the day from years ago and trials of getting the mail. Lorraine Christensen told of stories from early mail carriers, riding horseback or with a team and wagon, dealing with challenges along their routes. Leah Costley Gilbert of Fairview catered the group with a festive luncheon.
The youth of our community were invited to see The Forgotten Carols, at the Worm Creek theatre. They joined youth from other wards, including Glendale for this event. Activities are often combined for the young men and women since our numbers are few. Earlier they played miniature golf, indoor, in the basement classrooms and hallway of the meetinghouse. It makes for some interesting and careful maneuvers with golf clubs on the unusual “ golf course.”
Dallon Baird , son of LaRon and Liesa Baird, and Emily Waddoups, daughter of Jeff and Heidi Waddoups of Preston were married in the Logan Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A reception followed that evening of Dec 10 at the Preston North Stake House.
Not long ago an accident in the Strawberry Canyon due to the icy road left behind a frightened dog named Olive. Olive could be heard barking by those that frequent the canyon for several days. Her owners were desperate to locate her. From all reports, after several days the task has been accomplished and Olive is once again warm and comfy where she belongs.
24th--Huxley Lyn Colleen Rynes, infant daughter of Whitney and Zach Rynes, was given a blessing with her name at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mink Creek. This was a five generation
occasion and celebrated with a family gathering. Great great grandparents, Warren and Colleen Wilde live in Mink Creek. Many last names of connected family were happy to witness this young lady's official naming: Rynes, Chatterton, Wilde, Carter, Ashbeaker, Bishop. Most were able to meet for lunch later at the Riverdale Resort.
The youth of the community, plus anyone who wanted, went Christmas caroling throughout the village. With this open invitation it turned out to be a good sized group. They had hot chocolate and cookies arranged for refreshments and some of the home visited offered hot chocolate or cider and treats as then made their way to various homes.
Brandi and Jake Allred and their family came down from Idaho Falls for a weekend with Brandi's parents, Jody and Bret Rasmussen. Kim and Sam Daines and daughters of Lehi spent some days with Kim's mother, Judy Clark.
Phee and Robert Crosland made the drive to Worland, WY recently. They were able to spend several days there with daughter Celina and Jesse Grosebeck and their little girls before home obligations sent them back to Mink Creek. They managed to slip through a gap in Wyoming storms as they traveled with the snow and winds making for difficulties.
The community Christmas Party was well attended, held in the cultural hall of the LDS Church. Beautifully decorated tables with evergreen boughs and sparkling ornaments done by Laurel Wilde, added much to the evening. A dinner of ham, cheesy potatoes, carrots and rolls with a serving of carrot cake for dessert was served by the youth. Lacey Christensen was in charge of the evening with Kim Christensen, Jonia Jackson, Vickie Free, Kaytlin Jackson and Sharon Moran sporting aprons in the kitchen. The youth presented a program reminding all of the Light of Christ in the season with carols and narration. Santa made a visit and all headed for home ready for the holiday.
And... add to this that the editor of the Preston Citizen passed away from a massive stroke, which made for some questions about future issues, etc. for a bit. That said, we did not have a New Year's Eve paper. Hopefully we are now settled in with a new editor and our last two issues have been ten pages in length, rather than the dwindling six that we have had for some time.
The Citizen is also hopeful that residents will call us with upcoming events so we can cover things locally. The new editor is also willing for residents to write up stories of local interest and submit to copy@prestoncitizen.com for possible publication. We are hoping for more writers, we have been very limited in the past and one person can only cover so much mileage/places in any given week. Help revitalize our local newspaper, the only one that really cares about Franklin County, Idaho.
I appreciate your concerns for me personally when no blog arrived. I was a bit on overload, more than usual. Thanks for reading, and Happy New Year!
