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The weather camera near Ninemile showed slushy roads and snow when a wintery blast of weather blew through the area on Wednesday.
Doug and Dana Austin were honored for 10 years of volunteer service by the Mineral County Library Board and the Friends of the Library.
Alberton senior citizens had lunch and watched presentations the senior class did for their community projects last Wednesday. (Kathleen Woodford/Mineral Independent).
Volunteers recognized at Mineral County Library
Doug and Dana Austin were in for a sweet reward on Friday, May 19 when the Mineral County Library Board and the Friends of the Library presented them with a beautiful plaque, cake and gift card to Quinn’s Hot Springs for almost ten years of volunteer service. A small reception was held at the library on Friday, May 19 where attendees got to enjoy a piece of yummy cake to commemorate the event.
Senior class supports the seniors
On Wednesday Alberton School seniors invited senior citizens to a luncheon and presentation about their senior projects.
Once the seniors had a lunch of rice bowls, the power point presentations began in the school’s cafeteria. Sterling Reese did his project on a Petty Creek cleanup where the crews picked up over 1,500 pounds of garbage. Rebecca Pluth did a “Locker room spritz-up” where she installed shower curtains for students “comfort and convenience.” Griffin Pluth held a 5K fun run with proceeds to benefit the school’s track program. He said he had a great turn out with 25 participants and he presented the top three runners with plaques that read, “you’re the fastest cat in town,” “you’re the second fastest cat in town” and third place, “you’re the third fastest cat in town.” Also, the smaller kids received five dollar gift cards to Target.
Nick Turnbull did his project on an Alberton Ski Club which culminated on a trip to the Lookout Ski Area and Mackenzie Spence did a “bigs and littles mentoring program.” She matched upper classmen with the younger kids where they did a variety of activities throughout the year.
Another brush of spring snow
Mineral County residents braced for another onslaught of cold weather on May 17. Four to eight inches of snow fell in the mountain areas as temperatures dropped to 37 degrees. But the storm was fast moving and temperatures climbed back up into the seventies by Sunday.