A little snow and it is wonderful. I’m just waiting for us to get dumped on, and that will be fine, too, as long as the wind doesn’t blow!
The coffee, chuckles, and chatter ladies kept things humming each morning with Connie Beckham, Patty Herring, LeDawn Vorn, Jo Bonnett, Laura Rettelle and Arleigh Simmons participating.

At Valley View, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental, and psychological well-being of each resident.
Soon, Brenda Zeiger and I will be going shopping for resident Christmas presents. Any donations from individuals or organizations in the valley would be greatly appreciated.

The Saratoga Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce raised a gross of $8,785 at this year’s Festival of Trees.
After expenses, the money will be divided to help Saratoga’s High School’s Close Up group and Encampment’s ProStart with traveling expenses.
“Raising $8,000 or $9,000 is a good year,” chamber director Stacy Crimmins said.

An idea that was tossed around at a Saratoga Recreation Commission earlier this year saw success Nov. 29.
“Ladies Night Out” attracted 55 paying customers, Lisa Burton, Saratoga recreation director, said.
Burton had 17 vendors sign up for the event and the comment she heard the most was shoppers did not realize how many direct sales people were in the area.

Peg McAlister, Platte Valley Food Pantry volunteer, was flabbergasted when Susan Speer, with the Carbon County Board of Realtors, presented her with a $500 check Friday.
“Am I reading that right?” McAlister asked Speer.
The donation from the realtors will make Christmas better for people who may otherwise not have had a merry Christmas.

The most challenging, and rewarding, part of Abbey Jones job is dealing with people from different cultures and from different countries, but her small-school experience at H.E.M. left her well prepared.