After the school board meeting Monday evening, the board members and I sat and talked about Tuesday’s storm. We talked about whose property and crops were damaged and how we weathered the storm ourselves.We had heartening tales to tell about the boundless energy that volunteers displayed cleaning up the mess left by the storm. Superintendent Dave Deragisch complimented the community of Beaver Creek for the help the school received from community members and firemen. "I’d really like to thank everyone from Beaver Creek," he said. "I no more than pulled the big branches off the school yard and they were gone," he said.We talked about how Tuesday evening, after working all day in town, Beaver Creek fire department volunteers removed debris from the Beaver Creek Cemetery because a funeral was scheduled for Wednesday.When I was in Beaver Creek Tuesday taking pictures and talking with Mayor Al Blank, many volunteers were hard at work picking up branches and debris, running chain saws, tractors and trucks. They were on a mission to return the community to its once pristine condition — or as close as possible to the way it was before the storm blew through.I am certain others have tales to tell about friends and neighbors checking on each other, and helping with clean up after the storm. It’s times like these that show what living in a small community is all about. Every cloud has a silver lining!