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Oneida County's News Since 1879 Malad City, Idaho
August 4, 2022 |Vol. 142 No. 31
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NEWS IN BRIEF Pelosi lands in Taiwan despite Chinese warnings
Speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) landed in Taiwan on Tuesday, despite warnings from the Chinese government that such a visit was provocative. Taiwan considers itself an independent democracy, but it is “claimed” by China as a territory. Pelosi, a long time opponent of the Chinese Communist Party, says that the visit is intended to show support for the democratic aspirations of the island. No Speaker of the House has visited Taiwan for 25 years. The 2018 “Taiwan Travel Act” signed by Donald Trump encourages engagements between governmental officials of Taiwan and the U.S.
Al-Queda leader killed in drone strike
Malad Airport's recently completed runway project
Airport Runway Project Completed A repaving and updating of the runway for the Malad Airport has been completed, after a roughly year and a half long cycle of grants and construction. The new surface will allow for better access for Life Flight, Firefighting, and Agricultural Flight operations, as well as create a safer and more user-friendly environment. The project was primarily funded by state grant money under Governor Little’s Building Idaho’s Future Initiative
through the Idaho Division of Aeronautics. When the grant possibilities were announced in April of 2021, the Airport board submitted a proposal for a runway project of $1,601,130, which came back as fully funded. A supplemental taxiway grant request for $661,895 was also approved, with fifty percent coming from the State Aeronautic Board, and the other fifty percent coming from the Airport board and the
county. However, because the grant allowed for “inkind” donations to match the state funding, the airport board was able to figure out creative methods to cover the match, rather than accessing county funds. Ultimately, the old taxiway asphalt was reused as the base to the new runway/taxiway after being pulverized to satisfy the inkind donation. Following the county commission’s approval of the grants in September of
last year, bids were taken for construction. Staker Parson was awarded the contract with the lowest bid. Construction officially began on the project in May of this year, and was officially completed on July 29, 2022. While there were a few change-orders that became necessary as a result of some unexpected construction issues, the project was able to come in AIRPORT RUNWAY On Page 9
Aubree Palmer wins Gold at FCCLA National Leadership Conference In April, local high school student Aubree Palmer won a top Gold Award at the state leadership conference of the FCCLA organization in Boise, which qualified her to compete in the national conference in San Diego last month. After a competition involving other winning students from across the county, Palmer again took Gold in the STAR Event, Repurpose and Redesign. Her winning project involved a “Fast Fashion” corset belt made from dog food bags and other household items, as well as a crotcheted handbag made from Walmart bags. The FCCLA is a national organization, whose acronym stands for “Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America.” The organization is dedicated to training students for success in endeavors, fu-
ture fields and pursuits they plan to pursue, by providing solid foundations of goal-orientation, planning, and leadership. The various projects throughout the program are directed toward reinforcing involvement with family and community, as well as practical applications to career paths. “For most, FCCLA is about starting good habits for future responsibilities. For me, however, it resurfaced these good traits,” Palmer said. “I have always loved public speaking, service, and just socializing. FCCLA was honestly one of the best parts of my freshman experience. Whenever things got complicated and challenging, I always knew I could turn to FCCLA, whether it was to work on my project, or just be social with the people in my chapter.”
Gold Medal FCCLA winner Aubree Palmer at the national conference in San Diego
As is the case for many organizations, such as FFA and 4-H, Aubree’s experience with FCCLA began as a family tradition. “My two older siblings both participated in FCCLA.
It was a given that when I entered high school, I too would join. However, I never expected it to AUBREE PALMER WINS GOLD AT FCCLA On Page 3
INSIDE THE ENTERPRISE THIS WEEK 4-H Show...............................................Pg.2 Football Lift-a-Thon...............................Pg.4 Puzzles..................................................Pg.5
Looking Back......................................................Pg.7 Veterans Book Project......................................Pg.11 School Supplies List.........................................Pg.12
On Sunday, the Biden administration announced that Al-Queda leader Ayman al-Zawahri had been killed in Kabul by a Hellfire missile in a targeted drone strike after weeks of strategic planning. After intelligence agencies had verified that Zawahri was at the location, further intelligence was collected to determine exactly who was in the area and would be affected by the strike in order to minimize any civilian casualties. Zawahri was a top aid and physician to Osama bin Laden, and had become the figurehead of Al-Queda in recent years.
Dentist convicted of murder of wife while on safari
Phoenix dentist Lawrence Rudolph was convicted by a federal jury on Monday of shooting his wife Bianca to death with a shotgun while on safari in Zambia six years ago. He was also convicted of insurance fraud for claiming $4.8 million in life insurance payouts. Initially, Rudolph claimed that the shotgun had discharged accidentally during packing. However, investigators were able to prove that the shooting was pre-meditated, and Rudolph had long been planning to murder his wife in order to continue a relationship with his girlfriend.
Mega Millions winning ticket identified
After increasingly frenzied Mega Millions drawings, a winning ticket has finally been drawn. The jackpot, which had increased to $1.3 billion dollars after 30 drawings without a winner, was claimed by a purchaser in Des Plaines, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. At present, the winner is still anonymous, and it has not been announced whether they are taking the one-time cash payout of over $800 million (subject to taxes), or the annuity, with payouts over a length of years. 20 other tickets claimed $1 million each, for matching each of the white numbers. There were no winning tickets sold in Idaho, but Malad’s convenience stores did a very brisk business!
Skull discovered in Burley likely a pioneer child
In March of this year, a small skull was discovered inside a recently opened gravel pit. After stopping work and bringing in experts, the county officials sent the remains to an FBI analysis lab for further investigation. The remains were officially ruled to be those of a 4 or 5 year old Caucasian, which narrowed the potential timeframe. Radio carbon dating is being conducted on the bones to determine an accurate range for their time of burial, but those involved in the investigation believe there is a high degree of probability that they belong to a child who was buried alongside the pioneer trail during the nineteenth century migrations.