The Idaho Enterprise | December 1, 2022

For the next two weeks, the Hammin’ It Up for Christmas contest will run in The Idaho Enterprise. Sponsored by Malad mer chants. Will provide nice juicy hams to twenty Onei da County residents who take the time to enter the contest.

Clip the entry forms that are included in this edition of The Idaho Enterprise, fill them in and deliver them to the participating merchants by Wednesday, December 14. Entry forms will also be

included in the December 8 edition of The Idaho Enter prise, so you will have two chances to win!

The rules specify that winners need not be pres ent to win. The participating “Hammin’ It Up for Christ mas” sponsors include: Al len Drug & Variety, Idaho Real Estate Group, Onei da Family Dental, Albert’s Service & Up The Creek, Thomas Market, Malad City, Nell J. Redfield Me

morial Hospital, Canyon View Cares Vet Hospital, Farm Bureau Insurance, Mountain States Insurance, Hotel Malad & Hubcap Lounge, ATC Communi cations, Thomas Electric & Furniture, Griffiths OK Tire, Northern Title, KJ’s Super Store, Hess Lumber & Home Center, Moun tain Valley Realty, Edith’s Collecive, Outlaw Vapor,

Deadline to enter is De

USA Advances in World Cup

After defeating Iran 1-0 in group play on Tuesday, the U.S. national team advanced to the knockout round. After drawing with Wales 1-1 and England 0-0, the U.S. team needed a win to advance to the next stage, which it did after a grueling game against Iran. England defeated Wales 3-0 to maintain their position atop group B and eliminating Wales from the cup. The U.S. placed second in the group, and will play an undoubt edly tough match against the Netherlands on Sautrday.

DNA reunites family with abducted daughter after 51 years

A Fort Worth family was reunit ed with their daughter Melissa 51 years after her abduction, as a result of 23andMe’s DNA profile, which matched with what turned out to be their grand daughter. The woman had been abducted and raised by an unnamed person who had been hired as a babysitter. The family had been attempting to locate their missing daughter for five decades and resigned themselves to potentially never seeing her again or discover ing what had happened. The reunion was both joyful and bittersweet.

Increase in Police calls in Moscow following slayings

Moscow Police reported a major uptick in both welfare calls and suspicious circumstance reports in the three weeks following the quadruple homicide that has made national headlines ever since. Police have not announced any major develop ments in the case, other than to provide information about peo ple who have been ruled out as persons of interest, and to state that they do not believe there is a connection to recent stabbing incidents in Salem, Oregon and Pullman, Washington, which is right across the border.

Orion reaches farthest point from Earth on record

School Demolition Underway

After months of antici pation, the demolition of the old Malad High School Building and gym has final ly begun. Over the last year plus, the extensive project required to remove the as bestos in the structure in or der to allow the demolition to move forward was com pleted. The gym floor was sold off to defray some of the costs of the project.

On Monday, the heavy machinery finally moved

in and began the process of knocking the hundred year old building down so that it can be removed. Bricks from the high school are be ing made available to those interested in keeping a piece of memorabilia from what for a long time was the cen terpiece of life in town for Malad’s teenagers.

The high school was

The Orion spacecraft, which is part of the Artemis I program to develop vehicles capable of transporting humans into space, reached the farthest point such a vehicle has successfully reached. The unmanned vehi cle has reached the midpoint of its mission around the moon, about 270,000 miles, which is 40,000 miles past the dark side of the moon. So far, the mission has been very successful. Its ultimate goal is to prove the reli ability and safety of the program to begin building structures on the moon’s surface.

Sunday becomes biggest travel day since pandemic

Despite bad weather across much of the country, Thanks giving weekend Sunday was the busiest travel day since the outbreak of the pandem ic, according to officials. 2.6 million people passed through TSA checkpoints, which is the most since December 26, 2019. Despite the positive numbers, many flights involved were eventually delayed due to weather isues.

Malad Drive in, The Idaho Enterprise, and Ganache Pastry and Gelato.

Kevin Degn

Bureau

Hailey Hess - Hotel Malad & Hubcap Lounge

Laura Clark, Tami Smith and Kaylynn Bell - Hess Lumber

Marie Perez and Angel Wright - KJ's Super Store

Larry Thomas - Thomas Electric & Furniture

Alica Bell - Nell J. Redfield Memorial Hospital

Shenell Clark

Oneida Family Dental

Marv

Kelley Neal and WestleyEdith's Collective

Gloria Maldonado - Outlaw Vapor

Savanna Ward - Canyon View Cares

School Demolition Underway

school received their de grees in 1982.

constructed in 1921 to serve the students in the Malad Valley. The school was added on to and remodeled over the ensuing decades, un til the need for a larger, updated school was fi nally urgent enough to begin construction on the current high school in 1980. The first gradu ating class from the new

The school facili ties have been used for a number of activities since its official close, though primarily only the gym section, which was used for various sports practices and ele mentary events.

The area on which the rapidly disappear ing high school sits is planned to become part of the footprint of the

new elementary. De signs for the new school are still under review, so it is unclear precisely what will eventually be built on the location, but it is certain at this point that the land which has been tied to education for so long will continue in that tradition.

Bricks from the old high school are available on the southwest corner of the construction site.

Christmas Light Show!

Christmas time is here and there are new and exciting things to help you celebrate the season, namely the Christmas Light Show at the Malad City Park. The light show is nothing short of festive fun for everyone to enjoy.

Brad and Mela nie Coleman are to be thanked for Malad’s newest Christmas ad venture. After seeing a similar light show last year that they thorough ly enjoyed, they brave ly said, “We should do this!” and the dream of a Christmas light show in Malad began. With his love for both building things and IT, it was the perfect project for Brad and his family.

The family knew it would take a lot of time to have this project ready for Christmas and began researching and learning the ins and outs of the show earlier this year. They were unsure how long it would take to or der and receive all the pieces to their set due to the shipping challenges from the last few years. With a little knowledge in hand and their sets on site, they began playing around sequencing just one song and a small part of their set. After just one trial, they were hooked and sure they would have something special for Christmas this season.

Wanting this to be a fun experience for ev eryone in the communi ty, the Coleman’s asked Mayor Hawkins and Councilman Tripp, who is over the park, if the city park could host the light show. It would be an ideal location with plenty of space to set up and where families could park their vehicles to en joy the music and lights of the show. They shared a small demonstration of what they could do and were granted the use of the park.

The Coleman’s en joyed a lot of Christmas throughout the summer as they listened to var ious songs to put in the lineup. Melanie shared, “We tried to pick all dif ferent kinds of songssome slower, some fun and lively, and some traditional.” As they se lected their music they would begin sequenc ing the lights actions for each song, something that took some time to do.

As the fall months moved along, it gave them new opportunities

to run a variety of dif ferent light shows to be sure that they could pull off such a large scale presentation. They first began by putting up a light display in the Coop windows as a trial run for the matrixes. They displayed the video of the Drive-In from the 1950s and in addition to playing the Munsters during Halloween.

Many trick or treaters might have enjoyed the light show the Colemans displayed at their home over Halloween. “We put together a small display at our house sequenced to "The Addams Family" and "Spooky Scary Skel etons" to entertain the trick or treaters,” Mela nie said. “This helped to make sure we could get all of the pieces work ing together at the same time.”

With their songs se lected, a plan in mind and good handle on the howto, the Coleman’s were ready to assemble what they would need for the Christmas Light Show. Santa had nothing on the Coleman family as their home turned into a Christmas workshop.

Melanie shared, “Our house became a light show construction zone the month of November while all the different pieces were finished.”

It finally came time to assemble the set in the park and they immedi ately ran into some chal lenges as they began put ting up the largest, center tree. Melanie said, “It's the tallest, has a star the others don't, and holds all of the system that runs the rest of the trees. When we tried to hoist the tree up, the support ing pole bent... and not just a little. It was a real

ly rough way to start the process.”

Determined to find a solution, the Colemans found some help to im mediately come in and help save the day. It was no small feat to get that first tree standing. The process entailed adding extra guy wires and then having all the men put tension on the pipe from all sides as it was hoist ed to a standing position. Finally they would pick up the top piece and add extension poles one at a time to finish erecting the tree. “The plan was for the tallest tree to be 27 ft, but in the end it's closer to 24 ft because we couldn't get the last extension pipe in with out everything bending again,” explained Mela nie. “We want to give a huge shout out to JP and Justin Wittman, Carson Hunt and Ashton Parker for coming at a moment's notice and helping us.”

Once everything else was put into place, Brad did his “IT magic” to get all the sets and displays talking to each other. Friday night at 11 pm, they enjoyed their first run of the show, having everything in place. The final piece came Satur

day as they brought in the matrixes that dis play the singing mouths. “We'd like to thank Jus tin Wittman and Dax ton Davis for coming to help move it because it is HEAVY!!” shared Mela nie.

With the set up com plete, the show was ready for its debut fol lowing the Malad Fire man Parade of lights and fireworks. Saturday evening, the first viewers enjoyed the light show consisting of 12 songs played over 30 minutes, including favorites like “Rudolf, the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Oh Holy Night,” “White Christ mas,” and a Snowman Melody. The music can easily be listened to on radio station 91.1 FM to enjoy the show in all its glory. Each song has its own unique light se quencing, making every moment truly exciting.

With such a great treat at home in Malad, view ers should be reminded to do their part to keep the show running at its finest. Please remem ber to shut off all vehi cle lights when viewing the show. Also, please be respectful of the dis plays that have been set

up by not playing in the park in that area or doing anything that might dis rupt the display. Melanie said, “Our whole pur pose was to spread a lit tle extra Christmas cheer with the town we love so much!”

In fact, the Colemans

hope that this show is something that will con tinue to give and grow for years to come. “Our hope is that the light show can be something fun for everyone in the valley to enjoy for years to come,” shared Melanie. “Next year we're hoping to get the community more in volved. The software to create the sequencing is an open-source soft ware and fairly easy to learn. We're hoping to get others to pick their own songs and create sequences that could be displayed on spe cial community nights. More information on this will come out next fall!”

The Christmas Light Show is surely just the treat to kick off the Christmas season this year. Thank you to the Coleman family and all those that helped make this exciting new Christ mas adventure possible for everyone throughout the Malad area.

The busy construction site near the elementary

The City Park has been transformed into a spectacular lightscape for the holidays

Night Light Parade and Fireworks open the Christmas Season!

The Malad Volunteer Fireman’s 5th Annual Spirit of Christmas Light

Parade made its festive way through town again last Saturday, bringing light to the season as the days grow darker and colder. Snow, which had been intermittent over the preceding days, abated for long enough for the crowds lined up along the downtown pa rade route to comfort ably enjoy the spectacle.

The parade itself was followed by hot choco

late, baked goods, and a bonfire at the Fire Station while attendees waited for an impressive fireworks show. While fireworks are a common sight over the summer, the display made a fan tastic showing against the high overcast condi tions and deep darkness.

The parade partici pants lined up around 7:00 p.m. across from the library, and made their way in a figure eight around the hospi tal, back to Main street,

and then down Bannock back to the library. The colorful collection of floats included those who wanted to dress up their vehicles for the season, the fireman,, lo cal businesses and Santa Claus.

Santa Claus, who lat er made his way to the Fire Station, was aided by Mrs. Claus in distrib uting as many as three hundred stuffed animals to those who wanted them. The toys are do nated by PetSmart in

Idaho Falls to the Cri sis Center, who passed them on to Santa to pass out to kids on Christmas as well as the Fourth of July parade.

The event is also a kickoff of sorts for the Fireman’s Ball, which sold tickets for the De cember 3 party, one of the biggest events of the season for the fireman and the community that supports them.

Warming by the bonfire after the parade

Brad & Wendy Hess

Malad City float driven by Chuck Moon along with Mayor Joan Hawkins

Santa sponsored by the Crisis Center

Dude Ranch with their classic Christmas float

Edith's Collective with a festive decorated car

Jelly Belly Christmas by Ed & Wendy Jones

Ekstrom Family Christmas float

Arne & The Grinch

Fireworks show to end the night Malad Fire truck transports Santa in the parade

Santa handing out stuffed animals to the kids

Festive side by side with Frosty the Snowman on top

Todd Thomas and Family in the Christmas spirit

ONEIDA QUILT GUILD

The Oneida Quilt Guild met November 10. The meeting started with a review of the re vised bylaws. The food bank has need of food this year, so instead of toys we will be donat ing to help with this.

After guild business it was time for show and tell. The members of the guild have been busy.

Sharon Harris showed two fleece baby quilts, one for a boy and one for a girl, which she made for a neighbor who is having twins. Debra Clark had made a lovely blue and yellow reversible quilt. Audrey Jaussi brought the fin ished Friendship Quilt. This is a quilt that is made up of block sewn by different members of the guild who purchase a piece of fabric for the block. It will be given to one of these members in a drawing next month.

She also showed a patchwork quilt she had

made. Debbie School craft showed three dif ferent tree skirts that she embordered, a cute purple 3 yard quilt and a beautiful embroidered animal quilt. She also let us know that the Utah State Quilt Fair will be held October 10, 2023.

Mary Ellen showed two pillows and a table runner she had complet ed from block that she had made in the past.

Bonnie Howard showed a nice cream and maroon jelly roll quilt. Christine Davis brought three Christmas table run ners that she had made she donated. Barbara also donated a pretty square patchwork quilt.

Judy Jones had a made a cute pink around the world strip baby quilt.

Brenda Daniels showed two baby quilts and her quirky quilt. Stephanie showed off her awesome Eiffel tower quilt. Ruth showed a tree skirt and some Christmas stock

Alligator Hunt

Chad and DaNeil Bybee recently met their sons in Florida where they all en joyed participating in an alligator hunt. The gator they caught was 10’4’’ in length. They divided it up between them and were all going to get a taste of it when they cook it. A fellow they met while serving on their mission to Florida, before COVID sent them home, made arrange ments for them and accompanied them as well as a nephew.

ings. She also brought some taffeta and satin for anyone who would be interested in having it.

Following Show and

Kids, send Santa letters to The Idaho Enterprise!

Tell Ester Emerson give us a demonstration on using creative grid iron on interfacing. You use a washable glue stick, then iron the squares on

after that you just fold and sew.

We finished the day with a wonderful lun cheon.

Next month’s meeting

will be December 8th at 9:30. We will be having a Christmas party. Bring 4 fat Quarters or 1 yd of fabric to be exchanged as a gift.

Grandparents Only

Not recommended for parents or kids

By Gramma Dot

I’m going to report some progress today because I’m thankful for it. It was just a year ago when the girls in formed me they need ed chicken nuggets for Thanksgiving dinner. There wasn’t anything on my holiday menu they thought they could eat back in 2021. I’m happy to report green beans and mashed po tatoes have been added to their list of edible foods. I’m pretty happy about that.

Experience has prov en that not only kids, but grandparents can be a little finicky in food choices. Friend Car la Williams will only eat personal pizzas. The slices from a large pizza are just way too floppy. I like the ratio of granola, fruit and yo gurt to be just right in my morning breakfast bowl. Too much yogurt or too much granola ruins the whole expe rience. Brent wouldn’t touch an avocado if it were served with a sirloin steak. He com pares an avocado to wet cardboard. I think we seniors are referred to as eccentric when we display stubborn, quirky tendencies.

So, stubborn or ec centric it all boils down to what we like. And liking lots of things helps us like life, if we choose healthy. There are four areas of the human soul: physi cal, spiritual, intellec tual and social. If we can manage to choose healthy and try new ex periences in each area, life is going to be rich.

So, you quirky people, hang on to what you like, but make your self try something new occasionally. Just ask Hadley, who now pro claims mashed potatoes are her favorite. She has learned what every Senior Citizen knows: Potatoes make Life Great!

Live Nativity Event

on Tuesday, December 13 5:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. at the Malad Presbyterian Church 5 Chapel Lane, Malad (on the hill behind Allen Drug)

The Christmas Season has begun. Please Join Us for a Grand Family Night with Caroling, Community and The Story of Our Savior’s Birth.

Refreshments will be served at the Church Gathering Room. Please Park at the County Courthouse upper parking lot.

For children 11 years old and under, not enrolled in Oneida public schools, The Idaho Enterprise is accepting letters to Santa, which will appear in the December 22 edition. Children enrolled in the public schools submit letters to their teachers and they are subsequently sent to the newspaper.

Emailed letters are preferred, or parents of children can drop handwritten letters to The Idaho Enterprise located at 100 East 90 South in Malad. The email address is enterprisenews@atcnet.net Deadline to receive letters to Santa is Monday, December 5.

Ester Emerson demonstrates creative grid iron use on interfacing

Shara Olson and Audrey Jaussi display the Friendship quilt

Below: Chad Bybee (right front) after a successful alligator hunt

ONEIDA COUNTY

SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Maria Aceves, Coachella, driving with expired license, $44.50, costs $56.50

Edyn Cliften, Midway, speeding, $33.50, costs $56.50

Mohammad Mohammadi, Salt Lake City, speeding in school zone, $100.00, costs $59.50

Following are recent calls received by dispatchers at the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office. During the week of 11/13 to 11/19, the Sheriff’s Office investigated 35 new cases. During this time, the Oneida County Sher iff’s Office dispatchers received and an unknown number of total calls. This report includes only new inves tigations and does not include regular investigations, civil services, and the other responsibilities of the Sheriff’s Office.

Sunday, November 13, 2022

• 07:51 Vandalism Reported. Mail box

• 08:39 Fire Reported. Vehicle

• 08:59 Prisoner Transport out of county

• 11:38 Burglary Reported. Snow boards stolen

• 22:24 Citizen Dispute

Monday, November 14, 2022

• 02:57 Alarm Reported

• 05:48 Suspicious Person Report ed

• 12:30 Abandoned Vehicle

• 14:02 Animal Call

• 15:26 Civil Call

• 17:27 Animal Call. Dogs in yard

• 17:28 Welfare Check

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

• 14:08 civil Call

MALAD CITY

Alaina Schrenk, Malad, speeding, $33.50, costs $56.50

IDAHO STATE POLICE

Ragesh Ranjit, Boise, speeding, $33.50, costs $56.50

Chris Secrist, Cedar Hills, speeding, $33.50, costs $56.50

Nathaniel Sunderland, Idaho Falls, speeding, $33.50, costs $56.50

• 16:14 Fraud Reported

• 17:21 Citizen Assist

• 18:04 Traffic Complaint

• 21:52 Traffic Complaint. Debris on road from accident

• 22:37 Alarm Reported

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

• 10:14 Traffic Violation. Bus arm violation

• 13:38 Citizen Asist

• 21:56 Animal Call

Thursday, November 17, 2022

• 18:54 Suspicious Person

• 19:16 Disturbance Reported

Friday, November 18, 2022

• 05:44 Animal Call. Pig on road

way

• 06:56 Motorist Assist

• 07:06 Prisoner Transfer out of county

• 10:52 Civil Call

• 14:58 Alarm Reported

• 15:22 VIN Inspection

• 16:56 Traffic Accident Reported

• 17:40 911 Call. Unknown situa tion

Saturday, November 19, 2022

• 08:35 Animal Call

• 13:29 Citizen Assist

• 15:50 Traffic Accident Reported

• 22:30 Traffic Accident. Deer struck on roadway

BIRTHDAYS

Eli Waldron, Dec. 2

Cathy Asay, Dec. 3

Ashley Bercier, Dec. 3

Kirk Hill, Dec. 3

Bridger Barnes, Dec. 3

Debra Buehler, Dec. 4

Luke Christiansen, Dec. 4

Judd Daniels, Dec. 4

Patricia Jones, Dec. 4

Rachel Kent, Dec. 4

Melinda Owens, Dec. 4

Lexie Valentine, Dec. 4

Cheri Jacobsen, Dec. 5

Keaton Reel, Dec. 5

Sonny Blaisdell, Dec. 6

Rachel Hawkes, Dec. 6

Ivan Jensen, Dec. 6

David Talbot, Dec. 6

Tamara Williams, Dec. 6

Roslyn Brimhall, Dec. 7

Mechelle Hill, Dec. 7

Thella Hill, Dec. 7

Lee Pfeiffer, Dec. 7

Marilyn Salter, Dec. 7

Nicona Venable, Dec. 7

Brady Tovey, Dec. 7

Sherly Tubbs, Dec 7

Diane Atkinson, Dec. 8

Owen Daniels, Dec. 8

Terry Davis, Dec. 8

David Edwards, Dec. 8

Katie Neal, Dec. 8

BOWLING RESULTS

Tuesday Pinpoppers - 11/22/22

Speros 25.5 18.5

Small Town Esthie 24 20

Nell Redfield Hospital 22 22

Dolls With Balls 12.5 31.5

High Game - Diane Williams 164 High Series - Diane Williams 443

Dennis Thomas League – 11/23/22 Hubcap 32 12

Chat & Chew 29 15 Advantage Plus FCU 25 19 Malad Gun Club 21 23 Thomas Market 19 25 KC Oil 17.5 26.5 Blaisdell Ranch 17 27 Dude Ranch 15.5 28.5 High Game – Tyler Smith 233 High Series – Tyler Smith 604 Other 200 Games – Scott Searle 222

Ag and Holiday Food Pricing

By Allison Eliason

With the Christmas season making its way, the oven is fired up and holiday baking is at a high. Unfortunate ly, so are the prices for so many of those must have ingredients for the seasonal festive sweets. Right there at the top of the list is butter, an ingredient in nearly ev ery dish and treat, or at least the good ones.

With dairy prices at an all time high, especial ly butter, consumers are asking why and, more importantly, for how long.

Everyone has seen the grocery bill has gone up and up over the last year and for all sorts of reasons. Like so many other kitchen staples, when it comes to butter, there is no one answer to why it has become so

expensive. It is a mul tifaceted dilemma that has highly affected both the dairy production and the consumer demand.

Following the Covid pandemic, most, if not all, industries struggled with consistency within the supply as well as an understaffed workforce.

From the dairy farm to the grocery store, there are several steps requir ing both personnel and resources to prepare and produce the nations’ dairy needs. With few er laborers and lagging means, the dairy indus try is struggling to get enough goods out the door at a reasonable price for the customer.

It’s no surprise to hear that input costs are up for dairymen with high fuel and feed prices like all sectors of agri culture. Increasing ex penses have led many

operations to decrease their herd sizes, where as in normal years, they would be growing. The USDA reported 67,000 less milking cows this July compared to only a year ago. Fewer cows means fewer gallons of milk produced and when the supply is low, the price goes up.

Another challenge affecting the dairy pro duction over the last year is the higher than normal temperatures many dairies experi enced over the summer. Ideal weather conditions for dairy cattle is some where between 25 and 65 degrees. As the tem peratures spike above 90 degrees, the cattle began compensating for heat stress. They began to eat less which will decrease their milk pro duction as well as alter the fat content produced

in the milk. The sum mer months saw a dip in milk production due, not only to the lower herd numbers, but to less gal lons produced per cow.

Consumer demands always drive the market while prices continue to climb for all dairy prod ucts from cheese and yogurt to milk and but ter, customers still want their creamy favorites. Marketing dairy as a good, healthy source for protein has increased the demand for a variety of products such as cot tage cheese, yogurts and whey protein. Interna tionally, there is a high er demand for milks and cheeses that are compet ing with the domestic demands as well.

As the demand for specific products goes up, more milk is used for the production of these goods, taking it

away for others. Butter is, unfortunately, lower on the hierarchy of dairy goods produced from milk. This means that when there is less milk produced and more of the goods higher up on the list are in demand, less butter is made. Once again, a low sup ply and high demand leads to high prices.

Some economists are predicting that butter prices are reaching their peak, but that doesn’t mean that prices will go back to what they were, or at least not anytime soon. Looking ahead at the dairy markets, many are projecting that herd sizes as well as milk production will increase to put the gallons of milk produced back on track in 2023. Howev er, if high costs for feed and fuel continue, that increase in production

will do little to signifi cantly drop the prices consumers see at the grocery stores.

There seems little but ter lovers can do about the costly prices, espe cially in season where baking brings a little ex tra cheer, but there may be something they can do to stretch their dol lars. While butter truly is the cream of the crop, using substitutes in some recipes might help save that golden butter for when it really matters. Choosing store brands over name brands can also help save a few dol lars that will add up over time. Grocery stores are advertising a variety of prices for butter, so shopping around for the best price can help cus tomers get a little more butter for their buck.

Attends National

505 Pershing Ave., Suite 100

Pocatello, Idaho 83205-6119

Facsimile: (208) 478-1670 Telephone: (208) 478-1624 john@echohawk.com

In the matter of the Estate of:

STEPHEN JOE BURRIE, Deceased.

Case No.: CV36-22-0131

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that LYNDA K. BURRIE has been appointed personal representative of the above-named decedent. All persons having claims against the decedent or the estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or be forever barred.

Claims must be presented to the undersigned at the address indicated above and filed with the Clerk of the Court.

DATED this 8th day of November, 2022.

By: /s/ John Edward Cummings John Edward Cummings, Attorney for PR P.O. 6119

Pocatello, Idaho 83205 (208) 478-1624 ##5465-11-17-24-12-1-22-T3

Malad City, Idaho – Community bank ers around the country gathered in Washing ton this past week to discuss the latest chal lenges currently fac ing community banks across the country, ac cording to Bruce Low ry, President & CEO of Ireland Bank.

Mr. Lowry, who at tended the ABA Com munity Bankers Coun cil meeting November 14-16, said the bank ers talked at length about public policy, operations and business issues that might im pact the nation’s home town banks and their communities.

“Community banks are such a vital part of our financial indus try’s infrastructure,” said Mr. Lowry. “The strength and success of these banks have a great impact on the vi tality of the communi ties they serve.”

Bankers had discus

sions on the impacts of mid-term elections results, legislative pri orities for the new Con gress, debit and credit card interchange, data aggregation, P2P pay ments liability, canna bis banking, ECORA, NSF fees, central bank digital currency and other deposit substitu tion threats, and bank ownership changes. Council members also had a chance to share ways rising rates and inflation have affected the business of bank ing, and exchange ideas on operational and business best practices.

The ABA Commu nity Bankers Council, which meets twice a year, is made up of ap proximately 100 bank ers across the country from institutions with generally less than $5 billion in assets. Members are appointed by the ABA chair.

Bruce Lowry has worked in the bank ing industry in South ern Idaho for over 30 years. Mr. Lowry has been President & CEO of Ireland Bank since April of 2011, he has been active in banking association organiza

tions for many years serving on the Board of Directors of the Ida ho Bankers Associa tion, Idaho Community Bankers Association, Western Bankers Asso ciation and is the im mediate past Chairman of the Idaho Bankers Association. Mr. Low ry recently finished a two-year term on the Federal Deposit In surance Corporation’s (FDIC) Advisory Com mittee for Community Banking.

Malad Elementary Breakfast

Monday, December 5 - Cereal As sortment, Max Pancake, Fruit, Juice/ Milk

Tuesday, December 6 - Cereal As sortment, Mini Strawberry Bagel, Fruit, Juice/Milk

Wednesday, December 7 - Cereal Assortment, Breakfast Calzone, Fruit, Juice/Milk

Thursday, December 8 - Cereal As sortment, Frudel, Fruit, Juice/Milk

Malad Middle Breakfast

Monday, December 5 - Cereal As sortment, Breakfast Pizza, Fruit, Juice/ Milk

Tuesday, December 6 - Cereal As sortment, Muffin/Yogurt, Fruit, Juice/ Milk

Wednesday, December 7 - Cereal Assortment, Waffle, Fruit, Juice/Milk

Thursday, December 8 - Cereal As sortment, Apple Bites, Fruit, Juice/ Milk

Malad High Breakfast

Monday, December 5 - Cereal As sortment, Breakfast Pizza, Fruit, Juice/ Milk Tuesday, December 6 - Cereal As sortment, Muffin/Yogurt, Fruit, Juice/ Milk

Wednesday, December 7 - Cereal Assortment, Waffle, Fruit, Juice/Milk

Thursday, December 8 - Cereal As sortment, Apple Bites, Fruit, Juice/ Milk

Choices of Milk, Fresh Fruit & Veg gies Served Daily in all Schools

Malad Elementary Lunch

Monday, December 5 – Quesadilla, Spanish Rice, PBJ/Chex Mix/Cheese Stick, Food Choice – Corn, Apple sauce

Tuesday, December 6 – Hamburg er Gravy Mashed Potato, Roll, PBJ/ Chex Mix/Cheese Stick, Food Choice – Green Beans, Pears

Wednesday, December 7 – Break

fast for Lunch, Sausage, Hashbrown, French Toast, PBJ/Chex Mix/Cheese Stick, Food Choice – Sliced Cucum bers, Mixed Fruit

Thursday, December 8 – Chicken Sandwich, Baked Fries, PBJ/Chex Mix/Cheese Stick, Food Choice – Car rot Sticks, Strawberries/Bananas

Malad Middle Lunch

Monday, December 5 – Chicken

Fajita, Spanish Rice, Salad Bar, Food Choice – Corn, Peaches Tuesday, December 6 – Sausage

Gravy Biscuits, Scramble Eggs, Sal ad Bar, Food Choice – Carrot Sticks, Pears

Wednesday, December 7 – Tex Mex Mac, Breadstick, Salad Bar, Food Choice – Sliced Cucumbers, Mixed Fruit

Thursday, December 8 – Popcorn Chicken Bowl, Breadstick, Salad Bar, Food Choice – Broccoli, Applesauce

Malad High Lunch

Monday, December 5 – Chicken Fajita, Spanish Rice, Salad Bar, Food Choice – Corn, Peaches

Tuesday, December 6 – Sausage Gravy Biscuits, Scramble Eggs, Sal ad Bar, Food Choice – Carrot Sticks, Pears

Wednesday, December 7 – Tex Mex

Mac, Breadstick, Salad Bar, Food Choice – Sliced Cucumbers, Mixed Fruit

Thursday, December 8 – Popcorn

Chicken Bowl, Breadstick, Salad Bar, Food Choice – Broccoli, Applesauce

1750 First school in America to offer manual training courses opens in Maryland

1783 Jacques Charles and Nicolas Roberts make first untethered ascension with his hydrogen balloon in Paris

1824 U.S. House of Representatives begins to decide outcome of elec tion deadlock between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson (Adams wins)

1887 Sherlock Holmes first appears in print in "Study in Scarlet" by Ar thur Conan Doyle

1913 First drive-up gasoline station opens in Pittsburgh

1913 Ford Motor Company institutes world's first moving as

sembly line for the Model T Ford

1929 Game of bingo invented by American toy salesman Edwin S. Lowe

1952 The New York Daily News reports the first successful sexual re assignment operation

1953 Hugh Hefner publishes first edition of Playboy magazine, fea turing Marilyn Monrow as the magazine's first centerfold

1955 Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus and give her seat to a white passenger in Mont gomery, Alabama

1959 The first color photograph of Earth was received from outer space

Malad Senior Citizens’ Menu

Every Meal Served with Juice/Milk/Coffee Dec 2 – Tuna Melts, Salad Bar, Mandarin Or anges, Dessert Dec 7 – Chicken Cas serole, Beets, Peaches, Rolls, Dessert

Curlew Senior Citizens’ Menu

Every Meal Served with Juice/Milk/Coffee Dec 6 – Chicken, Cheesy Potatoes, Car rots, Salad Bar, Fruit, Dessert Dec 8 – Meatloaf, Po tatoes, Salad Bar, Apple sauce, Muffins, Dessert

1982 Dentist Barney B. Clark gets first artifi cial heart

After several rounds of discussion between the city council and the Road Department, the decision has been made to replace the north and south stop signs along 300 E at the intersection of Jenkins. The signs had been removed in or der to facilitate the truck

traffic along the street, but several safety com plaints had been brought to the city council since their removal. The concern is that the lack of stop signs creates a dangerous driving envi ronment with the road’s outlet from Malad High School. The lack of

signs has also been not ed as problematic for funeral processions into the Malad City Ceme tery, which also use the Jenkins route. The signs will be placed on De cember 1, and the public are advised to be aware of the new traffic flow on the road.

OBITUARY

Gary K. Lund

Malad City, Idaho... Gary Ken neth Lund, 67 resident of Malad City, passed away on Monday Novem ber 21, 2022, following a battle with cancer. Gary was born on April 26, 1955, in San Diego, California, a son of Ronald and Sarah Lund. He was raised and educated in many different locations across the United States un til his parents settled in Casper, Wyo ming where he graduated high school. He continued his education at Casper College, University of Wyoming, and University of Georgia.

He married Julie M. Pilcher in Feb ruary of 1989 in Ogden, Utah. They made their home in Ogden, Utah and later moved to Malad City, Idaho. He traveled to many different Countries during his working career. He retired as a Senior Formulation Chemist in 2020. He was well loved and respect ed by friends and colleagues.

He is survived by his wife Julie, 3 children: Lenicia (Richard) Talaman tes of Malad City, Idaho, Sarah Moffit of Utah, and Trinity Lund of Tremon ton, Utah. 9 grandchildren. 2 broth ers: Jeffery (Arlee) Lund of Scotts dale, Arizona, and Martin (Dianne) Lund of North Bend, Washington, and a sister: Susan Lund of Laramie, Wy oming. He is preceded in death by his son Lance, parents and one brother.

Funeral services were held on Wednes day, November 30, 2022, at 12 noon in the Horsley Funeral Home 132 W. 300 N. in Malad City. A viewing was held at the funeral home on Wednesday pri or to services from 11-12. Burial fol lowed at the Cherry Creek Cemetery.

I would like to thank our many great friends and neighbors that helped us this last year after Gary was diagnosed with cancer. Your help and kindness will always be remembered. I would also like to thank Symbii (hospice) of Preston for all of the help during the last 2 weeks of Gary's life, you did a wonderful job. A special thank you goes to his nurse, you were awesome.

Two years ago, the Idaho State Legislature passed a bill to create a new post-election au dit process. Senate Bill 1274 requires a sam pling of small, medium, and large counties to have one of their ballot items hand-counted and compared against the of ficially reported results in order to verify the integrity of the election process and the official numbers.

Oneida county was se lected randomly through a lottery-style drawing from among Idaho’s 44 counties. The coun ties are divided into three groups—those with populations under 20,000, those with pop ulations between 20,001 and 99,999 and those with populations over 100,000. A total of eight counties are selected through the process, af ter which a hand tabula tion of ballots related to a specific question are conducted under the di rection of the Secretary of State’s office, and with representatives of the two major parties.

Oneida county’s audit was conducted by Sher

Malad

The Malad Drive In will no longer accept paper gift certificates after December 31, 2022. If you are holding on to one, be sure to use them by the end of the year.

yl Millard from the Sec retary of State’s office, with the participation of Riley Gilbert, the Polit ical Director of the Ida ho Republican party and Gini Ballou, the Presi dent of the Idaho Dem ocratic Women’s Cau cus. The ballots were examined and verified by the group and then compared to the report

ed totals.

Two of the ballots were initially noted as “unaccounted for,” though by the end of the process, those bal lots had been accounted for and reflected in the final totals. After final comparisons were made, Oneida county’s ballot figures were determined to match with the report

ed results.

“It’s a new process, so it’s a little bit of a learn ing experience,” County Clerk Lon Colton said. “But obviously anything that helps made the vot ing process better and more reliable is a good thing.”

Across the state, au dits found that there were no changes to any of the tabulations that affected any races. There were also no rac es across the state with a margin of .1%, which is required to trigger an automatic recount. The other counties audited

were Ada, Bonner, Bon neville, Kootenai, Nez Perce, Minidoka, and Shoshone. Idaho’s vot er participation reached a percentage of 56.8%. The election results were officially certified on Wednesday, Novem ber 23.

Gary Kenneth Lund

Gini Ballou, Riley Gilbert, and Sheryl Millard work at hand checking Oneida County's ballots

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING 11/28

Christmas Greetings

Shelly Williams of the Idaho Enterprise approached the council about funding the an nual “Christmas Greet ings” promotion in the paper. The funds allow for a pictorial of the county offices for the annual Christmas edi tion. The commission made a motion to ap prove the ad. The mo tion was passed, and a time for pictures will be arranged.

Alcohol Permit

The volunteer Fire Department request ed authorization for an alcohol permit for the Fireman’s Ball, bor rowed from the Chat n Chew’s license. A mo tion was made for the authorization and per mit from 6 p.m. to mid night on the date of the Fireman’s Ball on De cember 3. The motion was passed.

Emergency Services SHSP grant

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) required the signatures of the county commis sioners in order for the grant to be implement ed. Cody Brower as serted that he did not see any problems with the agreement, and felt that there were no legal con cerns. Chairman Lewis expressed some concern about the restrictions on spending elements of the agreement. The grant is for roughly $21,000, but is confined to the issues outlined by the agency itself, which are primarily related to emergency issues such as cyber security, train ing, etc. The commis sion expressed a desire to hear more from Dan Williams and other in volved parties to learn more about the scope of the grant. A motion to sign the MOU was made and passed, with the understanding that a future information ses sion would be helpful.

Brad Hess

Brad Hess spoke to the commission about the approval of the PLAT map for an ongo ing subdivision process. Hess was seeking clar ification about the sta tus of the subdivision, which has been under discussion for a number of months. Mr. Hess stated that the issues which the engineers had requested be account ed for under the zoning process have been dealt with. Hess’ primary concern was that the process for new devel opment was unclear, since he felt that the cri teria had been met for the subdivision. Chair man Lewis explained that two outstanding concerns included a plan for the drainage pond/ ditch on the east side of the property and the water quality and quan tity verification for the development. The de veloper is instructed to prove the water quality and supply is sufficient to the number of hous es. Mr. Hess explained that an engineer, James Suffalo, had reviewed the logs of wells in the area. The commission

felt that it needed a draw down analysis study, based on a challenge of the subdivision by po tential future neighbors.

Mr. Hess reiterated his claim that the materi als he had provided to the commission met the requirements that had been asked of him.

Chairman Lewis discussed with Cody Brower the extent to which the past agree ments with Mr. Hess should be binding. Brower explained that the commission itself was responsible for de termining whether the presented evidence met the stated needs in order to approve the subdivi sion. Mr. Hess again as serted his belief that his subdivision was not be ing treated in the same manner as other subdi visions, or that the ap proval process had been inconsistently applied to his case.

Brower advised that the county’s develop ment standards could be argued to have been met, with regard liabili ty for the county regard ing future claims against water loss in the area.

Chairman Lewis felt that the county needed to fully determine what it would find acceptable as far as making a final determination about the water study issue. The commission was most concerned about how any potential future wa ter issues might affect the neighbors of the subdivision. Mr. Hess, for his part, was confi dent that the studies he had conducted for the property demonstrated water availability.

The commission asked further questions about a potential draw down test. Chairman Lewis felt that it was important to provide guidance for Mr. Hess moving forward in the PLAT approval process.

Commissioner Eliason asked for more time to read through the well study analysis provided by Mr. Hess.

Because the subdi vision was applied for under the previous de velopment code, the regulations related to that prior code are in effect for the decision making process. Chair man Lewis felt that it was important to make a decision on the topic at the next meeting, af ter having thoroughly examined all the rele vant information and making a decision about whether a draw down study was necessary.

Mr. Hess asked for some reassurance that such a study would be sufficient to move for ward with the subdivi sion. The commission advised that it couldn’t make any guarantee to that end until further study.

Juvenile Justice Report

Gabe Jiminez present ed the annual report on the juvenile justice sys tem to the commission.

The diversion numbers, which primarily relates to school-aged juve niles in the community who have gone through the diversion program in place of detention,

were discussed. This is method through which interventions outside of detention are pursued. After receiving permis sion from parents, pro bation meets with the students in order to pro vide early intervention. Jiminez reported that the diversion program resulted in higher at tendance and academic performance for those who had participated in it.

Jiminez explained that when he deals with kids from inside Oneida county his priority is to attempt to keep those kids within the area, and provide them with means to rehabilitate with the community.

Last year, over 30 di version petitions were made, this year the number was 24. 5 of those from this year are carry-overs from last year.

The commission ap proved a motion to ac cept the juvenile proba tion report.

Renewal of Service Contract for battery backup

Sheriff Jones spoke to the commission about renewing the service contract for the backup battery in the commu nications room of the Sheriff’s Office. The battery primarily sup ports the dispatch facil ities and servers within the office. The backup battery prevents data and communications loss during power out ages. The contract with the service provider has expired, and needs to be renewed for $2,800/ year, or twice that for a locked in rate for two years. The contract covers servicing as well as replacement. The funds are tied to the 911 budget. A motion to renew the contract for 2 years for $5,600 was approved.

Courthouse Health Concerns

Sheriff Jones pre sented the commission with information about a number of health con cerns from employees in the office. As a result of ongoing construction in the courthouse, a num ber of employees have reported chronic cough ing conditions, perhaps due to silica dust from construction services. The Sheriff advised the commission that con ditions in the building were very dusty, and al most certainly the cause of employee health complaints.

The commission in quired about the po tential for air purifiers or other methods of reducing the dust con tamination. The sheriff reported that the dust accumulates very rap idly after construction begins in the morning, and requires frequent mitigation.

Attorney Brower mentioned that the con tract with the construc tion company probably stipulates dust mitiga tion as part of the work order. County Clerk Lon Colton, who also works in the building, suggested that the pri mary problem is the aerosolized dust that occurs during the con

struction process.

Chairman Lewis, who is involved with the ele vator project, promised to look into discuss ing the issue with the construction company, beginning with a re quest for a dust curtain. Chairman Lewis made a motion to approve air purifiers for the court house if needed to mit igate the situation.

Closing on land purchase and Land care on 6 acres

The commission worked on finalizing the land sale documents for six acres of land near the Fairgrounds. They also looked into structuring an agreement with the seller, Jared Simpson, to maintain the property until the county began to utilize the area. A one year lease was sug gested for Simpson to maintain the property. The commission felt it would be most prudent to communicate with Simpson in order to de termine what arrange ment would be most amenable to all parties involved.

Fair board member replacement

Eric Eliason has been suggested by the Fair Board as a new member. The commission voted to approve his appoint ment to the board.

Crisis Center Gala Commissioner Ken Eliason was approached by the Crisis Center about the use of the Event Center on Friday February 24 for its an nual Gala. Chairman Lewis suggested that it would be a good idea to review the Event Center Rental practices in the future, in order to clar ify the county’s policy on revenue generated by Event Center rentals. Lewis would like to cre ate a more consistent fee schedule/waiver al lowance for fundraisers at the venue. A motion was made to provide the venue to the Crisis Cen ter for fifty percent of the standard fee.

Ameriben contract

Ameriben is the com pany who provided the wage survey to the county, upon which the step and grade imple mentation was based.

Chairman Lewis did not feel that a new wage study was warranted for this year. Several con tracts are available at present with the com pany to provide HR support for the county. One would allow the company to function as a third-party HR rep resentative who could respond to employee concerns, provide in struction manuals, and perform other duties.

The basic package for retaining Ameriben to perform HR tasks was listed as $1,600/year. At present, the county does not have an HR department. Responses from county employ ees indicated that a third party intermediary would be very helpful for those employed by the county with work place concerns.

The commission ex pressed their belief

that some sort of HR services in the county would be a good idea. A decision was made to accept the basic contract with Ameribend in the immediate timeframe, and to look into ex panding HR resources through them or another entity in the future. A motion was put off to a future meeting.

Treasurer/Auditor quarterly report

The Treasurer/Audi tor’s quarterly joint was accepted by the com mission.

Holiday pay clarification

Lon Colton clarified the holiday pay schedule for the county. Changes to the holiday pay sys tem were implemented in order to streamline the process of employee holiday pay compensa tion. The commission felt the importance of stressing that holiday work should be only on an emergency basis and with supervisor ap proval, providing that the employee in ques tion has the flexibility to take any holidays in question off.

Road and Bridge

Dianna Dredge ap proached the commis sion on behalf of the Road and Bridge de partment. She required commissioners’ signa tures on the longterm plan for the grant appli cation related to bridge repair in Woodruff. Currently, the structure is a culvert that needs to be replaced with a suffi cient bridge, which will require widening and improving the structure. The grant will bring the structure up to neces sary specifications. The commission approved the Capital Improve ment Plan for Road and Bridge for 1-5 and 6-10 years.

Dredge also spoke to the commission about the purchase of a gen erator for the R&B building. The genera tor would be able to run most of the necessary equipment in the build ing, at a cost of $38,000 for the unit, and addi tional install costs. The commission requested a more specific final bid before authorizing.

Septic tank at airport

The airport board has been attempting to make improvements to the facility by putting in a universal septic tank for the hangars to connect to. Since the airport is on county property, the county is responsible as the property hold er for the decision to permit the septic tank. The lease agreements for those interested in the connection will be modified to reflect au thorization for the in frastructure. A motion to approve the airport

board’s application for a septic permit from the state was passed.

Event center parking lot light bids

Sawyer Fonnesbeck spoke to the commission about bids for the park ing lot lighting. A num ber of different options have been presented for consideration, ranging from installation of the lights alone, to a full scale replacement of all of the lighting apparatus in the parking lot of the fairgrounds.

CED Lighting pre sented a bid for poles and lighting, totalling $8,316.32 for the ma terials. Of that total, Rocky Mountain Power will pay $1,654.95 in offsets.

A bid for wiring and installing the new lights and poles was given at $12,356 from State Line Electrical Contractors.

Electric Construc tion and Sales, who worked on the lights in the Malad City Park, bid $31,0010 for com plete installation, ma terials, labor, and other elements of the project such as RV hookups.

Some elements of the project were not in cluded in the cheaper bid, such as removal of the old poles and other tasks and equipment.

The bids were not equivalent in terms of the services covered by them, so Fonnes beck plans to attempt to make the bids more parallel by bringing the contracted services closer to each other in alignment by the time of the next commission meeting.

The potential of scal ing the project to begin some components— primarily replacing the lights themselves—was also discussed. A mo tion to consult with a contractor in the near term to replace several of the parking lot lights which are not function ing was approved. This will hopefully provide lighting for events set to take place over the win ter at the Event Center.

Tax Cancellation $378.32 in tax reduc tion on the basis of a Homeowner’s Exemp tion claim was received by the commission. A motion to cancel the taxes in question was approved.

Surplus Goods Auction

Commissioner Chris tophersen updated the commission on the re cent county property auction, which netted over $75,512. Most of the money came from large machinery auc tioned off by the Road and Bridge department, including $22,000 for a loader.

CALL FOR BIDS

Oneida School District #351 Will be accepting bids for One 2023 Conventional 80 pass.

Type D Transit RE School Bus Bids will be accepted until Noon on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 Call for details, 208-534-6080 ext. 401

5 YEARS AGO

(2017)

Malad City's streets were lined with smiling on-lookers of all ages Saturday evening as a fes tive collection of entries traveled through town during the Malad volun teer Firemen's "Spirit of Christmas" Light Parade. Everything came together to result in a very pleas ant holiday event -- the weather was perfect, Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus were on hand, many busi nesses and individuals created parade entries for the enjoyment of those gathering.

Following the parade, a large crowd of resi dents and holiday visitors joined the firemen at the Malad Fire Station where they served hot chocolate to friends and families. Children were shown the fire station and fire trucks, and they got to see Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus up close. The firemen were on hand to greet guests and there was a bin set up to donate food to the local food bank. Christ mas music filled the air, and the 200 to 300 souls who stood inside as well as outside of the fire sta tion were seen smiling, greeting old friends, and clearly comfortable with the hometown Christmas event.

Topping off the eve ning in celebration of the Christmas season, the firemen treated the crowd to a large fireworks dis play ignited in the area south of the fire station.

The Spirit of Christmas is alive and well in Malad, and a nod of thanks goes to the Malad Firemen for bringing the community together for an enjoyable evening.

Students at Malad High School recently held a contest to see which class could donate the most canned food. In total, the school gathered 1,261 cans of food - two full pickup loads! The senior class won, with 591 cans. the juniors came in sec ond with 561 cans, with the sophomores third with 68 and the freshmen last with 42.

The food will be do nated to the Community Food Bank. They held their food drive so that there would be plenty of food available to local families during the holi days.

The annual Thanksgiv ing Alumni Basketball Tournament, hosted by the Malad High School Booster Club, was held on Thanksgiving night, at

Malad high School. There were four teams that com peted in this annual event.

This year's tournament was a double elimination tournament. Action start ed at 6:30 p.m. and lasted until around 10:30 p.m. There was a lot of excit ing basketball. It was a lot of fun for those participat ing and those watching alike.

This year's tourna ment was won by a team of alumni players from the Malad High School Classes of 2011 and 2014. Players included Grif fin Green, Brett Hansen, Tyrell Hubbard, Brody Hubbard, Zack Jeppsen, Josh Jensen, and Nishon Neal. Second place was won by an alumni team that started the night off with Steve Atkinson, Trevor Chad Jones, Zack McKinney, Wren Murray, and Devin Robbins.

The tournament is an annual event, but orga nizers are hoping to add some exciting changes to the tournament next year to make it an even more entertaining tournament.

10 YEARS AGO (2012)

Twelve lucky resi dents won Thanksgiving turkeys in the “Gobblin It Up” contest held by The Idaho Enterprise. Lucky winners were Glee Helms, Sid Show ell, Tracy Ward, Royce Jones, Carolyn Metting, Brad Williams, Desiree Colgrove, Melanie Bow cutt, Alice Moon, Gloria Gleed, Mindy Allen and Lisa Jacobsen.

A special “meet the coach” no-host luncheon has been scheduled to meet Bill Evans the new head basketball coach at Idaho State University. Coach Evans has deep roots in Malad. His fa ther, David Lavar Evans grew up in Malad and lived here much of his life and is the brother of Fay Evans, former Malad postmaster and long time sports referee in Idaho school athletics.

The Malad Middle School Wrestling team finished in third place at their recent district tour nament. Members of this team include the follow ing: Darren Tapp, Dylan Hunt, Enoch Ward, Chet Potter, Justin Hubbard, Hazen Smith Tyrell Ward, Ben Rosenhoover, Junior Sua, Cody Wright, Parker Boyce, Parker Gunnell, Matthew Quinn, James McCoslin, Rhett Dan iels, Austin Atkinson, Parker Steed and Skyler Coombs.

15 YEARS AGO (2007)

The First Presbyterian Church of Malad is mark ing an historic occasion this weekend with an anniversary celebration. When the historic Church Bell tolls on Sunday, De cember 2, 2007, it will be calling the faithful to wor ship for the 125th year. Special events accom panying the Anniversary Celebration will begin on November 30 with a “Ring Praise Concert,” featuring Phyllis Tincher and Sean Rogers. This will be followed with a 125-year Anniversary Concert and musical pre sentation by Ernest Palm er on December 1.

Lance Corporal Myl es J. Asay was presented a check and a letter of congratulations from the Fleet Reserve Association of Boise, Idaho, for being nominated as the Marine of the Year for Company C, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Boise, Idaho. Lance Corporal Asay was among three Marines looked at to re ceive this prestigious nomination, according o his commanding officer in the United States Ma rine Corps.

Malad High School stu dent body officers learned leadership skills at the Idaho Association of Stu dent Council’s Leader ship Convention in Boise. Attending the convention were Kiersten Cordingly, Rhett Thomas, Erin Jen kins, Ryan Hannah and Tori Hill.

25 YEARS AGO (1997)

Mary W. Romrell has been selected by the Malad Family History Center as Featured Vol unteer of the Month. Mary began working at the Family History Cen ter in April 1988, as an extractionist in the brand new program of extract ing names from old re cords to prepare them for genealogy and temple or dinances.

After serving the farm ers of Oneida County for 20 years, Marie Reeder has decided its time to call it quits She will offi cially retire on December 2. There will be an Open House in her honor held December 2 at the USDA Service Center Confer ence Room.

The Malad Valley The ater Guild will be spon soring “Christmas on the Summit, Plus One” Parade of Homes on De cember 5. The log home belonging to Gene and

Sandy Jones is one of six homes on the seasonal tour. A tour bus will also take holiday well wish ers to the homes of Larry and Christie Oja, J.D. and Sherrie Thomas, Dave and Gayla Bastian, Don and Mary Allen and My ron and Nola Jones.

Three students from Malad were among the recipients of the Future Farmers of America high est earned award, the Na tional Farmers Degree. Earning this degree were Quincy Asay, Isaac Jen sen and Clayton Showell. The awards were present ed in Kansas City, Kansas at the Nation F.F.A. con vention.

35 YEARS AGO

(1987)

Lots of “sugar and spice” awaits shoppers at the “How Sweet It Is” Bakery Outlet, which opened in Malad. Man aged locally by Rose Mary Hess, “How Sweet It Is” is an outlet for the Central Bakery opened about three months ago in Preston. Fresh bak ery items will be deliv ered each morning to the Malad shop. The shop is located at 71 North Main.

Malad senior, Fawn King, daughter of Everett and Edna King of Arbon, has been named winner of the Veterans of Foreign War “Voice of Democ racy” contest for Oneida County. In recognition, she was awarded a medal and a $50 Savings Bond.

Dustin W. Smith has been selected by a panel of judges at Malad High School to be a recipient of the Hugh O’Brien Schol arship awarded each year to a Malad High School sophomore.

Five members of the Malad Chapter of Future Homemakers of America and their instructor partic ipated in a weekend lead ership training conference held at the Marriott Hotel in Denver, Colorado. In cluded in the group were Cristy Waldron, Susan Showell, Amy Waldron, Fawn King and Amber Evans. Home economics instructor, Paula Thorpe, accompanied them on the trip.

Malad High School Counselor, Bill Mikesell received notification from state superintendent of public instruction, Jerry L. Evans, recently of his appointment to the Pro fessional Standards Com mission (PSC) by the State Board of Education. His appointment is set to run from October 21, 1987 until June 30, 1989.

Shoppers Ring in The Holiday Season with Surprisingly Strong Spending

By Robert Spendlove Zions Bank Senior Economist

Shoppers are ringing in the holiday season with stronger-than-expected spending, a positive sign for local retailers. With inflation easing, con sumer spending picked up early in the fourth quarter. The Commerce Department’s Novem ber retail report showed U.S. retail sales spiked 1.3% in October, its big gest monthly gain since February.

The National Retail Federation predicts hol iday retail sales will be

6-8% higher than last year. Similarly, Gallup reported that the amount Americans plan to spend on holiday gifts this year is the highest since be fore the pandemic.

While people are not necessarily buying more, they are paying more for what they buy. The latest Consumer Price Index, released in November, showed inflation cool ing, but with prices hov ering 7.7% above what they were a year ago.

Surging food and energy prices may leave holiday shoppers feeling grinchy about the elevated cost

of holiday travel, meals and heating their homes.

An early indicator that inflation could be slow ing further is plummet ing shipping container and truck freight costs, which retailers pay to have their inventory shipped. Retailers also have more inventory than last year, which may translate to more supply and better deals for customers.

In Utah and the Unit ed States, consumers are feeling merrier about the economy than they were earlier this year. Con sumer sentiment rose

from 63.9 in September to 66.0 in October, as measured by the Kem C. Gardner Institute’s Sur vey of Utah Consumers. A similar national sur vey by the University of Michigan found senti ment rose slightly from September to October among Americans as a whole.

With consumers feel ing more hopeful and price pressures easing, this holiday season may bring some needed cheer to retailers and the econ omy.

45

YEARS AGO

(1977)

Three local Dragon ettes will represent Malad High School at Miss Drill Team Idaho competition January 7. Diane Carter, Wendy Baker and Ann Smith will be the first Maladians to vie for the coveted title.

Protesting current market prices received for their commodities, Oneida farmers took to the street Monday in a 16-tractor parade. The group of concerned farm ers was part of a national movement called Amer ican Agriculture, banded together in an effort to ed ucate the U.S. population of the depressed econom ic condition of American farmers.

Modern Woodmen of America, Camp 6885 of Malad, will honor H. Vinton Peden at a dinner meeting in the School Cafeteria. Mr. Peden is re ceiving the special honor in recognition of his lead ership and involvement in the community.

Malad PTA President Lynne Forbush this week presented Principals Jer ry Esplin and Phil Gillies with a check for $700, raised at the recent PTA Halloween Carnival. Mrs. Forbush noted the PTA wanted the funds to be distributed as follows: $100 to the German Club fund; $100 for a new books or visual aid for the high school; $300 to the Elementary for books and visual aids; with the remaining $200 going to the scoreboard fund for Harding Field.

Pictured in The Idaho Enterprise is “Last Stage West”, wheel-stander driven by Ed (The Out law) Jones, which just finished seven weeks of engagements in San An tonio, Texas; Edinburgh, Texas; Corpus Christi,

Texas; El Paso, Texas; Tucson, Arizona. Ed was accompanied on the tour by his father Ariel E. Jones. They also visited in Mexico and did some fishing.

55 YEARS AGO (1967)

Plans for the 100th an niversary observance of the settling of Samaria are currently underway, according to Raymond R. Martin, chairman of the Samaria Centennial committee. The commu nity was settled during 1868-1869. Names of the first 19 settlers will be in scribed on a plaque to be erected at Samaria.

A fifty-year pin and lifetime membership in the AF & Lodge No. 52 were presented to Law rence Jones at the regular meeting in the Masonic Temple. Morgan W. Tov ey made the presentation. Jones Hardware & Implement Co., along with other RCA dealers throughout the county, are presenting a holiday pro gram over station KUTV, Channel 4, Salt Lake City.

Kim Hess, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fer ris Hess was one of nine winners in Idaho in the re cent Pillsbury comic strip coloring contest. Kim was awarded a deluxe space action toy set.

Purchase of the store building immediate ly north of AG Fine Foods this week by Rex Schwartz was announced by the former owner, Earl H. Jones, Pocatello. The building was formerly known as Hazel’s Dress Shop. Mr. Schwartz plans to use the building to pro vide extra floor space for his grocery store.

Malad Boys Basket ball fans are excited for their favorite team to fi nally be taking the court for the season. After weeks of practice and work, the team is ready to see how they will compete against their opponents across south eastern Idaho.

From the get go, the MHS Boys Basketball team has clear goals for the 2023 season. First they want to bring a strong man to man de fense that will generate chaos and mistakes from their opponents. Sec ond, they want to be come a great rebounding team, limiting second chances for their oppo nents and taking second chances for themselves. Finally they want to run great half court sets and take high percent age shots. With a strong defense, dominating re bounding and solid of fense, the team is sure to be a strong competitor throughout their season.

Over the last few weeks of practice, the coaches have had time to see where the team’s strengths are and where they need to improve. The coaches have seen that this is a team that,

as a team rather than as individuals. While there are several members of the team healing from previous injuries, they are already developing the chemistry they need to trust and rely on each other to put together a winning team.

As they have the goal to bring a solid defense, they have been focusing on learning those de fensive principles they need. The coaches are pleased to see how they are implementing and executing those defen sive schemes that will help bring their very best defense.

The Dragons hosted their annual jamboree with teams from Rock land, Raft River and North Gem. Coach Zach Beutler saw the night as a great look to see how the team was coming along with their season opening play. He shared, “It was a good change for us as a staff to run multiple rotations and see how prepared the boys were as individ uals and what we need to focus on to achieve our goals.”

Throughout the night, the Dragon defense was well played. Of course

the team worked out the kinks of their new defense that resulted in their opponents scoring. The team is using these instances to learn how to tighten up their de fense. Coach Beutler is excited to help the team learn where they need to adjust and change those things of the game, like their defense, that they can control.

Coach Beutler praised his team and their re bounding throughout the jamboree as he said, “We rebounded extremely well. Our rebounding numbers were almost double those of both op ponents. We were very pleased with how delib erate the boys were in finding, displacing and aggressively going after the ball when shots went up.”

The team looks to play their first full game of the season when they head to Ririe to face off against the Bulldogs and then host Grace Luthern in Malad. Both teams have strong basketball programs and individ ual players. They will provide both a challenge and good examples of strong teams that will push Malad to play at a higher level.

With their opening

week upon them, Coach Beutler looks forward to this season of games and the team he gets to work with. “This is a great

group of individuals. They are working hard to become the best they can be. We as coach es are doing our best to

teach and guide them so they can maximize their potential.”

Braylen Tripp rushes down the floor with Timmy Jensen, Austin Jacob son, Jaden Ward and Baylor Bean

Jaden Ward plays tough defense with Ryan Hubbard

Kurt Ward goes up for the shot with Justin Toone