The Idaho Enterprise | December 8, 2022

Hammin’ It Up Christmas ham contest deadline is Wednesday, December 14!

This is the last week to get entries in the Hammin’ It Up at Christmas contest!

Entrants have until close of business on Wednesday, December 14 to get their en tries to the merchants who are sponsoring the contest. Winners will be drawn at random on Thursday morn ing December 15 and win ners will be notified by the

businesses to come pick up their holiday ham!

Clip the Malad Mer chants’ entry forms that ate in this edition of The Idaho Enterprise, fill them in and deliver to them to while you are doing your Christmas shopping.

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

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Northern Title, KJ’s Super Store, Hess Lumber & Home Center, Moun tain Valley Realty, Edith’s Collecive, Outlaw Vapor, Malad Drive in, The Idaho Enterprise, and Ganache Pastry and Gelato.

Coloring Contest Drawing Thursday!

The Enterprise Coloring Contest will once again be held at the Oneida County Event Center this year, from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. We plan to begin the drawing around 6:00 p.m. In ad dition to the drawing, the event will feature hot dogs, walking tacos, hot choco

late, and treats. A craft ta ble for the kids will also be set up for the duration of the event.

All children who entered the coloring contest will have a chance of winning an individual prize, as well as the grand prizes, which include a Nintendo Switch

Lite donated by the Dude Ranch, three bikes, two TVs, and a child’s tablet.

The coloring contest has been a tradition in town for over 40 years, since it was started by former editor and owner Kristine Smith as a way to bring the community together. As always, Santa

Claus will be the guest of honor, and on hand for pic tures with kids and to hear their Christmas requests.

Individual prizes include remote control cars, dolls, scooters, mini-drones, stuffed animals, Nerf guns, toy trucks, books, and many more prizes.

Georgia Runoff Election held Tuesday

The Georgia Senate election be tween Raphael Warnock (D) and Hershel Walker (R) was held on Tuesday, after a month of build up. The results of the election will not change Democratic control of the Senate (which results in tie-break ing vote by the current Vice President when it is 50-50), but would give either the party more leverage in negotiations on close votes. Fromer NFL player Walker and pastor Warnock have been making the case that they are the better candidate both for Geor gia and the country even since a runoff was determined necessary in November.

Man arrested for throwing egg at King Charles III

A man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of assault for throwing an uncooked egg at the current British monarch. The King has been touring Great Britain follow ing his coronation, and encoun tered the protestor in Bedford shire. The man has been taken into custody pending arraignment.

Scientists identify reason for winter colds

While it has long been known that people experience more colds during the winter than other seasons, the reason has never been fully explained until a recent study. The study finds that the cold weather actually depresses the immune ability of the respirato ry system, especially in the nose. Reducing the temperature of air entering the nostrils by as little as 9 degrees farenheit can kill 50% of the bacteria and virus fighting cells in the nose, according to the data. In other words, your mother was right, as always.

Grinch arrested in Michigan

A man dressed as the Grinch was arrested at a holiday party for allegedly punching another man dressed as a reindeer. There were no details available about the lead up to the altercation, which occurred after a workplace party in Traverse City, Michigan, though the lack of Christmas spirit on the part of those involved in the scuffle was noted.

Governor Little declares this week “CS Ed week ”

Governor Little issued a decla ration officially recognizing De cember 5-11 as “CS Ed week” in Idaho. Touting the importance of Computer Science in the modern workplace and daily lives of stu dents across the state, the gov ernor praised the strides taken by state and local educators to make STEM, and especially computer-fo cused programs an integral part of the curriculum. An “Hour of Code” in which students from around the world are encouraged to explore the basics of coding and computer language learning.

USS Idaho submarine gets new commander

The USS Idaho is a Virginia class nuclear powered submarine, which saw its keel-laying in 2020. The submarine, one of five of its type in the U.S. fleet, was scheduled for official commissioning in 2023, though that date has been post poned to 2025 to account for ma terial delays. Commander Randall Leslie has been named its official commanding officer, taking over for Commander Nicholas Meyers, who had been named the officer in charge during construction.

Communi cations, Thomas Electric & Furniture, Griffiths

Tire,

Bobbi Summers - Mountain Valley Realty

Brandon Hall and Sherrie Wise - The Idaho Enterprise

Brookelyn Daniels and Jaylee Ekstrom - Malad Drive In

Grant Roth - Ganache Pastry

Julie Green - Thomas Market Julie Williams - ATC Communications

Rick Griffths - OK Tire

Steve Atkinson and Mike Atkinson - Idaho Real Estate Group

Tyler Webster, Qunicy Asay, Gaylnn Garrett, Pat Werk and Clint Price - Malad City

Sue Evans - Allen Drug & Variety

Tracey Archibald and Kris Talbot - Northern Title

Vicki Larkin - Mountain States

Firemans Ball

The 101st annual Firemans Ball was held at the Oneida County Event Center over the weekend, following the Banquet to recognize the Fireman of the Year and retiring fireman. The event is a highlight of the holiday season, with local volunteers and their supporters meeting to wear their finest, dance, and enjoy each other’s company.

The night was sup ported by the Rough Stock Band, who pro vided the music. The band, led by Harry Sherman, played a range of country, clas sic rock, and pop mu sic over the course of the night, allowing for a mix of slow danc ing and upbeat num bers. Chey Wilson and Carrie Coombs stationed the bar for the night, sponsored by the American Legion. Food was provided by Swaffles and Cream, a new food truck in Malad that features “waffles on a stick” as well as a variety of other treats. Krishelle and Jason Smith are the driving force behind the operation, which is hoping to expand once the weather turns in the new year.

The Firemans Ball is a chance for the lo cal volunteer fire de partment to celebrate the year’s accomplish ments and milestones.

“It’s definitely our biggest fundraiser of the year,” Fire Chief Johnny Blaisdell said. “It’s where a lot of our money comes from for things like new shirts, hats, and equipment.”

In addition to being a primary fundraising event, the ball is also one of the county’s biggest parties of the year. “It’s always a great time. There’s no other event in Malad like it—you can show up for food, and danc ing, and have a drink if you want. It’s definite ly something we love doing.”

This year’s retirees include: Lynn Price, who served from March 1988 to January 2022; Geoff Green, who served from November 2000 to January 2022; Casey Woodmancy, who served from May 2012 to March 2022; and Jerry Thomas, who served from March 2006 to June 2022.

John Blaisdell was honored for serving ten years.

The Fireman of the Year was awarded to Ryon Owens. When asked about the award, Johnny Blaisdell ex plained, “Ryon is al ways one of the first ones to the station when the call goes out. He’s always doing work on any equipment that needs to be repaired. He always stays until the end of whatever we’re doing, and he’s just a good dude.”

Raffle tickets sold in support of the event

also resulted in a num ber of prize winners over the course of the evening. “Hey, every one likes to win prizes, right?” Johnny Blais dell said. Prizes were either purchased by the Fire Department or do nated by local support ers.

Sonny Blaisdell won the gun safe and mys tery rifle. Anderson Livestock won the 6.5 Creedmore rifle. Cey lon Reeder won the Jackpot trip and Mar

la McClellan won the Wendover trip. Sandy Facer has been arrang ing the trip donations for 28 years. Brenda Thomas was the win ner of the originally crafted bell donated by Doug Adams. Jason Smith won the cooler. John Williams won the amazing quilt created by Carrie Hess. Gar en Atkinson won the binoculars donated by Kent’s Market in Trem onton.

The Oneida County Long Term Care at the Nell J. Redfield Memorial Hospital is having its 16th Annual “Giving Tree” this holiday season. Long Term Care will be accepting monetary donations until December 9 to purchase Christmas gifts for the residents. Please mail donations to Oneida County Long Term Care, Kathy Hubbard,150 N. 200 W., Malad, ID 83252

appreciate your support in making this a special holiday season for the residents at your local nursing home.

Wendy and (Fireman of the Year) Ryon Owens

Chey Wilson and Carrie Coombs

The Ball was a chance for everyone to come out in their finest

The Fire Department prepares to hand out raffle prizes

Justin Schwartz, Jerry Thomas, John Williams, Johnny Blaisdell, Geoff Green, and Lynn Price

Dancing to the Rough Stock Band

Swaffles and Cream made a big splash at the concession stand

Inventors on Display at the Elementary

Malad Elementary School’s “In vention Convention” was held at the school last week. The Convention was a chance for students to show off their problem solving and engineer ing skills to the large crowd of par ents who flocked to see this year’s inventions, which ranged from the utterly practical to the more quixotic.

The Invention Convention is a re cent program from Malad Elemen tary School to increase interest and involvement with STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) subjects. Students were encouraged to identify something that could be improved, or a problem that could be solved, and come up with a plan and model of their idea.

On the practical side, Isaac Bird invented movable hand grips for monkey bars, which would allow both shorter and taller kids to have equal access to the equipment. Bent ley Godfrey developed a “gun strap” that would allow hunters and users of fire arms to keep them accessi ble and usable in a variety of cir cumstances. Jocelyn Purdum’s “Jar Scooper” is a device that fits into the underside of a jar lid, and allows the user to turn it order to fully remove the jars contents before throwing it away. Kaicen Clark decided to im prove the function of lubricant spray to help with a variety of household and other tasks. Sawyer Beutler de veloped a “Refrigerator Spring” to make placing and retrieving items from the refrigerator doors easier.

On a similar note, Sylvie Gleckler developed a “Quick Restocker” to resupply shelves with needed items based on their scan codes.

Ivy Wright invented a “Playful Robot” to help kids with homework, and provide someone to talk to and play with. Draven Wise’s “Foldo-Tron” can create any number of items through 3-D printing, which can expand outside the confines of the device itself to create longer or larger objects.

Cassidy Schrenk’s very practical invention “the Marker Saver” allows users to swing a marker around on a fixed pivot (a string) in order to re store the maximum amount of ink to the tip possible. Gage Steed’s am bitious “Animal Eater Feeder” pro vides a mechanized way for young

kids to feed their animals in the morning with a minimum of discom fort.

Overall, the Invention Convention provides an excellent opportunity for students to learn the basic principles of problem solving and applied sci ence. Each of the projects required a plan, a description, and a model or diagram. The steps involved in cre ating the projects mimic the steps in volved in engineering and mechan ics projects that students are likely to encounter in their future careers or academic work.

Many of the inventions, as men tioned, were also highly practical, which lets students see the STEM

Dragon Doings

By The Malad High School Journalism Class

concepts have uses beyond the ab stract and that engineering and sci ence are things that they can use in their every day lives to benefit them selves and others.

Most of the students on hand were very proud to show off their ideas, and very confident explaining them to the large streams of adults that made their way through the fourth and fifth grade classrooms with questions. While some of the inven tions may never ultimately see the light of day, some of them have an excellent chance of being available at a shop near you soon!

to University of Utah on November 29, 2022. They traveled to many different divisions of the USU Agriculture Facil ity and explored many job oppertunities.

First, they traveled to the Dairy Farm which they were lucky enough to see first hand how it operates. They saw the automatic milker which had alignment lasers to get as much milk from each cow as possible. All the cows have to do is walk up to the milker and wait for the machine to start.

Finally, the students concluded their trip by visiting the campus greenhouses. The green house features many Hibiscus plants that the students were research ing. The Hibiscus was put into many different variables, light intensity, humidity, and water, to see which is more effec tive.

ons started running out of players to substitute in and out for the start ers to give them breaks and that helped the Bull dogs pull ahead and win the game 64 to 33. After the game against Ririe, The Dragons then had a home game against the Grace Lutheran Royals.

New Student

By Kylee Tanner, Brylee Oglesbee and Katie Coatney

We have two new kids from Nampa, Tommy and Levi Angell. Levi is in 9th grade and is 15. Tommy is in 11th grade and is 16. They say that so far Malad is pretty good and their favorite classes are P.E and Auto. Levi’s favorite food is

pizza and Tommy’s is steak. Levi participated in Cross Country and is planning on running track when the season

starts. Tommy is current ly part of the wrestling team and he also is a part of the rodeo team.

Some of our foreign exchange students are Natchan P (Ping) and Praiya C (Bay). They are from Thailand. They are in 11th grade. They think that so far Malad is good. Ping’s favorite food is pizza and her favorite subject is foren sics. Bay’s favorite food is hamburger and her fa vorite subject is art. So far Ping has managed for girls volleyball and in Thailand she played basketball.

FFA Trip

By: Whitnee Waldron, Sydnee Sorenson, McKenzie Leckie

The Malad FFA Chap ter went on a field trip

Next, they traveled to the other farms on cam pus, such as the goat and sheep farm. They got to see goats and sheep that were not just used agriculturally. Some of them were used as ex periments. There was one specific goat that the students and teachers on campus infused with hu man antibodies and were able to study. As you can imagine, this goat is quite valuable and is worth nearly 2 million dollars.

After lunch, they re turned and toured the Meat Processing Facili ty. They were able to see how fast and seamlessly the cattle are processed and put in a freezer to be sold. All of this was done by mainly students, and teachers there to su pervise.

The Malad Chapter learned much about Ag riculture and Job Oppor tunities on this field trip. They were able to ex plore interests and hope fully have a better idea of what they want to do with their future.

Boys Basketball Vs. Ririe and Grace Lutheran

By: Jaden Ward, Austin Jacobsen, Chase Briggs

On Wednesday Nov. 30, the Malad Drag ons Boys Basketball Team traveled to Ririe to face off against the Ririe Bulldogs. The JV team played first at 6:00 p.m. The JV team played very well against the bulldogs but in the end could not pull-out a win. The Varsity team played next at 7:30 after the JV game was done. The Dragons had a sol id first half against the Bulldogs and were only down by ten at the half. After halftime, the Drag

The JV team played an outstanding game with holding the Royals to no points in the first quar ter and four points at the half. The Dragons JV ended up winning the game. After the JV team played, it was time for the Varsity teams home opening game. The dragons started the game strong with a couple of quick three pointers and some good passes for layups that resulted in two points. The dragons battled the whole game and by the fourth quarter, the dragons pulled ahead by a big margin and won the game 55-27. Senior Austin Jacobsen said, “I thought that we played very well against both teams. I wish that we would have had subs in for the Ririe game but it proved that when we did have subs against Grace Lutheran, we won the game so I am very con fident for this year.” The Dragons will not have any games this week.

Bentley Godfrey

Draven Wise

Cassidy Schrenk

Isaac Bird

Ivy Wright

Jocelyn Purdum

Kaicen Clark

Malad City takes first step in becoming a more livable community

On Tuesday, November 29, Malad City took the first step in a fiveyear commitment to be come a more livable and age friendly community.

As one of five Idaho communities who have joined the AARP network of Age Friendly States and Communities, the city will follow the plan of AARP through four steps within the next five years. Malad is just the second Age Friendly Community named by AARP in Ida ho, with Preston being the first. The other communi ties are Boise, Meridian and Nampa, with Cascade to follow after the first of the new year.

The first step of the AARP plan is to con duct a survey and listen ing sessions. Assisted by Francoise Cleveland with AARP of Idaho; Don Kostelec, a private con sultant hired by AARP; and Molly Beseris, Ad ministrator of 4-CASI, a public session was held on Tuesday with local community leaders and citizens who provided input on everything good and bad about the city.

Mayor Joan Hawkins met with Cleveland, Kostelec and Beseris in the morning for a tour of the city, where the may or pointed out areas of development or needs of the city. Afterwards, four one-on-one interviews were held. The first inter view was with Malad City Mayor Joan Hawkins, Malad City Clerk Susan Wittman and Malad City Councilpersons Lance Tripp and Jaime Olsen who pointed out areas of concern. The second in terview was with Mayor

Firemans Ball

Hawkins, Councilman Tripp and Malad City Superintendent Tyler Webster who provided information on infrastruc ture and needs that he sees as important for the city. Commissioner Bill Lewis met with the group in the third interview and related areas where Malad City and Oneida County work together for the community; and the final interview was with Sheriff Arne Jones who addressed needs of the el derly, mental health, and needs of the youth.

Lunch followed with a discussion led by Kost elec. AARP has what they call a “Livability Index”. The average ranking across the nation is 50, and Malad’s Livability Index is 50; which tells us that we are average, but we could be better.

After discussing what embodies an age friend ly community, Kostelec asked the group, “What are Malad’s assets?”

Without going into de tail, the list included the following: our county li brary, which was named the Idaho Library of the Year last year; the actual location of Malad with beautiful views, which provides a sense of secu rity for older people; the Malad Senior/Communi ty Center, which, among other things, provides congregate and non-con gregate meals twice a week; two arts groups; a thriving 4-H program; Head Start, After School Program and pre-school classes offered at the high school; a critical access hospital and specialty clinic; an active Interfaith Council; active Veter

ans’ organizations in the American Legion and American Legion Aux iliary; Crisis Center and Carol’s Pantry; citizens who worry about and take care of their neighbors and others less fortunate, including benefits held for those in need; sports programs in the city and schools; Welsh Festival and July 4 celebrations; Malad is a patriotic com munity that remembers its veterans.

The next area of dis cussion was, “What is needed?” The following list was compiled: We have no independent liv ing center; even though we have a great 4-H pro gram, there is not a lot for kids to do; a gap for activities for kids that ar en’t involved in sports; losing our auditorium; need for pickleball courts; a covered swimming pool and indoor recreation; community beautifica

tion - people who don’t care what their yards look like, collect junk cars, and generally don’t take care of their yards. When all of these points were addressed, Kostelec pro vided ideas and led dis cussions that might help alleviate the issues.

Partnerships were dis cussed, and a short list of groups was provided including the Interfaith Council, the Senior/Com munity Center; the Crisis Center; The American Legion and Auxiliary; the Lions Club; the Univer sity of Idaho Extension Office; Oneida School District; the arts’ coun cils; the Oneida County Library; Nell J. Redfield Memorial Hospital; the Area Agency on Aging. The Administrator of the Area Agency on Aging, Mike Hirschi, provided information on the num ber of congregate and non-congregate meals provided in our area.

Moving forward, Kost elec will identify potential areas of priority for the city to address. A work ing group will be formed from the partnerships identified, and an action plan will be developed. The final step may take several years. It will pro vide implementation of the plan, which may in volve looking for grant

funding for financial help.

Kostelec and Cleveland were impressed with the number of people who attended the sessions and their enthusiasm. The day of activities conclud ed with a ribbon cutting at Malad City, celebrat ing the city’s status as an AARP Age Friendly Community.

SANTA IS COMING TO TOWN

I would just like to you publicly thank the MALAD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT for the won derful Firemans ball that they put on this past weekend. I think a good time was enjoyed by all that who attended.

Deon D. Jones 84, of Malad, Idaho, passed away at her home on Tuesday November 29, 2022. Deon was born May 18, 1938, in Malad, Idaho to LeRoy Owens Daniels and Mary Lorraine Price Daniels. Deon was the youngest of nine children. She attended school in Malad and graduated from Malad High School. She attended one year at Idaho State in secretarial training. Deon worked at Fronks Motor in Tremonton for a short time. On April 8, 1960, she married Carol D. Jones. They began farming to gether and both held full time jobs. Deon worked for First Bank & Trust. She later enjoyed being home and continued to en joy farming with Carol.

She enjoyed playing church softball and coaching a girls team. She was an avid hunter and fisherman. She loved the outdoors, Deon also loved riding horses and was in a Horse Posse and did some queening. She was the cashier of Oneida County horse races from 19621980. She served on the fair board from 1985-1987 and was secretary from 19912001. She was the bookkeeper and sec retary for Pleasantview Cattlemen for a long period of time. Deon also served as bookkeeper for MVI water Irrigation for several years. She taught 4-H beef for a while and supported the Oneida county fair. She is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She served as Young Women’s secretary for

a while. Deon is survived by her daugh ter Diane (Dave) Andersen of St.

Funeral ser vices were held on Tuesday December 6, 2022, at noon in the Malad Idaho LDS Stake Chapel, 1100 W. 1250 N. Friends visited with the Jones family Monday, December 5, from 7-8 p.m. at the Hors ley Funeral Home, 132 W. 300 N. and again on Tuesday morning from 10:3011:30 a.m. at the funeral home prior to the service. Burial followed in the Malad City Cemetary. Condolences may be sent to www.horsleyfuneralhome.com.

AARP officials and city leaders on hand to celebrate Malad's designation as a "Livable and age-friendly community"

Tonight Thursday Dec. 8 Right after the coloring contest drawing

Please note: No photographer will be present

I was a little surprised by the lack of support from our community’s local leaders.

Sincerely, Garen Atkinson

John; 4 grandsons, and thirteen great grandchil dren; she was proceeded in death by her husband Carol D. Jones, her parents and her siblings, Ralph, Lorraine Blaisdell, Farrell, Thelma Wakley, Lela Blaisdell, Rex, Brig and Fern Thomas.

5 YEARS AGO

(2017)

Dr. Rich Moore, Su perintendent of the Oneida School Dis trict, began the monthly meeting of the Oneida School Board on No vember 21 by honoring Lois Willie as the Em ployee of the Month and congratulating her on her recent recognition as the Idaho Library Trust ee of the Year. Willie has taught in Oneida School District for many years and now serves as the Title l Director for both Malad Elementary and Middle Schools. "Lois is a dedicated employee who loves and serves the students of our district." Dr. Moore said. "I com mend her for the marvel ous support she has giv en to our students over the years. We are fortu nate to have Lois as one of our many wonderful employees."

A plaque honoring Mrs. Willie will be dis played in the School District Office during the month.

The Lady Dragons as well as many of Malad High School Girls' basketball team fans, had been anticipating the match-up between the Lady Dragons and the team from Layton Christian for weeks. The girls were excited for their chance to face this unknown opponent on Tuesday, November 28, at the Vivint Center in Salt Lake City, the home of the Utah Jazz.

The Lady Dragons, along with many fans, headed for the Vivint Center for an early af ternoon game. Malad High School senior Em ily Corbett sang the Na tional Anthem prior to tip off.

While the game was fun for the Lady Drag ons to play in, there were several other groups that also enjoyed their time at the Vivint Center.

The Malad High School Cheerleaders and Drag onettes also participat ed by cheering the team on and dancing on the Vivint Center Floor for half time.

Jeff Richins, the Voice of the Dragons, had the chance to be the Voice of the Dragons just like the announcers in the NBA, sitting front and center at the Vivint Center Are na announcing the game for the Lady Dragons' fans.

The Lady Dragons took the win against Layton Christian with a final 50 –– 38 score.

The Malad High School FFA Chapter de cided to take on a service project to benefit those who find themselves in need of the services of the Oneida Crisis Cen ter. The group worked together to tie blankets, which they donated to the Crisis Center.

The Malad FFA chap ter came together for a group activity to tie blan kets as a service project. Most of the group's of ficers and many of the members spent the day working on the blankets.

The group donated a total of 13 blankets, all tied by the students. MDS Gardens and Allen Drug both donated fab ric for the projects. The blankets were delivered

by the FFA officers.

The Malad High Chap ter of the FFA wo helped make the blankets were Hannah Brown, Andrew Waldron, Cody Weeks, Curtis Anderson, Oak ley Paskett, Nicona Wrigley, Michaela Quinn, Ben Waldron, Hayley Brown, Wyatt Clark, Darrenger Wrig ley, Dylan Waldron, Parker Boyer, Shawnee Simpson and Russell Peterson.

10 YEARS AGO

(2012)

Nicknamed “Dreams Recalculated,” a group of nine co-workers from the 75th Medical Group at Hill Air Force Base in Layton, Utah, lived up to the group’s namesake last Friday when they claimed a $1,000,000 Powerball prize from a ticket purchased at Thomas Market for last Saturday night’s draw.

Louise Hotchkiss and Julie Estep have each spent four years going to school while continu ing to work at the Onei da County Hospital and taking care of their fam ilies in order to reach their goal of becoming registered nurses.

After serving a little over ten years as the director of the Oneida County Library, Kay Caldwell retired along with her husband Gene as custodian.

The Oneida County Hall of Fame Commit tee has been research ing Oneida County’s Boxing Legacy. Known as the “Fighting Welsh men”, they captured the district ring crown, win ing in 1937 and 1938 under Coach Warren Harmon and in 1939, 1946 and 1952 under Coach Jess Thomas. The Malad team also gained the runners-up position in 1950. Boxing in Ida ho high schools ended in 1955, and the sport of wrestling was intro duced in 1956.

The Malad High School football team earned its first win of the season on the road as they defeated Ririe in a very delayed game.

15 YEARS AGO (2007)

An alleged dog fight ing ring brought the me dia spotlight to Oneida County last week when the Oneida Sheriff’s Department uncovered “evidence consistent with dog fighting” at a Cherry Creek residence.

Pictured in The Idaho Enterprise are the new Eagle Scouts from the Malad district. Pictured are Travis Garrett, Blake Harrison, Derrick Ward, Luke Beck, Colton Beck and Jake Hess.

Jon Ward, now retired and a former teacher at Malad and Rigby high schools, was recently named to the U.S. Ho locaust Memorial Mu seum’s Regional Educa tion Corps (REC).

During a specially called meeting, Oneida School District’s Nepo tism Policy for Coaches to permit family mem bers to volunteer their services to a head coach, as long as they are not involved in the actu al coaching of student athletes. As approved, the newly amended pol icy states: ”No coaching

staff, volunteer coach or statistician shall work under the supervision of a head coach who is a spouse, child parent, brother, sister, or the same relation by mar riage.”

Benjamin and Re bekah Ward, who have recently been diagnosed with Ataxia-Telangiec tasia (A-T), will be in Littleton, Colorado, to participate in the A-T CureTour. They will be pushed in a stroller by jogger, Tim Borland who has run 63 mara thons in 63 days in 63 different cities to raise money to help find a cure for the rare, genetic disease A-T that attacks children.

25 YEARS AGO (1997)

State Controller J.D. Williams was honored as the only State Con troller in the nation to receive the President’s Award at the national Association of State Au ditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers. Williams was also recognized as a leader in develop ing Electronic Bene fits transfers to reduce the cost to the state for paying welfare benefits and for his efforts as the chairman of NASACT’s Governmental Account ing Standards Board Committee to build a consensus for a new na tional financial report ing model for state and local governments.

When students re turned to school this fall they were met with some new faces – three new teachers. Following is a brief introduction to each one. Julie Green is sharing duties with Tammy Williams in the Business department, teaching three classes in the afternoon while Tammy teaches in the morning. Fresh out of college, Kirk Hillyard is teaching Physical Sci ence and Biology I and II, which is anatomy and physiology. He also helps coach football and basketball. Coming to Malad High School from Downey, Tony Di viesti has students in all four grades, 9 through 12. He teaches Electron ics I and II, Pre-Algebra and Physical Science.

Trent Charles Buehler has earned the rank of Eagle Scout. Trent did a History Fair Project on Hudspeth’s Cutoff. Pictured in The Ida ho Enterprise are Boy Scouts and helpers as they stand beside one of sixteen signs they put up marking the Hudspeth Trail in Oneida County. Those in the picture are: Charles Buehler, Ryan Gilgen, Trent Buehler, Kenny Garrett, Sonny Blaisdell, Dallas Thom as, Blake Buehler and William Christiansen.

35 YEARS AGO (1987)

Parents are being re minded to warn chil dren about not getting in cars with strangers after an incident involv ing a 10-year-old Malad girl. Two junior high age girls reported that they were walking along Bannock Street when two cars drove slowly along beside them and the occupants acted like they were observing

them closely.

Vo-Ag teacher, Kent Scott, has been award ed the Norco Inspira tional Teaching Award for 1987 by the Idaho Vocational Ag Teach ers Association. He was presented a plaque in recognition of the hon or at the Summer Vo cational Teachers Con ference held at the Red Lion Riverside Motel in Boise.

Congratulations go to Mary Davison, win ner of the first annual Outstanding Homemak er Award at the Onei da County Fair. Sec ond place honors were claimed by Ann Isaa cson and Carrie Hess picked up third place. New to the Fair this year, the Outstanding Home maker Award is offered to the homemaker who enters ten specific open class categories and ac cumulates the most rib bon award points over all. The list of categories includes: Quilts, Af ghans, handwork, Infant Wear, Sewing, Baking, Canning, Fine Arts and Crafts, Vegetables and Flowers.

45 YEARS AGO (1977)

Malad has a versatile new physician presently practicing at the Malad Valley Clinic – Dr. Wil liam Shandro. Besides doctoring, the new M.D. has coached downhill racing teams, strummed classical guitar over the radio, and helped put himself through medical school with his amateur photography hobby. Dr. Shandro started at the Clinic with Dr. Gerald K. Goodenough after moving his wife Cathy and children Adam, age one, and Jamie Rae, two, here from Canada.

Todd Jones’ hands just aren’t big enough to hold all the awards and prizes he won for his Grand Champion and Reserve Champion lambs. Pic tured in The Idaho En terprise and helping out is Dan Perkins of Utah Power and Light, who presented Todd electric clippers for also earning Grand Champion Fitting and Showing honors at the Oneida County Fair for his Suffolk ewe.

Principal Jerry Esplin renewed his recom mendation to increase Malad High’s gradua tion requirements. Last March Mr. Esplin urged the board to implement a four-year required English program at the High School, which would include a halfyear of speech. Present ly Malad High requires 18 credits to graduate, and Mr. Esplin is seek ing to raise this to 19. The State recently set a new level of 18 units to take effect for the class of 1981.

55 YEARS

AGO (1967)

Mrs. Sharon Atkinson will be the new librarian at Malad High School for the 1967-68 school year. Mrs. Atkinson will also be the advisor of the Pep Club and of the ju nior class.

Mrs. Elizabeth Sweet en, a former substitute teacher at the Malad schools, has been em ployed full time to teach English II, English IV

and speech.

Ralph D. Clark, who is stationed at Vandenburg Air Force Base, Califor nia has been advanced to Airman Second Class. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Del Clark, Ralph has served one year of a four-year enlistment with the Air Force.

Ergot contamination of grain is greater than average in Idaho this summer, particularly in counties of the east ern area, County Agent George F. Gardner said. The increase of the tox ic fungus has brought questions about advis ability of feeding con taminated grains to live stock.

The Grand Lodge of Idaho, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, cel ebrates the 100th anni versary of its founding when it meets at the Ma sonic Temple in Boise.

A three-day enroll ment of 3,183 set a new high for Ricks College. Classes begin Monday with late registration to continue through the 15th. The three-day en rollment exceeded the total enrollment of the fall, 2,951.

65 YEARS AGO (1957)

With Max Pilgrim as president, the Oneida County Tuberculosis and Health Council has been fully organized, has adopted a constitu tion and is making plans for combating the dis ease during the coming year. Serving with Mr. Pilgrim are Laura Jones, secretary; Udell Champ neys, Joe Mabey, Lizzie Anderson, Adele Peter son and Leona Williams, directors.

Captain and Mrs. William G. Jenkins are scheduled to arrive in Seattle, Washing ton today (Thursday) aboard the U.S. Gener al Mitchell from Japan where Captain Jenkins has been for the past 2 1/2 years as executive business administrator of the Yamato Air Base. Captain Jenkins has been with the Air Force for the past 8 1/2 years, having been stationed at Spokane, Washington, Shreveport, Louisiana and Dayton, Ohio.

Personal income in the United States last year reached a record of 324 billion. This was an average of $1,940 for every man, woman and child in the country-be fore taxes that is. The per capita income for Idaho was $1,466 in 1955 and $1,487 in 1956.

Oneida County’s 11th annual three-day cele bration, which has many additional entertaining and educational features in conjunction with the Fair and Race Meet, is underway at the fair grounds and continues through Friday and Sat urday. One of the out standing features of the Friday activities will be the night revue. The show, “Arabian Rhapso dy”, is being produced by the Clarence Smith Theatrical Agency. In cluded in the troupe are the Gwen Morris Dancers whose featured number is called “The Dance of the Chariots”.

Also seen will be the 4 Ramses, three men and a female Sampson who handles her partners like straws in the wind during their exciting ac robatics.

75 YEARS AGO (1947)

With 33 grid hope fuls, including eight lettermen, reporting for the first practice Friday afternoon, the Malad High football season began with Coach Jack V. Williams at the helm. Lettermen reporting for the first practice were Gordon Vaughn, Stanley Price, John D. Tovey, Earl Kern, Cleve Mor gan, Ray Lewis, Lamont Jones and Melvel Jones.

A celebration includ ing a parade, program, Indian dances and barbeque was held at Washakie Monday. The events were sponsored by members of the LDS church. During the past 75 years, 300 Indians at Washakie have been baptized into the church.

Attending were Elder Spencer Kimball of Salt Lake City, President and Mrs. S. A. Hendricks, Mr. and Mrs. Moyle Facer and Mr. and Mrs. S.L. Smith of the Malad LDS Stake.

The Parade of Homes returned to Malad for 2022 with a number of open houses and public places to spread holi day cheer for the sea son. This year’s hosts included Laura and Jeremy DeJong, Dr. Ed and Paula Thorpe, Doug and Stephanie Crowther, Misty and Roland Amendola, Me kelle and Jeff Holling sworth, as well as the Oneida County Pioneer Museum and the Oneida County Library.

The Thorpe house on 300 E. is one of the first things many people will see as they drive into town, located just off the exit and across from their dental practice.

The Amendolas have re vitalized the house on 63 Bannock street, which has had a number of roles over the years, including a bed and breakfast. The Hollingsworths have a lovely new home on 100 W., which is inviting and cozy. The Crowther’s home on 400 N. Main

is down in a pleasant hollow surrounded by valley scenery. The De Jongs home is nestled in the Field of Dreams subdivision near St. John. Each was brightly lit and inviting for those who made their way out in the dark to seek them out.

Each family who par ticipated in the parade welcomed visitors into their homes and gave them a chance to see the various remodels and improvements they had

made. As visitors made their way through the door, they were greet ed with warmth, smiles, and a tour of some of Malad’s friendliest lo cales.

The tour saw dozens of visitors over the course of the evening, arriving in pairs, groups, and in dividuals as they took in the sights, sounds, and smells of delightful lo cations across town.

The Library celebrated its official recognition as “Library of the Year

2022” by displaying its new shelving, which has increased its ability to hold books by several hundred. The sections are also newly organized to allow for a more fo cused Young Adult and Children’s section.

The Oneida County Pioneer Museum was officially founded in 1992, according to the ornaments it handed out at the event, making this year its 30th anniversary in the location.

The Parade of Homes

was revived as a fund raiser for the Iron Door Playhouse, which is in need of funds for a new roof, as well as build ing improvements. The funds will be used for additional performance costs related to upcom ing plays.

Despite the cold and snowy conditions, the parade of homes was a success, and brought out many people to see more of their community and the people who make it what it is!

Doug and Stephanie Crowther

Lois Willie, Jane Ann Ward, Kathy Kent, Kay Caldwell, Yvonne Jensen, Kami Willie

Paula and Ed Thorpe

Julie Willie, Sharon Harris, Jean Thomas, and Bill Lewis

Jeff, Hazel, and Mekelle Hollingsworth

Laura and Jeremy DeJong

Misty Amendola

Malad Elementary Students that have reached their November goals

Kindergarten: able to write the alphabet both up per and lower case in order

Mrs. Crossley:

• Jacob Roe

• Owen Allen

• Lexi Crowther

• Tate Curtis

• Samuel Tooke

• Sway Martinsen

• Kinzley Hamilton

• Hyrum Jenkins

Mrs. Brown:

• Michael Peterson

• Hutch Hess

• Lydia Clark

• Clara Barnes

• Maylee Hanks

• Rhett Price

• Rosemary Jackman

• Jojo Jones

• Emmett McClellan

• Gatlin Steed

• Ryan Apple

• Gracie Cutler

I can write my

name:

• Braxtyn Schwartz

Mrs. Reiss

• Lucas Deschamps

• Kalista Winward

• Gracie Smith

• Hunter Apple

• Madeline Shandrew

• Hagen England

• Brittany Baker

• Raelynn Patterson

• Elizabeth Kelley

1st Grade: Write a complete sen tence using cor rect, punctuation, spacing, and neat ness

Ms. Ipsen:

• Vivienne Atkison

• Elle Evanson

• Braelyn Bastain

• Jonah Profaizer

• Kallie Nimer

• Aaryah Bywater

• Prezli Ball

• Weston Evans

• Cam Coleman

• Morgan Blaisdell

• Brianna Williams

• Wilford Deschamps

• Ruth Angell

• John Leavitt

Mrs. Weeks:

• Baylor Adams

• Lynk Anderson

• Macie Bennett

• Elizabeth Butler

• Adilee Daniels

• Kempton Daniels

• Haize Davis

• Ragnhild Fesler

• Tristan Hodgkin

• Easton Johnson

• William Johnson

• Ryden Larue

• Kaycee Maloy

• Harper Maughan

• Jacob Palmer

• Izrael Perez

• Emma Price

• Alivia Seamons

• Corbin Smith

• Trig Thomas

2nd Grade: Un derstanding the process of seed dispersal

Mrs. Ball:

•Kyler Blaisdell

• Olivia Briscoe

• Burke Brown

• Aidyn Call

• Ike Carter

• Jack Coleman

• Cora Conger

• Dekker Davis

• Paisley Hamilton

• Paisley Reese

• Kinsley Johnson

• Jaxon Kelley

• Cache Lake

• Piper Lewis

• Austin Moss

• Austin Schrenk

• Shelby Sorenson

• Riggins Sweeten

• Alec Thorpe

• Grayson Tooke

• Claire Wright

Mrs. Hawkes:

• Diamond Anaya

• Parker Carson

• Aiden Chabries

• Hadlie Evans

• Aiyana Frankland

• Daisy Hawkes

• Ryatt Hobbs

• Anthony Hofman

• Blakely Horsley

• Hattie Johnson

• Carter Jones

• Brett Knight

• Zippy McCullough

• Brookell Nimer

• Aiden Ostrom

• Kyler Price

• Taycee Smith

SCHOOL MENU

Malad Elementary Break fast

Monday, December 12 - Ce real Assortment, Waffle, Fruit, Juice/Milk

Tuesday, December 13 - Ce real Assortment, Breakfast on a Stick, Fruit, Juice/Milk

Wednesday, December 14Cereal Assortment, Breakfast Scramble, Fruit, Juice/Milk

Thursday, December 15 - Ce real Assortment, Muffin, Fruit, Juice/Milk

Malad Middle Breakfast

Monday, December 12 - Ce real Assortment, Breakfast Cal zone, Fruit, Juice/Milk

Tuesday, December 13 - Ce real Assortment, Bagel/Cream Cheese, Fruit, Juice/Milk

Wednesday, December 14 - Cereal Assortment, Frudel, Fruit, Juice/Milk

Thursday, December 15 - Ce real Assortment, Breakfast on a Stick, Fruit, Juice/Milk

Malad High Breakfast

Monday, December 12 - Ce real Assortment, Breakfast Cal zone, Fruit, Juice/Milk

Tuesday, December 13 - Ce real Assortment, Bagel/Cream Cheese, Fruit, Juice/Milk

Wednesday, December 14 - Cereal Assortment, Frudel, Fruit, Juice/Milk

• Emma Spencer

• McCall Summers

• Easton Valentine

• Ellie Waldron

• Kody Wangsgard

Mrs. L. Jones

• Charlie Blackner

• Audrey Blaisdell

• Camden Crowther

• Evangeline Henry

• Lafe Huckaby

• Dawson Miller

• Anthony Purdum

• Hannelore Ross

• Raygen Rupp

• Carter Schofield

• Heather Sturges

• Zylee Titus

• Wynn Werk

3rd Grade

Mrs. Lamb: Pass off threes and fours multiplica tion facts

• Nash Naylor

• Jaxon Maloy

• Dax Beutler

• Whitney Roe

• Annika Smith

• James Peterson

• Mahayla Crowther

• Lacie Palmer

• Aaron Wall

• Sadie Miller

• Caroline Butler

• Jace Seevers

Mr. Grote: Read at least 320 min utes

• Adelyn Brower

• Saigelyn Cox

• Alyssa Cutler

• Avery Daniels

• Millie Ektsrom

• Ali Hanks

• Draylyn Jones

• Noah Jones

• Cash Kimberling

• Haylen Kimberling

• Gracie Nelson

• Paisley Olson

• Zachary Palmer

• Payson Price

• Maggie Schow

• Olivia Shandrew

• Brittyn Venable

• Russell Wolz

4th Grade: Passed Multiplica tion By 3 facts

Mrs. Waldron

• Liam Atkinson

• Brody Blaisdell

• Cherysh Brees

• Tayvia Bywater

• Kaicen Clark

• Eva Coleman

• Ruby Coleman

• Harper Daniels

• Zaira Hamilton

• Raygun Hansen

• Cache Maroney

• Riggin Munns

• Elijah Napier

• Kayman Nimer

• Daniel Oseguera

• Riggin Reeder

• Lyla Reel

• Declan Summers

• Thatcher Sweeten

• Andie Talbot

• Emery Talbot

Mrs. Schow

• Devin Ball

• Isaac Bird

• Jase Blaisdell

• Bentley Godfrey

• Levi Hatch

• Lydia Hatch

• Sofia Hess

• Oliver Layton

• Bremington Lloyd

• Seya Martinsen

• Megan Moss

• Kinsley Neal

• Kiera Ostrom

• Taysem Redd

• Rosslyn Sanchez

• Alyssa Seamons

• Ruxin Smith

• Ruth Smith

• Greyson Stewart

• Nora Talbot

• Paisley Van Bebber

• Aidyn Weber

• Ivy Wright

5th Grade: Com plete a 1-12 multi plication grid in 5 minutes

Mrs. Allen:

• Logan Cottam

• Lincoln Berry

• Seth Huckaby

• Ava Fesler

• Wheeler Smith

• Morrison Miller

• Becca Nelson

• Arianna Stoddart

• KaDee Daniels

• Sylvie Glecker

• Andy Beck

Mrs. Blaisdell

• Rose Butler

• Jaxson Kimberling

• Krissy Arnout

• Luke Allen

• Sawyer Beutler

• Jacob Pickett

• Jory Bodily

• Macy Bird

• Sydney Hess

Oranges

Malad Middle Lunch

Monday, December 12 – BBQ

Chicken Drumstick, Baked Beans, Breadstick, Salad Bar, Food Choice – Corn, Mandarin Oranges

Tuesday, December 13 – Pizza Ripper, Caesar Salad, Salad Bar, Food Choice – Carrot Sticks, Strawberries/Bananas

Grandparents Only

Not recommended for parents or kids

By Gramma Dot

“Joyous and ever loyal…”. Those words pretty much describe my high school years, and I have come to be lieve “Once a Dragon, Always a Dragon” is a true statement. The building that was our primary environment for our teenage years came down on Novem ber 29, 2022. It was time, but it was hard to watch. The capstone above the door read “Malad High School 1921” and thanks to some careful demo work that part of the building stayed intact.

The building was old when I went to school back in the 60s and 70s, but it was solid. Three stories of high school ego on a one-block campus that included the junior high adren aline and the elemen tary innocence, was the gathering place for all of Oneida County’s youth. This was back in the day when home school didn’t exist and every kid in the coun ty gathered there for academic instruction five days a week, nine months out of the year. Not only did we get the academics, but we also found our friends. We knew our classmates, every single one of them. That’s part of what made our expe rience as solid as the building. You could count on who would be there and you learned how to navigate life with each one. There were the athletes, the

Malad Senior Citizens’ Menu

Every Meal Served with Juice/Milk/Coffee Dec. 9 – Sloppy Joes, Carrot and Raisin Salad, Baked Beans, Dessert Dec 14 – Birthday Dinner, Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes, Broc coli, Rolls, Dessert

Curlew Senior Citizens’ Menu

Every Meal Served with Juice/Milk/Coffee Dec. 13 – Lasagna, Peaches, Green Salad, Rolls, Dessert Dec. 15 – Ham, Sweet Potatoes, Green Beans, Bread, Dessert

cowboys and cowgirls, the mechanics, the farmers, the home-eck ers, the musicians, the actors and the academi ans to name a few. Our parents sent us for the “book learning” but “life learning” hap pened along the way.

We had some great teachers and, in my experience, only one principal, Big Jer. Jerry Esplin started at Malad High School when our class entered the school as freshmen. When we graduated, he had been with us all four years, every single day. When he retired several years later, I remember him saying he had only missed a day or two in his entire career. He showed up. He was a constant. We knew he would be there. He was solid.

So, as I watched a very solid building bite the dust, my thoughts went to the very solid people who helped thousands of MHS alumni rise from a small communi ty to make their marks in the world. Hopeful ly, we have all contrib uted in a solid way to helping those around us. Showing up, being consistent and always being joyous and loyal make for the Good Life. Go, Dragons!

Victory Baptist Church

Thursday, December 15 - Ce real Assortment, Breakfast on a Stick, Fruit, Juice/Milk

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

Malad Elementary Lunch

Monday, December 12 – Pizza Ripper, Garlic Toast, PBJ/Chex Mix/Cheese Stick, Food Choice – Carrot Sticks, Mandarin Or anges

Tuesday, December 13 – Man darin Chicken Bowl, Eggroll, PBJ/Chex Mix/Cheese Stick, Food Choice – Broccoli, Peach es

Wednesday, December 14 – Cheeseburger, Baked Fries, PBJ/Chex Mix/Cheese Stick, Food Choice – Celery Sticks, Applesauce

Thursday, December 15 – Tur key Gravy Mashed Potato, Roll, PBJ/Chex Mix/Cheese Stick, Food Choice – Green Beans,

Wednesday, December 14 –Chicken Sandwich, Baked Fries, Salad Bar, Food Choice – Broc coli, Pears

Thursday, December 15 –Roast Beef, Mashed Potato/Gra vy, Roll, Salad Bar, Food Choice – Green Beans, Peaches

Malad High Lunch

Monday, December 12 – BBQ

Chicken Drumstick, Baked Beans, Breadstick, Salad Bar, Food Choice – Corn, Mandarin Oranges

Tuesday, December 13 – Pizza Ripper, Caesar Salad, Salad Bar, Food Choice – Carrot Sticks, Strawberries/Bananas

Wednesday, December 14 –Chicken Sandwich, Baked Fries, Salad Bar, Food Choice – Broc coli, Pears

Thursday, December 15 –Roast Beef, Mashed Potato/Gra vy, Roll, Salad Bar, Food Choice – Green Beans, Peaches

This is one of Malad’s most treasured Christmas traditions, featuring the lighting of the Advent Wreath, Scripture readings and special music telling the story of Christ’s birth.

All denominations are welcome! Saturday, December 24 (Christmas Eve)

6:00 p.m.

First Presbyterian Church of Malad 5 Chapel Lane, Malad Idaho (Parking is available at the County Courthouse)

Stone School Improvements

By Allison Eliason

Graduations usually happen at the end of the school year, but Stone Elementary is celebrat ing an exciting gradua tion from Idaho’s School Improvement program.

The school has been a part of the program for the last four years, with teachers, students and additional help working at their very best to bring progress and achieve ment to the school.

The Stone Elemen tary was identified as a school in need of as sistance following the 2017-2018 school year, just as the program was beginning. The pro gram identifies schools in need of improvement based on the students' ISAT scores. As the 2018-2019 school year began, the elementary

school received extra help and funding to al low it the curriculum, materials and additional resources it needed to give its students the best chance for success as possible.

As a part of the pro gram, the school was as signed a capacity builder, someone in connection with the state program to help develop an im provement plan, track the school’s progress and help with any addi tional needs they might have. Over the four years of the program, the school was assigned two capacity builders, Dot ty Evanson from Malad and Jodi Togiai from Blackfoot. The capacity builders would come out to the school often, even weekly, to see firsthand the progress of their im

provement plan as well as give any help the schools would need

The School Improve ment program was in tended to be a three year plan to help the vari ous schools make those changes to improve the teaching and learning within their classrooms. However, COVID played a part in delaying the program as regular schooling was interrupt ed in 2020. Because students were unable to learn in their regular settings and most testing was done from home, the program was extend ed an additional year to make up for the COVID year.

As the four years of being a part of the pro gram ended, the data collected over the years as well as the most re

cent ISAT test scores were analyzed for the various schools to deter mine if they had demon strated adequate prog ress and improvement enough to complete the program. The hard work of the Stone Elementary students, teachers, aides, volunteers and capacity builders paid off to grad uate the school from the program.

Stone Elementary was one of many small rural schools to be a part of the improvement pro gram. Many people believe that with fewer numbers, it should be easier to have all stu dents proficient in all of their subjects but this isn’t the case. Smaller classes often means that teachers are required to teach multiple curricu lums, which can be more

tedious and time con suming. Smaller student numbers can also mean less funding and, there fore, more difficult to have the resources avail able on hand.

For example, Stone Elementary doesn’t have an Special Education teacher on site, requiring the teaching staff to get creative when it comes to giving their students what they need. This might mean having a Special Education teach er come into the school occasionally or it could mean that the teach ers and aides have to do more than their own teaching roles.

It is these kinds of cir cumstances that Stone Elementary and similar schools have been able to improve to help their classrooms and instruc

tion for better learning. The improvement pro gram works to identify the challenges that these schools individually face and what they can do to overcome those challenges.

Stone Elementary is proud of the progress they have made over the last several years and the new strategies and programs they have im plemented to get there.

Even though they have left the program, the school intends to keep bringing in new methods and approaches to help each student learn to his or her best ability. While there is so much that is outside the control of the teachers and aids, they are dedicated to pro viding the best possible learning opportunities.

National Rodeo Finals

Every sport has its culminating event where the best of the best come together to crown one ultimate champion. Football has the super bowl, baseball has the World Series, soccer has the World Cup, hock ey has the Stanley Cup, golf has the Masters and even tennis has the Wimbledon. While all of these sports highlight incredible talent, athlet icism and dedication, there is one that stands out above the rest for its risk, toughness, speed and agility in its own unique way. That sport is rodeo.

December 1st through the 10th features the Wrangler National Fi nals Rodeo (NFR) where cowboys and cowgirls gather at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from all around the world to compete in ten rodeos over ten consecutive nights to see who is the very best of the seven events of the rodeo.

The NFR debuted in Dallas, Texas at the Dal las State Fairgrounds December 26-30 1959. At the time, the rodeo

only included bareback riding, steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding, tiedown roping and bull riding. Since that first rodeo, the NFR has trav eled to Los Angeles, CA, Oklahoma City, OK, Arlington, TX, and Las Vegas, Nevada, adding team roping and barrel racing along the way.

Since its inception, the NFR has demonstrated incredible skill, grit, and determination over the last 63 years. In 1985, barrel racer Charmayne James finished with an incredible time of 14.44 seconds to win the 7th go round. While that time was a feat of its own, what is even more incredible is that the 16 year old James raced around the barrels with a broken bridle. The bit fell out of her horse’s mouth as she rounded the third barrel, coming into the finish with prac tically zero control, yet still pushing her horse on to move faster.

In 1989, Tuff Hede man, who is now con sidered the greatest bull rider of all time, won the bull riding event and finished his final ride of

the rodeo with one of the most sensational rides ever in the NFR. After riding 8 seconds, Hede man continued to ride passed the buzzer an ad ditional 8 seconds, rid ing for his good friend, Lane Frost, who had died earlier that year at a rodeo in Cheyenne.

In 2001, tie-down rop er, Cody Ohl, recorded one of the longest times in NFR history to help him win the World Title. In the ninth round of the NFR, Ohl tore his ACL and MCL as he stepped off his horse after catch ing on his second loop. By the time he made it to the calf, his rope was on the calf’s heels. In order to tie the calf’s legs correctly, he had to cut the rope. As he did, the calf tried to get away, dragging Ohl as he hung on by less than two feet of rope. Final ly stopping the calf, the cowboy flanked him, threw off the cut rope and carried on with two wraps and a hooey as if it had been any other run. After throwing his hands in the air to finish his run, he collapsed to the ground and had to be

carried out of the arena. Had he not finished that round, he wouldn’t have won his third World TieDown Roping Title.

Over the 620 rodeos performed at the NFR, cowboys and cowgirls have wowed their fans time and time again with incredible talent and ath leticism. But it's what the viewers can’t see that sets rodeo athletes apart from others.

These competitors have to pay to play, un like any other sport out there. Every rodeo re quires an entrance fee and if a cowboy doesn’t pay, he doesn’t play. If he doesn’t play, he can’t win. And the more a cowboy plays, the better chance he has at qualify ing for the finals at the end of the season. A pro rodeo cowboy with eyes set on competing at the finals goes to an aver age of 125 rodeos in one year with the average fee of $370.

Rodeo athletes have a dose of crazy that might outdo any other athlete. Any man that straps himself onto the back of a 1,500 pound bucking bull that is an athlete of

his own, bred to jump and spin faster than a cowboy can stay on, has to be crazy.

Cowboy grit is some times all that keeps some athletes in the game.

Where other pro ath letes have contracts with a team to play for so many years, a cowboy only remains relevant in the game if he wins. That means that rodeo athletes compete even when they should throw in the towel. Bull rider

JB Mauney rode with his off hand in several rode os after a bull stepped on and broke his riding hand instead of giving in to injury in 2012. His story is just one of thou sands of cowboys and cowgirls that refuse to quit.

Rodeo requires a dif ferent sort of strategy than most other sports. In a unique way, cow boys and cowgirls de pend on their livestock to perform at an elite level to help them rise to the top, even though they have to beat them in the various events. The faster a calf breaks out, the faster the run a rop er will have. The high

er a horse jumps, the better the score a rider will have. A faster and stronger animal gives the cowboy a tougher run altogether. But if the cowboy comes out ahead, they have a better chance to win it all.

Very few sporting competitions determine a winner in such little time. Most games or events determine a win ner by who can outlast or outscore their opponent, having ample time and opportunities to make up for any mistakes. But in rodeo there are only a few precious seconds to claim glory and the world title or lose it all together.

It can’t be denied that rodeo is truly an incredible sport of strength, ability, agility and courage. The NFR puts together ten nights of the very best rodeo, showcasing the great est skill and talent these cowboys and cowgirls can offer. Just one night is sure to prove how in credible these athletes and this sport is.

ONEIDA COUNTY

SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Anvil Oyler, Malad, speeding, $33.50, costs $56.50

Braylin Tripp, Malad, driving too closely, $33.50, costs $56.50

Steven Barfuss, Tremonton, fail to obey traffic control devices, $33.50, costs $56.50

Cage Giles, Malad, fail to register annually, $10.50, costs $56.50

Sara Taylor, Malad, speeding, $33.50, costs $56.50

MALAD CITY

Brian Naylor, Eagle Mountain, fail to obey traffic control device, $33.50, costs $56.50

Steven Udy, Rockland, speeding, $33.50, costs $56.50

Jakob Heyder, Malad, $33.50, costs

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1863

1864 James Clerk Maxwell's paper "A Dynamical Theory of the Electro magnetic Field" is first read by the Royal Society in London (published by the Royal Society 1865)

1864 The Clifton Suspension Bridge, designed by Isambard King dom Brunel, is finally opened in Bris tol, England, 5 years after his death 1931 Coaxial cable patented

1941 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers "Day of Infamy" speech to U.S. Congress a day after the

$56.50

Melissa Robbins, Garland, $33.50, costs $56.50

IDAHO STATE POLICE

Shedrack Falodun, Rexburg, speed ing (16 mph or over), $98.50, costs $59.50

Angela Hartley, Ogden, speeding, $33.50, costs $59.50

Christopher Laws, Happy Valley, commercial vehicle speed limitation -5 or more axles & weight more than 26,000, $33.50, costs $56.50

Aaron Taylor, Seattle, speeding, $33.50, costs $56.50; fail to provide proof of insurance, $75.00, costs $56.50

Chad Trudell, Salem, speeding (16 mph or over), $98.50, costs $56.50; fail to provide proof of insurance, $75.00, costs $56.50

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1987 U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles

2010 With the second launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first privately held company to suc cessfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft

2019 Polar explorers Mike Horn and Børge Ousland complete an 1,800 km (1,118 miles) journey on drifting ice in darkness in the Arctic

BIRTHDAYS

Louis Brock, Dec 9

John Servoss, IV, Dec. 9

Louise Williams, Dec. 9

Wayne Clark, Dec. 10

Gaven Hoskins, Dec. 10

Chesley Lewis, Dec. 10

David Baker, Dec. 11

Kooper Daniels, Dec. 11

Ruth Huggins, Dec. 11

Stephanie Mason, Dec. 11

Amber Jeppsen, Dec. 11 Dick Robbins, Dec. 11

Shirlee Ward, Dec. 11

Chris Bowen, Dec. 12

Debra Clark, Dec. 12

Mikell Daniels, Dec. 12 Danece Hess, Dec. 12

Richard Higley, Dec. 12

Jason VanBebber, Dec. 12

Irene Bird, Dec. 13

Kathryn Dawson, Dec. 13

Donna Goddard, Dec. 13

Rhonda Neal, Dec. 13

Jaron Purdum, Dec. 13

Blaine Bird, Dec. 14

Ashley Harrison, Dec. 14

Chris Wright, Dec. 14

Mary Allen, Dec. 15

Chloe Thomas, Dec. 15

Jean Thomas, Dec. 15

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Bailey Wise, Dec. 15

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High Game - Rachel Green 183 High Series - Rachel Green 464

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High Game – Marty Hill 235 High Series – Marty Hill 581 Other 200 Games – Danny Smith 233, Kevin Valentine 225

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by a stronger than usual northwesterly wind. As a result, he lost a part of his Malad City map. The North Pole Communications Office has asked the Idaho Enterprise for help locating the chimneys in question. Below, you will find a set of pictures taken from Santa’s network of the chimneys in question. He would very much appreciate the ef fort if you were able to help track down the addresses that go along with them. The area in question is from the intersection of 1st West and Bannock, then to 2nd West, up to where it meets 7th North. As you look for these addresses, Santa reminds you to please be courteous—don’t block any roadways or park in driveways as you look, and be aware that home owners don’t need any extra traffic in their own lives.

GOOD CHIMNEY SCOUTING!

The pictures will run in the December 8th and 15th editions of the paper. Entry forms need to be submitted by the end of busi ness on December 19th, to The Idaho Enterprise Office and the winner (the person or persons with the most correct answers) will be notified in the December 22nd edition of the paper. If there are multiple fully correct entries, they will be entered into a random drawing to select the winner.

#5467-12-8-22-T1

Nevaeh Elyse Driskel

1938 W. Samaria Lane Malad, Idaho 83252 208-766-3786 nevaehedriskel@gmail.com

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 6TH JUDICIAL DISTRICTFOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA

IN RE: Nevaeh E. Driskel Case No. CV36-22-0138

NOTICE

OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Adult or Emancipated Minor)

A Petition to change the name of Nevaeh Driskel, now residing in the City of Malad, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Oneida County, Idaho.

The name will change to Nevaeh Hobson. The reason for the change in name is: To disconnect from the last name.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 1 o'clock p.m. on January 17, 2023, at the Oneida County Courthouse.

Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

Date: November 29, 2022

CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT Diane Skidmore #5466-12-8-15-22-29-22-T4

in Downey and Malad (208) 221-7232

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

Leigh Love

Matthew L Colton Oneida Treasurer Oneida Auditor

GIRLS BASKETBALL

It has been a busy week for the Lady Drag on basketball team as they have filled their days with basketball games at home and away. All the opponents they faced were from tough, competitive pro grams pushing the MHS team to play at a higher level.

Tuesday, December 1, the Lady Dragons host ed the Bear River Bears of Tremonton in a tough matchup. The two teams played neck and neck throughout the game and if the ball had just had a few lucky bounces in Malad’s favor, the out come of the game could have been very different.

The Bears ultimately beat the Lady Dragons, 52-40, but the MHS team didn’t go down without a fight.

Bear River brought a tough, full court press that didn’t take long for Malad to find a way to move passed their de fense and settle into their offense. Right off the bat, Izzy Haycock sank a three pointer to prove

that the Lady Dragons were going to compete from start to to finish.

Malad brought their own tough defense making Bear River rush their shots, pick up the ball short, have poor passes and travel. Riglee Peter son and Hallie Horsley led the team with steals, each with 5.

Following their game with Bear River, the Lady Dragons headed to Logan High to face off against the Griz zlies. Haycock was first to grab the ball at the tip off, taking into Dragon territory where she quickly found Hal lie open under the hoop. With a fast pass inside, the girls connected and Horsley put it in for the first two points of the game.

Malad worked to at tack the hoop, moving for fast breaks and driv ing in against the de fense to get good shots off. Oaklie Hebdon led the team with 15 points of the night. When their shots didn’t fall, the team was quick to re

BOYS BASKETBALL

The Boys Basketball enjoyed their first week of regular season games, taking first to the road to play against the Ririe Bulldogs and then play ing for their home crowd as they hosted the Grace Lutheran Royals. The highlight of the week was winning their home opener against a team that had previously beaten the Dragon basketball team.

Malad’s first game of the season proved to be a tough night as they went up against the Bulldogs Wednesday, November 30. Their team consists of several seasoned play ers that all have the build, skill, and discipline to be a great ball player. The Dragons had their work cut out for them to keep up with such a competi tive team.

Austin Jacobson scored first for Malad, taking the ball under the hoop and maneuvering around the defense to lay it in for the Dragons for two points. Not long after, Jaden Ward added another three points as Braylin Tripp inbounded the ball un der the basket after Ririe tipped it out of bounds. Unfortunately, the Drag ons weren’t able to keep up this fast paced scoring game but did still manage to have a lot of good op portunities throughout the night. Defensively, they held Ririe from running away with the game, a great feat itself.

The team’s goals in ev ery game is to play sol id man to man defense, execute well on offense and out rebound their op ponents. The Bulldogs challenged the Dragons on every front as they worked to accomplish their goals. Their skill and size added chaos to Malad’s game, frustrating their best attempts both on offense and defense.

In no way did the MHS team back down as they played such an intense game. Coach Zack Beut ler said of the game, “I was pleased with the way our kids played and de fended. Through three quarters of the game they

held their own and made things difficult for Ririe. We were missing four of our guys this game so we are looking forward to seeing how we can im prove in competing with them.”

The following night, Grace Lutheran came to Malad to play, a game they had been looking forward to after losing to them earlier in the sum mer. Since that game, the team has been work ing to bring a more sol id defense and execute at a higher level on of fense. The matchup with the Royals gave a good snapshot of the improve ments the Malad team has made since that ear lier game. Coach Beut ler shared, “We as a staff were pleased with the ad justments the boys made throughout the game.”

Offensively, the coach es employ a strategy that opens all players up for opportunities to score. They teach that it's about creating different situa

bound and score again on those second chanc es. Peterson led with 3 offensive rebounds while Brynnlee J led de fensive rebounds with 4. The Lady Dragons led the Grizzlies throughout the game, winning at the end with a score of 4928.

Saturday night, the Lady Dragons returned home to play against the North Fremont Huskies, the 2021/2022 State runner up. The Huskies returned several of their experienced players and Malad knew it was go ing to be a tough game to play.

The Huskies moved the ball down the court hard, making it a fast paced game. Malad’s Kiley Miller worked to match pace with North Fremont, both offen sively and defensively. Miller led the team with 13 points, hitting 5 for 7 shots as well as making 3 of 4 free throws while also adding 4 rebounds and 3 steals throughout the night.

Throughout the game,

the Lady Dragons trailed the Huskies by just a few points. North Fremont was able to widen the gap in the third quarter but Malad battled back as the game began wind ing down. With only one quarter left of the game, the MHS team stepped up their offense to outscore the Huskies in that final period.

After a big hit as she went up for a layup, Horsley put in two cru cial free throws in an attempt to close in on their opponents. With three and a half minutes remaining, Peterson and Hebdon made a big stop as the Huskies brought the ball over half court, Peterson stealing the ball to take it down for an easy two points for the Dragons. As the clock turned over three minutes, Miller brought the ball down the court just as Sheridan Brown set a screen to allow the guard to lay the ball in for another two points, bringing the score with in just two points.

Over the next 2 min

Malad Vs North Fremont December 3

Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk

13 4 1 3 0

Kiley Miller

Oaklie Hebdon 2 3 1 1 1

Beth McClain 0 0 0 0 0

Brynnlee Jones 2 2 0 0 0

Izzy Haycock 0 1 0 0 0

Hallie Horsley 8 6 0 3 0

Sheridan Brown 0 0 1 0 0

Riglee Peterson 6 4 0 2 0

Olivia Nelson 2 0 0 0 2

utes on the clock, the Lady Dragons couldn’t get their shots to fall. As the time wound down, the MHS team began fouling in hopes they would have a chance to get the ball back into Dragon territory to put points on the scoreboard.

The Huskies took ad vantage of their time at the free throw line, pull ing farther ahead with each made basket. The Huskies kept their lead to the end of the game, beating the Lady Drag ons, 41-32.

Coach Trevor Jones commented on the week's games saying, “Basketball comes down

to the little details. With the Lady Dragons nev er back down attitude and dialing in on those details, they are sure to make some impressive improvements to their game. We have had dif ferent players step up each game and it will be exciting when we have a night when all our girls step up on the same night.”

The Lady Drag ons next look to play Butte County in Malad Wednesday, December 7 and then head to Bear River to play the Bears on their home court Sat urday, December 10.

tions so that all players are contributing to points on the scoreboard. In their game against Grace Lutheran, the Dragons were able to successfully execute their offense in a way that kept all players contributing throughout the game. Malad took the lead early in the game and never let up. Throughout the game, the worked to pull farther and farther ahead with a final score of 55-27.

Taking the win on their first home game was a great way to begin the season for the Malad boys basketball team. “We preach team basketball at both ends of the court and always tell them the two things they can control at all times are their attitude and effort,” says Coach Beutler. He continued, “They showed everyone that came to watch that they love to play basket ball and maintained ex cellent effort and great attitudes throughout the game.”

Timmy Jensen starts the scoring with a three point shot early in the JV game

Brycen Howe fights his way up to the basket.

Braylen Tripp goes up for the shot

Austin Jacobsen fights his way up for a shot. Also pictured are Ben Peterson and Jaden Ward.

Jaden Ward goes up for the put in as Malad faced Grace Lutheran.

The Dragon wrestlers started their 2022-2023 season this weekend in American Falls at the Dahlke Duals. The Drag ons have 33 wrestlers on the team this year. The Lady Dragons wrestling team has 5 girls wrestling this year. Coach Mor rison “We have a great group of boys this year and are really excited to grow the girls wrestling team here in Malad. A lot of these wrestlers have been wrestling together and for Malad since they were young, it will be an exciting year watching what they can do as a high school team.”

The Dahlke Duals is a two day tournament with 22 teams competing. Malad competed against the larger schools in the tournament. “Getting our kids tough matches is im portant, going up against the smaller schools doesn’t always get our kids those tough match es that help them grow and improve. There is a popular saying in wres tling rooms ‘Iron sharp ens Iron’. Our kids are ready and willing to take on harder matches so that they can test themselves and see where improve ment needs to be made. This also helps us coach es have a better idea of each wrestlers’ strengths are what we need to work on.”

The varsity results from the tournament are:

Buhl defeated Malad 52-36

98 Jack Willie (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

106 Jace Potter (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

113 Zan Parker (Buhl) over Tommy Angell (Malad) Fall 1:35

120 Koy Orr (Buhl) over Trevor Mills (Malad) Fall 1:06

126 Bowen Brunson (Buhl) over Zach Mills (Malad) Fall 2:59

132 Julian Ruiz (Buhl) over Sam Willie (Malad) Maj 13-4

138 Collin Robinson (Buhl) over Cam Bingham (Malad) Fall 1:40

145 Riley Brunson (Buhl) over Gabe Hooste (Malad) Fall 1:38

152 Ruxton Tubbs (Malad) over Trace Nielsen (Buhl) Fall 2:50

160 Hunter Wray (Malad) over Joey Pehrson (Buhl) Fall 5:07

170 Lex Driskel (Malad) over Oakley Ten nant (Buhl) Fall 2:58

182 Blaiz Wright (Malad) over Hector Mira montes (Buhl) Fall 4:18

195 Gabe Finley (Buhl) over Caleb Mathews (Malad) Fall 0:36

220 Kaleb Homan (Buhl) over Mayson Brees (Malad) Fall 0:39

285 Isaac Finley (Buhl) over Unknown (Un attached) Forf

Malad defeated

Canyon Ridge 60-30

120 Trevor Mills (Malad) over Angel Rober to (Canyon Ridge) Fall 2:00

126 Zach Mills (Malad) over Kaleb Hoff man (Canyon Ridge) Fall 0:23

132 Sam Willie (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

138 Cam Bingham (Malad) over Cesar Tapia (Canyon Ridge) Fall 0:31

145 ANDREW PARKER (Canyon Ridge) over Gabe Hooste (Malad) Fall 1:18

152 Ruxton Tubbs (Malad) over Jeric Wilson

(Canyon Ridge) Fall 2:00

160 Ethan Toner (Can yon Ridge) over Hunter Wray (Malad) Fall 0:39

170 JOEL GARCIA (Canyon Ridge) over Lex Driskel (Malad) Fall 2:00

182 Blaiz Wright (Malad) over Jace Tyree (Canyon Ridge) Fall 2:14

195 Caleb Mathews (Malad) over Jalen Perez (Canyon Ridge) Fall 1:45

220 Kiko Garcia (Can yon Ridge) over Mayson Brees (Malad) Fall 0:48

285 Leighton Myers (Canyon Ridge) over Un known (Unattached) Forf

98 Jack Willie (Malad) over Tristan Hempleman (Canyon Ridge) Fall 0:33

106 Jace Potter (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

113 Tommy Angell (Malad) over Michael Pena (Canyon Ridge) Fall 6:40

Malad defeated Filer 90-0

126 Zach Mills (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

132 Sam Willie (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 138 Cam Bingham (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

145 Gabe Hooste (Malad) over Calvin Every (Filer) Fall 1:53

152 Kole Willie (Malad) over Tyler Sando val (Filer) Fall 1:03

160 Ruxton Tubbs (Malad) over Andy Walker (Filer) Fall 0:26

170 Hunter Wray (Malad) over Sean Lewis (Filer) Fall 0:40

182 Lex Driskel (Malad) over Christian Alonso (Filer) Fall 0:16

195 Blaiz Wright (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

220 Mayson Brees (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 285 Caleb Mathews (Malad) over Cameron Butts (Filer) Fall 1:59

98 Jack Willie (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 106 Jace Potter (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

113 Tommy Angell (Malad) over Tanner Ander son (Filer) Fall 2:00

120 Trevor Mills (Malad) over Evan Mccan na (Filer) Fall 0:23

Century defeated Malad 44-36

132

Austin Leavitt (Century) over Sam Willie (Malad) Maj 8-0

138 Roan Ticknor (Cen tury) over Cam Bingham (Malad) Fall 2:32

145 Kyle Olsen (Cen tury) over Gabe Hooste (Malad) Maj 12-2

152 Kole Willie (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

160 Ruxton Tubbs (Malad) over Jaxton Scott (Century) Fall 0:47

170 Rogan Boomer (Century) over Hunter Wray (Malad) Fall 3:05

182 Cortez Keifer (Century) over Lex Driskel

(Malad) Dec 5-3

195 Dailen Corrigan (Century) over Blaiz Wright (Malad) Fall 1:47

220 Caleb Mathews (Malad) over Ekylyn Keifer (Century) Fall 2:39

285 Jackson Geslin (Century) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 98 Jack Willie (Malad) over Brian Rodri guez (Century) Fall 0:18

106 Gabe Pyne (Cen tury) over Jace Potter (Malad) Fall 1:59

113 Tommy An gell (Malad) over Hazen Thompson (Century) Fall 2:59

120 Tucker Schutte (Century) over Trevor Mills (Malad) Dec 8-3

126 Zach Mills (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

Marsh Valley de feated Malad 44-32

98 Seth Lish (Marsh Valley) over Jack Willie (Malad) Fall 2:55

106 Collin Morris (Marsh Valley) over Jace Potter (Malad) Fall 3:14

113 Tommy Angell (Malad) over Cash Rhead (Marsh Valley) Fall 1:37

120 Trevor Mills (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 126 Zach Mills (Malad) over Orrin Red mman (Marsh Valley) Maj 11-2

132 Rocky Morris (Marsh Valley) over Sam Willie (Malad) TF 16-0

138 Gunner Johnson (Marsh Valley) over Cam Bingham (Malad) Fall 1:43

145 Ismael Christiansen (Marsh Valley) over Gabe Hooste (Malad) Fall 1:12

152 Kole Dahlke (Marsh Valley) over Kole Willie (Malad) Dec 8-1

160 Ryker Gibson (Marsh Valley) over Ruxton Tubbs (Malad) Fall 3:06

170 Hunter Wray (Malad) over Jason Jones (Marsh Valley) Fall 3:47

182 Blaiz Wright (Malad) over Kyle Foster (Marsh Valley) Maj 21-7

195 Artzeiz Chris tiansen (Marsh Val ley) over Mayson Brees (Malad) Fall 1:15

220 Caleb Mathews (Malad) over Brandon Cody (Marsh Valley) Fall 1:27

285 - Double Forfeit American Falls de feated Malad 56-27

152 Kole Willie (Malad) over Jairo McLean (American Falls) Dec 10-4

160 Ruxton Tubbs (Malad) over Deegyn Harris (American Falls) Fall 1:03

170 Rafa el Avalos (American Falls) over Hunter Wray (Malad) Fall 0:41

182 Blaiz Wright (Malad) over Manuel Mar tinez (American Falls) Fall 1:53

195 Mayson Brees (Malad) over Salvador Ortiz (American Falls) Fall 0:30

220 Cesar Palacios (American Falls) over Ca leb Mathews (Malad) Fall 2:29

285 Aaron Vega (Amer ican Falls) over Unknown

(Unattached) Forf

98 Jack Willie (Malad) over Josh Vasquez (American Falls) Fall 1:25

106 Francisco Burrola (American Falls) over Jace Potter (Malad) Fall 3:15

113 Nathan Gugelman II (American Falls) over Tom my Angell (Malad) Fall 1:47

120 Kolter Burton (American Falls) over Trev or Mills (Malad) Fall 2:18

126 Mason Aiken (American Falls) over Zach Mills (Malad) Dec 6-4

132 Fabian Avalos` (American Falls) over Sam Willie (Malad) TF 16-0

138 Jimmy Vasquez (American Falls) over Cam Bingham (Malad) Fall 0:30

145 Grayson Williams (American Falls) over Gabe Hooste (Malad) Fall 1:05

Burley defeated Malad 42-38

113 Tristan Vega (Bur ley) over Tommy Angell (Malad) Fall 1:25

120 Trevor Mills (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

126 Zach Mills (Malad) over Benjamin Clapier (Burley) TF 17-1

132 Sam Willie (Malad) over Juan Salazar (Burley) Fall 0:41

138 Xzavier Matinez (Burley) over Cam Bing ham (Malad) Fall 0:56

145 Jay Holt (Bur ley) over Gabe Hooste (Malad) Fall 2:32

152 Kole Willie (Malad) over Morgan An derson (Burley) Fall 1:34

160 Hunter Wray (Malad) over Tyson Holt (Burley) Fall 0:26

170 Bryce Peterson (Burley) over Lex Driskel (Malad) Fall 4:46

182 Blaiz Wright (Malad) over Bodey Bowen (Burley) Dec 11-5

195 Kaleb Strunk (Bur ley) over Caleb Mathews (Malad) Fall 3:03

220 Brock Terry (Bur ley) over Mayson Brees (Malad) Fall 0:53

285 - Double Forfeit

98 Jack Willie (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

106 Cyrek Harrell (Burley) over Jace Potter (Malad) Fall 4:45 Snake River defeat ed Malad 47-36

98 Jack Willie (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 106 Jace Potter (Malad) over Luis Galaviz (Snake River ) Fall 0:47

113 Brian Bensen (Snake River ) over Tommy Angell (Malad) Fall 3:45

120 Jace Leavitt (Snake River ) over Trevor Mills (Malad) TF 17-2

126 Zach Mills (Malad) over Jesse Martin (Snake River ) Fall 0:55

132 Sam Willie (Malad) over Braxton Schielke (Snake River ) Fall 2:31

138 Easton Gardner (Snake River ) over Cam Bingham (Malad) Fall 2:11

145 Gary Hunter (Snake River ) over Gabe Hooste (Malad) Fall 1:31

152 Levi Belnap (Snake

River ) over Kole Willie (Malad) Dec 3-1

160 Ruxton Tubbs (Malad) over Daniel Molina (Snake River ) Fall 1:14

170 Clancy Howell (Snake River ) over Lex Driskel (Malad) Fall 2:52

182 Wyatt Samargis (Snake River ) over Blaiz Wright (Malad) Dec 8-2

195 Mayson Brees (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

220 Dylan Anderton (Snake River ) over Caleb Mathews (Malad) Fall 0:52

285 Josh Larson (Snake River ) over Unknown (Un attached) Forf Malad defeated Wood River 60-15

160 Dylan Moss (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 170 William Adams (Wood River) over Lex Driskel (Malad) Dec 17-10

182 Payton Sorensen (Wood River) over Blaiz Wright (Malad) Dec 7-2

195 Mayson Brees (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 220 Caleb Mathews (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

285 - Double Forfeit 98 Jack Willie (Malad) over Arthur Peddy (Wood River) Fall 0:14

106 Jace Potter (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 113 Tommy Angell (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

120 Trevor Mills (Malad) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

126 Zach Mills

(Malad) over Logan Green (Wood River) Fall 2:26

132 Garrett Larsen (Wood River) over Sam Willie (Malad) Dec 2-0

138 Cam Bingham (Malad) over Matthew Gu itierrez (Wood River) Fall 1:48

145 Emmett Stouffer (Wood River) over Gabe Hooste (Malad) Fall 0:44

152 Kole Willie (Malad) over Oliver Veillet (Wood River) Fall 1:53

Malad JV wrestlers competed for other teams to fill in open spots on those teams. Ayden Pot ter, Rydon Montgom ery, Porter Mills, Zane

Komrofske, Zav Reiss, Caden Jeppson, Kimball Carter, Chase Marti, Car ter Blaisdell, Cale Sea mons and Roper Higley all got matches in during the tournament. “These wrestlers looked great this weekend. Compet ing for other teams can throw kids out of their el ement but all of our kids that wrestled for other teams wrestled tough and got some valuable mat time.”

Coach Morrison said “There is a lot we are good at as a team and there are things we need to work on, I have no doubt these wrestlers are willing to put in that work. We are looking forward to a great sea son.”

The varsity Dragons will compete in Smith field Utah this Wednes day while the JV team will travel to Raft River the same day. Friday and Saturday the wrestlers will be at the Marsh Val ley tournament.

The Lady Dragon wres tlers started their season Friday at the Grace girls wrestling tournament.

Coach Clark “For a lot of these girls it is their first year wrestling and they all did a fantastic job, all bringing home medals. These ladies are really putting in the work at practice and that showed this weekend.” The girls also competed in Ameri can Falls on Saturday and got some great wins there as well. Malad girls wres tling is growing and we are excited to see what the ladies of Malad can do.

Grace tournament results:

Cambree Howe took first place

Cale Carter took 2nd Rylee Neilson took 2nd Dezirae Haven took 4th Braylee Price took 4th

The Malad Lady Dragon wrestling team Braylee Price, Dezirae Haven, Cambree Howe, Rylee Neilson and Cale Carter

Jack Willie getting the pin against Century

Caleb Mathews pinning the Century wrestling

Ruxton Tubbs pinning his Snake River oppo nent