5 YEARS AGO (2019)

The Malad Distinguished Young Women (DYW) committee will be presenting “Celebrate”, on Saturday evening, May 4, 2019. On that night, one girl will be chosen as Malad’s Distinguished Young Woman for 2020. The program will be held at the Malad Elementary School Auditorium and will begin at 7:00 p.m.

This year eleven girls from Malad will be participating, Savanah Poulson, Jeni Alder JaNae Daniels, Kristle Jensen, Hallee Kimberling, Stephie Briggs, Marion Smith, Olivia Allen, Sierra Hooste, Jenna Peterson and Hannah Bird.

The Malad District of the Grand Teton Council, Boy Scouts of America held its Annual Adult Leader Recognition Banquet on April 10 at the Malad LDS Stake Center. The annual event recognizes the outstanding Scout leaders in the community that make such a great impact on the lives of the youth. This 2019 banquet is the last for the Malad District Boy Scouts of America.

During the quarterly meeting of The Oneida County Deputies, Sheriff Arne Jones explained that he had commissioned a special token to present to members of the community that go above and beyond that’s required in helping the community. He has designated the token as an “Atta Boy” and awarded the first recognition to an Oneida County Deputy and CEO of Nell J. Redfield Memorial Hospital, John Williams.

On Thursday evening, April 18, the Malad High School gymnasium was bustling with many residents who enjoyed the 8th annual Evening of the Arts, sponsored by Nell J. Redfield Memorial Hospital Foundation.

Artists featured this year were Mark Arnout (metal art), Nathan Eliason (leatherwork), Blake Harrison (photography) and Saadia Rogers (pencil drawing). Student works of art by Malad elementary School 3rd, 4th and 5th graders and by Malad Middle and High School art students were displayed. Refreshments were provided by culinary arts students at Malad High School.

10 YEARS AGO (2014)

Twelve young women from the junior class at Malad High School will be participating in the Distinguished Young Women Program on May 3, 2014. The program will be held at the Malad Elementary School Auditorium. Participating this year are Hope Blaisdell, Mikell Daniels, Samantha Daniels, Bethany Gunter, Mariella Hernandez, Breanna Higley, Aubrey King, Paige Peabody, Kylee Price, Nikki Quist, Paige Robbins and Cassidy Stewart.

The Malad High FFA Chapter students competed in the district Extemporaneous Public Speaking, Prepared Public Speaking and Parliamentary Procedure CDEs. Malad had a parliamentary procedure team compete. This team included Rhett Daniels, Wyatt Misrasi, Samantha Daniels, Logan Atkinson, Bradley Clark as secretary and Eric Eliason as President. Malad FFA Chapter’s Parliamentary procedure team took third in the district, competing against five other teams.

The Third through Fifth Grade students at Malad Elementary were excited to present their spring, Production “Making of the Band,” “Making of the Band,” tells the story of a group of friends who start their own garage band. The band explores the different genres of music history from the 50s, 60s, 70, 80s and today.

15 YEARS AGO (2009)

 The Oneida school board held a special meeting April 9 to approve coaches for the fall/winter season and discuss other matters. Trustees voted unanimously to approve McKay Young as head football coach, Camie Tripp as head volleyball coach, and Irene Alder as head cross country coach for 2009. Voting 3 to 1, Trustees approved Chad Thompson as head boy’s basketball coach and Bob Sorensen as head girl’s basketball coach.  The position of head wrestling coach was tabled and will be announced later. 

The annual Hospital Health Fair is set for April 22 from 7:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the LDS Church, 200 West 400 North. Theme for the event is “Treasure Your Health.”

Meeting April 8 in monthly session, the Malad Mayor and City Council set aside the evening to hold a workshop with the Fire District Board about the feasibility of the city coming into the Oneida Fire District.

Lt. Colonel Mike Ramsdell, the author of the best selling book, and soon to be full length motion picture, “A train to Potevka,” will be the featured speaker at a fireside scheduled for Sunday, May 3 at the Malad LDS Stake Building.

The Malad Lions Club sponsored a Patriotism Essay contest for the Malad Fifth grade students. First place winner was Chayce Rowheder, daughter of Tim and Celia Driskol; second place winner was Kallie Thomas, daughter of Todd and Mary Sue Thomas and third place winner was Taber Paskett, daughter of Josh and Natalie Paskett. 

25 YEARS AGO (1999)

The grocery business in Malad will be taking a big leap into the 21st century with the opening of the new Thomas Market at 170 South Main. The store, which opened its doors yesterday, features a hot and cold deli, fresh bakery products, expanded produce and meat departments, expanded dairy and ice cream departments, new high-tech cash registers and a customer service counter. 

Alex Joseph Jenkins will be awarded his Eagle Scout rank on April 22. Alex has been with Troop 456 for one year and was previously with Troop 452 for two years. Alex’s Eagle project was to repaint all of the parking lines and handicap spots at the L.D.S. Stake Building. He, with the help of several others, was able to complete this task in one day.  

JoLynn Price and Larry Nalder spent some time in their Earth Science classes teaching the students about oceanography. This year, they gave those students a chance to see the world under the water for themselves. H & H Dive is owned by Jeff Hampton, from Pocatello, Idaho. He instructed the students on scuba diving and oceanography before they got a chance to try out the equipment for themselves. 

The site of the new Alice’s Beauty Shop was originally a beauty shop owned by Velda Jean Mulder before it became a real estate office, which Alice Moon remodeled. The new shop has been totally renovated: walls torn out, gutted, painted, papered and cement poured by Alice’s husband, Rod, and a friend, Herman Baer. The sign, wrought iron was created by Linda Ivie.

The new tribal council of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Tribe was sworn into office in the Oneida County Courtroom on Saturday, April 17. There were seven members sworn in on the newly elected tribal council. Those elected were Gaitan (Guy) Martinez, Helen Z. Timbimboo, Gwen Timbimboo Davis, Tommy R. Panheco, Leland Pubigee, Shane Warner and Ivan A. Wongan. The reason the swearing-in ceremony was held in Malad was because of its location. The tribe members have offices in both Brigham City and Blackfoot, so Malad was chosen as a central location.