5 YEARS AGO (2018)

The Malad High School Cheerleaders started preparations for the 2018-2019 school year by attending USA Cheer Camp, hosted by Utah State University.

At Cheer Camp, the Malad squad received a Superior Overall-All Team award, the Most Improved Team award, and a Spirit award. They also received Superior rating on their Home Routine evaluation and the last day Final Game-time evaluation.

Those attending camp were seniors Abrielle Goddard, Breelle Daniels, Brenna Williams, Sadie Giles and Walker Olsen, juniors MaTece Davis, Jordan Brown, Ashlynn Brown, Hannah Jo Bird, Hallee Kimberling, and Jasmine Boling, sophomore 

Hannah Brown and freshmen Jade Daniels, Breanna Lloyd, Callie Jensen, Kadence Parsons and Julia Nicolson. The cheerleaders are coached by Jennifer Hill.

The 2018-2019 Malad High School Dragonettes spent most of a week preparing for the upcoming school year as they participated in the Epic Dance Camp. the Camp was held in Park City, Utah, earlier in July.

The Dragonettes learned five dances in three days while at the camp. They plan to use the dances for half time entertainment during the upcoming school year. The girls were strong and pushed through the long, tiring days.

The team received the Most United award.

Those attending Dance Camp were Bailey Timothy, Sydney Carey, McKinna Owens, Savannah Poulson, Marian Smith, Rebecka Smith, Hailey Williams and Kristal Ford.

10 YEARS AGO (2013)

 Come on down to downtown Malad City tonight (Wednesday, July 3) beginning at 5:15 p.m. when Maladites will celebrate the sesquicentennial of Idaho becoming a territory!

The Samaria Recreation Committee has been planning events for the upcoming celebration on July 19 and 20th for Samaria days, which is being revived after a year’s hiatus.

Family History Day sessions held in conjunction with the Malad Valley Welsh Festival were held on Thursday, June 27, where participants separated into groups based on their particular interests. Marianne Crump shared information with a large audience on how to research parish records on the internet; Debra Baldwin taught a group how to pronounce Welsh words prior to a singing session; Van and Teri Price focused on how to get the youth involved in finding out about their family history; Kathy Kent provided information about how to organize, store and share photos.

15 YEARS AGO (2008)

This year, the Oneida County Farm Bureau recognizes Marie Higley and the Doyle Talbot family as the 2008 Farm Woman of the Year and Farm Family for Oneida County.

The call went out for help with pouring the concrete floor for the new Victory Baptist Church, and around 50 men showed up last Friday to lend a hand. The Victory Baptist Church will be holding its annual Vacation Bible School (VBS) the week of July 28 through August and is hopeful that the new church building will be completed and ready to use at that time.

The Junior Royalty for the 2008 Oneida Cowboy Classic features Queen Carrie Ann Christiansen and first attendant Meaghan Olsen. 

The Malad High School softball program handed out awards to their players at a banquet held on June 16. April Neal, Sadie Sweeten, Melissa Winward and Amy Hatch all received awards for the team.

The Malad Rivercats got to see some of the best competition around when they competed in the Omaha Slumpbuster 2008 tournament in Omaha, Nebraska. Team members included Tanner Lewis, Zack Jeppsen, Joshua Jensen, Brett Hansen, Jayk Brooks, Brody Hubbard, Griffin Green, Cortland Goddard, Jason Jensen, Nishon Neal and Coaches Geoff Green, Jerry Goddard, Dean Larkin and Clair Neal.

25 YEARS AGO (1998)

Construction work has begun in Malad on a new Chevron Convenience store with a Burger King inside at the corner of 300 East and 50 South. This location is just off Interstate 15 and will allow easy access to travelers as well as local residents. Dan and Jeanne Earl will own the station.

The Oneida County Farm Bureau is pleased to name this year’s Oneida County Farm Woman and Farm Family of the year. The 1998 Farm Woman, Fern Thomas, and Farm Family, David and Elaine Mills family, will ride in the 4th of July Parade and then will be further be honored at the Farm Bureau’s annual summer cookout, slated for later this summer. 

Playing on the soccer team representing Malad in the Logan Soccer League are Jacob Jeppsen, Burt Willie, Tyson Daniels, Jordan Curtis, Erik Buehler, Brad Horsley, Shane Curtis, Victor Hubbard, Nate Negas, Johnny Servoss, Chris Hess, Rob Ray, B.J. Hess and Scott Marble. Coaches are Randy Willie and Kevin Wright.

35 YEARS AGO (1988)

The full impact of the drought, now in its second summer in southeastern Idaho, showed its full face for many residents of Oneida County Sunday when the Deep Creek Reservoir was shut off only part way through the irrigation season. In light of present conditions, the county is currently looking at the prospects of applying for disaster relief funds, which could help in providing emergency fee, if approved, as well as making possible direct program payments.

Reigning over this year’s Cowboy Classic Rodeo will be 1988 Rodeo Queen Lisa Silvester and her attendants, Leila Weeks and Kathy Bruderer.

Ernest Palmer, a sophomore at Malad High School, was awarded a scholarship to attend the Second Annual Idaho State Summer Music Camp in Pocatello. The scholarships were awarded on the basis of taped auditions sent to camp officials.

Mark Colton spent the week of June 20-26 in Wichita, Kansas, at a National Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) contest, using his machining skills and representing the State of Idaho.

Overall winners of the 4-mile and the 1-mile Malad Mad Dash were Todd Mills, 4-mile Men’s and Gay Whetman, an entrant from Salt Lake City, 4-mile Women’s. Tim Naugler and Shanna Nalder were winners in the Men and Women’s 1-mile run.

45 YEARS AGO (1978)

The Equestrienne Cotillion is eager and waiting to perform at the Oneida County 32nd Annual Rodeo this weekend. Members of the group are Tara Lee Archibald, Denise Jones, Trisa Williams, Vicki Barnes, Jean Schwartz, Jackie Jones, Julie Schwartz, Camille Williams, Adele Barnes, Tina Thomas, Staci Ekstrom, Joni  O’Keefe, Jeanie Napier and Lindell Napier. The group director is Jeanette Williams.

Could a UFO have been sighted in Oneida? The Malad Volunteer Fire Department hosted just one of Oneida’s aerial sights during the evening of the Fourth of July. About 11:00 p.m. that evening a vertical column of hazy light was sighted in the west-northwestern skies of the Valley. The ‘light’ rose from just above the horizon disappearing behind a cloud. The cloud later drifted away, revealing the phenomenon, which, seemed to fade away at the top surface. The ‘light’ remained in a vertical position during its appearance, with the top slightly wider than the bottom. The ‘pillar’ held its position over the horizon until it began to dissipate about 11:50 p.m. In a few minutes it faded out of sight. 

55 YEARS AGO (1968)

Pictured in The Idaho Enterprise, a petite Princess, Roxanne Thorpe, and her pretty attendants, Lyne Smith and Karen Williams, were selected from 38 entries Saturday at the Malad First Ward and will rule at the Fourth of July activities here. Prince of the kindergarten set, Todd Davis and Johnny Christophersen and Steven Daniels will ride in the Fourth of July parade here. 

Freezing temperatures played havoc with Oneida crops over the weekend. Field crops damaged included corn, barley and some wheat. 

Samaria Centennial activities will begin Friday evening, July 5th, with the selection of a queen and two attendants. The contest will begin at 8:30 pm. In the Samaria LDS Cultural Hall. The 10 girls who have entered the contest are all descendants of early Samaria residents. They include the following: Hannah Gae Atkinson, Jacquelin Davis, Fredricka Lewis, Sherri Peacock, Christina Williams, Shanna Mortensen, Janeal Brown, Julie Parry, Jolene Muirbrook and Brenda Ipsen. 

60 YEARS AGO (1963)

“Our five-digit ZIP Code is 83252,” Postmaster Henry W. Thomas announced this week. “Everyone in Malad City will use this ZIP Code on all their correspondence to speed mail deliveries and reduce the chance of miss-sent mail,” Postmaster Thomas said.

Commander Ariel E. Jones of the Ernest W. Jones Post of the American Legion said Malad will send four delegates to the Legion’s annual state convention, July 13-14, at Boise. The delegates from here are John D. Tovey, Wayne Williams, U.R. Waters and J.D. Price.

Jointly managed by S.A. Hendricks, Carl and Carol Dawn Willie, the Malad Department Store is scheduled to open the latter part of July in the building formerly occupied by J.C. Penney Co. on Main Street.

A tree on the property of W. E. and Keith Evans, North Main Street, Malad, is almost as old as the Idaho Territory which is now in its 100th year with residents throughout the state marking the occasion with varied Centennial events The big locust tree was planted by Thomas W. Richards, the original owner of the property, in 1865. Mr. Richards, who came to Malad Valley in 1864 from Brigham City, sold the property to Harriet Bell and it later went to Mr. and Mrs. David R. Evans, parents of W.E. Evans.

70 YEARS AGO (1953)

Royalty at the Oneida County Rodeo, Friday and Saturday, July 10 and 11 will include Queen Billie Ann Thorpe, and her attendants, Miss Delores Gleed and Miss Janet Smith.

Television signals were broadcast for the first time in Idaho by a Nampa station last week. Meridian, Idaho, with a population of 1,810, will probably be the smallest town in the United States with a major television studio when KDSH completes its installation there in the near future.

Wendell Camp, Dean Camp, Douglas Gibbs and Brent Probst will train at McCammon July 11 to attend the National Scout Jamboree in California.

Pvt. Wayne Thomas arrived home from Camp Roberts, California to spend a week’s leave at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Thomas.

The public is invited to the American Legion Auxiliary meeting at the Legion building on July 6. The girl staters, Karen Hartley, Chloe Ann Price, Connie Thomas and Lorana Jones will give their report.

75 YEARS AGO (1948)

Construction of a new power sub-station designed to furnish Malad Valley constant and adequate electrical service, was completed this week by the California-Pacific Utilities and Utah Power and Light Companies. The sub-station built at a cost of about $100,000, is located in Pleasantview, four miles from Malad on the main power transmission line of the Utah Power Company.

Miss Norma Tovey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Tovey, was named queen of the Oneida County 1948 Horse Show and Rodeo at a “Cowboy” dance held at the LaGrande Hall. Her attendants are Miss Katherine Morgan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Morgan and Miss Lorraine Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester T. Jones.

The Malad Valley Posse and the Oneida Rodeo Queen and her attendants will participate in the celebration at Blackfoot July 3. 

A fruit seller from California was fined $25 by Police Judge M.V. Rees for peddling oranges without a city license Friday. He was arrested by Officer W.E. Thomas. He had a large and a small truck full of oranges, the police officer stated.