Samaria Days

Just in time for the Pioneer Day weekend, the Samaria Days celebration and classic Stone Rodeo will head to the valley.  

Friday, July 21 will see the kickoff for events at this year’s celebration of Samaria.  Events will be held at Samaria Centennial Park.  The Blue Goose will be open all day, and Doug’s Burger Shack will open at 7 p.m.  Friday night will feature the Queen contest (for girls ages 12 through 18).  For more information on the event or to register, contact Cortney Owen at 1-208-226-6274.  Friday will end with a Fireside Gathering and S’Mores, followed by a movie at the park once the sun goes down.

The Blue Goose will be open again all day on Saturday, which will officially begin with a flag raising ceremony at 7:30 a.m.  Registration for the Blue Goose Chase Fun Run will begin at 6:30 a.m.  The Race will feature a 1 mile, 5K, and 10K walk/run for a $10 entry fee.  Text Alaina at 1-208-860-4599 for a link to early registration.

The Community pancake breakfast will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. , and a Bake Sale throughout the day.  

Line up for the parade will begin at 8:20 a.m., with judging at 8:30 a.m.  “Floats, tractors, bikes, horses, ATVs, local businesses, trucks, and etc” are all welcome to sign up for the parade.  The parade itself will begin at 9:15 a.m.

The Frontier Auction will take place beginning at 10:00 a.m.  Donations are still being accepted.  Kevin can be contacted at 1-801-430-5785 for more information.  

At the same time, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, a variety of water games and kids’ games will be held in the park to keep kids happy while their parents bid on a wide variety of items up for auction.  

More entertainment is planned for the 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. block, and the day will end with the Sawdust Scramble and Chicken Chase at 1:00 p.m.  

The day is a great opportunity to spend a nice summer day in Samaria with friends, family, and members of the community.  

Curlew/Stone Rodeo

The Curlew Valley Amateur Rodeo in Stone, Idaho has been a fixture of the summer for the last seventy years.  Its seventy-first year will kick off at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, July 24, and continue at the same time on Tuesday, July 25.  The rodeo will feature ribbon roping, kids calf riding, bareback riding, team roping, wild horse race, women’s barrel racing, saddle bronc riding, breakaway roping, stock saddle bronc, bull riding, calf roping, and refreshments.  

Books open Monday July 17 at 6 p.m. 

Admission prices are $5.00 for adults, $2.00 for kids, with under 6 years of age admitted free with a parent.  

This year, $500 added rough stock All-around is on the table. 

Rodeo Secretary Diane Skidmore can be contacted at 1-208-390-3601 for more information about the event.

Little League Tournament

Malad is set to hold the 65th Annual Malad Little League Tournament beginning Thursday, July 20 through Saturday, July 22, being held at both the Malad City Park and Pioneer Park.  The tournament features a Minor League bracket for 10U games and a Major League bracket for 12U games with seven teams entered in each bracket.  At it’s 65th year, the tournament is Idaho’s longest continuously running tournament, drawing tough competition and an impressive lineup each year.

Teams playing in the tournament include teams from Preston, Bear Lake, and Malad as well as the Cache Valley Titans, the North Cache Cats, the Vipers, the Caribou Crushers, the Pocatello Renegades, Yetis, and the Cache Valley Commanders.  The tournament games will begin with pool play on Thursday morning which will seed into a single elimination tournament beginning Friday afternoon.  The championship games are scheduled to be played Saturday afternoon.  Each game will be played to five innings or to 75 minutes, whichever happens first.  In addition to the tournament games, there will be a watermelon bust and home run derby for the minor league, major league and adults Friday evening beginning around 6:15 p.m.

The schedule for the Minor League bracket beginning Thursday goes as follows- 8:00 a.m. Pioneer Park North Cache Cats vs. Preston (10U), 9:30 a.m. Pioneer Park Bear Lake (9U) vs Cache Valley Titans, 10:15 a.m. North Field Caribou Crushers vs. North Cache Cats, 11:00 a.m. Pioneer Park Bear Lake (9U) vs. Preston (10U), 11:45 a.m. North Field Cache Valley Titans vs. Preston (8U), 1:15 p.m. North Field Vipers (9U) vs. Caribou Crushers, 2:45 p.m. North Field Vipers (8U) vs. Bear Lake (10U), 4:15 p.m. North Field Malad All Star Braves vs. Preston (8U), 5:45 p.m. North Field Bear Lake (10U) vs. Vipers (9U), 7:15 p.m. North Field Vipers (8U) vs. Malad All Star Braves.  

Friday continues as follows- 7:30 a.m. North Field Vipers (8U) vs. Preston (10u), 9:00 a.m. North Field Vipers (9U) vs. North Cache Cats, 10:30 a.m. North Field Cache Valley Titans vs. Bear Lake (10u), 12:00 p.m. North Field Caribou Crushers vs Preston (8U), 1:30 p.m. North Field Malad All Star Braves vs Bear Lake (9U).  The single elimination bracket will begin with its opening game at 3:15 p.m.

The schedule for the Major League beginning Thursday goes as follows- 7:00 a.m. South Field Preston (12U) 

vs. Bear Lake (11U), 7:00 a.m. North Field Malad All-Stars vs. Preston (11U), 8:30 a.m. South Field Bear Lake (11U) vs. Pocatello Renegades (South Field), 8:30 a.m. North Field Bear Lake (12U) vs. Preston (11U), 10:00 a.m. Pocatello Renegades vs. Preston (12U), 11:30 a.m. Malad All-Stars vs. Cache Valley Commanders, 1:00 p.m. Bear Lake (12U) vs .Vipers (12U), 2:30 p.m. Vipers (11U) vs. Cache Valley Commander, 4:00 p.m. Vipers (12U) vs. Yetis, and 5:30 Yetis vs. Vipers (11U).

Friday continues as follows- 7:30 a.m. Vipers (12U) vs. Preston (12U), 9:00 a.m. Malad All-Stars vs. Yetis, 10:30 a.m. Bear Lake (12U) vs. Vipers (11U), 12:00 p.m. Pocatello Renegades vs. Preston (11U), and 1:30 p.m. Cache Valley Commander vs. Bear Lake (11U).  The single elimination bracket will begin with its opening game at 3:15 p.m.    

The events are nicely placed between the fourth of July/Welsh Festival and the Fair as a way to experience what summer in the Malad Valley has to offer.  Make your plans to attend as much as you can!