5 YEARS AGO (2019)

Buyers pay approximately $162,250 at annual Animal Market Sale.

Heather Timothy and Dan Cervantez purchased the Grand Champion Quality Beef from owner Bailey Timothy. Ken Tooke, of North Western Mutual purchased the Grand Champion Quality Sheep from owner Dylan Waldron. Hess Lumber purchased the Grand Champion Quality Swine from owner Jenna Petersen.

Roche Ranch, Crump Reese and Lincoln Financial purchased the Quality Reserve Beef owned by Tayson Davis. Non-Typical Excavation purchased the Quality Reserve Lamb from owner Tenlee Sweeten. Bryan Potter purchased the Quality Reserve Swine from owner Ben Wray.

The 2019 Oneida County Fair Animal Sale was dedicated to Ireland Bank. Pictured in the Idaho Enterprise are Tim Ellis, Jarren Cundick, Shannon Cowdin, Monica Tovey, Ginger Davis, Bobbi Anderson, Lori Davis and Bruce Lowry from Ireland Bank and Josh Paskett representing the Oneida Sale Committee.

Oneida County Homemaker of the year is Mary Young.

Mary didn’t make entries in the Oneida County Fair this year with the intent to compete in the Homemaker of the Year; however, she came away with the award because of the most entries and entries of high quality, announced Sharon Harris who is over the contest. “It is a great honor.” Mary said.

10 YEARS AGO (2014)

Top Prices paid at the 2014 Oneida County Fair Market Animal Sale.

DB Livestock purchased the Grand Champion Steer, owned by Daxton Davis. ATC Communications purchased the Grand Champion Lamb, owned by Mesa Paskett. Mountain Valley Realty purchased the Grand Champion Swine, owned by Addler Tubbs. Grandpa Gary Davis was happy to purchase the Reserve Champion Steer from his granddaughter, Aubrey Davis. Jerry Thomas of Thomas Market purchased the Reserve Champion Lamb from owner Tyson Davis. Jery Thomas of Thomas Market also purchased the Reserve Champion Swine from owner Ruxton Tubbs.

It has become a tradition that the annual Market Sale held at the Oneida County Fair to be dedicated this year to a Malad resident and a Malad business that have provided support for the Fair and the market sale. This year’s sale was dedicated to Jeff and LouAnn Thomas and Do It Best Hess Lumber and Home Center.

The Scott and Kathy Ray yard is named Yard of the Month, and it is a labor of love. Despite admitting that it is a lot of hard work, when Scott and Kathy Ray talk about their yard and the work involved, they say over and over again how much they love it.

A new bishopric has been named for the St. John Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Pictured in the Idaho Enterprise are Mike Asay, Financial/Assistant Ward Clerk; Jedd Ward, Executive Secretary; Dan Daniels, Ward Clerk; David Richards, First Counselor; Steve Stayner, Bishop and Austin Tubbs, Second Counselor.

15 YEARS AGO (2009)

Curt Hoskins, ATC Communications and 3R’s County Tire purchased the three top animals at the Oneida County Market Animal Sale. Curt Hoskins purchased the Grand Champion steer from Aubree Davis; Jed Hutchinson from ATC Communications purchased the Grand Champion Swine from Rachael Bullcreek and Brooks Keller from 3R’s Country Tire purchased the Grand Champion lamb from Elsie Thomas.

The 2009 Market Animal Sale at the Oneida County Fair was dedicated to Carol Dawn Willie. She was presented a plaque by livestock sales committee vice president Shawna Daniels.

Pastor Ken Tracy will be hanging up his robes at the end of this month after 32 years in the Presbyterian ministry.

Don Evans won the 47-inch television raffled by the American Legion. His winning ticket was drawn at the Cowboy Classic Rodeo. Rick Madsen, American Legion Commander said the Legion made enough profit on the fundraiser to make the needed roof repairs on the American Legion Building.

Janice Winward was name the 2009 Homemaker of the Year at the conclusion of the Oneida County Fair.

20 YEARS AGO (2004)

Six teams from Malad, ages 8 – 18, traveled to Pocatello for the State Youth Bowling Tournament. Of the 24 who participated, five came home winners.

In Division 5 Brett Hansen and Erica Hansen bowled a 1472 series to place 1st in Doubles. In Division 4, Gunner Call and Gene Bullcreek placed 3rd in Doubles. Also in Division 4, the Girls High Game Scratch went to Erica Hansen with a 185 game. In Division 3, Sam Woodward bowled 687, placing 23rd in Singles Handicap. Nannette Shaw is their advisor.

Four new teachers will greet students as they come back to school. At Malad High School, Janice Bodily and Larry Ward have joined the staff. Bodily will be teaching math, replacing Lucinda Bingham who went to West Side. Ward is the new Auto instructor, replacing the retiring Frank Madsen.

At Malad Middle School, Wade Peacock will now be teaching Social Studies, replacing Ron Piper, who took a new position at Sugar-Salem High School.

Malad Elementary is adding Becky Moss to their faculty. Moss will be teaching for one year while Debbie Horsley takes a year sabbatical.

Models showed off their best outfits as part of the Style Review, to kick off the Oneida County Fair. Models this year included Debra Evans, Rebecca Steig, Kiely Davis, Ashlee Davis ShyAnn Mikesell, Kalena Crowther, Tiffany Williams, Courtney Delaney Candice Principe, Lindsay Davis, Tasha Mikesell, Shala McKinney, Jericka Snyder, Hope Murray, Kathy Evans, Ericka Hansen, Cali Bishop, Madison Jones, Ashley Bercier and Sheryl Tubbs.

Kathy Evans, Cali Bishop and Kiely Davis were named the top models at the Style Review.

30 YEARS AGO (1994)

Four new faculty members will greet students returning to Oneida Classrooms next week.

JoLynne Price will be teaching 7th and 10th grade Health, 7th grade boys P.E., and 8th Grade Earth Science. In addition, she will continue with her coaching duties. She is the head coach for the Lady Dragons varsity basketball squad, plus she coach’s 7th grade girl’s basketball and is an assistant volleyball coach.

Kathryn Atkinson became a resident of Malad when she married Doug Atkinson. She will be joining the Malad High School staff this year, teaching Pre-algebra and Algebra II.

Kendall Jacobs joins the ranks at Malad High School. He is from Sidney, Montana and this is his first teaching position. He will have one class of Earth Science, four classes of Physical Science and one class of Calculus. 

Lynn Jones is a new teacher to Malad Elementary but is not new to Malad. She is married to Terrell O. Jones and they have raised their two daughters here in Malad. Lynn graduated in 1992 from Idaho State University after six semesters with a Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education. She will be teaching 4th grade.

Ned Thomas, son of Erma P. Thomas and the late Stanley Thomas, has accepted a position with the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in New York City. He will work as a research assistant for the New York representative of the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare.

Four from Malad were presented plaques of recognition from the Idaho Coaches Association when the group met in Boise for the annual Coaches Clinic. 

Marvin and Mike Hess received the Distinguished Service Award, Coach Terry Jones received the Coach of the Year award for both basketball and track, and Sheldon Vaughan was honored as Assistant Coach of the year.

40 YEARS AGO (1984)

The over-all winners of the 4-H Style Review program are Kristin Panter, best junior project; Jana Dredge, best intermediate project; Lezlie Williams, best patterns project and Mary Ann Gunnell, best over-all.

Boyd Brown, son of Leo and Leora Brown, was recently recognized as civilian of the quarter at Hill Air Force Base. General Marc C. Reynolds, Commander, presented him the award. 

Sherrill Burnett is a new member of the staff at the Idaho Enterprise. She has been welcomed as a reporter.

Mandy Blaisdell was the grand prize winner of $10.00 worth of fresh bakery items during Deb’s Delights Grand Opener.

50 YEARS AGO (1974)

The Fat Stock Sale will be dedicated to the memory of the late Parry Ipsen, who was instrumental in making the sale a success, acted as chairman of the event for many years and worked each year to make the sale one of the finest in the intermountain area.

Glen B. Williams, Malad, was named as county coordinator of Oneida County for the re-election campaign of Governor Cecil D. Andrus.

Write-in nominees have chosen not to file for office. Those nominated on the Republican ticket were Jay Baker for County Commissioner from District 3 and Lila Crowther for County Treasurer. 

Dan Baker was recipient of a missionary testimonial Sunday night at sacrament meeting. He will leave August 24, and his headquarters will be Calgary, Canada.

Miss Karen Ipsen was among the 2,000 summer graduates at Brigham Young University.

The thrill of a life time came to ten-year-old Darrin Price last weekend as he boarded a jet plane at Portland, Oregon to fly to Salt Lake City. The stewardess took the young man up into the cockpit where the lad saw the actual operations of a giant plane. The plane flew over 500 miles per hour, stated Darrin. The young man was met a Salt Lake City by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Price.

All events but one have been decided in the Malad tennis tournament conducted the past month under the direction of Dennis Evans.

Undefeated Brent Jones will play the winner of the Kim Hess-Don Willie match for the men’s single title.

First and second place winners in the other divisions are as follows: Mixed doubles – Elbert Sweeten Jr. and Connie Burrie, first; Jerry and Penny Blaisdell, second. Men’s doubles – Brent Jones and Kim Hess, first; Dennis Evans and Don Buehler, second. Women’s Doubles - Trudy Hanson and Lyn Goodenough, first; Wendy Sweeten and Becky Crowther, second. Women’s singles – Trudy Hanson, first, Lyn Goodenough, second.

60 YEARS AGO (1964)

Two Oneida girls, Diane Williams and Camille Jones, will represent the District at the Idaho Farm Bureau Talent Find at Boise in November. Joan Ward also competed at the meet. Also attending the meet from Malad were Mrs. Cordell Williams, Mrs. Myron Jones, Mrs. Charles Ward and Mrs. Iris Blaisdell.

Mr. and Mrs. George Bush and daughter Margaret, left for New York where they will meet their son and brother, Lloyd, who is returning from a mission for the LDS Church in West Germany.

Mrs. Cecil John entertained at a birthday party for her son, Larry, who was 10 years old. Nine boys enjoyed cake and ice cream and played games with prizes being won by Marvin Ekstrom, Eddie Williams and Kim Wakley.

Mrs. Owen Jones and sons, Terrell O, and Joe L., again experienced the true meaning of neighborliness when 15 combines and 18 trucks, owned and operated by their friends and neighbors, were moved to the Jones farm and the fall wheat and the barley crop were harvested. About 290 acres were cut in a few hours.

Mrs. Jones, assisted by neighbor women, fed the men a lunch at noon.

70 YEARS AGO (1954)

Gordon South, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russel South, enlisted in the Marine Corps and left for San Diego, California.

Val Hess of Malad has been awarded  a $100 scholarship to Utah State Agricultural College for the 1954-55 school year by the Logan Rotary Club.

The temperaments of horses played havoc with David Willie, Tim Neal and Janet Smith this weekend. The boys were riding David’s pinto when it ran away, bucked the boys into and over a wire fence cutting them badly and tearing their clothes. Janet Smith was horseback riding when an accompanying horse in a quirk of temper lashed his foot at her horse, striking Janet on the leg.

Oneida County Farm Bureau Talent find was held in the Second Ward Church. Mrs. Eliza Ward was the chairman with Mrs. Gladys Clark in charge.

In the first division, Judy Jones won first with a reading; Lois Camp second with a vocal solo; second division, Gail Fifield, first with a vocal solo; Dean Camp, with a vocal solo, won second; third division; Earl Kern, first, with a vocal solo; Dee Grover, who played two of his own compositions on the piano, won second place.

80 YEARS AGO (1944)

The following are excerpts from a letter recently received from 1st. Lt. Boyd S. Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ves Hansen, recently of Malad City, Idaho. This is the second letter received from Lt. Hansen since his internment at Mukden Manchukuo; the last letter having been received approximately a year ago. Prior to that time one card was received while he was interned in the Philippines. His wife last saw Lt. Hansen on New Year’s Eve, 1940, after which the troops left Manila for Bataan. Nothing has been heard of her since that time. Boyd is undoubtedly receiving mail from home by the contents of this letter: 

“Imagine my surprise to find I have three new nephews and one of them at least 3 years old, and to hear that Drue and Mary are married leaves me speechless. (Mary was married in March of this year).

Here I’ve been bragging of the fish in Idaho and dad doesn’t catch any – very bad. Thanks very much for the package.

Have you heard of Vickie, (his wife) which I have not. I suspect she’s in the states now.

Time here is passing quite quickly, considering the fact that one day is exactly like another except for the few occasions something out of the ordinary happens. At the present time I’m studying mathematics with the help of some of the other officers, and a little Japanese language. I will graduate to Electrical Engineering in a few months – special Hoten Prison Camp diploma.

The majority of us are in excellent health and our spirits are quite high.

Tell Verda, Khalil, and everybody to write, as all letters are welcome.

I was uninjured in the war and received a decoration, the Silver Star.

Love to everyone and write often.”

The war department has announced the award of a silver star to S/Sgt. Boyd Van Horn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Van Horn of Arbon, Idaho.

Van Horn’s citation told how, when the enemy followed up a heavy artillery barrage by attacking the American lines in Italy on February 16, Van Horn, at the company command post, realized that his machine-gunners failed to see the enemy approaching.

“He ran 150 yards across the open flat country to point out the enemy to his gunners, disregarding artillery shells bursting a few yards from him and bullets hitting the dirt inches from him.”

It continued: “He ran from gun to gun, pointing out the enemy to each gunner and then operating one gun himself, inflicting more than 20 casualties on the enemy. His action was directly instrumental in smashing the German attack and in preventing our troops from being overrun.”