5 YEARS AGO (2020)

Dale F. Tubbs and his family received the Century Ranch Award Friday, October 2 at their Bull Canyon Ranch in Malad. The Century Ranch Award honors and recognizes families that have continually owned and actively farmed and ranched the same land their ancestors did 100 years ago or more. Jim Johnson, Idaho State Historical Society Board of Trustee, District 6, presented Dale and his family a Century Ranch Certificate signed by Governor Brad Little, Idaho State Historical Society Executive Director Janet L. Gallimore, and Department of Agriculture Director Celia Gould, and a commemorative Century Ranch sign.

10 YEARS AGO (2015)

Glen Wallace, originally form Shelley, Idaho has become the newest officer for the Oneida County Sheriff’s office. Born and raised in Shelley, Ben graduated from Shelley High School in 2003.

SEITec students relax on a hike at the Malad Summit. Pictured in The Idaho Enterprise are Malad students Ashley Hess, Amy Kuhn, Kayla Hudnell, Rachel Green and Bailey Hawkes.

The Malad Lodge #51 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons joined with the Malad School District to support the Accelerated Reading Program by Renaissance Learning, a national literacy program at the Malad Elementary.

Malad Masons Kary Peterson and Shawn Udy presented a check for prizes for the Malad Elementary Accelerated Reading Program. Pictured in The Idaho Enterprise with Peterson and Udy are Rebecca Firth, Brigette Coburn and Tristan Walton, the high school students who run the AR Store.

The Malad High School Volleyball team claimed the Championship at the Malad Invitational Volleyball Tournament, on Saturday, October 3.

Members of the team include Lindsay Sorensen, Emmah Peterson, Sami Williams, McKenna Cummins, Tabor Paskett, Hanah Peterson, Taya Thorpe, Rylee Tripp, Paityn Tripp, Brittlyn Hubbard, manager Natalie Jensen and Coaches Alicia Seamons, Gia Haycock and Cami Tripp.

15 YEARS AGO (2010)

Mechelle Hill and Bubba Crump were selected by the student body to reign over the Malad High School Homecoming Activities as the 2010 Homecoming Queen and King. Joining the pair in the royalty were Beth Blaisdell as Princess, Kendal King as Prince, Ashlee Checketts as Duchess and Cody Hess as Duke.

Governor Butch Otter will make a brief stop in Malad on Friday, October 15, as part of his two-week, statewide tour. Otter and several others embarked this week on the tour that will cover 90 different communities.

The members of the Malad High School Bands of 1930, 1940, and 1941 will be honored at Malad High School’s Homecoming on October 8. These bands, under the direction of Charles Ratcliffe, won first place in national regional competitions held in Pocatello, Ogden, and Grand Junction, Colorado, in all three categories: concert, sight-reading, and marching. As members of these bands remember, “We had outstanding bands in those days. We learned to march military style, which impressed the judges.”

20 YEARS AGO (2005)

State, regional and local dignitaries joined the general public and Hess Pumice/Owens Corning employees for a September 27 Ribbon Cutting ceremony that officially opened the new Hess Stone Veneer Plant at the Malad Industrial Park last week. Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne was on hand for the occasion. 

The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a report of an attempted kidnapping of a 9-year-old female on Friday, September 28 in the area of the Malad Elementary School.

Mindy Allen and Cathy Jensen were excited to open their mail recently. They both received notice that they were awarded $2,000 to go towards advancing their nursing degrees. The scholarships are the product of a program set up by the Idaho Alliance of Leaders in Nursing, which is the newly formed nursing organization for the state of Idaho.

The Malad Middle School Boys’ Football teams are still undefeated this season with just one more game to go. 

25 YEARS AGO (2000)

Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne has announced Malad’s own cowboy poet, Colen Sweeten, is a year 2000 recipient of a Governor’s Award in the Arts. Colen was recognized at a ceremony at the Morrison Center in Boise. Artists in six other categories were honored as well. Altogether, 16 Governor’s Awards in the Arts were presented. Two local children, Aaron Griffiths and Cynthia Moss, were chosen to represent Oneida County and participate in this historic event.

Rusty Gamble has earned the Eagle Scout rank.  Rusty’s Eagle project consisted of hanging up the neighborhood watch signs on all roads that entered the county.

The Oneida County Relic Preservation and Historical Society, doing business as the Oneida Pioneer Museum, has installed new tinted display windows on the north side of the museum. The windows were paid for in part by a $750 grant from the Idaho Community Foundation.

The Dragons started off their district competition with a win by defeating Aberdeen on September 29, in Malad.

30 YEARS AGO (1995)

The principals of Malad’s three schools are saying the need for a new middle school isn’t going away. Over 70 new students – a record number – registered here this year.

Five candidates have filed for election as Mayor of Malad: E. Spence Horsley, Neil Martin, Marvin Crowther, Dee Isaacson and Ruth Zivkovic.

Malad’s downtown improvement project should be done within the next two weeks, says Pocatello architect Jerry Myers.

The Oneida County Hospital will receive a $150,000 Rural Health Care Transition Grant from the federal government’s Department of Health and Human Services. It was the only one given in Idaho in 1995. 

40 YEARS AGO (1985)

Two young Maladites had big smiles on their faces having won 10-speed bicycles. Nine-year-olds Melissa Ward and Kirk Tubbs were awarded these prizes for their overall efforts in the Cystic Fibrosis Bike-a-Thon run held September 28th.

Second Lt. Jayson S. Esplin, has graduated from U.S. Air Force pilot training, and has received silver wings at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona. He is a 1984 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

As part of “EMS Week”, the Oneida County EMT’s took the county’s emergency vehicles to local schools where the young people could see first hand what the inside of an ambulance looks like and perhaps become a little more at ease around it.

Veteran Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) from Oneida County are Verne and Louise Hughes and Patsy Bybee. New EMTs just certified in May are Lee Isaacson, Vicki Jacobson, Lon Colton, Beverly Conley, Pinki Schwartz, and Kate and Gary Hill. Verne Hughes is the local EMS Association president, and Pinki Schwartz is the vice president.

J. Wesley Crowther of Malad was sworn in as Lawyer-Magistrate for the 6th District by Judge Peter D. McDermott, 6th District Administrative Judge from Bannock County, filling a position left vacant when Judge Ralph Hadfield retired last summer.

50 YEARS AGO (1975)

The November 4th Malad City Council election is shaping into a real contest this year as 11 candidates have met Tuesday’s petition filing deadline – seven of these candidates are vying for city Councilmen positions and four are running for Mayor.

Recently filing for Councilmen were Craig Jones, Frances Lorene Powell, Marvin D. Thomas, and Don S Evans. Filing previously were Ren Thomson, Zane Gill and Terrill Schwartz.

Filing this week for Mayor of Malad were M. R. (Swede) Hanson and Gordon Crowther. Marvin Hess and Milford Cain had submitted their petitions earlier.

Thursday evening, the Homecoming bonfire and snake dance were led by the cheer squad. Spirit reached a pinnacle the next day in a pep assembly held at school. Kelly Davis was chosen “Best Cheerleader” and Gary Hess was named “Best Song Leader”.

Lt. Dean L. Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay L. Baker of Holbrook, recently received the Silver Wings and was recognized as a distinguished graduate of USAF undergraduate navigator training at Mather AFB, California. Lt. Baker will complete two weeks of survival training at Fairchild AFB Washington and report to Homestead AFB Florida where he will fly aboard F-4 Phantom Jets.

60 YEARS AGO (1965)

A farewell testimonial will honor Elder David Rex Mills at Sacrament meeting, at the Malad LDS 1st Ward Chapel. Elder Mills has been called to serve in the Great Lakes Mission. He will enter the mission home in Salt Lake City October 11.

A farewell testimonial will honor Elder Ben Hughes Call in the Malad LDS Second Ward with Bishop Max King officiating. Elder Call has been called to serve in the New England Mission with headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. He will enter the mission home at Salt Lake City on October 11.

A nearly perfect human skull, another in fairly good condition and fragments of two more skulls, as well as other human and animal bones, have been recovered since Friday in a swampy spring area on the John Nielsen farm at Pleasantview.

After weeks of dreadful anticipation of the oncoming Pep Club initiation, the Sophomore girls prepare themselves for the tasks put upon them by the superior Senior girls. Beginning at 6:00 a.m. Thursday morning and continuing until sometime Friday, the “dunces” will be subject to many types of torture. For example, they will not be allowed to wear any type of make-up nor will they have the privilege of combing their hair. Except for garlic and onions tied around their necks the girls will look quite plain. To sum the initation up it won’t be a question of the girls being able to withstand the torture but rather how well the boys will be able to adjust to the situation.

70 YEARS AGO (1955)

Jack L. Williams has been promoted to the rank of Colonel in the U. S. Army. A son of John O. Williams, Colonel Williams is now serving at Newport, Rhode Island where he and his family are making their home. A graduate of Malad High School and the University of Idaho at Moscow, Col. Williams entered the Army in October 1941, and was attached to the Inspector General’s Department during World War II. During the war, he served in the Pacific Theater at New Guinea, Leyte, Mindanao and Kure, Japan.

Thirteen students from Malad and Samaria are among the 2050 enrolled at Idaho State College for the first semester. This is a record enrollment for ISC. Malad students are Darrell R. Christensen, Nancy Davis, Darhl D. Jones, Margaret Jones, Larry Kent, Duane R. South, Erven C. Wade and Eddis K. Williams. Enrolled from Samaria are Clarence W. Atkinson, Boyd W. John and Victor G. Jones.

Lt. and Mrs. Dale Daniels, who are in Munich, Germany where Lt. Daniels is serving with the U.S. Air Force, attended the dedication of the LDS Temple in Bern, Switzerland. They stated that they met several people from Malad, including Junior Lund, Glade Howell and Jennie Bea Jones, who are serving in the Swiss LDS Mission, Major and Mrs. Elden Jones and several other friends from other parts of Idaho. Jennie Bee was selected to record the dedication proceedings in shorthand.

80 YEARS AGO (1945)

Henry R. Clark has arrived at the naval hospital at Oakland, California according to word received by the local Red Cross. Henry was reported missing April 15, 1942 and was reported a Japanese prisoner in April 1943.

Bobby Davis, Larry Jones, Don Evans, Devon Daniels and LaMont Jones returned from Ogden Friday where they had spent two days. While playing golf, their car was stolen but later recovered and badly damaged. It had been stolen by two young boys who were captured while stealing another car and they confessed to taking the Davis car and directed the officers to it up in Ogden Canyon.