Caribou County Caribou County, Idaho
September 12, 2024 | Vol. 1 No. 32
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NEWS IN BRIEF
50th anniversary of Evel Knievel’s Snake River Canyon jump
Dozens of runners get instructions from the start official before the start of one of Saturday's races.
The Cardinal Classic Still Going Strong Jody Reeves
With near perfect weather the Cardinal Classic took place last Saturday at Kelly Park in Soda Springs. Over 1700 athletes from sixty-two different schools competed in the races. A total of six different races occurred that included a boys and girls division for middle school, junior varsity and varsity. With a meet of this magnitude a lot of work goes into the planning and execution of running this event. Those are sentiments that Soda Springs head coach Jeff Horsley echoed when he stated, “We couldn't do this without the help of our sponsors and the community members that step in. We are thankful for everyone's contributions that allow us to have what I think is one of if not the best meet in the state.” Dozens of volunteers chip in to help make the event a successful one year in and year out. With teams coming from all over the Intermountain West the Cardinal Classic has become one of the
premier races for schools to try to attend. The course itself has a variety of challenges with changes in running surfaces, hills, log jumps and curves. The runners get to experience both sun and shade as they make their way along the trails. The course also boasts some beautiful views as it passes through the cedars and brush of the hillside as well as the quaking aspen and cool streams on the later part of the race. This is a significant change to many of the courses across that state that take place on the well groomed lawns of parks and golf courses. Locally runners from both Soda Springs and Grace in both middle and high school participated in the races with some showing great finish times while others are just getting started in the sport. In the girls 2500 meter middle school race Soda Springs finished in fifth place as a team with Anna Uskoski placing as the top overall runner in that race with a time of 11:26.89. Meanwhile Grace’s lone middle school girl runner was Ruby
Coleman, a sixth grader who finished in the top half of competitors with a time of 14:42.12. The middle school boys teams did not place as high in team points, finishing with Soda Springs in thirteenth and Grace in sixteenth but still had some great performances. With a total of 266 runners Soda’s highest place was Ruben Uskoski who finished in fifth place with a time of 10:42.08. Grace’s top finisher, who was a little further down on the list, but still in the top half of competitors was Tylor Johnson with a time of 12:32.52. Neither Soda Springs or Grace had enough runners run in the junior varsity races to earn a team score. Soda however did still have runners in those races with Austin Housley, Noah Hansen, Bridger Dilworth, and Gimhana Samasiri competing for the boys team and Gracie Moldenhauer, Mylee White and Miriam Evans competing for the girls team. Of the boys thirty-three teams that competed in the varsity race Soda Springs came in at seventeenth with Grace at nineteenth. The boys varCARDINAL CLASSIC On Page 11
On Sunday, September 8th, 1974, crowds gathered to watch Evel Knievel jump the Snake River Canyon in a Skycycle. Evel Knievel had already been known as the world’s most famous daredevil. He was known to jump over trucks, cars, and anything else he could find to entertain his fans. Knievel wanted to jump over a canyon and engineer Robert Truax designed a Skycycle that was powered by a steam that would launch off of a rail and fly over the canyon, then deploy a parachute and land on the other side. Thousands of people gathered to watch Knievel. He waved to the crowd then was launched off of the rail into the sky. Things did not go as planned, as the parachute deployed too early. Knievel and the Skycycle floated down and were slammed into rocks at the bottom of the canyon. Evel Knievel survived but was angry that he was unsuccessful at jumping the Snake River Canyon.
Princess Kate completes chemotherapy treatment for cancer
Princess Kate announced that she has completed her chemotherapy treatment. The princess said, “The last nine months have been incredibly tough for us as a family… cancer journey is complex, scary and unpredictable for everyone, especially those closest to you”. A video was made for Kate to say thank you for the support that her and her family have received. She said, “although I have finished chemotherapy, my path to healing and full recovery is long and I must continue to take each day as it comes”. Kate has made many public appearances since she revealed she had cancer in March. She said she was undergoing “a course of preventative chemotherapy” that was recommended by her medical team. The princess said she is excited to get back to work and attend more public engagements in the coming months.
Utah mother killed her 3 young children, then herself
Soda Springs' Lizzie Beutler led the Cardinal's girl's team at the Cardinal Classic.
AJ Mejia from Grace strides out with 200 meters left in the race.
City Plans for Fall Festival
Soda Springs City Council Report 9/4
A regular meeting of the City Council was held on September 4.The invocation was given by Councilmember Gritton, and the pledge by Council President Mitch Hart. Director Hansen had probes and other equipment replaced at the hydro tank. Fuel tank system is up to code. The circuit beaker burned out somehow when the power outage happened back in July. There will be an expense for the hydro plant, and will cost over $8K to fix it. It is not currently running. Fall Festival
Request for a catering permit for Stockman’s for Fall Festival on the 28th. This is the third year that the city has taken the reins for the Fall Festival. As a result of the construction on Main Street, the Festival events are being held in the city park. Councilmember Gritton raised the issue of promoting an event under the authority of the city which would include the sale and consumption of alcohol. After some discussion on the general issue, Council President Hart stated that the council has the prerogative to set any terms or conditions. Gritton’s concerns were that the city park was the premiere park
associated with the city, and he felt that allowing alcohol consumption in the presence of children at an event marketed as one intended for the whole community was a problem. He clarified that he was excited about the event, but had the reservations outlined above. Chief of Police Shaw was asked whether the police had any anxieties about the plan for alcohol sales from Stockmans at the event. He stated that the department did not have any particular concerns in that area, but would certainly be patrolling FALL FESTIVAL On Page 4
IN THIS EDITION Fish and Game.............................................Pg. 2 City Council Reports................................ Pg. 4-5 Puzzles..........................................................Pg. 5
Looking Back................................................Pg. 7 Obituary.........................................................Pg. 9 Sports....................................................Pg. 10-12
Maribel Ibarra, of West Haven, and her three young children ages 4,2, and 1 were found dead in a car. Weber County Sheriff’s Lt. Terance Lavely said, “The evidence indicates that Maribel Ibarra shot her three children in the rear cargo area of her vehicle before turning the gun on herself”. Emergency dispatchers received a call at 9:47 p.m. from someone who said that they found four of their family members deceased. A memorial has been placed on the steps of the house where the killings took place. Ibarra’s family said in a statement, “We are going through an extremely difficult time, with a pain in our hearts that cannot be explained in words due to the invaluable loss we have suffered, because they were the light of our lives…As a family, we unfortunately knew nothing about her mental health. We always saw her as a loving mother, which makes this so shocking for us. We do not know the exact reasons why this tragedy happened, and we deeply regret it. This pain is something we wish no one would ever have to go through”.