Enterprise The Idaho
Caribou County
Caribou County's Newspaper Since 2024
Caribou County, Idaho
March 19, 2026 | Vol. 3 No. 12
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Strait of Hormuz blocked
DYW contestants from Grace, Bancroft and Soda met at the end of last week for a service project designed to encourage their younger peers. DYW is ramping up to the May 2 Caribou County competition. Full bios and profiles are coming soon.
DYW well underway in Caribou County At the end of last week, Caribou County’s DYW participants met at Tigert Middle school for a service project directed at younger girls. The spring time competition is an opportunity for Caribou County young women to work on aspects of their physical, academic, and personal lives that will serve them well in their future careers and beyond. The DYW program is a supportive community that forms a strong bond between the young women involved, as well as their adult advisors. A supportive group of those adult DYW advisors was on hand Saturday, in the forms of Danielle Graham, Myra Leatherman, Tonya Yamauchi, and Brenda Nielsen. The group of girls and leaders laughed, listened to music, and shared stories with one another as they worked on a project specifically designed to help boost the confidence of their younger peers. The activity is in line with the theme of this year, which is “Bloom.” Three of the girls were not available, as Friday corresponded with state FCCLA and other competitions, but the lineup for DYW has been set, and the participants will be: Aspen Skinner, Mariah O’ Brien, Miriam Evans, Penny Fullmer, Amanda Cooper, Brooklyn Porter, Jeanaelie Shaffer, and
Kylee Fullmer. Participants in DYW represent the major areas of the county in terms of population, with women from Bancroft, Grace, and Soda all sharing the stage in May. This year’s Caribou County DYW competition is scheduled for May 2, and will be the culmination of the work the women have been doing since the initial orientation and practice in January. Over the course of the months leading up to the event, the women practice a wide range of skills in addition to keeping up with their academics. Academics are a major part of the participant score, and come from a mixture of grades, activities, awards, and other factors typically important to college admissions. Personal interviews, answers to question prompts, execution of a choreographed fitness routine, and a talent demonstration are all parts of the competition as well, and the woman eventually crowned DYW generally demonstrates a strong mix of all the required elements. Last year’s Caribou County DYW Kallie Stoddard is a great example of that. In fact, Stoddard, who will be hosting this year’s event alongside Matt Kunz, is currently the reigning Idaho DYW. At last week’s Soda Springs City
Council meeting, Austin Robinson spoke on behalf of the Lions Club of Soda Springs, which is the major fundraiser for the event. He noted how important the program was to the community, and how he had seen so many young women benefit from it. “We absolutely couldn’t do it without the Lions,” Myra Leatherman said. “We thank them so much for what they do.” In coming weeks, the program for the DYW event, along with the participant bios and information will be finalized and we will bring you that information in our pages. In the meantime, we wish the young women and their mentors all the best. We can’t wait to see what they can accomplish this year!
About DYW: “Founded in 1958, Distinguished Young Women is a free program that encourages participants to reach their full individual potential. Our mission is to empower young women by providing over $1 billion in scholarship opportunities, connecting with a nationwide network of women, developing their self-confidence, and participating in our Life Skills Workshops that prepare them for success after high school.”
Footloose comes to Grace March 20, 21, 23 One thing that has always been interesting to me about Footloose - a movie that I watched on VHS tape as a kid because my friend’s older sister wanted to rewind some of the Kevin Bacon scenes over and over again - is that it is simultaneously the most timeless, AND the most 80s movie ever. It’s got everything, right? Small town versus city. Country kids vs City slickers. Age vs youth. The pulpit vs the dancefloor. Kevin Bacon vs John Lithgow. The classic antagonisms. And not only is it still an enjoyable story in 2026, but the points it makes are just as relevant as ever. In fact, the students at Grace High School make a great case for the timelessness of the script, and do a great job of capturing the politely rebellious, exuberant dance-fever of the source material. As is usually the case with the plays from GHS I’ve been lucky enough to watch, the acting skill on display is
A major development in the Iran conflict is the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important oil shipping routes. Iran has threatened or effectively blocked tanker traffic there, which disrupted about 20% of global oil supply and pushed oil prices above $110 per barrel. The United States has continued airstrikes, including a major raid on Iran’s Kharg Island, a crucial oil export hub, destroying many military targets there. Fighting has also spread across the region, with missile alerts, drone attacks, and disruptions to global shipping and aviation. The U.S. is urging allies to help secure shipping routes and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. In response, Iran has stated that the shipping lane is only closed to U.S. and Israeli vessels. The administration has spoken about increasing domestic oil production as a way to reduce fuel costs, but energy experts have cautioned that domestic production would not have much impact on the price, which is tied to global energy markets too fundamentally for U.S. supplies to impact.
2026 World Baseball Classic
The WBC has essentially taken on the legacy of Olympic baseball, and features national teams from almost two dozen countries, such as Japan, the United States, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. The defending champion, Japan national baseball team, began strongly, including a 13–0 mercy-rule win over Chinese Taipei highlighted by a grand slam from Shohei Ohtani. Several notable results occurred during pool play. Italy's national baseball team upset the United States national baseball team 8–6 in one of the tournament’s biggest surprises, while Canada defeated Puerto Rico 3–2 in another close matchup. In the knockout rounds, the United States reached the semifinals and defeated the Dominican Republic national baseball team 2–1. Home runs from Gunnar Henderson and Roman Anthony, along with strong pitching from Paul Skenes, secured the victory and advanced the Americans to the championship game. As of Tuesday, the United States has reached the final and will face the winner of the semifinal between Venezuela national baseball team and Italy national baseball team to decide the tournament champion.
Oscar Time
One of the most frantic scenes in the musical is the fantasy "I Need a Hero" number.
fantastic. These kids have a lot of energy, character, and skill. As Ren, Axel Hubbard cultivates the right mix of dry humor and self-assurance that you can’t spell Kevin Bacon without. In a play where acting, dancing, and singing are all important it can be
difficult to be equally strong in those areas, but Hubbard, along with the other leads in the musical, manage to do just that. Bailey Mickelson is the engine of FOOTLOOSE On Page 10
IN THIS EDITION Music Clinic..........................................Pg. 2 Legislative Updates..............................Pg. 3 Bancroft City Council............................Pg. 4
Puzzles................................................Pg. 5 Grace City Council............................Pg. 10 Sports................................................Pg. 12
The 98th Academy Awards (Oscars) took place on March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, honoring films released in 2025. The ceremony was hosted by Conan O’Brien. The biggest winner of the night was the film “One Battle After Another,” directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It won Best Picture and several other awards, including Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film Editing, finishing with six Oscars overall. In the acting categories, Michael B. Jordan won Best Actor for his performance in Sinners, while Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for Hamnet. Supporting acting awards went to Sean Penn for One Battle After Another and Amy Madigan for Weapons. Other notable winners included Sinners for Best Cinematography and Best Original Score, the Norwegian film Sentimental Value for Best International Feature, and KPop Demon Hunters for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song.