Enterprise The Idaho
Oneida County's News Since 1879 Malad City, Idaho
December 1, 2022 |Vol. 142 No. 48
“Hammin’ It Up for Christmas” event begins this week! You could win a ham for Christmas!
Savanna Ward - Canyon View Cares
Kevin Degn - Farm Bureau Insurance
Kelley Neal and Westley Edith's Collective
Larry Thomas - Thomas Electric & Furniture
Gloria Maldonado - Outlaw Vapor
Alica Bell - Nell J. Redfield Memorial Hospital
Marie Perez and Angel Wright - KJ's Super Store
Hailey Hess - Hotel Malad & Hubcap Lounge
Marv Ekstrom and Vicki Ekstrom - Alberts Service
For the next two weeks, the Hammin’ It Up for Christmas contest will run in The Idaho Enterprise. Sponsored by Malad merchants. Will provide nice juicy hams to twenty Oneida County residents who take the time to enter the contest. Clip the entry forms that are included in this edition of The Idaho Enterprise, fill them in and deliver them to the participating merchants by Wednesday, December 14. Entry forms will also be
Shenell Clark - Oneida Family Dental
included in the December 8 edition of The Idaho Enter- Laura Clark, Tami Smith and Kaylynn Bell - Hess Lumber prise, so you will have two morial Hospital, Canyon Malad Drive in, The Idaho chances to win! The rules specify that View Cares Vet Hospital, Enterprise, and Ganache winners need not be pres- Farm Bureau Insurance, Pastry and Gelato. Deadline to enter is Deent to win. The participating Mountain States Insurance, Hotel Malad & Hubcap cember 14 at 5:00 p.m. “Hammin’ It Up for ChristLounge, ATC CommuniEach business will have an mas” sponsors include: Alcations, Thomas Electric in-store drawing on Thurslen Drug & Variety, Idaho & Furniture, Griffiths OK day, December 15 and will Real Estate Group, OneiTire, Northern Title, KJ’s notify their winners to pick da Family Dental, Albert’s Super Store, Hess Lumber up their hams. See Page 6& Service & Up The Creek, & Home Center, Moun7 of this issue and enter to Thomas Market, Malad tain Valley Realty, Edith’s win a nice holiday ham! City, Nell J. Redfield MeCollecive, Outlaw Vapor,
School Demolition Underway After months of anticipation, the demolition of the old Malad High School Building and gym has finally begun. Over the last year plus, the extensive project required to remove the asbestos in the structure in order to allow the demolition to move forward was completed. The gym floor was sold off to defray some of the costs of the project. On Monday, the heavy machinery finally moved
in and began the process of knocking the hundred year old building down so that it can be removed. Bricks from the high school are being made available to those interested in keeping a piece of memorabilia from what for a long time was the centerpiece of life in town for Malad’s teenagers. The high school was SCHOOL DEMOLITION UNDERWAY On Page 2
NEWS IN BRIEF USA Advances in World Cup After defeating Iran 1-0 in group play on Tuesday, the U.S. national team advanced to the knockout round. After drawing with Wales 1-1 and England 0-0, the U.S. team needed a win to advance to the next stage, which it did after a grueling game against Iran. England defeated Wales 3-0 to maintain their position atop group B and eliminating Wales from the cup. The U.S. placed second in the group, and will play an undoubtedly tough match against the Netherlands on Sautrday.
DNA reunites family with abducted daughter after 51 years A Fort Worth family was reunited with their daughter Melissa 51 years after her abduction, as a result of 23andMe’s DNA profile, which matched with what turned out to be their granddaughter. The woman had been abducted and raised by an unnamed person who had been hired as a babysitter. The family had been attempting to locate their missing daughter for five decades and resigned themselves to potentially never seeing her again or discovering what had happened. The reunion was both joyful and bittersweet.
Increase in Police calls in Moscow following slayings Moscow Police reported a major uptick in both welfare calls and suspicious circumstance reports in the three weeks following the quadruple homicide that has made national headlines ever since. Police have not announced any major developments in the case, other than to provide information about people who have been ruled out as persons of interest, and to state that they do not believe there is a connection to recent stabbing incidents in Salem, Oregon and Pullman, Washington, which is right across the border.
Orion reaches farthest point from Earth on record The Orion spacecraft, which is part of the Artemis I program to develop vehicles capable of transporting humans into space, reached the farthest point such a vehicle has successfully reached. The unmanned vehicle has reached the midpoint of its mission around the moon, about 270,000 miles, which is 40,000 miles past the dark side of the moon. So far, the mission has been very successful. Its ultimate goal is to prove the reliability and safety of the program to begin building structures on the moon’s surface.
Sunday becomes biggest travel day since pandemic
At long last, demolition began on the old Malad High School on Monday
INSIDE THE ENTERPRISE THIS WEEK Christmas Light Show .........................Pg.2 Night Light Parade ...............................Pg.3 Puzzles .................................................Pg.5
$1.00
Hammin It Up ................................................Pg. 6-7 Ballot Audit .........................................................Pg.9 Boys Basketball .............................................. Pg.12
Despite bad weather across much of the country, Thanksgiving weekend Sunday was the busiest travel day since the outbreak of the pandemic, according to officials. 2.6 million people passed through TSA checkpoints, which is the most since December 26, 2019. Despite the positive numbers, many flights involved were eventually delayed due to weather isues.