Enterprise The Idaho
Oneida County's News Since 1879 Malad City, Idaho
October 17, 2024 |Vol. 144 No. 41
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NEWS IN BRIEF
BYU-Idaho welcomes largest incoming class in university history
Samaria is a lovely place at any time of the year, but especially during the colorful and crisp Fall season.
Caroline Whipple, Temperance Garrett, and Edson Whipple became quick experts at balloon animals for the weekend.
Samaria Fall Festival marks the season Over the weekend, the annual Fall Festival at Samaria’s Heritage Square celebrated the coming fall with a range of activities and events, including a surprise puppet show. Local author Carolyn Frank was an unexpected discovery for Luke Waldron, who was looking for an additional activity for kids during the day. While speaking with Carolyn, it emerged that not only was she a puppeteer, but had a supply of puppets she had made as a large scale puppet maker, and which Luke discovered were ready (and willing!) for use at the Festival. “She drove to her house and came back with all of these,” Waldron said, gesturing to the puppet theatre. “It’s amazing!” The story of Frank’s history with puppets was recounted several years ago during an evening Frank was reading at the Oneida County Library, but it’s certainly a good one that will be returned to in the future. A host of other volunteers helped make the weekend fun for everyone who visited. Caroline Whipple was introduced to tying balloon animals literally a week before the event, and by the time the festival came around was something like a professional. She was clocked making a balloon dog in under forty seconds. “The dogs have been probably the most popular,” she said. “And flowers.” “And dragons,” Edson Whipple said. Along with Temperance Garrett, who was learning the ropes, so to speak, the group had been tying balloon animals near the grandstand, and getting better and better. Local artist Pennie Wolf set up an easel and many of SAMARIA On Page 2
Human skull found in Brigham City
Lillian Johnson uses an older design spinning wheel to spin yarn.
Fire Station Visit
It’s October, and that means that Malad Elementary students from Kindergarten, first, and second grade classes made their walk down to the Fire station to learn about what the Fire department does for the community, and what they can do themselves to be aware of fires in their homes. The visits to the station have been a regular feature of the Fall in Malad, and correspond with national Fire Prevention Month, which was instituted to help raise awareness of the common causes of fires, and provide information to individuals, families, and businesses about how to minimize the potential for fires and mitigate them should they occur. The timing is perfect, as wildfires are burning throughout the area at the moment, and the winter season is typically one of the busiest for housefires. Electrical overloading, woodburning stoves, portable heaters, and a number of other common housefire-causing issues are prevalent throughout the season. Students were given instructions on what to do in the event of a housefire, and shown some of the equipment that firefighters use to combat flames. The obstacle course lets kids test out crawling through an obstructed hallway.
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The kindergarten classes in front of the firetruck. It was very bright looking east!
Fire Chief John Williams and Danny Smith demonstrate equipment to a class with a lot of questions.
INSIDE THE ENTERPRISE Wrestling Banquet...............................Pg. 3 Museum Report...................................Pg. 4 Puzzles................................................Pg. 6
According to East Idaho News, Fall 2024 semester at BYU-Idaho statistics show a total enrollment of 24,111 campus based students, which is an increase of approximately 3.4% from fall of 2023. 19,388 students are enrolled in face to face courses, and 4,723 are enrolled in online courses or internships. Approximately 21,000 students are living in Rexburg this semester. The campus based students consist of 11,849 males, and 12,262 females. The total number of married students is 5,068 which is about 21% of the total campus based student population. East Idaho News says, “Thanks to its innovative three-track system, in 2024, BYU-Idaho has served 33,836 campus-based students and through BYU-Pathway Worldwide, an additional 29,793 online students…BYU-Idaho continues to integrate its unique student and academic emphasis that includes: the teaching focus of its faculty, the opportunity to gather with other students who share common values, the university’s focus on real-world preparation and a high-value educational experience.”
Looking Back.......................................Pg. 7 Obituaries............................................Pg. 9 Sports........................................... Pg. 11-12
A hunter that was searching for shed antlers found a human skull on a mountainside near Brigham City. According to the Brigham City Police Department, the shed hunter came across the skull on Friday September 27, 2024. The hunter took pictures of the skull and marked the location while contacting the police. Patrol officers and detectives confirmed it was a human skull before contacting the Office of Medical Examiners. They also requested help from the Rocky Mountain Search Dogs, a non-profit search and rescue organization. The Brigham City police said in a statement, “They are able to assist in several different situations, such as wilderness searches, tracking, water recovery, avalanche searches, urban searches, human remains, and other disaster searches…When contacted by a law enforcement agency they are able to respond any time, day or night, to any emergency.” After several hours of searching the dogs showed no hard indication of any other human remains. The police said the skull was sent to the Office of Medical Examiners and no further details were provided.
Four juvenile males escaped from St. Anthony Juvenile Corrections Center
The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office says they are still looking for one juvenile that escaped from the St. Anthony Juvenile Corrections Center. The other three boys have been caught. Originally they had thought two boys escaped, but 4 juveniles had left the facility on Sunday around 8 p.m. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, Idaho State Police, and the St. Anthony Police Department found three of the four that escaped the facility. Officers are still searching for a boy who was described as 5’8” and approximately 135 pounds. He has brown hair and blue eyes and was last seen wearing a grey sweater and blue jeans. Since he is a minor, no name has been released. A news release said on Monday, “Please continue to secure your buildings and vehicles. And please report any suspicious activity by calling 911 immediately”.