Enterprise The Idaho
Oneida County's News Since 1879 Malad City, Idaho
October 13, 2022 |Vol. 142 No. 41
Samaria Celebrates Heritage Harvest Festival As a kickoff to its first annual event, the Malad Valley Heritage Square saw an active and busy weekend. The two day event was packed, with a wide range of vendors, events, activities, and people throughout the especially pleasant weather and welcoming atmosphere. Between the busy schedule of daily events and the special contests throughout, the weekend definitely showed off the kinds of things Samaria is famous for. Throughout the weekend, events included ice cream and butter churning, candle dipping, rope making, pony rides, fortune telling, leather working, cornhole, apple cider pressing, pumpkin carving, wool spinning, blacksmithing, and more. Neil and Kurt Davis, as well as Carson Pate and others were on hand to demonstrate a number of blacksmithing techniques. Luke Waldron had met them while working at a living history museum in Utah, and they
NEWS IN BRIEF Angela Lansbury passes away at 96
American music, film, and TV star Angela Lansbury died on Tuesday, following a bout of ill health at the age of 96. Lansbury, most famous for her roles on the TV show “Murder, She Wrote” and her turn as the teapot on Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” was an iconic figure and voice for generations of the young and young at heart, as well as those who followed her pioneering exploits in what has now come to be known as the “cozy mystery” genre of crime solving dramas.
John Cena Smashes Guinness World Record – Granting 650 Wishes for Sick Children
Sawyer Fonnesbeck congratulates master baker Aurora Olsen at the pie baking contest were more than happy to bring their range of demonstrations up to the Malad Valley. Pat Davis spent the weekend spinning wool into skeins of yarn, which totaled several hundred yards worth by the end of the weekend,
spun on an old fashioned spinning wheel. Over the course of the weekend, a number of musical acts graced the stage, from open mic sign ups to scheduled acts. A group of local singers called Ma’Ladies, musician Melissa
Gibbs, the Teeples Family, a Barbershop Quartet, a String Quartet, and the Girls Trio all performed during the festival. Both nights featured a bonfire and marshmallow HARVEST FESTIVAL On Page 6
PTO Carnival Brings the Ghouls out for October Building on the massive success of last year’s PTO carnival, the Event Center was filled, inside and out, with kids, parents, teachers, and all manner of ghouls and ghosts to kick off the Fall Halloween season. The event, which is the biggest fundraising event for the PTO during the year, brought in several thousand dollars for the organization. “We actually ran out of tickets for the event,” Melanie Coleman reported, “which is obviously an awesome problem to have!” Despite the large number of attendees, which was believed to be the largest yet in the current form of the Carnival, the expanded events in the outdoor areas and the balmy weather created an environment that was busy, but not overly crowded. “This has been a great event again,” Coleman stated, “and this time seems to work. We’re planning to continue the event the first week in October in the future.” Not only is the event an excellent showcase for the creativity of the teachers and adminisPTO CARNIVAL On Page 2
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American actor and WWE superstar John Cena has set a new record for the most wishes granted through the Make-A-Wish Foundation with 650. The Make-A-Wish Foundation helps fulfill the wishes of children who have been diagnosed with a critical illness. As the most wished-for celebrity, nobody else has ever granted more than 200 wishes in the 42-year existence of Make-A-Wish. Targeting children between the age of 2 and 18, they can choose to meet a celebrity, go to an event or even give a gift to someone else, and were “thrilled” to honor Cena as the man who has fulfilled the most wishes.
New Alzheimer's Drug Slows Mental Decline by 27%
In Trial Hailed as 'Most Encouraging to Date' American biotech company Biogen announced the results of a phase 3 clinical trial that showed a new Alzheimer’s drug slowed the rate of cognitive decline for early onset patients by 27%. The Alzheimer’s Association (AA) called the robust study of lecanemab, which is a monoclonal antibody designed to clear clumps of amyloid protein from the brain, “the most encouraging results in clinical trials treating the underlying causes of Alzheimer’s to date.” The CEO at Eisai—the Japanese pharmaceutical company partnering with Biogen—claims the results of the lecanemab study, named Clarity AD, “proves the amyloid hypothesis, in which the abnormal accumulation of Aβ in the brain is one of the main causes of Alzheimer’s disease.” Eisai believes these findings will create new horizons in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease as well as further activate innovation for new treatment options.
'Prince of Darkness' Ozzy Osbourne launches line of beauty products
Heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne has debuted a makeup line in collaboration with Rock and Roll Beauty, complete with a coffin-shaped eye shadow palette. The products are available at American beauty retailer Ulta and on Rock and Roll Beauty's website, according to an Instagram post from the so-called "Prince of Darkness". The collection features dark shades and macabre packaging in line with the singer's own style, which has often featured dramatic dark eye makeup looks.
Kids find their way through the PTO's maze at last week's carnival
INSIDE THE ENTERPRISE THIS WEEK Letters to the Editor...............................Pg.2 MES Visits Fire Station.........................Pg.4 Raegan Smith 2nd in State DYW........Pg.5
Puzzles..............................................................Pg.8 Fall Section........................................................Pg.9 Dragon Doings/Sports................................Pg.15-16
Malad Falls to Bear Lake over weekend
In their second to last regular conference game of the year, the Malad Dragons (1-6) ended up on the losing side of a 0-62 contest with the Bear Lake Bears (5-1). Next week, Malad faces off against West Side (5-1) in Dayton. Some memorable plays on both sides of the ball notwithstanding, the game was a rough outing.