The Malad Distinguished Young Woman program will not happen this year due to a lack of participants in the program.
DYW is a program that allows high school juniors to compete for college scholarship money. The program’s motto is, “Be healthy, be physically fit and drug free; be involved, serve your community; be studious, stay in school; be ambitious, set and achieve goals; be responsible, live by moral and ethical principles.”
“I loved doing DYW,” said Moriah Ihler, last year’s first alternate. “It mainly helped me with my interviewing skills and helped me get a resume together. Because I am a people person, DYW helped me bring that out in my interviews.”
Only three girls signed up for the program this year — Heidi Hannah, Stephani Treasure and Nicole Hubbard. The girls attempted to recruit more participants for the program but were unsuccessful.
“We just didn’t have enough local interest,” said Jamie Hess, a committee member. “We had three girls sign up and we have to have a minimum of five.”
If the girls still wanted to compete to earn scholarship money, they could have registered online for the Idaho At-Large program. This is a competition for girls in Idaho that don’t have the opportunity to compete in the DYW. The winners from the Idaho At-Large will receive scholarship money and then go on to state with the other girls in DYW.
“A girl from American Falls Idaho went to state as an ‘at-large,’ she was the winner in three categories and one of the top-10 finalists,” said Sandra Thomas, the Malad DYW Chairperson. “She was the only one if not one of the few from her year... just think, if she had decided not to do the ‘at-large,’ she would have missed out on winning scholarship money and also the experiences.”
Because there will not be a DYW program in Malad this year, the committee has decided to have a program to honor past, present and future DYW participants. Carlie Stewart, last year’s winner, will be the MC.
“It will be a fund raiser, we will run it kind of like a program,” Thomas said. “We will have a ‘minnie miss’ routine with girls of Malad Middle School to help inspire younger girls to participate when their year comes.”
Committee members have asked people throughout town to show their talents in this program. There will be dance, guitar, piano and other talents performed that night.
“We’re having people perform talents that have previous DYW experience or people that have been taught by DYW participants,” Hess said. “We are hoping the performers will give a positive reflection upon the DYW.”
The winners of last year’s DYW will present their “forget-me-nots” at the program and Stewart will depart as last year’s winner. The program is scheduled for April 28.
“We’re hoping people will listen and understand that it is not a beauty pageant and that girls have a lot to learn from this.” Thomas said.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Student Council Elections
Malad High School Student Council Elections are beginning this week.
Candidates up for election include: Braxton Davis for President; Wesley Peterson and Stephani Treasure for Vice President; Nicona Broadus and Meaghen Brown for Secretary; McKenzie Willie for Historian; Carson McClain and Cole Finder for Business Manager; Heidi Hannah and Katie Neal for Head Cheerleader.
Student Council considered having the candidates make a campaign video with their election speeches. Instead of having candidates present speeches in front of the student body, they would just run the videos for the voters to see.
In the end, Student Council decided against the videos. According to Shannon Davis, Student Council Advisor, they felt the candidates should “feel the pressure” of standing before the student body to give their speeches.
“We had discussed the possibility of doing videos to ensure that there were no borderline behaviors or content in the speeches, but after talking to the student council we made an arrangement with the administration to have candidates pre-present their speeches, and they must do the exact same speech for the student body at the assemblies,” said Jacob Stevens, current Student Body President.
Offices with more than two candidates running are required to present a preliminary speech Tuesday, April 24. The speeches cannot be longer than three minutes. If a candidate has any planned participation from the audience, that candidate will be disqualified. The speech must strictly be a speech and nothing else. This goes for all speeches within the Student Council Elections, not just the preliminaries. Final election speeches will be held on Thursday, April 26 in the High School gym.
Those running are required to create a poster. Each candidate will be given eight feet of paper. This paper cannot be cut into smaller pieces. The candidate's poster will sell them as officer. They must include their proposal for the upcoming homecoming year, a resume and a current letter of recommendation. Posters will be hung before school Monday, April 23.
According to Malad High School Counselor Irene Alder, students are not willing to take responsibility and become the leaders of the rest of the student body.
“We had to postpone elections for one week because we couldn’t fill the ballot,” Alder said. “Don’t like something, don’t just gripe, run for an office and make a difference.”
Candidates up for election include: Braxton Davis for President; Wesley Peterson and Stephani Treasure for Vice President; Nicona Broadus and Meaghen Brown for Secretary; McKenzie Willie for Historian; Carson McClain and Cole Finder for Business Manager; Heidi Hannah and Katie Neal for Head Cheerleader.
Student Council considered having the candidates make a campaign video with their election speeches. Instead of having candidates present speeches in front of the student body, they would just run the videos for the voters to see.
In the end, Student Council decided against the videos. According to Shannon Davis, Student Council Advisor, they felt the candidates should “feel the pressure” of standing before the student body to give their speeches.
“We had discussed the possibility of doing videos to ensure that there were no borderline behaviors or content in the speeches, but after talking to the student council we made an arrangement with the administration to have candidates pre-present their speeches, and they must do the exact same speech for the student body at the assemblies,” said Jacob Stevens, current Student Body President.
Offices with more than two candidates running are required to present a preliminary speech Tuesday, April 24. The speeches cannot be longer than three minutes. If a candidate has any planned participation from the audience, that candidate will be disqualified. The speech must strictly be a speech and nothing else. This goes for all speeches within the Student Council Elections, not just the preliminaries. Final election speeches will be held on Thursday, April 26 in the High School gym.
Those running are required to create a poster. Each candidate will be given eight feet of paper. This paper cannot be cut into smaller pieces. The candidate's poster will sell them as officer. They must include their proposal for the upcoming homecoming year, a resume and a current letter of recommendation. Posters will be hung before school Monday, April 23.
According to Malad High School Counselor Irene Alder, students are not willing to take responsibility and become the leaders of the rest of the student body.
“We had to postpone elections for one week because we couldn’t fill the ballot,” Alder said. “Don’t like something, don’t just gripe, run for an office and make a difference.”
Road Block
A road on Malad Summit that connects the two main roads has been blocked with large boulders by court order. Year round summit residents feel this is hazardous and want the road cleared.
Myron Jones, past owner of the blocked off property, attempted to get a petition to get the rocks removed and for the county to take over so the public can have access to that road.
“I wanted to do an eminent domain but they’re afraid of getting into a law suit so I had to stop,” Jones said.
Eminent domain happens when the county takes over a private road for public use.
Before the property was sold, the road was a legal public right-of-way through that area. In the ‘60s and ‘70s the, Cattleman’s Association used that road to run cattle. When Jones sold the property to the Mitchell family, the public right-of-way went unnoticed. Mitchell did know that road was frequently used but chose to ignore it.
There was a law suit between Mitchell and Jones. Mitchell wanted control of that road because his property line extends beyond the road. There were gates placed at the upper and lower parts of the property, blocking the road from public use. The court ordered the upper gate to be opened and large rocks to be placed on the road of the lower part.
“It cost nearly $10,000 for the Mitchell’s to get the road shut and they are only here part time,” said Don Allen, a permanent resident.
According to residents, this road has been a legal right-of-way since before the ‘70s and legally the judge should have never ordered it blocked.
“It’s sad because that road’s been accessed since I was a kid,” said Craig Sorensen, another permanent resident. “I remember that road when I was a child 50 years ago. It was always open for the public. There’s no reason that should have been declared closed to the public.”
Residents would like the road opened for safety reasons such as fire, crime and emergency response.
“If there were any dangers in this place that block off the one road we have, then we’ve got no way out,” Sorensen said.
“If something happens and someone needs to get out, it isn’t a matter of tearing a gate down, it’s huge boulders that we can’t go over,” Allen said.
A few years ago the fire and police department responded to a 911 call on the summit. They were told to take the route through the blocked off road. The emergency responders were not aware of the blocking and had to find an alternative route. This took them an extra 30 minutes to get to the disaster.
“They responded thinking this road was open and they had to turn around to get to the disaster,” Sorensen said. “If there was a life in danger, they would have been dead.”
According to Bill Denkers, secretary of the Malad Summit East Home Owners Association, the road should also be used for various community purposes such as Boy Scout hikes and cattle movement.
“As far as we know, those that are not supportive are individuals that are part time residents,” said Denkers. “Their excuse for putting in the rocks is so that four-wheelers cannot go up there and yet they drive them through there all the time.”
“I think it’s a neighbor thing and we should all get together, get an attorney and try to overturn the judge’s decision,” Jones said. “We’re just trying to get the road opened so everyone can use it.”
Myron Jones, past owner of the blocked off property, attempted to get a petition to get the rocks removed and for the county to take over so the public can have access to that road.
“I wanted to do an eminent domain but they’re afraid of getting into a law suit so I had to stop,” Jones said.
Eminent domain happens when the county takes over a private road for public use.
Before the property was sold, the road was a legal public right-of-way through that area. In the ‘60s and ‘70s the, Cattleman’s Association used that road to run cattle. When Jones sold the property to the Mitchell family, the public right-of-way went unnoticed. Mitchell did know that road was frequently used but chose to ignore it.
There was a law suit between Mitchell and Jones. Mitchell wanted control of that road because his property line extends beyond the road. There were gates placed at the upper and lower parts of the property, blocking the road from public use. The court ordered the upper gate to be opened and large rocks to be placed on the road of the lower part.
“It cost nearly $10,000 for the Mitchell’s to get the road shut and they are only here part time,” said Don Allen, a permanent resident.
According to residents, this road has been a legal right-of-way since before the ‘70s and legally the judge should have never ordered it blocked.
“It’s sad because that road’s been accessed since I was a kid,” said Craig Sorensen, another permanent resident. “I remember that road when I was a child 50 years ago. It was always open for the public. There’s no reason that should have been declared closed to the public.”
Residents would like the road opened for safety reasons such as fire, crime and emergency response.
“If there were any dangers in this place that block off the one road we have, then we’ve got no way out,” Sorensen said.
“If something happens and someone needs to get out, it isn’t a matter of tearing a gate down, it’s huge boulders that we can’t go over,” Allen said.
A few years ago the fire and police department responded to a 911 call on the summit. They were told to take the route through the blocked off road. The emergency responders were not aware of the blocking and had to find an alternative route. This took them an extra 30 minutes to get to the disaster.
“They responded thinking this road was open and they had to turn around to get to the disaster,” Sorensen said. “If there was a life in danger, they would have been dead.”
According to Bill Denkers, secretary of the Malad Summit East Home Owners Association, the road should also be used for various community purposes such as Boy Scout hikes and cattle movement.
“As far as we know, those that are not supportive are individuals that are part time residents,” said Denkers. “Their excuse for putting in the rocks is so that four-wheelers cannot go up there and yet they drive them through there all the time.”
“I think it’s a neighbor thing and we should all get together, get an attorney and try to overturn the judge’s decision,” Jones said. “We’re just trying to get the road opened so everyone can use it.”
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