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April 29th, 2013
May you rest in peace Daughter, Sister, Aunt and Friend.
Dalia Blanca Smith Matamoros, joined our Father in Heaven on Sunday, April 21, 2013.
Her lifelong journey began when she was born to Rafael and Francis Matamoros on
March 1, 1968 in Blackfoot. Dalia is fifth of 10 children. She has six brothers and three sisters.
Dalia was raised in Blackfoo,t completing her early education where she graduated from Blackfoot High School in 1986.
April 28th
BLACKFOOT – More than 50 people participated in “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” on Saturday.
“We appreciate everyone who comes out to walk,” said Susan Nalley, chair of the board of the Bingham Crisis Center. “We always have amazing support from the community.”
Asked why he was walking, Bryce Moser said, “My wife is on the board and it’s for a good cause; it helps to bring awareness of the Crisis Center and about domestic abuse. It’s a lot of fun.”
April 27th
BLACKFOOT — The Blackfoot Lady Broncos pounded out 29 hits and scored 26 runs in a double header whitewashing of the Preston Lady Indians on Saturday as they won 15-0 and 11-0 with both games being called in the fifth inning.
April 26th
BLACKFOOT — The laughter and the "ARRRGHHHs" could be heard throughout the building at Stoddard Elementary School as students celebrated exceeding their Idaho Reads! VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) reading challenge at a "pirate themed" reward party Friday.
Annie Tanner, Idaho Reads! VISTA volunteer for the school, said that the goal for the school-wide reading challenge was for the students to read 200 books (with a book title starting with each letter of the alphabet) by March 31. The students exceeded the goal by reading 207 books.
BLACKFOOT — A day removed from their first conference loss of the season, the Blackfoot Broncos took to the home diamond looking to split the season series with the Century Diamondbacks. Behind a complete game effort from starting pitcher Russel Osborn, the Broncos accomplished that feat as they avenged Thursday's loss with a tidy 3-1 win on Friday.
"Russel wanted the ball and he came out and got the job done today," Blackfoot head coach Kenny Dahle said. "He stayed ahead of hitters and just battled all day long."
April 25th
BLACKFOOT — Dan Cravens announced he is running to become the next mayor of Blackfoot at noon Thursday in front of City Hall.
Asked how he would accomplish these goals, Cravens said, “The mayor is the lead ambassador for Blackfoot. That doesn’t cost the city a cent.
“There are also federal and state programs to help local employers,” said Cravens.
Not long ago, my wife, Jill, and I bought our first home, Cravens said. “We hired a carpeting company to re-carpet a few of our rooms.”
POCATELLO — The Blackfoot Broncos hit the road on Thursday looking to improve upon their undefeated conference record when they faced off with Century at Halliwell Park. Unfortunately, an 8 error binge over the fifth and sixth innings spelled doom as the Diamondbacks upset the Broncos 7-2.
"We didn't even get on the bus right to come here," Blackfoot head coach Kenny Dahle said. "We were fifteen minutes late getting on the bus and throughout the whole day you could just see that we were not focused. Like I told the team afterwards though, we are still a good team. In fact, the only team that has beaten us this year is ourselves. We just need to lock it up and come back strong tomorrow."
April 24th
Blackfoot High School students won gold medals (first place) in cabinet making and welding at the Idaho SkilllsUSA competition last week.
Jake Lauritsen, a junior, won first place and a gold medal in cabinet making. Zackary Hall, a senior, won first place a gold medal in welding and a bronze medal in technology- related math.
Both Lauritsen and Hall will compete in the SkillsUSA National Championships June 24-28 in Kansas City, Mo. Lauritsen will compete in cabinet making. Hall will compete in welding.
SHELLEY — The Firth Cougars are the kings of Bingham County. They earned that title after sweeping both the boys and girls team score in the annual Bingham County track meet which was held at Shelley High School on Wednesday afternoon.
The boys won the meet with a team score of 124. Snake River was second with 91 points while Aberdeen was third with 66. Shelley finished fourth with 61 points while Blackfoot finished fifth with a team score of 28.
The girls team scores were a little closer up top with Firth (114) again topping Snake River who finished with 104.5 points. Shelley was third in the girls standings with 95.5 points while Aberdeen (28.5) and Blackfoot (23.5) finished fourth and fifth respectfully.
April 23rd
BLACKFOOT — The Blackfoot Bronco baseball squad entered Tuesday's non-conference home game with the Madison Bobcats riding a 9 game winning streak. Unfortunately that streak came to and end as Madison took advantage of 6 Blackfoot fielding miscues in a 11-6 victory.
"It's really not the worst thing that happened today," Blackfoot head coach Kenny Dahle said. "It is a reality check for us. It should bring us back down to earth so we can refocus and get ready for Century and Bonneville."
