Looking Back at Pages from the Past
The following stories are summarized from past issues of the Caribou County Sun over the last fifty plus years. The Enterprise thanks Mark Steele for permission to use the contents, and the Grace Public Library for access to the archives.
2015
The three high schools in Caribou County will be holding their graduation ceremonies for seniors this week. The North Gem School District, the smallest of the three schools, has the first graduation on Wednesday, May 27, when 14 seniors will receive their honors. Soda Springs High School’s graduation is Friday, May 29, and 8 pm. They will be graduating 50 seniors this year. Grace High School will hold their ceremonies on Wednesday, June 3, at 7 pm, and will have a graduating class of 29.
2005
Timothy Robert Squires, son of Robert and Connie Squires of Soda Springs, graduated Saturday, May 14 from Boise State University with a technology degree from the Health Information Technology School. Tim is a graduate of Soda Springs High School and is currently employed at the BSU Gateway Cetner and plans to remain in Boise at that position for now.
Shawn Reddish, son of Brian and Michele Reddish of Soda Springs, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Idaho National Guard and pinned by his mother during special services Friday evening, May 13, in the Education Building at Idaho State University. Shawn was in the ROTC and the National Guard at ISU where he graduated Saturday, May 114, with a bachelors degree in sociology. His wife, Sandra, graduated also with a masters degree in speech pathology.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician Ron Furnival, MD from Salt Lake City, accompanied by Dale Maughan, RN, paramedic (and nephew of CMH pharmacist Dell Maughan), personally delivered and set up a special pediatric cart at Caribou Memorial Hospital. CMH was one of 12 hospitals in the region which participated in a study involving the emergency treatment of 500 pediatric patients, and received the special cart through a grant from Federal Emergency Medical Services for Children. The cart will be kept in the hospital’s Emergency Room to treat pediatric patients more efficiently and consistently.
1995
Idaho Home Health is pleased to welcome Colleen Sunde, RN, in joining their local Soda Springs home health care team. She will be serving the patients in Soda Springs and surrounding areas. Idaho Home Health is a locally operated home health agency that began providing service to the residents of Southeastern Idaho in 1997. The Soda Springs office has been operating for just over two years.
Jeff and Matt Silwoski, twin brothers from Soda Springs, have both enlisted in the United States Army and will be departing for Basic Training following graduation. Jeff will report to Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri on June 15 for Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training. Following this training, he will also train in the Army Airborne School and the Army Ranger School, which are located at Fort Benning, Georgia. Jeff’s military occupational specialty will be Combat Engineering. Matt will depart on July 20 for Fort Knox, Kentucky, where he will complete Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training and Matt’s follow-up on training will also include the Army Airborne School and the Army Ranger School. Matt’s military occupation specialty will be to serve as a Cavalry Scout. Jeff and Matt are lifelong residents of Soda Springs, and the twin sons of Randy and Stephanie Bowles, also of Soda Springs.
Commencement exercises were held at Boise State University May 13 and 14. Among those graduates from the College of Health Sciences with a bachelor of science degree in environmental health was former Soda Springs resident Bryan Horsburgh. He is the son of Dick and Sudie Horsburgh of Idaho Falls and the grandson of Helen Tigert and the late Dr. Russell Tigert. Bryan is currently working for the Division of Environmental Quality.
1965
Miss MarGene Hubbard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hubbard of Soda Springs, will participate in graduation exercises at Idaho State University June 6. Miss Hubbard, who attended Brigham Young University her first two years, will receive her associate of science degree in dental hygiene. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard and family will attend the exercises and also a luncheon for graduates and their families on Sunday.
Elder Von Barfuss, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Barfuss of Bancroft, has been called to serve a mission for the LDS Church in the Central Atlantic States with headquarters in Roanoke, Virginia. He will enter the Mission Home in Salt Lake City on June 7. Von graduated from North Gem High School last Thursday evening.
About 100 eight grade students visited Pocatello for their “close of school” outing. The students departed by bus and returned by train, and were accompanied by faculty members DeWayne Christensen, Junior High Principal, Gary Gier, Martha Bassett, and Viriginia Muir. Points of interest included a tour of the Journal building, the ISU campus and Zweigart’s meat packing plant.
