By TERESA CHIPMAN PHS sports writer The Lady Indians are off and running with new Head Coach Belinda Taylor. They kicked off their season with the Preston Jamboree on Saturday, Nov. 3. Preston’s home opener against Burley was Saturday, Nov. 10, where they lost 59-36. The Indians travelled to Bear Lake on Wednesday, Nov....
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor Government offices, schools, the postal service, banks and most retailers in Franklin County will be closed on Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday. Franklin County and Preston City offices will close early on Wednesday (today) at 1 p.m. The landfill will be open all day Wednesday. Both county and...
By CITIZEN STAFF If you’ve got a real hankering for turkey or may not be with family or friends for a Thanksgiving feast on Thursday, the monthly community dinner is your answer. The free meal will be served at the Preston Community Presbyterian Church starting at 6 p.m. with the meal served until 7:30...
By Shawn Harrison, Logan Herald Journal With the Western Athletic Conference football title on the line Saturday at Ruston, La., Utah State rose up to the occasion and seized it. The Aggies jumped out to a 27-3 lead early in the third quarter and held on for dear life. No. 19 Louisiana Tech forced...
By NECIA P. SEAMONS Citizen staff writer Scaffolding and plastic tenting conceal the talents of State Stone artisans as they begin restorative rockwork on the Oneida Stake Academy building this week. Two recent grants allowed the OSA Foundation to give State Stone the go ahead to start work. An anonymous donor provided $100,000 in...
Volunteers requested for Christmas Basket program By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor For the last 30-plus years, Preston Elks Lodge 1670, has opened its doors for volunteers to help assemble what may be Idaho’s largest Elks Christmas Basket program. Lodge members and volunteers sort through mountains of locally grown Idaho Russets (over a...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor Orders are now being taken by the Franklin County Senior Citizens Center (Community Center) for Thanksgiving Day pies and rolls. Loyal customers seem to appreciate the efforts those at the center make in their behalf during the Thanksgiving rush to get to “Grandma’s” house. Thanksgiving is just over...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor Preston High School’s FFA Chapter is holding its annual Poinsettia sale from now until Christmas. Ag instructor Josh Evans spearheaded the project a couple of years ago and said the Christmas “flowers” are available in 7 and 8.5-inch pots. He said ag students in his advanced greenhouse class...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor After years of planning and approximately six weeks of construction work, a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday morning officially launched the Preston Community Food Pantry. Termed “a work in progress,” Fred Knowlton, Preston Community Food Pantry president, he thanked the Cache Valley community and several individuals for their help in...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor The Idaho Natural Resources Conservation Service is reminding producers that applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) are due Friday, Nov. 16, for fiscal year 2013 funding. Applications for four special initiatives funded through EQIP are also due: the Organic, On Farm Energy, Seasonal High Tunnel and...
