By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor Preston School Superintendent Joel Wilson announced Friday that both Preston High School and Preston Junior High were given a four-star rating and named among the top-performing schools across the state. Education in Idaho is moving away from the restrictions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA)...
By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor When classes began last week for West Side School District Harold B. Lee elementary school, Melinda Royer, who was a second grade teacher last year, was settling in behind her desk looking at the confines of her small office instead of facing a bunch of excited students. Royer...
Preston High School is doing the Music Man for its musical, on Nov. 9, 2012. We are looking for about 10-20 junior high or older grade school students to try out. Tryouts will be Sept. 4 and 5 at 4:10 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Sign up times will be on Mr. Seare’s...
A continuation from last Spring’s BYU Adult Religion class on “The Doctrine and Covenants” will begin on Thursday, Sept. 6, from 7-8:30 p.m., and run for 10 weeks on Thursdays at the Preston and Richmond LDS Seminary buildings and to other various stake centers and seminaries via the internet. The class is sponsored by...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor Some property owners in Franklin County, and across the state, will be paying more property tax this December when they pay the first half of the 2012 assessment. But the higher bill is not a reflection of anything the county or the other local taxing entities have done....
By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor Jody Shumway, a cattle rancher and a general accounting manager at Pepperidge Farms, was named a trustee to the Preston School Board in an Aug. 18 meeting replacing Tom Madsen, who stepped down. As Shumway understood it, when Madsen decided to vacate the office they went through some...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor The Preston Indians got thumped badly on the opening night of high school football in southeast Idaho. The Bear River Bears, of Tremonton, handed new Preston Coach Nick Hyde a 44-6 setback on the Indians’ home field. Coach Hyde told The Citizen on Saturday despite the lopsided...
By TERESA CHIPMAN PHS sports writer The Indian girls had a successful week in soccer with a 6-1 victory over visiting Canyon Ridge on Saturday and a 7-0 shutout against Minico at home on Aug. 21. “Canyon Ridge was the best team we have played yet this year and they gave us a...
By TERESA CHIPMAN PHS staff writer The Preston boys soccer team had three games last week finishing up with Canyon Ridge in their first home game of the season on Saturday, Aug. 25. Twice the Indians came from behind and they took the lead in the second half, but ended the day with a...
By CONNOR WALDRON West Side sports writer The West Side Pirates played their first game of the season against the Firth Cougars on Friday. The game was hosted by Firth. The ending score was Firth 44, West Side 16. If all you had seen of this game was the first half, you wouldn’t have...
